Turning Point Holy Sword Out of Sheath (1)

"Are we all here?" Chu Ke looked around; there were five people in total.

As the last person appeared, vines quietly rose from the ground within the tree hollow, forming five chairs along the edge of the cave.

Chu Ke naturally walked to the vine chair facing the cave entrance and sat down, with Diallo following closely behind.

The remaining three looked at each other and found seats for themselves.

It's worth mentioning that the black-robed man, after receiving a slap from Chu Ke, was noticeably more lucid, at least regaining the ability to communicate and think normally.

"Tell us, what's going on with you?" Chu Ke looked at the black-robed man.

His earlier appearance had clearly earned the respect of everyone present, and no one questioned Chu Ke's interrogative tone.

The black-robed man nodded and reached up to take off his hood, revealing a young face. He was at an age when he should have been full of youthful vigor, but his eyes revealed deep despair and helplessness.

"I am Hero of the Center Bastos, my class is Vow Priest." His voice was a little hoarse, probably a consequence of overusing his voice. "My ability is to gain the power of the deceased. The side effect is that I must bear the wishes and feelings of that person before they died."

"I understand, so you are currently in a chaotic state, confused by the side effects?" Diallo stroked his chin. "Perhaps my ability can help you."

Bastos shook his head. "It's useless. This is a Constant State. Unless the wishes of the deceased are fulfilled, it cannot be dispelled."

He raised his head and scanned the crowd with his lifeless eyes. "It's ridiculous, isn't it? Do you think, 'Any normal person would use it cautiously after learning about the side effects of the skill, and would never reach this point'?"

"Since you can say that," Diallo smiled at him, "there must be your own difficulties. We don't need to laugh at anything."

Bastos's eyes lit up, and he said, "Actually, I..."

"Hold on." Chu Ke interrupted Bastos's bedtime story collection and pointed to the Holy Sword stuck in the center. "I'd rather hear about what happened to you later. The top priority now is this."

"Ah..." Bastos smacked his lips, looked at Chu Ke with a resentful expression, and agreed, "Okay."

"Then let's go one by one, I'll cover the rear." Chu Ke patted Diallo's somewhat nervous shoulder. "Go ahead, you're first."

Among a generation of Heroes, only one is destined to become the true Hero who draws the Holy Sword. That true Hero is chosen by the Holy Sword at the very beginning, and drawing the sword is just a formality, so the order doesn't matter.

"Okay!" Diallo pursed his lips, took a deep breath, stood up, walked to the hilt, gently placed his hands on it, then gripped it tightly and pulled upwards.

The Holy Sword remained unmoved.

"...It seems that I am not the chosen one." Diallo smiled in relief and sat back down. This was already expected, but even though it happened as expected, there was still some unwillingness in his heart.

Then came Hero of the Center Bastos and Law Hero Anlok, the bespectacled man. The two stepped forward in turn, but neither of them pulled out the Holy Sword.

Bastos's expression was a little distorted, and he might blacken again. It seemed that he was starting to miss Chu Ke's slap again. What a glutton.

Anlok, on the other hand, was full of excitement. He didn't want to pull out the Holy Sword in the first place. He was more eager to learn more magic than to fight the Demon King.

For example, he had heard that unprecedented ancient magic had appeared in the arena of East Flower Capital, which made Anlok very excited and eager to set off to learn it immediately.

Chu Ke looked at the only remaining strangely dressed Hero, who was probably the Time Hero the Priestess mentioned at the beginning.

If he didn't pull out the Holy Sword either, then he would have to step up and pull it out by force.

Chu Ke had already understood the essence of the so-called Holy Sword as soon as he saw it—"an ordinary metal sword attached with strange energy."

The Holy Sword itself had no special features other than its gorgeous appearance. All its extraordinary qualities came from the mysterious energy attached to it. The energy level was extremely high, at least far higher than Chu Ke's own magic power that he could mobilize. Only by mobilizing the magic power of nature could he have a negligible impact on this energy.

This is most likely the Divine Power of the Holy God Goddess Sophie of Legend. To be honest, Chu Ke really can't help but cringe every time he says this broken Goddess's name. The Holy Sword's abilities of "storage" and "recognition of its master" all originate from this Divine Power.

With Chu Ke's current power, going up against the Goddess would definitely be like an ant trying to shake a tree, but dealing with this kind of Divine Power without its own consciousness is still something he can do.

Speaking of which, things have been really boring lately. There's nothing to do on the journey except for watering ant nests and beating Slimes.

If the Multiverse Chat Group wasn't only accessible from his main body, Chu Ke would have already asked a group member to buy him a game console to play.

Hopefully, after the Holy Sword is drawn, the story will get more interesting. Chu Ke looked at the stunned Time Hero: "It's your turn, go ahead!"

The Time Hero suddenly snapped back to his senses, nodded, walked up, reached out and grasped the azure blue hilt of the Holy Sword, took a deep breath, and pulled hard.

As expected, nothing happened.

"Eh~" The Time Hero sighed slightly, and was about to let go when a sudden change occurred.

At that moment, the Time Hero only felt his ability, Time Manipulator, suddenly start to operate on its own, and a massive amount of memories appeared out of nowhere and flooded into his mind.

Then, everything went black, and he fainted.

My name is [****], an Earthling, poorly educated, unemployed, and with terrible interpersonal skills.

Since my parents died, I've been living a life of eating, drinking, and waiting for death with their inheritance.

From then on, the mockery and disappointment of friends, the gossip of others, and the oppression of the upper class, all of this had nothing to do with me.

The electronic world is so interesting. Whenever I see the protagonists in comics and novels who, like me, have labels such as "otaku" and "unpopular," I also shed tears and exclaim, "This is just like me!"

But whenever the game cutscene or the end of an anime episode shows a black screen, I can see my reflection on the screen.

"That's not me at all!"

"This damn World only cares about your appearance! No one cares about your inner self!" I roared like this, and began to tell the black screen about my protest against this unfair World, lamenting that my beautiful inner self was undiscovered.

Just then, the screen suddenly lit up, and what came into view was not the familiar comic interface, but a string of cold text.

[You, who claim to have a beautiful inner self, have you tried to understand the inner selves of those so-called "only outwardly gorgeous" people?]

[The so-called "beautiful inner self that has never been discovered" is just an excuse for you to cover up the fact that "under your ugly appearance lies an equally ugly heart."]

[Are you still running away? Are you running away from the *Reality* that your life has already failed?]

[It doesn't matter, accept *Reality* with tears.]

[Because after that, you will become a true Hero of Life.]

[Do you want to become a Hero?]

[Yes] [No]

I don't know what I was thinking at the time, I only knew that the tears after being broken blurred my vision.

When I woke up again, in front of me was a girl so beautiful that I had never seen before. She was wearing a Priestess outfit and holding my hand, asking me, "Are you our Hero?"

"Hah—" The Time Hero suddenly gasped, came back to his senses, and realized that he was sitting back on the vine chair. The Law Hero Anlok slowly walked down from the stage.

"It's your turn, go ahead!" The Hero of the East, who was so powerful that it was outrageous, said to him.

The following plot will be told from the Time Hero's perspective for a while. If you don't like it, you can wait for this plot to pass.

Thank you all for your support, I am extremely grateful!

Finally: It's almost time to go on the shelves, asking for everything!