Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 452 Guidance
Rean trusted Aery as much as he trusted his half-elf teacher.

The reason is simple: good people are always more likely to be targeted. When a person carries too much on their shoulders, their moral bottom line and credibility become significantly more trustworthy.

They are not one person.

"Miss, you don't want anything to happen to your people, do you?"

Although the taste is a bit strong, that's roughly the idea.

This "father and daughter" pair clearly carried their people on their backs, making the tribe their "hostage" when they sought refuge with the kingdom.
"Aili, this is pretty much all the information I have. I wonder if you could give me some advice?" He was trying to test the waters, but he was also genuinely seeking advice.

Rean felt that his progress was a bit slow, and he was still unable to become a true master, which puzzled him greatly, since he should have all the necessary qualifications.

What Rean presented was not all the information, but it was enough for Ellie to look at him as if he were an alien.

The subclass of Masked Dragon Knight is listed as a Tier 1 Evil Mage, but the core Soul Ability is not listed. The information presented is all stuff that can be collected and cannot be hidden.

Even so, it still made the well-informed Rewi Alphonse question the meaning of life.

"A fourth-tier Oath Paladin, a third-tier Warrior, a third-tier Monk, a third-tier Mage, a third-tier Dragon Spellcaster, and even a Priest."

Rean's list of professions is quite exaggerated.

Any profession requires years or even a lifetime of accumulation. He easily listed a bunch of them, and judging from actual combat experience, their skill level was not just high, but far exceeded what one would expect for a professional level.

"Evolution of the multi-headed dragon bloodline."

This bloodline evolution, which he had never even heard of before, shocked Ai Li even more.

"He's not crazy?!"

This one sentence convinced Rean that Ellie was indeed very capable.

"My mental abilities can keep me from going insane."

"I hope to get all the information as soon as possible. But now I know why you dared to take Tiamat's path."

Ai Li subconsciously bit her thumb. She already knew that Rean was outrageous, but she really didn't expect it to be this ridiculous.

The ability to use multiple professions simultaneously is an advantage that allows a vast array of professions to be effective, making distraction an advantage for the user.

The fact that he could acquire so many careers at such a young age seems to explain it. He is learning multiple skills simultaneously through multiple lines of thinking, which naturally leads to improvement in multiple areas.

Others only have one life, but he might experience several at the same time. No wonder he can master even conflicting professions.

Why should a sorcerer and a paladin possess both skills? How can a priest and a rogue hold both positions, especially as legitimate priests of the Sun Realm?
"He's terribly insane. No, most likely, his paladin personality is normal."

This, on the contrary, made Ai Li very excited.

For her, she wasn't afraid of Rean having problems, but rather that he was mediocre and timid. Just the information she could gather on her own was enough to show that if Rean hadn't perished along the way, he was destined to become a super strong person.

Watching Rean quietly drinking tea and cultivating her mind, Ellie was also quite moved. In fact, before this, she had been very hesitant about whether to accept the clan's advice and risk her life.

"It was his spiritual power that gave me that push, and if I'm not mistaken, it must be what I've been searching for all along."

After receiving the news, Aery went to check on Rean's battle situation.

At the time, she still couldn't quite understand. Was that manic monk really the rational spellcaster and righteous paladin described in the information?

"If the intelligence is true, this person probably has mental problems."

At the time, she had some guesses, but then, as a professional, she noticed a special situation, which was the root of her determination to follow Rean.

"The dragon slayer! The dragon devourer."

Nobody's a fool, especially a professional career planner. When Rean was in trouble, the way he broke through the predicament revealed some information about him. He would actively pursue and kill dragons.

If he succeeds in killing the dragon, his injuries and strength will be significantly improved. While others were still thinking, Ai Li, who had spent her whole life fighting dragons, instantly saw the key point.

"His dragonification is intensifying; he can evolve by killing dragons."

Upon meeting, the overwhelming aura and scent of dragons, the absurd feeling as if several real dragons were fighting for everything, proved everything.

This man is destined to become the natural enemy of dragons; countless true dragons will die along his path to growth.
"...It's him."

In that instant, Aili made a decision.

For people like them, for those who have struggled since childhood as “enslaved,” love and family are luxuries. As long as they can contribute even a little to their “goal,” they are valuable.

So she came, and presented a plan she had prepared long ago.

"Your mental abilities haven't improved in a long time, have they?"

With just one sentence, he pointed out what Rean found most perplexing.

"Not only have you blocked the evolution of your soul, you've also blocked the threshold for becoming a top-tier professional."

This seems to be true, but Rean's highest rank is fourth, which does indeed mean he has entered the threshold of becoming a Grand Knight.

"Your spiritual abilities and your professional skills have not been successfully integrated; they should complement each other."

Ellie said something that Rean never expected.

A profession and one's spiritual skills should complement each other, but it seems I've only managed to achieve that with my bloodline power.

Mental and spiritual abilities are the product of the co-evolution of physical body, soul, and professional skills. Others often awaken their mental and spiritual abilities naturally as they progress through their professional paths, and then these abilities complement and enhance each other's professional skills, leading to mutual progress.

But Rean has too many professions and actually too many mental abilities. He has neglected the integration of mental abilities and professional abilities.

"Only when the heart is burning and the soul is leaping can the body cross that threshold."

"In my opinion, your most important task right now is not to cultivate more branch professions, but to cross the threshold of the fifth-tier combat profession. Once your body and soul have undergone a qualitative change, it will be much easier for you to cultivate other combat professions and advance to higher ranks."

Alley's suggestion was neither a riddle nor a roundabout one.

A profession is a profession, and the mind and soul are the mind and soul. The two should promote each other. It is not entirely impossible to forcibly enter the realm of a great warrior solely through professional training, but it is much more difficult.

Rean has awakened his Soul Ability (which is actually very difficult), and he should integrate it into his profession to promote the evolution of his profession. In turn, the evolved profession ability can become nourishment for his Soul Ability.

"Lord Rean, you don't have a teacher, do you?"

"No, I have them, quite a lot. Isn't your father one?"

I heard he only taught you less than five times in total.

After thinking about it, Rean realized that it really was the problem.

Each profession has a Heroic Spirit to educate them, but the Heroic Spirit is also a top-tier warrior with a natural one-to-one relationship between "profession" and "spiritual ability". I have never seen such a separation in the game.

The Thousand-Faced Dragon was so special that Rean thought that simply using it would be enough, but he overlooked further integration and development.

His use of "Wallbreaker" within the Paladin class is limited to the Paladin Sul's routine and does not deviate from the path of Paladin Rean. So, what makes him worthy of becoming a Great Knight?

"To make a diamond shine with color, you must first let it be colored with your own color." The reason why Rean's soul ability is stuck at the diamond level and he has been unable to enter the dyed diamond stage is because he has ignored this basic principle.

"To advance paladins, we need to let wallbreakers explore new avenues and forge their own path as knights. The same applies to other classes. I was too greedy and neglected the in-depth development of these heroic spirit-level soul abilities."

(End of this chapter)