Chapter 59 I Want to Become a Master of the Way of the Gods

The next afternoon.

At the suggestion of the maid, the idle Lynn came to the practice ground of Augusta Manor.

He planned to stretch his muscles after a long absence and sort out the direction of future upgrades.

Although it is called a training ground, it is actually just a vast sandy area built in the side corner of the manor.

There were a number of training scarecrows inserted at intervals on the ground, and the shelves nearby were filled with a variety of wooden weapons.

There are one-handed swords shaped like the Scottish broadswords in the previous life, scimitars specially used for riding and slashing, maces and war hammers with very realistic weights, and even long-handled axes painted dark gray.

At this moment, a group of shirtless muscular men are sweating and playing happily in the training ground.

These people are the personal guards of the Augusta family, and some are even extraordinary people.

Since there is no rotation, I exercise here.

Lin En didn't say hello to them, but found an empty corner and did his own thing.

He first clicked on the system.

At this moment, he only possesses one divine factor.

Generally speaking, the body of an ordinary first-level extraordinary person can hold a maximum of four divine factors.

It’s not that the number is too much and the body can’t bear it.

In fact, almost all extraordinary people will not feel that they have reached the upper limit of the divine factor when they are promoted to the next level.

It’s just because this thing is so precious.

There is only one way to obtain the divine factor, and that is to complete the trial of the gods.

But the problem is that even for extraordinary people of the same faith and rank, the trials they receive may not be the same each time.

Some have more, maybe three or four items, like the predecessor.

Some people are unlucky or their faith is not pure enough, so they may only have one trial, barely igniting one divine factor, and then have to be promoted to the next level.

This leads to the uneven quality of the extraordinary people.

At the same level, the higher number may be more than ten times stronger than the lower one.

But even so, looking at the entire Saint Laurent Empire's thousands of years of history, even including those rare eternal gods, it has never been heard that anyone can reach the limit of the capacity of the divine factor at a certain level.

And today, Lynn may become such an exception.

Looking at his current system points of 283, Lin En took a deep breath.

"System. Give me some more!"

[Do you want to spend 80 system points to ignite 8 divine factors? ]

"yes."

The next second, eight beams of blazing red light bloomed like the sun, and Lin En's originally desolate and lonely inner world was once again filled with a dazzling light.

However, he was still not satisfied and kept clicking on the plus sign.

[The number of divine factors that can be accommodated at the current level has reached the upper limit. 】

All right.

Lynn sighed.

The predecessor contained 4 divine factors when it was in the first stage.

It took him half a year to complete trials such as "preaching the doctrine to a thousand people", "hunting down twenty cultists", and "collecting ten rare meteorite fragments" before he could barely reach the goal.

At this moment, Lin En only took three seconds to complete the task, which far surpassed the efforts of the previous six months.

It seems that 9 divine factors are the limit that a first-level transcendent can bear.

Lin En tried to control the powerful supernatural power in his body and condense it at his fingertips.

With a faint red light, he gently pressed his index finger on the training stake beside him.

After a moment, a deep fingerprint was left on the originally rough surface of the bark.

It is true.

Lynn was delighted.

This is why he insisted on choosing to believe in the Witch of the End.

Although abilities such as corrosion and strength can also easily cause this effect, in essence, there is a world of difference between them.

The latter, in any case, is merely a violent change limited by the laws of physics.

The former is more like a concept in which the part of the wooden stake is forcibly "deleted".

The annihilation attribute is one of Ivester's innate powerful talents.

This attribute is top-notch in terms of both destructive power and endurance in the early stages.

And when it reaches a high level, it is even more terrifying to the extreme.

According to the description in the original book, even some rules or concepts can be forcibly eliminated.

For example, temperature.

Yvesette has demonstrated her ability to lower temperatures many times before, and this is not actually some kind of ice-based ability.

It was just that she obliterated the concept of "heat" around her.

Although Lin En is far from being able to perform such miraculous actions as hers at the moment, it is still a dimensionality reduction attack for other first-level extraordinary people.

If I could draw on another extraordinary power related to strength, I would be able to take off completely.

Lynn thought silently.

But speaking of extraordinary abilities, he suddenly remembered something else.

It seems that those two skills can also be improved.

[Do you want to spend 10 system points to upgrade the Lie Eater to the second level? ]

"yes."

【Upgrade successful! 】

[Due to unknown factors, your original ability has undergone new changes. 】

Oh? Lin En clicked it to check it out out of curiosity.

[Name: Liar Game]

[Rank: Second Rank]

[Effect: On the basis of retaining the ability of the Liar Swallower, each time the host lies, it will be regarded as the beginning of a game. If the lie is established, the game is won, and you will have a chance to temporarily steal an extraordinary ability from the opponent. The greater the rank gap, the lower the success rate and time limit of the theft. ]

[Activation conditions: Possess 8 or more divine factors]

[Points required for upgrading: 90]

This skill seems quite powerful?

Lynn fell into deep thought.

Not only that, he seemed to have retained his original Liar Eater abilities.

In other words, the two can be nested.

The game judges the lie as a success by using the Liar Swallower to make it true. That's probably how it works.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s actually not that outrageous.

After all, the Liar's success rate decreases as the opponent's rank increases.

When using the Lie Eater on ordinary people, the success rate can be said to be 100%, but if it is used against a first-level extraordinary person, the probability will drop to less than one-third.

The higher you go, the harder it is to tell a lie.

What's more, it doesn't mean that you can steal the other person's extraordinary abilities just because the lie is true.

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So strictly speaking, this thing still depends on luck.

Thinking of this, Lin En also upgraded the Crown of Thorns.

However, the ability has not changed this time, only the effect has been slightly improved.

[Name: Crown of Thorns]

[Rank: Level 3]

[Effect: With this ability, you can accumulate the pain you feel and release it with a double amplification.]

[Activation conditions: Possess more than 6 divine factors]

[Points required for upgrading: 150]

Not only did he gain a two-fold increase, but the double pain that he had to feel originally also disappeared.

Lynn is very satisfied with the current results.

There are still 143 system points left, which can be used to draw one more ability, but Lin En plans to put it aside for the time being.

After all, his face was too dark.

What if he draws auxiliary or old-timer abilities? He decided to wait until the recent events were over, find a chance to get an ancient spell that could improve luck, and then draw new abilities.

Anyway, Ivester doesn't need him to contribute any combat power at the moment, so he can just stay in hiding and develop.

After all, not long ago today, he announced to the public that he had successfully absorbed the divine gene of the "Holy Consciousness" faith that Her Royal Highness the Princess had brought him.

Therefore, no one had any expectations about his fighting ability and only regarded him as a think tank player.

Little did they know that this was exactly the effect Lin En wanted.

He wants to become a master of the art of hiding!

After spending about ten minutes sorting out the system's affairs, Lin En finally turned his attention to the training stake in front of him.

Crown of Thorns, activate! I thought this would be the same as the first time I activated Liar Eater, and I would see a strange scene similar to Prisoner of Fate.

Unexpectedly, nothing happened.

Although Lin En was a little confused, he didn't delve too deeply into it.

“Bang!”

He punched the stake where the straw was wrapped around it.

A strong dull pain came.

Then Lin En clearly realized that the pain seemed to turn into some kind of energy and flow into his body, stored in a peculiar way and ready to be released at any time.

At present, it seems that the Crown of Thorns is the only offensive ability he has.

So Lin En planned to store some painful energy secretly under the guise of physical exercise so that he could have some self-protection power.

Thinking of this, he began to punch the wooden stake hard.

The original body's physical fitness was not weak. After all, he had served in the army. Although his muscles were not explosive, they contained extraordinary strength.

"Bang!

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Time flies.

Before we knew it, the sun was setting in the west, filling the sky with a magnificent sunset.

Lynn's forehead and body were covered with sweat.

He has been exercising here all afternoon.

At this moment, Lynn's fist was swollen and bleeding, and the slightest touch would cause piercing pain.

However, this is exactly the effect he wanted.

Feeling the painful energy gradually growing in his body, Lynn was in a very happy mood.

He took out a bottle of potion he had prepared in advance from his pocket, uncorked it, and gently applied it on the surface of his fist.

Accompanied by a cool feeling, the wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That’s all for today.

I have to attend the banquet hosted by Duke Tyrvus with that woman Yvesthe in the evening, so I need to take a bath and get dressed.

If he really had to go through this shameful procession, she would skin him alive.

Thinking of this, Lin En wiped the sweat from his forehead and prepared to return to the mansion.

But when he turned around, he found himself surrounded by a group of people.

The manor guards who had been training on the sand not long ago had surrounded him at some point.

At first glance, although most of them are ordinary people, there are also a few first- and second-level extraordinary people among them.

"What's up?"

Lynn asked, glancing at them.

"Are you the outsider who caused Master Lai to hit a wall twice?" The bald man in the lead was ready to fight. "You have been training here for an entire afternoon. Do you need us to be your sparring partners?"

Feeling their malicious looks, Lin En smiled.

"Okay."

(End of this chapter)