Chapter 57 [Dyeing] and [Fear]

For this question, Dmitry did not give an answer.

According to Dmitry, he asked Annan about it at the time.

At that time, Dmitri was still the intended next-generation Archduke of Winter.

But Annan did not give him a positive answer. All Dmitri knew was that Annan deliberately did not embark on the path of transcendence.

This is very useful when he travels the world.

But he had gone too far down the ritual road.

In his capacity, the mysterious knowledge that he can come into contact with is undoubtedly the highest level. Except for some of the most advanced, taboo knowledge that cannot be touched, other mysterious knowledge should be mastered more or less.

If nothing else, Annan may have mastered the taboo knowledge...

Otherwise, the old grandmother would not be so relieved, and half-sleep and half-awake, she would directly grant the taboo knowledge about "winter" to Annan.

——Unless Annan had this knowledge in the first place.

"Generally speaking, ritualists can also embark on the path of transcendence. The path of ritual does not directly conflict with the transcendent path...but there are exceptions."

Dmitri replied: "The more transcendental knowledge and the higher the rank, the heavier this mystery will be.

"When you reach the [Corruption] level, if you hold mysterious knowledge, you will directly increase the erosion rate to a certain extent; and when you reach the [Condensation] level, the more mysterious knowledge you hold, the more additional curses you need. to complete the condensation.

"And most importantly - when you advance to [Dyeing], by accumulating a large amount of high-level mysterious knowledge in the same field, you can modify your own innate element tendencies."

Dmitry explained.

This is a secret that only superhumans with official backgrounds can access... It is also the method used by the Wizard Tower and the official supernatural organizations of various countries to inherit the skills of using elements.

Annan finally understood.

Annan's abandonment of memories for one week may not be just to clear the memory of "no positive feelings". Part of the reason is to prevent mysterious knowledge from affecting his advancement.

Contact with the gods will inevitably bring a lot of mysterious knowledge; and if you want to contact the gods conveniently,

It can't be supernatural.

From this point of view... At that time, Annan probably decided to go for the second week from the very beginning.

He took the ritual road for the first week, not because he didn't want to take the extraordinary road.

——It is to pave the way for the future self, so that Annan will not have to go back.

He has mastered the knowledge of the ritualist, traveled the world alone, met the gods, successfully reversed the heart of winter, and cleaned up his past knowledge... Or, he may have done something else, but Annan has not mastered it yet. .

This is a one-week game play entirely for the second-week game experience.

It really has my style.

"For the sake of clean and pure elements..."

Annan muttered.

Why are the elements mastered by the wizards, the ones that just fit their attributes.

It turned out to be this reason.

——How can there be such a coincidence, the element of awakening is just the best to use?

They don't have attribute panels, and they don't even have sage stones.

Before they advanced, they would not know what their elemental tendencies were.

And like "Dream Stealer" Denton, before he changed his job to become a Dream Stealer, he didn't know that he could get the elements of "dream"; Bernardino "Spiritual Monk" was even less likely to create this profession Before, I knew that my element attribute was "soul".

After all, not every wizard tower is like a tower of storms... It can inherit the power of the elements of the previous generation and directly cover its own talents.

However, they can make their souls [dyed] by mastering a lot of high-level mysterious knowledge in a certain field!

--I see.

No wonder this was called the "dye" order in ancient times.

Is it just to hide this secret by renaming it the "Golden Rank"?

At the golden rank, whether the power of the elements and the extraordinary ability possessed by oneself can synergize, and whether they can play the role of one plus one greater than two, directly determines the upper and lower limits of the strength of the golden rank extraordinary.

"On the other hand, if the knowledge acquired is too messy or too much content, it will make the advanced ritual uncontrollable... right."

Therefore, in general, the ritualist will be the "old man".

The greatest advantage of the ritualist is to make up for the shortcomings - to use the power of great things to accomplish things that cannot be done by their own power alone.

Then the ritualist who is transferred by the extraordinary person cannot only master the rituals of a few fields. It is even more impossible to collect extraordinary knowledge in the same field as oneself.

After all, rituals in the same field can also be done with extraordinary power.

Therefore, it is not just because the ritualists get older, they will have more knowledge.

A bigger part of the reason is that extraordinary people will buy related books and acquire mysterious knowledge when they do not intend to continue to advance.

——This is indeed knowledge that Annan has no way of knowing.

If he hadn't asked about it from Dmitri's side, he would have to wait until Kaizisa was ready to advance to the Golden Rank before he could find out from him.

but……

"Brother, don't you... know about Transcendents?"

Annan looked at Dmitry suspiciously.

Although Dmitri is not an extraordinary person, he can actually understand this kind of depth. As the son of the black tower, Kaizisa didn't know this secret when he just advanced to silver.

But hearing Annan's tone, Dmitry shivered.

"...You better stop calling me brother, just call me by my name."

Dmitri's expression was a little weird: "You may not remember, but you used to call me Dmitri directly. Every time you call me 'brother', it's usually not a good thing..."

Usually it's you who take the blame, right, I understand, I understand.

Annan nodded knowingly.

- This is indeed what I can do!

But Dmitry did not answer immediately.

He put his hand into his arms subconsciously again - before he realized and pulled out his arm, Annan had reached out and held his arm.

"Come on, it's alright."

Annan looked at Dmitri's tired and even red eyes, and persuaded softly, "One is fine... I don't mind, but you remember to take care of your body."

Smoking is not good for your health.

But with Dmitri's addiction to smoking, it was uncomfortable for him to hold back.

His mental pressure is already very great. These few hobbies, Annan did not want to deprive them for his own reasons.

"...I'm also a high-ranking cleric to some extent, so I won't have any problems with my body. Maybe I'm healthier than you."

Dmitri muttered, hesitated again, sat down on Annan's bed, and took out the humidor.

"You probably don't remember. I like to smoke the best cigarettes and drink the worst wine... ah, you don't remember."

Looking at Annan's expression, Dmitry quickly understood and didn't say any more.

After he put the lit cigar in his mouth, he finally sighed softly.

"I also thought about becoming an extraordinary person back then."

Dmitry made a low, magnetic voice: "But that's because of the father.

"My father's ALS is because he is not extraordinary.

"I'm a lot older than you and Maria... At that time, I had no other siblings. The first time I saw my father sick, I was terrified... No one could share the fear.

"I decided at that time that I would embark on the path of transcendence. I would become a transcendent of the golden order—

"...until I watched my first brother, my father's second son... tragically die in a nightmare and turn into an irrational demon."

When Dmitry said this, he subconsciously bit the cigar.

Annan caught fear, sadness, anger in his eyes.

"—So, I backed away."

He laughed at himself and whispered: "It's ridiculous, Annan. It doesn't matter if you laugh, because it is indeed ridiculous and shameful...

"Son of the Archduke, the future Archduke Winter. To escape in front of a mere nightmare? I am not a warrior, not even a warrior.

"From then on, I didn't want to inherit the Grand Duke position. That's one of the reasons why I dared to make that bet with Roof."

he murmured.

Dmitry's voice was very soft: "Because I don't deserve it. It's that simple."

Annan was silent.

But--

If you really fear nightmares.

Why, choose to become a priest?