Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 795 Faith Warrior, Slave Knight

Currently, the Undead Clan continues to absorb the decaying maggot corpses, which prevents Rog from upgrading his Spirit Candle and leaves him with little energy to research the players' Fire Seed advancement.

Therefore, we can only open some small dungeons first, allowing players to play on their own for a while.

The Primal Flame Scar dungeon can only be discussed later.

This naturally brought a sigh of relief to the top-tier players.

To be honest, although the Spirit Candle has never given them any specific tasks to explore the Primal Flame Scar dungeon.

But they always feel extremely busy as soon as they log on... they don't know why.

Perhaps it's because I set goals for myself?

In short, the Spirit Candles have taken a break during this period, allowing them to focus on their own affairs or improve their own power systems and relax a bit.

Of course, these top-tier prison players breathed a sigh of relief.

But the other players in the Spirit Candle were still busy.

This is especially true for new players who have just joined the game and players who have recently moved beyond the beginner level.

[The turtle's big black head]

[Rank: Firefly]

【Level: 41】

【War: Herrscher of the Void (Beginner)】

【Power of Fire: Scorching Melt (Under no suppression, consume the power of fire to transform the damage you deal into scorching melt that protects you. When the melt takes damage, it will be reflected back to the enemy, dealing burning damage that ignores armor. The more damage you take in a short period of time, the higher the melt damage will be)】

[Ability Values:]
Power: 10
Constitution: 22
Agility: 20
Spirit: 11
Faith: 40

[Free attribute points: 10]

[Talent: Law Guardian, Devotion]

[Ability: Evasion, Regeneration of Wax Blocks]

[Skills: Guardian's Shackles, Guardian's Wheel, Decapitation Decree, Restoration Decree, Storm Lightning Strike, Prayer Protection.]

After glancing at his personal panel, the turtle nodded in satisfaction and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Finally, I've been promoted to Fire Worship!"

The turtle was very excited.

Among the current new player base, one of the most popular playstyles is the "Prayer Master," also known as the "Faith-based" player.

One of the first advantages is that Prayer's striking range is comprehensive and wide-ranging, and he has a long reach.

As the saying goes, "an inch longer, an inch stronger," and in this respect, the Prayer Master is in no way inferior to the Mage.

Furthermore, as the Spirit Candle and Primal Flame Scar dungeons progress, all sorts of prayers and corresponding fire seeds have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and various expert guides have become increasingly sophisticated.

The days of desperately seeking prayers during the early stages of Spirit Candle cultivation are completely gone, leaving faith-based players in an awkward position where they could only play the role of madmen.

What the turtle plays is not a pure damage-dealing faith-based playstyle, but rather a faith-based warrior playstyle.

This is evident from his stat allocation; he also distributed some attribute points to Constitution and Agility to increase his survivability in melee combat.

After carefully examining its own stats, the turtle quickly allocated its newly acquired free attribute points to Faith.

After all, they are warriors of faith, so naturally they will first satisfy their religious requirements before seeking anything else.

With these ten points of prayer attribute value, he was naturally able to learn new prayers.

However, before that, he still needs to grind some small quests on Candlelight Island from dynamic storyline NPCs like the Candlekeeper Witch or Burton the Wizard to accumulate contribution points to buy a Spirit Candle Gift in order to expand his skill slots.

As for the Fragments of the Flame... forget about it. A new player like him doesn't even have the qualifications to challenge the Valkyrie, let alone the Primal Flame Scar dungeon.

Then why not buy it?

Well said, it's the same principle as "Why not eat meat porridge?"

As for the gathering place of the evil gods not long ago, he did go there.

Unfortunately, he was just short of some wax to offer the fire.

And he was killed by an area-of-effect attack from an evil god as soon as he entered the arena, which was extremely unlucky.

Although the tortoise complained a bit, it was already used to the situation with the spirit candle.

After all, strictly speaking, it's all too common for someone to die as soon as they enter the battlefield.

After making a plan in his mind, the tortoise quickly went to the upper level of Candlewood Island and found the Candlekeeper Witch, Nonia Nonia.

"Hello, Warrior of Candlelight, is there anything I can help you with?"

Nonia spoke gently, but it wasn't hard to tell that this was actually an NPC clone.

"I'd like to contribute something to Candlelight Island. Is there anything I can do for you?"

The tortoise was very familiar with this and would directly and formulaically ask for help, which might get him some contribution tasks, although of course, it wasn't always possible.

However, when a new dungeon is released like this, a considerable amount will be distributed.

This is actually an update made by Rogge in response to the changing situation on Candlelight Island.

After all, the Fireborne have become much smarter these days. Not only are they nowhere to be seen near Candlefire Island, but they also rarely attack the Firebinders anymore.

This reduces the ways players can earn war contributions, while their demand for items in the contribution shop remains unchanged.

Therefore, Rogue included some relatively simple contribution tasks in the exploration, which can be seen as an encouragement for players to explore every corner and gather information.

After all, this was once a complete world, and the information in some smaller instances may be related to some major events. So, let the players search carefully in this regard; who knows, they might find some unexpected surprises someday.

Of course, Rogue won't keep giving out these kinds of quests forever, since repetitive exploration isn't beneficial for Candlelight Island and players will get bored.

There are only more contribution tasks when a new dungeon is released.

"Hmm... there is indeed a mission here that requires your attention."

The candle-keeper witch pondered for a moment.

"Beyond the border of darkness, in that fragmented region illuminated by candlelight, on an island called 'Tuxi,' there lives a slave knight... If possible, please investigate his past life."

You have received a contribution quest from the "Candlekeeper Witch"—Slave Knight.

[Mission Requirements: Travel to the island called "Tuxi," investigate the "Slave Knights," and record their information in the intelligence database of Candlelight Island.]

[Mission Reward: 50 War Contribution Points]

"Damn, thank goodness it was 50 and not 40, otherwise I would have had to make another one..."

After glancing at the mission details, the tortoise patted its chest, a hint of lingering fear in its eyes.
He's only a little over forty contribution points away from buying the Spirit Candle Gift, and the main purpose of obtaining the Spirit Candle Gift is to go to the Imperial City-State to obtain the Law Enforcer's Fire Seed, so he can't waste time here.

After receiving the task.

The tortoise quickly turned and scurried away.

Meanwhile, the Candlekeeper Witch's clone behind her was still smiling and thanking her...

……

The tortoise is very fast.

In a flash, they boarded the Spiritfire Sail and entered the new instance entrance, which was the island called "Tuxi".

This is a two-player dungeon, but Turtle is a bit socially awkward, and considering that the dungeon isn't that difficult, after much deliberation, he decided to go in solo first, and only look for teammates if necessary.

Shortly after entering the portal to the edge of darkness, the surrounding scenery stabilized, and the tortoise heard a loud bang and felt a violent tremor beneath the spiritfire sail, indicating that it had likely struck something like a reef.

"I rely on..."

The turtle muttered something and glanced down, then realized speechlessly that it wasn't a hidden reef at all, but a clear reef. It was just that the Spiritfire Sail had run into it as soon as it came out because it was too close to the teleportation portal.

Fortunately, the Spiritfire Sail was not damaged, otherwise it would have been another expense.

Just as the tortoise was about to maneuver the Spirit Fire Sail to turn and leave, it suddenly noticed some strange patterns on the reef and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"There seem to be words on this..."

The turtle squinted its eyes, then stopped what it was doing. With a nimble little leap, it arrived in front of the reef and began to carefully examine what was on it.

The knight's heart is fighting against the curse of slavery...

[In my penitent asceticism, I saw and hated my own weakness, my inability to set that pearl-like heart free. If there are successors, I hope you can liberate them...]

This is just a small, insignificant gift...

Below this content, there is an arrow pointing to the bottom of the ocean reef, where there is undoubtedly some treasure buried.

"A penance for redemption?"

"Could he be an ascetic?"

"It's a tortoise," the turtle pondered.

The post about Li Miao's cremation journey, which included content about ascetics, was quite famous, so the tortoise had also heard about it.

It seems that a hermit has passed by.

"A Knight's Heart Against the Curse of Slavery?"

After carefully considering the meaning of the text, the tortoise seemed to have some guesses.

However, before that, he plunged into the sea, intending to find the treasure indicated by the reef.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before he found the treasure the ascetic had pointed out. After opening it, he found some scattered coins and a chisel.

The Ascetic's Chisel (Excellent)

[Type: Weapon]

[Effect: A chisel imbued with unwavering conviction; increases Spirit and Faith by 1 upon attacking.]

[Note: A simple, rough chisel is an important item carried by ascetics. They use it to carve rocks to calm their minds and to stop the suffering they witness.]

"It really was left behind by an ascetic..."

The turtle scratched its head and put it into its inventory.

This weapon doesn't fit his combat system, and its quality is mediocre, so it can't be used as a weapon; at best, it's a collectible.

"Since I've accepted your gift... let me go see what's going on here..."

The tortoise quickly set its sights on an island not far away.

Not long after, the tortoise landed the Spirit Fire Sail on the shore and leaped down.

The sky here is still overcast, but the turtle is used to it. In the Spirit Candle instance, the sky is mostly dark, and sunny days are extremely rare.

"Hmm... a few wrecked ships, and some small rafts nearby... these two styles are a bit inconsistent..."

The turtle scratched its head, feeling that something was amiss.

He began searching, but as soon as he entered the wrecked ship, some ragged zombies roared and pounced on him.

But the tortoise was only slightly surprised. It quickly recovered and muttered something to itself. The hand wrapped in the letter cloth was also quickly raised, and a pale yellow flywheel burst out from the letter cloth.

Welsh Flywheel!

You killed the drowned sailor.

【…】

These undead were not lit; their ignition points were around the embers, making them easy prey for the turtle.

Without the zombies causing trouble, the tortoise quickly figured out the situation of the wrecked ship and the small raft outside.

"Is the island natives and the newcomers at sea...?"

Through some item descriptions and text, the turtle basically understood the situation.

This is a fleet of seafaring adventurers who, after encountering monsters in a storm, were swept to this island, where some natives live.

This can be easily seen from the living corpses next to the small raft. When the turtle first explored, the living corpses on both sides were even fighting.

After learning some basic information.

The turtle didn't linger on the shore; it went straight along the road into the interior of the island.

Sure enough, just as he had discovered, there were both natives and seafarers on the island.

The native undead were hairy, humanoid creatures with elephant trunks, while the navigators were ordinary humans, most likely emerging from the burning earth.

Just like on the shore, even after becoming living corpses, the two sides continued to fight.

Of course, if neither side has a target, they will attack the turtle upon seeing it.

boom!
A seafaring zombie roared as it fired bullets smoldering in the air.

"This zombie can even use a musket..." The turtle couldn't help but complain upon seeing this.

He then launched an attack.

"Storm!"

The tortoise raised its hand, which was wrapped in a cloth of faith, and shouted. The power of faith instantly transformed into three pure white bolts of lightning with a strong wind, which struck the leader of the undead and killed it instantly.

The other zombies were killed one by one by Wei Lufeilun.

If these zombies swarmed him, he would definitely turn and run, but their attacks on each other gave the turtle an excellent opportunity to deal damage.

After dealing with all these zombies.

The tortoise began searching the ground and retrieved a considerable amount of weapons and equipment.

Of course, these zombies won't give you anything good; their ignition point is too low.

What the turtle cares more about are the instructions on these items and other textual information.

However, he didn't find it among the monsters' droppings, but instead found a diary on the navigator's camp nearby.

After reading it carefully, the tortoise frowned.

"They were just a group of pirates..."

"No wonder they are hostile to the island's natives."

It is clear from this diary that although the pirates were stranded here by accident, they did not intend to leave empty-handed.

The island natives were initially quite kind to these troublesome pirates, but after resting, they quickly changed their tune and prepared to plunder the area and leave.

"So... what does this have to do with slave knights...?"

The tortoise hadn't forgotten why he came here, but he didn't have a clue yet.

(End of this chapter)