Dusk is approaching, and the tired bird leaves the nest and never returns.

It looked at Purgatory in the deep snow, and the smoke rose like a giant kiln.

Its heart is merciful, and it weeps and weeps. Thorns grew on their foreheads, and many people were rescued by knotting bridges.

It is prostrated by the living, chanting as king, and thorns as crowns.

—The Raven of Ilamat, Chapter 2, Section 3

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[You have obtained information about the Sage]

Well?

Roland frowned suspiciously.

Did you do anything yourself?

This time, the system prompts appeared completely unjustified - you know, the system prompts are all instantaneous, there is no delay.

In other words, I have now triggered something that could theoretically make me aware of the existence of the Sage.

…… What is it exactly?

Roland thoughtfully turned his head to look at Ram behind him.

The fire was blazing and the smoke was steaming. Even calling it purgatory is not excessive.

True. So many lives have been lost in front of me, and this is a shock.

It's like an avalanche or a typhoon. The mere existence of a catastrophe of that magnitude is enough to cause a great shock.

Thus, Roland grieves the loss of so many lives because of his human identity, but does not feel pity for it.

If Roland had destroyed them with his own hands, and then felt pity for them, it would not have been merciful, but mere half-heartedness. Even if they die, they will be reluctant to learn that they have died from such a hesitant and weak wicked person.

Although she was surprised to learn that Falina was only looking for the undead in the name of hunting her, Roland had no doubt that she would never mind taking her back if her guards could find her.

The first time Falina let Roland go, she was only unsure who Roland was. But if Roland is caught by her for the second time, it means that no matter who is behind Roland, that person has already given up on Roland.

The woman would never have mercy on anyone, and Roland knew what she was thinking, because the two of them were one kind of human being.

If the positions of the two were reversed, Roland would do the same.

Therefore, Roland would never resent or hate Farina, he simply felt that the two could not get along.

Roland stared at the burning town of Ram, the light of the fire dancing in his eyes as black as the abyss.

Moreover, he was still waiting for something else......

[Shocking! You have caused a catastrophe! 】

Here it comes.

Unlike the blue color of the previous one, the large, bright red system prompt was reflected in Roland's eyes, overlapping with the burning town in the distance, almost indistinguishable.

After waiting for a while, a large bright red system prompt brushed down.

[You have proven your resolve - all your existing goodness deviations have been cleared]

[You have obtained the trait Killing Like Ma (Personal Trait)]

[You have obtained the trait Executioner (personal trait)]

[You got the trait, Cruel Thinking (personal trait)]

[You killed 194 full-rank professionals, 13 black iron rank professionals......]

[You killed 194 regular-rank professionals and 13 black-iron rank professionals with a catastrophe, and extracted the origin power...... You end up with 1410 XP]

[You have comprehended the true meaning of the ashes: you have comprehended the divine magic ashes nova from the path of the ashes]

At this point, the bright red system prompt fades back to azure blue.

Roland couldn't help but take a few deep breaths when he saw this almost massive amount of experience points.

Contrary to his excitement, Roland's expression became more and more cold.

He thought to himself, almost indifferently, "Raise the rank of the Ashes Disciple." ”

[Ashes Disciple Level 8, 72 XP required to advance]

"Confirm."

[Ash Disciple Level 9, 78 XP required to advance]

"Confirm."

【Official Career Level Saturation】

After raising the level of the Ashes Disciple to the current full level, Roland did not stop.

Don't look at more than a thousand experiences, it seems like a lot, and you can't use them all - but in fact it's just an illusion.

With so much experience, you can only quickly improve your stats at low levels. After all, with each level up, the amount of experience required to level up any class will increase. However, if the class does not change when you level up, the stats added to each level do not.

Of course, this is only looking at attributes, not gods and other traits and the like.

If Roland focused on improving the attributes of the Ashes, he would know that it would not be cost-effective after a little calculation.

Roland's innate perception is 2, and after turning to the Ashes, it becomes 3, and then for every level of +0.35 perception, Roland needs to increase a full twenty levels!

The most difficult part of this is that Roland's last level can only be improved after he reaches the bronze level, and once he is promoted, the experience required to increase the class level is doubled, and this level of promotion is equivalent to consuming a lot of experience out of thin air - after all, Roland will directly wash away the ashes after changing classes, and this experience will not be returned.

The most important thing is that after Roland gets the profession of Death Crow, he has to raise the level of Death Crow from scratch with the experience punishment of the bronze rank! Gain up to 24 XP points between each level!

But now, if Roland raises the level of the warrior, with the perception of the warrior profession being upgraded to the full level of 0.9, in the end, Roland does not have to do advanced tasks to make up the attribute of ten points of perception. This gives the Raven only 12 points of experience per level increase, which is half as much as the previous option.

So, even if Roland didn't have the racial trait of versatility, he would have to work part-time in order to be punished by experience—at least to make sure he had enough ten perceptions before breaking through the bronze ranks.

Therefore, compared to Roland throwing all his experience into the Ashes class, it is better to first push the warrior to the saturation of the ranks. No matter which way you look at it, Roland is a big profit.

"Level up the warrior class."

Thinking of this, Roland did not hesitate to put his valuable experience into the experience pool of the warrior.

[Warrior Level 1, 30 XP required to advance]

"Confirm."

[Warrior Level 2, 36 XP required to advance]

"Confirm."

……

[Warrior Level 9, 78 XP required to advance]

"Confirm."

[You've learned the Attack Stance: Gathering Strength Strike from years of training]

Suddenly, the experience in Roland's experience pool plus the experience of bringing that undead to near-death level, there were less than 800 points of experience left.

The experience of one thousand fourteen is half gone in the blink of an eye.

If Roland had invested all of his experience in the Ashes after he had been promoted, that would be just enough experience to raise the Ashes Disciple's level to level 16.

But he decided to take it slowly. With two full-level full-level classes, Roland is still no problem protecting himself on this relatively low-level map.

It's time for him to save his experience.

After all, if there is a crisis that requires a high-level warrior to get through, or when he encounters a rare stance or a magic technique that urgently needs to be learned in seconds, if Roland has no experience at all, he will be in a groove at that time.

What's more, Roland still wants to turn into a weapon master.

So, Roland decisively opened his attribute bar.

He wanted to see how much he had to feel before he got to 10—

Rowland. White mistletoe, half-goblin (balanced bloodline), male

Health: 57/57 (Good)

Level: 10 (Official Rank) [XP Remaining: 786]

Class: Ash Disciple Level 10 (――/486) Warrior Level 10 (――/486)

Energy: Natural (30/30)

Origin: Unawakened

Attributes: Strength 4.7, Agility 4.7, Constitution 5.6, Perception 7.05, Will 5.8, Bloodline 4.7

Traits: Initial Nature's Heart (Class Trait), Nature Perception (Class Trait), Divine Perception (Class Trait), Sublime Hypocrisy (Class Trait), Armor Combat (Leather Armor) (Class Trait), Xenoweapon Mastery: Karaal Single-Edge Sword (Class Trait), Natural Charm (Racial Trait), Versatile (Racial Trait), Murderous (Personal Trait), Executioner (Personal Trait), Cruel Thinking (Personal Trait)

Supernatural Abilities: Visceral Divination

Mastery: Winding (2/4), Wilderness Walking (0/1), Water Breath (0/1), Mistletoe Touch (1/2), Crimson Canine (2nd Ring), Ember Nova (2nd Ring)

Attack stance: charge, sword. Arc slash, a concentrated blow

Defensive Stance: Block

Status: None

…… Speaking of which, whether it was to get the murderous or the executioner, it was in Roland's expectations, but it was Roland who was slightly surprised that he didn't get the characteristics of the mobile scourge and the characteristics of cruel thinking that he unexpectedly obtained. In fact, there is a big reason why Roland did such an excessive thing is in these characteristics-

Murderous (Personal Trait)

Effect: +1 Will, +15 Evil Tendency

- The people you kill can fill a well.

Executioner (personal trait)

Effect: +1 Will, +40 Evil Tendency

- A massacre! You killed a hundred people who had no resistance to you!

Cruel Thinking (Personal Trait)

Effects: You will not be affected by sorcery, magic such as Charm and Friendship, or supernatural abilities with similar functions, regardless of the difference in strength between you and the other party.

――What did you say? A child who has no power to resist? No, it's just two silver coins.

The first two traits are purely achievement traits. Roland was not surprised that he had acquired these two personal traits.

Because Roland's two professions are both short-willed, if he doesn't make up for five points in his characteristics, he will be in the City of Fortune to face the charm of those nightingales, or if he is plotted by anesthetics, Roland will not be able to resist at all.

Speaking of which......

"Little Roland, why are you dressed like this?"

Kruvine pressed his temples with a headache.

"Don't call me Roland, call me Herland, I can't reveal my real name."

"All right, Herland...... Don't you know that going to the City of Fortune like this can be dangerous? ”

"Of course I know," Roland turned his head and smiled coldly, "but how can you get someone to take the bait if you don't?" ”

Kruvinee shuddered.

Although he didn't know who Roland was going for, Cruvine felt a deep sense of unease.

I said, Roland...... I mean Herran, let me remind you that the City of Fortune is not the same as here in Ram......"

"Of course I do."

Roland's expression softened suddenly, and there was no trace of fierceness in his eyes, warm as jade.

"In the City of Wealth, as long as it is not discovered, it is not a crime, is it?"

Roland put his suitcase in front of him in both hands, tilted his head, and his voice suddenly became sweet and light.

The next second, his voice became hoarse again: "For me, there is nothing better than this." ”

So, Roland turned around, and the snowflakes fell on his black trench coat and then melted, leaving a faint trail before disappearing.

But the moment Roland turned around completely, he received another system prompt:

[If the Elect (Sleeping Mentor) fails the trial, you still have two chances]

【You have information about the Crown of Thorns】

Huh?

it?

Roland, who was full of force before, was stunned at that time.

…… Wait, did I do something?