"Epic world-saving quest chain activated. First stage: find the savior. Savior dead! Quest closed. Quest evaluation: RIP!"
Lu PingAn was still in the mood to crack jokes no one else could understand. It probably counted as finding amusement in misery.
He had followed the guidance of the Key of the Sea Source, painstakingly infiltrated the enemy race's city, and yet he had arrived one step too late. All he saw was a corpse lying on the ground.
Children of Destiny wouldn't die? Heh. Immortal protagonists existed only in creative works like anime and novels.
It was like the end of the Silent Mountain Range World. Children of Destiny with surging fortune were everywhere, but those who were meant to die still died, at least within Lu PingAn's understanding. So-called fortune could only increase your "possibilities." If every possibility led to death, and you went and got yourself killed besides, then you were doomed no matter what.
"How did he die? That shouldn't have happened..."
Yet at that moment, Lu PingAn still felt that something was off.
After all, this was a script bestowed by some supreme existence. Having the protagonist die right at the beginning was a little too much. At least fatten the pig before slaughtering it.
A Child of Destiny of this level, even if he had to die, should have died while completing some epic quest or after being cornered and killed by some super boss. At the very least, he should have served as a stepping stone for the new, true protagonist and added some fuel to their Awakening.
"Can you tell me what exactly happened?"
After scratching his head and asking around, Lu PingAn confirmed that this had simply been an ordinary Slave Escape Plan.
Though the male lead had been born a slave, he