Chapter 25 - Chapter 25: Chapter 24 Duelist” Consecution (2/2)

How magnificent!

They suddenly saw a golden-red orb of light fly onto Lucius’s body.

“Great Lord of the Lost, thank you for your gift and trust. I, Lucius Fischer, as your most faithful warrior, will fight for your will until the very end of fate.”

Unfortunately, Karl could feel the emotions of those he was connected with.

The most sincere devotional emotions had only ever appeared in Irene over the years, and even Byrne only had them during the very few times he was lost.

As for Lucius, that man had never been truly devout in the real sense of the word.

It’s just that Karl didn’t really care.

“Huh!”

Lucius narrowed his eyes, excitedly clenched his fists tightly, and took a deep breath.

He had a premonition that he would be the one chosen to ascend to the next rank, but when the power truly arrived, he still couldn’t contain his excitement in the depths of his heart.

Lucius felt he was getting closer and closer to that goal that had once seemed like an unattainable nightmare.

For that once distant goal, he kept using the power of the Lord of the Lost, feigning so-called loyalty, and perhaps all this clumsy acting had been seen through by It, no, by Him.

Someday, someone as cruel and selfish as himself would surely fall into hell under the curse of the Lord of the Lost, and tumble down into the deepest and darkest abyss.

He felt his physical fitness improve further, about twice as much as his original level, which was just slightly beyond that of an ordinary person.

The increase in spirituality was still not very significant. The spirituality of the 2nd Rank Duelist on the Path of Conquest was actually about the same as the 1st Rank “Squire” and “Chronicler” of the other two paths.

There was no helping it, that’s just how the melee Consecution was.

Afterward, Lucius gained two new Extraordinary traits, namely “Quickdraw” and “Sword Brandishing.”

“Quickdraw” is an extremely interesting and practical Extraordinary trait.

When enemies around you harbor hostility and want to attack you, your reaction speed would increase by dozens of times in the brief span of one second.

This is a very useful ability, especially for preventing surprise attacks. Even in situations beyond your line of sight, if you suddenly find everything around you slowing down, you’ll instantly realize that you’re being ambushed.

After a relatively safe trial, Lucius, in such a state, could even dodge the shots of a flintlock at close to medium range.

Lucius didn’t need to be faster than the bullets, he just had to dodge the trajectory of the bullets before they were fired while everything around him slowed down.

The second Extraordinary trait is “Sword Brandishing,” which briefly consumes some of his own spirituality, and suddenly increases his attack speed by several times.

Although the trait is named “Sword Brandishing,” the actual weapon could be anything: a sword, a spear, or a flintlock.

Since the acceleration effect only applies to the upper half of the body, it could entirely be considered as enhancing only “attack speed.”

However, “Sword Brandishing” lasts for only a very short duration, mere seconds.

Lucius’s increase in strength further emboldened the Fischer family.

The average power of the 1st Rank Consecution was roughly equivalent to that of a low-level Beginning knight, whereas stepping onto the 2nd Rank of Consecution was nearing a high-level Beginning knight.

However, this time the purchase of Extraordinary materials consumed too much money, leaving the Fischer family with only about seventeen Gold Coins, far from enough to buy other Class 2 Extraordinary Materials.

As everyone was bent on making money, one of Grandma Narda’s sons brought news that their band of thieves had stumbled upon information that a rare mysterious creature had been spotted in the jungle.

The good news invigorated the Fischer family; if they could not afford the Extraordinary materials, perhaps they could skip the middleman and start with raw materials.