Chapter 145: A Leisurely Afternoon (Part 1)

Warm sunlight shot through the cracks in the window into the room, bringing a trace of brightness and softness to the entire sealed room. Dean moved his body with some difficulty, making himself sit up instead of lying on the bed in such an awkward manner—although the stinging pain all over his body told him that he needed rest, the chaotic thoughts in his mind made it impossible for Dean to lie there calmly.

After yesterday’s near-death coma, Dean had not truly lost consciousness.

Or rather, he had ‘seen’ everything that happened from a third-party perspective—scorching, intense flames, a battlefield filled with wailing, and those consciousnesses that made slight contact, whether majestic, tyrannical, deep, teasing, or cold.

And whether it was the former or the latter, both were telling Dean that the two scrolls left by the Conqueror King were so different.

“Prison of the Demon Dragon?”

Dean muttered silently, subconsciously picking up the other scroll placed at the head of the bed, including the intact Crimson Ring, Evasion Bracer, and other personal items of considerable value like gems—all placed here—clearly, someone had specifically organized and arranged them for him.

The scroll was slowly unfolded. Dean’s fingertips traced the text and symbols on the scroll. Finally, after a soft sigh, he put the scroll away.

After all, for him, even that specious name was heard from the Grand Duchess, so wanting to truly understand this scroll was obviously a joke.

However, there was one thing Dean was very sure of.

This scroll was definitely not a so-called Upper-Ring Spell; it was at least a spell outside the rings of the first level, and a very special kind at that.

After all, judging by the power displayed previously, a true Gold-rank was nothing more than this.

Of course, the price was too high!

Dean was very clear that if the Grand Duchess had not cleaved open that Lightning gate, he would probably not even have a Soul left by now.

When watching everything from a third-party perspective, at that very last moment, Dean clearly felt the pulling force from that Lightning gate.

Clearly, the other party wanted him to pay the due ‘transaction chips.’

In this regard, Dean once again expressed his luck.

Of course, there was not no loss at all—

[Triggered by unknown power, Health Cap -10]

Looking at the 23 points of Health at this moment, Dean could not help but give a bitter smile while sighing over his luck.

Undoubtedly, this was the price of using that power which surpassed his own.

For Dean, who only had 33 points of Health at this time, the loss of nearly one-third of his Health cap was significant.

At least, if he encountered an attack from a Silver Level Knight again, he would not even have a chance to gasp for breath under the opponent’s sword.

Even some plans would have to be changed because of this.

After all, consecutive ‘Knight’s Baptism’ sessions required a huge base of Constitution as support, and Constitution was closely related to Health.

Now that the Health cap was reduced by almost one-third, although his Constitution had not decreased, once he repeatedly performed ‘Knight’s Baptism,’ it would inevitably cause his Constitution to start decreasing, followed by his Health cap—a significant reduction in the Health cap was absolutely not a good idea.

Originally, Dean wanted to control his current Health cap at around 25, and then repeatedly perform ‘Knight’s Baptism.’

But now…

Looking at the remaining Health cap of only 23 points.

Dean had to temporarily shelve this plan.

The temporary shelving of the plan naturally made Dean feel a trace of annoyance, but other news on the character panel was enough to make him feel a trace of compensation—

[XP+500]

[Unknown Energy Refinement…]

[Talent Acquired: Flame Attachment Lv1]

[Flame Attachment Lv1: A certain special opportunity has added a trace of ability to manipulate flame to your Bloodline; Effect: Consume 1-10 Stamina to create magic flame equivalent to 10%-100% of your own attack power, and when facing flame attacks, fixed increase of 10% resistance]

(Note: The flame created by Flame Attachment will not harm the user and cannot automatically lock onto targets)

[Stamina option unlocked—(Constitution + Perception + Will) X 2]

The former was the experience from eliminating the members of the ‘Brotherhood’—of course, two Silver Levels, a Wizard Master, ten Grand Knights, and quite a few experts close to Knight-rank, giving only 500 experience was obviously too little. Under normal circumstances, doubling or even tripling this amount would not be excessive.

However, considering the situation at the time, Dean had no complaints.

After all, he had long been used to the System’s evaluation.

[XP: 819]

This was Dean’s experience value at this moment. Looking at the unprecedented height of experience points, Dean felt joy; however, his attention was more focused on the talent of [Flame Attachment].

Whoosh!

Amidst a hasty beating sound, a cluster of flame, slightly larger than a candle’s fire, appeared at Dean’s fingertip, carrying scorching joy, making Dean’s body feel that touch of warmth.

Dean’s other hand slowly touched this flame. In the water-like touch, there was a feeling that warmed his heart even more.

However, three seconds later, this flame disappeared.

And the [Stamina: 18.2] that appeared under the Health option also decreased by 1.

And when this subtracted value was restored, ten minutes had already passed.

“1 point of Stamina takes ten minutes to recover, which is far lower than the recovery speed of Health. If it is a one-time 100% release, it requires 10 points of Stamina, which means a hundred minutes of recovery… the time is too long to serve as a conventional offensive means; it can only be used as a one-hit kill or to deal with those iron cans wrapped in armor all over!”

Out of instinct, Dean subconsciously made an evaluation of adding [Flame Attachment Lv1] to his attack system.

And after finishing all this, Dean smiled self-deprecatingly: “Does this count as me self-awakening a Talent?”

The existence of self-awakening a Talent was recognized as genius on Goedz. Within a hundred years, it was represented by that King of City, talked about by people.

Of course, Dean would never think that he had the same Talent as the other party.

Let alone that the other party self-awakened at six years old.

And he was now eighteen years old.

More importantly, Dean was very clear about how his self-awakening came about.

He could clearly feel the refinement of those huge wills on another obscure will.

Regarding the latter, Dean naturally knew what it was—

“[Demon Blood Dagger]?”

Dean pondered.

Dean naturally had strong vigilance toward Demon items, but he obviously still somewhat underestimated the cunning of these guys from chaos.

Clearly, if he continued to use it, even if every [Devil’s Will] was passed, there would probably be huge hidden dangers in the future.

“But, the situation I am facing now…”

Dean could not help shaking his head.

Undoubtedly, he was not yet qualified to refuse completely, so he could only choose to use it selectively.

As for the sequelae?

Since those huge wills could refine it, then he could also find a similar way.

After all, he only knew a thing or two about the mysteries of Secret Spell Island, let alone the Sky City which was even more mysterious than Secret Spell Island.

Of course, an even shorter path was not nonexistent either.

Dean’s gaze subconsciously turned to the remaining Magic Scroll, but immediately he withdrew his gaze.

Before figuring out what the so-called ‘Prison of the Demon Dragon’ was, he would definitely not touch this scroll again. After all, even if the Grand Duchess was by his side next time the Lightning gate was opened, those huge wills would absolutely not accept another deception.

I am afraid that upon meeting, they would kill him immediately.

As for the level of [Flame Attachment]?

Unlike Skills, the improvement of any Talent could only follow more practical methods.

After all, ‘Knight’s Baptism’ existed for such improvement.

However, wanting to find a formula to improve flame from thousands of Talent Baptism formulas was definitely much harder than the formula for his previous life’s [Resist Virus] Talent Baptism.

You know, a Talent like manipulating flame was also a rare upper-grade Talent among Knight Talents.

Just like [Strength Multiplication], it was a Talent second only to those top-level Talents.

The preparation needed for improvement was naturally self-evident.

“It seems the things Long Lang brings will have to increase!”

Dean thought this way.

However, the next moment, feeling his body that was still stinging and weak, Dean smiled bitterly.

Clearly, the weak state still existed.

And according to his experience, it should last for two days.

The digitized body had very powerful conveniences. The recovery of Health and Stamina was amazing, but the existence of some Rules was also jaw-dropping.

For example: Weakness.

Once Health was below ten percent, it required three days of recovery time.

During this period, Health and attributes would only recover to half of the peak period, and only after the end of the third day would they completely recover.

And this was precisely the evidence for Dean to accurately infer how long he had been in a coma.

And when the remaining two days passed, judging by that Long Lang’s character, he would probably have already stepped into the land of Vauban County.

“Need to pay more Gold Pulton!”

Dean sighed softly.

Undoubtedly, Long Lang’s immense resourcefulness gave Dean great confidence that the other party could get everything he needed even in Vauban County.

As long as he paid the corresponding Gold Pulton.

And fortunately, looking at the bag of gems at the head of the bed, Dean knew he could still afford it.

“At least… it’s enough for a short time!”

Thinking of the other party’s vampire nature, Dean added another sentence in his heart.