bdsm-fiction Chapter 365: God is Dead
Chapter 365: God is Dead
Lin Mo opened his status panel.
[Name]: Lin Mo
[Professions]: Warrior Lv21, Knight Lv21, Assassin Lv21, Mage Lv21, Priest Lv21, Ranger Lv21 (Paladin Lv2, Spellsword Lv2, Night Hunter Lv2)
[Attributes]: (Brackets show boosted attributes)
Strength: 350 (+721) = 1071*1.3
Agility: 350 (+768) = 1118*1.3
Constitution: 350 (+794) = 1144*1.3
Spirit: 47 (+424) = 471
Mana: 350 (+593) = 943*1.3
Fire Elemental Affinity: 57.82% (After reduction)Ice Elemental Affinity: 99.5% (After reduction)
Lightning Elemental Affinity: 42%
Earth Elemental Affinity: 26%
Wind Elemental Affinity: 26%
Water Elemental Affinity: 26%
Light Elemental Affinity: 44%
Equipment: Frost Dragon Scale Sword, Mithril Gloves, Ice Soul Bow, Thunderflame Starfall Robe, Ethereal Ring, Calming Bracelet, Magic-Resisting Gold-Thread Armor, Shadowblood Stride Boots
Are these attributes exaggerated?
Of course they are, exaggerated to the extreme!
He's only at level 21, yet his attributes in all aspects are already equivalent to a level 30 Professional!
With the additional 30% boost from his Dragon Bloodline, he has completely reached the level of a Heroic Realm powerful expert, skipping an entire major tier.
But all of this is what Lin Mo deserves.
Mastering several professions simultaneously is incredibly difficult in itself. Each profession needs to be leveled up, requiring time investment several times greater than that of an ordinary Professional!
If he had focused solely on a single profession, Lin Mo's level would have long since reached the Heroic Realm.
In fact, because of his path of developing multiple professions simultaneously, his leveling progress was restricted and slowed down for a long period in the early stages.
In the early game, while the combat power brought by multiple professions allowed him to be noticeably stronger than Professionals of the same level, he wasn't overwhelmingly stronger, at most having combat power one or two levels higher. This was clearly not worth the "effort" he put in.
This is precisely why almost no one on the continent chooses to develop multiple professions simultaneously.
Lin Mo is someone who can gain boosts from multiple professions... For others, only one profession would receive boosts, making the other professions even less effective.
However, Lin Mo, as a special existence, is able to simultaneously gain the bonuses of multiple professions, which is why he so firmly chose his current path. He sacrificed leveling speed to obtain combat power far exceeding his level, with almost no blind spots or weaknesses.
Simply put, his current strength is precisely the result of his continuous accumulation during the previous period.
He clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body, and Lin Mo exhaled a long, satisfying breath.
The battle before him was still ongoing.
However, after he killed several gnomes in succession, the goblin side clearly began to retreat step by step.
The golden-armored knight was very strong. Blocking in front of everyone, she was like an impregnable city wall; neither goblins nor gnomes could get past her defense.
Thanks to this, Flora behind her could safely unleash her attacks. A continuous barrage of magic spells kept bombarding the goblins, making them cry out in misery.
Lin Mo glanced over with the corner of his eye, confirmed there was no danger and his help wasn't needed, then turned his gaze deeper into the palace.
Within this gnome palace, there must certainly exist gnomes with even greater strength and higher status.
That was Lin Mo's current target.
This farce should end.
Lin Mo immediately moved. His terrifying speed erupted, instantly bypassing countless goblins and charging straight into the depths of the palace.
In the great hall at the deepest part of the gnome palace, a gnome seated upon a throne was watching through visual sharing from its companions. Noticing Lin Mo heading this way, it immediately stood up, roaring in shock and anger, "Damnable human!"
It was very clear. For the other party to act like this, charging over alone, the target was undoubtedly itself.
What did that signify?
It signified he didn't take it seriously at all!
For the gnome commander, who considered itself a higher life form, this was simply unacceptable.
He was merely a human, a weak, lowly human in its eyes. How dare he—
The gnome commander widened its eyes, preparing to grab the staff beside it. The next moment, the palace doors before it were suddenly shattered.
The sturdy doors were directly smashed into fragments, flying in all directions.
It only saw a black shadow flash before its eyes, then disappear again.
"Clang!"
Under the gnome commander's bewildered gaze, Lin Mo, who had already arrived behind it, slowly sheathed the sword in his hand.
Accompanying that sound, the gnome commander's head rolled from its shoulders, blood spurting high into the air.
It stared blankly at that familiar body collapsing, until its head hit the ground, its vision tumbling over and over, and its consciousness gradually faded away.
In the air, the faint electric sparks Lin Mo had carried along his path still lingered, crackling.
[Iaido Flash] proficiency +330 (+495)
[Thunder Dragon Devour] proficiency +330 (+495)
Iaido Flash, this skill Lin Mo created himself, he quite liked it.
Purely in terms of power, this move's power wasn't actually very strong. After all, it was just an Exceptional-Grade skill, and among Exceptional-Grade warrior skills, its lethality wasn't considered very high either.
But that wasn't important.
The core of this move was "fast" and "cool."
When facing slower opponents whose strength was clearly inferior to his own, this move could instantly kill them without giving them any chance to react or resist.
The visual effect it presented was absolutely explosive.
As for the lack of power, Lin Mo, as a Spellsword, naturally had plenty of ways to compensate.
For example, [Thunder Dragon Devour] combined with this skill to form [Thunder Dragon Flash], which perfectly matched the style of this move while also greatly increasing its power.
And with these several hundred points of proficiency added, [Thunder Dragon Devour] leveled up from its original level 6 to level 7. [Iaido Flash], which was already at level 6, reached the max level of 7 and completed its evolution.
"Skill [Iaido Flash] Lv6 (300/300) has leveled up!"
"Current skill [Iaido Flash] Lv7 (Max)"
"Gained base attribute points: Strength +2, Agility +3!"
"Has automatically evolved into a new skill — Twin Dragon Flash!"
"Comprehended skill [Twin Dragon Flash]! Gained base attribute points: Strength +2, Agility +3!"
[Twin Dragon Flash] Lv1 (0/20): Consume Qi and Blood to launch a swift assault at extreme speed. After closing in on the enemy, quickly unleash two [Iaido Flash] slashes!
The description of the new evolved skill was very simple. It was essentially [Iaido Flash] × 2. But the burst damage from instantly unleashing two slashes was much fiercer than just one.
More importantly, as a Spellsword, Lin Mo could augment both slashes with magic. Once proficient, he might even be able to attach two different types of magic!
The development potential for this move was quite vast.
Then there was the choice of evolution direction.
Please choose evolution direction—
Evolution Route 1: Twin Dragon I: Increases the power of each slash by 20%.
Evolution Route 2: Swift Flash I: Increases skill activation and movement speed by 20%.
Both directions were good. However, considering this move primarily pursued speed, and the power increase itself couldn't be applied to the combined magic, if Lin Mo used a combined magic sword skill, the power increase provided by the evolution route wouldn't be as significant or important.
Therefore, he first chose Evolution Route 2.
Having obtained a new skill, he naturally wanted to try it out properly.
And right now, there happened to be a very suitable target.
After beheading that level 25 gnome commander, the entire gnome settlement lost its core and began to descend into chaos.
Lin Mo wouldn't let these goblins and gnomes go.
So he struck repeatedly, his figure moving like a ghost, shuttling back and forth within the palace.
Whether they were goblins or gnomes trying to resist or escape, they were all unquestionably sliced to pieces by him.
After this round of slaughter, the skill's level directly rose to level 7, and it was even very close to level 8!
An Epic Level skill, almost maxed out.
One could only say, killing these high-level monsters was just too satisfying.
Leveling up to 7 in one go, he then unlocked the evolution route choice twice in a row. Lin Mo chose Evolution Route 1 the first time, and the second time chose the speed-focused Evolution Route 2 again, increasing the speed boost effect to 35%.
At the same time, the supporting skill [Thunder Dragon Devour] and the later attempted addition [Blazing Sky Fire Spear] also gained a significant amount of proficiency.
[Thunder Dragon Devour] had already reached level 8 and was very close to max level!
By the time the golden-armored knight, Ellie, and the others finished dealing with the goblins and gnomes outside and rushed over, the entire palace was already in complete disarray.
Lily looked up at Lin Mo, whose clothes weren't even dirty, and was stunned in her heart.
Why did she feel like the other party had gotten stronger again?
And not just by a little bit...
The young woman hidden within her consciousness space had the same feeling. As a former Legendary Realm powerful expert, she was certain it wasn't him holding back before; he had genuinely, suddenly become much stronger during the battle!
If before this, Lily might have been able to exchange a few blows with him, then now, she completely lacked even the qualification to fight. She would undoubtedly be instantly killed.
How on earth did he do it?
Although she was extremely curious, now wasn't the time to dwell on it.
Although the gnome commander had been killed, the true crisis of this trip had not yet passed.
Lily also sensed something. She raised her head and looked towards the gnome commander's throne.
To be precise, she looked beneath that throne.
Waves of black mist coiled and rose, quickly spreading.
Then, a black tide gushed forth, instantly swallowing the beheaded corpse of the gnome commander.
The next moment, that corpse actually slowly stood up, carrying a powerful and unsettling aura.
Lily didn't hesitate at all. She immediately activated the Holy Light Power within her body and slashed out with her sword.
"Ha!"
The golden sword energy landed on the "Dark Tide," melting it away like hot fire touching snow.
But it wasn't enough...
The "Dark Tide" was indeed melting, but the speed of that melting wasn't exactly fast.
Moreover, the Dark Tide beneath the gnome throne was still continuously surging out.
Sweat quickly beaded on Lily's forehead, and her body began to tremble slightly.
Clearly, with her Holy Light Power alone, it was very difficult to purify the "Dark Tide" before her.
Lin Mo wasn't in a hurry to act. Instead, he observed with great interest the Holy Light emanating from this golden-armored knight, trying to discover the differences from his own.
Then, he roughly understood the reason why her Holy Light was insufficient to dispel the Dark Tide.
The Holy Light used by this golden-armored knight was indeed Holy Light, but whether in terms of aura or energy density, it was countless times inferior to his own.
It was like Holy Light diluted a hundredfold; the remaining efficacy was naturally very limited.
But... such Holy Light was probably the Holy Light in the common perception of people, right?
Lin Mo clearly remembered the lines of text that appeared before his eyes when he first obtained the power of "Holy Light."
"Holy Light is watching you."
"Holy Light is protecting you."
"Holy Light will submit to you!"
Perhaps what he used was the true, complete Holy Light.
And the Holy Light before him was merely a remnant ripple of the true Holy Light, a few strands of its aura that had leaked out...
While Lin Mo was pondering, Lily was already drenched in sweat, her body trembling uncontrollably, her armor making clanking sounds.
The young woman hidden within her consciousness grew anxious. "Didn't you say he also mastered the power of Holy Light? Why..."
But at this moment, Lily had no spare capacity to answer her.
Seeing Lily struggling more and more, almost unable to hold on, while the Dark Tide before them was more turbulent than imagined, completely un-suppressed, she finally couldn't stand by any longer and gritted her teeth, preparing to act.
At that moment, an aura several times more sacred than Lily's Holy Light suddenly surged forth.
Lin Mo was momentarily stunned, but coincidentally, after seeing the golden-armored knight's struggling state, he also acted at the same time.
Thus, that sacred brilliance only lasted for an instant before being immediately overshadowed by a more majestic, more divine light.
In an instant, the young woman was stunned.
If Lily's light was a firefly, and hers was a star in the sky, then this suddenly appearing Holy Light before her was like the blazing sun, illuminating the world!
Waves of warm current, incredibly domineering, surged into her body. That feeling of warmth... it was almost scalding!
She was stunned for a long time. Two lines of hot tears slid down from the corners of her eyes.
This feeling was as if time had reversed a thousand years, and she had returned to that time when she was still a naive young woman.
That beam of light shone down through the dome of the church. She knelt on one knee, listening to the teachings from the supreme deity.
That was the most glorious moment of her life, the moment she was most proud of.
Because of that resonance with the Goddess of Holy Light, she was unquestionably selected as a Temple Knight of The Church, and several years later, she became the Saintess, representing the divine will, a position equal to the Pope.
Her life was glorious and brilliant. In the ballads of bards, it was woven into volumes of popular poetry.
Her footsteps covered almost the entire continent. Using Holy Light—this power bestowed upon her by the deity—she dispelled numerous black mist-enshrouded tides, saving countless lives.
She was called the most devout, most powerful Saintess of all generations. Even her name became synonymous with Saintess!
But she never cared about these things.
Whether standing at the peak, enjoying the admiration and praise of countless people, or accidentally falling into the Dark Tide, enduring the pain of erosion, her heart always remained in that afternoon, still lingering on those words of encouragement and advice echoing in her ears.
She never cared about those empty titles, never cared about the Dark Tide's temptation and torment of her soul for a thousand years.
Her only wish was to return to that clear afternoon, to hear that voice once more, to feel once more that warmth that illuminated her soul.
But she knew... she had always known... that was already impossible.
Because the deity had already fallen into "slumber," or rather...