Chapter 238: War of Choosing the King

"Deducting my satisfaction again? What exactly are you, Lex, trying to do?!"

Li En was starting to lose patience with Lex. What kind of Heroic Soul Hero was this?

Clearly, he was a loser in a midlife crisis who had ruined everything, longing for his family yet too cowardly to even return for a single glance.

You are a Hero, a symbol of a kingdom. You have a rare chance to return; you should commend deeds beneficial to the kingdom and do something truly good for the nation and its people. Yet the only things triggering the Heroic Soul fluctuation involved just those few individuals: two girls and a queen.

Moreover, judging by the feedback, he felt nothing for the queen; what truly mattered were always the two princesses!

"Can't you just do something proper?!"

Finally, Li En shouted it out.

"Uh, isn't doing something proper what I'm doing?"

Dai Niya felt wronged, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Sorry, sorry. I was scolding Lex. The Heroic Soul inheritance will open in a couple of days; you can ask him face-to-face then."

Now it was Dai Niya's turn to be conflicted. Regarding her long-cherished Hero Lex, she was quite eager. Not knowing enough yet, she still held expectations and admiration for her father that went beyond reality.

"Father, he..."

Li En had no desire to get further involved in this family's affairs. After weighing it, he had to admit this was a brilliant move, perhaps even capable of reversing the kingdom's decline. However...

"It seems you have already made your resolve." It was just that the price seemed a bit too high. Would Dai Niya really be willing to make such a sacrifice?

But the kingdom indeed had few chips left. To attract enough talent and combat power to participate in the Hero selection and strive to conquer the underground ruins, there truly needed to be sufficiently attractive chips.

What the kingdom could offer was not much.

Li En's emotions were complex, but in the end, he said nothing. After all, it was a personal choice.

【Satisfaction decreased by 1%.】

And Lex, biased to the extreme, made Li En helpless again. Doing it would drop satisfaction; not doing it would also drop satisfaction. What exactly do you want from me, you foolish old man!

"What? For the rise of the kingdom, for saving the city, of course I will strive." After learning Li En's identity, Dai Niya became much more relaxed and direct with him; at least there was no need to put on any Princess airs anymore.

But looking at the smug girl, Li En fell silent for a moment, then smiled. He had already seen through it, yet she had not looked that far ahead.

But even if she had seen through it, she probably wouldn't refuse. The kingdom could not miss any opportunity now. Li En even felt that the very emergence of this idea carried a sense of destiny.

Dai Niya arrived quickly and left just as quickly. She ran back to push forward her new plan without delay.

On Li En's side, he was unusually idle for a while. Dragged out by the disgruntled Miss Shaliman for some "tempering," and having met the big shots of the noble circles he absolutely had to see, he obediently returned to continue his cultivation.

He discovered that cultivation was addictive.

Previously, Su Er's training was a form of asceticism, a habit. Kuk pursued knowledge and power with clear goals. But for Lex, cultivating itself was a pleasant thing.

Body and mind easily immersed themselves in it. Every moment brought insights and realizations. There was no need to consider rewards; the process itself brought satisfaction and joy to body and mind.

"Truly a monster," Li En sighed. The world was never equal. Some things, from start to finish, were simply different from normal people; there was no point in forcing it.

【Obtained Tier 1 Warrior (Permanent).】

Just practicing so effortlessly, in only a few days, Li En had acquired everything a newly inducted Warrior should have.

This was probably the most easily obtained supernatural profession Li En had ever gained. Although the Warrior was hailed as the most common and least selective supernatural profession, it still required a year or even several years of arduous training, demanding unrelenting, grueling asceticism.

Various combat stances, combat techniques, and supernatural martial arts—Li En mastered them effortlessly, even accidentally mastering advanced versions.

"Flowing Slash."

A standard area-of-effect slashing technique, used with zero difficulty.

"Fierce Slash!"

A powerful and reckless strike, with terrifying instantaneous explosive power.

The Warrior profession was a simple and crude system; its core abilities could roughly be divided into three parts.

Various highly effective combat techniques, physical strengthening training, and proficiency insights regarding various weapons and armor.

It was born for war, trained for prolonged combat, and destined to die in victory.

For Li En, the improvement from merely reaching Tier 1 Warrior was almost negligible. He already knew the low-tier slashing techniques; he had just learned them more thoroughly and comprehensively, laying a foundation for higher-tier techniques.

Li En vaguely noticed that many low-spec Warrior techniques were integrated into the profound mysteries of Su Er's swordsmanship, after all, Warriors specialized in this field.

Looking solely at physical hardware training, Warriors were inferior to Barbarians. Looking solely at pure combat finesse and reaction, they were inferior to Wu Seng. But with weapons and armor equipped, considering their comprehensive combat power and combat techniques for handling various battle situations, the Warrior profession remained the King of Combat.

Pure specialization, in fact, cultivated immense adaptability and extensibility. Perhaps this was the profession most suitable for Lex.

"Continue?"