Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 171 Primitive Humans and the Becoming of the Belief

Chapter 170

Rosen teleported to the top of the Ash Castle tower and looked up at the ghostly bats that were constantly entangled with the Wizard Tower.

These things are constantly sending messages, so prioritize cutting off the eyes of these intruders.

The magnificent lighthouse began to recharge, and rays of sunlight grew from its top, forming jellyfish tentacles.

These tentacles point vertically upwards and simultaneously begin releasing rays of sunlight.

Every ray of sunlight deals Sequence 6 damage, and none of them are at the bottom of the Sequence 6 damage range.

Those ghost-faced bats below Sequence 6, no matter how they used their shadow clones to dodge or how they released spherical blood shields to strengthen their defense, were all shot down one by one by the sunlight rays, and before their corpses could even fall, they were already taken away by the scavenging space.

The last two Sequence 6 masked bats panicked and tried to escape the divine realm.

At this moment, the Brilliant Lighthouse unleashed a brilliant beam with Sequence 5 damage, striking one of them.

No matter how the masked bat dodged, the brilliant beam of light followed it like a shadow.

After all, this is the true speed of light; you either have to withstand it head-on or anticipate and dodge it in advance.

The reason why offensive territorial buildings are mainly of the light and lightning attributes is because these two attributes have a fast attack speed and are difficult to dodge. In war, only damage that can hit the enemy is effective damage.

The Storm Thunderbird, which was originally being besieged by two ghost-faced bats and their hordes, now immediately gained the upper hand in a one-on-one fight.

Rosen stopped paying attention to the sky and began to look at the vanguard of minotaurs that had already stormed into the territory.

There are two types of minotaurs. The first type is huge, with the shortest being three meters tall. These are the warriors who are carrying totem poles.

The second type is smaller, no more than two meters tall; these are the priests who carry bull skull staffs.

At this moment, the Tauren Priest casts a collective berserk spell, a group continuous healing spell, and even joins forces to cast the war spell Killing Aura, which continuously increases damage and overall speed with each kill.

One by one, the Minotaur warriors rushed to the second circle of spike traps, brandishing totem poles and roaring as they smashed them into the ground.

Hundreds of heavy blows to the ground ripped up the ground within a radius of several kilometers in front of them.

The mountain where Ash Castle is located is shaking continuously, and before it can stabilize, it is hit by a second wave of heavy earth strikes.

At this moment, the Crypt Demon's counterattack began. Spikes shot skyward from beneath the feet of the Minotaur warriors. The Sequence 7 Minotaur warriors fared well, but all those below Sequence 7 were pierced through vital points by the Crypt Demon's spikes.

However, Berserk mode grants immunity to most injuries, and unless one dies on the spot, they continue to unleash Earth Strike.

In the end, only a few dozen Minotaur warriors escaped back; the rest all perished on the outskirts of the territory.

However, the traps set by the cave demons were almost completely destroyed after several rounds of heavy earth strikes.

Only the spatial traps remained unaffected.

The moment the trap was destroyed, the elite goblins and ratmen stormed into the divine realm.

These are not ordinary goblins, but goblins who have mastered extraordinary sequences.

Various fireballs, ice balls, lightning bolts, and even spells like corpse explosions rained down on the Crypt Demon, but the vast majority of the damage was blocked by the jumping slime, and some of the damage was even swallowed whole by the slime.

At this point, the ratmen also began to take action; some started digging burrows, while the rest joined forces to release the plague.

The cave demons infiltrate underground to hunt the gray ratmen, while the glorious lighthouse deploys a magnificent barrier to protect its territory.

Rosen had been the owner of the gray rats for several years and had a deep understanding of them.

Not all extraordinary sequences possess the same four skills as human extraordinary sequences: one innate and three acquired.

The vast majority of extraordinary beings actually specialize in one innate skill.

If you cultivate a single innate skill to its fullest potential, it is in no way inferior to mastering four skills in a sequence.

Each human sequence masteres four skills, entirely to compensate for their weaknesses.

Most extraordinary beings don't have the resources to learn so many skills. So, when they can't make up for their weaknesses, they choose to maximize the limits of their abilities. While this makes them vulnerable to being countered, the few skills they master are bound to be extremely powerful.

These gray rat-men who joined forces to release the plague had a combined power that even slightly surpassed that of the gray rats.

Rosen opened the Void Album, and on one of the pages was a picture of a gray rat.

Although the gray rat's body was sacrificed to the cat god, he still drew the gray rat of sequence 6.

The drawing paper was made from the fragmented skin of a gray rat from the Gundam Sequence 3.

This is something he found inside the Gray Rat's Spirit Castle. It should be a piece of the Gray Rat's skin from its prime, so the Gray Rat he drew on this canvas is in no way inferior to the real Gray Rat.

The gray rats pounced on the gray ratmen, and all the gray ratmen knelt on the ground in fear.

They even turned around and manipulated the plague fog to attack the goblins.

The Gray Ratmen were outnumbered and outmatched; two Sequence 6 Gray Ratmen were no match for six Sequence 6 of the same level. So, all the Gray Ratmen except for the two Sequence 6 were quickly wiped out. The remaining two Sequence 6 escaped to Rosen and were sealed in the painting.

Whether it's sending them to the Void God Prison for brainwashing or directly handing them over to the gray rats they've drawn for control.

Both of these Sequence 6 Gray Ratmen can become new fighting forces for the territory.

After this internal strife, almost all spirit beings below Sequence 7 perished from the plague.

Rosen looked at the remaining eight Sequence 6s and nearly a hundred Sequence 7s and couldn't help but lick his lips.

He stopped suppressing the Storm Thunderbird and shared his abilities with it.

The Storm Thunderbird, its power surging instantly, teleported behind the Ghost-Faced Bat. Its claws seized the Ghost-Faced Bat's wings, unleashing a torrent of lightning. The shared Ash Armor Break further ensured that the Storm Thunderbird's attacks ignored defenses, dealing true damage.

In less than ten seconds, two Sequence 6 Ghost-faced Bats were severely injured.

Rosen released the Void Gallery, and the skull opened its mouth and swallowed the ghost-faced bat whole.

At this time, Rosen also switched the target of his ability sharing from Storm Thunderbird to Nightmare Slime.

Then, simultaneously, the void flickered, and they appeared outside the territory, attacking nearly a hundred spirit realm beings.

The Dragon King's Wrath severely wounded a Sequence 7 with a single shot, finally causing the six Sequence 6 to turn around and flee in fear.

Rosen released 39 Ash Bee Queens to continue killing Sequence 7, while he activated the Ancient God Artifact that had been integrated into his heart.

After he recognized the ancient god's sacrificial artifact as his master, this treasure had been awakening his ancient god bloodline within his heart.

At the same time, he can also activate the ancient god's ritual artifact at any time to synchronize the bell sound with his heartbeat.

Rosen had already raised his spiritual strength to 40 points, and after an instant increase of 9 points, he broke through the limit and sublimated to 49 points at Sequence 5.

By using the spirituality of Sequence 5 to perform various skills, one is essentially equivalent to half a Sequence 5.

Dragon King's Wrath's Thunder Armor-Piercing Bullet easily broke through the defenses with its Ash Armor-Piercing ability, and the added true damage easily crippled several Sequence 6 units.

Rosen had no idea that dealing with Sequence 6 would be so easy after activating the Ancient God's artifact.

He released the Void Gallery, which opened its blood-red maw and devoured many half-dead spirit beings, sending them to the Void Prison for imprisonment. Rather than killing them directly, he decided to try brainwashing and controlling them into fanatical believers.

Even if the mind-control fails, these spiritual beings can still continuously collect extraordinary materials from each other.

After the last spirit being disappeared, Rosen clearly sensed changes in the divine realm.

An astonishing number of spiritual beings suddenly surged into the Divine Realm, and then a spiritual crystal vein actually formed at the foot of the mountain in the center of the Divine Realm. Although this vein was very small, it was able to continuously regenerate spiritual crystals.

Rosen immediately realized that this was the reward given by the legendary ancient tree of the noble sequence.

As long as the divine realm successfully resists the invading spirit beings, it will not only reap a large amount of extraordinary materials, but also receive various rewards. However, as far as he knows, the rewards should not be so generous. It seems that the quality of the invaders this time is too high, so the rewards have been increased.

This means that delaying the invasion of the divine realm by spirit beings also has its benefits.

Of course, this is on the premise that one is strong enough; otherwise, the loss of the divine realm would be devastating.

After the great victory, some in the divine realm rejoiced while others grieved.

"Why...why do they only make their move at the very end when someone is already dead..."

"If we had dealt with those monsters sooner, no one would have died..."

Similar remarks began to circulate quietly within the divine realm.

Rosen has absolute control over the Divine Realm territory; nothing that happens within it can be hidden from him.

He knew perfectly well that these people were just too full.

Don't be fooled by the fact that humans are extraordinary, high above, and wield great power; possessing this power inevitably means walking on the edge of life and death.

If you want to live a safe and peaceful life until your death, then always be an ordinary person.

He could indeed defeat all the invading spirit beings head-on by himself, but what would be the point of his subjects whom he had cultivated with so many resources? Was he expecting them to cheer him on from behind and watch the show?

From the day you switch to the extraordinary sequence, your life and death depend on your own strength and luck.

Since some people want to vent their frustrations, let's send them to Meteor City and see how people survive by scavenging for garbage every day.

Having dealt with the threat to his territory, Rosen began to summarize the true gains from this battle.

Those extraordinary materials and the captured spirit beings were not the real gains from this battle.

Rather, it was Rosen who truly realized the difference between professional and non-professional soldiers.

The territory has cultivated many extraordinary individuals, but these individuals are suitable as adventurers, not as professional soldiers.

The reason is simple: their skills are so diverse that they cannot form effective coordination in large-scale battles.

The thousand knights who squire the town of Ironwood are the truly qualified soldiers.

The job advancement potions required for these reduced sub-jobs within the Knight sequence are controlled by the World Government.

Rosen is a hereditary duke and can have up to ten thousand knights as his retinue.

Therefore, training ten thousand knight squires would be far more powerful than training a few thousand extraordinary subjects.

Of course, ordinary citizens don't abandon the cultivation of them into extraordinary beings. They just provide appropriate training for those with good aptitude and then let them grow freely, while those with average aptitude are trained as knights and squires. Making the best use of resources is the only way to balance the development of the territory's current combat strength and future potential.

The Divine Realm currently only has tens of thousands of people, so recruiting ten thousand knights as squires is out of the question.

Rosen immediately thought of the Hunter x Hunter world; it seemed that this time they would have to bring out a large number of suitable people.

Rosen took out Gray Rat's most treasured Sequence 3 Spirit Realm and, without hesitation, used the Main God Computer to illuminate the world map of Hunter x Hunter. Spreading outward from Shafik State and Meteor City, the entire map of the human world was instantly lit up.

The depth of Sequence 3, the Spirit Realm, far exceeded Rosen's imagination.

This time, by directly illuminating the entire map of the human world, he also gained the opportunity to create a fourth identity.

The larger the map that is lit up at once, the stronger the identity that can be created.

From a player on Greed Island, to the mayor of Yorknew City, and then to the heir to the Shafik family…

Rosen learned through the main computer that he could choose between two identities this time.

The first identity is to become the supreme ruler of one of the five strongest nations in the world, specifically V5.

The second identity was somewhat unexpected; it was given him the special identity of a primitive human.

How can this primitive human identity be compared to that of one of the highest rulers of the entire human world?
After considering it for a moment, Rosen chose the special identity of a primitive human.

The moment he chose to end, the main computer instilled a large amount of identity information into him.

Anyone who has watched Hunter x Hunter knows that the map of this world is quite large, probably no smaller than the Thunder Empire. The human world is just an island on a vast world called the Dark Continent, and is only slightly smaller than the Principality of Blazing Shadow.

The human world is trapped on an island in the center of a lake, unable to face the dangers from the dark continent beyond the lake.

Even the most outstanding human Nen users throughout history might not be able to return alive from the edge of the lake.

However, based on the information about the primitive humans, Rosen learned that the humans on the island were not natives, but rather people who could not survive on the Dark Continent and had to migrate to the island in Lake Möbius to live and multiply.

This island lacks the terrifying dangers of the Dark Continent, and the horrific environment that made it impossible for primitive humans to survive.

From then on, primitive humans did indeed live and thrive safely on the islands of Lake Möbius.

However, it is important to understand that natural selection is the survival of the fittest.

Primitive humans were certainly more likely to survive and develop stable human civilizations when they were away from danger.

However, primitive humans also paid a huge price in this process. While their wisdom continued to evolve slowly with the development of civilization, their bodies gradually degenerated as they moved away from danger.

The strongest Nen user among humans so far, if placed among primitive humans, would be close to the bottom.

At their peak, primitive humans were able to build defensive lines outside Lake Möbius, form alliances with some terrifying magical beasts from the Dark Continent, and have those magical beasts act as gatekeepers to guard the lines, preventing the dangers of the Dark Continent from entering the lake and harming humans, as well as preventing humans from leaving Lake Möbius.

However, current human Nen users are simply not qualified to confront the gatekeeper head-on.

Rosen has now acquired the special identity of a primitive human, and he will also acquire the special physical characteristics of a primitive human.

Firstly, it does not require the infusion of spirituality; ordinary Nen already possesses all attributes, including enhancement and materialization.

Secondly, his vitality increased several times over, and even his spiritual strength increased by 1 point to 41 points.

Then his Nen ability underwent a qualitative change, gaining the ability to merge with the rules.

After learning about the rules here, Rosen discovered that they were simply different names for the pseudo-divine authority of demigods.

Everything in the universe has rules, including basic physical rules and various mysterious rules.

For example, the falling of an apple embodies the law of gravity, while the tides caused by the moon's gravity embody the laws of universal gravitation and tides.

These fundamental physical rules are easy to change locally, but completely altering a physical rule is something even a true god would find difficult to do.

Besides physical rules, there are also mystical rules, and various extraordinary sequences originate from these mystical rules.

The essence of all extraordinary training is to become a true god and completely master a mysterious rule.

Rosen possesses numerous pseudo-divine powers, but he can only exert some power from the storm and the two divine powers of the Sea God himself, which are inherent in the Sea God's Ring.

As for the remaining rules corresponding to the pseudo-divine authority, he's already doing well enough to exert some minor influence.

While both are pseudo-theocratic powers, the unique feature of the Sea God's Ring is its ability to collect faith.

To exert the power of divine authority, Rosen believed that faith was necessary. Demigods could transform faith into divine power through divinity, and divine power, with its regenerative properties, could slightly reduce dependence on faith. However, it was impossible to control the rules without faith at all.

Of course, this is just Rosen's understanding; there may be other forces that can control the rules.

At least those of divine lineage, such as Quetzalcoatl, are able to grasp some of the rules without relying on faith.

Rosen's newfound identity as a primitive human has brought about a qualitative change in his Nen abilities. As long as he fuses his Nen abilities with a rule, he can unleash a portion of the rule's true power through his own life force, even without faith.

The divine authority of the Morning Star, the divine authority of the Harvest, the divine authority of culture, the divine authority of the Beast King, the divine authority of the Hunt, the divine authority of nature, the divine authority of faith, the divine authority of the rule over marine life, the divine authority of the Storm, the divine authority of the Sea God, and finally, gluttony, greed, sloth, and seduction.

Some of these divine powers came from treasures, while others came from their own extraordinary bloodlines and skills.

If he so desired, his current Nen ability could immediately be fused with a divine authority.

Rosen first ruled out the divine authority of the Sea God's Broken Ring, because the Sea God's Broken Ring was incomplete and these divine authorities were limited by the Sea God's Broken Ring.

If this problem didn't exist, he would definitely choose the divine right of faith that all demigods inevitably possess.

Because by mastering this divine authority, one can gain control of divine power in advance, and with divine power, one can autonomously drive the power of other divine authorities.

Hunting divine authority is actually quite good, but at the very top of this divine authority is the true god.

If the true god of hunting is not killed, the right to hunt gods will forever be subject to human control.

However, after searching for information about divine authority through the God Network, Rosen was frustrated to find that almost all known divine authorities have a master.

No matter which option he chooses, there will always be a sequence 0 pressed down at the top.

Even Gluttony is no exception, because it is rare for someone to master all seven deadly sins at the same time, but there are quite a few abyssal demons who master only one of the seven deadly sins. If he wants to completely master the seven deadly sins in the future, he may even have to consider facing the seven true gods in the abyss.

Rosen quickly realized he was overthinking it; every extraordinary being had to go through this process.

How can you expect to control the rules from the very beginning, where no one else has them? It's all about growing step by step and eventually overthrowing the powerful.

Which of those Sequence 0 deities who master the rules of homology doesn't dream of killing the true god above them?

First, you must become sequence 0 before you are qualified to consider fully mastering a rule.

Without the difficulty of choosing, Rosen prepared to choose the right to hunt for divine authority.

However, at this moment, the computer gave Rosen another option.

He can fuse the Nen ability of the Hunter sequence with the creative divine authority of the Painter sequence, which will consume almost all the divine power he obtained from the Time Tower of the Time Dragon's Nest, and then activate the creative divine authority contained in the Painter sequence in advance.

The divine right of creation is not only more powerful, but it has also not been grasped by any true God to this day.

Rosen listened to the advice and immediately allowed the main god computer to assist his Nen ability in fusing with the creative divine power contained in the painter sequence.

[Nen Ability LV7: Able to manipulate one's own life force (ki), combining spirituality to generate and control Nen ki]

[Enhanced Trait: Grants the ability to fuse various attributes with Nen.]

[Enhancement Feature: Can permanently consume Nen to strengthen one's physical body]

[Divine Authority Trait: Creation]

[God-Slaying Crossbow, Gluttonous Beast, God-Hunting Demon Eye, Golden Apple]

Rosen felt the changes in his Nen ability, never expecting that the skill would go directly from LV4 to LV7.

This is an innate skill, and theoretically it cannot be upgraded ahead of the sequence level.

However, nothing is absolute, and reality often surpasses theory.

Rosen attempted to use his Nen abilities to create divine authority, and he discovered that he could use life force to replace faith.

Of course, he can also use the creative divine power accumulated from drawing the finishing touches to maximize the power of the creative divine authority.

The power of divine authority was too profound; Rosen had grasped it but did not know how to unleash its full potential.

However, he has discovered that all of his abilities in the Painter sequence have been enhanced, and his Nen abilities, such as creating golden apples, have also been strengthened.

He also discovered that the painter sequence's finishing touch and the hunter sequence's Nen ability had deeply merged.

There was no need for him to develop new acquired Nen abilities; the finishing touch had already become his innate Nen ability.

In the world of Hunter x Hunter, there are some people who, without opening all the pores in their bodies or mastering their own life force to form Nen, have already mastered some special Nen abilities simply by relying on instinct and talent.

If Nen abilities are divided into innate and acquired, then these Nen abilities that can be mastered on their own without learning are innate Nen abilities.

Rosen's innate skill, the finishing touch, has now become this innate Nen ability.

The finishing touch, driven by spirituality, transforms spirituality into creative power, thereby capturing historical traces in the spirit world.

However, if one uses spiritual energy to guide the finishing touch, the resulting artwork will possess the quality of making the false appear true.

For example, if he paints a person, no matter how good his painting skills are or how realistic the painting is, it's like a self-portrait clone. No matter how similar it is to the real person, its essence is just a fake person made of spirit and paint.

In the past, the only way to turn a drawn person into a real person was to consume the power of creation.

However, the power of creation is too precious. It takes 1 point of the power of creation to create a Sequence 6 spiritual painting. Although the finishing touch can convert spirituality into the power of creation, this part of the power of creation can only be used to capture historical traces in the spiritual world.

But things are different now. If Rosen summons the person he drew with his Nen ability, he can create a masterpiece.

Then, this person is introduced into human society, so that many people know about him and recognize that he is a real person. In this way, this person can transform from a drawn mannequin into a real, existing person.

This is how falsehoods become truth; as long as many people believe that a person is real, then even a fake person can become real.

Similarly, if Rosen draws a treasure bowl, and many people believe that this treasure bowl can really copy banknotes, then this treasure bowl can really gain the special ability to copy banknotes.

The more sophisticated the artwork, the more difficult it is to make the deception seem real.

If you were to draw a deity and want to turn that deity into a real deity, even hundreds of billions of people believing in it wouldn't be enough. Of course, his Nen ability would continue to grow stronger. If he became a Sequence 0, perhaps billions of people believing in him would be enough to turn a Sequence 1 into a real person.

Rosen immediately understood that this Nen ability of his was equivalent to giving him early access to the power of the Painter's High Sequence.

To maximize the power of this Nen ability, he must gain immense faith in the human world.

This is difficult in the real world because there are many beings more powerful than him.

However, the difficulty in the Hunter x Hunter Spirit Realm will be greatly reduced because, with his Sequence 6 mastery of various methods, he is definitely the strongest human in the Hunter x Hunter world, and he can easily gain the faith of billions of people.

(End of this chapter)