Leveling Up by Executing Monsters

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Discovered Just in Time

Lloyd had a bold theory about these three theorems.

Perhaps they seemed rather baffling. They lacked concrete, detailed explanations and seemed to require more principles to supplement and interpret them.

But it was very likely that no such explanations or supplements existed...

’Or maybe I just can’t reach those deeper things...’

’Don’t overthink it. Don’t Ask Too Much.’

He silently recited this maxim, which he felt was becoming increasingly important, and didn’t think about it any further.

’I should just treat these three theorems like mathematical formulas and commit them to memory. As for the derivation process behind them... I’d better just forget about it.’

In addition to these three theorems, he had also used the Book of Truth to confirm that the Supreme One mentioned by the Black Soldier, Jenkins, was actually real.

There truly was a path to transcend a Saint; it wasn’t just Jenkins’s wild fantasy.

But he had a nagging feeling that it probably wasn’t a path humans were meant to tread.

But then Lloyd recalled the whispers that had swirled in his ears during his hallucinations.

The Immortal, the Ruler, the Sovereign, the one who achieves Ascension to Divinity.

’So... humanity’s understanding and mastery of the Extraordinary Realm isn’t complete either?’

’Of course, it could just be that this kind of information isn’t kept in libraries accessible to the public.’

Many new theories surfaced in Lloyd’s mind, but he had no way to verify them.

Based on his current progress with the Book of Truth, this was all he could glean for now. ’I’ll just have to see what I learn as I read on.’

But even though the book had been stuffed into his brain, he couldn’t read it whenever he wanted.

It was like a book he had once read and then forgotten—it existed in his memory, yet he couldn’t touch or flip through its pages.

’Maybe I need to wait a certain amount of time? Or maybe it requires a special environment or trigger?’

’So... why did I want this book so badly?’

’Or... did *it* want *me*?’

A very strange thought suddenly popped into Lloyd’s head.

But that was as far as the thought went. He didn’t dwell on it, setting aside the matter of the book and beginning to examine the Memory Fragments left by the talking Demon.

It had died quite "freshly," so it’d left behind a good number of Memory Fragments. However, they were too shattered. Many were just fleeting, broken images and meaningless patterns amidst darkness and blur, making them unreadable.

Only the memories from right before its death were relatively clear, allowing Lloyd to roughly piece together a narrative.

It turned out that this guy, who dressed like a truck driver, was none other than the leader of the ’Dawn Hermit Association’—the very culprit the Saint’s Hunters had failed to capture.

After learning that the Saint’s Grace Court was cracking down, he chose to avoid the confrontation. He arranged for three of his most capable subordinates—the same three Lloyd had just executed—to distract the Hunters. His orders were to surrender if they couldn’t hold out. He promised that once he mastered the ultimate power, he would definitely come back to rescue them.

’I have no idea what those three underlings were thinking, actually agreeing to be cannon fodder...’

’And the ultimate power he was relying on was actually Twist?’

Furthermore, he had already completed his Enlightenment and was preparing for a second Transcendence.

Enlightenment in the Twisted System requires absorbing a piece of Twist-related Forbidden Knowledge while fully conscious and mentally stable.

’Setting aside the source of the Forbidden Knowledge, that requirement seems simple enough...’

And Lloyd had seen firsthand the consequences of absorbing that Forbidden Knowledge...

Afterward, the guy hid in the Underground City in the western district. There, he colluded with the ’Free Style’ Association, converted a giant reservoir into a massive dance floor, and lured people from outside to come "feel the madness."

That was how the dance floor was described in his memories. ’Could this be his way of delving into the Twisted System?’

His mental state subsequently began to deteriorate, and his body started to lose control and mutate. Yet, by some Miracle, he managed to retain a shred of Rationality.

’Was it just good luck? Or was his willpower truly strong enough, like the Black Knight, Stilote?’

’Or maybe he used some method that didn’t appear in the Memory Fragments? Perhaps it had something to do with the Forbidden Knowledge he’d accessed?’

In any case, the guy had hidden himself away in that control room for several days under those conditions.

He was also the one who placed the Book of Truth there. The Memory Fragments didn’t show how he obtained the book. ’Maybe it was before his Enlightenment?’ All Lloyd could see was the part where he was setting up Orbits near the book.

Among them were three miniaturized Twisted System Orbits—the very layer Lloyd had dismantled first. They were designed to affect an intruder’s perception, preventing them from noticing the layer of deadly acid.

Then, on the pedestal concealed by the Book of Truth, he had left an even more insidious setup—

If someone bypassed the acid trap and impatiently touched the glass case, this hidden set of Orbits would activate the moment it was opened. The glass case would shatter, and the Book of Truth would be directly exposed to the air.

According to the man’s plan, a massive amount of Spiritual Contamination would instantly kill the intruder. It would then spread through the Orbits and flood the bustling dance floor...

A chill ran down Lloyd’s spine as he saw this.

’What a vicious scheme!’

If he hadn’t discovered that insidious trap and destroyed it beforehand, the fate of the people on the dance floor would have been unthinkable...

As a righteous young man who loathed evil, Lloyd didn’t even want to imagine the psychological burden he would have to bear if such a thing had actually happened.

’Good thing I found it in time...’

These were all the decipherable memories from the man. As for why he had suddenly double-crossed his own, or why he committed suicide in front of him, Lloyd had no idea.

’Perhaps the Twisted Realm destroyed his last shred of Rationality?’

Lloyd could only guess.

At the same time, he had a feeling that there was more to this matter than met the eye...

Specifically, where on earth the man had gotten the Book of Truth was a potentially crucial clue.

’It’s a shame I don’t have the time or energy to investigate it myself. I’d better just write another anonymous letter...’

That covered the main new information in his mind. The only thing left was the change to his Orbital Control skill.

Lloyd could now also set up those scorch-mark-like Twisted System Orbits.

It was just that the materials... ’The blood of a mother cat that just gave birth?’ A whole heap of messy, troublesome things that were difficult to obtain. They weren’t very practical for him.

However, in the process of learning this set of Orbits, he had unexpectedly mastered some techniques for miniaturizing them and making them portable.

’Now *that’s* useful.’

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