Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 439 Harvest after the War
[Break through to the third tier of the Monk class; please determine your specialization as soon as possible.]

[The Monk class activates life potential, granting a +1 to all attributes.]

The hints from the Heroic Spirit Encyclopedia surprised Rean.

"So you've already reached the third tier?"

But the next moment, he shook his head. This was not so simple. A normal professional should have been dead long ago.

The monk profession is quite special; ultimately, it's about developing one's own life, a path of self-evolution. Wu has already helped Rean open this path, through actual combat and bloody battles, and through the possession of heroic spirits, that door has been completely opened.

We've arrived, we've arrived.

Once you've learned it, you won't forget it.

"boom!"

A light punch, yet it produced a whooshing sound; compared to before, its power was even less, a restrained strength indicating a further improvement in control.

Monks have never been a brute-force class; "control" is their essence. The class can be improved in all aspects. This does not mean that monks cannot improve their equipment. This class buff that improves all attributes is something Rean has never seen before.

The enhancement of a monk is not direct; it merely unleashes the potential of the body, transforming the originally bulky "fat" into "muscle," naturally resulting in an all-round improvement.

It didn't actually gain much weight; rather, it extracted more resources, improved operational efficiency, and achieved a dramatic increase in hardware attributes.

Monks aren't immune to hardware and stats issues; on the contrary, they're the most hardware-dependent class, despite not using weapons much. That's why the True Dragon Monk is so renowned in this world—it's a combination of stat-boosting and skill-based gameplay, so it would be strange if it weren't strong.

Unlike other professions whose main attribute is a certain aspect, the Monk can benefit from all attributes, making him a complete all-rounder. However, from another perspective, before he fully develops and stands out, he is just a showy character who is not good at anything.

“But it suits me very well.” Rean really liked the feeling of having complete control over his body.

The prerequisite for breaking through is that Rean is already a fourth-tier paladin. When he studies other combat professions, the difficulty of breaking through will be greatly reduced. But the fact that he can completely integrate and master it so quickly is ultimately a matter of compatibility.

Other professions such as warlocks, mages, bards, and druids also have the so-called "enlightenment overnight," and even without a day of job advancement, they can achieve progress and gains far exceeding their peers.

Rean and Wu's paths intersect but are opposite: the dynamic beast born from "releasing instincts" versus the static individual cultivated by "controlling instincts"—who is stronger or weaker depends on the level of their cultivation.

Clearly, Rean is already considered a powerful figure in his profession, but he's still no match for Wu, who is merely an apprentice.

Rean's suitability for the monk profession was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"Is this reinforcement okay?" Rean was pointing at the workers who were forcibly "patching" the city wall.

Is this kind of reinforcement, which is essentially the same thing but with a different name, really without any problems?

Cleaning up the battlefield after a battle is a troublesome task.

Fortunately, Rean doesn't need to be responsible for this. There are plenty of low-ranking mercenaries and laborers who will earn this hard-earned money. Watching them systematically divide the materials, Rean isn't worried about losing his share.

In fact, he was already full.

"If it weren't for those dragons and sub-dragons, I probably wouldn't have survived."

The dragon souls on the battlefield became Rean's supply packs, not only restoring him to full health but also nourishing his bloodline.

The body and soul achieve success in a two-way process. Bloodline evolution requires time to adjust, mainly allowing the soul to adapt to the new intensity of physical evolution. However, in turn, the further strengthened soul promotes the body's evolutionary instincts.

Rean was certainly far from the threshold of the next opportunity, but he seemed to have found a path to accelerate. As long as he kept "hunting dragons," perhaps the next feeding evolution wouldn't be too far away. "No rush. First, develop your current talent to a certain level. Otherwise, wouldn't you be just like someone who buys a game but doesn't play it, just adding it to their collection?"

The bloodline of the Red Dragon is Rean's foundation, and the Sapphire Dragon is also beginning to be developed. The psychic powers and the sonic radar were quite useful just now.

However, the black dragon bloodline that was consumed first can probably only be used as armor and protective plates. Apart from resistance, the black dragon's innate abilities have not been developed at all.

Getting back to the main point, the civil engineers and dwarf engineers were rapidly repairing the city walls and fortresses, but their focus remained on the various monster materials on the ground.

The ability of beastmen to continuously evolve and eventually become the rulers of the main plane is directly linked to this characteristic of "bloodline evolution".

Rean only glanced at it twice before ignoring the stares from the crowd. Most people looked at it with longing, so there was no need to worry about it being stolen.

There will naturally be specialists to divide and distribute the spoils, and Rean's harvest this time is probably quite substantial.

"The city walls and fortresses should be reinforced, right? I heard the royal family hired top archmages and druids to clear the ley lines and build a mage tower."

This is undoubtedly good news. The fortifications at the front are not secure, and further clearing out is not realistic.

Rean nodded. Only the royal family would make such an investment. The national treasury is probably already in the red; who knows how much they owe.

But it's probably unavoidable. Today's battle is so difficult that even the Great Mirror Demon was almost destroyed. It's impossible not to reinforce the front line.

Such investment is also necessary. Each frontline base and town, including the town of Dania and the town guarded by the archmage who is related to Dania, are chains that block the "beasts".

The entire underground ruins are alive; monsters and monstrous creatures can spawn from any direction. Not only do these fortresses need to guard key points, but adventurers coming and going also need to constantly clear them out.

People need rest, and the more such areas there are, the better.

"How about we just move the Great Mirror Demon Queen?"

Rean noticed that these mirror demons could not reach the ground and needed to transfer somewhere along the way, just like his long-distance teleportation.

That means that multiple Great Mirror Demons are needed to maintain smooth communication with the higher-ups regarding supplies and personnel while minimizing the consumption of divine power. Based on Rean's understanding of the Mirror Woman, if she still cannot obtain sufficient faith replenishment in the short term, she may reduce investment or even use the Great Mirror Demons to threaten the royal family to accelerate her missionary work.

In this situation, Rean hoped that the Great Mirror Demons could remain as safe and stable as possible, and perhaps it would be better to move them back a certain distance.

"The rear isn't safe either; its weak defenses make it vulnerable to attack."

What Rean thought of had already been tested before: wherever the Great Mirror Demon existed, it naturally became the target of attacks from all creatures.

Hiding behind it is pointless; other areas can also catalyze monsters. Only by confronting it head-on can we protect it.

If you place them in the seemingly safe rear, they might become the front line the next morning. It's better to place the "teleporters" on the front line with the strongest defenses so that they can be as effective as possible before they are destroyed.

"Overall, it's not necessarily a bad thing. These towns can continuously generate monster materials, and their contribution to the entire city and kingdom is many times greater than that of ordinary towns."

The great warrior who spoke was full of anticipation; perhaps, for them, this was also an opportunity to become a fief knight and enter the noble class.

War not only brings chaos, but also provides miracles for certain power-hungry individuals to realize their ambitions and goals.

(End of this chapter)