Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 167: I Come From the Future


"You say you came from the year 14470 of the Star Calendar?"

Louis' mouth was slightly agape, momentarily at a loss for words.

It was normal for others not to have any concept of the year 14470 of the Star Calendar, but he definitely did.

Because in that year, the lightless emperor Louis Charles Julius was sent to the guillotine.

In that year, the Louis who had crossed over occupied that body.

On that day, amidst the cheers and laughter of the crowd, the trapezoidal blade fell, his head flew high, marking the first GG of his life.

Should he appropriately say something like "the gears of fate have begun to turn"?

Louis looked at the Black Swan and said:

"So, not long after the Little Swan saw me being pressed onto the guillotine, you died?"

The Black Swan nodded indifferently:

"I died, and she couldn't hold on for long either. When she died, I wasn't much better off."

Louis frowned and said:

"This ability of yours is a bit too much, is it the power of the great sin of Sloth?"

The Black Swan nodded:

"There's no need to hide it from you, especially since, going forward, another me will need you to protect a bit more."

After a brief pause, she decided to tell him:

"I don't have your talent, able to split out so many abilities of great sin."

"At the age of 10, I obtained my first ability, 'Latency of Sloth', which allows any kind of career skill to be changed from instant cast to delayed release."

"As the price of delay, I can infuse more magic power into the inert magic, without causing the collapse of the magic model."

"The excess magic power, after the 'Latency of Sloth' ends, will burst out instantly with effects far surpassing the spell's circle level."

Louis instantly recalled the Little Swan's delayed blast, destructively powerful Fireball Technique.

It turned out to be the effect of 'Latency of Sloth'.

No wonder, this ability is quite practical:

"No wonder the Little Swan can't get out of bed every day, this must be a side effect of the great sin ability."

Using a terrifying ability to stay in bed, she exchanged for the ability to delay cast spells, wow!

Olivia felt an urge to hit something again.

Taking a deep breath, she continued:

"Then there's 'Body of Time of Sloth'."

"Because I spent long periods in a state of sleep in my early years, each time I woke up, trying to grasp the information of the sleep period, it was very time-consuming."

"This effect allows me to split a maximum number of clones that does not exceed my total age, with a minimum unit being 1 month."

"The longer the age that the clone possesses, the closer it is to my original body."

"Of course, this ability has significant issues."

"First, I cannot control my clones freely."

"Second, if the time occupied by the clone is too short, it is no different from an ordinary mage."

"Third, the professional level I and my clones have after the split is closely related to the time scale each of us occupies."

"For example, when splitting off just now, the Little Swan represented the magic level I mastered at age 10."

"Because during the 0-10 age period, she spent most of her time sleeping, her magic level was very limited, but the existence of the Body of Time is permanent."

"So as long as she doesn't merge with me, with time, her strength will automatically accumulate according to her own will."

"But she's not as fast as me because I don't fall into slumber, so I can spend more time improving my strength."

The Black Swan's words were somewhat convoluted.

But Louis understood what it meant.

In simple terms, the Little Swan was exceptionally talented, but due to long periods of sleep, she couldn't properly level up.

So Olivia did something very audacious back then.

At the age of 10, she did something very outrageous.

She split her 0-10 years into her first body, which is the Little Swan that Louis knew best.

As the Little Swan occupied the largest 'time scale', she was almost equivalent to Olivia herself.

Naturally, the curse that Olivia bore also stayed with her.

Whereas the Black Swan only occupied a month of the 'time scale', having almost zero strength, she needed to start developing from scratch.

Initially, Little Swan, possessing nearly all of Olivia's time scale, naturally held a level advantage.

But as the Little Swan spent more and more time sleeping, the Black Swan struggled diligently and soon turned the tables, surpassing Little Swan in professional level.

——After all, both had the same talent.

Later on, realizing the predicament her father and Beatrice were in, the Black Swan decided to flee far away.

She wanted to hone her skills and find a way to rescue her father.

Thus, ten years flashed by, and she, having been honing her abilities almost without rest day and night, successfully ascended to legendary status.

"What did you say, say that again?"

Louis stared wide-eyed at Olivia sitting on the bed in a duck-like posture:

"Am I still dreaming? 10 years? Legendary? Are these words even meant to be used together?"

The Black Swan sneered:

"So now, as you recklessly humiliate a legend, have you thought about where to bury yourself?"

Louis coughed, retracting his hand:

"Forgive me, forgive me."

Yet he couldn't help but start counting on his fingers.

10 years, from nothing to legendary, what does that even mean?

Instructor Jino was 40, and it was said during his years of hammering down various rogues, he loved to say:

"I'm level 20 at 36, what gives you the right to challenge me?"

This suggests that the Black Swan's talent exceeds that of Instructor Jino by 3.6 times or more?

Wait a minute!

Louis discovered something remarkable.

He looked bizarrely at the Black Swan and said:

"I know Little Swan's talent, even with just leveling up in professional classes, climbing to legendary status in 10 years would be difficult, how did you do it."

The Black Swan coughed, a hint of blush flashing across her indifferent face:

"Because Little Swan..."

"Speak up."

"I can share her memories."

Louis: ???

"Damn!"

He finally understood how broken this skill was.

Louis was certain that if the Black Swan was in his past life, she would definitely be a player who loved exploiting game bugs.

In the mage profession, the most painful thing isn't career advancement, but learning knowledge.

Grasping spell models takes time, right?

Absorbing spell theories to enrich the brain takes time, doesn't it?

Mastering spellcasting materials and related gestures takes time, right?

Improving spellcasting skills and quick casting takes time, doesn't it?

So for the mage profession, the older, the better.

The Black Swan was rather excessive.

She simply didn't bother to learn.

All my skill proficiency came from personal effort, Little Swan, level up!

Then she focused entirely on career progression.

Plus her adventures outside, likely with many fortuitous encounters, she managed to become a Legendary Mage with the Little Swan acting as a humanoid reading device.

Simply beyond awesome.

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