Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 124 The Enlightener

To discover a metal that can be widely used among humans, one naturally cannot use extraordinary abilities during the forging process.

This is also why the craftsman was hitting it hard with a hammer just now.

"A superior metal could indeed drive the progress of human civilization and be worthy of being called an 'enlightener'."

At this moment, the giant metal figure dispersed, disintegrating and returning to pieces of metal, which were then returned to the "craftsman".

He emerged from the darkness, made a decision, and went to Truman.

The soft light fell on Him, revealing a head of slightly messy silver short hair, a rather thin face, and features... handsome?

"Huh?!" Truman blinked. "You're really a woman?"

This isn't handsome at all; they've even got the gender wrong!

The slightly thin figure opposite him emerged completely from the metal mass, but was somewhat taken aback by Truman's question.

Once you become an angel, gender becomes irrelevant, since mythical beings do not distinguish between male and female forms.

"What?" the "craftsman" asked in surprise.

"No! There's no problem!" Truman replied normally.

Steam Princess it is...

"I have a quest here worth one 'Civilization Enlightener' title. Are you interested?"

"This will pose a certain danger to you, but it won't harm your life," Truman stated his purpose.

The "craftsman" tried to keep his expression calm, but seemed to feel that there was no need to be tense in front of such a being who could kill the creator, and obvious struggle appeared on his face.

"I have two unique records of 'Civilization Initiator' and 'Perfect Person' here." Truman calmly displayed his treasure trove, and the two unique characteristics made the "Craftsman's" expression change.

"...Okay!" The "craftsman" thought for a few seconds and nodded directly.

All the magical items He possesses, and even His own inherent characteristics combined, might not be as powerful as these two traits.

There's absolutely no need to harbor any ill intentions towards such a being.

"very good."

Truman first concealed this space, then with one hand he grabbed out of thin air and conjured a fist-sized piece of metal, which he threw to the "craftsman": "This metal is called 'iron,' and it perfectly meets your requirements."

"This is your advance payment. You'll probably need to be at Sequence One to complete the task I mentioned."

"Iron?" The craftsman looked at the piece of metal in his hand, instinctively using his abilities to analyze it. "This..."

"High hardness, large reserves, strong plasticity, and low smelting difficulty..."

It perfectly matches the metal that the "craftsman" is looking for, one that can revolutionize human civilization.

"Once you spread the knowledge about how this thing is smelted, your ritual will be complete."

Truman was released from his secrets, and the metal first appeared in the world in the hands of the "craftsman".

The "craftsman" seemed to sense something, solemnly put away the piece of metal, and bowed deeply to Truman, "Thank you, Your Majesty Dream."

"This piece of iron is more useful than you think. With a little transformation, it might be used in the ascension ritual of the 'Perfect One'."

"Of course, the premise is that you have to exchange the rest of the 'Perfect One' characteristics with me."

Truman nodded slightly to the still-dazed craftsman and was about to wander away when he stopped halfway.

"By the way, your name."

"Christina." The "craftsman" blurted out her real name without thinking.

"Yes, I will come to find you after you become an 'Enlightener'."

Truman left, but he didn't completely leave. He created a spatial pocket in the gap between the spirit world and the real world, where his true form resided.

"This place gathers all the high-level characteristics and even uniqueness of the 'Perfect One,' let's see if anything comes along."

The Source Quality "Knowledge Wilderness" is the Source Quality corresponding to the "Perfect One" and "Hermit" pathways.

It is also one of the primary sources that Truman must be wary of.

After all, in Truman's memories of the future, this was the only source substance that successfully occupied the uniqueness of its path and then became sentient, possessing the combat power of a true god in the Fifth Era.

This time, Truman displayed the Civilization Scroll from the treasure vault and two other Sequence One properties. Combined with the one in Christina's hands, he was practically a "Perfect Person".

Something like this might attract the "wilderness of knowledge".

The "craftsman" was completely unaware of this and urgently summoned several demigods under his command, instructing them to publish the smelting method of this metal as soon as possible, in order to increase the number of believers and complete the ritual.

This process is not difficult, after all, the "craftsman" himself has already made certain preparations for it.

The key point is that other churches did not stop it, and even intended to spread it more widely.

Iron, as a metal, will bring about a huge change in farming methods and promote a progress in human civilization as a whole.

Just a few years later, Christina sensed that her opportunity for promotion was coming.

"Is this the Dreamy Emperor...?" Simply taking out a piece of metal was enough for a "Civilization Enlightener" to complete the ritual.

The "Craftsman" even had a premonition that He wouldn't even need to worry about digesting the Sequence One potion.

Amidst a flurry of thoughts, the "craftsman" drank the prepared potion in one gulp.

Even thanks to Truman's possession of most of the high-ranking traits, there are now very few high-ranking angels on the "Perfect" path, and no one is there to stop His ascension.

The slippery potion slid directly into his stomach, and the "craftsman" instantly swelled into a ball of light formed from distorted knowledge.

This knowledge is chaotic and maddening, floating in the real world and intersecting with various information in the real world.

However, the information in the real world is too complex and disordered, causing the light sphere that the "craftsman" has become to disintegrate at an extremely fast speed, and is about to become a complete part of the real world.

"That's... my anchor!"

When the "craftsman" barely had any self-awareness, he found his "anchor" in the real world.

That included a large number of farmers who had already begun using iron farm tools, soldiers wielding iron weapons, and even ordinary people using iron household utensils.

These people became the anchors for the "craftsman," allowing Him to find His own mark in the vast amount of information in the real world, and thus re-establish Himself.

The "craftsman's" body no longer has flesh and blood, but is composed of a simple flow of information, extracting a large amount of information from the real world to fill himself.

The extraordinary qualities began to return, and at this moment, the "craftsman" truly stabilized his position and became the "enlightener of civilization".

Then, from the perspective that had just merged into the real world and almost become a part of it, the "craftsman" looked towards a corner.

That was a spatial pocket constructed by Truman, within which some terrifying power surged.

(End of this chapter)