Chapter 124 : Chapter 124

Chapter 124. The Trial's Reward

Fran was directly pulled into the Trial’s settlement space the moment the dragon died, leaving her no time to react.

She looked around at the black trial space before her, with words constantly flickering in mid-air, feeling somewhat at a loss.

The good news was, she had likely passed the trial. After all, she had killed a second-tier dragon, which could certainly be considered a huge contribution toward saving Monsa.

However, the constantly flickering text before her looked eerily similar to the garbled characters she had encountered in her previous life.

She was now somewhat worried that the trial rewards might be stuck and not given to her.

After half a minute, the text in the air finally stabilized and formed words that Fran could understand, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

She looked up at the text.

【Congratulations, you have passed the Spirit Realm Trial and have been promoted.......】

The rest was more garbled text, and Fran suspected that the system had stalled because she was still an Apprentice Mage. It seemed like the Spirit Realm had locked her progress.

She decided not to dwell on it and silently called up her status panel.

【Name: Fran

Class: Mage (One Star) (Furnace Craft, Sword Chant, Alteration, Elements, Spirit Realm), Radiant Priest (One Star)...... (omitted)

Attributes: Constitution 4.1, Spirit 14.7

......... (omitted)】

In the class section, “Spirit Realm Mage” appeared as expected, giving her a little insight.

In the mainland, classes were based on methods of advancement—whatever method you used to ascend, that would be your class. Besides the visible conditions, there were also many hidden conditions.

For example, for her Spirit Realm Mage class, it was said that passing the trial would allow promotion. In reality, it still required her to be at the Apprentice level. If she were a first-tier mage, she would not have been promoted.

It seemed that her panel took priority. The Spirit Realm’s requirements were not met, but her panel’s conditions were sufficient, so any hidden conditions could be disregarded.

Additionally, the Spirit Realm Mage class had given her a slight boost to her constitution, though the increase in spirit had been smaller than before.

After being promoted to Spirit Realm Mage, she didn’t receive any spells or traits, so she continued to look at the flickering text in the air.

The garbled characters had accumulated into a long string, continuing to grow.

Finally, when it reached a certain length, all the text disappeared, replaced by images in various colors appearing and disappearing in the air.

These images seemed meaningless, as if someone had randomly painted with colors.

Fran realized that the Spirit Realm’s system had likely stalled again. Normally, this would be the time to grant her a new talent, but all that was happening now were these erratic images.

She remembered that the Lord of Radiance had promised to help her establish contact with the Spirit Realm and ensure she received a talent, though she wasn’t sure if this was true, or if she would have received the talent regardless, and the Lord of Radiance was merely painting a nice picture.

After about half a minute, the images finally changed and stopped, replaced by a golden light orb floating in the air.

At the moment this orb appeared, Fran felt a sudden clarity within her—it was important, and she had to grab it.

She walked toward it and slowly extended her right hand toward the golden orb.

As her hand touched the orb, a string of words suddenly appeared before her eyes—an introduction to the talent.

【Talent: Dragon’s Remnant Engraving

Description: You killed a powerful dragon during the trial. This dragon was far beyond your current ability to defeat, but you did it.

But why did you challenge an enemy far stronger than you? It must have been because it was a dragon.

You yearn for the dragon’s wings and hate that you cannot soar through the sky like it.

You crave its mighty dragon flame, believing your iron sword is no match for it.

You wish to have dragon scales to protect you, granting you defense far beyond that of ordinary beings.

But fear not, the Spirit Realm grants you what you desire.

Effect: You can steal the abilities of dragons you kill, gaining power from their remains. The abilities you steal will not manifest immediately but will appear when needed.】

Fran stroked her chin, and as she received this talent, she had a feeling—a feeling of choice.

This feeling came from the dragon she had killed—Quentin.

She hadn’t expected that killing a dragon before obtaining the talent would count, and this made her regard the Spirit Realm with a bit more respect.

However, there were things not explained in the talent’s description, such as the fact that, while she could gain many dragon abilities, she could only steal one ability from each dragon’s corpse.

For example, Fran could now choose from skills like Dragon Flame, Dragon Scales, or Dragon Claws from Quentin.

After thinking it through, Fran chose Dragon Flame.

Once she made her choice, the feeling of choice immediately vanished as though it had never been there.

She didn’t need the external dragon traits like scales or claws. Her close combat was already bolstered by the Sword Chant School’s Sword Dance, so there was no need to enhance her melee abilities with these features.

Additionally, the first spell she obtained from the Spirit Realm, Hard Scaled Rock, was nearing extraordinary proficiency with her daily efforts, and once she reached extraordinary proficiency, it would likely become a first-tier defense spell, making Dragon Scales unnecessary.

While Quentin’s skills were highly overpowered, she wasn’t certain her stats would match his, so there was little point in taking those abilities.

Once she selected Dragon Flame, nothing happened immediately. She recited her panel silently and, besides seeing the Dragon’s Remnant Engraving talent in the traits section, she noticed a new trait.

【Dragon Flame: You can briefly transform your head into a dragon’s head, spraying fire. The summoned fire element will have dragon flame characteristics, enhancing its destructive power and burning ability.】

Fran raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that her choice was indeed correct. This talent not only strengthened her fire spells but made her fireballs equivalent to dragon flame.

Looking around to ensure she hadn’t missed anything, she ignored the vibrating book in her hand and quietly recited the incantation to return to the material world.

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Fran’s consciousness sank as she awoke in her own body, immediately feeling out of place. Her body in the material world seemed a bit shorter, and even while sitting on the bed, she could clearly feel that her line of sight was lower.

First, she checked her magical traps, finding no signs of them being triggered.

Then, as she tried to get up, she suddenly noticed a book lying on her stomach.

It looked similar to the one the Lord of Radiance had forcefully given her, but this book seemed more worn out, even more broken than when she first received it. The cover had a line of golden text.

【Please speak my name to them in the material world.】