The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 426: Human beings, without wings, how can you go up

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The emotion in Annan's eyes did not fluctuate at all.

It would be too naive to think that this kind of thing can move him.

He had already made up his mind to kill Denton, and no matter what he did, Annan could not change his mind.

It's just a choice between death and pain... Isn't that what life is all about?

Denton still didn't show up.

The scene in front of Annan's eyes changed again.

This time there was no shouting from the portrait, and the world changed quietly.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had entered an extremely dark world that looked like a giant pen holder - there were densely packed heads below, and the only light was directly above.

He himself is holding on to a very thin rope and crawling up.

This rope seemed to be about to break and collapsed very straight.

Annan seemed to feel something was wrong.

He lowered his head and saw that there were still many people under him holding on to the slender rope.

Countless people are like Xiao Hei in Conan - you can't see the men, women, and children clearly, you can only see the dark heads gathered under you, like densely packed ants lined up along the honey. Same.

Annan didn't react at first.

But after lowering his head and seeing this extremely familiar scene, Annan reacted in the blink of an eye.

This is... "Spider Thread" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa?

"...That's it."

Annan has understood the basic rules of the Dread Shard.

The moment he fell into a deep nightmare, he realized what the true form of fear was.

——Either a savior or forerunner's "despair for ignorant mortals", or "the despair of failure when only one step away from the end."

Denton just wanted to see Annan become so angry and furious when the spider thread was broken...or he just wanted to see Annan's despair when the spider thread suddenly broke when he climbed to the highest point.

"Huh..."

Annan suddenly laughed.

He shouted down at the top of his lungs: "Be careful down there!

"If you continue to climb up, the thread will break!"

After issuing the warning, Annan ignored the people following him.

Just focus on climbing up.

Although this nightmare is spider silk, Annan is not Gandhatta.

He will naturally give opportunities to the people below...but this is not mercy or mercy, it is just "fairness".

Of course they have the right to move up.

As long as they don’t deliberately climb down or block other people’s way... moving towards a better and brighter place, Annan has no intention of stopping them from doing such things.

——Even if the crowd gathers, destruction will inevitably come.

Annan did not order them to give up their pursuit of survival or to suspend their stance of survival.

Distinguishing what you want to do, what you should do, what you can do... is a very important talent.

These people are not his subordinates, nor are they his servants; Annan is not their savior, nor their parent, nor their master.

Annan doesn't have to crawl out of this hell... He doesn't have such a strong desire.

Just doing what you should do as a matter of course.

Because going up is better than going down.

Then just climb up - that's all.

If Annan falls with them, then this is also the inevitable fate brought about by their choices.

Annan would be happy to see others suffer the consequences of their foolish blindness...or retribution.

But he will never actively interfere.

Because he shouldn't be their retribution.

Annan looked up at the light and crawled on the spider silk with concentration.

No surprise.

Just as Annan expected at first, when Annan was near the top, the spider thread suddenly broke.

Many people fell back into the abyss.

Annan is no exception.

"Ah, failed."

While falling in the air, Annan had such a thought in his mind.

"...can you get out of this fear?"

But when Annan fell back into the abyss, he did not lose any health.

He fell into the smelly pool of blood, and a thought suddenly came to his mind:

——Now, one second has passed.

The next moment, the silver threads condensed again.

"...Ha, that's it."

Annan suddenly laughed out loud: "Every time you fail, only one second will pass... 'The fear of repeating the same failure forever'? It is indeed a very powerful ultimate move. For ordinary people, It might break their spirits.

"It's really weird. Did something happen outside? You suddenly acted so harshly...Are you worried that someone would rescue me from my dream?"

Immersed in the smelly pool of blood, the corners of Annan's mouth rose slightly.

However, Annan's voice was so cold.

“——Don’t think about such good things, Denton.

"Don't think anyone will come - it's you."

He turned back and looked at the "little blacks", and he keenly captured the fear and loss in their eyes.

Is this a failure that has been repeated many times?

The third time or the fifth time?

There can be no more, their will has begun to weaken. Any more and they will lose their sanity.

No matter.

Then let them suffer.

Then let them fail.

Then let them collapse.

"——But as long as you can cheer up your spirit, crawl with me."

Annan slowly stretched out his hand, grasped the extremely fragile spider silk, and shouted loudly: "Then come together!"

So, the second fall.

The third time followed.

The fifth time.

The tenth time.

There were fewer and fewer people crawling with Annan... On the twelfth time, Annan was the only one left crawling.

But in the end, Annan will still fall just one step away.

But unlike those who look up to Annan... no matter how many times he fails, he will climb up again——

This is not the result of the reversed Heart of Winter.

It is a trait that Annan had before time travel.

——Unconsciously, one minute has passed.

It was not Annan's failure because of his own mistakes.

It's because of other people's mistakes, because of unreasonable suffering...or because of - the so-called [fate].

If you were an ordinary person, you might have been furious. ~IndoMTL.com~ It’s so good...”

Annan murmured.

His pupils shone brighter and brighter.

In the past few months, I have been living a smooth life...

Annan has almost forgotten this feeling of restraining himself.

He used to never stay in bed when he got up, nor did he smoke or drink. Never overeat or take advantage of others at work. Stop playing with your phone after going to bed, and stop eating three hours before going to bed.

Living such a rhythmic life - except because of that precious rationality.

Another part of the reason may be that Annan enjoyed the feeling of suffering when he was "forced to restrain" himself.

——Like an ascetic.

It is not easy to practice asceticism in modern life, but in this modern era with so many temptations, just maintaining reason and abstinence is already asceticism.

But unexpectedly, he just lived an ascetic life - forced study, forced work... and even forced game clearance. When he came back to his senses, Annan realized that he had become a great person. .

"From this point of view, I would like to thank you...Denton."

When he fell for the hundredth time, the light in Annan's eyes shone brighter and brighter.

Continue.

Falling.

Continue.

Falling.

——Continue.

A sentence that he had seen thousands of times in a certain game came to Annan’s mind——

"Human beings..."

Annan whispered, holding onto the rope again.

——Without wings, how can you go up?

"Maybe it's because I'm...not normal."

Maybe even Annan himself didn't notice it.

The corner of his mouth...is a big, bright smile.

And his eyes are brighter than the stars.

"——Continue!"

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