After coming out of the Fierce Wheat Tavern, Finn planned to buy a new sword at an all-night goblin blacksmith shop on the adjacent street, but he didn't have a single copper coin on him, so he had to leave the city with the compound shortbow that had taken him from the Ork Fortress.

The Mottled Forest is located to the east of Dawning City.

Finn left Dawn overnight, taking out several wolves attacking him with his bow and arrows along the way, gaining 30 experience points, and finally arriving in the mottled forest shortly after shooting the last wolf.

The wild on the continent of Ferdia has not been very safe since ancient times. Outside towns and along the streets, wild beasts and robbers may be hiding in some inconspicuous corner, waiting for their prey to be caught. After the Great Demon Tide came, many plants and animals in the wild even mutated into ferocious monsters and monsters.

Fein knew that before the cataclysm, the wild areas around Dawnwind City were only a few former level 10 leveling places, so he still had some confidence in his heart to act alone.

As time passed, Finn followed the route he remembered through the mottled forest trees, and soon arrived at his first planned destination.

He pushed aside a tall patch of grass in front of him and found a mutilated and stinking human corpse in the forest.

"Sure enough, Antinice, your husband died here a long time ago." Finn pinched his nose and waved away a few flies hovering over the corpse, then crouched down to examine the corpse in front of him.

Since he had done a whole set of tasks around Antinis in his previous life, Finn naturally knew what kind of plot was hidden behind this corpse.

If he remembered correctly, the body in front of him was the remains of Antinice's husband.

Antinis was married to a human paladin, and the two had a half-elven daughter who was twelve or thirteen years old.

Two weeks ago, Antinis's husband and their daughter were on their way to Aurora and were killed by a leader-level undead creature named Soul Eater. After the death of Antinice's husband, their surviving daughter gets lost in the forest with Antinice's ruby ring and ends up being captured by nearby robbers in a den of thieves known as the Wolftooth Den.

Finn came to the mottled forest this time, except for a little private matter that was inconvenient for outsiders to know, the purpose was to complete the plot of this mission one step ahead of all the aboriginal adventurers, and by the way, obtain a treasure that he was determined to obtain.

In order to successfully complete the plan in his mind, the first thing Finn has to do is search the corpse in front of him.

Soon, he found what he was looking for from the corpse:

Jewelry

Equipment Requirements: Paladin, orderly and kind

+1 Strength

+1 Perception

- The Paladins possess three weapons: the passion for the highest good, the will to maintain order, and the repulsion of evil forces.

book

Use: Read.

-- If there is no power, justice is just empty talk.

In addition to this, he also unexpectedly harvested a silver sword.

Although the silver sword is a little damaged, it still works, and the weapon effect that deals extra damage to undead creatures is still there.

So, Finn didn't dislike it at all, and picked up the silver sword after saying sorry to the corpse in front of him.

Then, he took a deep breath and squeezed what he had searched for tightly in his hand.

This was what Finn needed most, and with it, Finn could complete the first step in his plan.

That's inauguration.

On the continent of Ferdia, there are two ways to become a paladin.

The first way is to be called by the Templar to go to a nearby church and complete the inauguration ceremony and issue the paladin badge under the guidance of a high-ranking paladin or priest.

The second way is to find the badge of a deceased paladin and carry on the legacy of that paladin and become the new paladin.

Relatively speaking, the first route is the most formal way to find a job. Although some of the indigenous paladins of the Ferdia continent have successfully relied on the second route to complete their inauguration, they will not be proud of it, but will regret that they have not undergone a formal inauguration ceremony.

Of course, this little thing has never been a problem for players who have always had a lower temperance value than the natives.

As long as the goal can be achieved, who cares so much?

[You have met all the conditions for becoming a Paladin, do you pay 50 XP to upgrade and take office?] 】

"Yes." Finn mentally gave instructions to the game system.

[This operation will change your current career structure, do you want to confirm it?] 】

"Confirm."

[You pay XP to increase your character's level]

[EXP -50]

[Paladin Level +1, Total Level +1]

After that, Finn paid another 100 XP to increase the Paladin's level to level 2, bringing the total level to level 3.

According to the game settings, each level of the character's total level will be increased by 1 attribute point and specialty point for players to freely distribute. When Finn's total level reaches level 3, he has 1 free stat and 2 unassigned pro points.

Finn added 1 free attribute point to the strength attribute, paid 1 unallocated probe point out a new specialty called it, left 1 probe point as a backup, and then flipped through it and paid 50 experience points to learn his first skill.

After completing the above operations, Fein put it on his chest, and immediately called up his attribute panel and glanced at it:

【Properties Panel】

Name: Fein No. Ozelit

Title: Brave (in use)

Race: Human/? (Male)

Faction: Orderly and kind

Language: Lingua franca

Talents: - (Unawakened)

Health: 53/53

Attributes: Strength 19 (+2), Agility 12, Constitution 14, Intelligence 10, Perception 16 (+1), Charisma 16

XP: 30 (unassigned)

Property points: 0

Specialty Points: 1 (unassigned)

Total Level: Level 3 (Level 1 Civilian / Level 2 Paladin)

Classes: Level 1 Civilian (0/20), Level 2 Paladin (0/200)

Skill: Holy Slash

Specialty: Versatile, Dark Vision, Tenacity, Rehabilitation, Junior Weapon Mastery (Sword)

[Class Specialty (Paladin) - Beginner Weapon Mastery (Sword): +10% combat effect of sword-type weapons]

……

At a glance, Finn found that his character's attributes had improved a lot compared to when he first crossed into this game world.

From now on, he is finally no longer a scumbag with only a civilian rank.

Suddenly, immersed in the joy of improving his strength, Finn felt a strange movement in his surroundings.

The moment he noticed the abnormality, Finn immediately grabbed the silver sword in his hand, his eyes fixed on a "rustling" shaking grass not far away, and then saw four human robbers walking out from behind the grass with scimitars.

"Yo, young man, you're out of luck." The leading bandit looked at Finn and laughed evilly.