After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

A city of summer flowers, a sacred place at dawn.

"Ingrid, look at these comments..."

“They all say that Charles is the pioneer of an era... a figure who can be compared with historical figures such as His Highness the First High Priest of the Dawn Church, the Black Tower, and the founders of the various kingdoms.”

Inside a beautifully decorated room.

A cheerful, girlish voice rang in Ingrid's ears, the Holy Pegasus Knight.

"That's indeed high praise. I never imagined that in just a few years, Charles would have reached such a level..."

Ingrid nodded, a hint of joy flashing in her beautiful eyes as well.

As fellow members of the Morning Star Adventurers, even though they initially harbored some subconscious wariness and hostility towards Sharl due to the inherent biases of wizards and the church...

However, after all these years of fighting side by side and sharing life and death in countless adventurer missions, Ingrid has long regarded Charles as a true friend, someone she can truly entrust her back to.

At this moment, she was genuinely happy for Charles's achievements.

At the same time, Ingrid also felt a sense of urgency.

They were once comrades-in-arms, but now, Charles has gone far on the path to legend, creating a visible gap between them.

Just then, Ingrid suddenly sensed a slight fluctuation in her aura...

She turned her astonished gaze to the side.

Immediately afterwards, Ingrid saw the pure and holy light surrounding Sylvia.

The next moment, the pure light gradually faded.

Sylvia slowly opened her eyes, her beautiful blue eyes sparkling with light.

"Your Highness..."

"You... have advanced to the level of a legendary divine mage?"

Ingrid's words carried a hint of disbelief.

Upon hearing Ingrid's question, Sylvia nodded slightly: "Yes, I was just feeling happy, and suddenly I seized the opportunity to break through."

"I heard from Charles before... he also became a legend after waking up from a nap and suddenly having the urge to ascend..."

“I was a little skeptical at first... but now it seems that Charles really wasn’t lying to me back then.”

Sylvia's exquisite face was holy and sacred, and the soft morning light shone on her pale golden hair, reflecting a glass-like color.

Sylvia didn't seem to care much about her advancement to Legendary. She casually tidied her hair, which had become a little messy due to the breakthrough aura, and then focused her attention back on the magic crystal terminal.

She reached out and tapped the magic crystal twice with her fair fingers.

The next moment, Ingrid heard the crisp sound of countless gold coins hitting the ground.

That was the notification sound of a large donation being made in the live stream...

Immediately afterwards, a system notification swept across the sky above the official live stream room of Dark Tower.

System Announcement: An anonymous account from Dawn Cathedral has gifted this live stream 50,000 Dawn Coins and sent a prominent message: "[Your Majesty Charles is so handsome!]"

.......

"Holy crap, the boss is so generous."

"You're being foolish, boss. Even if you lay out a red carpet here, His Majesty Charles won't receive a single penny..."

"Upstairs, this live stream belongs to Black Tower, and Black Tower belongs to His Majesty Charles. How can you say they're not making money?"

"To be honest, His Highness Charles is really handsome."

"Xia Weibing is here..."

That eye-catching comment quickly triggered a frenzy of comments in the live stream chat.

Sylvia lay on the bed, watching the live stream comments on her smart device, her two legs, clad in white stockings, swaying unconsciously in mid-air.

As the Dawn Saintess and the brand ambassador for the Golden Deer Merchant Guild in the Holy Kingdom of Fares, Sylvia is undoubtedly a wealthy woman, and she is generously using her own savings to reward others.

Beside Sylvia, Ingrid couldn't help but shake her head...

No wonder she was chosen by the Church of Dawn... one in ten thousand, no, one in a million, as the Holy Maiden of Dawn?

Her Highness's talent is just as astonishing as that monster, Charles...

On a whim, one can overcome the bottleneck that has plagued countless near-legendary powerhouses for their entire lives. If this were to be revealed, it would be enough to make countless near-legendary powerhouses vomit blood.

However, as a Pegasus Knight who had received knightly training since childhood, Ingrid did not feel any negative emotions such as envy, jealousy, or hatred.

Prodigies like Her Highness and Charles have their own paths...

The paladin named Ingrid also has her own path as a knight.

She had already vaguely grasped the inspiration for ascending to legend...

The day I break through shouldn't be too far away...

.......

The headquarters of the Shadow Council is located in a deep subspace.

Wearing a layered yet simple dark dress, Augudia raised her eyes and focused her gaze on the document in her hands.

It was a file signed "Charles Egut" containing quite detailed information.

From his original noble family in the capital of Alan, to every mission he undertook as an adventurer traveling the continent, even many little-known details are marked...

"When I first discovered him, he was just a naive and innocent little guy, the kind of kid you couldn't help but want to tease..."

"But I never expected that in the blink of an eye, it would grow into such a behemoth that it is now so difficult to fathom."

As an ancient dragon of the night, Augudia is an absolute long-lived species.

As the queen of the Shadow World, she is seen by many forces as a mysterious figure comparable to Vimes...

All the information she has revealed to the outside world so far is merely the tip of the iceberg that Augudia has selectively shown... No one but herself can truly know Augudia's true nature.

However, even so—

The current Charles has given Augudia an unfathomable feeling.

Augudia raised her jet-black quill and paused for a moment above the "Strength Level" column in the file.

The pale gold words "Legendary Pinnacle" were erased from existence...

Immediately afterwards, the terms "godlike" and "quasi-god" slowly emerged, and then disappeared.

After a long while, Augudia put a large question mark in pale gold on that column, and then wrote four characters: "Immeasurable".

She sealed the file in a sealed bag, then stood up and looked at the bookshelf behind her.

The bookshelf was divided into many shelves, but compared to the piles of files stacked high at the bottom...

The highest-level documents are extremely rare.

There are only two thin volumes, labeled "Lord of the Black Tower, Vimers" and "God (Multidimensional?)" respectively.

Augudia picked up the file folder from the table and placed it on the top shelf of the bookcase.

.......

The capital of Alan.

In a villa on the outskirts of the city.

Isabella placed the smart terminal on the wooden table.

She leaned back on the sofa, her black and red military uniform outlining a languid curve.

Beside her, the court's arcane sorcerer, Old Kohler, also looked at the images transmitted through the light screen with awe.

"Truly...the younger generation is formidable..."

"As expected of the Tower of Extreme Darkness..."

"Perhaps only in that place that gathers the elite wizards of the entire Western Continent could such an epoch-making genius wizard be born amidst the collision of countless wisdoms."

"Looking at those energetic young people... I feel like I'm seeing myself back then."

"If I were a few decades younger... I'm afraid I would absolutely have to venture into the Tower of Darkness and try to break through this final legendary bottleneck..."

"Even if it means giving up a comfortable life and a high status in the empire, I would not hesitate."

Old Kohler's words carried a hint of shock...

And then there's that undisguised longing and yearning...

The Tower of Darkness truly lives up to its reputation as a holy site for spellcasters.

Even in recent years, major powers have begun to pay attention to the training of wizards, not only cultivating the wizarding forces of their own countries, but also opening magic academies in various extraordinary academies.

However... just like the various kingdoms of humanity, the lines of interest between the royal family and the various noble families are intricately intertwined...

This meant that the wizards in the kingdom would inevitably become tainted by the corrupting influence of noble interests during their growth, making it impossible for them to be as pure as those in the Dark Tower and the Arcane Capital, who were solely pursuing arcane arts and truth.

If this trend continues, the gap between the Dark Tower and the direct lineage wizards of the major powers will only widen...

This has even created a chasm that is difficult to cross.

"If nothing unexpected happens... the application of arcane and magical techniques... will become the mainstream of this new era."