Chapter 188: Justice of the

At this moment, two crisp system prompt sounds rang out.

System: You discovered Kavana’s crystal coffin.

System: Task progress, find clues, learn about Kavana’s cause of death.

Nie Yan examined the crystal coffin. It was completely sealed, and he had no idea how to open it. If he forced it open, it would surely trigger a series of negative chain reactions, so he dared not take the risk.

He could only see the Chapter of Justice, but could not reach it.

He also noticed the two system prompts. Find the cause of death? Did that mean he needed to open the coffin and inspect the corpse?

No matter what, he needed to get the Chapter of Justice first.

As for the task, if he could complete it, he would do it; if not, there was nothing he could do about it.

There should be a specific mechanism to open the crystal coffin. Nie Yan searched around the coffin and found some inscriptions similar to epitaphs beside it.

Nie Yan took a look. It was a prayer.

“Respected Mr. Kavana, you possessed a heart as merciful and tolerant as a deity’s. May you rest in peace… If given the choice, I once wished to be an ordinary human girl, so I wouldn’t have to stand alone at Silent Bay, facing the sea breeze to pour out my longing for you—lying peacefully by your side and passing away quietly, breaking my promise to you, enduring millennia of solitary aging… Please forgive the transgressions of my people, may they find redemption… Dragon maiden Benita. To the human who has arrived here, please pay your respects to the Holy Paladin Kavana. He was an honorable warrior and a wise man with a benevolent heart.”

After reading this text, Nie Yan felt a stirring in his heart. This passage mentioned a place name: Silent Bay!

Kavana’s cause of death might be found at Silent Bay.

Nie Yan suddenly recalled some amazing legends about Silent Bay. It was said that at a small island near the exit of Silent Bay, every ten natural days a girl of exquisite beauty would appear on the rocks, silently watching the coastline’s dawn, waiting for the sunrise before quietly leaving.

Many players had tried to get some tasks from her, but they always returned empty-handed.

This girl had become an enigma.

Thus, players referred to her as the Watcher Benita.

In theory, even after a thousand years, even a dragon would gradually age. Yet Benita remained young and beautiful.

She had been staying on that island, appearing regularly. It seemed that no one had completed this legendary task in the previous life.

Since it was a legendary task, there must be many stages to it, requiring gradual unlocking. Seeing the end of this text, Benita’s plea, Nie Yan had a sudden inspiration. He placed his right hand on his chest and expressed deep respect towards the crystal coffin with the highest etiquette of a paladin.

After Nie Yan completed the salute, the lid of the crystal coffin above gradually dissolved, and the Chapter of Justice slowly floated up.

Success!

Nie Yan was delighted, reaching out to grasp the Chapter of Justice. The chapter’s glow immediately faded.

At the moment Nie Yan grasped the Chapter of Justice, Kavana’s body rapidly corroded and dissolved, finally vanishing into thin air. A white beam of light rose from the crystal coffin. Nie Yan seemed to see Kavana’s soul, wrapped in a white glow, flapping its pure white wings, flying toward the sky.

Eventually, a silver-white medal was left behind in the crystal coffin.

The Medal of the Holy Light Paladin!

Holding the silver-white medal in his hand, Nie Yan did not immediately check the attributes of the two pieces of equipment he had just obtained. He looked at the random teleport scroll in his hand—it was unusable!

The central hall began to shake violently.

Run quickly!

This thought flashed through his mind. Nie Yan sprinted out of the central hall, used an acceleration scroll, and cast Shadow Dance, instantly increasing his speed. Like a startled swan, he dashed across the red carpet of the hall, covering a distance of more than thirty yards.

A dark portal appeared beside the crystal coffin.

After a while, a shadow emerged from the dark portal. It was an NPC clad in black knight armor. He was extremely ugly, with ink-like skin, and had black tentacles growing from the edges of his head, resembling a demon awakened from ancient times.

“Damn human, daring to release Kavana’s soul,” the NPC clad in black knight armor said, his voice seemingly coming from the underworld, eerie and terrifying.

With a wave of his hand, a black beam of light fell upon him, instantly increasing his speed. Like an arrow shot from a bow, he charged toward Nie Yan.

The distance between them rapidly closed.

Nie Yan felt a bone-chilling coldness from behind. This sinister and terrifying death aura seemed to peel his vitality away.

Intimidate!

Nie Yan cast the Intimidate skill. He didn’t know if it would work, but he used it anyway.

The NPC merely hesitated for a moment, his speed not slowing down. He swung his greatsword, the black blade almost touching Nie Yan’s back.

Nie Yan shot a strand of spider silk from his left hand, sticking it to a distant pillar. With a pull, his body soared into the air, dodging the NPC’s attack. He immediately used the skill from the Ring of the Crawler, sticking to the pillar like a spider, climbing across the ceiling of the central hall, and flying toward the outside.

The NPC chased Nie Yan around the pillar. Nie Yan finally got a clear look at the enemy’s details.

Dark Knight Bruin: ??-level elite.

He was once one of the Holy Paladins of Light, but now Bruin appeared no different from a monster.

It seemed the plot of this task was indeed quite complicated.

Bruin was a Paladin of Light, lacking any ranged attack abilities, and could only pursue Nie Yan from behind. He swung his sword, and with a loud crash, a pillar toppled over.

Nie Yan could see cracks spreading rapidly across the ceiling like a spider web, and huge stones began to collapse from the top of the hall.

Nie Yan felt his grip loosen as a massive stone fell down with him, and he was about to crash onto the ground along with it. He lunged forward, rolled onto the ground, and rushed out of the hall.

Bruin chased after him, swinging his blade at Nie Yan’s back. A massive arc of dark energy slashed downward.

Nie Yan used a random teleport scroll.

The next moment, Nie Yan’s body was engulfed by the dark arc.

But the light bent, and Nie Yan’s figure completely disappeared.

After using the random teleport scroll, Nie Yan didn’t know where he had been transported to. Around him, dozens of black bears spawned. He quickly activated Vanish and stealthily made his way out, finally finding a relatively safe spot to slowly read the teleportation scroll.

A white beam of light flashed, and Nie Yan finally returned to the city. Recalling the earlier peril, his heart still raced, but fortunately, he had ultimately obtained the Chapter of Justice and the Medal of the Holy Paladin.

Looking at the players walking around him, he felt as if he had returned to the human world.

Nie Yan’s red name had not yet faded, so when the players saw him, they all cast astonished glances toward him.

Ignoring these glances, Nie Yan walked toward his personal warehouse, checking the attributes of the two items he had just obtained.

The Paladin Medal of the Holy Light: Special item.

Item attributes: Strength +20, with the skill Sacred Descent. Sacred Descent: Grants spell immunity for three seconds, movement speed +20%, all divine magic effects enhanced by 20%. Skill cooldown: 2 natural days.

Alignment restriction: Lawful Good.

Nie Yan had initially thought the Paladin’s Medal was merely a quest item, but to his surprise, it turned out to be a wearable special equipment that occupied an accessory slot. This was a Paladin-exclusive item that enhanced divine spells. However, it could be used by any player aligned with Lawful Good.

Although Nie Yan didn’t possess any divine spells, the first two effects alone proved immensely valuable in both PvP and monster hunting. The three seconds of spell immunity allowed him to completely ignore crowd-control spells during that window, enabling him to instantly eliminate spellcasters—especially those reliant on control abilities—in a single strike.

Three seconds might seem brief, but if a spellcaster found themselves within Nie Yan’s melee range during this period, that short span was more than enough to determine the battle’s outcome. Given Nie Yan’s sprinting speed, three seconds allowed him to cover a maximum distance of roughly nine yards. Unless the opponent had an escape skill, being ambushed by Nie Yan while under the spell immunity effect almost guaranteed certain death.

He then looked at the attributes of the Chapter of Justice.

Chapter of Justice: Volume I, Chapter I of the Order Scrolls (Legendary Item Fragment).

Item Description: The holder of the Chapter of Justice will receive divine inheritance; your mission is to spread the glory of the gods.

Item Attributes: The holder gains 2 additional attribute points and 1 skill point every 5 levels, Focus +15, Willpower +15, Endurance +16, Jump +15, Reflex +15, Speed +16. Skills: Holy Descent. In this state, all divine magic effects are enhanced by 200%, an additional 30 Willpower is gained, and the holder is immune to all debuffing spells. Duration: 5 minutes. Skill cooldown: 10 natural days. Current cooldown status: 1/10.

Holy Radiance: Transforms Holy Light skills into area attacks, causing triple damage, with an attack range of 30*30, and has a purification effect on all evil creatures. Skill cooldown: 2 natural days. Current cooldown status: 1/2.

Usage Restriction: This item is restricted to users of Lawful Good alignment.

Note: The item takes effect immediately upon being placed in the backpack.

The Chapter of Justice was only effective for Paladins and Priests of Light, so Nie Yan gained no effects from wearing it. However, Nie Yan now possessed four Order Scrolls.

He only needed two more Order Scrolls to complete Volume I!

If all six scrolls of Volume I were collected and combined, the combined scroll would form equipment suitable for the class of the person who combined them. The effects of the combined Volume I scroll were several times stronger than those of a single scroll. If Nie Yan successfully combined them, his attributes would skyrocket.