Chapter 194 The Fourth-Level Hidden Profession of the Original Sin Path!
In front of the temple of the Bronze Branch.
The Bronze Discipline Knight, who had lost his life and soul, fell down helplessly, while Ryan walked towards Hosted and Anya.
Under the nervous gaze of the two, he stopped about ten meters in front of them and chuckled:
"You are not coming out, are you waiting for me to invite you in person?"
Ryan's words made Hosted and Anya look slightly puzzled, and the next second, a figure with a black face scarf and brown-black leather armor slowly emerged from the branches of an old tree nearby.
He jumped off the branch and landed on the ground, the whole process was light and silent.
On the brown-black leather armor, dark lines were etched, outlining a strange crescent moon. He stood in the shadows, and in the eyes of others, he was looming.
Seeing this person, Anya and Hosde's eyes were full of surprise: "Lord Quinn."
The thin middle-aged man called Quinn flashed and appeared in front of the two, protecting them behind him, and then raised his left hand, signaling the two not to speak for the time being.
From beginning to end, his eyes were firmly locked on Ryan, and he dared not move at all.
At an angle that Anya and Hosde could not see, his right hand holding the dagger was already soaked with sweat, and the whole person was extremely nervous.
The scene of Ryan killing the Bronze Discipline Knight with one punch just now shocked not only Anya and Hosde, but also him.
As the guardian of the "candidate saint", Quinn's strength had reached the "knight" level many years ago.
But because of this, he deeply understood how valuable it was to kill the Bronze Discipline Knight with one punch.
Quinn boasted that he would definitely win against the Bronze Discipline Knight, but it would inevitably take a fierce battle.
After all, they were both at the same "Knight" level, and although there was a gap in strength, there was no qualitative difference.
The young man in front of him could kill the Bronze Discipline Knight with one punch, which showed that his strength had surpassed the "Knight" and reached a higher level.
Paladin?
Or, a hero?
Quinn didn't know, he only knew that if he had a conflict with the young man, his fate would not be much better than that of the Bronze Discipline Knight.
It was precisely because he knew the huge gap in strength between the two sides that he did not think of escaping with Anya.
In front of such a strong man, running away is a luxury...
Ryan smiled. He didn't care about the nervousness of the Yellow Cult Knight named "Quinn": "Let me introduce myself. My name is 'Zifeng'. I am a traveler who travels around the continent. The purpose of my travel is to fight with all the strong men and hone myself."
"By the way, solve some unsightly 'filthy things'."
Hearing Ryan's words, Quinn subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. The other party was willing to talk, which meant that he had no intention of killing himself and others, so he bowed and saluted: "Lord Zifeng, it's an honor to meet you."
"My name is Quinn Hazard, the third captain of the Yellow Cult's first regiment, and the rank of 'Knight'."
"'Knight', speaking of which, I'm quite curious, what is the basis for your 'warriors' and 'knights' to be divided?"
Ryan asked curiously: "In my country, there is no such division."
"So that's the case, foreigners..." Quinn was certain. Seeing that Ryan had no intention of taking action, he slowly put away the secret treasure in his sleeves, and his face became more respectful: "Lord Zifeng, in our place, strength is determined by the strength of soul power, from low to high, in order:
Nameless, soldier, warrior, knight, paladin, brave, and the highest level, heroes who are comparable to the 'King of Fire', a total of seven levels."
"Paladin, brave, hero..." Ryan thought: "What does 'King of Fire' mean? Why is it clearly distinguished from 'hero'?"
"That's right." Quinn knew everything: "Lord Zifeng, you should know the 'World-Destroying Disaster' a thousand years ago, right?"
Ryan nodded. Although he didn't know what the "World-Destroying Disaster" was, looking at Quinn's appearance, this thing should be common knowledge that everyone knows. Thinking about it, Ryan could also guess that the so-called "World-Destroying Disaster" should be closely related to the "Great Catastrophe" mentioned by the God of Wind.
Seeing Ryan nod, Quinn continued to narrate respectfully: "Soon after the 'World-Destroying Disaster', 'Ash Eclipse' began to spread around the world. This terrible plague has no cure. Once you get it, it can only be alleviated, not eradicated."
"What's more terrifying than 'Ash Eclipse' is that the energy contained in this world is getting weaker day by day."
"The upper limit of the extraordinary's strength is constantly falling, and this phenomenon has caused panic among all the extraordinary people."
"After the painstaking research of the tower scholars, it was finally discovered that both 'Ash Eclipse' and 'the decline in the upper limit of world energy' are related to the weakening of the primordial wind."
"In In the distant past, the supreme wind god brought the first wisp of primordial wind to this country, and the wind gave birth to all things, so there was a division between life and death, light and darkness, cold and heat. "
"The wind god protects all spirits, and the place where the wind god first descended, the wisp of primordial wind quietly swirled. "
"After the 'world-destroying disaster' thousands of years ago, the eyes of the god no longer fell on the mortal world, and the 'primordial wind' gradually became dim, and its dimness directly led to the 'ash erosion disease' and the 'decline of the world's energy limit'. It is foreseeable that when the 'primordial wind' completely disappears, this country will no longer be able to give birth to extraordinary people. "
"So, in order to maintain the 'First Wind', the top powerhouses among the extraordinary people, that is, the seven strongest 'heroes' stood up. They sacrificed themselves and used themselves as nutrients to nourish the 'First Wind'. These seven heroes who sacrificed themselves were also honored as the 'First Fire King'."
"For a long time, the 'Fire King' was highly respected."
"But this situation has undergone subtle changes two hundred years ago."
"Even with the sacrifice of the 'Fire Kings', the disappearance of the 'First Wind' has only slowed down, not stagnated. Over the past hundreds of years, the world's energy ceiling has continued to decline. Now, it has A new 'hero' cannot be born."
"And the soul of the 'hero' level is the minimum standard for nourishing the 'first wind'..."
"So, the scholars of the tower used some unknown method to invite the first sacrificed 'fire king' out of the 'cemetery', and nourish the 'first wind' again with his ashes."
"Just as a strong wind passes through, there is still wind in a small place. These 'fire kings' who 'sacrificed' themselves still have weak soul power in their bodies."
"In this way, the world continues to survive again. However, without sufficient nourishment, the 'first wind' disappears faster and faster, and the 'ash erosion' The spread of the disease is getting wider and wider..."
"However, not every former 'Cinder King' is willing to endure the pain of dedication again, so the tower scholars awakened the 'undead' who had died but revived again, forcing the 'former Cinder Kings' to 'dedicate'..."
"It has been nearly fifty years since the last time the wind was 'nourished', and this time the 'former Cinder King' who should have been the Saint Iochilis, or the Bronze Saint, refused the mission of 'nourishing', which triggered a series of turmoil..."
"Today, the term 'Cinder King' refers to those heroes whose souls are A strong man who is strong enough to be the nourishment of the ‘Original Wind’. ”
Quinn’s voice was a little sad, but he quickly adjusted and said respectfully:
“Lord Zifeng, as I just said, the biggest difference between the Cinder King and the hero is whether they have ‘nourished’ the original wind. ”
“In fact, it has been a long time since a new ‘hero’ was born, and the ‘Cinder King’ has dedicated himself, although his strength is stronger than that of a brave man, he is far inferior to a real hero. ”
“Lord Zifeng, I would like to ask you a question, how is your country now?”
Quinn’s words were full of hope, as if he wanted to find a new way out.
In response, Ryan just shook his head, without any intention of explaining. Seeing this, Quinn’s eyes dimmed again.
In the breeze, Ryan thought.
Quinn’s narration unveiled a veil of the world for him, a veil of the thousand-year evolution of the Kingdom of Wind after the departure of the God of Wind.
But Ryan was more concerned about the “Paladin, Brave and Cinder King” mentioned by Quinn.
"Heroes" can be ignored, because according to Quinn, no new "heroes" have been born in this world since two hundred years ago.
Even if they were born, they would have been pulled to "nourish" the original wind and become the "Cinder King".
Therefore, in the era when the gods disappeared, the 'Cinder King' was the strongest in this world.
"Knights" are on par with fourth-level professionals.
So, "Paladin" is a fifth-level legend, "Brave" is similar to a sixth-level demigod, and "Hero" is comparable to a seventh-level true god?
This idea just emerged from Ryan's mind and was denied by himself.
The God of Wind is a seventh-level true god, there is no doubt about this, it has been recognized by the panel, so "Hero" can never reach the seventh level, and is most likely a sixth-level demigod.
In this way, "Paladin" and "Brave" should be between fifth-level legends and sixth-level demigods. The specific strength will only be known after a head-on confrontation.
Thinking of this, Ryan's eyes fell on Quinn again, as well as Hosde and Anya behind him, and he chuckled: "Everyone, when I was traveling around the continent, I heard about your church's philosophy, and I felt that it was quite to my liking. Can you take me to your church to have a look?"
"..." Quinn's body stiffened.
The other party's words, is it ready to catch them all in the Yellow Church?
But soon, Quinn reacted. If the other party really had malicious intentions, they would not be able to resist...
Since being split by the Bronze Saint, the Yellow Church has been in name only, and its strength is much worse than before. Not to mention the "brave men", even the "paladins" only have the leader left.
The silence of the three reminded Ryan of something, and he smiled and said, "I neglected it. You should bring some gifts when you visit."
"Mr. Quinn, do you know where the bishop-level personnel of the Brass Church are?"
From what the Bronze Discipline Knight said just now, the strength of the bishop-level personnel is at least above the "knight". With this as a "letter of surrender", I believe that the people of the Yellow Church can be relieved.
Hearing this, a strange color flashed in Quinn's eyes.
He understood the meaning of the other party's words, but still couldn't believe it: "Mr. Zifeng, you..."
"Huh." Quinn took a deep breath and lowered his head slightly: "I know the position of a brass bishop, but his strength has been raised to the level of 'Paladin' many years ago by evil secrets. Now, I don't know his specific strength."
"Let's take him." Ryan said indifferently: "Let's go now."
Just in time to see the specific strength of the "Paladin".
"...I understand." Quinn paused: "Lord Zifeng, please follow me."
After speaking, he glanced at Anya and Hosde behind him, and the two also understood the meaning in his eyes and followed silently.
Quinn led the way in front, while Ryan followed leisurely behind.
On the way, Ryan took the opportunity to crush the [Soul of the Bronze Discipline Knight] and converted all the [Soul Fragments] he obtained into experience points.
Looking at the progress bar increasing by 1% [Level], Ryan shook his head.
The "Knight" is still too weak, and the experience value is not satisfactory. Ryan is not sure whether this 1% of the experience bar is the residual accumulation of the previous crusade against the [Crown] Gluttonous Dinosaur, or whether these [Soul Fragments] are really enough for 1%.
At his current level, he needs at least a "prey" of level 5 to provide relatively considerable experience points.
The progress of the experience bar is just for fun. Ryan's main purpose of checking the panel is to see the progress of the construction of the [Satisfied Throne].
The Bronze Discipline Knight is a fourth-level strength, which has reached the minimum requirement for construction.
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[You have killed the "Bronze Discipline Knight (Mark of Greed)", and the strength of both sides is being compared...]
[Comparison completed! ]
[[Satisfied Throne] construction 5% (single lower limit), current progress 30%. ]
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"5% construction progress..."
A gleam of brilliance flashed in Ryan's eyes.
Judging from the current situation, there should be a lot of "knights" in the Bronze Holy Church. If they are all killed, it will be enough for him to quickly build a throne that satisfies greed.
I just don't know how strong the Bronze Saint is...
Ryan is very afraid of this "Cinder King" in the world.
Although they are all targets to be conquered in the end, he knows himself. At present, his wandering clone, although it has transcended the realm of the fifth-level legend, it is still unknown whether he can fight against the sixth-level demigod.
Let's take it step by step...
The road to the place where the Bronze Bishop is located is very quiet. Ryan doesn't speak, and Quinn and the other two dare not say much, and quietly lead the way.
Anya and Hosde, the weakest of the four, are both third-level "warriors" and their speed is not inferior to that of the carriage. After about an hour, they crossed mountains and ridges, and finally, the four of them stopped on a small hilltop, looking at the foot of another mountain in the distance, the magnificent cathedral with bright candlelight.
This is the largest church building Ryan has ever seen. Not only the main church, but also a large number of buildings stretching across the entire mountain behind.
"Lord Zifeng, we are here. This is the Bronze Branch Temple, and the Bronze Bishop is here." Quinn said respectfully.
Ryan nodded slightly, stepped forward, and left only one sentence.
"Wait here for a while, I'll be back soon."
Before Quinn could say anything else, Ryan's figure had disappeared from the spot.
Looking at the Brass Branch Temple quietly located in the shadows in the distance, like a sleeping tiger, Quinn exhaled lightly, with a complicated expression.
From the moment he met Lord Zifeng today until now, he has felt as if he was in a dream.
"Lord Quinn, do we need to do something..."
An Ya stepped forward and spoke softly.
Quinn shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Miss Anya, have you seen the strength of the 'Paladin'?"
Hearing this, Anya's eyes were stunned, but she quickly shook her head: "No."
When the Bronze Saint split from the Yellow Sect, she was still ignorant, and now, the only "Paladin" in the Yellow Sect is the leader, but the elderly leader will never take action unless it is absolutely necessary in order to maintain his physical strength and energy as much as possible, and just hide with the remaining members of the Yellow Sect.
As for the "Paladin" of other organizations? She avoided them as much as possible, how could she take the initiative to approach them?
This time she went out because of her own willfulness. Now that she thought about it, the leader had known about it for a long time and sent out the few "knights" in the church to protect her silently along the way.
Thinking of this, Anya's face was full of guilt.
Without looking at the guilt on Anya's face, Quinn's eyes were a little empty: "Although there is only one word difference between 'Paladin' and 'Knight', the difference in strength makes people feel as if there is a dimensional gap."
"Only 'Paladin' can be qualified to serve as a high-level position in various major sects and organizations, and have the absolute power to suppress the power of a place."
"You mean, Lord Zifeng, is a 'Paladin'?" Hosde asked cautiously.
"Maybe..." Quinn shook his head.
But he always felt that the strength of the self-proclaimed "traveler" Master Zifeng might be more than just a "Paladin"...
The long-declining Yellow Sect was doomed to perish, but if Master Zifeng really joined, everything would be completely different...
Quinn couldn't help but think of the prophecy that had been circulating in the sect for a long time.
"When the breeze blows to the end, the messenger from the Supreme God will come to the world."
"He will purge the evil spirits, cleanse the monsters, and return a bright and clear sky to the world."
"At the end of everything, the throne will return to its place, and the stagnant wind will flow again."
This prophecy has been circulating in the Yellow Sect for thousands of years, but today, there are not many people who can remember this prophecy...
Quinn shook his head and laughed, mocking himself in his heart: "It's just a vague prophecy."
...
The dim light flowed down from the heavy clouds and sprinkled on the wide church complex, covering it with a light veil.
Ryan walked leisurely from the distant path in front of the cathedral.
Seeing him from afar, the two fully armed church soldiers guarding the door straightened the brass spears in their hands with solemn eyes.
When Ryan approached and felt the spiritual fluctuations on his body that were not deliberately hidden, or in the words of this world, the fluctuations of soul power, the eyes of the two church soldiers changed drastically, but out of duty, one of them still said:
"Sir, may I ask why you are here? Do you have an invitation letter from the bishop?"
Ryan ignored the words of the church soldiers.
From the two people, he could clearly feel the mixed and chaotic fluctuations, and he was very familiar with such fluctuations. Similar to the brass missionary, they all used the bloody evil secret method to improve themselves and presented impure phenomena.
Seeing that Ryan didn't speak, the church warrior wanted to say something, but the next moment, his pupils gradually lost their spirit, not only him, but also his companions beside him.
Ryan walked into the cathedral, and then the two church knights fell down helplessly.
A ray of luminous entity soul appeared on the two people, and was provoked by the sword energy, flew towards Ryan, and fell into his palm.
[Soul of the Brass Church Warrior]
"Like the 'Knight', they are all [Soul Crystals], but the number has become 'a small amount'..."
After Ryan glanced at the introduction of the panel, he crushed it casually and turned it into experience points.
In the cathedral, light was projected through the exquisite colored windows, forming beams of light. If the light was not too dim, this scene would still be quite sacred.
Ryan's intrusion seemed to trigger the warning mechanism in the Brass Branch Church.
As he stood in the center of the cathedral and looked up at the statue of Saint Iochilis, heavy footsteps approached rapidly, and teams of well-equipped church warriors poured out from various passages.
They surrounded Ryan, and the entire cathedral was immediately plunged into a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
Four brass church knights with obviously better equipment, one with a large shield and the other with a heavy weapon, walked out of the team and looked at Ryan who was looking up at the statue of the saint with a serious look.
The statue of the saint was extremely beautifully carved, but it still could not conceal the disgusting filth and corruption under the sacred and gorgeous surface.
Ryan retracted his gaze and looked at the church warriors and four brass church knights around him, with a slight smile on his face.
The next moment.
"Boom--"
The terrifying shock wave spread in all directions, and the church warriors who had no time to react were blown away, and the encirclement collapsed directly.
Brass church knight No. 1 stepped back a few steps and stood still.
But at this time, he heard a twisted and sour sound of "crackling".
He turned his head and saw that a huge hole had appeared on the chest of Brass Church Knight No. 4, which was transparent from front to back. The fire of life of Brass Church Knight No. 4, who was injured by this, gradually extinguished.
The pupils of Brass Church Knight No. 1 shrank sharply, but before he could do anything, two similar sour sounds rang out.
Unprecedented terror emerged from his heart, and Brass Church Knight No. 1 instinctively turned around and wanted to escape.
Can't win! There is no possibility of winning at all!
This is definitely a super strong man far beyond the "Knight" level!
However, Brass Knight No. 1 just turned around and his movements became stiff before he took a step.
He lowered his head in a daze, looking at the exploded chest, and a trace of misery appeared at the corners of his mouth under the mask, and then the world in front of him fell into darkness completely.
Ryan shook his fist and threw away the blood and flesh on his arm armor.
With the death of the four Brass Church Knights, the prompts on the panel passed by him quickly.
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[You have killed 4 "Brass Church Knights (Mark of Greed)", and the strength of both sides is being compared...]
[Comparison completed! ]
[[Satisfied Throne] 5%*4=20% (single lower limit is 5%), current progress 50%, obtained throne reward - special skill [Dragon Wing] level upgrade, mastery → mastery]
[[Dragon Wing (Mastery)] - movement, evasion, attack, nerve reflexes, etc. "speed", increased by 30%. ]
[[Greedy Monarch] career fit reaches 50%, obtained career bonus: spirituality +10.0→+20.0, physical strength +10.0→+20.0. (cumulative)]
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Powerful power flows in the body.
The feeling of becoming stronger is so joyful!
Ryan narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sincere smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
After casually crushing four [Brass Church Knights’ Souls] and glancing at the experience value that had risen by 2%, Ryan took a step and walked towards the depths of the church.
The church warriors who were knocked to the ground by the shock wave just wanted to get up, but their eyes became empty.
If someone looked closely, they would find a blood hole penetrating through their eyebrows.
The experience value brought by dozens of church warriors was less than 1%, and Ryan was not surprised.
He walked on the magnificent and solemn avenue in the temple.
The violent fluctuations in the cathedral attracted the attention of the deeper part of the brass branch temple.
There were constant footsteps approaching here, and soon, another large group of church warriors led by the brass church knights came to intercept Ryan.
In this regard, Ryan naturally agreed with pleasure.
It must be said that "knight"-level transcendents are rare outside, but in this brass branch temple, they seem to be sparse and common.
Could it be that the "secret method" of the Bronze Holy Church can help ordinary transcendents quickly upgrade to the "knight" level?
Ryan thought in his heart and solved the last Bronze Church Knight in front of him.
After three waves of interception, his experience bar rose to "level 19 (58%)", which was only 6% higher than when he first entered this world. Not much, but it was not bad.
Compared with the increase in experience points, the most gratifying thing is the construction of the [Satisfied Throne].
It seems a bit outrageous that a third-level profession requires a fourth-level enemy to build a throne, but for Ryan, a fourth-level enemy can be destroyed with a simple punch without even pulling out a weapon.
The construction of [Satisfied Throne] can be done with quality or quantity. If it were in the Monster Hunter World, Ryan could only build it with quality by defeating powerful monsters one by one. After all, the number of special species is very rare and it is quite troublesome to find them.
But in this world, it is completely different.
The number of "knights" comparable to fourth-level professionals is astonishingly large, but they exist in clusters.
Therefore, under the premise that the number of enemies is large enough, the construction speed of [Satisfied Throne] is astonishingly fast.
This is the fastest time that Ryan has ever improved his professional compatibility!
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[You have killed "Brass Church Knight (Mark of Greed)"*11, and the strength of both sides is being compared...]
[Comparison completed! 】
[[Satisfied Throne] Build 5%*11=55% (single lower limit is 5%), current progress 100% (the part exceeding 100% is ignored), throne reward-special skill [Dragon Wing] level upgrade, mastery → master → master]
[[Dragon Wing (Master)]-Movement, dodge, attack, nerve reflexes and other "speed", increase by 50%, when the enemy uses deceleration ability on you, the rank will be determined, and it will be directly exempted if it is one rank higher than you, and the deceleration effect can only be exempted by three quarters if it is two rank higher than you, and the deceleration effect can only be exempted by one quarter if it is three rank higher than you, and it cannot be exempted if it exceeds four rank. )]
[[Greedy Monarch] The professional fit reaches 100%, and the professional bonus is obtained: Spirituality +20.0→+40.0, Physical +20.0→+40.0. (Cumulative)]
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[The perfect construction of [Satisfied Throne] has been completed, and the compatibility of [Greedy Monarch (Level 3)] has reached 100%...Judgment in progress...After completing the following conditions, you can be promoted to the fourth-level hidden profession-[King of Sloth]:]
[1. Basic attributes: [Spirituality] ≥ 60.0, [Physique] ≥ 60.0 (Completed)]
[2. Sloth Ritual: Drive others to complete a "big event" that everyone is paying attention to. (Unfinished)]
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The surge in power made Ryan's eyes appear extremely satisfied.
When "greed" is "satisfied", the joy it brings is beyond the imagination of the world.
And the appearance of the fourth-level hidden profession information has made his joy even higher.
"King of Sloth... Sloth Ritual..."
He said it softly and put it aside for the time being.
The ritual needs to be considered in the long run. For now, let's deal with the enemy first.
With the end of the three waves of interception, no more warriors or knights came out to intercept the Bronze Branch Temple. Perhaps they were all killed, or perhaps the high-level officials in the deep of the church knew that the invading enemy was not easy to deal with, and no longer let them come out to die.
Ryan went forward all the way, and finally came to a dark hall deep in the depths.
In the shadows in the distance, under the tall stone statue of the saint, an old man in priest clothes sat quietly.
Ryan's eyes showed some caution.
He could feel that the old man in front of him was completely different from the "miscellaneous soldiers" he had encountered before.
Just like the "ordinary monsters" in the Monster Hunter World to the "special species".
The old man slowly raised his head and looked at Ryan who was walking over.
The four eyes met.
The war was about to start.
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