Legendary Mage, True Saint Disciple
A human female, a maniac obsessed with using explosions to solve all problems.
She firmly believed that if the power of the explosion was strong enough, once it reached the extreme, it could open the door to ultimate truth.
This extreme belief made her particularly special inside the Black Gate, and some were attracted by her exceptional danger.
Although she had not yet experienced the Fourth Transition, she consistently ranked high in the Kingdom's danger ratings and was considered the most likely to become the next "Key of the Door."
Although several sieges were organized against her, she always managed to escape, and no amount of encirclement or thick defenses could withstand that terrifying explosion.
She was obsessed with using blasts to destroy seemingly insurmountable obstacles: the heavy doors of vaults, towering and solid city walls, the dams holding back floods...
And, the immense highland that stood in the way of exploring uncharted seas.
All she needed was a grander, more magnificent explosion, and even the so-called Great Demon was merely part of the gunpowder making up that bomb.
To open the door to truth, one didn't need a key but the ultimate blast that could obliterate everything.
Ghost Warrior, Fourth Transformation Hall
His sword could reach gods and spirits, his martial skills could connect heaven and earth.
Divine Martial LV10: Ultimate martial arts. During an attack, a strength check is performed with a D10, adding a fixed percentage bonus, +256 when D10=10.
Wraith LV10: Step into the narrow threshold between life and death. Enter a soul state, immune to physical attacks, with D Agility soul damage upon exit (ignores armor), and perform a special check upon death.
Yin Yang Technique LV8: Life and death, light and darkness all revolve around Yin and Yang. A composite magic including Light and Dark elements.
Myriad Weapon Soul Cleave LV10: Cut the flesh with weapons, cleave the soul with the mind. Mastery of weapons converts armor break value to destruction value, with ten masterable weapons.
Extraordinary to Saint: Body and mind are both honed to steel. All attributes step into the Legendary Realm, +20 to all basic attributes.
Yin Yang Chaos: Distort the boundaries between humans and demons. Reduce Intelligence/Perception/Charm to 10, with all values added to Strength/Agility/Constitution, or vice versa.
Legion of Ghosts' Daytime March: Undeterred by daylight, the ghostly henchmen. Enter a legion state after defeating more than ten enemies on the battlefield, gaining D2+10, with a maximum of D5+100.
Guardian King: Protecting the kingdom with sword in hand, the Guardian King glares. When the enemy is an evil type of magic creature, all action values gain half as baseline, with strong resistance to negative status.
Demon-slaying Structure R6: Morphing weapon, Armor Break +66.
Arcane Light Armor R5: All attributes +10, Armor +50.
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[The relationship between the cruising bishop and the sergeant?]
The sergeant's dark purple hair, almost the same as that of the cruising bishop, was hidden under a helmet yet did not appear to look lofty due to the disparity in power.
But after the cruising bishop retracted his gaze from the sergeant, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Just gazing at that towering figure, he felt an inexplicable pressure, as if his heart and soul were under a heavy burden, and even his breathing became noticeably weaker.
Although in the Kingdom, those with hair color like his weren't uncommon, but thinking about how the sergeant, like himself, stood in the hall without distinguished lineage, the genius that the cruising bishop prided himself on couldn't help but feel deep respect for him.
In the Kingdom, Fourth Transition Professionals, no matter the field, were rare.
They have reached the end of the Legendary Realm, entering the Hall with no further path forward.
Except for the Hero who could continue growing stronger by defeating magic creatures, for the vast majority of professionals, advancing even a single level past the Fourth Transition was an extremely difficult task.
Despite the Fifth Transition being defined as the "Ultimate Shift," in reality, for most, the Fourth Transition was already the endpoint.
And there was a basic consensus among the guilds.
—The ultimate profession possesses uniqueness.
No one can replicate the trajectory of these strongest individuals, and there was even a proposal to name ultimate professions directly with their names.
Thus, the path provided by the Reincarnation Ceremony only went up to the Fourth Transition, marking the end of human exploration on that path.
The cruising bishop's gaze then wandered to the neatly square box behind the sergeant.
It was said to be an Arcane Arsenal painstakingly designed by the Count, recently barely meeting mass production standards. Though not yet at a Legendary Level, in the hands of the Ghost Warrior sergeant, it could deliver an effect not inferior to that of a Legendary Weapon.
With such a strong individual in place, this journey to the highland should be assured.
Just hope that Lord Hero could hold on without incident until they arrived—
From the depths of a dreamless abyss, from a liberating slumber, the Hero's consciousness gradually surfaced.
Traveling with the Gleaming Scale Serpent, even with equipment supporting the abundance of Magic Power, the fatigue of the spirit and mind couldn't be eased with Magic Power.
This was undoubtedly a challenging forced march.
Battle, endless battle, pouring forth Magic Power, wielding violence, simply to destroy the enemy...
Though the Hero never retreated nor feared, nor even felt much awareness, the pressure from consecutive battles, invisible and unseeable, nonetheless truly accumulated in her heart.
From now on, would she always have to fight Goblins, magic creatures, and even humans, endlessly, until one day she, like her enemies, perished either tragically or decisively?
Just as prolonged war caused soldiers to develop various mental issues, similar thoughts subtly existed in some corner of her mind.
Perhaps in shallow sleep in the wilds, these thoughts couldn't invade the Hero's dreams, but they always lingered, awaiting a chance to surface.
After defeating the Depraved Flame and confirming the White Snake was unharmed, that taut string finally slackened, and the Hero plunged into deep sleep.
If she could, she'd love to sleep forever...
But she knew this was far from over, that there were still unresolved matters, people waiting for her.
So, the Hero opened her eyes.
[Hero's Luck activated, awaking from slumber]
[Then, what did the Hero see upon awakening?]
4. Gleaming Scale Serpent
9. Miss Hero, hehe, Miss Hero...♛
10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure