Chapter 432 - Chapter 432: Chapter 409: Successive Promotions (1/2)
Chapter 432: Chapter 409: Successive Promotions
Over the course of five years, Christine finally reached the fourth rank of the Path of Authority, becoming a “Glorious Knight.”
As the new head of the Fischer family and one of the actual rulers of the Cyart Kingdom, her progress on the Path of Authority had been remarkably swift.
Christine’s talent alone would have made it difficult for her to reach the 5th Rank, but for the Path of Authority, becoming “a powerful upper-level individual” was likely the best way to advance.
Additionally, the divine words Karl inscribed on the black monolith greatly accelerated her promotion.
Ray and Marzo successively reached the fourth rank of the Path of Nature, known as “Shepherd of Trees.”
In fact, the advancement ceremony for a “Shepherd of Trees” was quite simple—simply involving firsthand planting of a large number of plants. Those with the “Growth Promotion” ability from the Path of Nature, given time, could create a forest by hand.
The Fischer family’s sacrifice was a Class 4 Extraordinary Material known as the “Ramon Drum.”
The name sounded like some kind of object, but in truth, it was a drum-shaped mysterious creature about a dozen meters tall, with red and purple skin, densely packed eyes, and a gaping maw all on the surface of the drum, particularly fond of consuming humans and elves.
For those advancing to the “Shepherd of Trees” Consecution, their physical fitness would increase by 80, and Spiritual Power by 120.
In the Spirit Realm, its image was that of an old man with skin like the bark of a tree, and an ambiguous gender.
“Shepherd of Trees” offered two significant Extraordinary powers: “Natural Absorption” and “Plant Manipulation.”
The power of “Natural Absorption” allowed them to use their Spiritual Power to absorb various negative forces from the outside world, including sustained injuries.
Defensive and life-saving capabilities were undoubtedly very important, and the presence of “Natural Absorption” significantly strengthened those on the Path of Nature.
However, it did have some drawbacks, such as “Natural Absorption” being an active ability that required a large expenditure of Extraordinary Power to activate, and it only worked on oneself.
The Extraordinary ability “Plant Manipulation,” as the name implied, was straightforward: “Shepherd of Trees” could make various plants act on their commands, fighting as if they were their own fingers. The more plants manipulated at the same time, the more Spiritual Power would be continuously consumed.
Clearly, if someone on the Path of Nature reached higher levels, they could fully control an entire forest to attack their enemies.
Marzo, for her part in secretly executing many people during Cyart’s great purge, had finally accumulated enough merits to temporarily leave the Dawn Church. However, Darren only granted her ten years of freedom, after which Marzo must return to the Church and follow the orders of the Fischer family.
Marzo did not object, understanding that Darren had to keep up appearances and could not give the impression that the Dawn Church was a place one could leave and enter as one pleased.
Colin, the dedicated merchant of the Fischer family, had reached the fourth rank of the Path of Contract through years of relentless effort.
“Arms Dealer.”
The image of an “Arms Dealer” in the Spirit Realm was that of a shrewd, middle-aged man who seemed to be laughing heartily, holding many weapons stained with blood.
For the advancement ceremony, the Exponent had to sell a sufficient number of weapons, which couldn’t just be discarded carelessly but had to have been used effectively in battle.
With the support of the war-faring Fischer family behind him, Colin found it quite easy to complete the ceremony.
Ultimately, the Fourth Level Extraordinary Material sacrificed by the Fischer family was the “Monolith of Horon.”
It was the horn of a mysterious creature “Horon” that looked like a monolith; its real body underground resembled a black mushroom. Horon’s overall appearance was like a colossal black mushroom with a monolith atop, and it possessed considerable power.
For those who stepped onto the “Arms Dealer” Consecution, their physical fitness would increase by 70, and Spiritual Power by 130.
This consecution offered only one Extraordinary power: “Weapons Trade,” a conceptual Extraordinary ability.
An “Arms Dealer” could expend some Spiritual Power to swap the “weapons” held by two individuals within sight. This didn’t necessarily mean actual weapons; anything considered a weapon by the “Arms Dealer” would suffice.
For instance, theoretically, Colin could trade a mere stone for a forbidden rare artifact with a four-digit code.
However, “Weapons Trade” had a significant flaw: the larger the value difference between the weapons exchanged, the greater the Spiritual Power consumed.
Colin tried it and found that if he truly tried to swap a stone found on the roadside for such a forbidden rare artifact, he wouldn’t have enough Spiritual Power.
It was theoretically possible, but in reality, even several times the Spiritual Power wouldn’t suffice.