**Chapter 122: Rest**
After the materials were prepared, the Elven Blacksmith started working through the night.
A sickle is worth 20 Copper, a kitchen knife is worth 30 Copper, and the long swords equipped by the Elven Patrol are military-grade products, valued at only about a dozen Gold. The Elven Blacksmith earns about four or five Gold by forging a quality military weapon, but the income he could gain from forging a curved blade for Soren could reach around a hundred Gold. The higher the quality of the weapon, the more its value increases exponentially, also raising the requirements for forging skills and materials.
The forging itself isn’t particularly difficult; the Elven Blacksmith has pre-prepared Elven Steel Ingots (scaled steel), but the key is the special material worth two hundred Gold, which ordinary people cannot afford. In the entire village, only one or two people have extraordinary-level weapons; it would take the ordinary Elven Patrol ten years to save up that sum.
The creation of this weapon could equal two or three years of his income!
The Elven Blacksmith called all his apprentices over and began knocking and preparing, taking out Elven Steel Ingots about ten centimeters long. Soren had nothing much to do; after watching for a while, he returned to the inn to rest. He was very tired today and needed to recover his spirit. He had already sketched the model for the curved blade, which leaned towards a heavier type with top-notch cleaving and stabbing capabilities, resembling the style of the Drow.
On the second floor of the inn.
The Elven landlady thoughtfully prepared dinner for him and brought a basin of hot water for him to soak his feet.
She naturally wouldn’t serve Soren so attentively without reason; the main reason was the Gold he had given. After becoming an adventurer, he had grown indifferent to a single Gold. However, for ordinary people, this represents several days’ income. The fairly delicate-looking Elven landlady made his bed and brought a new blanket, only retreating with a warm smile after confirming that Soren had no other requests.
Such a generous guest. If she served him well, perhaps she wouldn’t even need to worry about providing change at checkout.
That’s several Silver!
Adventurers tend to be quite lavish in their spending.
Before leaving, the innkeeper’s wife asked if Soren needed any other services, which he directly refused. Don’t think that Elves are all grace and nobility. As the upper beam is crooked, so is the lower. The Elven Pantheon is famously known for being whimsical, and the long lives of Elves often lead many Elven couples to gradually lose their freshness. Humans at least have traditional moral rules to restrain them; in some places, there are red marks representing chastity, while the restraint on Elves is much less, leading to some rather shocking challenges that left Soren dumbfounded!
Especially among some Chaotic Neutral and Neutral Evil Druids.
While there are some respectable and devout Druids, there is also another group that is extremely debased, not sparing even beasts.
If you encounter such people, you would definitely want to slay them. To leave a bit of clean air in the world.
Elves also have certain standards for special services; it won’t be like humans, who use coercion and temptation. Sometimes it feels like a secret date. The tavern maid is genuinely a maid, while another group provides the services. Elves are notoriously picky, and it is the same here; they will choose their customers. If you are charming, handsome, and generous, the innkeeper’s wife won’t mind a little warmth.
The customs of Elves emphasize faith; as long as their faith remains steadfast, their hearts are pure.
They place great importance on pleasure in their long lives.
In Silver Moon City, which has been rebuilt many times in the Northern Region, there are masquerade balls presided over by the Priestess of the Love Goddess, where you can meet many noble ladies, and you might even run into a priest from the Elven Pantheon. Many people know what such a ball turns into at the end; Soren had attended a few times for a serious investigation. He even encountered the Avatar of the Love Goddess once. But that was after the years of turmoil had ended. What the Love Goddess experienced, no one knows; she almost shifted towards the Chaotic Evil faction.
In the end.
Even with top-tier legendary professionals like Soren interfering, she still shifted from Chaotic Good to Chaotic Neutral, leading the priests who once held beautiful and sincere ideals of Chaotic Good love to entirely shift towards self-indulgence and the pursuit of sensory pleasures, adopting a Chaotic Neutral view of love.
Legend has it she fell into the hands of the Succubus Queen during her years of upheaval, enduring unspeakable humiliation and imprisonment.
The Succubus Queen.
What good outcome could result from falling into her hands? Haha.
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Soren comfortably lay on the bed, placing his weapon where he could easily reach it.
Then he closed his eyes; although he felt incredibly tired, he couldn’t fall asleep immediately. He was somewhat worried about Vivian’s situation. He was well aware of the power of the Demon Son; when fully unleashed, it was legendary-level strength, and this divine power does not even count towards the original profession levels. Vivian’s own divine power had just awakened and quickly absorbed another divine power; he didn’t know if she could manage to integrate it.
After all, she was too young, and her body hadn’t even started to develop, much like a young dragon unable to bear the strength of an adult dragon.
If you let a child exert the strength of an adult to carry something weighing one to two hundred pounds, the outcome would only be one: muscle strains or even injuries to bones and organs.
Right now, Soren only hoped Gloria would find a way to suppress Vivian’s power, allowing her body some time to adapt!
He still couldn’t sleep.
Soren simply opened the data page to check his main attributes.
“Name: Soren.
Race: Half-Elf.
Attributes: Strength 14 (+2), Agility 21 (+1), Constitution 20, Intelligence 20 (+1), Perception 15, Charisma 16.
Faction: Lawful Evil.
Profession: Level 10 Commoner / Level 7 Thief (0/15500) / Level 2 Shadow (0/21500) / Level 5 Wizard (0/3650) [Second Tier].
Health Points: 85/136.
Experience Points: 2075 (Killing Experience), 300 points (Professional Experience) [Unallocated].
Skill Points: None.
Attribute Points: None.
Legendary Degree: 4.
Divinity Value: 3.
Status: Normal.
Basic Skills — Stealth 151, Knowledge 115, Theft 35. Lockpicking 45, Traps 55, Concentration 15, Negotiation 12. Appraisal 10, Deception 5, Intimidation 12, Taunt 8. Performance 3, Listening 12, Evasion 75, Parry 15, Block 12, Healing 27, Search 15, Investigation 15. Copy Scroll 15, Spell Identification 12, Wilderness Survival 11, Use Magic Devices 12, Cooking 21.
Legendary Skill — Universal Skillful Hand [Sealed] (Weakness State).
Personal Specialties — Agile Left Hand, Photographic Memory, Stamina, Photographic Memory, Reflex Evasion, Flexible Movement, Avoiding Gaze, Dark Vision, Regeneration [Beginner].
Professional Specialties — Shadow Weaving, Military Weapons [Mastery], Curved Blade [Master].
Combat Skills — Shadow Assassination, Shadow Travel, Spell Counter, Sword Intent [Heavy Slash].”
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Why did I gain 3 additional legendary degrees?
Soren was surprised to open the combat record data because his legendary value had gained an extra 3 points, and then he discovered the following line of data:
“Killing Ritual [Legendary Combat]: End of September, Year 1675 of the Crescent Moon Era. In the Elf Kingdom, followers of the God of the Hunt, Mara, held a killing ritual to regain the deity’s attention and bestow divine techniques. This legendary killing ritual was interrupted by you, and their prey, the Demon Son of Fear (Profession Level 16), was killed by you. Your existence will be known by an increasing number of evil beings. [Legendary Degree +3]”
So it really was a legendary-level killing ritual!
Soren looked over his other attributes; the number of mastered specialties had increased significantly. There are never too many specialties; the more you have, the stronger your combat power. The increase in basic skills wasn’t very obvious; aside from the skill points allocated from leveling up, various skills had increased by about 10 points.
Soren had fought quite a few times so far. He didn’t know when he would reach the average standard of 100 points. It would be best to raise all basic skills above 100 points for legendary territory. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be legendary; it would be disabled. When reaching the legendary level, one generally picks up knowledge from various fields, showing no obvious deficiency in basic skills.
Universal Skillful Hand remained in a sealed state.
He didn’t know why, as he clearly felt its passive effect still existed, but he couldn’t use it actively.
There must be some problem.
If it were a temporary weakness, it should have recovered long ago. Soren determined the most likely possibility might be a permanent curse effect or spell damage, or perhaps his soul had been harmed. Many soul-level attacks cannot naturally recover and require powerful divine techniques to resolve and restore.
It shouldn’t be possible that he was under any magic; spells like Weakness, Energy Drain, or Polymorph are too domineering and wouldn’t leave no impact at all.
Soren felt that if it wasn’t a specific curse, it likely meant a soul injury had caused a weakness state.
“If it’s a soul injury, that’s troublesome.”
He looked at his data display, then his gaze fell on the 3 points of divinity he obtained from killing the Elven Ranger, murmuring, “Soul injuries generally need Restoration to heal, and it may even require High-Level Restoration.”
“Where can I find a priest above Profession Level 15?”
“Priests of this level are bishop-level; it isn’t easy to meet them, let alone pay them to cast Restoration.”
Cash is definitely insufficient.
If he could unload his gems, he might gather enough for Restoration, approximately around 3000-5000 Gold. High-Level Restoration is out of the question; it’s a 9th-level divine technique that can resurrect someone fully restored as long as they aren’t dead, which is very difficult to purchase. Resurrection spells can also repair soul injuries, but you need to negotiate with the God of Death to execute it; otherwise, the soul won’t return to the body, and the resurrection would just end up as a vegetable.
It’s unlikely a legendary priest would be bored enough to expend costly resources to use resurrection on living people, with the goal merely being healing, right?
In the end.
Soren’s gaze fell on those 3 points of divinity!
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
