Volume 1, Chapter 87 – Absolute Defense: Wall of Sighs

Unbelievable.

Impossible.

In just an instant, Tianyin felt like she was dreaming.

But that voice calling her a “false existence” still echoed in her ears.

“Am I… dreaming?”

She murmured to herself, but no words could describe how she felt right now.

Sad?

Heartbroken?

Angry?

Empty?

There were no words.

Before her eyes, endless shadows enveloped the Northern Fortress. The bone wings that covered the sky slowly flapped, scattering glittering shards of frost that drifted down like falling snow.

“Master…”

A panicked voice suddenly came from outside.

Because the roof of the house had been crushed open during the transformation into the Frost Dragon, Tianyin could clearly see the sky above.

Following the sound of that frightened voice, she saw her loli disciple, Mengyao, standing on the street, looking up at her with an anxious face.

“Xiaomengyao…”

“Master, what happened? From down here, it doesn’t look safe at all where you are!”

“Wuu…”

Hearing Mengyao’s voice, Tianyin blankly nodded, then started climbing down.

Even though the roof was broken, the stairs were still intact, so it wasn’t difficult for her to get down.

As soon as she stepped outside, a small figure rushed straight toward her.

“Wuu…”

Tianyin couldn’t help but let out a small cry. Her body was weaker than Mengyao’s, whose level was already as high as 70, so when Mengyao suddenly threw herself into her arms, Tianyin couldn’t bear the force of it at all.

“Master, you… you’re okay, right? You scared me to death…”

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The girl clinging to Tianyin hugged her tightly, gripping her clothes with trembling hands.

“Worried? Worried about what? Nothing happened to me…”

Tianyin answered softly.

“But… but when I saw the roof of your house break apart, and then that dragon suddenly appeared in the sky, I… I thought Master…”

“…I’m fine… nothing happened, Xiaomengyao…”

Tianyin opened her mouth but could only speak gently, trying to comfort the panicked Mengyao.

“Master… it’s good you’re okay…”

“Yes… I’m okay.”

Tianyin answered quietly.

“Hey, Xiaomengyao, I really am fine. But Xiaobingxue… Xiaobingxue…”

She didn’t know how to continue. She just raised her head, looking at the Frost Dragon above as it released streams of icy breath upon the land below.

The dragon’s wings alone were enough to block nearly the entire sky. Countless shards of snow and ice reflected light as they scattered downward.

“Master? What about Xiaobingxue?”

“Hey… Xiaobingxue is gone… No, maybe she’s still here… or maybe… she really is gone…”

Recalling the cold look in the undead girl’s eyes just moments ago, those icy blue pupils no longer held the warmth and purity of the sky that Tianyin once saw in them.

Now, they were cold, lifeless, and indifferent.

Was Bingxue really… just a false existence?

Remembering their first encounter, Tianyin suddenly realized that their meeting had been nothing but coincidence.

If she hadn’t met her, another “Tianyin” probably would have. That girl would still have been brought to a place like the Northern Fortress…

But… wasn’t that too much of a coincidence?

Tianyin raised her head, her thoughts unclear.

“Master… Xiaobingxue… What happened to her? Where is she? Why can’t I see her?”

“Xiaobingxue?”

Tianyin looked up at the Frost Dragon in the sky.

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“That’s Xiaobingxue, Xiaomengyao.”

Following Tianyin’s gaze, Mengyao looked up at the dragon, her face full of disbelief.

“That’s Xiaobingxue? Master, you’re not joking, right? Xiaobingxue… Xiaobingxue was just an undead girl who didn’t understand anything and had lost all memories of her past life!”

“But that’s her… Xiaobingxue is the Frost Dragon… the Frost Dragon is Xiaobingxue…”

As she said that, Tianyin subconsciously ignored one thing.

Yes, Xiaobingxue was indeed the Frost Dragon in the sky, but that Frost Dragon… was no longer Bingxue.

A false existence.

It was because she was a false existence that she had no memories of her past life, and that she knew nothing at all.

“Master… is that really… really Xiaobingxue?”

Mengyao’s face was full of disbelief.

“Yes, Xiaomengyao, that’s Xiaobingxue. Amazing, right? Did she scare you?”

“No… of course not! Master, you’re underestimating me too much! But… Master…”

At first, Mengyao pouted proudly, but after noticing something off about Tianyin’s expression, her voice softened with worry.

“Master, it’s you I’m worried about. Seeing you like this… makes me sad…”

“Eh? What’s wrong with me?”

Tianyin didn’t understand. She just couldn’t accept that Xiaobingxue had turned into a Frost Dragon. To her, Xiaobingxue was still Xiaobingxue…

“Master… I don’t know… I just feel like you’re acting strange…”

“Strange… me?”

Strange?

At that moment, the Frost Dragon in the sky let out a thunderous roar. Its bone wings blotted out the sun as it opened its massive jaws.

The next instant, a torrent of icy breath mixed with snow and freezing wind burst forth.

“Master!”

Seeing the Frost Breath unleashed, Mengyao’s face turned pale with panic.

Because the Frost Dragon’s breath… was aimed straight at Tianyin.

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“Master, look out—!”

“Wuu—”

At that instant, Tianyin’s mind echoed once more with the words she had tried to ignore.

“Nothing but a false existence…”

Was that really true?

Then Xiaobingxue… was fake too?

Was there only the Frost Dragon Ysera in this world? Was there never a simple undead girl who couldn’t speak, who could only write to communicate with her…?

Something like that…

“…was actually the truth.”

Seeing the icy breath approaching, Tianyin had no time to react, no time to defend.

But then…

“No…! I won’t let you hurt Master, Xiaobingxue…!”

A small figure, only as tall as Tianyin herself, stood firmly in front of her.

A crimson barrier in the shape of a shield appeared before the girl, and the Frost Breath that came rushing toward them split apart as if blocked by an invisible wall, flowing to both sides.

As a fellow Blood Knight, Tianyin immediately recognized the skill’s name. It was the strongest defensive skill of the Blood Knight, sharing the same name as the Paladin’s ultimate shield skill.

════════♡════════ ❀ Absolute Defense – Wall of Sighs ❀ ────────♡──────── Level Requirement: 60 ────────♡──────── A Blood Knight’s ultimate defensive skill that blocks all incoming attacks. Duration depends on the intensity of the attack received. ════════♡════════

However…

Even though Mengyao was a level 70 Blood Knight, facing the attack of a Graveyard Throne Frost Dragon, even if it was just a simple breath, was far beyond her limits.

Within just three seconds, Tianyin saw cracks forming across the crimson shield under the onslaught of the Frost Breath.

“Master… is that really Xiaobingxue? If it is, she would never attack you…”

“A Xiaobingxue who attacks my Master… I won’t accept that!”

No matter how angry she sounded, there was no miracle burst of power like in stories.

A Throne was still a Throne. Even with her Rage surging to 100% and pushing her Absolute Defense up two levels, the Wall of Sighs finally shattered into pieces.

Fortunately, the Frost Dragon’s breath ended a second before the wall broke.

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“Ha…”

Even though it only lasted a few seconds, Mengyao’s in-game body felt so drained she could barely stand.

She swayed, about to collapse at any moment.

Seeing this, Tianyin quickly rushed forward and held her up.

“Xiaomengyao, are you stupid? You know I have the Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense, an absolute defense skill. You should’ve just hidden somewhere safe instead!”

“I don’t care…!”

Even though she was weak, Mengyao still managed a pout.

She glared at the Frost Dragon flying above the Northern Fortress, her expression a mix of anger and sorrow.

“To attack my Master… I will never believe that’s Xiaobingxue…!”

“And Master, what on earth happened? Why did Xiaobingxue… turn into that dragon?”

Staring at the Frost Dragon that was now breathing frost toward the fortress walls, Mengyao looked back at Tianyin, her eyes full of worry.

“Why did this happen…”

If she wanted to, Tianyin could explain.

“Actually… right after you left earlier…”

Since Mengyao wanted to know, Tianyin decided to tell her what had just happened.

But as Tianyin began to recount the events…

An anomaly occurred on the frontlines of the Northern Fortress.

Both the soldiers of the Kingdom and the Beastmen of the Tribe, the corpses lying on the battlefield, began to move.

Slowly, under the stunned gazes of everyone around, the dead rose from the ground…

And at the same time, players participating in the battle began hearing the System prompt in their ears.

════════♡════════ ❀ System Message ❀ ────────♡──────── The detected player possesses the item “Frost Sword.” The player faction is forcibly set to Graveyard. ════════♡════════

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