Chapter 148: Diamond Planet! 【Request for Recommendation Votes】
2016-10-15
Author: Floating Tower
The brilliance of divine power surrounded the Grand Temple.
At the same time, a faint golden glow appeared above all the temples serving Soren in the entire Material Plane, as Soren drew from the accumulated Divine Power of Faith within the entire church.
Even creating a new Advanced Profession for a deity is not an easy task. The capabilities that Soren granted to the new profession determined how much Divine Power Value he needed to expend. Moreover, these advanced professions are often financially draining, and if Soren nurtured too many, he might end up consuming even more Divine Power.
Thus, Soren needed to set a boundary!
He must raise the threshold for the advanced Trickster Assassin to ensure that each advanced Trickster Assassin is an excellent Wanderer.
“The agility of the Trickster Assassin cannot be too low; the required agility should be set around 22 points. If one wants to gain the abilities of divine and trickster techniques, then the perception must not be too low.”
Accompanied by the golden divine brilliance, Soren also calculated the minimum perception requirement for the Trickster Assassin.
To advance to a Trickster Assassin, agility cannot be lower than 22 points, and perception cannot be lower than 14 points; this is the minimum requirement for priests. As for other attributes, the Trickster Assassin doesn’t have strict requirements, but the higher the perception, the more shadow divine techniques can be cast. At the same time, Soren also provided more shadow damage for the Trickster Assassins; when executing ‘Shadow Assassination’, perception bonuses can add extra shadow damage.
Next, Soren began setting the equipment restrictions for the Trickster Assassin.
To reduce the consumption of Divine Power, first, the Trickster Assassins can only wear leather armor; Soren would not grant them the abilities of Wandering Swordsmen. Then, the preferred weapons are daggers, and using curved blades requires an additional specialty.
Dual Wielding is mandatory.
Wanderers who believe in Soren almost all possess the potential of combat thieves, with dual weapon specialization as an additional ability.
Finally, we come to the most important part.
This is where Soren’s greatest consumption of Divine Power occurs: setting the legendary abilities of the Trickster Assassin.
Basically, special advanced professions possess unique powers at the legendary level, just like how the Lord of Storms can summon lightning, the Ascetic can ignore elemental damage, and the Weapon Master can select their signature weapon. The Trickster Assassin created by Soren must also be endowed with corresponding special legendary abilities; otherwise, it would essentially just be an ordinary advanced profession. Soren’s goal is for the final form of the Trickster Assassin to be a High-Level Legend, with capabilities no less than any legendary advanced profession.
“Wanderer level 5, Assassin level 5, Trickster Assassin level 10.”
“Under normal templates, that’s twenty levels, and even without factoring in part-time jobs, there should be a unique legendary ability.”
Soren thought for a moment, waved his hand to envelop the temple in divine light, and murmured, “The abilities before achieving legendary status come from the Wanderer divine profession, granting additional professional bonuses. Then, after reaching legendary status, it should draw upon the power of the Shadow divine profession.”
“For the first legendary specialty, let’s choose the direction of Bloodline Enhancement.”
“Decided on you.”
“——Transform Shadow Life!”
Soren commands the entire force of shadows, so he bestows upon the Trickster Assassin the first powerful legendary ability, which is 【Transform Shadow Life】. This is a mighty ability that allows one to transform into a shadow creature through rituals and special items, retaining the most basic human traits, requiring sustenance and rest, yet possessing no vital weaknesses, and transforming the body into a semi-energetic form. The greatest advantage of Transform Shadow Life is the potential for resurrection, not merely through divine techniques but also by saving one’s life essence in a certain place in the Shadow Plane, automatically drawing on pre-prepared material rituals for resurrection after physical death.
That means reshaping a semi-energetic body.
This ability has appeared in some of the top shadow assassins in the past.
At the same time, Soren grants the Trickster Assassins additional shadow abilities upon transforming into Shadow Life, enhancing their stealth capabilities and providing them with a special trick to merge themselves into shadows.
“Mm.”
“The second legendary ability will be 【Shadow Assassin】.”
Soren thought for a while and granted the Trickster Assassins an advanced divine technique from his 【Shadow】 portfolio as an additional reward. This divine technique is an eighth-level spell that allows the caster to summon a shadow assassin having 60% of their strength using their shadow as a medium. It’s somewhat similar to mirror image or simulacrum, though with slightly weaker effects. This spell is an extra reward and requires the consumption of Soren’s Divine Power; currently, he only plans to grant this divine technique to the Wanderers who believe in him.
Trickster Assassins transformed by outsiders cannot be completely the same as those transformed from his believers.
This is considered a divine gift of ability!
“Killing and death, for now, cannot be bestowed upon them.”
Currently, Soren’s divine portfolio is still focused on shadows. With his medium divine power, he could at most grant two additional legendary abilities.
However, as the Trickster Assassin’s profession is created by him, Soren’s strength, after reinforcement, still allows him to bestow them with additional abilities. Creating a profession cannot be done carelessly; although Soren could directly grant Trickster Assassins divine techniques from levels 1-9, doing so essentially equates to creating elects.
The burden of Divine Power Value would be terrifying!
Soren can only select certain abilities as additional gifts to reduce his Divine Power consumption.
Accompanied by a wave of golden light.
The Trickster Assassin created by Soren was officially formed, and along with the brilliance of the temple, divine grace also descended, with the vast majority of devout believers learning about the Trickster Assassin-related information. However, to advance specifically, they must come to the Grand Temple in Modo. Currently, only the Grand Temple in Modo can complete the transformation ritual for the Trickster Assassins.
This lengthy process requires Soren to bestow blessings of shadows!
………………
Almost within a day or two.
The first batch of Wanderers transformed into Trickster Assassins arrived at Soren’s Grand Temple. They were originally advanced Assassins, and since the Wanderer profession has limited choices, they could have only advanced to two legendary professions: one is the Arcane Assassin, which requires high intelligence for the ability to multi-class into a caster, and the other is the Lord of Shadows, which has an even more intimidating requirement. The birth of the Trickster Assassin essentially lowered the threshold for legendary advanced professions while also significantly enhancing their abilities, allowing these individuals to wield more shadow energy.
In just three or four days, the number of people in Modo transformed into Trickster Assassins reached one or two hundred, and this number continued to increase.
Simultaneously, good news also came from City of Imprints.
In the tower.
Soren’s figure appeared at the top of the Arcane Tower. During this time, he had been busy handling the transformation rituals of the Trickster Assassins while observing if there were any flaws or obvious weaknesses in this profession he created.
These must be determined through practical combat!
“You’ve come.”
Gloria’s figure stood in front of the crystal ball. After Soren appeared, she turned around and smiled, “Look at this. This was recently found by mother in the City of Imprints. It should be delivered back in a day or two.”
A massive steel machine appeared before Soren’s eyes.
He walked to the crystal ball and looked at it with curiosity, asking, “What is this thing?”
Gloria explained, “This is a magical alloy steel smelter. The demand for steel during the Arcane Era was extremely high, and this immense demand cannot be satisfied by the currently backward steel-making methods alone. What you’re seeing here is the furnace used to forge magic steel ingots, and there are even larger machines outside.”
“This is a small-scale steel smelting furnace from the Arcane Era.”
“It can meet all the requirements of a small floating city. As long as iron ore is put in, initial refining can be completed; the subsequent processes can be carried out by golem puppets. The output is currently unknown, but it will definitely far exceed the current capacity of Modo.”
Isn’t this a small automated steel factory?
Soren stared at the rune patterns on the massive steel device before him, densely packed and looking just like a circuit board. He couldn’t help but marvel at the wisdom of arcane civilization.
“This thing must be quite a hassle to transport, right?” Soren asked.
Gloria nodded, “We’ll have to dismantle it and transport it in batches. Mother has already made contact with the surviving archmages in the City of Imprints. Their situation doesn’t seem very good, and all of this was exchanged through Soul Crystals.”
For archmages, gold coins have little meaning; they care only about those valuable resources.
“By the way.”
Gloria seemed to remember something and mysteriously handed a scroll to Soren, saying, “This is information collected from mother’s tavern, from a wandering Astral Explorer who has traveled for hundreds of years.”
Astral Explorer.
These are legendary beings that roam the Astral Realm, and they are extremely powerful creatures.
“What is this?”
Soren puzzled as he accepted it and opened it to take a look, his expression changing to one of surprise, “Really?”
Gloria nodded, “It should be genuine.”
“Mother spent a large sum to obtain this information. It records the trajectory of a small diamond meteorite. The Astral Explorer personally landed on this meteorite, which has a diameter of about a kilometer, and its surface has already crystallized. Its interior should have transformed into a diamond form due to elemental reactions.”
“The Astral Explorer left behind a spatial beacon on it; however, for some reason, he couldn’t rely on his own abilities to take it away, so he decided it would be best to sell its location at a high price.”
Diamond asteroid.
In the boundless multiverse, some asteroids can transform directly into diamonds for various reasons, greatly increasing their density and mass. This is one of the most valuable treasures in the Astral Realm, and even deities cannot overlook it.
However!
For an asteroid with a diameter of one kilometer, even Soren might not have the confidence to bring it back.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
