Chapter 613 - 329: The Fruits of Victory
Raine didn’t walk out of the secret chamber, looking refreshed and energetic, until evening.
Taking the Root of Life had taken far longer than he’d expected, and the effect had also far exceeded his expectations.
Raine glanced at his attribute panel:
....
[Power: 21 (+20)]
[agility: 16 (+16)]
[Constitution: 21 (+20)]
[Intelligence: 29 (+8)]
[Perception: 15 (+8)]
[Charm: 14 (+8)]
...
"Strange, Intelligence didn’t go up, and Power didn’t rise much either, only by 1 point."
"But Constitution went up by 2 points, and even more exaggerated are agility, Perception, and Charm, which each increased by 3 points."
This magnitude of improvement was anything but small.
After thinking it over briefly, Raine had a vague guess.
According to what Leonore had said before, the Root of Life raises the tier of Life Energy.
Very likely Life Energy is a general term; broken down, it seems to include a person’s various Attributes, and the effect of the Root of Life is precisely to enhance his weakest Attributes.
Also, during his meditation while absorbing the Root of Life, his Elemental Strike had successfully stepped into Level 2; at this moment, he could already fuse three Energy orbs, yet his Classes Level still hadn’t advanced.
"Still haven’t advanced my Classes Level—does it require four to fuse?"
Raine’s expression turned thoughtful.
Just then, a maidservant quickly stepped forward, bowing respectfully as she said, "Lord Raine, Her Highness Leonore requests your presence in the conference room."
"Right now?"
"Yes, Lord Raine."
Raine nodded.
Guided by the maidservant, Raine soon arrived at the door of the Royal Palace conference room, and the sound of discussion inside drifted into his ears.
"The Eldron Kingdom and the Vincent Duchy have already completely fallen. Just yesterday, aside from a few who surrendered, everyone else from the Eldron royal family and the Vincent family was thrown into a grand sacrifice ritual as offerings by the Black Fist Army."
Leonore’s familiar voice came from within, and the content of the discussion left Raine utterly shocked!
An entire Kingdom and a Duchy had just...fallen completely like that?
"It’s certain that that one’s power has grown again!" came the voice of Sword Saint Duke Musadi.
"Now, those being propped up to rule the Eldron Kingdom and the Vincent Duchy are all puppets."
"Their next target is very likely the Fadir Kingdom. The Northern Continent Kingdom Alliance just held an emergency communication and hopes we can provide some support to the Fadir Wetland Kingdom."
At that moment, Raine pushing the door open briefly interrupted the meeting.
"Oh? Raine, looks like you’ve gained a lot. Come, sit beside me." As a Sword Saint, Duke Musadi’s gaze was razor sharp; with just one look, he noticed that Raine had undergone great changes.
He patted the seat beside him that had long been left empty, signaling Raine to sit.
"Thank you, Duke Musadi." Raine sat down while nodding slightly to Leonore, who was seated opposite him.
There were only seven or eight people in the room, but all of them were pillars of the Soladin Kingdom. Raine noticed that aside from Duke Musadi and Leonore, the others were mostly dressed in officers’ uniforms, their hair streaked with white.
At his arrival, the few veteran generals were clearly a bit surprised, seemingly unable to understand why someone so young would be allowed into such an important occasion.
However, perhaps because they saw the attitude of the Kingdom’s mainstay, the "Omen Sword" Duke Musadi, toward him, the old generals quickly showed looks of sudden realization.
Raine knew this was because Leonore had concealed his record of achievements. For now, only she, Duke Musadi, and His Majesty Galing knew exactly what level his Combat Power had reached.
"Raine, we just received important news..." Leonore gave Raine a slight smile and then repeated the information they had just obtained.
"The one who struck at the Vincent Duchy this time was Duke Grobas, a powerhouse ranking near the top of the Talin Association’s Inner Ring. And in charge of the Eldron Kingdom was the Black Fist Army’s Vice Commander-in-Chief, Legendary Powerhouse ’Dimensional Blade’ Gaoxi."
"As for his Dimensional Blade, on the Northern Continent Kingdom Alliance’s side, even counting Duke Musadi, at most only four people can withstand it."
So strong?
Raine’s heart tightened.
And also...Dimensional Blade?
Raine’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Of course he had heard of this famed Ninth Level space Magic; its principle was to use the ultra-powerful tearing force produced when slicing open Subspace to attack the enemy. Against targets with extremely strong defenses, it had an excellent killing effect.
Unless it was a Primordial Dragon Level High Tier Legendary whose physical toughness could stabilize space, only then was it possible to weaken the damage of this move.
Also, in the face of this spell, even the Anti-Magic Field he’d gained from a Legendary Eye Demon wasn’t very usable.
Because Anti-Magic Field was only on the Eighth Level, while Dimensional Blade was a Ninth Level Spell.
For Raine, once he encountered it head-on, perhaps his only response would be to rely on his Domain.
Because whether it was the "Death Aura" he’d gained from the Wandering Eye Tyrant Zergelos or the "Telekinesis Aura" he’d obtained from the Giant-eyed Tyrant Hillarack, both could greatly weaken Magic damage within the aura.
But even setting aside the issue of exposing his true strength, another problem surfaced: with his current Spiritual Power level, he couldn’t maintain his Domain for more than two minutes.
To be precise, around one minute and forty seconds.
And that was already counting the boost from advancing to Transcendent.
This made Raine sigh inwardly: "Now that my strength tier has risen, the opponents I’ll face will all be Legendary Powerhouses—some of them famous across the continent for decades or even hundreds of years. Looks like...my strength still needs to be upgraded as fast as possible!"