The winter winds are becoming more and more biting.

Even in the subtropical city of Modo, where temperatures have plummeted, it is predictable that this winter will not be much better than last year, and it is not known how many displaced people will survive this winter. The temple in the central square was holding daily prayers, probably because of the arrival of an unusual aura, and the church's requirements for believers became much stricter, and the large prayer that was originally once a week was changed to once every three days, and at the same time, half-elf craftsmen from Fallen Leaf City began to make a large number of idols.

The temple of the Half-Elf Church is being expanded.

Not only the great temple of Modo, but even the twelve towns that had just been built were also building temples, and priests had already been sent to these places to preside, which was more of a source of faith for Sauron.

The Temple of Wealth is now withered.

As trade on the mainland has become more difficult due to the war, and the faith of the Fortune Lady has also been seriously disturbed, the trade routes of the overseas islands, although still active, may have dropped by about 30% compared to the past. Sauron faintly felt that the divine power of the Lady of Fortune was decreasing, and if there were not enough believers and sources of faith, then the power of the gods would become weaker and weaker, so it was very important to choose what kind of [priesthood] to choose.

The Goddess of Fortune needs to maintain the power drain of the priest's invocation, and if the priest is not given the divine magic, then her church will be severely damaged.

Giving priests divine magic requires divine power, and divine power is transformed through faith, and the heavy damage to trade leads to a decrease in faith, and divine power naturally decreases. The reduction of divine power means that it will become difficult to maintain the priest's divine power, and in order not to form a vicious circle, Lady Fortune can only give her divine power to the priest, a process that will gradually cause her divine level to decrease. In the end, it is possible to fall to the level of [Weak Divine Power].

The war affected many gods.

Not only is the power of the Lady of Fortune decreasing, but other gods are also constantly decreasing their strength, and they are even forced to reduce the magic given to the priest in order to ensure that their divine power is sufficient. But if this is the case, it may be possible to support it for a short time, and after a long time, the priests who serve them may switch to the camp of other gods. Or even a direct renunciation of faith in this deity.

Without divine magic, the priest can't even beat an ordinary warrior!

Sauron's divine power value has become higher and higher, after more than a month of accumulation, especially after the two events in Fallen Leaf City, he has almost completed the control of the entire race of half-elves, so the speed of divine power increase is quite fast. Coupled with his own [Domination] realm, he has now reached the standard of advanced [Weak Divine Power].

The Domination realm has a very surprising effect!

Therefore, Sauron has only recently discovered that the divine power provided to him by the [Domination] realm has not only increased due to wise leadership. It will increase due to the increase in population.

At the beginning, Sauron relied on the [Domination] realm to accumulate about 2-3 points of divine power every day.

This is to deduct the divine power accumulated after giving the priest God, which is equivalent to the pure divine power income of the gods, and recently Sauron has obviously discovered one point, that is, when Modo City once again accepted a large number of people in Fallen Leaf City, his daily accumulation of divine power reached an astonishing 4-5 points, which means that he can accumulate at least about 150 points of divine power in a month.

Moreover!

This does not include the large prayer rituals once a week, which can provide Sauron with more than 10 points of divine power at once.

If you choose a more bloody sacrifice (Evil Faction Deities), you may gain more than 15 Divine Power.

The sacrifice was too old and primitive.

Perhaps the goddess of the sea would accept the sacrifice and love it. But Sauron would not experiment with such backward things that would even affect the purity of his faith.

Finally.

With only three weeks left before the Chinese New Year, Sauron reached the point where quantitative change caused qualitative change.

A row of data comes to mind:

"Thief class up to level 8."

"Gain 41 (Agility 33 + (Intelligence 26-10) * 0.5) Skill Points. HP increased by 14 (6 class health + (CON 26-10)*0.5). ”

"You've gained a free attribute point."

"You've gained a specialty point."

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The huge amount of killing experience required by the wizard level left Sauron with little recourse for the time being, so he could only raise the first-level thief level first, so as to enter the realm of the sixth order.

Free stat points are undoubtedly added to agility, which is only 1 point away from the agility value of 35.

As for the specialty points, there is almost no need to consider it, Sauron has chosen the legendary specialty [Weakness Insight] that has improved the most for himself among the specialties of [Legendary Precision], [Nine Deaths], [Lightning Speed], etc.!

"Weakness Insight [Legendary Specialty]: Over the course of countless battles and summaries, you have mastered a special ability. This ability allows you to spot the weaknesses of any enemy. This will allow you to maximize your combat prowess, and thanks to your ability to perceive weaknesses, you will be able to sneak up on certain enemies that are immune to backstabbing. Weakness Insight can inflict additional damage equal to the value of Agility. (Requirements: Epic Agility, Reflex Evasion, Legendary Skills.) ）

One of the highest output specialties for melee professionals.

For Legendary-level melee professionals, there are three Legendary Specialties that can revolutionize their combat prowess: the Great Whirlwind, Weakness Insight, and Perfect Dual-Weapon Combat.

Needless to say, the big whirlwind naturally went unnoticed.

This should be one of the most terrifying melee legendary abilities. The entire material plane is not mastered by many people.

In addition to this ability, Weakness Insight can provide a terrifying bonus to heavy and critical hits, and the perfect dual-weapon combat can directly double a person's attack speed. In terms of the output of combat power, there are few melee legendary specialties that can match the three legendary abilities, and now Sauron has mastered two of them.

Perfect dual-weapon combat and weakness insight.

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The city of Modo, the temple.

Sauron's figure appeared in the center of the temple, accompanied by a divine light, and his figure was directly suspended in mid-air. Immediately afterward, the power of faith that had gathered around the temple began to rush towards his body frantically, and the dazzling light shrouded the sky above the temple, causing many believers who saw it to kneel on the ground.

The power of God continues to increase!

When the threshold of 300 points was reached, all of a sudden all of his divine power began to be depleted, and at the same time, Sauron's body underwent some kind of special change at the root.

A row of data comes to mind:

"Advanced [Weak Divine Power]! ……”

"Sage Form Boosted! …… Gain 1-4 rings of Spell Immunity! ……”

"Ability breakthrough! ……”

"Automatically master the [Epic Divine Power] specialty! ……”

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"Epic Divine Power [Legendary Feat]: Consumes a portion of your Divine Power and adds additional Divine Energy Damage to any of your Physical Attacks. The additional damage is equal to 2 times the caster's Charisma Bonus. ”

[Note: The current charisma bonus is 5 points, and each attack can add an additional 10 points of divine damage.] 】

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Quantitative change has finally led to qualitative change.

As the level of Divine Power increases, Sauron can not only master more powerful Godhead abilities, but also increase the level of self-immune spells to level 4.

[Epic Divine Power] is a legendary specialty of the Priest, and it seems that Sauron has also directly mastered it because of the increase in the level of the gods.

At this time.

His attributes are really a bit of a god.

"Name: Sauron-[Sage Form] [Weak Divine Power].

Race: Half-Elf [Son of Killing].

Attributes: Strength 22 (+9, Frost Giant's Power +6), Agility 34 (+4), Constitution 26 (+4), Intelligence 26 (+5), Perception 19 (+4), Charisma 20 (+4).

Faction: Order and Evil.

Class: Level 8 Rogue (0/826500) Level 10 Shadow Warrior (MAX/MAX)/Level 10 Wizard (0/897500)/Level 5 Arcanist (0/1095000) [Sixth Order].

Health: 475/475 [Strong].

Experience points: 165075 (Kill XP), 7545 (Class XP) [Unassigned].

Skill Points: None.

Property Points: None.

Legendary: 150.

Divinity: 71 [Weak Divinity]. (It costs 100 points to increase [Medium Divinity].) ）

Godhead: 30 [Weak Godhead]. (It takes 100 points to increase [Medium Godhead].) ）

Godpower: 13/600. (Upgrading to [Medium Divine Power] requires 600 Divine Power points, and mastering the Divine Law of [Changing Space].) At that time, the Godhead's stored divine power limit was 600 points. ）

Priesthood: Half-Elf, Wanderer, Tracker.

Domains: Killing, Evil, Domination, Pirates, Shadows.

Reiki: Evil aura.

Status: Normal.

Basic Skills - 395 Stealth, 325 Knowledge, 215 Theft. Lockpicking 215, Trap 180, Focus 185, Negotiation 355, Estimate 125, Fraud 215, Intimidation 375, Taunt 215. Performance 155, Listening 315. Dodge 215, Parry 185, Block 125, Medic 155, Search 315, Scout 325. Transcription scroll 95, spell identification 155, wilderness survival 325, use of magic devices 125, cooking 115. Alchemy 155, forging magic weapons 185.

Sage Form - Transcendent Sanctification, Spell Immunity 1-4 Rings, Epic Divine Power.

Godhead Ability - Changing Reality, Changing Form, Divine Shockwave, Fluent in Language, Literate in Writing, Interdimensional Communication, Astral Teleportation, Dimensional Teleportation.

Legendary Skills - Weakness Insight, Perfect Dual-Weapon Combat, Universal Skill, Legendary Evasion, Legendary Skill, Epic Agility, Epic Intelligence, Epic Constitution.

Special Specialties - Life Extension, Youthlessness, God Killer, Blessing of the Goddess of Doom, Blessing of the Goddess of the Sea, Baptism of Dragon's Blood LV2, Killing Heart, Slayer, Death Walker, Ascetic, Polymath, Blasphemous.

Personal Specialties - Dexterous Left Hand, Unforgettable, Perseverance, Knowledgeable, Spellcasting, Reflex Evasion, Intuitive Evasion, Tumbling Dodge, Agile Movement, Sight Avoidance, Dark Vision, Battle Caster, Mobile Caster, Spell Control, Spell Potence, Spell Extreme, Crafting Magic Equipment, Spell Penetration, Weak Spell Resistance, Weak Constant Cold Resistance, Medium Fire Resistance, Weak Toxin Resistance, Weak Shock Resistance, Strong, Regeneration [Advanced], Telepathy 100 feet.

Class Specialties - Arcane Memory, Arcane Counter, Arcane Runes, Shadow Domination, Mental Agility, Military Weapon Mastery, Machetar Legendary.

Combat Skills - Summoning Shadow, Shadow Jump [300m], Shadow Attack, Shadow Shuttle [2 times], Fear Gaze (Divinity), Dread (Divinity), Vampire Touch (Divinity), Sword Momentum [Heavy Slash], Sword Momentum [Horizontal Slash], Sword Momentum [Decapitation], Sword Momentum [Waist Slash], Sword Momentum [Whirling Dance], Gynavel Slash. ”

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Presently.

With the exception of Sense, which is only 19 points, all of Sauron's other stats are above 20 points.

Whether it's basic attributes, specialty abilities, basic skills, or other aspects, Sauron has gradually caught up with those native gods.

The strength is at the level he is now. It will be very difficult to move up any further.

Whether it is the power increase at the god level or the power increase at the professional level, the required conditions will become much higher.

Normally.

The career level of many gods is to rise one more to the top, unless it is the existence of powerful divine power, it is difficult to reach the level 40 career level.

Weak divine power is a process of qualitative change.

From now on, to calculate Sauron's challenge level, I'm afraid that an additional 'level 10 half-elf god' marker will have to be added. According to the assessment of the adventurers in the previous life, Sauron's current challenge level should be around 25.

In other words.

Only by assembling a team of adventurers who are all high-level legends can there be less than a 50% chance of killing him.

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Little by little, time passes.

Modo City is enjoying the last tranquility before the arrival of the New Year, the battle to attack the third layer of the wizard tower is imminent, Vivien's accumulation is also close to the realm of demigods, the demon avatar is frantically recruiting cannon fodder legions, and Golia's research on the floating ring seems to have a new breakthrough point.

At this time.

There is less than half a month left until the arrival of the New Year.

Probably because the New Year is approaching, the atmosphere in Modo City is also a little more relaxed, and people are leisurely enjoying the peace of winter. It's just that when I heard from the mouth of a businessman where and how many people froze to death, I couldn't help but let out a sigh full of embarrassment.

The tavern is always the liveliest place.

During this time, a new spirit began to become popular on the South Coast, and although it was a little expensive, it was undoubtedly a great pleasure to drink in the cold winter weather.

There was a tumult in the tavern.

In the corner near the left, there are a few ill-intentioned guys teasing a drunkard, who seems to be trying to make a fool of themselves.

It is very common for many such people, whether they are drunken drunkards or other guests looking for fun.

The owner of the tavern looked boredly at the group of people in front of him. Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, many fleets have no plans to go to sea during the New Year. So this time was full of merry-seeking sailors, escorts, and merchants.

The sound of an argument rang out.

The tavernkeeper wiped the table with a rag, and at first he didn't pay much attention, but suddenly he heard a word that made him smart, and he listened intently to the conversation of the people on the other side.

"Really! ……”

The drunkard's eyes were very misty, and he didn't seem to be very conscious, and said incoherently in a drunken voice: "Modo...... It's true...... There are angels! ……”

"Me! …… I was at the beach that day...... I saw a ...... Beautiful female angel ......"

"It's beautiful......"

"That'...... Chest...... That buttocks...... Simply beautiful......"

The guests next to him who were purely bored and having fun didn't take the words of the drunkard seriously. One of them grinned and said, "You guy, you don't think it's an angel when you see a beautiful woman, do you?" …… Ha ha! …… Looking at how drunk you look all day long, it is estimated that someone's daughter-in-law was made an angel! ……”

When the drunkard heard this, he immediately blushed and his neck was thick, and he gasped and said, "No...... Probably ......"

"It's really an angel! …… I see it clearly! …… She seemed scared when she saw me! …… A pair of snow-white wings suddenly appeared on his back...... And then just flew away......"

The people sitting around laughed, not taking it seriously at all.

However, the tavern owner, who was bored at the bar, came over at the moment and served a glass of rum to the drunkard in front of him. Pretending to be casual, he said, "Really? ”

"And where did the last angel go?"

The drunkard was already drunk, and his tongue didn't speak very clearly: "Nan...... South ......"

"Angel ......"

"It's really an angel ......"

"You ...... Don't believe me...... I really saw it...... ...... for yourself Saw ......"

Thump.

The drunkard, who had drunk too much, finally collapsed, but he was still muttering something softly in his mouth, and it seemed that he had already told many people about it, but not many of them took it seriously.

The tavern owner returned to the bar, called a bartender to watch, and left through the back door.

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Late December.

There are only a few days left before the New Year, probably because of the arrival of the New Year, everywhere has stopped a little. But something very strange suddenly happened in Modo City today.

The time was around five o'clock in the afternoon.

Yesterday it snowed for the first time of the year in Modo City, so the rooftops looked white.

In the afternoon, the light was already a little dim, and just a moment before the sun set, the location of Modo City near the south, which was also the ruins of man-eating plants, where almost no one usually approached, suddenly appeared a very strange ghost.

A towering tower!

It looked like a mirage, it only existed for less than a few minutes, and then faded away.

……………… (To be continued......)