Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 32 What the gods hate is their enemy

"Because it's a friendly unit, that's why it won't trigger consciousness descent?"

Lin Ke had some guesses.

But none of that matters anymore; whether or not a plot event is triggered is irrelevant to Lin Ke at this point.

After all, I believe that every player's interface should now have a similar [Descent] option.

It's just that Lin Ke's gameplay requires it, so his arrival function comes with a 'magic effect'.

The special effects are great, with divine light filling the sky, and even falling to the ground like a giant laser cannon.

If it were at night, he would be the most dazzling person in the world.

Because the special effects were so good, Lin Ke decided never to use them again.

There's no other reason than that he's too high-profile. With his current strength, he's really afraid that if he's this high-profile, the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard will soon be turned into a kebab by the clergy in the game.

Therefore, it's okay for consciousness to descend, but the special effects must be turned off.

Sure enough, after discovering that triggering this simple storyline had failed to activate his awareness of entering the game, Link immediately switched to first-person perspective on York.

At the same time, click 'Divine Summoning'.

After doing all this, Lin Ke switched back to the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard screen and clicked 'Descent'.

This time, the process was perfect.

In reality, Lin Ke buried his head and lay down directly on the prepared small pillowcase.

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York was extremely excited and thrilled.

After all, almost a year has passed!
Both of York's previous divine interventions were major life-changing events.

His first divine descent allowed him to become a servant of the gods on earth, granting him the entire swamp territory as his domain, which led to his title of baron.

The second divine descent granted him a second awakening of his bloodline, and within just five days, he achieved a leap to the second tier of strength.

It should be noted that he had only become a first-tier official knight six months before the start of the campaign.

Just imagine, a knight who had just entered the realm of the extraordinary had the strength to advance again in less than a year.

This was incredibly shocking news in the entire Eagle Kingdom and Silver Lion Duchy.

Under normal circumstances, even the most talented person cannot break through limits consecutively within a year.

According to the extraordinary knowledge inherent in the nobles of this world.

The best time to train a human to become a knight is when the child is around six years old.

He began to familiarize himself with meditation at the age of six to train his mental willpower while gently practicing various sword techniques and physical skills.

It is not until after the age of ten that one can begin to gradually and gently exercise the body through the power of meditation.

After all, children at this age are still growing physically, and rough and aggressive physical training and mental exhaustion are absolutely unacceptable.

Thus, when all humans in this world reach adulthood, that is, at the age of sixteen, it will be possible to try to have the children of noble families undergo the first ritual to awaken the extraordinary power in their bloodline.

If they cannot awaken their extraordinary powers before the coming-of-age ceremony, they will need to wait approximately three years to recover from the physical injuries caused by the failed ceremony before they can repeat the awakening ceremony.

If that doesn't work, then the next time it will be four or five years. If that still doesn't work, the physical, mental, and blood vessel depletion will become even greater, and it will naturally take even longer.

However, generally speaking, if a person cannot awaken extraordinary power after five rituals, it means that this person's aptitude and potential are very low, and they are no longer suitable for the path of extraordinary power.

And York?
It's quite awkward that it happened right at the point where the third ritual was successfully completed and the extraordinary power was awakened.

Fortunately, it wasn't the fifth time. Unfortunately, the Smith family was, after all, just a baronial family with a low-ranking bloodline.

York's extraordinary power was only awakened in the third ritual, which meant that his potential had reached its limit.

This is also the real reason why York has a thin, low-level bloodline and half-star potential.

Even for the lowest-ranking noble families like the Baron family, with the lowest-level bloodline, even if they awaken their complete bloodline at the age of sixteen and enter the first rank, under normal circumstances, it would take at least ten years of mental and physical training to enter the second rank.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, a person with a low-level bloodline who can advance to the second level within ten years must have outstanding original aptitude.

Even against noble families with mid-level bloodlines, it would be considered quite good.

But was York such a gifted person? Obviously not.

Therefore, when York revealed that he had already reached the second tier of strength in the previous battle with the monster, it immediately caused a great deal of impact and discussion.

Fortunately, York's father, Baron Eric, intervened in time.

He claimed that York had actually entered the first stage when he came of age at sixteen, but Baron Eric believed that York still needed to hone his character and did not want him to be too prominent in the outside world, so he had York hide all of this.

Otherwise, if York truly reached the transcendent state at age 24 after three rites, how could Baron Eric have agreed to let him venture out alone, even to pioneer new frontiers? (He's 25 now.)
Isn't this sending him to his death?
And sure enough, after Baron Eric said that, almost all the nobles believed him.

After all, this is a very normal thing.

What was York's mother's status? She was just a maid.

In this rigidly class-based world, she could never have any identity or even a formal title; at best, she could only be considered Baron Eric's lover or mistress.

Therefore, York's status as one of her children was naturally quite low.

Even if York is exceptionally talented, Baron Eric would never pass the position of head of the family to York!
Nobles have their own dignity and rules.

If an illegitimate child becomes the head of the family, not only will he be ridiculed by other nobles and find it difficult to integrate into their circles, but even Baron Eric's wife's maternal family will hold him accountable.

Therefore, even if York is exceptionally talented, the best way to minimize trouble is to keep him out of the loop for a period of time and then send him to pioneer new lands at the appropriate time, thereby establishing a branch of the noble family.

And this is actually what the vast majority of nobles in the world are doing.

As for suppressing and harming exceptionally talented illegitimate children, such things do happen, but very few nobles do this.

After all, although the nobles of this world consider themselves noble, they often have to rely on their strength. Illegitimate children are still offspring, and they are all descendants of one's own bloodline. There are too many benefits to establishing a branch family, so under normal circumstances, most nobles would not do such a foolish thing.

Therefore, Baron Eric's explanation is naturally impeccable.

This also saved York from some unnecessary trouble.

In short, York is incredibly grateful for God's favor, given how quickly he has advanced to the second tier.

Of course, York himself was not the only one grateful for God's favor.

York's wife, Lucia, was the same.

Previously, Lucia had some concerns about the deity behind the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard.

But since receiving the gods' reward and even learning of the power of the divine potion, she could hardly imagine it.

In Lin Ke's view, it was just a set of ten bottles of medium-efficacy treatment medicine.

But to Lucia, it was a life-saving elixir.

Because, on the continent of Okra, there simply is no such potion with such potent effects.

There is no Alchemist Guild, and there is even less so the Apothecary Guild!
The healing potions available on the market can only cure minor injuries at most. Even the more potent ones can treat serious injuries, but they require a long time to be absorbed and there is a considerable recovery period. Most importantly, they are very expensive.

But what about the Oracle Potion?

Even if a bottle of medicine is diluted with ordinary water to make a dose for ten people, its healing effect and speed are extremely fast!
The fact that a severe injury can be recovered so quickly in just half an hour, with the large wounds and the granulation tissue intertwining and rapidly healing during that time, is simply terrifying.

It is easy to imagine how precious this miraculous medicine is in this world.

At the same time, this made Lucia cherish the four remaining bottles of Oracle Potion immensely.

As for divine favor, yes, there's also the giant-toothed rat monster horde that He previously bestowed.

Therefore, in Lucia's view, the unknown great god could not possibly have any ill intentions towards them, mortals.

After all, this god could advance York to the second tier with just a word, and bestow divine medicine that could save countless lives with a wave of his hand.

If He truly harbored malice, could York and I possibly stop Him?
Therefore, by this time, Lucia had already been 'assimilated' by York.

Just like York's previous concerns about Lucia, a phrase he often said.

Even if this god harbors 'malice,' it certainly cannot be directed at them in the Swamp Territory.

After all, this god had already shown great favor to York and Lucia.

Therefore, the god's 'malice' must be directed at the enemies of the Swamp Territory!
Since they are enemies, what reason is there not to destroy them according to the will of the gods?

(End of this chapter)