Witch, don't be so lazy

That's too lame.

Such a crappy chat tool will only earn you a cold stare from Miss Anke!

That being said.

Anke still plans to give it a try.

She sensed the distant, hazy black sun and the other little star, and tried to convey a message to them.

How are you now?

I waited and waited, but there was no response.

I don’t know if it was because of the bad signal or the other party was busy, but it consumed nearly one-third of the sacrifice quota.

Tsk, it’s terrible, the fee is too expensive and the effect is not good. I won’t try it again!

Encore was complaining when she suddenly felt a response.

【The situation is complicated, but temporarily safe】

Scratched his head.

An Ke thought about it and sent another message.

【Come on O()O】

The reply was almost instantaneous.

[Thank you, your text expression is as cute as you are. Don’t waste your sacrificial energy anymore. We will contact you later.]

Uh.

In fact, we don’t have much share.

But Anke was still in a good mood. At least he had verified the function of the Dark Sun Lord. He still had some abilities in the real world and might be able to play a big role when necessary.

sleep!

……

the other side.

The recorder stared at the saint in front of him in surprise, wondering why she was so confused and uneasy the moment before, and then her heart quickly became calm and determined the next moment.

Maybe I was too nervous before, but now I have adjusted myself.

As we walked to the door, the recorder smiled and said, "Please, next we will prepare for the blessing ceremony. Your holy name will spread throughout the world. Congratulations in advance."

"Ah."

Celine Weier nodded slightly, then walked out the door without hesitation, as if walking towards a new future.

Maybe she wasn't as lonely as she thought.

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Volume 1.

Finish.

Chapter 68: End of the Volume

Wow!

The first volume [Cold Earth and Red Rock] is finally finished.

This is the beginning of Encore's journey, from being exposed to magic to becoming a formal wizard. At the same time, he also met some strange characters and gods, learned some old history, and a corner of the future picture was also opened.

I am probably quite satisfied with it, although there are inevitably some flaws.

If you read all the way through, you will obviously notice that the previous events are completely different from the parade events, both in terms of writing style and rhythm arrangement. Even in the parade events, skills and proficiency are downplayed, and other functions of the system are highlighted instead.

Therefore, this change in style will inevitably make some readers uncomfortable and dissatisfied, especially those who follow the updates. Even I myself had some difficulties when writing about Hongyan Town.

Then a little cutie asked, you know the problem but you still write it, it's just a sweet-scented osmanthus cake, do you not want to subscribe or are you itching to be whipped!

(* )!

I could only wipe my little pearls crying and dared not speak.

(o)!

Well, I still have to say it.

The reason is actually very simple, because the outline was decided at the beginning that the first few volumes would be: events in the real world + tours of the spirit world, with a ratio of about seven to three.

(P.S.: Actually, the ratio I originally thought of was one to one. As I said in my remarks before the book was released, I am indeed a newbie, and even more so now when I first wrote the outline. Therefore, I didn’t realize the problem at all before.)

When I was conceiving the story of Hongyan Town, I had planned several intertwined subplots and was quite proud of myself. Then, when I had written more than thirty chapters, perhaps because I had grown a bit, I looked back and thought, damn, I was just courting death.

There was no other choice but to start cutting. Due to lack of experience, it was very difficult to do so, especially in the last few days when even the updates were delayed.

If you look back at Hongyan Town, you can probably see some of the original ideas.

For example, the descriptions given to the supporting characters were certainly not for the sake of being funny. The swordsman and Asan were fine, but the entire line about the downtown area of ​​the ripper woman was directly deleted, and the dancer was not even expanded at all.

Some readers wonder why the diary is so long. In fact, a lot of content was compressed in at once. Most of the words in Fifty-three were deleted, and the ending was also very simple. Droke's experience was directly compressed into a few sentences.

Fortunately, the most crucial things, mainly those of Celine Weir and the Lord of Dark Sun, were revealed.

Van Helsing - Droke - The Saint, the fate of this atonement institution is also outlined, thus paving the way for the church's later plot.

Why not push the parade down further?

The answer is, because if I put more pressure on you, I feel like I’ll have to make drastic changes to the outline.

Although the outline is bound to be constantly revised, if it requires large-scale deletions and revisions... the bosses can certainly do it, but Guihua Gao feels that he will probably die immediately.

Si Yin Lin 1 (-$7) (5) Jiu Jiu thought about it and finally chose to persevere.

All I can say is that I will try to make the parade more interesting and update it more frequently!

From the above description, everyone can also find that the spiritual world tour is not a completely simple promotion task. Especially in the first few volumes, there are important characters appearing in all of them, and then some things are extended, and the world view is expanded by the way.

I saw a reader ask, this tour starts with just over ten chapters, will it be around forty or fifty later on...

Well, actually it is possible. The Old Empire chapter and the Laurel Dynasty chapter are definitely not short.

But don’t worry!

Because those are the later chapters, whether you can survive until then is uncertain, and you might die in the middle (wrong)

Of course, I would like to thank all the readers who have always supported and accompanied us. It is your votes and subscriptions that have allowed Osmanthus Cake to persist until now!

Love you guys!

Then share the creative ideas and little Easter eggs of Hongyan Town.

The inspiration for the whole city full of monsters comes from our favorite Disha 72 Transformations Xiaoshui chapter.

The little easter eggs are the identities of the supporting characters - the pharmacist, the hunter (Droker), the thief (the Ripper), the swordsman, the dancer, the priest (the pastor)... Do they look familiar to you? Hehe, it's Octopath Traveler.

The scholar is fifty-three, and as for the merchant, he died in a flash. In fact, it was originally planned that he would lead out the wailing blood moth, but it was deleted.

Okay, finally thank you all.

Oh, today is the end of the month, and I’m about to start a new chapter, so I’ll let the osmanthus cake take a break for now!

(Don’t hit me in the face!)

Chapter 69 Change

The hall of the Adventurer's Guild.

Luya had just finished her breakfast and was leaning on a chair woven from vines, warming herself with the help of a fire in the stone pond.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the door opening. The elder sister turned her head and found that it was An Ke who was walking with the wind.

The purple round hat was stained with snowflakes, and the plush coat was also light purple. At that time, Luya was curious and asked Anke why he chose this winter outfit. As a result, he got a puzzling answer, "Because Illya's clothes are pretty good-looking, so I wanted to try them."

Luya had never heard of that name. It might be a character in an unknown picture book, but she did think Anke looked cute. It would be even better if it weren't for the old brown leather suitcase floating beside the girl.

Although there is no pungent smell of blood, as long as you can sense the deathly aura, you can still guess that there are corpses inside.

"There's actually a huge coffin hanging next to it. No matter how cute the owner is, everyone will be put off."

Luya couldn't help but sigh, "Even though he just got promoted yesterday, he didn't even sleep in and accepted a hunting commission early in the morning. He's totally the image of a hard-working adventurer."

An Ke controlled her telekinetic hand and dropped the huge suitcase onto the service counter. She unbuttoned it so that the guild staff could inspect it one by one, and then casually replied:

"I just thought shooting at targets and stone walls was boring, so I went outside to find some monsters to use as punching bags. This way, I'll save you from nagging me about mushrooms growing in my room."

It has been six months since she got the Black Iron Badge and joined the Adventurer's Guild, but this is the first time she has actually accepted a commission to hunt monsters. Previously, she relied on runes to make money and gain contributions.

Moreover, due to the preparations for the parade, Anko's range of activities quickly shrank after the White Walker incident. Except for going to see Hans and having meals, she almost always stayed in the guild, staying in her room without seeing the sun.

Generally speaking, adults would think that children are too wild and cannot calm down, and they would try to force their children to study. However, An Ke went against the grain. Not only did Lu Ya think there was something wrong, even the old man reminded her in a roundabout way to go out for a walk when she had nothing to do.

Because normal people are bound to encounter obstacles when practicing magic, whether they learn too slowly, encounter bottlenecks, or go astray, all of which can easily lead to a distorted mentality. At this time, the more stubborn they are, the more likely they are to have problems.

Especially for those geniuses who made rapid progress in the early stage, once they encountered difficulties, the contrast between before and after was too obvious. As long as they got stuck in a dead end and their thinking declined, it would not be surprising that they would eventually become dark wizards.

Of course, An Ke had no such problems at all, so much so that when she was given a psychological test before the parade, Luya felt that she was a "congenital magical holy body". She could stay at home every day and still had a stable mentality. No wonder her practice progress was so outrageous.

"How about it?"

An Ke patted the box and looked at the staff who were surprised and admired. "Is it okay?"

The latter nodded rapidly as he continued, "Twelve long-eared demon rabbits, their flesh and fur intact, assessed as perfect... Remember your contribution, and here is your reward, a total of seventy-two gold coins."

The staff member respectfully handed over the small purse, and An Ke thanked him and accepted it.

"Oh?"

Lu Ya next to him raised her eyebrows, glanced over, and then suddenly realized.

"Chaos School's Mental Shock. You've been practicing this trick for the past few months. You've mastered it to a very high level. Part of you is unconscious, and another part of your soul has even been annihilated. Wow, this is powerful."

The elder sister sighed, "I feel like it's about the same as one of the advanced low-level spells, Soul Impact. Either your mental strength is exceptionally strong, or your proficiency is nearing the pinnacle of expertise. One more step forward and you'll be a signature."

Signature-level tricks are actually low-level spells from the mastery level, just with a different name.

"you guess?"

"I guess it's both."

"Maybe."

An Ke had a smile on her face. Of course, she didn't have the "mental shock" spell, but she had a spell with similar functions.

Eye of Judgment (Fake) Power: 9999/10000/Specialized

This is when I just woke up.

Although it was the last skill she acquired, evolved from Insight, thanks to the generosity of the "Dark Sun Lord", her proficiency was directly maximized, and she was promoted quickly with almost no effort.

[Eye of Judgment: 1/5000/Mastery]

One word was taken away, but the change was significant.

First, the power increased, but at the same time, the power also weakened.

Well, this statement may be a bit abstract, but there is indeed nothing wrong with it.

Because An could clearly sense the strengthening of the Eye of Judgment, the projection of the Dark Sun Lord that she could summon was definitely strengthened, but because she was in the physical world, separated by infinite space, its power was weakened compared to when she was touring the spiritual world.

But even if it is weakened in the real world, it can still compete with "Soul Shock".

I just don't know what kind of power the spiritual world can become. Oh, come to think of it, it seems that she has not completed a task issued by "Marchana".

[Spiritual Realm, Ever-Frozen Snowfield, Sacrifice, Within Five Months, Protection]

It seems that the violent flames of the "Dark Sun Lord" do not need to be afraid of the creatures in the permafrost snowfield.

After all, she could use this skill to kill first-level monsters directly in Hongyan Town. Now she is also at level one and her skills have been upgraded. Maybe she will really become a native of the motherland and kill a bunch of enemies with just her eyes.

And the original insight is not lost.

"Little cutie, why are you staring at me?"

Luya was a little puzzled. "There's no sauce on my face. Could it be that I have dark circles again?"

"No, I was just distracted by Sister Luya's beauty."

An Ke smiled sweetly.

Previously, I asked my father to use his insight to look at her. Luya would definitely be able to react, and then he would pinch her face and say she was rude.