Not praying for ten strings

During the demon-summoning ceremony, Aiwass finally recalled his past life's memories.
This should be an online game that his family's company had released and operated for six years. Now, his foster father was the leader of the latest version's antagonist organization.
He would expose his identity six years later, hesitate and then defect from the protagonist's side. Ultimately, because he decided to take a fatal strike meant for the player character, he was killed by his upright older brother in a transitional CG without even a chance to enter the main content.
——But the problem was not too significant. Aiwass also knew many secret advancement routes exclusive to the player character, as well as the Nurturing Secret Sequel regulations of the various Paths. He believed he could reverse his unfortunate fate……
So now there was only one issue left.
"According to the original plot, shouldn't I have been rescued by the protagonist before this lousy ceremony even began?"
Tied to the ceremonial altar as a sacrifice, Aiwass fell into contemplation.
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Keywords: Victorian Fantasy, Amber Flow


When the plot-skips players into the game world

Leipzig, the City of Knowledge, Heiburg district.


Long, long ago, before Leipzig was known as the "City of Knowledge," it was a military port fortress of the Helasal Empire.


For the Helasal Empire, there were no enemies to speak of to the south. Instead, it was the north—whether Elves, Giants, or Dwarves—they were all enemies to be vigilant against.


Thus, the style of this port was completely different from that of Glass Island.


Gone were the laborers and cranes coming and going to unload cargo, and the low-lying warehouses soaked with the smell of fish, with peeling walls and rusted locks.


In their place were pitch-black, ice-cold iron and stone fortresses, surveillance towers and patrol cannons everywhere—grim and terrifying cannons densely lined the ramparts. One could also see a special kind of grappling hook launcher...


Aleister asked casually while standing on the deck.


Chapter 277 "The Weight of Knowledge