How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

There seems to be something strange mixed in with the system announcement.

But Lin Wei doesn't have time to study it right now.

"Alright, you've won the game I asked for. I'll let you go in a few days. If you're really that hungry, you can think about what to have for dinner. I can get you all the delicacies in Fengdu City. At least half of them are things the Hosmans have never even heard of..."

When Tina said the first few sentences, Lin Wei thought she was too angry to listen to anything he was saying.

The moment the "Nemesis" was unlocked, the hatred value data disappeared from his eyes, and Lin Wei had no idea how much she hated him now.

He only saw his own crimson blood seeping from between Tina's clean, white teeth, eventually mingling with her tears and pooling at the corner of her mouth.

Lin Wei felt increasingly sorry for her and couldn't bear to be rough with her, so he just let her bite and continued to say something, hoping to distract her.

The word "food" was the turning point that Tina loosened her tongue.

Then, as if belatedly tasting the rusty flavor of blood, a bitter expression appeared on her face, and she forcefully spat out Lin Wei's hand.

She was indeed not full.

Lin Wei withdrew his hand. The wound was deep, but it hadn't broken the bone. There was not only fresh blood around the wound, but also a clump of sticky saliva that smelled of white bread.

It should have a disinfecting effect.

Lin Wei didn't find it disgusting. He casually wiped it away with his other hand. Zoreni could heal this kind of injury in three minutes.

Tina shrank back into the corner, her legs trembling slightly, looking at Lin Wei with a pitiful, cowering expression.

She seemed to have exhausted her courage again, and instinctive fear had regained its advantage.

But this is a good thing.

This means she won't live in hatred forever.

Lin Weijin gave her a warm smile that was difficult to interpret in the opposite way:

"I'll have to make you stay here a little longer."

After saying that, he walked toward the door of the solitary confinement cell.

"Your Highness—!"

Zoreni and Luya waited on either side of the gate. Zoreni, in particular, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lin Wei walk out safely.

If something were to happen to His Highness Lin Wei, she had no idea how to explain it to Ya Lei.

And her mind is still foggy.

Both Tina Highbury's series of shocking remarks and Prince Lin Wei's unusual actions and decisions overwhelmed her.

It seems His Highness only chatted with Tina Highpelie for a short while...

It smells bloody!

Zoreni's expression changed.

Her gaze landed on Lin Wei's left hand.

Bloodstains clung tightly to the fingertips, and there was an unidentified, crystalline, sticky substance between the fingers...

At that moment, Zoreni's pupils dilated in shock!

This, this... how could this be...?

Unlike Zoreni, Luya had been able to accurately sense the bite mark on the back of Lin Wei's right hand from the moment he opened the door.

But instead of showing any heartache as usual, she stared blankly at Lin Wei's chest.

The chest area is the most commonly used sensor area when the Holy Church tests the level of its members.

"Zoreni, please treat me." Lin Wei raised his right hand.

After giving instructions to Zoreni, he immediately closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.

The previous broadcasts covered far more than just those related to the "rival" bond.

[Personal panel unlocked!]

[Panel detection function is now unlocked!]

The Recruitment Protection System is now unlocked!

[Leadership bonus unlocked!]

[Squad Planner Unlocked!]

Let's study them one by one.

First, there's the easiest-to-understand [Personal Panel], which Lin Wei clicked on.

[Name: Linwei Kreddy]

"Bonded Leader" "Nemesis"

[Level: 19/∞]

After the level is displayed, a six-dimensional graph that integrates strength, agility, constitution, intelligence, perception, and charm appears below, representing the individual's innate aptitude in these six indicators.

Lin Wei glanced through them and, if the upper limit was defined as S, then apart from intelligence, perception and charm reaching B+, the other attributes were all C or below.

Below that is the real-time battle panel.

HP: 2380/2391

[MP: 980/980]

Physical Attack Power: 95

[Spell Power: 0]

Attack Speed: 0.85

Physical resistance: 93.0

[Magic Resistance: 72.1]

[Anti-abnormal toughness: 10%]

Lin Wei was quite familiar with this numerical structure; it was very similar to the auto chess game he loved to play in his previous life.

The spell power is probably zero because you don't have the ability to cast your current spell.

However, perhaps due to the new talent [Dark Element Affinity], Lin Wei felt that his brain's perception of magic had instantly become different.

He even suspected that the [Dark Element Affinity] talent had boosted his intelligence and perception aptitudes to B+ level.

In the past, he was completely incompatible with magic; the principles of any minor magic were like a foreign language to him.

This is clearly inconsistent with the description of the B+ level of intelligence perception qualification.

Next is the [Panel Detection] function. The description of this function is very simple; it's essentially a built-in scouting skill.

Lin Wei can detect the base panel of any object within a three-meter range of himself.

For living creatures, you can see their level, health bar, and mana bar; for inanimate creatures, you can check their durability.

Similar to the previous aggro detection mechanism, there is a three-meter selection limit during the initial detection. After the initial detection, there are no distance restrictions for subsequent viewing.

It offers simple and easy-to-use information capabilities, and can even track down a specific organization for continuous monitoring, thus being identified as top-tier.

Further down was the [Summoning and Protection System], which Lin Wei found somewhat puzzling at first glance.

But after he read through the system's mechanism, he couldn't remain calm.

Good heavens, they're going to dig up the foundation of the Holy Church that's stood for a thousand years!

The 【Recruitment and Protection System】functions can be divided into three sections.

The first section is an advanced version of the previous [Panel Detection Function], which Lin Wei has temporarily named "Card Selection".

Lin Wei can obtain a detailed profile of any individual through physical touch.

It's not just limited to level, health, and mana; you can also see their race, class, traits, and combat stats.

And the most important feature is that Lin Wei can see their six-dimensional aptitude chart and level cap.

Why is the Holy Church a unique and transcendent power on the continent of Alama?

Aside from the religiously charged claim of serving deities, their greatest strength and core competitiveness lies in the fact that they are the only organization on the continent capable of quantifying qualifications and combat power.

They hold this technology firmly in their hands and pass it down from generation to generation, never revealing it to any outside organization.

Within the Holy Church, this technique is known as "divine revelation," and the clergy who inherit this technique are called "divine revealers."

The selection of divine revealers throughout history has been extremely mysterious and rigorous. Once chosen, it means that one's life will be inextricably linked to the church.

Under the monitoring and protection of various mysterious divine arts, no one who has received divine revelation can leak any information related to the divine revelation technique, and the idea of ​​betrayal is utterly absurd.

However, throughout history, there have been individuals or organizations that have tried to exploit the divine revelation technique, such as secretly infiltrating to steal related information or using more insidious spells to forcibly extract the core information of the divine revelation technique from the memories of the divinely inspired.

However, there are currently no successful cases.

On the contrary, the cases of failure are all shocking, including horrific examples of countries being directly destroyed by the Holy Church.

Bearing such a legacy and mission, members of the Divine Revelation Society should rightfully hold a superior position within the church.

There are even rumors within the Holy Church that no one other than a divinely inspired person can be promoted to priest or higher.

That's why Zoreni's promotion was so eye-catching, because she wasn't a Divine Reveler.

However, she still knows a little bit of the spells related to the Divine Revelation, such as the lowest-level detection spell she used on Tina last time.

Strictly speaking, even the lowest-level detection technique, which has a low barrier to entry, is absolutely forbidden to be used by anyone other than a Divine Reveler.

Even if someone is exceptionally gifted and accidentally figures it out, they must pretend they don't know it.

But Zoreni was probably taught this by Green on purpose, just to make things easier for the Duke's mansion, although he himself would never admit it.

Lin Wei was certain that his "card selection" ability was at least equivalent to the high-level divine revelation spell of the Holy Church in terms of effectiveness.

The level cap and six-dimensional chart are immediately apparent, making it clear who has what aptitude and which path is best suited for them.

This ability shouldn't be used too ostentatiously.

Lin Wei quickly came to this conclusion.

Within Wallis, the Holy Church enjoys an absolutely positive image, and its leader, Green, is someone Lin Wei trusts implicitly.

But that might not be the case in other places.

……

The second section of the [Recruitment Protection System] is Recruitment.

Lin Wei can not only see the detailed panel of the selected object, but also the object's "affection value" towards him.

As long as this indicator exceeds 70%, Lin Wei can recruit him into his ranks.

The third section of the [Recruitment and Protection System] is Protection.

Those who are successfully recruited can receive exclusive protection from the Forest Guard based on their race, profession, and characteristics.

Lin Wei was extremely satisfied with the functions of these three modules.

Although Lin Wei did not yet know the specific details of the protection, this was the ability he had always dreamed of.

If the [Recruitment and Protection System] was Lin Wei's one-sided contribution, then the subsequent [Bond Leader Rewards] and [Squad Planner] are the best way to repay all of Lin Wei's efforts.

[Tethered Leader Bonus] means that Lin Wei can include subordinates with a 'Love Value' of over 90% into the [Squad Planner].

When subordinates within the [Squad Planner] form synergy effects based on race, class, or trait, the [Squad Leader] gains bonuses from all synergy effects within the [Squad Planner]!

Upon seeing this last line, Lin Wei felt a sense of relief, as if all the pressure had been lifted and he was finally able to let go of his burdens.

It's not easy!

For a long time, Lin Wei's dreams were filled with things related to the bond system.

He would even simulate this bond system in his dreams as various intelligent beings that he could communicate with.

Requests, threats, breaches of defense, verbal abuse...

Lin Wei has experienced everything, except this thing, which almost drove him insane.

Thankfully, we made it through in the end.

Open the [Squad Planner], and the words ['Bond Leader' 'Nemesis' 2/2] are already forcibly pinned to the top of the bond list.

The second effect of "Nemesis": Unless both nemesis's HP reaches zero at the same instant, both will have their HP locked.

The so-called "locked health" refers to the fact that when a user's remaining HP is insufficient to offset the damage received, the "nemesis" bond will unconditionally invalidate the damage.

There is no limit to the number of times the invincibility effect can be used, and no type of damage can bypass this absolute mechanism.

The [Squad Planner] clearly states that the 'Nemesis' bond cannot be removed from the [Squad Planner], and the 'Nemesis' Tina Hepburn does not occupy a slot in the [Squad Planner].

In other words, there is no way to prevent Lin Wei from enjoying the bonus from his "nemesis".

Of course, having locked health does not mean absolute invincibility. Before the fatal blow, Lin Wei cannot be exempt from any damage and the pain that comes with it.

Death is not always the most terrifying thing, so Lin Wei would never be blindly arrogant or careless.

The "Nemesis" invincibility effect can only be used as a trump card for survival. The real way to increase combat power and raise the upper limit is to recruit subordinates as much as possible and increase the combat power provided by "Bond Leader".

Lin Wei took a deep breath, pulling his thoughts back to reality.

Zoreni has now successfully healed the wound on his hand, and his HP has returned to full.

"Your Highness, Tina Highbury, she...?"

Zoreni was now very curious to know what had happened in the confinement room earlier.

If that really happened...

Zoreni found it hard to continue thinking about it.

"I'm going to take her back to the Duke's mansion."

It's not really suitable to keep people at the Holy Church.

"Luya, lend a hand too. With you there, she should be more cooperative."

Lin Wei suddenly remembered some small details from before.

He had heard Green talk about some basic knowledge of offense and defense at the soul level.

One of the necessary conditions for launching a spell that attacks the soul is that the caster must put a portion of their own soul energy into the spell.

If the opponent is successfully killed, the soul energy can most likely be recovered, and the only price paid by the initiator is a short period of soul fatigue.

But if the opponent manages to defend against it, then the problem becomes serious.

The initiator not only cannot reclaim the portion of soul energy they have released, but also suffers an additional backlash.

Even if the perpetrator barely survives the backlash, they will be trapped in an absolute, soul-deep fear of the enemy for a very long time.

The fear of the soul is the most real fear in the world, regardless of any objective power disparity.

Even if it's a level 100 player against a level 0 player, they can only be at the mercy of the other player.

Therefore, magic targeting the soul is usually only used when there is an absolute disparity in the strength of the souls.

The ultimate form of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

……

Cooperate?

It seems Tina Highbury is still alive...

Your Highness is going to... No, I have important matters to discuss. Even if Tina Hepburn is in a terrible state, we have to put that aside for now.

"Your Highness, when I treated you earlier, I also checked your body. The energy within you seems somewhat abnormal, but I couldn't pinpoint the cause at the moment. I think you should go see Professor Green and have him examine you more thoroughly..."