Chapter 23: Holy Sword Guardian Samuel
Every time you advance to a higher level in your extraordinary profession, you will get three random entries.
All of these entries combined together form the extraordinary professions that are slightly different for each person.
In the game, this attribute can be refreshed by repeatedly running the advanced version. Otherwise, it will be difficult for players to experience different fancy BDs.
But Aiwass obviously has no mall props.
He only has one chance to choose an entry when he advances.
However, he had already thought about his career direction——
If you want to advance to the Lord of the Beasts, you need to seal your own six-attribute beasts.
Each blank card of each attribute requires fifty points of pure mana to produce.
As the Priest class level increases, the mana pools for both Light and Fire attributes increase, with the ratio being three Light to one Fire.
While Demonologists typically only increase their mana pool for Dark attributes when leveling up, if they contract a higher-level demon like Shadow Fiend, they can also increase the mana pool for the corresponding attribute. Although Aiwass's first contracted demon was a Dark Shadow Fiend, his level-up entries may still randomly include Wind, Earth, Water, and Fire expansion entries.
If Aiwass were to upgrade normally, I'm afraid only the light and dark attributes would reach fifty points.
Therefore, he had to choose every expansion item he could, except for Light and Dark. Even then, he wouldn't necessarily be able to raise all six attributes to at least 50 points. At that point, he would either have to take the third path and take a specific spellcasting class to increase his mana pool for the corresponding attribute, despite the experience penalty, or rely on various potions to gradually increase the attribute cap, or wear extraordinary items to temporarily increase his mana cap.
The basic principle is that if you can choose expansion items with the four attributes of wind, earth, water and fire, you must choose them.
Unless a rare golden entry appears, Aiwass will hesitate and seriously consider whether to not choose to expand this time.
The first advancement could only have blue attributes. And spellcasting professions would inevitably have affinity and expansion attributes - so he had no reason to hesitate because he had no choice.
But Aiwass was quite lucky.
Candlestick Blood doesn't necessarily have a Fire attribute; it could also have a Light attribute. If the expansion he randomly receives is Light, then he'll have to choose Affinity. This is because his Light mana pool is actually quite generous—he's not a Transcendent specializing in the Path of Devotion, so he doesn't need to push his mana bar too high.
Moreover, the phantom demon on Yulia's body is of fire attribute.
This means that Aiwass must have created a blank card with fire attribute before the incident happened in order to seal it.
He had calculated before that the standard mana pool for a level 10 priest should be 8 light and 2 fire, and for level 20 it should be 23 light and 7 fire.
When Aiwas reaches level 20, he will have to advance three times, including this one: the level 2 trial, which is guaranteed to succeed, and the two ritual trials at levels 9 and 19.
As long as he randomly gets another fire attribute expansion during these two trials, Aiwass's fire attribute mana pool can be increased by another 28 points. Without using any extraordinary items, adding the original 7 points and the 14 points given this time, it is exactly 49 points.
——With a maximum mana pool of 49 points, if you store four points in advance the day before, you can already create a 50-capacity blank fire attribute card!
As long as he possesses the "Phantom Demon·Rebellious Flame Butterfly", Aiwass will be able to obtain combat power far stronger than the first-level flame affinity!
At least there will be no problem getting all the way to the end of version 1.0!
So Aiwass didn't hesitate.
After the entry appeared, he thought about it, and the teardrop-like flame flew up on its own and landed in Aiwas's mouth.
The next moment, the illusion before his eyes suddenly shattered.
Aiwass suddenly felt a slight burning pain in his fingertips, which became noticeable very quickly, just like touching a candle flame with a finger dipped in water.
He woke up suddenly.
As Aiwass's attribute list changed, the changed parts jumped out before his eyes:
Priest LV2: [Basic Prayer - Level 1 (99%)], [Fire Worship - Level 1 (5%)]
The Path Illuminated: Dedication - Level 1; Transcendence - Level 1
Mana Pool: 2/2 (Light), 4/4 (Dark), 14/14 (Fire)
Free XP: 53
Road characteristics——
Consecration - Flame Vessel Lv1: You consume the Blood of the Candle, expanding your soul. Your maximum mana pool (fire) capacity increases by 14.
Aiwass raised his head and stared blankly at the stunned Bishop Mathers, revealing a confused and innocent expression as if he had just woken up, and subconsciously said:
“I just… seemed to see a red deer.
"His body was covered with black thorns and was bleeding. His antlers were covered with white flames..."
"——That's Master Sizhu!"
Bishop Mathers interrupted quickly.
He reached out and touched his forehead, as if there were illusory deer antlers there. "Master Sizhu... How could He love you so much? You mastered the fire worship method after just the first attempt..."
Bishop Mathers murmured softly, apparently finding it difficult to imagine.
But Aiwass's rank had leaped upwards, which was self-evident. As a superior on the same path, he could clearly sense that Aiwass's path of devotion had successfully reached the first level.
"...What are the characteristics of the path you chose?"
Bishop Mathers didn't have time to continue teaching Aiwass. Instead, he spoke anxiously, "I didn't expect you to learn it right away, so I didn't have time to tell you... If you want to gain the ability to protect yourself immediately, you must choose 'Fire Affinity' or 'Light Affinity'. What did you choose?"
"It's the 'Flame Container'."
Aiwass answered immediately.
A nervous expression appeared on his face: "Could it be that I made the wrong choice?"
Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought to himself that it was a good thing that he advanced before Bishop Mathers could react.
Otherwise, if he had listened to Bishop Mathers and still chosen the Flame Vessel, he would have been displeased. However, Aiwass truly needed to fill his Fire attribute mana pool as quickly as possible, and the item he wanted might not appear in the next round. So, when the Fire attribute expansion item appeared, he had to choose it immediately.
"...No, no, it's not really a big problem."
Seeing the nervous look on Aiwas's face, Bishop Mathers hurried to comfort him: "'Flame Container' is also a very good feature - it allows you to master extremely powerful flame power, but it is a little troublesome to use. Without affinity abilities, the operation will be a bit stiff... But I'm not saying that this choice is bad, I mean, it's not very flexible - but in the long run, this choice is very good!"
Obviously, this scene was not in Bishop Mathers's preparation.
But seeing that the tension and worry on Aiwass's face had not dissipated, he gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to me, Aiwass!
"You have now acquired powerful magic power equivalent to that of a second-level spellcaster, but you simply don't know how to use it. You can first learn spells or divine arts that rely on the power of fire. Before that..."
Bishop Mathers said this and handed the huge key he had used to open the door from his waist to Aiwass.
It was a crimson key.
It was so heavy that it seemed not to be a key but a broken sword.
"During this period, Saint Guinevere's Chapel is closed. I'll lend you the key. Use it for self-defense for the next two months. Don't underestimate it. Infuse it with fire magic and it will unleash a scorching, illusory blade. Even if you're unable to move, it's enough to scare off most enemies."
"Just give it back to me before the Candlemas Festival on January 1st."
The moment he held the heavy key in doubt, Aiwass almost blurted out "Oh my God".
Because this key has an extremely ordinary name, but also has a very incredible effect.
This not only proves his importance to Aiwass, but also reveals his pessimistic judgment of the current situation...
The moment he saw this effect, Aiwass knew who Bishop Mathers was.
Key to the Chapel of Saint-Guinevere
【Superb Weapon (Dark Purple)】
[Dagger, heavy, unsharpened, tough]
[Features: It can be used to open the seal of Saint Guinevere's Chapel (only triggered by the Devotion Path)]
[Extraordinary Module - Flame Infusion: Pay 1-10 Ignition Mana to activate Flame Blade, lasting 1-10 minutes]
[Extraordinary Module - Light Infusion: Pay 1-10 points of light attribute mana to activate the Holy Blade, lasting 1-10 minutes]
[Extraordinary Module - Wind Infusion: Pay 1-10 points of wind attribute mana to activate the invisible blade, lasting 1-10 minutes]
[Spell: Holy Sword (once a month)]
[Required: Light 11 + Fire 11 + Wind 11, or Light 33, or Fire 33, or Wind 33]
【Instant, contact, effective immediately】
[Effect: Sanctify this weapon, transforming it into the Holy Sword Red-Handled Sword (Holy Weapon - Two-Handed Sword, Heavy, Evil-Repelling, Sharp, Tough, Lightweight) before the next sunset. The holder temporarily gains Curse Vulnerability Level 4. The activated module's effects are retained.]
[“—A key forged from Galahad’s broken sword, its power sealed along with the curse.”]
No wonder Aiwass had no impression of the so-called "Bishop Mathers".
Because he is not entirely from the Eternal Theocracy... he is a native of Avalon.
His true identity is the final BOSS in a main storyline in version 3.2 "Shadow of Avalon"!
The avenger from the destroyed Kingdom of Avalon, controlled by the curse entwined on the reforged holy sword - the Red Handle Sword -
——The cursed paladin known as "Samuel, the Guardian of the Holy Sword"!
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(End of this chapter)
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