BXBX NOVEL Chapter 23 - 23: 23: ‘Rapid Rise in Ability’ (Seeking to Chase Reading)
[Life Simulation has been activated, because of the low version of the simulator, only text simulation is supported.]
[17 years old: You attended an auction organized by your family. An inconspicuous ancient bronze key caught your attention at the auction, your subconscious told you that you must bid for it. Even though you found it strange, you let William help you secure the object.]
As expected, when he saw the first line in black, Milton murmured in his heart.
He was eager to test whether the command he imposed on himself in reality would impact his simulated actions.
Now, Milton was certain that the information his real self relayed to his subconscious could bypass the simulator and affect the actual simulation.
He wasn’t sure whether this could be considered a bug in the simulator.
You must understand that in the previous simulation, this ancient bronze key was secured by a black-robed man, suspected to be a member of the Black Robe Seekers’ Club.
Yet in the current simulation, he secured it himself.
After confirming his theory, Milton continued to carefully observe the rest of the simulation.
He wanted to see what the outcome would be for this simulation which held a completely different start from before.
[Eighteen years old: This year, you experienced countless assassination attempts. The Black Robe Seekers’ Club’s actions grew increasingly aggressive. The most dangerous attempt involved involving a wizard’s apprentice, but your father Earl Arthur protected you well, and you were never exposed to fatal threats.]
[Nineteen years old: Over the past two years, you have studied that bronze key without succeeding in finding anything special about it. You didn’t associate the Black Robe Seekers’ Club’s aggressive actions with this inconspicuous ancient key.]
[Twenty years old: Practicing the breathing technique did not result in any significant improvement. The effects of consuming the secret medicine are negligible. So, you paused your cultivation of the breathing technique and started practicing other knight skills.]
[Twenty-three years old: As usual, carrying on with the cultivation, your father introduced a marriage proposal, but you rejected it.]
[Twenty-five years old: Your father Earl Arthur assigned a territory to you within the Far East Territory. You became a minor Lord. The actions of the Black Robe Seekers’ Club ceased, and you haven’t encountered any assassinations from them for a year.]
[Twenty-six years old: You died in your sleep, killed by magic.]
[Simulation Ends, please choose your reward!]
[Retain Realm] or [Retain Technique]
It circled back to the same point, resulting in the same death at the age of twenty-six.
Milton Cheney pondered, and by now, he was certain that the actions of the Black Robe Seekers’ Club were related to that ancient bronze key.
The target of the Black Robe Seekers’ Club might even be this ancient bronze key.
Milton Cheney was unsure whether the appearance of the bronze key in this auction was due to the Black Robe Seekers’ Club having prior knowledge, or if they just stumbled upon it by coincidence.
Anyway, he now certainly needed to take part in this auction.
Although he repeatedly cautioned himself before the simulation that the ancient bronze key was important, and he did indeed secure the key in the simulation;
Immediately doing so evidently wasn’t the correct approach because the Black Robe Seekers’ Club would still be monitoring it and him.
The simulation version of himself does not possess the entirety of his real -life memory.
If his simulated self had all of his real memories, the simulated Milton would’ve chosen to withdraw that auction item instead of acquiring it by himself.
He summed up the processes of the past few simulations in his mind and connected them together.
He was now definite that this auction he originally did not consider participating in.
If this auction had been planned in advance, the Black Robe Seekers’ Club would have certainly obtained the ancient bronze key in the first round of simulations a few months ago.
In that case, they surely wouldn’t have planned to assassinate Milton.
After all, they would have obtained what they wanted, and there would be less purpose in assassinating him.
“What is this ancient bronze key? It’s causing the people of the Black Robe Seekers’ Club to act so madly, even if they have to kill me after so many years of planning.”
Milton spoke to himself in his heart. Even though the two simulations gave a purview to some things, there were still ambiguities.
For example, what the ancient bronze key really is, and why the Black Robe Seekers’ Club gives it such significance.
Or whether the Black Robe Seekers’ Club already knew about the ancient bronze key before the auction was announced, or was it just a coincidence, the current Milton still couldn’t make a judgment.
“Never mind, I have to participate in this auction anyway. At least I know no matter what happens, I won’t die on the spot.”
No matter what, both simulations showed that it was safe to go for this auction.
Now, with these reasons, it was necessary for Milton to see the event in person.
Milton pressed his countless thoughts back down and shifted his focus away.
After all, there were only ten days before the auction started. No amount of thinking would be better than seeing the scene of the auction in person.
“Retain Technique.”
With thoughts re-emerging in his heart, this time Milton chose to retain the technique.
Numerous memories began to flood his mind, and as experienced as Milton was, he digested these memories quickly.
The major improvement brought by the two consecutive simulations was undeniably enormous.
In his haste to start a second simulation, Milton hadn’t even felt the physical changes the first simulation brought him.
You must know that in the first simulation, he truly lived until he was sixty-seven.
Even though he didn’t ultimately become a Grand Knight, he still reached the realm of a Peak Knight.
Moreover, he consumed countless secret medicines and Magic Potions. His physique was undoubtedly at the top of the Official Knights.
[Name: Milton Cheney] [Spiritual: 1.6]
[Physique: 4-7] [Realm: Peak Knight] [Magic: None] [Breathing Technique: Golden Lion Breathing Technique (Proficient 173/1600)]
[Knight Skills: Lionheart Slash (Proficient 72/1600), Armor Splitting Slash
(Skilled 422/800), Star Fire Arrow (Skilled 371/800), Double Blade Continuous
Slash (Beginner 234/400), Charged Strike (Beginner 377/400)…]
[Simulation Count: O]
The physique attribute had jumped from 3.6 to 4-7. Although this seems to be just an increase of 1.1, the improvement it brought to Milton was enormous.
The ‘Knight’s Peak’ mentioned in the realm section speaks for itself. This is the top realm for a certified official knight in the simulator.
If all the physical attributes of the Official Knights were quantified, Milton would confidently believe that fewer knights would have a higher physique than him.
Even the spiritual attribute had some increase.
Milton guessed that this should be the effect of Magic Potion because he didn’t practice the Meditation Technique.
Compared to the realm advancement and the huge increase in attributes, the increase brought by Retain Technique was not large, but it was better than nothing.
After all, he only lived up to twenty-six during the second simulation.
If he had chosen Retain Technique during the first simulation, the current panel would have been different.
But to Milton, the realm was much more important than the technique.
So if the rise in the realm during the simulations wasn’t so small, Milton would have preferred to retain the realm.
Of course, both had their advantages. After all, no matter how high the realm, if no techniques (Knight Skills) were mastered, it would be vulnerable while combating enemies.
These two simulations could be said to have greatly increased Milton’s strength.
Milton felt that he could now beat up five of his past selves..bender