Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

"Professor Bors, you're not kidding, are you? How could something like this be given as a reward?"

"Huh? You brat! You think I'm joking? Issuing missions is subject to the constraints of the world's will. You don't think I'm lying to you, do you?"

That's right! Almost everything in "Divine Realm" is subject to the supervision of the world's will, so it's unlikely that the other party is lying to me.

What are you waiting for? There aren't many missions with generous rewards and no time limits, so accept one!

[You have accepted the quest from your mentor, Bors—to slay the King of the Ancient Capital.]

That's more like it.

Bors smiled with his eyes narrowed, but there was something unsettling about the smile.

"That mentor, Bors, I'm really leaving this time."

"Don't be so formal. You can call me mentor from now on. Also, this place is quite far from the ruins of the ancient capital. Let me give you a ride."

With a wave of his hand, he threw out a scroll, and a blue teleportation array instantly formed.

Chu Ci couldn't help but be stunned and amazed.

"I'm going to teleport the scroll, what a grand gesture! Wait, no! I haven't gone to the Holy Land yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, his figure vanished along with the light.

"Hmm? That little guy seemed to have something else to say at the end."

"Forget it, who cares? We finally discovered a genius, we can't let those guys find out."

As soon as he finished speaking, several beams of light suddenly descended upon the area behind him.

Without turning his head, Bors said, "Gentlemen, you're late."

As the light faded, one of the middle-aged men, dressed in a white-gold robe, looked around and closed his eyes to sense his surroundings.

"It's the trace of teleportation magic. Looks like they just left. Bors, you're really quick, you didn't give us a chance at all."

The others also had slightly furrowed brows, and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Hehe, what are you saying? He came here specifically to join my Thieves Guild, so naturally I can't let some people with ulterior motives disturb him."

"What did you say?!"

The warrior in heavy black armor suddenly became irritable and was about to cause trouble when the white-robed mage stopped him.

"Get out of the way, Ferit! I'm going to show this guy that just because he's old doesn't mean he can speak so recklessly!"

Ferit glanced at him and said, "Rook, you can't beat this guy."

"Ha! You actually said I'm inferior to an old man! I'm going to...!"

"That's enough!"

Suddenly, a woman's reprimanding voice came from the side. Among the people who had come with him, a beautiful woman wearing dark green leather armor glared at him fiercely.

"Remember, we're not here to cause trouble. Now that they've left, we'll take our leave. Don't forget, this is the city of thieves."

As she spoke, a glint of light flashed in her beautiful eyes as she turned to look at a high platform dozens of kilometers away.

There, a figure was watching them from afar.

"Hmm, the little archer girl's eyesight is still pretty good; she can still notice me from this far away."

"Warriors, mages, archers—except for the members of the Priest Guild, all three major guilds are present."

"Tsk tsk, three fifth-tier fighters. If they really fought, Bors might be at a disadvantage. Sigh."

Vice President Finger sighed, then turned to look at the corner of the wall.

"Hey, you bunch of lunatics, stop hiding around other people all the time, okay? What? You like spying on other people's privacy?"

Beside the wall, a figure dressed in a black and red cloak slowly emerged, the hood obscuring his face, leaving only a pair of cold, piercing eyes visible.

"It's just professional ethics."

The hoarse and indifferent voice made it difficult to distinguish whether it was male or female.

"Another Tier 5. Are you Assassins' Guild as idle as them? Why do you have to get involved in this mess?" Finger complained helplessly.

The black-and-red assassin shook his head, and a blood-red dagger suddenly appeared in his hand.

"They paid the deposit, so I naturally have to complete the task. Although you are the vice president of the Dawn City Thieves Guild and a sixth-tier expert, the thief profession is inherently weaker in combat than other professions."

"I'm confident I can hold you off for ten minutes."

Shameless bastard!

Although Finger showed no outward reaction, he was already cursing inwardly.

……

On a plain hundreds of kilometers north of Dawn City, a vast expanse of ruins stretches for miles, with a castle ruin at its center covering tens of kilometers and reaching a height of over a thousand meters.

This is the ruins of an ancient capital.

At this moment, in a certain outskirts area, Chu Ci was making his way along, cursing and swearing.

"Damn it, where did you send me? You brought me to this godforsaken place without my permission! How am I supposed to get back?!"

His Holy See recommendation letter hasn't been used yet!

It is almost impossible for a native resident of "God Realm" to join both major factions at the same time.

But as one of the chosen ones, there is no problem at all.

Of course, this is on the premise that these two forces do not have a major hostile relationship. For example, the Fallen Cult and the Holy See were absolutely irreconcilable.

[Warning: You are currently on the outskirts of the ruined ancient city. Please note that the monsters in this area are far stronger than you.]

. . .

Do I really need you to remind me?

Chu Ci continued walking deeper into the area. He activated his stealth mode the moment he landed, but unfortunately, not a single monster had appeared yet.

After walking nearly ten kilometers, he finally saw the ancient capital ruins he had been longing for in a building complex.

"Why is there only one? Oh well, even a small mosquito is still meat."

I'll steal it!

[Ding! You have stolen 1 skill point.]

Wow? You're lucky, you actually got some great stuff.

In less than a minute, 3 experience points had been credited to his account. Unfortunately, at his current level, he needed to kill at least four Ancient City Remains to level up.

This shows that the difficulty of leveling up in "God Realm" is exceptionally high. Keep in mind that this is a Tier 1 monster, which is 65 levels higher than the level of the monster.

[Ding! The Hand of Spiritual Dust has successfully stolen 1% of the attribute points from the individual Ancient Capital Remains, and these points have been automatically allocated to you.]

"? How could I have forgotten that!"

The ancient capital's remains have a life value of 5, which translates to 5 constitution points. So 1% is 50 points! That's definitely not a small amount.

And that doesn't even include other attributes.

Chu Ci calculated that he gained a total of 50 points of physique, 15 points of strength, 10 points of intelligence, 20 points of agility, and 5 points each of the other three major attributes.

This is practically equivalent to him leveling up instantly.

"What a wonderful baby!"

He raised his right hand, and a faint purple halo shimmered in his eyes; it was an amethyst gem embedded in Ling Chen's hand.

Only now did Chu Ci truly understand why this piece of equipment, which clearly had no terrifying attribute bonuses, was called the Holy Remains level.

"Although this effect only triggers when killing monsters of a higher level than the user, and can only be triggered once per type of monster, this is an ancient ruined capital. How could I possibly find someone of a lower level than me?"

Thinking of this, Chu Ci became even more excited.

"Let's add skill points first."

"Right now, I only have two skills to upgrade: Stealth and Flying Sand. I don't need to worry about survival right now, so I should upgrade Stealth first, since that's my bread and butter."

[Ding! Your Stealing Skill has been upgraded to Level 2. Your success rate in stealing has increased.]

Did it increase the success rate? This concept may seem difficult to understand, but it's actually quite simple.

If the steal rate of a level 1 sleight of hand is 10%, then at level 2, that probability could be 15%.

However, no one knows the exact amount.

"You'll know once you try it."

Chu Ci once again began searching for monsters.