Chapter 865 - 49: Allied Forces
Gu Mo reopened the career choice panel after a long time, meticulously browsing through it—
He naturally wasn’t surprised to see numerous career options. After all, the present was unlike the past, and he was no longer the beginner who felt embarrassed due to limited choices.
So, in this archive-like career card selection page...
—aside from the already locked "Alchemist," there were also "Martial Artist," "Onmyoji," "Magician," "Magician," and so on...
—and recently added professions like "Stargazer," "Thief," "Samurai," "Prophet," and so on, among others.
This was because these could only be unlocked in the system by collecting sufficient career information through contact, allowing players to choose the corresponding career template. The recently added careers, so characteristic of the Boundary Land, were obviously only encountered after he arrived in this Dungeon World.
Once troubled by limited choices, now in the blink of an eye, this selection interface had unknowingly accumulated literally thousands of career cards... so rich and dazzling, it was also the strongest proof that his horizons had greatly expanded and his Mysticism foundation was extremely solid.
Of course, there were also many duplicate career cards within them.
For instance, the Mage careers from different worlds were already very common career cards. This Dungeon World might have Mages, and that Dungeon World might also have Mages. As he encountered and collected information, they all converged into career templates in this system page.
However, even though their career names all showed "Mage," strictly speaking, they weren’t exactly the same entity.
Even their origins could vary from world to world.
So, in the system’s determination, these seemingly extremely similar careers could result in many similar type cards, repeatedly appearing... It’s probably an intuitive symbol, clearly telling him that it signifies magic is also a very vast domain.
In infinite time and infinite worlds—
The tree named magic would also unlimitedly branch out, this result naturally proceeding like the accumulation of heavenly principles.
"Now there are too many options, but unfortunately, I can scarcely use them now..."
As he flipped the page, watching the fantastical career scroll slide before him, Gu Mo reflected wistfully. Although it wasn’t some profound truth, it was an unfortunate fact many notice during growth, which precisely why it evokes such a sigh.
It’s probably like a toy; when you most want it, it’s often unattainable.
When you can easily get it, it’s often past the stage where it’s most needed and no longer has much meaning.
However, thinking carefully—
It seems like it wasn’t just a blink of an eye either.
There were so many Dungeon Worlds combined; how many years have passed? In the real world, he seemed to be thirty, which worried his family, but actually Gu Mo was over three thousand years old... If they knew this fact, it wouldn’t just be concern, it’d likely cause cardiac arrest.
It can only be said that, from the soul within to the surface genes, he who had completely transformed into a long-lived species had become increasingly fitting in his perception of time.
—He always felt many things were merely the blink of an eye...
—He always felt these were things that happened not long ago...
While searching through the career choice cards, the youth with white clothes and black hair felt a bit of regret. For instance, the career "Magician" was the result of gathering information through his contact with the Gem Elder. Its career characteristic was naturally the ability to "master magic"—
Not ordinary magic, but a concept akin to the Five Great Magics of the Fate Dungeon World.
It’s just that it appeared too late; if he could have immediately changed his career to Magician when he first started, it would have been a game-changer.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t an ideally perfect beginning, and now it is unsuitable to take it as a side job. Because the further he upgrades, the more he realizes how rapid leveling up is initially and how slow it is later, so Gu Mo really doesn’t want to bear unnecessary experience penalties nor pay such a price just for a magic.
Anyway, the analysis of the Third Magic is always ongoing, slow but still hopeful.
And with the power of the Time Gem, once he taps into its potential, exploring the Second Magic and Fifth Magic domains is theoretically feasible. There’s fundamentally no need to waste something so lavish just to master magic.
Without the system’s help, he can still rely on his own cultivation to master the Magic Domain.
So...
For now, let’s see how to unlock and advance the main career.
His gaze slightly shifted downward to the card of the already locked Alchemist profession. After clicking in, it displayed a locked state, with a line of text appearing in the center—
"LV15/LV15 (Max Level)."
Sure enough, there’s an upper limit.
Gu Mo sighed softly, then looked at the large display box below, where there was a very obvious "+" symbol, clearly suggesting that he needs to add something there.
Placed within the game interface, such a UI design is still very intuitive and easy to understand. If it’s in the weapon enhancement interface, you need to put in some upgrade materials; if it’s in the character breakthrough and awakening interface, you need to put in some job credentials or something similar.
But if it’s the latter design philosophy... do I have something like a job credential?
It seems like I’ve never had that kind of thing, right?
In that case, could I use the same or similar types of other job templates for a fusion operation to improve the quality of the job template? Or could I simply charge directly, even if it’s just directly charging keys, it would be fine, a bit expensive is okay too.
As a seasoned player, Gu Mo understands a truth well, if keys are charged directly, even if it’s a bit more expensive, it’s still comparatively easier to gather the fee.
But if some particularly rare materials are required, with an extremely low drop rate, so low that it’s outrageous and infuriating, then that really wants the player’s life... even if there’s a specific dungeon that can be repeatedly farmed, it might make people want to die, quit the game, and delete their account without necessarily being able to get it.
Moreover, he doesn’t have any specific dungeon that can be endlessly farmed; if you encounter it, you encounter it, if you don’t get it, you just don’t, this truly has no solution.
Hoping not to be too unlucky, Gu Mo lightly clicked the "+" symbol, and the page in front of him refreshed immediately.
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A thunderous roar——
A colossal stone gargoyle hero falls; these ancient spell constructs have weathered over long years, yet remain intact because missing parts are filled with corpse wax, existing as a patchwork of many heroes.
They can release the power of corpse wax, guiding the combat skills of ancient heroes contained within, their might is utterly terrifying.
Whether charging through vast battlefields or guarding some strategic point, these ruthless war machines are intensely intimidating, effortlessly crushing thousands upon thousands of knights, toppling mountain demons, giants, and even threatening dragons.
Yet now, this ancient hero stone gargoyle is utterly defeated.
Standing before the Hero of Steel, who wields a great sword, his entire being cloaked in blackness, akin to a Black Knight. The Black Knight slowly props the great sword on the ground, his expression unreadable, only the allied forces behind and around him erupted in thunderous cheers and applause, celebrating the fall of the monster that had slaughtered so many of them.
This battle took place on the Royal City Road.
Also signifying that the army against the Golden Alliance had already surged into the Yatan Plateau, pressing close to the majestic Royal City where the essence of the Golden Tree resided.
The arrival of this day has not long passed since the Eternal City selectively formed an alliance with surface dwellers, conditionally offering the sacred gift of the Black Moon, causing the Hero of Steel to emerge in droves, casting the Boundary Land into turmoil... Nimgruf, Liyenia, Gaelid, these territories began boldly raising the banner of rebellion.
For this is also a condition of the Eternal City, they can exchange "steel", but that is absolutely not out of friendship or yielding to pressure, the Eternal City simply believes they must prioritize the bigger picture, to place the divine will as an absolute priority!
——They cannot delay the revenge plan of the sacred Black Moon due to their own short-sightedness!
——To shatter the rule of gold and let the new era of laws arrive, this alone is paramount.
Therefore, if surface dwellers can undergo their trial and test, as long as they accept the faith of the Eternal City and are willing to contribute to overthrowing the Golden Law, then they can receive a gift of "steel".
Frankly speaking, this maneuver is indeed a brilliant move——
If one can obtain the power of "steel", achieving strength rivaling the Golden Heroes or even Demigods, who would reject all of this? What harm is overturning the Golden Law, if they had power, they’d have prepared long ago to charge into the Royal City, making themselves the new King Elden!
Thus, under this great momentum, Heroes of Steel emerged and raised banners across territories, calling for rebellion with an arm high, and thousands responded.
And so.
The coalition, shouting for the "Era of the Stars" and ardently supporting the "King of the Night," came into being——
Besides giving a certain Puppet Girl a head full of question marks and black lines, realizing she suddenly had numerous competitors, the momentum of the coalition was extraordinarily startling.
Thus, with great fanfare, they began advancing from each continent, charging towards the Yatan Plateau, albeit this momentum was far less vast than the previous Shattering War, yet it caused the entire Boundary Land to tremble, for this force aimed to utterly overturn everything.
"The era of the Golden Law has ended!"
"The new era, new laws, are about to descend!"
"Era of the Stars! King of the Night!!"
Countless people roared in fury; what started perhaps as mere posturing, grew into fluttering banners, as members of the coalition solemnly gathered and swore upon the land. They were determined to shatter the golden reign, let the law of the moon descend, bring forth the laws of the Era of the Stars!
Because everyone had had enough...
——It is time to change it all.