Chapter 110: A New Historical Echo
The next day.
When Shaya opened his eyes again, he only saw that the sky outside the window was still dim, with only a faint light at the end of the horizon.
It was the darkest moment before dawn.
In the dead silence before the dawn, the long breathing sounds from the meditation room in the distance could be heard.
After washing the dishes last night, Little Ai finally kept her promise and let Shaya enjoy the dream-like perfect short skirt knee pillow on the bed.
So Shaya slept very soundly that night.
However, when Shaya woke up, his pillowside was already empty.
Only the neatly folded quilt remained, along with the faint sandalwood scent unique to the maiden.
This was Aerora’s routine; she would get up at 5:30 every day and then go to the meditation room to cultivate. It had been like this since she moved into this mansion in the Black Lily District.
Although the origin of her Rungoniumad had now been confirmed by the Imperial Royal Family, said to have the potential to reach the Legendary level, Aerora’s daily training had not changed at all with this news.
Shaya stretched, got up, and then changed his clothes and washed.
On the wooden table downstairs, hot sandwiches were placed, and next to them was a note written in elegant script: “There is hot milk in the kitchen.”
This was also their tacit understanding: Shaya had the best cooking skills, but except for special holidays, all other meals were handled by Little Ai.
This was not because Shaya was lazy, but because Aerora insisted on doing it, getting up early every morning to cook for Shaya.
At first, her cooking skills were still very clumsy, but with Shaya’s influence, Aerora’s standard had long surpassed that of ordinary chefs, and could even be compared to court chefs.
Shaya finished the sandwich and drank the milk, then stood up again.
Usually, at this time, he would go to the meditation room to accompany Little Ai.
Cultivation was secondary. Unlike Little Ai, Shaya was not very reliant on meditation to improve his realm. He went to the meditation room mainly to admire the beauty of his little wife when she was meditating.
The way the faint sunlight fell on her side profile was exactly like the sword-wielding maiden kneeling in the dojo in Shaya’s previous life’s anime… Oh no, a spear-wielding maiden, it was simply a magnificent view.
However, Shaya did not do that today. He returned to the second floor, entered the study, and closed the door.
He lit the magic lamp in the study, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into his Spiritual World.
In the pitch-black ocean, there were three bright and spacious small worlds. The Little Mink, the Little Golden Monkey, and a red Star Spirit Body were sleeping in these three small worlds.
However, outside these three small worlds, there was still a dark space.
Although this small world existed and had been opened up, it was clearly filled with some kind of dark substance.
Theoretically, this small world was Shaya’s Fourth Soul Pact space.
At the Borgia Family’s engagement banquet, Shaya had fired that shot at Warwick, and after refusing the Borgia Family’s engagement, his spirit was complete, and he broke through the bottleneck from the Third Ring to the Fourth Ring.
Even in terms of spiritual power volume, after breaking through, Shaya’s rank was actually very close to the Fifth Ring.
Theoretically, as long as Shaya found another excellent familiar to sign the Fourth Soul Pact, he could likely use the feedback from the Soul Pact to advance to the Fifth Ring and become a so-called Beast Tamer Master.
At that time, if he was lucky enough to sign a familiar with a high racial level for the Fifth Soul Pact, with the feedback from the Fifth Soul Pact further enhanced, he would not be far from the Sixth Ring Titled level.
A Beast Tamer with his own exclusive title was already enough to enter the ranks of the top powerhouses on the Western Continent.
But now, Shaya encountered an unprecedented situation, or rather, this situation might be unheard of even in the entire extraordinary world.
His Fourth Soul Pact space, which should have just been opened and not yet contracted with any familiar, had been occupied since the moment Shaya advanced to the Fourth Ring.
Moreover, he could not find the source of what was occupying his Fourth Soul Pact.
It was simply outrageous.
As Shaya’s thoughts moved, a light screen in his mind quietly appeared.
“Fourth Soul Pact (Shaya Egut)”
“Soul Pact Status: Equal Contract (Signed)”
“Contract Object Name: Unknown (Permission Not Met)”
“Race Name: Unknown (Permission Not Met)”
“Race Level: Unknown (Permission Not Met)”
“Combat Level: Unknown (Permission Not Met)”
This is simply outrageous.
I’ve only been at the Fourth Ring for a few hours, how could I not know when and with which familiar I signed a contract?
And it’s not even a Master-Servant contract, but an Equal Contract?
Looking at the lines of text on the system panel, Shaya felt speechless.
But soon, he noticed a line of small text below the azure light screen.
“Warm reminder: Upon completing the first formal mission, the host will unlock more unknown data permissions.”
Okay, okay, waiting for me here, right?
Shaya looked at these short lines of text and fell into deep thought.
Frankly speaking, after completing the novice task, Shaya had not planned to undertake the first formal task for a while.
After all, this system was really unreliable.
The first magical novice task that dragged him into a Historical Echo was one thing… The most important thing was that everything in that Historical Echo actually came true.
After completing that task, Shaya had also asked the Military Intelligence Department to collect clues about other Historical Echoes, but the collected intel showed that… the Historical Echoes triggered by others were just ancient secret realms, or reflections of history.
There were treasures, Extraordinary Materials, Holy Relics, and even ancient pet eggs in those Historical Echoes… Those who entered with good luck could often harvest considerable resources, but that was all.
That was just a reproduction of past history… No one had ever truly traveled back to the past and personally interfered with history.
So, looking back at his own novice task experience, it was indeed chilling.
This was the power of reversing cause and effect.
Of course, from the outcome, Shaya’s first copy was actually good…
He completed the task, exchanged for a lot of rewards, and even got Sylvia, a white-haired wife who was willing to bury herself for five hundred years just to reunite with him.
But Shaya had not forgotten the name of his System, nor its self-introduction when it was first activated.
[Destiny Great Villain System]
[So-called humans are merely beasts who cannot praise life without sacrifice. Ignorant children can only grow up after knowing pain. Only blood and death can nurture beautiful flowers.]
[Therefore, let this world feel pain!]
An inherently evil entity.
If he had acted according to the task’s requirements… the Historical Echo of the Azure Court Duchy would have been completed when he betrayed Sylvia.
If Shaya hadn’t later completed his redemption through a series of battles and clever maneuvers based on his subjective will, then what he would have faced in reality yesterday would not have been a reunion across time, but a quest for revenge across time…
And the Azure Silver Witch would probably have turned into a character like Yuno Gasai, her cute face stained with blood.
“Brother Shaya, I finally found you.”
“That stab back then, how should I repay it little by little?”
“Should I cut horizontally? Or vertically? Start from the head or the feet?”
A true Yandere ending.
Moreover, after completing the revenge against the Borgia family and reuniting with Sylvia, Shaya no longer had such an urgent desire to become stronger.
Even without the System’s help.
By taking his time over several years, or even decades, Shaya was confident that he could advance to the Legendary level, or even surpass the Throne boundary.
But…
After hearing about the ancient society “Golden Dawn” hidden behind the scenes… and the news from Isadorella that the Holy Sword and Holy Spear were awakening, and that a chaotic era was coming.
Shaya still felt a sense of urgency in his heart.
On the surface, the situation around him was very good. The old nobles in the Imperial Capital were leaderless, the Second Princess, who had allied with him, and the Royal Family behind her had the upper hand, and there was a Throne-level master of the White Tower by his side.
But if a disaster comparable to the “Land of Calamity” were to descend, then the current prosperous and peaceful scene would instantly turn into a pipe dream.
The status of a Throne was equivalent to a demigod, or an angel… but even during the Land of Calamity, there were not a few Saints and Angels who shed blood.
He calmly closed his eyes and cleared his mind of all thoughts.
After a long time, he made a decision.
“I would rather take more risks now and suffer more hardships.”
“Than to regret why I didn’t work harder in the future when it’s too late.”
The next moment, an old mechanical pocket watch appeared in his hand.
[Flashback Pocket Watch]
[Rarity: Purple]
[Type: One-time Extraordinary Item]
[Price: 15]
[Description: After use, it records the current spatial coordinates and status of the holder.]
[Upon secondary use, or when the host is on the verge of death, the item will activate, rewinding the host’s status and coordinates (including touched items and living beings) to the recorded location.]
[If activated within a Historical Echo, it will forcefully exit the host from the Historical Echo and restore their status.]
[Remark: After one use, the “Flashback Pocket Watch” will become a “Broken Pocket Watch,” requiring time-space extraordinary resources or ten Sands of Time to repair.]
This was Shaya’s preparation for the dinner party, and the source of his confidence that he could escape with Little Ai even when facing a Legendary.
However, because of Sylvia’s arrival, this Flashback Pocket Watch was no longer needed and could be used at this time.
Regarding the Historical Echo of the first formal mission, the location named “Escarnia,” no matter how Shaya searched, he could not find any clues.
However, according to the pattern that “Historical Echoes” mostly appear in existing ruins, and coupled with the fact that Shaya triggered the Historical Echo in the Thorns of Sin Club,
It could be inferred that this Historical Echo named “Escarnia” was likely located in the current Imperial Capital.
The Freista Empire was established in Holy Calendar year 1, which meant that “Escarnia” was likely a place name from the pre-Holy Calendar, old era.
The history of the old era was already fragmented, so it was no wonder Shaya could not find any information.
Shaya reached out and pressed the button above the old mechanical pocket watch.
Since there was no intel on “Escarnia,” it meant that targeted preparations could not be made.
The final boss of the novice task in the Azure Court Duchy was a sealed Twilight Ancient God, and Norton, a fifth-order peak villain. Who knew how risky “Escarnia,” a formal task, would be.
“This time, I’ve made preparations for the worst-case scenario. There shouldn’t be a repeat of the situation where I fainted in the washroom last time and worried Little Ai.”
Sensing the long breathing of the maiden in the meditation room in the distance, Shaya smiled inwardly.
The next moment, his thoughts moved.
[You have entered the Historical Echo – “Escarnia”]
Shaya’s figure rapidly faded and then slowly disappeared.
In the study, all surrounding scenery froze.
However, in that solidified space-time, a pure white figure did not stop.
Meow—
A white cat gracefully jumped onto the windowsill.
It looked at everything in the study, its azure silver eyes lost in thought.
