[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-587":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563959,2028,"Chapter 587 - Sia [3]: A Sunrise","divine-path-system-chapter-587",587,"\u003Cp>Chapter 587 - Sia [3]: A Sunrise\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>35th of Trian Month, Trian Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far from Ruler's Abode was one of many cold regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that region, snow filled every inch of the land the eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be it a mountain, a tree, or even a rock, everything was covered by snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was painted white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of a frozen lake, a figure in black moved like an ink brush on paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure's movements were erratic, yet calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because not even one of the hundreds of ice spikes shot at her touched her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You aren't even a princess!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you want to snatch our treasure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man and woman appeared on the snowfield. They were standing between her and the center of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes were full of hostility as they looked at the woman in black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for her brown hair and golden eyes, they couldn't see anything about her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could understand her preferring disguise. So, they asked her to just prove herself to be a princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be done without revealing her identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made them, bitter competitors to team up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As prince and princess, they knew their role in the federation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grow strong as fast as possible and become a pillar of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every prince must be at least a level 7, but not all level 7s are princes. The same went with level 8 and level 9.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, when questions arose on how rare items must be distributed, priority was given to princes and princesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they had the talent and would be more helpful to the federation in the long run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why even though there were infightings among the princes, they were united against non-princes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing happened now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all fighting the abyssals, I don't want to hurt you too much. Leave.\" The princess said with a stern face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being a high level 8, she didn't try too hard. She preferred fighting abyssals over humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, all her attacks until now were with the intention to lightly injure the woman and scare her off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For your attitude, I won't kill you.\" The brown-haired woman said lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange silence filled the ice lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman whose face was covered didn't care about the silence and looked past the two to the center of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An icy-blue orb floated at the center of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scattered around the orb were the corpses of a dozen snowy white wolves. Even the blood that formed a puddle under them and froze was white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time she came here, the wolves were already hunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn't make the treasure theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like I have to teach you a lesson.\" The princess raised her hand and a huge ice dragon materialized above her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prince beside her followed and an ice wheel with spikes manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked into their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her golden eyes shone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did she go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prince and princess panicked as they looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As I said, I won't kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the voice from behind, a chill shot down their spines and their body stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-But I really need, it for a secret mission.\" The princess gritted her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't lying. To maximize her success rate for a dangerous mission next month, she needed the treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same went for the prince who was fighting her. He too had a dangerous mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the woman was stronger than they thought, they hoped she took the big picture into consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank y—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck to you both.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of wind breaking resounded in the ice plains as the prince and princess stood dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they turned around, she was gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>… … …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she jumped from one snow mountain to another, Sia checked her storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He awakened in water path too…\" She shook her head like it was a headache, but the way her eyes shone brightly showed that she was actually happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now the next item is…\" Sia recalled the paths Varian awakened in and decided her destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she exited the ice fields, she was reminded of the princess' words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dangerous mission, huh.\" She shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These princes and princesses did experience a lot of dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Nothing as much as Shadow Guardians.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A recent, but distant memory flashed through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>… … …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>… … …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wish Roxanna was tortured to death than the simple death she got.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't in my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Roxanna, I was lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to see Varian, but Enigma stopped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Your mental state isn't fine.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am feeling perfectly fine, except that I wished I could've tortured Roxanna worse than she tortured me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To wish to inflict that torture onto another person…I am clearly not fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am using my mind power to control myself, but I keep getting nightmares about the torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, instead of going to Varian right away, I followed Enigma's advice and joined the Shadow Guardians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my reciprocity while I regain my sanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴀʟʟɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ꜰᴜʟʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I had to take care of myself, I decided to avoid everything else. But one thing I couldn't avoid was seeing Enigma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my first time watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt weird. I didn't know much about her, but she knew a lot about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The misgivings I had towards her weren't completely resolved, but in those days under Roxanna, I think I was able to empathize with Enigma more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loneliness, the pain, the dejection…knowing that someone lived through what I experienced strengthened our bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was pitiful too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when she finally got the chance to take life under control, I watched from the sidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sleeping for five hundred years, she woke up. I wondered what she'd do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My expectations were she'd try to use the hybrid memories and try returning to the place she was born. Of course, that was impossible, but still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her answer surprised me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Save the world'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to save this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…This world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cynical, inhumane, and brutal world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same world in which Roxanna was born in?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hate this world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing I wanted to tell Varian after meeting him was that the world he trained so hard to train was full of filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That it wasn't worth saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Perhaps that's why she stopped me from meeting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a short time, I strongly disagreed with Enigma's views.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone here, practically every single person agreed with Enigma's views.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, they all wanted the same thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Save the world'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I joined the academy, I too was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rationally, I know that the world isn't all evil or good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I don't think the scar Roxanna left on me would ever go away. The fact that I'd carry this trauma into my life scared me more than the trauma itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't know then, but I was lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was lucky that Enigma knew me more than I knew myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened later was nothing short of a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enigma started taking missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saved the people from terrorist attacks, killed the order members, and hunted the traitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, I watched everything she did. I had to. She didn't even let me sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw the sufferings of innocent humans. I saw the vileness of humans—people who were as evil as Roxanna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I also saw heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heros who worked in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They got no recognition, money, or benefits for their actions. Instead, all they got was the risk of being killed during one of the missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they died, the world wouldn't acknowledge their sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they threw themselves into the danger with a smile on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…It was unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I think of heroes, it was always the ones that are known throughout the world for their deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The articles Varian pasted in his room were all materials of such famous heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But heroes like these…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing them, I can longer call this world full of filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the world has many bad people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it also had many good people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only saw the vile darkness in this world ignoring the noble light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more time Enigma spent with them, the more I learned about a side of this world I never knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same for Enigma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, with each mission, Enigma kept going above and beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost like she was competing with her yesterday's self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was good sometimes, but in others, it ended in serious injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked her why she was so persistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn't her war in the first place. While she lived here, she didn't wake up until recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I wondered why did she go so far for a place and people she had no relations to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I think I know why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he gave up on his dream of saving the world, she'd do it in his stead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Or that's what I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun rays painted the sky orange, Enigma muttered under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Beautiful.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I was half right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Varian was a major part of her reason, the biggest reason was herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enigma genuinely wanted to save this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ironic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived almost all my life believing that I'd help Varian achieve his dream, my opinion took an opposite turn after Roxanna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Enigma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lived a life worse than mine. Yet, she held a positive view of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't understand her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I can feel her. ꜰʀᴇᴇᴡᴇʙɴᴏᴠᴇʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though her eyes seem to remain indifferent, she grows happy watching something as common as sunset and sunrise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunrise and Sunset…they aren't very common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Roxanna, I couldn't see sunset and sunrise for a long, long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so long that I forgot the beauty of such a normal, but spectacular scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I watched the sunrise with Enigma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Beautiful.' I gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I see, so this is how Enigma felt. After all, she couldn't see it for five hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>",1711,"2026-06-06T07:58:24.533Z",1,"novelbin.me","e09fc8b74e9c1f6b13826c8134838272ba0e92b5100f387a372efaffc3850882","divine-path-system-chapter-588","divine-path-system-chapter-586",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]