Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 408 Draw the Wrong Card Pool
"In this world, the power of an individual may be more important than anything else."

Rean vaguely sensed that the underlying rules of this world were completely different from those of his previous life.

"However, the resources and practices for acquiring personal power are inseparable from society and connections."

The foundation of rules and order comes from the stability of the group; if it is just one person, there is no need for any rules. Although he is a dragonborn, Rean has no desire to be like a true dragon, roaring at the big rocks and mountains in the wilderness and dark caves.

He gradually came to understand the underlying logic, and naturally, unlike in his "previous life," he would not focus on his career for the sake of a stable life. In this world, the upper limit was far too low; any extraordinary monster could destroy a city or even a kingdom, causing a large number of "public servants" to lose their lifelong goals.

"Delegate the authority."

Rean is not one of those greedy businessmen who want to seize everything, nor is he like Larry's father, who arranges his daughters' lives in a way that allows them to go into business or enter the church, turning everything into family assets and power.

He was just an ordinary person; he wanted money, power, and profit, but he always knew what was truly important.
"Let's sign a few more Dragon Contracts, and then lower our strength and physique a bit more to achieve a balance. We can increase our spirit a bit more."

The Holy Knights are a force of arms, guardians of order, and a source of power. Rean entrusted them to Dimon, believing that only that man would truly never change.

The newly established church is still embroiled in various internal struggles and the formation of small factions. The pastors who have succeeded them have come to the city and are trying to gather their own believers and build their own small power. In a sense, there is no difference between the church and a political organization. In fact, due to the lack of a clear hierarchical system, personal prestige is more important. Too many "bishops" of equal rank need merit and reputation to gain power.

Rean began to understand why He hadn't chosen a "successor." The will of a god doesn't need a separate successor; rather, all believers are the agents and successors of His will.

Rean further reduced his presence within the church, simply having a few people keep an eye on things, perhaps the gods would just watch silently, allowing the greatest authority to naturally become the gods' spokesperson.

As long as the doctrine remains stable and the general direction doesn't change, Rean doesn't see any problem with it. Since someone is willing to infuse faith into the "faith machine," why should he interfere?

But some things have quietly changed. Rean has always been favored by God; he is God's chosen one without the status of a chosen one.

This power is now almost non-existent, but this sign of divine favor makes no pastor dare to ignore his thoughts.

Rean was quite open-minded, gradually shedding many tedious affairs and allowing the church, the knightly order, and even the territory to develop on their own. He wasn't worried about things getting out of control at all, because someone was keeping an eye on things for him.

The royal family itself has been quite worried about problems arising within Radiant City over the past two years.

He has gradually changed the environment, and the new environment is much better than the past. What is needed now is the power to maintain the environment.

He believed that his like-minded people would value this hard-earned business, because it was not only his "wealth" but also the home of others.

As for him personally, he has been busy signing contracts with practitioners recently.

Looking at the Dragon Pact alone, it seems that the dragon is the one who is at a disadvantage, as it consumes its own essence. But how could a greedy dragon really do a losing deal?

The magic and spiritual power that were swallowed are nutrients that dragons need to grow. For true dragons, accelerating their growth and entering the next stage as soon as possible is more important than anything else. Before becoming an ancient dragon, a true dragon doesn't actually need to consider too many other things.

"Learning magic has become much smoother."

He was delighted by the substantial evolution of his physical body and magic, but the fact that he could easily crush wine glasses, doorknobs, and walls was quite annoying.

The three-headed dragon's attribute bonuses were simply outrageous. Even as his physical body gradually returned to balance, it still brought too many possibilities of losing control. With the replacement of his hardware, he needed to integrate his own combat system. Theoretically, he still had extra dragon heads, claws, and wings to use, but now, let alone these dragon accessories, even his previously proficient two-handed swordsmanship was experiencing many problems.

This is beyond the scope of personal adaptation.

Perhaps he can gradually get used to it through training, and reduce the difficulty by further reducing the strength and physical exertion, but this is still only a temporary solution. He can't possibly stop here for the rest of his life, can he? His bloodline can't possibly stop progressing.

What's meant to happen will happen sooner or later.

Holding the blank Heroic Spirit Card in his hand, Rean silently poured his prayer into it. This was neither magic nor a supernatural ability; it was roughly equivalent to the mutterings one makes when drawing a card.

"Ship up, ship up, ship the goods I want, the goods that I can use."

"Not too strong, not too strong, but it must be useful." Rean was certain that snakes, Lex, gods, and the like that were too strong would not directly improve him.

"Help me balance my mind and body, help me get used to my body"—meeting my immediate needs is what's important.

Although he knew it was probably useless, Rean still tried to hope that perhaps it wasn't truly useless.

Completely mastering the physical body and developing new, stable combat methods are what Rean needs most right now.

Kuku developed a multi-headed dragon bloodline with extremely high strength, almost invincible in terms of hardware attributes alone. However, being a non-warrior, he clearly made the mistake of "over-trusting the panel data".

Sometimes, it's not about stacking the strongest attributes to become the strongest. Skill combinations, ability combinations, and combat experience are all essential. Simply having high-level stats makes you a tough target.

After hinting at something to his family, Rean took a bath and changed clothes alone, and finally drew the card.

[Heroic Spirit Unlocked. Random Completion. Heroic Spirit 'Wu Jie' Wu Descends! Soul Module Activating]

[Alignment shift detected; Evil Aura shield activated.]

[Note: To preserve the Paladin class, the Paladin class traits were sealed before the spirit departed. The abilities of Exorcising Slash and Radiant Light are unusable, and divine magic is sealed.]

"I just want to kill you all, or be killed by you—Wu."

"Wait, the evil faction?" Rean was stunned. There was actually someone like this among the Heroic Soul Cards?

But the next moment, he no longer had any doubts.

Crimson blood filled his eyes, and the joyful warrior returned to the mortal realm.

Kill or be killed, the war demons who have ravaged purgatory have reappeared in the mortal world.

"The smell of wild beasts is everywhere! Where have I been?!" The horned war demon asked, somewhat puzzled.

(End of this chapter)