Witch, don't be so lazy

That is the evil spirit that always hangs over this land.

But people were not too afraid.

Maybe everyone was still running around and panicking at the beginning, but with the appearance of the fire, with the half-elf riding an eagle playing "Northern Prelude: Pioneering", and with the shining of the flaming giant sword.

Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked over at the same time, forgetting to panic, forgetting to run away, and even forgetting to scream.

When Hahn came out, he almost caught up with the climax and end of the battle.

Someone was holding a flaming sword and galloping on the back of a giant skeleton dragon.

Starting from the tail vertebrae, it went all the way up along the spine, leaving behind raging flames and violent winds, accompanied by the wailing of the skeleton dragon. It was so bright red that it made people look around.

The flames reached the dragon's head, and its invisible wings flapped as it leaped high into the air, turning towards the bright sunlight. The solemn words of judgment and proclamation also began to ring out.

"The evil beasts that ravage the north and south, the remnant souls that bewitched the bloodline of heroes, the evil dragons that attempt to recreate slaughter, your fate, your ambitions, your evil thoughts, the grudges and chains that have entangled you for a century..."

An extremely loud and solemn voice appeared in the terrible flames.

"At this moment, everything depends on this sword that slays the dragon—"

The flames gathered in the air, and the unimaginable huge magical power made it feel like the entire city was covered with a layer of red light.

"Cut them all off!"

The words fell.

The violent wind and raging flames completely engulfed the skeleton dragon. The extremely turbulent high-temperature air currents swept the flames in all directions, and the hot wind that blew in the face cut the face like a knife.

then.

As the winter sun reached its zenith, the brilliant sword of the Fire Demon fell.

Like the statue that serves as the background.

It is hard to tell whether it is the distant history that has become reality, or the wishes of later generations that have come true.

The long sword fell with a loud bang.

The dragon howled again and prostrated itself in surrender.

Reality, history and the statue overlap at this moment.

The whistling hot wind and the scattered flames caused the entire tower to tremble endlessly, as if it would collapse at any moment.

People stared at everything in a daze.

If there hadn't been mages nearby casting spells in time to resist, the rubble, strong winds, and falling flames would have caused many casualties.

Hahn was in a complete state of shutdown.

Although he had become a formal wizard, his brain was overloaded at this moment and he was unable to process the scene in front of him.

Handsome, very handsome, extremely handsome.

Whether it is the lines or the scenes.

It's like poetry has become reality.

It's a pity that the protagonist is not me. It would be fine if it's not me... Why? Is it possible that my eyes are blurry or my ears are not working properly?

Why my classmate?

Why is it a familiar little girl?

Why is Encore the dragon-slaying hero? ! ! !

Chapter 154 The End and the Beginning (Five Thousand Five)

Appearance, showing off, sharpening the blade, ascending the dragon, reciting the childish and embarrassing lines, the Flame Demon Sword, showing off, etc. were recorded in the photo stones from multiple angles and the work was called off.

This is the entire shooting process from Encore’s perspective.

The timing, lines, locations and moves have all been carefully designed, and the music has been reasonably added in the name of amplification and appeasement of the people.

Everything is done to present the best performance and strive to achieve the most perfect ceremony effect.

of course.

The battle part was actually not too complicated. After all, neither the Abyss Serpent nor the Skeleton Dragon could withstand a [Flame Demon's Fallen Light].

Momo's control was only to prevent the dragon from running around, and to prevent the aftermath of the battle from causing too much damage to the city.

The performance went very smoothly without any setbacks.

Since Sutur has successfully cleansed most of the evil dragon's pollution, he can bear the load of the Flame Demon Sword by himself, so Anke's only role is to act as the sword wielder and fit in with the designed script.

Oh, and after learning from the experience of killing the snake last time, Anke finally managed to sneak a bite this time.

However, its soul was born with defects. It was an immature product forcibly created by the Well of Silence. It was also struck by the earth pulses of Momo, Yeyin, Qiba, Baleng, and Liuyi Man, and the Flame Demon Sword was much more powerful than the Rainbow Arrow. As a result, the mental power it finally exploded was very poor, even one-third less than that of a second-level troll.

The increased proficiency in meditation was not much, and was completely incomparable to that of the generous black wizard Bro.

However, it is more than enough to reach a new stage.

[Moon Corona Meditation: 102/10000/Skilled]

The moment the system prompt pops up.

An Ke had already sensed the strange changes deep in her soul.

It's very faint, very subtle, and also very... funny.

Because the Moon Snow Owl in her soul had grown a little bigger, looked rounder, and its white wings had become fuller.

The most important thing is that there is a strand of hair inexplicably sticking up on the snowy owl's forehead, which is shining with the hazy moonlight. Combined with its round face and big eyes, it looks very "smart".

...No, this is completely destroying Miss Snowy Owl's image as a smart and lovely person. What the hell is this abominable meditation method of yours doing?!

Of course, Encore was just a casual complaint.

She could feel that the changes in the "Moon Snow Owl" might symbolize something. She was not sure before, but now if she enters the Moonlight Glade again, she will definitely receive a new gift package!

Moreover, through Anke's quiet perception, he can also notice some changes in himself.

First of all, the upper limit of magic power seems to have increased a lot.

It was well known that even at the same level, the amount of magic power that different creatures could command varied greatly. This depended on numerous factors, including racial talent, spiritual talent, the quality and proficiency of their meditation, whether they had taken special potions, whether they had used special treasures, whether they had practiced specific spells...

There are naturally items and things in the world that are used to measure magic power. For example, when Anke first entered the city of Asda, the guards used a reconnaissance disc to distinguish between apprentices and formal mages. The apprentice's semicircle has a scale, and as long as you cross the dividing line, you will reach the mage's territory.

There are actually two crucial magical rules hidden in this: one is that magic power has a so-called limit in rank. If it exceeds the upper limit, it will shatter into pieces like an overloaded container; the second is that the weakest wizard has more magic power than the strongest apprentice. This is the origin of the word "promotion", the path to sublimation, leap, transformation, and ascension to godhood. Even if there is a possibility of the lower overcoming the higher in low-level battles, in essence, the difference between the two sides is worlds.

However, the guards' reconnaissance discs are of a simple version due to production cost constraints.

The Adventurer's Guild has an official "Solomon Disc", which is like a clock, with four areas, representing the apprentice to the third level.

Each region is divided into three categories: red, yellow, and blue, representing "ordinary, good, and excellent" respectively. This was the standard used by the old empire to roughly combine the average values ​​of different races, considering only racial talents.

Ordinary refers mainly to humans, goblins, kobolds, lizardmen, murlocs, and a host of magical beasts; good refers to powerful creatures such as lower-level demons, ordinary elves, ordinary mermen/sirens, white walkers, low-level vampires, and trolls; excellent refers to, without a doubt, higher-level demons, dragons, dragonborn, giants, giant-blooded descendants, high-level vampires, and atavistic werewolves...

Well, there is still one inferior category missing here, namely the so-called poultry, livestock, flowers, birds, insects, fish and beasts without intelligence, but they are usually unable to master magic, so they are not included in the disc.

It was on this basis that the old empire established a ruthless and cruel hierarchy, from which the terms "ordinary" and "extraordinary" often mentioned in later generations came.

However, since it is an average, there will always be so-called exceptions.

Humans are considered the pinnacle of mortals, and Anko is a rare genius. The quality and attainments of his meditation are not bad, and the depth of his patrol is deep enough, so his magic power increases a lot after his promotion.

Therefore, as early as in the previous self-test, her magic value had reached the middle level of the first-order good level. Now it has undergone another transformation and it feels like it can barely touch the excellent level.

This is just an increase in the magic power limit, and the speed of recovering magic power and mental power has also increased.

But there was no change in his mental strength. He only felt that his control had increased. The vanity from swallowing second- and third-level souls in succession was eliminated, and he turned from bloated fat into strong muscles. Well, it would be more reasonable to say that he had consolidated his foundation again.

However, An Ke also felt a vague feeling of being "stretched". She seemed to be reaching what the old man called "the limit of the soul that can be carried by the form". If she continued to develop, the overly strong spirit might even make her body overwhelmed.

...Damn it, this body is still too weak. No, I must find an opportunity to make up for this deficiency. Battle patterns, potions, breathing techniques, natural school spells... all must be arranged!

Although the idea of ​​a delicate and easily pushed-down spiritual beauty is quite in line with Encore's preferences, she prefers pushing others rather than being pushed. Moreover, she is determined to become a hexagonal wizard and will never allow herself to become like that!

Besides, she was already extremely dissatisfied with the current situation where Momo played (mistakenly) with her at will and she was unable to resist.

Encore wants to resist!

Encore also wants to grow taller!

The encore must be played back!

……

Obviously, all of the above things are changes and visions that make people happy.

The performance was obviously completed very smoothly, and a large number of photo stones would be distributed soon. He was going to become a big celebrity at the regional level and a small celebrity at the national level.

It was obvious that the original ritual had been completed in excess, an additional armor-wearing event had been completed, and almost all of the Chaos Dragon contamination had been eliminated.

But at this moment, Anke did not seem happy at all, she even felt a little sad and upset.

It's not just her.

The people present, Kunda, Hans, Momo, and Xiaohui, either had complicated expressions or were in a depressed mood.

Only Sutur, the real owner, showed more magnanimity than expected.

"There's no need to be too sad. Wasn't this something we had expected?"

In the rubble-covered hall of the lord's mansion, above the fallen skeleton dragon, a strange figure was floating.

A handsome and sunny man, but unfortunately only the upper body is visible, the lower half is like those monsters hidden in the vessels in the picture books, only a small part that shrinks rapidly, like a cloud hanging in the air;

The mighty and handsome giant sword was unfortunately only half broken, with a jagged break in the middle. The whole broken sword kept hovering beside the man, and the two were connected by flames.

The Holy Spirit Conversion Ritual was only half successful.

It successfully cleansed the erosion of the Well of Silence, but failed to completely transform into a Holy Spirit, nor could it be re-elevated to the fourth level.

"...Perhaps once the Image Stone spreads completely, we'll be able to gather enough faith to help you complete the next steps?"

Anko whispered.

"It's a huge difference, little Anke. Those collected in the statues of Asda City are the main force. The only people who care about me at all are those in the area near Asda City. The others are too far away, both in terms of location and time. I am just a distant name, living quietly in history books and tombstones. If I suddenly jump out, I might be more frightened than revered."

The hero smiled heartily and shrugged his shoulders.

"Besides, we all know that the real problem isn't here. Your Majesty has done his best. After all, it is the highest level of research achieved by the Church. To have achieved this level without the necessary conditions is truly astonishing. You truly deserve to be our guiding tower."

Although an armor-donning ceremony was added, it was just icing on the cake. After all, a very safe armor-donning ceremony had already been arranged, but the real key problem was never solved.

The lack of faith is only one aspect; the key point is the lack of rituals and objects of attachment.

It has been emphasized countless times before that this is a pirated Holy Spirit ritual, a product of modifications directed by the "Almighty".

The true and complete Holy Spirit Ritual is the product of the church's countless years of research and deduction.

Relying on the gods in heaven, they created terrible monsters that were absolutely loyal, absolutely reliable, absolutely holy, and in a sense, immortal.

If an outsider can replicate a small part and successfully cleanse the high-level corrosion on the soul without causing new damage, that would be enough for the church to find a way to launch a series of wanted orders or assassinations against this person.

Not to mention that there was no god chosen to rely on here, but instead the high tower in the north was used.

It is truly amazing that with so many things missing and such large-scale deletions and revisions, it has still reached its current state.

"...Besides, His Majesty Qina is still too modest. He actually allowed a third-level pseudo-holy spirit like me to gain some of the characteristics of a true holy spirit. Through faith, I have extended my life by more than ten years, and no longer have to stay in the dark underground and fight disgusting pollution. I am extremely grateful. I can finally get out and move around!"

Sutur spun twice in the air and looked very happy.

The Holy Spirit has many characteristics, but the most important one is "immortality", which is achieved through recording and shaping.

Like a totem, like a label on a book, like an abstract symbol.

Even if he dies in battle, as long as this information is recorded, the Holy Spirit can be resurrected and brought back to the world by gathering faith, outputting a large amount of magic power and holding high-standard ceremonies.

However, whether this so-called resurrected "Holy Spirit" is the original thing or not is a matter of opinion.

In any case, in the eyes of some mages, the Holy Spirit created by the Church is a distorted product that is no less than that of the Lich.

Although the absolute selfishness of the lich has been eliminated, it has been shaped into a new image by heaven and faith - perhaps it is kind, perhaps it is just, perhaps it is cruel, everything depends on the appeal, an absolute tool.

But in the eyes of another group of mages, and in the eyes of those who believe in the church or are desperate, this is absolutely the most beautiful thing - absolutely holy, absolutely reliable, and absolutely in line with the propaganda of the church and the wishes of the people. That is the most perfect apostle of God.

After all, it has been passed down for so many years, was able to take the lead in defeating the Old Empire, and was able to put such great pressure on the major forces in the world. If you think that the church is useless, it would be too naive.

Of course, Sutur does not have the quality of "immortality", but he also has the possibility of prolonging his life through faith.

Even the so-called "end of life" is probably the complete elimination of the self, turning into an abstract totem or symbol, becoming a nameless and selfless spirit, wandering around the tower.

"...I can't help but feel like I can't escape my fate of being studied. Are they planning to use me as a starting point to create a Northern version of the Holy Spirit?... If I become a dracolich, I'll be studied in Winterbone City. If I become a skeleton dragon, I'll have to go to Black Rock City... Hey, are you kidding me?"