Four Split Personalities

Game Time: AM 10:20

Misha County’s Southern Territory, northwest of the Jin Hui River tributary

’Stay vigilant at all times, watch out for small enemy groups that might be scattered around the perimeter.’

’Slow down, you’re nearly out of the last mutants’ aggro range.’

’There’s a supply left by Eagle Eye Team Six at the intersection, which contains a nutritional supplement specially prepared by Luna for mounts.’

’Pass through the farmland on your right, there’s a contaminated stream not far ahead; stop there for three minutes.’

’From now on, report your position every thirty seconds; Eagle Eye Team Eight can no longer track you.’

’Tell everyone, over two thousand mutants have broken away from the cluster and are rapidly approaching your position on the outskirts of Jin Hui River. From this point forward, everyone must obey my orders immediately and unconditionally, or if you get entangled, you’re dead.’

’You have one hundred and sixty seconds left, make good use of the time to rest; I will contact you again half a minute before we leave.’

’Hang in there, we’re about to succeed.’

...

’Mm, we’re all being super good (๑´ㅂ`๑)!’

Yu Chen, who had just been brought down from the Gore Beast like a doll by Snow Mane, wobbled as she stood on the ground and replied in a comforting tone. Then, she opened a small-sized white Holy Scripture and started casting several buffing Divine Arts, such as Calm Aura, Restoration Prayer, and Dawn Nova on the members of the princess’s guard squad around her, trying her best to restore their strength and mental state.

Motan had told her before that when casting support, buffing, or restoration Divine Arts, if one combined actions like flipping through the Holy Scriptures, the effects of the skills could slightly increase. The casting time of non-instantaneous skills would be marginally reduced, and the magic power consumption would also be slightly lower. Of course, since the terms were ’slight,’ ’marginal,’ and ’just a bit,’ the fluctuations wouldn’t be too much, at most not exceeding five percent.

However, every little bit adds up. If a spellcaster remained under high-intensity consumption for a long time, the resources eventually saved, such as magic power and time, could be significant.

Furthermore, actions like shaking a cross or waving a magic hammer could also result in certain enhancements to offensive Divine Arts.

This isn’t a very obvious detail. After all, in most cases, the off-hand equipment like Holy Scriptures or Mana Spheres would just be hung on the waist by players, or at most, held in hand. Few would bother with flipping books or fondling spheres while casting skills. To ordinary players, a spellcaster’s weapon is mainly for adding attributes; wielding a magic wand while chanting seems a bit too much like middle school syndrome, and not as cool as shaping a Fireball with bare hands.

However, in the perspective of this world, the aforementioned actions are perfectly logical, and middle school syndrome isn’t even close to being a consideration.

Let’s take three simple examples...

First, in the real world, if an old man on the street yelled ’Behold my flying fire meteor’ at you, you’d most likely choose to walk away quickly, call emergency services, or record a video asking the old man to repeat his performance; in The Realm of Innocence, however, if an old man shouts ’Behold my great meteorite spell’ at an NPC, their first reaction isn’t to call the police or take a video, but to find cover first.

Furthermore, the standards for judging something as middle school-like or pretentious can vary by region. The same phrase, if spoken by someone on screen in English or Japanese, people might find it impactful. But if phrases like ’Hey, darling, would you like to give a firm kick with those charming high heels right to that bottom?’ or ’Your strength comes from the weight you carry’ are said in one’s native language, it could be quite off-putting. Thus, what may seem incredibly embarrassing or cool to many players (like a Shaman Priest’s summoning dance) seems perfectly normal to the locals of The Realm of Innocence.

Third, The Realm of Innocence doesn’t have middle schools, so naturally, there is no middle school syndrome.

Back to the point

Ever since Motan shared these little tricks which he had discovered with Yu Chen, she never performed any Divine Arts empty-handed again, her previously four-and-a-half-pound thick Holy Scripture never leaving her side.

As a newly appointed Saintess mentor, Xia Lian was moved by Yu Chen’s devotion and even gave her a compact smaller Holy Scripture.

[Summary of the Church of the Dawn Scripture and Indispensable Prayers, Deeds, Quotations for recitation: Analysis & Handwritten Notes]

Weapon Category: Off-hand

Quality: Unique Epic

Attack Power: Extremely low

Attributes: Intelligence +19, Constitution +9, all Dawn Arcanum effects increased by 5%, critical hit rate increased by 5%, cooldown reduction by 3%, faith point limit +80

Equipment Requirements: Faith in the Goddess of Dawn Paxcine, knowledge of Holy Light level 20, able to recite any three sections from the Dawn Scripture proficiently

[Note: These are the notes compiled by Saintess Xia Lian • Bamboo Leaf in the second year of being God’s Chosen. Since Mary the Fighting nun sharply issued the ultimatum ’No meals for a day if you fail the morning lesson again’, as of now, Her Highness Xia Lian has lost eight pounds. Therefore, she decided to change her situation, to study hard, improve every day.]

[Note 2: A month after completing this notebook, Her Highness Xia Lian’s weight increased by nine pounds, hence she began dieting on her own initiative.]

[Note 3: Hehe! Sure enough, replacing ’的’ with ’の’ makes it look much cooler! This afternoon, when I edit the multilingual version, let’s just use ’䙸’ in this spot~]