Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 2 The Painter and the Hunter

Chapter 2

"My spiritual form is in the shape of flame, and the most suitable choices for me are artist and gourmet..."

The moment Rosen had this thought, the one of the three golden ancient trees that corresponded to the scientist vanished instantly.

He then ruled out the Gourmet category. The various professions under the Gourmet category mostly require cooking and consuming various extraordinary life forms. Without mountains of gold and silver, one can't even dream of becoming a Gourmet. Therefore, he simply couldn't grow by choosing the Gourmet category.

At the same time this thought arose, the golden ancient tree corresponding to the gourmet also disappeared.

Rosen looked at the Golden Tree that corresponded to the last artist in the sequence, and saw the main trunks of the Golden Tree growing larger and larger in front of him.

These main branches represent professional sub-branches within the artist spectrum, including actors, directors, art designers, sculptors, architects, photographers, singers, composers, novelists, playwrights, and painters—professions representing the branches of human civilization and art.

Those aristocratic families with the means received various forms of artistic training from a young age.

Those with artistic talent can pursue the path of an artist; those who are gifted in invention and creation can pursue the path of a scientist; and those who are not good at either, but are good at cooking or eating and having fun, can pursue the path of a gourmet.

All of this training had nothing to do with Rosen, and Rosen's only talent was drawing.

So he chose the painter's profession without hesitation. The moment he made his choice, a leaf fell from the ancient golden tree and merged with his spirituality. Soon, under the burning of the spiritual phantom in the form of golden flames, it gradually formed a lifelike and exquisite painting brush.

This painting brush, enveloped in spirituality, is the extraordinary source of the artist sequence painter branch.

This is the most important core of the extraordinary sequence, even more important than one's own spirituality. While there are many ways to heal a damaged spirituality, there are extremely few ways to restore a damaged extraordinary source substance.

Once the extraordinary source essence is damaged, at best it will prevent it from advancing further, and at worst the extraordinary sequence will go out of control and turn it into a monster.

However, there is no need to worry too much about damage to the extraordinary source material, because the weakest means that can damage the extraordinary source material require Sequence 3.

Sequence 3 represents the absolute upper echelons of human civilization, while the current Grand Duke of Blazing Shadow is only Sequence 4.

As the extraordinary source material completely condensed into a painting brush, Rosen sensed the extraordinary ability he had given birth to, which belonged to Sequence 9.

Extraordinary abilities can be either innate or acquired. Innate extraordinary abilities are acquired by each extraordinary sequence, while acquired extraordinary abilities can be learned independently. Initially, there is no difference in strength between the two, but acquired abilities require self-improvement, while innate abilities, like talents, improve along with the extraordinary sequence.

[Spiritual Attachment LV1: Able to freely attach spiritual power to physical matter using extraordinary source matter]

This is the first innate ability that every painter must master. Only by mastering this ability can one imbue their paintings with spirituality through the paintbrush, thereby transforming the paintings into extraordinary works. Top-tier painters can even turn their own paintings into legendary spiritual realms.

A spiritual realm is a small world that belongs to the spirit world. Some are natural spiritual realms and some are man-made spiritual realms.

Each spiritual realm has its own unique rules, and each also possesses its own extraordinary resources and specialties.

When a hereditary noble family loses control of the spiritual realm, the family will inevitably decline.

Having successfully transitioned to the painter's path, Rosen sensed his spiritual weakness and prepared to leave the spirit world.

The spirituality of a Sequence 9 cannot remain in the spirit world for long, especially since he had just condensed extraordinary source matter, which consumed a lot of energy.

However, just as he was about to leave, Rosen saw that the five ancient silver trees had not disappeared.

"Could it be that?"

Rosen tried to sense the five ancient silver trees, and sure enough, they also transmitted the corresponding sequence information.

This means that, in addition to the noble and painter ranks, he can also switch to a third silver-rank profession.

This wasn't a blessing from the mysterious study, but rather a benefit from merging with Little Rosen's spirituality. The doctor's path was ruled out first; he had no interest in saving lives or spending all his time in the operating room.

The same goes for the wizard sequence. Like the scientist sequence, this sequence requires researching this and that. His main profession as a painter is already an extraordinary sequence that requires him to stay at home for a long time. If he gets another one, he might never see the light of day again.

Then, assassins were also ruled out, as he rarely played assassins in games.

Finally, only the Knight and Hunter sequences remained, and Rosen found it difficult to choose between these two.

The Knights primarily ride various mounts, including extraordinary creatures, extraordinary airships, extraordinary mechs, extraordinary warships, and so on. Legend has it that some knights even capture succubi and angels in the spirit realm, which can be included in the mount lineup.

Young Rosen is a highly skilled rider, and choosing the Knights Order would certainly be a perfect fit for him.

Of course, the Hunter Rank is also good. All living things except humans can be contracted as pets. At the same time, they also possess powerful hunting abilities and can seize the talents and abilities of various life forms by hunting them.

After pondering for a long time, Rosen finally chose the Hunter sequence.

Apart from the Silver Ancient Tree corresponding to the Hunter Sequence, the remaining Silver Ancient Trees vanished instantly.

A silver leaf drifted down from the ancient silver tree, flashing through the void and landing in Rosen's spiritual realm.

However, this time no extraordinary essence was formed; the leaves floating in the spiritual flames conveyed some basic professional information.

The World Government has nine human sequences, which are strictly divided into three types.

The noble lineage will not produce extraordinary source qualities, or rather, extraordinary source qualities are naturally rooted in one's own bloodline.

The remaining scientists, artists, and gourmets will all use the Golden Ancient Tree to directly generate extraordinary source matter to complete their class transformation.

The resources consumed in this process, which constitute the extraordinary source material of Sequence 9, are all paid for by the world government.

But if you want to go further, you can only rely on yourself.

As for the Silver Sequence, the conditions are not so favorable. The Silver Ancient Tree will only give you a leaf that is equivalent to a seed of extraordinary source matter, and will also give you the potion recipe corresponding to Hunter Sequence 9 for free. If you want to change jobs, you need to prepare special potions to condense extraordinary source matter yourself.

Because the Silver Sequence originated from alien gods, it still retains the spiritual self of those alien gods.

Without the aid of magic potions, the chance of the Silver Sequence going out of control during the job advancement would be astonishing.

Rosen looked at the potion recipes corresponding to the different job branches of Hunter Sequence 9 and gained a better understanding of the Hunter job.

The essence of a hunter is hunting, and hunting is not limited to living things. Gems, food, wealth, adventure, criminals—anything that humans want to obtain can potentially constitute a new hunter branch. Among all the extraordinary sequences, the hunter sequence has the most branches.

The potion recipes for different professions all use the same ingredients except for the main ingredient.

If you want to become a gem hunter, then the main ingredient in your potions must be a gem that you desire.

Rosen looked at the materials needed for the potion recipe, and all the auxiliary materials were quite valuable.

It seems that if he wants to switch to the Hunter class, he'll need to find a way to make money.

After leaving the spirit world, Rosen instinctively looked at the row of comics in the middle of the bookshelf.

Through his own spirituality, he was able to sense a faint spiritual fluctuation in these comics.

Rosen immediately stepped forward and pulled out the first volume of the Hunter x Hunter manga. The moment he opened the cover, he discovered that the original black and white manga had turned into full color, the original manga-style characters had become realistic, and even all the characters in the manga had come to life.

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