Chapter 339: Comprehensive Level 50lv: The Investigation Results of the Theocracy

3,000 sets of magical armor and weapons?

A look of astonishment appeared on the face of the Verdant Witch, and the White Mist Witch and the lizardman Kuruxue also wore expressions of shock.

The atmosphere in the hall became quiet.

"Is there a problem?" Tang Zheng noticed the anomaly and asked, puzzled.

"Master."

"Your subordinate does not have a comprehensive understanding of the process of crafting a magical item, but I do know that for a mature craftsman, crafting a magical item is quite a difficult task."

The Verdant Witch composed herself and spoke respectfully:

"3,000 sets of magical items, even if that group of dwarves were to craft them with all their might, I fear it would require a considerable amount of time."

She sensed from her master's words that he seemed to want the magical items completed as soon as possible.

Tang Zheng only then realized that his request was indeed a bit too high for these ordinary dwarf craftsmen.

If it were just forging ordinary weapons, there should be no problem, but magical items are different; calculated by value, the most ordinary magical items cost around 500 gold coins.

The price of over 3,000 sets of magical items would be at least 1.5 million gold coins, which is a quite exorbitant expenditure even for the various human nations.

Thinking carefully, among the human nations, the elite troops equipped with magical items only number a few hundred people.

"As expected, I still have to take the elite route."

Tang Zheng thought silently to himself, then looked at the Verdant Witch with some surprise:

"You actually know about such things?"

"When Master previously let your subordinate sell magical potions with Anli, your subordinate was curious about the magical items sold in human item workshops and specifically looked into it."

The Verdant Witch bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.

Tang Zheng smiled lightly; he realized he really hadn't paid much attention to these matters before.

He truly didn't care much about ordinary magical items, and most of his energy had been focused on how to harvest experience and improve his strength.

"Have the dark dwarves and dwarf craftsmen provide a time estimate for crafting a single magical item."

After pondering, Tang Zheng intended to first determine how long it would take this group of dwarves to manufacture one magical item.

The Verdant Witch responded: "Yes!"

"I will be staying in the depths of the southern mountains during this time; if anything happens..."

Tang Zheng said this, then looked at the lizardman Kuruxue to the side: "Use the fourth-tier magic 'Cloud Manipulation' to get my attention."

"Understood, Master." The lizardman Kuruxue lowered their white, delicate scaled neck, feeling a bit unnatural when saying the word "Master."

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Using teleportation magic.

Returning to the depths of the southern mountains, this was an area surrounded by mountains on all four sides, with some towering weeds and tree canopies providing cover.

Whether using "Flight" or detection-type magic like "Clairvoyance," it was impossible to easily discover this place.

Tang Zheng appeared before the dragonman Ladon, who was under the influence of charm, his desire to research surging.

"Although the value of this 'Heart of the True Dragon King' is very high, item appraisal cannot detect any useful information at all."

"I can only conduct experiments bit by bit, plus the ability to transform into a dragon... in short, there are quite a few things that need to be figured out."

Tang Zheng frowned; he had been researching for a while and still had no clue.

There was, however, one thing that could already be confirmed.

This "Heart of the True Dragon King" had already replaced the dragonman Ladon's original heart. Logically, given the opponent's strength, Tang Zheng should kill them first and then use resurrection magic to downgrade them to ensure complete control.

But because of this situation.

Tang Zheng was momentarily unable to determine whether the opponent's original heart would recover during the process of killing and then resurrecting the dragonman Ladon.

If such a situation occurred, there was a possibility that the "Heart of the True Dragon King" would be rejected or suffer damage.

"Transform into a dragon."

Tang Zheng said to the dragonman Ladon in front of him.

"Roar!"

The dragonman Ladon subconsciously let out a roar, and their weak body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming into a 20-meter-tall golden dragon in the blink of an eye.

"The aura has become a bit weaker; there is some kind of consumption during the transformation process." Tang Zheng's eyes flowed with the light of magic as he observed the entire process intently.

The next few days.

Aside from the daily fixed activation of "Grand Ritual: Final War (Good)" to collect experience, Tang Zheng used all his remaining time for research.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye.

Upper Wind Month, April 23rd.

[Experience Bar: 6,000,000/360,000]

Tang Zheng shook the blood off his hands, sat expressionlessly on a rock, and chewed on a piece of wild boar hind leg meat.

His hair was a bit messy, and his clean white priest robe had become gray and dusty, stained with quite a few smudges and bloodstains.

"I roasted it a bit too long on purpose, and it's still a bit tough."

Tang Zheng chewed a few times, swallowed the wild boar meat, picked up a water bag to take a gulp of water, and looked at his current appearance:

"I should have spent a skill point to learn the 'Clean' spell."

He shook his head helplessly.

He had gained a little bit of harvest in these past few days.

"The experience points are enough; it's about time to level up." Tang Zheng's gaze fell on the experience bar, his eyes brightening slightly as he muttered inwardly.

Hum!

A powerful aura fluctuation surged from Tang Zheng's body once again, rising wave after wave, and an invisible shockwave spread out, scattering the weeds and rotten leaves beneath the rock.

The priest robe fluttered without wind, emitting a crisp sound!

Tang Zheng felt the sense of power from the elevation of his life level once again, and a sharp glint flickered in his eyes.

—The rapidly growing aura paused!

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[Ability Table]

Comprehensive Level: 50lv

Experience Bar: 1,720,001/780,000

Skill Points: 109→133

Profession:

Basic Profession: Genius 10lv (Warrior...)

Intermediate Profession: None

High-level/Special Profession: Magic Swordsman 5lv, Ninja 5lv, Lord of Holiness 5lv, Lord of Depravity 5lv

Cursed Knight 5lv, Valkyrie 5lv

Mad Mage 5lv, Magic Transcender 5lv

[Attribute Table]

Justice Value: 20 [Neutral]

hp: 655→795 (61%)

mp: 568→718 (55%)

Physical Attack: 438 (34%)

Physical Defense: 380→520 (40%)

Agility: 448→348 (26%)

Magic Attack: 498 (38%)

Magic Defense: 525→675 (52%)

Comprehensive Resistance: 445→585 (45%)

Specialization: 670→730 (56%)

Total: 407%

…………

Looking at the information on the panel, he waited quietly.

"Huh?"

There was no movement at all.

A look of surprise appeared on Tang Zheng's face, and he continued to wait.

One minute passed.

The attribute panel still did not show any prompts for triggering a profession construction.

"What's going on? The two high-level professions [Lord of Holiness] and [Lord of Depravity] have already reached max level."

"According to normal profession construction, it should have triggered a new profession; why didn't it appear?"

Tang Zheng's previously casual attitude vanished, replaced by a look of surprise and confusion; he raised his palm and pointed forward.

"Radiant Sword!"

A long sword over two meters long, radiating holy light, condensed out of thin air and quickly plummeted from the sky.

Boom!

The Radiant Sword exploded the moment it touched the ground, holy energy covering all objects within a 15-meter radius, and all the shrubs were blasted into smithereens by this energy.

As the light dissipated, a deep crater appeared on the ground.

"Sinking Spirit Qi!"

Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes, and thick, black negative energy overflowed from his entire body, transforming into a visible, wave-like tide.

The surrounding shrubs, grass, and rocks were all corroded and eroded by the negative energy; even the sturdy stone Tang Zheng was sitting on became brittle and loose in the blink of an eye, turning into a pile of waste with the slightest pressure!

"There is no impact when using skills. Two similar professions should be able to construct a stronger profession."

"Could my hypothesis be wrong? The profession construction of 'Yggdrasil' should be more complex, but why was there no problem before?"

Tang Zheng stood up and raised both hands, using the technique of a [Magic Swordsman]. Black negative energy and holy energy surged on his palms respectively, and the look of bewilderment in his eyes deepened:

"Or is it that some condition is missing?"

Having no answer for the moment, Tang Zheng could only put the matter aside for now.

Originally, he had planned to wait until he triggered a special profession to continue de-leveling and then take on other intermediate professions to acquire new high-level professions.

The situation before him.

Temporarily extinguished this thought of Tang Zheng's; he had to figure out why he couldn't trigger a special profession.

Silianjiaoguosuo.

The Holy Capital.

As the morning light appeared, it dyed the spire of the tower located at the very center of the city golden, followed by a crisp bell toll.

A "dong" sound.

The dull yet penetrating sound echoed in the sky.

The clock at the very top of this massive cathedral was one of the oldest structures in the entire Theocracy, said to have been built in accordance with the will of the God of Light.

It was called the "Bell of John." Although there was no meaning for the two characters "John" in the documents, as it had been passed down for hundreds of years, these two characters had long since become one of the sacred meanings.

At this moment, beneath the bell tower.

Several pastors wearing white robes arrived at the very base of this bell tower. The pastor walking at the very front was holding what looked like an infant.

The pastors stopped, looked up at the towering bell tower, and then looked at the fish-belly white appearing in the east.

A sigh came.

The pastor holding the infant walked forward, slowly placed the infant on the ground, and then knelt before the infant.

The few pastors behind did the same.

Low prayers, similar to sounds of repentance, slowly rang out.

"Goo-goo." The infant let out a soft giggle, waving its fair, tender hands.

"May the God bless you!"

The pastor kneeling before the infant raised his head, carefully picked up the infant, stood up with the other pastors, and then hurried away.

In the deepest part of the Theocracy.

In that sacred and inviolable conference hall.

This was already the second meeting held this month, and the third High Priest meeting of the year.

The previous two times, only six High Priests were present, and it was just a high-level meeting, but this time, even the Supreme High Priest appeared in this meeting, which was a quite rare situation.

"The meeting begins!"

"Regarding the first agenda item, the loss of the 'Magic-Sealing Crystal'." Water High Priest Xineding, acting as the moderator for this meeting, spoke first and solemnly.

"Cough."

Wind High Priest Dominique coughed lightly, leaning his body forward to explain:

"Nigun has been resurrected. You have all seen the detailed report. The strength of the [Zuranon] leader exceeded our expectations, which caused this major loss."

As the former captain of the [Sunlight Scripture], Nigun was promoted by him personally. He also bore a certain responsibility for such a serious mistake.

"What is the point of saying these things now?" Light High Priest Ion snorted coldly, his gaunt cheeks indifferent.

"With such major losses and mistakes, any previous contributions can be wiped away!"

"Just execute according to the regulations and revoke Nigun's position as captain of the [Sunlight Scripture]."

"Seconded!"

One voice after another rang out; there was no room for any leniency in this matter.

"The second agenda item: regarding whether the leader of the evil society [Zuranon] is dead, and the possibility of whether the lost 'Magic-Sealing Crystal' is in the other party's hands."

Water High Priest Xineding spoke again.

Compared to the first agenda item, the several High Priests discussed this much more intensely.

"The 'Magic-Sealing Crystal' is an out-of-spec item; location-type magic is completely ineffective."

"So, is it possible that the leader is not dead?"

"There is indeed such a possibility. Judging from the results reported by all sides, everyone only saw the leader being knocked away by the Dominion Authority; whether he is dead cannot be determined."

The several High Priests discussed it intensely for a while and finally decided to closely monitor any movements of "Zuranon."

"The last agenda item."

When Water High Priest Xineding said this, his face was so aged that his age could not be discerned, yet a flush of encouragement appeared on his earth-colored cheeks:

"Regarding the research results of the 'Fusion Potion,' here is all the data. Please take a look first."

The High Priests were full of confusion and surprise, took the data passed over the table, and began to read it seriously.

"This..."

"How could it be!"

"Impossible!"

"To think there would be such a potion."

"...!"

Sounds of shock and disbelief rang out at the conference table.

Sitting in the main seat, the Supreme High Priest, who had not spoken the whole time, was the first to tap his finger on the table this time, causing the atmosphere in the room to quiet down.

"What are the investigation results regarding the 'Free Will' squad?" the Supreme High Priest asked solemnly.

"It has been investigated clearly."

Water High Priest Xineding nodded and responded:

"Except for the fact that there is no more detailed data on that demi-human member for the time being, the remaining two adventurers have been fully confirmed."

"Enri Emmot, a commoner, from Carne Village, a village on the border of the 'Re-Estize Kingdom,' no abnormalities."

"Tang, a commoner, from Shiyan Village, a border village on the northern border of the 'Re-Estize Kingdom' bordering the Slane Theocracy, no abnormalities."

Hearing the three words "Slane Theocracy," the complexions of the High Priests present all changed.

The Supreme High Priest nodded slightly.

"You all should have seen the true effect of the 'Fusion Potion.' I think you should understand its significance to the Theocracy... no! To all of humanity!"

"Send someone to invite that Tang to our Theocracy. This time, he must be invited over no matter what; it concerns all of humanity."

The High Priest raised his arm and pressed it on the table, his solemn and serious voice falling heavily.

(End of chapter)