When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 990 - 345 Lich Grunevald

Chapter 990 -345 Lich Grunevald

“I’ve read the introduction letter you brought…”

Matthias’ voice was hollow and slow, which would have seemed rather eerie and terrifying had it not been delivered in a friendly tone: “You know Cyril?”

“He’s somewhat of a senior to me.”

Aleister candidly replied, “He helped a very important person to me master Advanced Divine Art, so I owe him a debt of gratitude.”

“Pope Evas?”

Matthias immediately guessed who Aleister was referring to.

“…You seem to be quite up-to-date with the news.”

Aleister was a bit helpless.

They say that those from the Path of Dusk are like Martians; how did the original Black Chancellor know about her and Evas as soon as he came out of seclusion?

“I am just more interested in Cyril’s affairs, that’s all.”

The figure draped in a simple black robe shook its head slightly, making no further comment. Its neck creaked with the movement.

Aleister, however, became somewhat intrigued: “Speaking of which… I remember Cyril mentioning that you two were friends… Mr. Principal, did you know each other from the Imperial Era?”

“…Is that how he described me?”

Matthias didn’t answer but instead returned the question with a light, echoing tone.

Aleister was somewhat puzzled: “Is there a problem?”

“Before I embarked on this path, I indeed was friends with Cyril.”

Was.

Aleister realized, “That is to say…”

“At the time, he was not yet a Cardinal Archbishop, and I had not entered the Spirit Summoning Tower. But when I decided to follow this path, we broke ties.

“Back then, he couldn’t accept a friend from the Path of Dusk, and I had to take that path.”

Matthias’ voice echoed ethereally and lingered, like a shepherd’s flute over the plains: “After that, we never contacted each other again. The fact that he wrote you a letter of introduction… shows he takes this matter very seriously. So, I will help you.”

——In those days, we were friends.

——Perhaps he would afford me this favor. Perhaps.

The words and complex expressions of Cardinal Cyril from the past flitted through Aleister’s mind.

…So that’s what he meant.

Only now did Aleister fully understand the subtext hidden in Cardinal Cyril’s words.

“Sealing the residual consciousness of the Grey Celestial Marshal… I should be able to do it, but I need some time to prepare.”

Matthias spoke slowly: “If you’re not in a hurry, you could wait a couple of years. I’m cultivating an Undead at the Sixth Power Level… once I bring it to fruition, whether it’s the current chaos of Star Antimony or the problem of the Grey Celestial Marshal, both can be resolved.”

Although only at the Fifth Power Level, “Principal” Matthias didn’t take the Grey Celestial Marshal lightly in the least.

For him, even the Celestial Marshal was not an unreachable existence.

——For anyone else, Aleister would think they simply didn’t understand the capabilities of a Celestial Marshal. But in Matthias’ case, Aleister felt it might actually be true.

Even though Aleister had already greatly overestimated the original Black Chancellor’s strength, Matthias still exceeded Aleister’s expectations.

“… So this is a ‘Lich’?”

Aleister muttered to himself in a low voice.

“You actually know of this profession?”

Now it was Matthias’ turn to express surprise.

The skeletal figure remained silent for a long while before slowly drifting over and speaking in a hollow voice: “I thought I was the first Lich in the world… I’ve kept this secret for so very long. It seems now that one really shouldn’t be too complacent.”

——That’s not quite it; indeed, you are the world’s first Lich.

Even the requirement that one must have reached the Fifth Power Level on the Path of Adaptation to become a Lich likely stemmed from you.

Aleister added these thoughts to himself inwardly.

“… A Lich?”

The contemporary Black Chancellor Adolf was unaware of this knowledge: “This is the first I’ve heard of your Extraordinary Profession, mentor. I always thought you were an Amber Artisan… after all, everyone knows your level of artistry is quite high.”

“Artistry?”

Leviathan emitted a sharp yet childish voice, perplexed.

This sea monster could actually speak—which slightly startled the two fifth power level Necromancers. But having seen and known much, Adolf naturally explained, “The principal is also of the fifth power level on the Path of Beauty—back in the day, he was quite a famed Painter.”

“I obtained this profession entirely by chance. Because this profession is too dangerous, and it’s almost impossible to learn…”

Matthias the Lich sighed softly, his voice hollow with a reverberating echo, “I originally intended to become an Amber Artisan.”

Among the eight advancement professions of the Path of Dusk, the Lich is the most difficult one to progress into.

Like the “Corpse Ghoul Shepherd,” this is the simplest advancement profession. You only need to have a side occupation in the Path of Devotion, nothing else is required.

While “Calamity Stitcher” and “Amber Artisan” each require two levels of the Path of Balance and Path of Beauty respectively, with the former demanding one not be too old, and the latter not too young; the “Netherworld Walker” requires three levels of the Path of Transcendence and the experience of death and resurrection, to achieve the balance between transcendence and dusk…

Although the other seven advancement routes each have different demands… at the very least, they all require having a secondary profession.

Only the “Lich” is different—

“May I speak, Your Excellency Matthias?”

Aleister asked for permission politely from the first-generation Black Chancellor.

“Go ahead, I’m also curious… how exactly I obtained this profession. From my observations, there are quite a few Transcendents on the Path of Adaptation who have embarked on the Path of Dusk, yet they haven’t acquired the ‘Lich’ power.”

Matthias clicked his bones, echoing hollowly within his skull, “In fact, I’m still not sure what the complete requirements for this profession are…

“All I know is that before I entered the Spirit Summoning Tower, I was a ‘Flourishing Scholar’—an advancement profession of the Physician. In the era before Avalon, the Nine Pillars Divine Church was not so widespread among humanity. Back then, Pharmacists were not yet reduced to merely dispensing medicine; they were the mainstream healers among humans. I too had healed countless people and had seen countless others dead, thus coming to terms with life and death.

“Besides, I was also a ‘Secretive Painter’—originally, I just wanted to take on a few levels in the Path of Dusk as side occupations, to advance from Painter to Secretive Painter. However, I got fascinated by researching Necromancy and Preservation Arts…”

The Old Lich’s voice was hollow and unpredictable, it was difficult to discern whether his words expressed sarcasm, gratitude, or regret: “Who would have thought that the third path I took would be the one I traveled farthest on?”

“Secretive Painter” is a higher profession corresponding to the “Art Maestro.” The former requires side occupations in the Path of Dusk, while the latter in the Path of Balance.

That is to say, Matthias is a supreme power at the fifth energy level in the Paths of Dusk, Beauty, and Adaptation!

Yet even such a strong individual had taken the wrong path, spending more than half a lifetime before finally finding the right direction for their talents.

This is also the reason why the extradimensional knowledge of this world is vague and often erroneous.

Although, compared to the mysticism of the “legacy” path, the systemized “profession” path has already become quite friendly.

But even so, people do not see a properties panel, they can’t even see the specific effects of Path traits, let alone the mastery level of skills, attributes, and other rituals.

And everyone’s experiences are different; even if one tries to summarize experience, they often subconsciously overlook many details, and the summarized experience may not be useful… The power of the Path also inevitably influences the mind, causing most Transcendents to place less and less importance on leaving a legacy.

Only the precursor profession to the “Dream Traversing Monk,” the “Natural Historian,” actively gathers such intelligence. Because Natural Historians have some level of knowledge sharing with each other, every time they enter new Transcendent knowledge, they gain power from the feedback of the Path of Wisdom.

But neither Natural Historians nor Dream Traversing Monks will easily disclose the knowledge they record – after all, wisdom comes from mystery.

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For others who want to inherit a niche profession, they basically have to guess. Before people truly embark on this path, they have no idea how good their talent is for this path and can’t easily obtain the profession that suits them best. They can only imitate an “idol” who has already been confirmed as the corresponding profession, and then repeatedly eliminate the “unnecessary” parts and gradually refine it.

Take for instance, the Demon Scholar has streamlined to only needing to master the “Demonic Pact” and “Demonology Knowledge,” while the Curse Ritual Magician emphasizes the non-mastery of “Demonology Knowledge”; for Priests, the core lies in learning the “Illumination Art” and “Prayer Arts”.

Advancement in profession is the same – for example, many Avalon Transcendents now know that Arbitrators compared to Inspectors need a deeper mastery of legal texts, and must have a relationship of mutual dependency and trust with at least one influential figure, as well as personally executing a criminal they have caught; while Priests need to have established a complete connection with a Pillar God once, Alchemists need a widely known invention, Sky Cavalry need to wait for their Gryphon partner to enter their transformation period…

In the past, these requirements had to be tested one by one. This is precisely the advantage of mainstream professions, the more mainstream the profession, the more unnecessary rituals can be excluded; but the more niche the profession, the more complicated and difficult the class change rituals are.

Aleister recalled a bit, then easily remembered and detailedly answered: “‘Lich’ requires the advancer to first master the Fifth Power Level of the Path of Adaptation, and to forsake their physical body during the advancement ritual, transforming it into an Undead. Afterward, they must complete the advancement from three to four on the Path of Dusk, and regain the ability to dream.

“If this advancement ritual fails, then exiting the advancement ritual simultaneously means becoming an ordinary Undead, permanently losing the ability to dream. This means that the advancer has only one opportunity. Once it fails, it means permanent failure.”

That was in the era before the appearance of the “warrior.” Adapters meant cowards afraid of death.

And for a Fifth Power Level Adapter to risk death for the longing for Stillness of the Path of Dusk, to complete an advancement that has only one opportunity, is actually quite unrealistic.

Therefore, in Evas’s memory, the difficulty of this profession’s initiation is also one of the hardest… Although for players, on the other hand, this is quite an easy requirement to achieve.

This profession appeared even later than the Great Sin Scholar and is worthy of the strength of a later-stage profession—after all, if a new profession is not strong or cool enough, players are unlikely to give up the profession they are proficient at to re-level.

“… I see.”

Adolf felt somewhat regretful and somewhat relieved: “I was just planning to emulate the principal and transform myself into an Undead. I’m fortunate to have learned this secret in time… I had intended to pass this position to Fernando. But now no one else has grown up. It looks like I will have to stay for a few more years.”

Aleister’s eyes widened slightly.

She understood.

What Black Minister Adolf implied was—even knowing he could not become a Lich, even knowing that Undead transformation was the wrong Path, he still planned to transform into an Undead.

Now, he simply plans to delay it a bit, at least to give the new generation of students some time to develop.

This is probably the source of Adolf and Matthias’s kind of “nonchalance.”

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