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Chapter 8 Oz's Scheme
Grapefruit smiled slightly and said, "You want to become the 'Moonlight Swordsman'?"
How to become a Moonlight Swordsman is no secret.
Sieg nodded: "Yes."
"The Moonlight Swordsman might not be a good choice; you should think carefully."
Pharos frowned.
He said, "The Moonlight Swordsman's greatest characteristic is undoubtedly the 'Moonlight Slash,' which allows them to unleash a silvery-white sword aura to kill enemies at mid-range. However, the price for this ability is the loss of a powerful slash, making it a losing proposition!"
Grapefruit felt the same way.
She said, "Have you made up your mind? The Moonlight Swordsman's reputation isn't very good."
They're right.
In the game, after becoming a Moonlight Swordsman, the character's stats are slightly reduced.
In return, I gained growth in magical abilities.
For Sieg, this exchange was worthwhile.
The duration of [Sculpted Form] is positively correlated with his mana bar.
Chain Form is Sieg's ultimate move.
In his experience, in the early stages of the game, adventurers compete on their strengths.
In the mid-to-late stages, everyone's strengths are very strong, and that's when it comes to comparing who has more balanced abilities.
Moonlight Swordsman is currently one of the best choices.
Upon successful job change, the duration of the Shaping Form will be increased from twenty seconds to five minutes!
Slightly sacrificing some attributes but greatly enhancing the killing move, what more could you ask for?
As for the middle and later stages...
In the mid-to-late game, those "superior professions" will completely outclass all the professions available in the early game. Once you switch professions, the problem will be solved.
Sieg said, "Becoming a Moonlight Swordsman is very important to me."
Grapefruit nodded slowly.
"Alright, alright! I don't actually know where Peach went, or if she's still alive... Anyway, I have to find her, so going to March Bay to check is the same thing. If you help me kill those seven guards, I'm willing to repay you."
She looked at Pharos and asked, "What's your opinion, Pharos?"
Pharos smiled mysteriously: "Helping people obtain extraordinary professions... Miss Grapefruit, this isn't included in your employment contract with me. It's an extra service, and it costs extra."
Without saying a word, Xiyou took out a gold dragon coin from his pocket and tossed it over.
no doubt.
Those were still spoils of war retrieved from the corpses.
"I'm fine now."
Pharos held the gold dragon coin in his hand, blew on it, and carefully put it away.
Xiyou stood up and said, "Dagen, can you ride a horse?"
"Yes. Uh, no."
Is it possible?
Seeg looked at the seven fine horses not far away and said, "I'll give it a try."
……
……
As it turns out, Sieg did.
Not only can I ride, but I ride very well.
Love in the World is an immersive motion-sensing game that Sieg has played for seven years, mastering many skills he shouldn't have.
Horseback riding is one of them.
Murder is one of them.
When Sieg killed someone for the first time in "Love in the World of Fire", his heart was pounding like a drum, his saliva was flowing like crazy, and his throat twitched several times, almost making him vomit!
So real!
Whether it was the tactile feedback from the knife cutting flesh or the scalding heat of the blood spraying onto his skin, it all shocked Sieg and caused great harm to his young mind.
After that, Sieg lost his appetite and didn't log into the game for three months.
I gradually got used to it.
Previously in the [Moon Forest], he brutally killed seven guards of the city lord's mansion.
Now, even with his eyes closed, he can still recall those images, but he feels no aversion to them; his mind remains calm.
He realized it right away.
His body still retains some "muscle memory," knowing how to kill efficiently.
At this moment, riding the horse is as easy as using an extension of one's own arm.
Seeing Sieg's practiced ease, Pharos said, "You're such a good rider?"
"It's alright, isn't it?"
Sieg responded with a smile.
Pharos scrutinized Sieg's linen blouse, finding the man an enigma: "I have a question, which may be a bit presumptuous. Dagen, what do you do for a living?"
May I ask again?
Is it a person?
The "Mist Robe" can only be worn within the Myriad Realms. Once you leave, Sig will wear the same thing he wore before.
Pharos added, "Your clothes... are too plain! The dockworkers wear the same thing."
Grapefruit cast its gaze upon me.
What Pharos wanted to ask was also what she wanted to ask.
Sig's combat power is so astonishing that he is practically unmatched at the first tier level.
The guards of the city lord's mansion were well-equipped and well-trained. Even she only dared to watch from the sidelines and wait for Pharos to arrive before engaging them.
But what about "dakon"?
One against seven!
She had never heard of such a brave and valiant person before.
Sieg replied honestly, "I'm just a dockworker."
"?"
Xiyou frowned, her face full of disbelief, which was quite cute.
"??"
Pharos was equally taken aback.
He turned to look at Xiyou, already questioning the veracity of her statements.
you mean……
Was it a porter at the Blackscale City docks who single-handedly killed seven guards from the city lord's mansion?
Don't try to fool me, I'm not well-educated.
Xiyou asked, "Dagen, do you currently belong to any organization?"
"I haven't been in Blackscale City for very long."
"Haa..."
Xiyou was still surprised, but she quickly realized that this person was worth winning over.
She said, "Mr. Daigen, I told you before, I am a student of the Great Witch Oz."
Sieg glanced at him.
Grapefruit continued, "Professor Oz has recently taken on many students in the border region. Emilia, the young lady of the city lord's mansion, is one, and so am I. As for his purpose—Professor Oz intends to 'ascend to godhood'."
[Is Oz planning to become a god?]
Upon hearing this news, you were initially surprised, but then felt it was only natural. Without ascending to godhood, one's life is incomplete; every peerless master attempts to achieve godhood.
[Cumulative reward points: 50/100.]
Ascending to godhood.
In "Love in the World of Fire", there are thirty-three "paths to godhood", and each path to godhood has nine sequences.
Take, for example, the path to godhood that Sieg is most familiar with:
[Ascension to Godhood: Annihilation.]
[Sequence One: Quickly kill all boss-level monsters in the Tier 1 Flint Palace 'Heretical Inquisition'. The fastest team of 3600 players will achieve Annihilation Sequence One.]
[Sequence Two: Quickly defeat all boss-level monsters in the Tier 2 Fire Palace 'Sea of Desolation'. The fastest time to eliminate 800 players from Sequence One will unlock Sequence Two.]
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[Sequence Nine: Defeat all boss-level monsters in the Tier 3 Fire Palace 'Nest'. The three Sequence Eight players with the shortest time will achieve Annihilation Sequence Nine.]
A complete path to godhood must include nine specific palaces of different ranks, which are called the "Chosen Palaces".
Each sequence has a limited number of seats, and the higher the sequence, the fewer seats there are.
Adventurers cannot rest easy once they obtain the sequence.
They must ensure that their strategy is optimal and that they kill the leader of the Fire Palace as quickly as possible, only then can they ensure that they are not kicked out of the path.
If a sequence is missing, the gains from the entire pathway will be lost.
Until he reclaimed the lost sequence.
Bound by this rule, the vast majority of people in the world of Sui only have a superficial understanding of the path to godhood.
Because each "Sequencer" is secretive and unwilling to create competitors for themselves, they tacitly guard their secrets.
In contrast, consider Sieg.
Sieg possessed twelve complete paths to godhood.
They also know how to quickly kill most of the boss monsters in the [Chosen Palace] to ensure a high speedrun ranking.
From this perspective, he can be said to have gained the upper hand.