Chapter 61: I Advise You to Be a Good Person
As soon as Su Xiao walked out of the royal palace, his body gradually became transparent.
[Hunter has completed Main Quest: Third Ring.]
[You have received True Attribute Points ×3.]
[Teleporting...]
[Teleportation complete.]
[Hunter has returned to Reincarnation Paradise. Beginning settlement of derived world rewards.]
Primordial World: Black Throne Continent
Difficulty: Lv.27 ~ Lv.50 (This is the danger level for normal areas. Danger level within Dead Silence City is significantly increased.)
World Source Obtained: 25.5%
Quests Completed: 5 (Main Quest ×1, Hunt Quest ×1, Hidden Quest ×1.)
Comprehensive Evaluation: A+ (Quest completion rate is relatively high, World Source acquisition rate is low.)
Hunter detected entering Dead Silence City. Re-evaluating...
Comprehensive Evaluation: S
Beginning collection of World Source...
World Source collection complete. Beginning reward tally.
Rewards Obtained: 11 True Attribute Points (includes those obtained within the Primordial World), 57,800 Paradise Coins.
Comprehensive Evaluation is S. Current Hunter Level is Lv.44. Hunter Level +3 (Derived World Rank × Quest Completion Count + Comprehensive Evaluation - Quest Completion Time). Hunter Level has been raised to Lv.47.
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Su Xiao was not directly returned to his Exclusive Room at this moment, but was located within a starry sky.
[Prompt: Hunter has completed the Hunt Quest and performed excellently.]
[Checking Hunter's status... Current status: Severe Exhaustion.]
[Dispelling debuff status... This is a free authority.]
[Restoring Hunter's follower status...]
[Follower's injuries restored to 60%. Partial recovery requires Alchemy, exceeding free restoration authority.]
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As a series of prompts appeared, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Beini were teleported away. Only Su Xiao remained within the starry sky. A cluster of fluorescent light enveloped him, and his severely exhausted body gradually recovered.
Su Xiao never believed in the good fortune of a free lunch, let alone a free authority provided by Reincarnation Paradise.
[Hunter must travel to a low-rank world to counsel a Violator (in conversion). This Violator is extremely special. The Hunter must not harm them.]
[Warning: Based on the Hunter's behavior, the Hunter must not harm this Violator (in conversion).]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao understood the situation. Clearly, a 'little friend' was about to convert into a Violator. Due to Su Xiao's 'unique' temperament, he was selected by Reincarnation Paradise to 'counsel' that Violator to 'turn over a new leaf.'
Commonly known as: I advise you to be good.
No combat was needed, and the reward had already been received in advance. Su Xiao naturally wouldn't refuse such a good thing.
[Teleporting...]
Space-time power enveloped Su Xiao. To his surprise, this time he didn't feel like he had been hit by a hammer.
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Sword Art Online · Real World.
Inside a modern technological building, on the twenty-third floor, in a hall.
The room was somewhat dim, with only the faint light from a fish tank. The kettle on the stove hissed softly.
"Woo... woo..."
Faint sobbing could be heard. On the sofa in the hall, a young girl with a head of chestnut-colored hair, wearing a dress, was bound hand and foot, with a white cloth stuffed in her mouth. Her clothes showed signs of damage.
Looking closely, one would realize this young girl was actually the female protagonist of the Sword Art world, Yuki Asuna, also known as Asuna from the SAO game world.
"Sorry, I didn't want this either. We escaped together, I didn't want this... Trust me..."
Tears dripped down. A little boy, about ten years old, his clothes covered in blood, spoke.
"We're different. Sorry, it has to be this way. The dissociation is getting worse. I can't tell the difference between worlds anymore. SAO stripped away my perception. Becoming that... should be fine then. The punishment mechanism..."
The little boy muttered to himself. At that moment, a somewhat hoarse voice appeared in his mind.
"Come over to our side. Reincarnation Paradise can't bind us. Come, here you will find everything you desire. Here can help you distinguish the differences between derived worlds, SAO, and Reincarnation Paradise. Join us, you won't regret it."
This sudden voice made the young Contractor's emotions even more unstable.
"Really? Then I..."
"Don't hesitate. Just cross the line, and you'll be free."
The hoarse voice seemed full of temptation. The young Contractor slowly stood up. Holding a kitchen knife, his eyes were full of confusion, but he still walked slowly towards Asuna.
"Woo..."
Tears glistened in Asuna's eyes. She was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Even though her swordsmanship was divine in the game, in the real world, she was clearly no match for the young Contractor.
"If I kill you, this world will reject me, and I'll be free."
Blood dripped from the kitchen knife. A smile appeared on the young Contractor's face, causing his childish face to twist somewhat.
"If you kill her, I don't know if you'll be free, but this derived world will become very unstable. As a Hunter, I'll skin you alive, inch by inch, until you die."
A voice came from the darkness.
"Who!"
"Who!"
The childish and hoarse voices overlapped.
"Old Hunter! Damn it!"
The somewhat eerie fluctuations in the room disappeared. The little boy also stopped in his tracks. However, he didn't show any expression of sudden realization; instead, he was still hesitating.
Su Xiao walked out from the bedroom. If it weren't for Reincarnation Paradise's protection mechanism, directly entering this world would have been very bad. It wasn't that Su Xiao was in any danger, but it might cause the power system of this low-mystery world to collapse.
Without any visible movement from Su Xiao, he was already standing in front of the young Contractor. The young Contractor took half a step back.
"Who are you..."
Slap!
A slap full of 'counseling intent' landed on the young Contractor's face, making him see stars, his head buzzing. After spinning around in place a few times, his head nearly being knocked off, the young Contractor came to his senses. His legs went weak, and he fell directly to the ground, vomiting a large mouthful of blood and a few teeth.
Crack, crack, crack...
Transparent threads wrapped around Su Xiao's foot, stopping him from stomping directly on the young Contractor's head.
"Say it: I want to be a good person."
Su Xiao crouched in front of the young Contractor, picked up the kitchen knife from the ground. He didn't infuse Cyan Steel Shadow Energy onto the knife; True Damage would instantly kill this reserve Violator.
Su Xiao flicked his wrist, and the kitchen knife turned into a blur, directly piercing the young Contractor's shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
"Ah!!"
The young Contractor screamed, looking at Su Xiao with terrified eyes.
"I... I will... be a good person."
Clearly, Su Xiao's physical counseling was remarkably effective.
"Is that enough?"
As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Prompt: Hunter, please cease your current behavior. Counsel the Contractor (in conversion) in a relatively gentle manner.]
"It seems not."
Su Xiao rubbed his chin and began to scrutinize the fallen young Contractor. If it were combat, he was very skilled. As for counseling...
"Repeat what you just said until I'm satisfied."
Su Xiao then turned his gaze to the plot's female protagonist, Asuna. He didn't need to handle her.
"I will be a good person, I will... woo..."
The young Contractor, who had only experienced one derived world, had tears in his eyes. Fortunately, a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Prompt: Contractor is in an abnormal state...]
[Contractor, do not provoke the Hunter (Fifth Rank · Old Hunter · Team Slaughterer · Skilled Combatant · War Lord).]
[Contractor must resolve the conversion as soon as possible. This Hunter has caused the deaths of numerous Contractors (over 467 people, First to Fifth Ranks).]
[If the Contractor chooses to continue the conversion, they will be pursued and hunted by the Hunter until the Contractor dies.]
Seeing this series of prompts from Reincarnation Paradise, the young Contractor gulped. The meaning of the prompt was simple: if he became a Violator, an endless stream of Hunters would come to kill him.
The young Contractor had received similar prompts before, but he had no concept of what a Hunter was. Now, he had personally experienced the Hunter's style: brutal, utterly unreasonable. That look clearly said: I am the villain, I won't waste words with you. If you're not convinced, right now, immediately, I'll kill you.
At this moment, a decision was made in the young Contractor's heart. He was too weak. It was better to honestly be a good person. That cool title of Violator, he didn't want it anymore.
[Contractor has resolved the conversion. World rewards deducted by 50%. Contractor will be teleported to an ultra-low martial world. Contractor identity will be stripped. Will become a Worker (low risk).]
The young Contractor suddenly disappeared. Su Xiao sat down on the sofa. Just now, he had sensed the presence of another Violator. Clearly, not all Violators appeared due to their own nature. A large portion were induced by high-rank Violators, like the one just now. That Violator had obviously exploited a loophole in the rules to enter this world and abduct newcomers.