Chapter 93: Heroic Spirit

"What were those just now?"

Yun Mu recovered from the tremors occurring in the Ether World and looked at Lucy.

"Do you still remember what I said?" Lucy said to her: "All things in the world are recorded in the Ether, and I am no exception."

"My return causes the Ether resonance that represents me; it is just that because of the strength I had while alive, this resonance phenomenon is a bit exaggerated."

She struck a pose indicating "a tiny bit."

"If I don't step in to block it, it will be troublesome if other existences notice it," she said.

"Lucy, you..." After hesitating for a moment, Yun Mu asked her: "Do you know what state you are in right now?"

"To be honest—"

Hearing her words, Lucy raised her right hand, clenched it firmly, and said: "I'm not very clear, it feels somewhat similar to a Heroic Spirit."

"Heroic Spirit?"

Hearing the term pop out of Lucy's mouth, Yun Mu nearly thought she had transmigrated to the wrong setting; don't tell her there's also something like a Heroic Spirit Throne!

"What is that expression on your face?" Lucy looked at her with some confusion and explained to her: "This is a summoning spell that has existed for a long time."

"After all, the information of all things is recorded in the Ether. Since that is the case, using magic to reawaken the Ether of those who have already died... the principle is roughly like that."

"The success rate of this kind of summoning spell is very low. It not only depends on the compatibility with the person being summoned, but whether the summoning succeeds also depends on the information of the person being summoned recorded in the Ether World."

"The more widely one's reputation has spread, or the more powerful one is, the easier it is for the summoning to succeed. This is also the reason why the summoned dead are called Heroic Spirits."

"Oh, so that's how it is." After hearing Lucy's explanation, Yun Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that it wasn't what she had thought; otherwise, she was truly afraid that she would jump from fantasy to light novels.

Sigh, if it really were that, it might have been better.

"Is this the world you are in?"

Lucy looked around at the environment inside and outside the alley and asked her.

"Mm."

Yun Mu nodded and led her out of the alley.

"This is Frostfall City, a large city by the sea in the north of the Frost Kingdom." Watching Lucy observe the surrounding buildings and pedestrians, Yun Mu explained to her.

"Frost Kingdom, Frostfall City..." Lucy muttered to herself.

"What year is it now?"

"Heral Calendar year 4243."

"Heral Calendar?" The other party tilted her head in confusion.

"Uh, the Scarlet Court was officially founded in Heral Calendar year 763." After thinking for a moment, Yun Mu explained to her.

"Has it already been nearly four thousand years?" Hearing her words, Lucy sighed.

"But how do you know about the Scarlet Court?" After the sigh ended, she asked her again.

There was nothing to hide about this, so Yun Mu told her everything she had done that morning.

"I see. Even though I tried my best not to mention information related to the Scarlet Court, I didn't expect it to be on that Treasure Chest monster..."

Lucy sighed with a headache.

"Why can't it be mentioned?" Hearing her words, Yun Mu couldn't help but ask.

"Do you remember the Anchor I mentioned?" Lucy explained to her: "The more one knows about the information of that world, the more stable the Anchor becomes."

"It's nothing for others, but you have entered that world, so I'm afraid you have already formed a connection with it..."

"Forget it." She suddenly thought of something, shook her head, and said: "Actually, it's nothing; after all, there is an even larger Anchor rooted in this world."

"Are you referring to... you in this world?"

Yun Mu recalled the conversation the two had in the Dungeon earlier and asked.

"Yes."

Lucy nodded and said: "I am the only Anchor Point He left in this world. As long as I am not discovered, nothing will happen."

"But recently, the Scarlet has shown signs of spreading. I think I must have already been discovered by someone."

"The Anchor you're referring to, it wouldn't be... your corpse, would it?" Listening to her description, Yun Mu raised an eyebrow and said.

Although it was a bit rude to ask like this, she really wanted to know.

"..."

Lucy remained silent and did not speak; it was only after a long while that she nodded.

"Mm."

"Then, what does 'destroy' mean?" After receiving the affirmative answer, Yun Mu asked tentatively.

"Burn it." The other party's cold voice said as if it carried not a shred of emotion.

"As long as my corpse is incinerated, the last Anchor He left in this world will be severed."

"At that time, I, and the others in the Echo, will all be able to be liberated," she said.

Without waiting for Yun Mu to ask her what the Echo was, Lucy continued to explain: "The Echo is actually a fragment of history. To prevent the invasion of Outer Gods, the world will actively perform Cutting on the invaded history."

"All information that has formed a connection with the Outer Gods will be thrown into that Echo."

"This is also the reason why you can't find any information related to the Blood Clan in this world. Except for gods, no one can retain things that have been Cut by the world."

"Heh." Speaking of this, Lucy smiled and said: "History is a map covered by various mysteries; every patch of fog is a trace left by an Outer God invasion."

"Do not try to investigate the information there, because the result of doing so is merely adding a new patch of fog to the map."

After finishing this, Lucy's body turned into an Ether Body and dissipated, leaving only an echo in Yun Mu's ears.

"I am tired. Rest for a while; you go do what you need to do."

Why does it feel even more like a Heroic Spirit?

Sensing Lucy's current state, Yun Mu muttered in her heart.

The other party had not disappeared; she had simply become a pure Ether Body, just like the paintings surrounding her, and was following by her side.

Dabai, Chester, and the Scarlet Knight could not do this.

Perhaps it was because they were not "Partners" in the game?

It felt like the term "Partner" might be easier to understand if it were replaced with "Hero," as it was perfectly normal for hero units to be different from ordinary units.

Shaking her head, Yun Mu hailed a Steam Taxi.

Although she had thought before that it would be better to walk as much as possible if she could in the future.

But at this moment, Lucy was by her side, and she had a slight desire to show something to her.

Fine, she was just curious about what a truly ancient person would think upon seeing future technology.

She only regretted that this wasn't the modern era; otherwise, she would definitely have had to show her some "technology and ruthless skills."

Thinking this, she sat in the back seat of the taxi and said to the driver, "Driver, go to the Painter Association."

"Painter Association." The driver thought for a moment, seemingly trying to figure out where the Painter Association was; after a good while, a look of realization appeared on his face.

"Oh, I know now, sit tight." The driver said, stepping on the throttle and controlling the taxi to speed along the street.

After the taxi had been driving for about two minutes, Lucy's voice reached Yun Mu's ears.

"Interesting machine."

PS: The Heral Calendar was established by Heral himself after the birth of the God of Civilization and History, Heral.

However, the Heral Calendar does not start counting from the birth of Heral.

Rather, it starts from the birth of the first civilization in the world.

In the Heral Calendar, the God of Civilization and History, Heral, was born in the year 1588 of the Heral Calendar.

And the name Heral was taken from a city in the Heling Empire.

At that time, influenced by the God of Fear and Plague, a terrifying plague broke out in the Heling Empire, causing nearly a million casualties.

After this plague ended, in order to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in the plague.

People built a huge monument in the center of the city of Heral.

And named it the Heral Monument.

The God of Civilization and History, Heral, was born in such an environment.

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Supplementary Entry: Heral Monument

Introduction: A large monument built in the center of Heral City, densely inscribed with the names of those who died in the plague stirred up by Luoye'er.

"There are too many, truly too many; even if we built the monument to be very huge, we could not engrave all the lives taken by the plague, and countless people still come here to recite the names of the deceased." —— Allen Panorik (Chief Engineer of the Great Monument)

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