Chapter 435 - 224: Promotion—Level 5 Decryption Scholar
In five days, Iz and the others would go to war with An Zheng.
An Zheng was currently locked away in a palace, his Perception of the outside world completely sealed. Under Iz’s blockade, Iz would feel it immediately if he tried to make any sudden moves.
It wasn’t that An Zheng couldn’t break through this perceptual seal.
It was just that in his current state...
...every move he made would consume what little life he had left.
Iz didn’t want An Zheng to wreak havoc upon the world, but did An Zheng truly want to clash with Iz?
「On this day.」
The Lorren Continent achieved complete and total unification.
King Luo Tedan was thoroughly enjoying it.
After all, it was the Secret Sea facing Doomsday, not his kingdom. To a certain extent, his kingdom had been saved.
Not only had it been saved...
In fact, because of the news of the impending Doomsday, residents from other continents had begun to look to Lorren as the leading nation.
’That guy’s luck really is something else.’
’His kingdom had faced the threat of annihilation several times, yet he always managed to turn crisis into opportunity.’
’I heard that Luo Tedan is a follower of Yakadikto.’
’Could it be because of his faith?’
’Hard to say.’
...
’The continents of the Secret Sand Archipelago should all be safe in the end.’
Obades would stand guard at An Zheng’s door, while Iz went off to the other continents to set up the Continent Teleportation Magic.
’I guess you could call it saving the world.’
’But they could only save the Secret Sand Archipelago. It was already too late to save any more than that.’
To cross to the more distant continents beyond the Secret Sand Archipelago would take Iz three or four days of flying, even at his speed. A round trip would take six or seven days.
The Secret Sea had so many continents.
There was no time left to save even one more, which would have been just a drop in the bucket.
’It’s just that this outcome is completely different from what I’d originally imagined...’
Lu Cang assessed his progress in meeting the requirements for his different Professions.
’My Death Priest requirements were well on their way to being met, and I’m close with Decryption Scholar. But my Warrior requirements... they seem to be lagging. I haven’t had a single decent fight since becoming a Level 4 Warrior.’
’The Warrior requirements, which had once been a breeze, were starting to get difficult.’
To advance from Level 4 to Level 5, the standard promotion requirement for a Warrior was to experience at least one exhilarating life-or-death battle and to enjoy it.
But since reaching Level 4, Lu Cang had never faced a true life-or-death situation.
’I don’t even know what could possibly put me in that kind of mortal danger anymore.’
’The strong are too strong—so strong that I still can’t hope to fight them.’
’And the weak are too weak—so weak that I can kill them in an instant.’
Besides, Lu Cang was psychologically averse to life-or-death battles. They represented a mortal threat. Winning was one thing, but if he lost? Wouldn’t everything he had worked for be for nothing?
’As for my Mage Profession, I just need to comprehend Tier Four Root Magic.’
’And for the Prophet Profession, I’ve already changed plenty of destinies.’
’I should try to complete my promotions before March 24th.’
Another thing troubling Lu Cang was that Kumironi would be staying behind to fight An Zheng.
He would not be teleporting away with him.
That meant after the teleportation, figuring out how to get promoted in a new place would also be a problem.
...
「The wilds of the Lorren Continent.」
Blood dripped from the tip of Leng Qingying’s dagger as she stared at the corpse at her feet.
Lu Cang landed behind her.
"Doomsday is almost here... It’s making people crazy."
This den of bandits had been planning to attack a village in the wilderness. Lu Cang had foreseen it and brought Leng Qingying along to kill them all.
He’d done it mainly to fulfill the requirements for his Prophet Profession.
’Killing people for something they hadn’t done yet seems a bit wrong, even if they hadn’t attacked the village yet.’
’But... they were bandits. They were meant to be eliminated anyway.’
’So I feel no burden at all in killing them.’
Leng Qingying flicked the blood from her dagger, tilting her head at Lu Cang. "Next?"
’Leng Qingying, you really enjoy killing a little too much.’
’If you were on the villain’s side, you’d fit right in.’
Lu Cang asked, "Xiaoleng, what do you plan to do if the Random Teleportation sends us to a region outside the Secret Sea?"
Leng Qingying said, "Actually, I’m curious about something."
"What’s that?"
’Is she curious about why the Secret Sea is being destroyed?’
’Unfortunately, I don’t know the reason either.’
Leng Qingying continued, "It’s this."
"I heard that when the time comes, Iz is going to use Random Teleportation on us..."
"A Mage’s Random Teleportation can send people to any corner of the world."
"But with Random Teleportation, couldn’t it also send us to the Secret Sea?"
Huh.
’Leng Qingying clearly doesn’t know that the Random Teleportation has already been modified.’
’Wait a minute. Randomly teleported to the Secret Sea?’
Lu Cang suddenly realized something. Before the Random Teleportation Magic was modified, he had foreseen countless destinies, yet not a single one involved being teleported to the doomed regions of the Secret Sea.
’That’s right.’
’Even with Random Teleportation, there should have been a possibility of being sent somewhere within the Secret Sea.’
’And if I were teleported to the Secret Sea, I wouldn’t be able to teleport again for a short while, so I should have been able to witness the Secret Sea’s final destruction.’
’But... that never happened?’
’I can’t believe I completely overlooked this.’
’My Spirituality is extremely high, and I’m a Decryption Scholar. I’m usually incredibly sharp when it comes to noticing all sorts of issues, especially important ones.’
’The inability to be teleported to the Secret Sea... that feels like a vital clue in a decryption puzzle.’