Chapter 80: Mastering Angel Summoning, First Autonomous Tier Advancement Magic

Night falls, at the inn.

Inside the room on the second floor that had already been cleaned.

The little evil spirit dog lay on the floor, its slightly bulging belly proving it had just eaten another goblin corpse.

Tang Zheng stood by the window, looking through it at the alley outside and the street across the way.

There was currently no movement from the "Eight Fingers" side; perhaps it was because they had only just arrived in E-Rantel today.

After all, more than a month had already passed.

"I hope you deliver yourselves to my doorstep," Tang Zheng muttered to himself, then turned to look at the wooden table in the room.

It was piled high with white paper.

A total of 1,400 sheets, all made using the second-tier magic "Paper Making."

Of course.

This wasn't something he had just made; 700 of them were sheets he had produced back in the Great Forest of Tob when he leveled up "Paper Making" to the second tier.

The other 700 were made at the Mages Guild previously.

Since he knew this paper was an alchemy material that could be crafted into magic scrolls, Tang Zheng naturally had no intention of selling it and had brought it all back.

Before experimenting with the technique of crafting scrolls.

Tang Zheng took out the magic scroll for the second-tier "Summon Angel."

A magic scroll of this level, if not for Master Belor, would likely be impossible to buy through normal channels.

Tang Zheng had not spent any money on this scroll.

After he refused and brought out the alchemy potion, upon hearing his request, Master Belor had simply gifted the scroll to him.

According to Master Belor, it was just an exchange between the two parties.

Tang Zheng’s impression of Master Belor was fairly good; at the very least, the other party was indeed a generous person.

It was a pity.

Tang Zheng never believed in free lunches; there was clearly some kind of troublesome matter about to happen to the other party, and it wasn't a small trouble.

He did not want to get involved; it would only waste his time.

He squeezed the scroll in his hand firmly.

As a white light emerged, the scroll in his hand turned into specks of light and dissipated.

Swish! Magic power surged.

An angel, about two meters tall, with a body encased in bright silver armor and even its head covered by an armored helmet, appeared in mid-air before Tang Zheng.

Behind it were a pair of bright yellow wings, and it gripped a silver spear in its hand, the tip of which also flickered with a bright yellow, holy-aura-emitting orb of light.

Second tier—Guardian Angel! "Rather than calling it an angel, it’s more like a construct."

Looking at the image of the Guardian Angel floating in mid-air, Tang Zheng felt an inexplicable sense of awkwardness.

In most of the works he was familiar with, the image of an angel was always a biological entity, yet the angels summoned in "YGGDRASIL" gave one the image of a Gundam.

When he watched the anime back then, he had felt the urge to complain about it.

But now, having truly seen the summoned angel, aside from the lingering sense of awkwardness, that angel—which was clearly distinct from this world and filled with a hint of a technological feel—

made Tang Zheng’s eyes brighten slightly. If nothing else, this image alone gave off a feeling of being not to be trifled with.

"Awoo!"

Seeing the creature that had suddenly appeared in the room, the little evil spirit dog immediately scrambled up from the floor, quickly came before Tang Zheng, and assumed a defensive posture.

"No need to be nervous," Tang Zheng reached out and patted the little evil dog's head, soothing it.

Hum—

『Magic "Tier 2: Summon Angel" detected. Requires Faith-based spellcasting level 8–14. Class requirements not met...』

『"Genius" class activated. Converted to "Priest." Learning conditions met. Consume 1 Skill Point to learn?』

Tang Zheng immediately thought to himself: "Yes."

【Skill Points: 42→41】

As the magic was mastered, Tang Zheng quickly looked at this spell on the panel.

Skill: Summon Angel (Tier 2) Cost: 10 MP Description: Summon a Guardian Angel of level (8–14).

With a hint of anticipation in his eyes, Tang Zheng looked past the skill.

One had to know, among the many tiered magics.

Summoning-type magics like Summon Angel and Summon Demon had a clear advancement process from "First Tier to Tenth Tier."

Therefore, Tang Zheng was somewhat expectant to see if there was an "↑" symbol after "Summon Angel."

"Is there not one?"

Tang Zheng looked several times and confirmed there was indeed no "↑" symbol; his expression turned a bit sour. Tiered magic was indeed distinctly different from the life magic created by humans in this other world.

"Summon Angel!"

Tang Zheng chanted in a low voice.

Swish! A large amount of light gathered, and with a flash of white light, a brand-new Guardian Angel appeared in the room.

Two Guardian Angels floated quietly in mid-air, their bright yellow wings increasing the brightness of the entire room by a notch.

Compared to the Guardian Angel summoned using the scroll.

Tang Zheng could clearly feel that the Guardian Angel he had summoned was stronger in terms of aura.

Moreover, he could also discern the level of this Guardian Angel.

Guardian Angel (14 LV)! "A max-level second-tier angel." Tang Zheng was not surprised.

Under normal circumstances.

Monsters summoned using summoning magic were one or two levels lower than the caster, and one could only summon one at a time; if one wanted to summon a second, the first summoned monster would automatically dissipate.

Unless one specialized in summoning.

His current level was naturally far higher than the upper limit of "Tier 2: Summon Angel."

At this moment.

Tang Zheng’s expression was somewhat disappointed.

If he couldn't use skill points to upgrade "Summon Angel," then this magic’s utility to him wasn't that high.

The highest-tier "Summon Angel" in this other world was the "Seventh Tier: Summon Angel" stored in a magic-sealing crystal by the Silianjiaoguosuo, which was only at the (43–49 level) standard.

In the eyes of the various nations of this other world, it might be a catastrophic existence, but to the Bone King, it was just something to be dealt with casually.

"Awoo." The little evil spirit dog seemed to sense Tang Zheng’s mood and gently rubbed against his pant leg.

Tang Zheng was startled and looked at the little evil spirit dog, "I didn't expect to be comforted by you."

His train of thought was interrupted.

Coming back to his senses, Tang Zheng realized he had been overthinking things.

Or rather.

Facing future pressures, he had become too reliant on skill points.

Other tiered magics were one thing.

For a magic like "Summon Angel" which had a clear tier progression, since he had mastered "Tier 2: Summon Angel," mastering higher tiers shouldn't be a problem.

His spellcaster level fully met the requirements.

A thoughtful look appeared in Tang Zheng’s eyes as he considered for the first time whether he could master magic by relying on his own abilities.

But how to improve Faith-based magic? Humans in this other world were different from players; warriors needed to hone their bodies and techniques to improve their strength, and the same naturally applied to spellcasters.

If magic-based chanters needed to improve the intensity of their magic power, then Faith-based chanters...

Faith?

But the problem was!

Most Faith-based magic chanters in this other world worshipped the Six Great Gods, but the Six Great Gods were not true deities; they were merely players.

They were players who had already died, so how could they provide feedback of power? For example, Xia Tiya of the Great Tomb; as a vampire, she should worship the Progenitor Cain!

In reality, "Progenitor Cain" was just a boss that the guild the Bone King belonged to had once slain.

Not only did Xia Tiya not worship the other party, she even considered it a disgrace, yet that did not hinder her from using Faith-based magic.

Various thoughts flashed through Tang Zheng’s mind; he suddenly closed his eyes and assumed a meditative posture.

Time passed bit by bit.

The night outside the window grew increasingly thick.

Suddenly! A powerful wave of magic power overflowed from Tang Zheng’s body.

"Third Tier: Summon Angel!" Tang Zheng opened his eyes, and a white light of magic power emerged from his body.

Bang—

The Guardian Angel that had been floating in mid-air turned into a large amount of light specks in the blink of an eye, and these specks immediately gathered in the air again.

The same full-body bright silver armor!

But the lines had become more graceful and powerful; the originally bright yellow magic wings behind it had shrunk, and an angel covered in large areas of armor appeared in the room.

The red markings on the angel’s chest and eyes became larger and more conspicuous!

Especially atop the angel’s head, a bright yellow halo appeared.

The weapon in its hand had also turned into a light sword emitting fiery magic power, and its entire body exuded a stance of being ready to strike, giving off a dangerous aura.

Third Tier: Flame Archangel (20 Lv)! (End of chapter)