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Chapter 24: Chapter 23: Promotion, Consecution 2

Taylor family.

They were one of the four great knight families in Nasir Town and possibly the strongest. The family's first in line for succession, Robert, had a very good relationship with Byrne.

There was a bathhouse in Nasir Town especially for the wealthy, and after bathing, the two sat in the steam sauna to fully relieve their fatigue.

Byrne turned his head and looked for a long time at his thin and blonde friend, hesitating to speak. In the end, he still said:

"Robert, you might have forgotten about our Fischer family's investment final payment."

Robert smiled and remained silent for a while, then said:

"The final payment? Oh heavens, Byrne, do you really have to talk about this here?"

Byrne frowned slightly and, upon seeing his older-brother-figure, Robert, suddenly raise his voice, spoke up loudly and discontentedly:

"Haven't I already told you? I took that money to the empire to purchase new machines. When we resell them to the mine owners of Cyart, the profits for both of our families will multiply several times. I truly have no spare funds right now!"

Byrne clenched his fist, trying as much as possible not to be affected, and spoke calmly after a deep breath:

"You said the same thing half a year ago, Robert. We can't delay any longer. Our family urgently needs money."

Robert left without saying a word, his face cold, but Byrne suddenly grabbed him.

Just as he was about to explode in anger or even yell, he was taken aback by the ferocity he saw in Byrne's eyes.

The fierce look in his eyes was like that of a starving wolf, a look Robert had only seen in his own Uncle. He knew how miserably those who had deceived his Uncle had died in the end.

Realizing that Byrne was no longer the curious and timid little brother, Robert relaxed his shoulders and said:

"Alright, how about this? I'll pay you the agreed upon half first, fifteen Gold Coins isn't a small amount after all."

Byrne didn't want to fall out completely with his friend either, and indeed, fifteen Gold Coins were sufficient.

"Okay, I agree," he nodded with utmost calmness.

Robert hugged him with a smile, speaking calmly, "I am sorry, brother. I really didn't want to delay it. It's just that business is really hard to conduct."

After leaving the bathhouse, Byrne heaved a sigh. If it weren't for the promise he had made in front of his father, he wouldn't have wanted to be so forceful either.

Pretending to be violent and aggressive didn't suit him, but his father Lucius had said that he had to learn how to be tough with "friends", or he would sooner or later be a burden to the Fischer family.

Last week, the neighboring northern Rhea Kingdom suddenly erupted into civil war.

Some pro-war nobles thought the King too weak and wanted to break the ten-year peace treaty still in effect with Cyart Kingdom, to reclaim the land once occupied by the Cyart people by force.

The King's side still held an overwhelming advantage and the civil war wouldn't last much longer.

However, people were panicked, and though the flames of war in the north had not yet truly reached Cyart, the prices in various regions of northern Cyart skyrocketed overnight.

And the price of Extraordinary materials, which was already high, began to rise gradually again.

The three members of the Fischer family decided in a family meeting to urgently gather funds to purchase a piece of Class 2 Extraordinary Material, because delaying any further would make it increasingly unaffordable.

Byrne only returned home in the carriage after getting the money from Robert.

Sea merchant John, the man who had already recovered his health, was waiting at his house with a smile. He had been chatting and laughing with Irene and Lucius, clearly having waited for some time.

"Mr. John, long time no see."

Byrne greeted John with a smile and after a while, John went straight to the point, saying:

"I am willing to sell the Class 2 Extraordinary Material 'Wind Shark's Dark Blood'. I will not make money off the Fischer family this time, consider it an investment out of friendship. It'll only cost you fifty Gold Coins."

Before the war of the neighboring country broke out, the average price of Class 2 Extraordinary Materials had already risen to around fifty-two Gold Coins. Now was an excellent time to stock up, and John's price was indeed a friendly one.

Irene spoke with a smile, "It's so generous of you, Mr. John. You indeed have a keen eye. Investing in our Fischer family will definitely be the most worthwhile decision of your life."

John smiled without speaking, knowing that money was important, but in these tense times, the value of martial force was rising more than anything else.

After several years of interaction, he had noticed that the members of the Fischer family were all extraordinarily powerful experts and indeed worth building a deep relationship with.

Not to mention anything else, just the powerful force that Irene wielded was extremely worth investing in—who in their family wouldn't fall ill?

He had only heard of "Monarch" class healing-type spellcasters or forbidden-class mysterious rare artifacts possessing such strong healing powers.

Healing-type spellcasters of the "Monarch" level, when looked across the entire Ouden Continent, could be counted on one's fingers, whereas the use of forbidden-class mysterious rare artifacts always required a significant price to be paid.

He had once wondered if Irene of the Fischer family was hiding some forbidden-class mysterious rare artifact, but seeing how she released that power without any hesitation, it did not seem like it at all.

Sea merchant John stayed for an official dinner at the Fischers' on the first day, and the next morning, just as Radiant Sun had risen right after Blazing Sun, he personally came over to deliver the Class 2 Extraordinary Material "Wind Shark's Dark Blood".

Once sea merchant John had left, the four members of the Fischer family gathered in the underground chamber.

Inside the clean and tidy underground chamber, there was a small but exquisitely crafted altar, enshrining a rather plain transparent bottle.

Five-year-old Chris stood quietly beside the adults, his hands behind his back, like a little "grown-up".

He was extremely adorable, with eyes as blue as the azure sky and slightly messy silver-white fine hair, standing there with the air of a finely crafted, large art piece.

Chris was always quiet, sparing with his words, rarely speaking even once a day.

In an era that had yet to conceptualize psychological disorders, the adults of the Fischer family initially thought he had a cognitive issue, only to gradually understand the situation.

He simply couldn't be bothered to communicate with others.

The members of the Fischer family knelt down, one after another, with Irene at the very forefront.

"We beseech the great Lord of the Lost, your will extends to where our fates lie."

"When your gaze descends, those who you behold can't escape, when your voice resounds, the threads of destiny already reverberate in response."

"We offer new mysteries to you, please grant the Fischer family further strength, O great Lord of the Lost."

Karl felt the reverent emotions of everyone connected to him, each person's feelings bringing a different experience, like the thought of betrayal feeling akin to an insect bite.

He calmly absorbed the spirituality and traits from the extraordinary materials.

Advancing the 1st Rank of the God Pantheon stairway could still be done with multiple Class 0 materials as a substitute for a single primary material, but from the second rank upwards, it was not possible.

Higher-class extraordinary materials as the primary material was inevitable.

Karl's consciousness once again arrived in the Spirit Realm, seeing the black cross of light floating high in the sky of the Spirit Realm, gazing towards the Spirit Realm Ocean and the many islands above and below.

He skillfully found the brilliantly shining "constellation" in the endless firmament once more, picking out an empty star and dragging the spiritual traits of the "Wind Shark's Dark Blood" into it.

Finally, Karl's consciousness linked this "constellation" with the one containing the "Blazing Coral", connecting the next segment of the Path of Conquest!

The new "constellation" also began burning with a resplendent golden-red flame, dazzling and captivating, yet the shadow contained within the flames had now become a young man elegantly dueling with a sword!

The Power of Consecution is "Duelist"!

——

At the same time, many extraordinary exponents around the world who had just fallen asleep awoke from their dreams.

They found themselves once again in the snowy clearing they had experienced years before, looking bewilderedly at the ashes that had composed into tall trees, everything around them silent and solemn.

However, this time was different.

Not everyone was confused or passive, for some had already begun researching the various aspects of the Spirit Realm over the years.

Having prepared for several years, even causing a collective rise in the price of extraordinary materials across the entire continent, these extraordinarily powerful experts employed all kinds of mysterious methods they had studied for years.

They tried every means to leave a mark in the Spirit Realm, one that would facilitate re-entry, not wanting to miss the hard-won opportunity.


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Chapter 25: Chapter 24 "Duelist" Consecution

Many people in the woods kept moving forward, and some of them finally emerged from the ashen white ground and arrived at the true part of the Spirit Realm.

They came to distinctly different islands, where everything before their eyes gradually transformed.

The islands of the Spirit Realm were formed by the subconscious of numerous intelligent beings throughout history. Due to their strong aggregate nature, the islands would undergo mysterious reactions and gradually evolve into historical gaps made up of those intelligent beings' subconsciousness when encountering conscious entities from reality.

An old man walked through the island, witnessing the illusions around him gradually materializing into reality.

His pale hair meticulously groomed, the eyes behind his glasses revealed the accumulation of years and the depth of experience, his wisdom as if a moving repository of knowledge.

The old man was the headmaster of one of the six ancient libraries, the Sapphire Library.

The so-called "ancient libraries" referred to the mysterious organizations primarily dedicated to collecting "Extraordinary materials", "Mysterious rare artifacts", "Extraordinary Bequest", "mysterious creatures", and even the "Extraordinary Exponents" themselves, among almost all other superhuman elements.

The Sapphire Library was the foremost of the six ancient libraries on the Ouden Continent, with its primary collection focus on "Extraordinary Bequests".

The headmaster calmly recorded everything he perceived, and as he muttered to himself, a feather quill floated by his side, automatically transcribing everything on paper:

"After entering this mysterious world, the consciousness of Extraordinary Exponents becomes much weaker than in the real world, and they can basically only perform at a lower major level."

"It seems that the root cause depends on the level of Spirituality. If mysterious beings or gods were to come to this world, their strength in theory would not weaken."

"Hmm, something interesting is happening around me. Those mysterious powers are forming shadows of history, resembling architectural styles from around three hundred years ago. It's as if I have returned to a bygone era."

"In theory, the subconscious left by intelligent life should be the side with the most intense emotions they had during life."

"Then, the historical gaps projected on the 'island' I am on should theoretically also be the points in time where those intelligent beings had their most intense emotions."

The next moment, the headmaster raised his head to see a meteor shower raining down from the sky, and suddenly, many panicked and fearfully fleeing people refreshed around him.

Everyone projected in the scene seemed vividly alive, with genuine emotions in their eyes, making everything appear incredibly real!

He quickly recalled something from the history books about an event three hundred years ago, when the famous city of Leone in the Lorne Empire was destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption.

Excitement involuntarily surfaced in the headmaster's eyes.

"So it is, what a magical Spirit Realm, it will probably be a brand-new world that we will be utterly fascinated with in the future!"

Afterwards, he sensed some extremely terrifying presence, emanating an aura of annihilation and distortion – the black cross shining high in the sky, as if signifying an end to all things, its power to destroy incomparably more formidable than the numerous meteors soon to fall!

For the first time in over a hundred years, the headmaster showed a look of fear; he stood among roaring flames, explosive blasts, and screams of agony, muttering to himself while submerged in the fire.

"What exactly is that great existence?"

——

Karl acquired a new Spiritual Radiance from the "Duelist" Spiritual Laws.

The advancing member of the Fischer family was, without a doubt, Lucius Fischer.

He was a seasoned warrior who had been through numerous battles, and also a temporary commander on the battlefield, able to play a role that was marginally greater than the sum of the other two.

Apart from Extraordinary Exponents of the "Path of Contract", other rank Extraordinary Exponents could not switch to another God Pantheon stairway.

The golden-red Spiritual Radiance, brought out from the Spirit Realm to the real world by Karl, still saw all members of the Fischer family kneeling on the ground.

The Spiritual Radiance emitted an intense heat that made everyone's spirit surge with a strange sensation.

"My Lord, you truly are a generous and merciful deity!"

Irene couldn't help but praise from the depth of her heart.

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.


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