novelraw Chapter 495
Chapter 495
[ The trial has ended. ]
[ The System and ■■ have finished evaluating you. ]
[ After testing you, the System and ■■ have decided to support the path you have chosen. ]
[ Class information will change. ]
[ A new name will be granted to you. ]
[ You have become the Blood Cardinal. ]
[ Congratulations! You have become the first Blood Cardinal. ]
[ As you have achieved a great accomplishment, the System gifts you 10 bonus stats. ]
[ As the price for succeeding in the class quest, 5 bonus stats are granted. ]
[ You have mastered High Priest (S). ]
With the trial ending, the related results came out.
The result was a success.
It was an expected result, but he couldn’t feel purely good about it.
Because the content of the trial that occurred during the quest really made a person feel filthy.
'But for now, I have to endure it. Because other than enduring, there’s nothing I can do right now.'
Su-ho moved his gaze and looked at his new class name.
The name was Blood Cardinal.
One of the fourth advancement processes for a healer.
From around this point, most of them would take on the title of “cardinal,” and what set it apart from other advancement classes was that the color attached in front of “cardinal” was different.
In that sense, Rage Crusader was “blood.”
'Isabella was probably a White Cardinal.'
The color held by the typical healer-type healer who takes sacrifice as a virtue.
He wasn’t very interested.
Rather than protecting and safeguarding others, I place more meaning on revenge.
In that sense, Blood Cardinal was the last information in the Crusader advancement line that Su-ho knew.
Because the final realm the First Crusader of his previous life had reached was Blood Cardinal.
'After that, he met his death fighting in a gigantic gate.'
Taking this opportunity, Su-ho expressed his thanks to him once again.
If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have even thought about the path of a Crusader.
Next, Su-ho checked the information for the High Priest skill he gained by becoming a Blood Cardinal.
[ High Priest ]
Grade : S
# Cardinal-only skill.
# A healer can become only a priest who borrows the power of a god, and a cardinal is one of the highest ranks such priests can reach.
# Cardinals all have different dispositions depending on the epithet attached before their name, but even so, the fact that they are High Priests does not change, so this qualification is granted.
# The moment you activate the skill, all existing healer skills evolve by one stage [N O V E L I G H T] and are mastered.
'Finally, I got it.'
The recovery skills Su-ho was currently using were a total of four: Heal, Recovery, Breath of Healing, and Guardian Spirit.
All of these were forms where the existing healer skills had evolved by one stage, and unfortunately, these were also the final recovery skills Su-ho had.
'Because I took the Crusader route, not the Cleric route.'
It was the same when he was a Crusader, and the same when he was a Rage Crusader.
He’d gotten quite a few skills that strengthened him and weakened the opponent, but as for healing skills, they were all just the ones from when he was a healer that had undergone one round of change.
In that sense, the High Priest skill he’d acquired this time might be the last recovery skills Su-ho could obtain.
'The information I know only goes up to Blood Cardinal, and there’s no information after that.'
Of course, after Blood Cardinal, he might get lucky and obtain recovery skills, but that was only hope, not a confirmed fact.
And disappointment comes from expectation, so to fail less, you always had to assume the worst move and act.
Su-ho immediately used the High Priest skill.
[ High Priest activates. ]
[ Due to the effect of High Priest, Heal skill information will change. ]
[ Due to the effect of High Priest, Recovery skill information will change. ]
[ Due to the effect of High Priest, Holy Enchant skill information will change. ]
[ Due to the effect of High Priest, Breath of Healing skill information will change. ]
[ Due to the effect of High Priest, Guardian Spirit skill information will change. ]
The skill information changes began.
And.
[ You have mastered ‘Restore(S+)’. ]
[ You have mastered ‘Dispel(S+)’. ]
[ You have mastered ‘Paladion(S+)’. ]
[ You have mastered ‘Divine Aura(S+)’. ]
[ You have mastered ‘Saint Dome(S+)’. ]
The five healer skills he already had were all reborn as new ones.
'They’re all things I know.'
Thanks to the First Crusader.
Next, Su-ho checked the skill information in order.
[ Restore ]
Grade : S+
# Heal skill evolved by one stage under the influence of the High Priest skill of the Cardinal class.
# Uses mana to regenerate-heal the target’s wounds, and while healing, greatly reduces pain.
# Because it is regeneration healing, it can regenerate even lost body parts.
# However, if the supply of mana is cut off during healing, the wounds that were being regeneration-healed return to their original state.
# If it is a wound with special conditions attached, the skill effect may not be applied perfectly.
[ Dispel ]
Grade : S+
# Recovery skill evolved by one stage under the influence of the High Priest skill of the Cardinal class.
# Uses mana to remove-heal the target’s status ailments and physical diseases, and while healing, greatly reduces pain.
# However, if the supply of mana is cut off during healing, the status ailments and physical diseases that were being remove-healed return to their original state.
# If it is a status ailment or physical disease with special conditions attached, the skill effect may not be applied perfectly.
[ Paladion ]
Grade : S+
# Holy Enchant skill evolved by one stage under the influence of the High Priest skill of the Cardinal class.
# Uses mana to grant holy power to the target.
# The target who receives Paladion becomes a temporary Paladin state as long as the user’s mana persists, and all actions corresponding to attack and defense are imbued with holy power.
[ Divine Aura ]
Grade : S+
# Breath of Healing skill evolved by one stage under the influence of the High Priest skill of the Cardinal class.
# Uses mana to generate a wound-healing effect and holy aura around the user.
# Depending on the user’s will, the aura’s range and healing effect can be strengthened.
[ Saint Dome ]
Grade : S+
# Guardian Spirit skill evolved by one stage under the influence of the High Priest skill of the Cardinal class.
# Creates a dome-shaped barrier with healing and protection effects in a specific area.
# For beings included within Saint Dome, wound healing, pain reduction, and debuff removal effects are slowly applied, and as long as they are included within the area, there is no limit to the number of people.
# Saint Dome’s duration, the size of the area, and the durability of the barrier are affected by the user’s mana, and if it takes excessive damage above the threshold, the area is destroyed regardless of mana’s influence.
# To deploy the area, the user’s brand is required.
“Good.”
After checking the information for the five skills, Su-ho smiled in satisfaction.
It wasn’t that the existing healing skills’ effects were lacking, so he wasn’t dissatisfied. It was just that the Cardinal’s recovery skills, with more options added, were more satisfying.
Because the previous skills had only been Su-ho forcibly increasing the effects by pouring in mana.
'Especially, other than Heal, Recovery, and Holy Enchant, I could barely make use of them.'
But as Divine Aura and Saint Dome’s options shifted into a more convenient form, their usefulness was expected to be even greater going forward.
'Of course, it’s a bit lacking compared to Isabella’s, but even so, at this level, it’s basically the max.'
As for what was lacking, like always, he could just crush it with stat physical power.
'Then while we’re at it, should I check the performance once?'
Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
It’s best to check anything directly.
After thinking for a moment, Su-ho summoned the blood sword.
Then, without even a little hesitation, he struck his opposite wrist.
Slash— Pukwaaak!
A wrist cut cleanly off.
At the same time, blood sprayed out.
It hurt.
No matter how sturdy his body was with high stats, it wasn’t as if he could beat a blood sword, and it wasn’t as if he couldn’t feel pain.
Su-ho immediately used Restore.
[ Restore activates. ]
Hwaak!
As Restore activated, an emerald-colored effect radiated out and began to wrap around Su-ho’s wrist.
Then, the pain in his wrist that had been stinging up until just a moment ago dropped sharply, and at the same time, the severed wrist began to regenerate.
“Oh?”
Such fast regeneration.
But since it was called regeneration healing, he thought a tiny wrist would gradually grow back like a lizard’s tail, but instead, above the cut wrist, the silhouette of the original hand shape appeared, and it regenerated in a form where the details gradually became clearer.
'So that’s why it returns to the original state if the mana supply gets cut off.'
It’s better that way.
Visually, it’s less gross.
Su-ho soon poured in more mana, and accordingly, the regeneration healing of his wrist became several times faster.
When the regeneration healing ended, Su-ho swung the regrown wrist around, testing the performance.
The result was total satisfaction.
“Nice.”
As expected of Cardinal-grade healing.
At this level, he felt like he could be satisfied even if he couldn’t obtain higher healing skills.
'Especially, I like the option that reduces pain during healing.'
Next, Su-ho checked his status window.
[ An Su-ho ]
Lv : 300
Class : Blood Cardinal
Rank : Middle Player
Traits▲ : ＜New Blood▲＞＜Heracles▲＞＜King of a Ruined Nation＞＜Grid’s Partner＞＜Sun-Moon Body＞
Strength(P) : 48
True Mana(S) : 105
Senses(P) : 16
Command(N) : 119
Bonus Stats : 15
By becoming a Blood Cardinal, 15 bonus stats came in, and the class quest was processed as complete.
Now, all that remained was to handle the rest of the trait quests.
'Gigantomachia, I’ll deal with it after I finish the trait quests and have some time.'
Because if he focused only on quests, there were things that needed to be done piling up, like the conquest of Africa.
After investing the obtained bonus stats into strength, Su-ho immediately checked the information for Vampire Blood.
[ Vampire Blood ]
Grade : S+
# The pure bloodline of the original vampires, the ‘Royal Vampyr’ who were called the nobles of the night.
# Lv.1 - Royal Blood : Original Vampyr(S)
# Lv.2 - True Blood : True Power(S)
# Lv.3 - Holy Blood : Blessing of the Moon(S)
# Lv.4 - [ ??? ] : Locked.
└ Unlock conditions
① Reach level 300.
② Meet ???.
“Hm.”
The second condition for unlocking the fourth authority was revealed.
But seeing the condition, Su-ho frowned.
Because this time too, it was written in a vague form like “meet ???” rather than a clear name.
'How much damn mystique does it have, seriously.'
If that’s the concept, what can you do.
The one who’s lacking has to play along.
Still, it’s better than Omega, who forcibly kidnapped me to the dragon lair.
At least this time, I’m going by my own will.
Su-ho immediately touched the bold text.
[ Would you like to go meet ???? ]
“Yeah.”
[ Moving. ]
Hwaak!
For a moment, a halo of light flashed, and then his vision went dark.