Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 73: The Favor of Truth ( words)

"Bang! Thirty-sixth! Experience +5! Great, come again!"

When Richard knocked the thirty-sixth skeleton soldier to death, he looked up and found that no grave in the entire cemetery was still moving.

"It's over. I killed too many people so hard that I cleared out all the villagers' ancestral graves. Unfortunately, I haven't had enough killing yet."

Richard: Sad.

At this moment, that strange voice sounded again in Richard's mind.

[The first wave of trials: a welcome from death.]

Successfully passed, settlement in progress.

Trial Evaluation:

Unbelievable!

There are a large number of ancestral tombs in Lions Village, which can easily form a team of undead.

As an elite mid-level wizard, you have many ways to prevent the villagers' ancestors from mutating.

For example, use the baptism of light to purify the graves, use exorcism to disperse the surrounding weapons, and use the undead killer to let the villagers' ancestors rest in peace.

But you didn't choose to do that. You actually took your staff and smashed the ancestors of those villagers one by one!

Oh my God! How could you do this? I can feel that the staff in your hand is a very powerful weapon, with incredible rules and power.

It's a staff! Not an ogre's bone crusher.

Didn't you hear the skeleton soldier's suppressed cry when you hit his head with it?

Well, since you are willing to hold this staff in your hand, it means that he approves of the way you use it.

What else can I say?

This world is so strange. Some people don't want to be good people, but insist on being dogs. Some staffs don't want to be good staffs, but insist on being bone crushers.

Everyone has their own hobbies, and I can only choose to respect them.

Regardless, you easily resolved a crisis that could have destroyed the village of Lions, and at no cost.

If I have to say something, it would be your regenerative physical and magical power, and the insignificant wound on your hand.

Therefore, my evaluation of your first wave of trials is: perfect!

Because of your trial evaluation, you can get two destiny cards. The effects of these two destiny cards will accompany you throughout the trial!

Come, listen to the voice of the distant river of destiny, let us join hands to cross the endless years and invite the ancient god of destiny from outside the world to reveal your future for you! 】

Richard was still in a daze when a card suddenly appeared in the air in front of him. The card automatically cleaned up, and then without any preparation, six cards flew up into the air, facing away from him, and appeared in the air in front of him.

Richard noticed that among the six cards, three were ordinary bronze, one was bright silver, and one was gold.

And there is one last card, which is a dazzling rainbow color.

The mysterious voice in his head sounded again.

【Oh! Rainbow! What a lucky guy.

Bronze, silver, gold and rainbow represent four different destinies of different rarities.

Bronze is the most common and average.

Silver is quite rare and difficult to come across.

Gold is one in a million, don't miss it.

As for the rainbow, it is an absolute treasure that only a very few can obtain after countless years of trials and tribulations.

But you have to remember that good luck or bad luck is fate.

The rarity of a Destiny Card does not represent the good or bad of your Destiny.

Rainbow-level good luck can make your next trial extremely easy, while rainbow-level bad luck can make you suffer excruciatingly.

Because you performed perfectly, you get to choose two of these 6 destiny cards.

Choose your destiny

How is this... a bit like the game of Meat Chef? But it is more complicated than the game of Meat Chef.

What does this bloody tomb treasure house have to do with the meat chef?
Richard was a little dazed, his mind full of doubts.

But time did not allow him to think, and he realized that if he did not make a choice quickly, he would miss all the destiny cards.

He placed his hand on the destiny card, and lines of text appeared in his mind.

Bronze: Magic.

Bronze: Combat.

Bronze: Healing.

Silver: Skills.

Gold: Follower.

Rainbow: Specialty.

Richard knew that he was a very greedy person. The three bronze cards were forgotten in the blink of an eye.

Rainbow specialties, gold followers, silver skills,

Relying on his intuition, Richard subconsciously wanted to choose Rainbow Specialty and Golden Partner, but the moment he made the choice, the words of the Meat Chef suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Get a follower who will be with you day and night, but beware that this follower may not be loyal to you."

A gold-level follower may be very powerful, but bad luck and good fortune are all fate. If this gold-level follower is unable to be loyal to you, or even becomes hostile to you for some reason, the more powerful he is, the more troublesome it will be for you to deal with him.

Compared to specialties and skills that will definitely belong to you once you obtain them, followers are ultimately external objects and cannot be trusted.

Richard took a deep breath, stretched out his fingers, and clicked on the silver card and the rainbow card.

Ding!
The white shadow card in the sky suddenly enlarged, then quickly shrank, and then slowly rotated, and the card surface burst into a dazzling silver light.

【Skill:
Primary Spiritual Conjuration: You can transform 1/10 of the enemies you kill into your soldiers. 】

hiss!
Spiritualism!
The moment he saw the necromancy, Richard's back felt numb.

Possessing the power of necromancy is the first step towards becoming a necromancer, and also the first step towards the death train of evil.

Any child who grew up in the Silver City has seen these words in textbooks:
The spirit summoner is more powerful than a jackal, and once it touches the soul, the whole family will be destroyed.

One person summons ghosts and the whole family suffers, and all the family wealth becomes nothing.

Summoning spirits is the root of all evil, and everyone must be united to ban these moves!
All the people should participate in the fight against illegal tactics and work together to create a happy life.

The struggle between the Silver City and the Holy See was a struggle over routes, a family feud, but the struggle with the Necromancer was a life-and-death feud.

After all, the necromancers on the Island of the Dead are all defectors from the Silver City-State.

Although the Silver City itself is also a defector from the Holy See, I defected for truth and justice, but you defected and stood against all living beings, which is a crime worthy of death.

If it weren't for the knowledge from his previous life, Richard felt that he would be as timid as the other wizards in the Silver City about necromancy.

But because of the novels, comics and games in his previous life, Richard was naturally not prejudiced against necromancers.

His attitude towards spiritualism naturally became one of curiosity and fear. "Ah! The spiritualism is coming, so exciting!"

The silver card paid no attention to Richard, and with a tangled and complicated mentality, it flew over unsteadily and sank into Richard's chest.

Richard suddenly felt his mind clear, and there seemed to be something inexplicable in his soul.

Before Richard could savor it carefully, the dazzling rainbow card began to emit light right after him.

Richard paused for a moment, he knew in his heart that compared with Silver's skills, Rainbow's specialty was truly a step-by-step process of life and death.

Ding Dong!

A crisp bell sounded, and two purple-clad fairies, only the size of a palm and very cute in appearance, appeared out of thin air around the rainbow-colored cards.

They chuckled at Richard and slowly turned the rainbow card over, one on the left and one on the right.

Richard held his breath nervously!

The card turned completely over, and a rainbow-like light suddenly lit up!
Richard saw clearly that on the rainbow-colored card, there was a pair of extremely indifferent eyes clearly drawn.

Richard felt his back tighten and was shocked. He recognized that eye!

That is the emerald eye embedded in the center of the Cross of Truth!

The Favor of Truth
Specialty: You have been favored by the truth and can possess both witchcraft and magic. 】

what? !

what! !

Richard was dumbfounded.

Possessing witchcraft and sorcery at the same time? How is that possible!
The power of a wizard comes from the mystery of the unknown, while the power of a mage comes from the sophistication of wisdom.

This is common knowledge in silver.

A wizard gets magic from the gift of the world, while a mage gets magic from mastering the rules.

They are both magic, but one is witchcraft and the other is sorcery. Everyone in the Silver City knows that these two ways of gaining power are inherently mutually exclusive.

When a wizard embarks on the path of studying the rules of the world, he begins to become an interpreter of the rules of the world. He will only try to figure out the unknown and can no longer worship the unknown. Naturally, the rules of the world will no longer bless him. He will naturally lose all his witchcraft and will no longer be able to obtain witchcraft.

When a wizard no longer believes in himself and decides to give up thinking for himself, he will lose all the spells he has researched and become a wizard again.

In the eyes of wizards, truth lies in a being greater than greatness and can never be truly grasped by mortals.

In the wizard's view, everything is the embodiment of the world's rules and can be analyzed, including the truth and even the world's rules themselves!

Although they both seem to be spellcasters, wizards are idealists and mages are materialists. These are two completely different paths.

It's like water and fire can't get along.

But now, in Richard's soul, fire burned in water and water sparkled in fire!

Richard stood there in a daze. There were some powers that he could only understand when he got them.

He's got it all.

The essence of all spellcasting is the reproduction of natural phenomena, that is, the utilization of the laws of the world.

The power of witchcraft is essentially borrowing, borrowing the rules that can produce natural phenomena.

When the wizard began to study the rules of the world, the rules of the world were no longer willing to lend him their power.

Therefore, the most crucial reason why magic and witchcraft cannot exist at the same time is the stinginess of the world's rules!
And now, he has been favored by the rules of the world, or in other words, the truth. The truth allows him to borrow itself and study itself at the same time, so he can possess both magic and witchcraft!

This is this...

Richard took a breath!
A rich woman gives you money to support you while being your girlfriend and being loyal to you?
There is such a beautiful thing in this world?! Invincible!
Richard's heart was filled with emotion.

Magic spells are powerful, but witchcraft also has its own uniqueness and mystery, otherwise wizards would not have been able to compete with sorcerers for so many years.

Possessing both magic and witchcraft at the same time is something that even demigods cannot do. I am probably the first person in the world who possesses both magic and witchcraft at the same time.

I can sense that the special abilities granted to me by the Destiny Card can only be used in this trial and there is no way to take them out.

Since it's just an invincible experience card, I must use this experience card to the fullest!
I must consider that this is my only chance in this life, and I must strive to experience the power of the coexistence of witchcraft and magic to the extreme in this trial. Any small gain will benefit me for the rest of my life.

Just when Richard's blood was boiling, that mysterious voice sounded again.

[Alright. Trialist. The fate you longed for has come upon you.

You can now make a choice: do you want to challenge the second level without stopping, or settle the reward for the first level first, go back to take a short break, and come back after you have adjusted yourself?

If you continue to challenge level 2, you can get an additional hint about level 2.

If you go back to rest, there will be no reminder. 】

"I want to continue!" Richard was extremely excited.

Let him go back now? No way!
Hahaha, worthy of being a barbarian mage.

Then listen carefully.

The second wave of trials: a big welcome from death!

Trial Project:

Lanes Village.

The strange gas produced by the wizard's failed dangerous experiment has filled the entire village.

Some villagers in the village have begun to experience strange symptoms.

If we cannot find those villagers and control them, when the time comes, they will turn into the most terrifying executioners and drag everything into blood.

The goal of the second wave of trials is to prevent all this from happening and save the village of Lions.

By the way, I will give you a tip for the brave.

You have to do more than just find the mutated villagers.

The strange gas was still spreading and affecting the surroundings. Strange howling could be heard in the forest, and the vibrant trees had also gone crazy.

If you cannot cut off the continued spread of this strange gas, it will be useless even if you control all the villagers who have begun to mutate.

Even if you can withstand the attacks from the forest, the remaining villagers in the village will gradually mutate.

If you just protect blindly, you will not be able to protect anything.

If you have some trustworthy followers, you can split your forces into three groups and eliminate all crises.

But now, you are alone, so you can only use your brain to come up with a foolproof plan.

Go ahead, brave trial-taker, the second wave of trials is about to begin!
Richard's spirits perked up, and the fog around him suddenly dissipated.

The lush pine forest completely surrounded the entire cemetery, and the roars of wild beasts and the wailing of birds rose and fell in the woods.

Elsewhere, in a quiet village, the glow of the magic lamp flickered, fighting against the terrible and silent night.

Richard took a deep breath. He knew he was in a trial and the task was heavy, but he still couldn't help but switch to the [Ignite] magic while walking towards the forest.

Since we have nothing to do anyway, we might as well set a forest on fire to liven up the atmosphere.

I can't wait to experience the gift of truth!
Ha! Praise the rich woman! Ugh, praise the truth!

(End of this chapter)