He seemed to be in a bathtub.
When he opened his eyes, sure enough, it was the bathtub from ten years ago, before entering the script.
At that time, he had just spent a passionate night with Cocolia, then Bronya had called Cocolia away, and he had come to the bathtub to soak—"Have I been soaking in the bathtub for ten years?"
Oliver was a little confused.
The ten years spent in the script were truly real, completely a part of his life.
In his opinion, he had indeed lived for ten years.
However, the scene before him seemed no different from ten years ago.
No, this scent—the smell of hormones in the air had not yet dissipated.
It was left by him and Cocolia—Oliver suddenly realized.
It must be that the flow of time in reality and the script was different.
Judging by the degree of scent dissipation, not much time should have passed in reality, at most no more than ten minutes.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the script, acquiring: Conceptual Entry 'Shed Armor'."
The system's voice appeared in his mind.
Oliver came back to his senses, got out of the bathtub, and put on his clothes.
As he picked up his clothes, a piece of paper fell out.
He opened it and saw a drawing of a man, a red-haired woman, and a red-haired child.
The three people held hands, with a palace, trees, and a dawn machine nearby—it was the family portrait Tribios had given him when she was eight years old.
"Is this also part of the script play?"
Oliver looked at the drawing, unconsciously smiled, and carefully put it away.
Then he looked at his left hand, and sure enough, there was a red string on his wrist.
Mortis made it herself, and she tied it herself.
After a moment of nostalgia, Oliver opened the system panel to see what had changed.
host: Oliver
Entry: Shed Armor
Dependents: Tribios 3/1000, Mortis 0
script: 0
Revive Dependents
"Mortis? Does that mean the main character's friends and family in the script can also be recruited by me?"
This is good.
If the main character of the script had an older sister, a younger sister, a mother, a teacher, or anything like that—there were also numbers after the names.
Based on 3/1000, Oliver speculated it should be their life and death status.
1000 represented a thousand Tribbies.
3 meant only three were left.
So Mortis's 0 should mean none, which is a death status.
"Poor mother and daughter."
They were still so tragic in the real world.
Without a word, Oliver immediately chose [Revive Dependents].
Regardless of whether he had met her or not, he would revive her first.
Ding! Revival successful.
Dependents: Tiresias 1000/1000, Mothes 1
Just as Oliver had guessed, the numbers after the names represented life and death.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find his way to Amphoreus.
Their reunion would have to wait a while longer.
Currently, the most urgent task was to develop Belobog's technology. Before re-establishing contact with the outside world, he needed to have military strength capable of self-preservation.
At the same time.
Amphoreus, Okhema, Hero's Bath.
Aglaea spent ten minutes arranging things, then immediately rushed back to watch over the three Little Tribbies.
Castorice was restless, pacing back and forth.
"Why is My Teacher weeping?"
Aglaea noticed that Tribbie, Trianne, and Trinnon were all crying.
They seemed to have dreamt of something very sad.
"But they looked so happy just now, and they were all smiling. Why did they suddenly cry?"
Castorice simply couldn't comprehend the situation.
After all, her hands served no purpose other than to bring death.
She couldn't even go forward to wipe away the tears of the three Little Tribbies.
Just as the two were worried,
Tribbie opened her eyes.
Then Trianne also opened her eyes.
Trinnon—she should have opened hers too.
"It was a dream—"
Tribbie sat up, her face full of bewilderment.
She was clearly still adjusting to the switch between dream and reality.
"We dreamt of Mama! She's not dead, and she became the most amazing Saintess in Janusapolis! And Tissom, Traian, they're all alive—"
Trianne rattled off a long string of words.
"And Brother Oliver—he's the hero. With his help, the Journey of Fire Chasing went smoothly, and we're all very happy."
Trinnon added.
Aglaea and Castorice were overwhelmed by the large amount of information revealed by the three Little Tribbies.
"Oliver—that name again."
"My Teacher, never mind the dream for now. Just now, you were all in a peculiar state, unable to be perceived, unable to be touched. Did you feel anything unusual?"
Although Aglaea really wanted to hear Teacher Ti Bao's story, her rationality was more prominent now.
She had to first figure out how the phenomenon just now occurred and what its effects would be.
"Unusual feeling? Emmm—"
Tribbie scratched her head, "I felt unusually comfortable. Does that count?"
Trianne suddenly raised her hand and shouted, "Yes! Very comfortable! Trianne has completely lost the weakness she felt after opening the gate! I think I can open it a hundred more times!"
Upon hearing this, Aglaea and Castorice both fell silent.
It should be known that Tribios is a demigod of the Gate, capable of opening the Hundred Realms Gate to any place in Amphoreus.
However, opening the gate consumes a large amount of divine power.
Each time they opened the gate, it was a huge and irreversible drain for the three Little Tribbies.
Especially Trianne, who didn't have much divine power left to open the gate. At most three times, and she would die.
And now, she said she had fully recovered.
It was clearly a bit unbelievable.
"I suspect My Teacher was affected by some kind of power and fell into an illusion."
After careful consideration, Aglaea stated, "Perhaps it's one of the Chrysos Heirs, who has acquired the ability to create illusions."
And in her heart, she suspected the person named Oliver.
But she didn't know him, and she had no information about Oliver at all, as if he didn't exist.
Castorice: "Could it be a prank by the demigod of Trickery?"
Aglaea immediately shook her head: "No, it wouldn't be her. Sefalia has always been hiding from me, she wouldn't play a prank in front of me, and she respects My Teacher very much, so she definitely wouldn't play a prank on My Teacher."
Suddenly, ' % ⊙ Private long-term delete silk.
A breath of the Underworld came from the bath.
A dark gate appeared before them.
"It's Thanatos's aura, I can feel it—"
Castorice's eyes widened, wanting to move forward.
She felt that behind the gate was the Death Titan she had been searching for.
"Wait a moment."
Aglaea stopped Castorice.
Because she was worried this was the second layer of illusion, and she didn't want to see Castorice fall into the abyss.
The next second.
Voices came from behind the dark gate.
"Huh? Why is the Hundred Realms Gate I opened so dark? Tribbie and her sisters seem to be on the other side?"
"Mama, let's go quickly!"
As the words fell.
A red-haired little girl jumped out.
Then a second, a third, a fourth—Aglaea saw a whole bunch of teachers and was dumbfounded on the spot.
"Is it an illusion? When did..."