From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty - Chapter 89
Chapter 89: Chapter 85: 3rd Rank “Mysterious Scholar” (Seeking First Subscription! Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
In the Fischer family’s alchemy workshop, Byrne held a pen and paper in his hand, earnestly asking Vanessa in front of him.
“How have you been feeling recently, and how is the grasp of your newfound abilities?”
Vanessa nodded and respectfully answered:
“Very well, I’ve been feeling better than ever before. Although there’s still no sign of recovery in my legs, the improvement in my physical condition is obvious.”
She paused before continuing:
“Regarding the new abilities of the ‘Guardian’ Consecution, I’ve also done some research, and the principle of Pre-made Drawings you mentioned last time inspired me.”
“The combination of abilities, their development, and extension, can all significantly enhance the upper limit of combat performance.”
After finishing, Vanessa demonstrated the abilities development of the “Guardian” Consecution she had in mind.
She planned to pair it with her summoning spell.
Vanessa, now a mid-level Beginning Spellcaster, had a spellcasting talent type of “Summoning”.
Initially, Byrne had purchased the “Summoning-type Spellcaster’s Heritage” from the Alchemy Council, which included three spells: “Summoning Fireflies”, “Summoning Birds”, and “Summoning Vines”.
A low-level Beginning could memorize one spell model, a high-level Beginning three, and Vanessa, being a mid-level Beginning, could memorize two spell models.
Hence, she successfully learned and mastered “Summoning Fireflies” and “Summoning Birds”, but was somewhat less skilled with plant-type summoned creatures.
Vanessa began chanting a spell, and after a short time, she summoned a swarm of fireflies that fluttered and danced on the tips of her fingers.
The next moment, Vanessa controlled a firefly to gently bump against the back of her hand.
Watching this scene unfold, Byrne revealed a realized look and nodded with a smile.
“I see.”
Vanessa let the firefly fly to a spot behind her back, completely out of her sight, then she took out a throwing knife from her boot and tossed it high into the air.
The knife could have easily landed on her head, yet it unerringly struck the firefly.
Vanessa repeated the action, only this time, she let the firefly fly a hundred meters away.
“Lethal Counterattack” is an Extraordinary trait, significantly increasing the hit rate of the next attack within range against the source of the damage once attacked.
Suddenly, Vanessa drew a flintlock from her waist and fired a bullet.
To everyone’s astonishment, the bullet from the flintlock precisely hit the firefly a hundred meters away, which was flying and attempting to evade!
Of course, the momentum of the bullet did not diminish, but continued to fly out.
Had a person been standing behind the firefly, they would have surely been hit by the bullet.
Unable to contain his admiration, Byrne laughed and praised, “You are very clever, Vanessa, more so than Erik and Archibald!”
“Indeed, in terms of combat wit, you and Chris are on the same level.”
Vanessa smiled and gracefully curtsied, responding, “Thank you for the compliment, my lord.”
But once Vanessa had left the alchemy workshop, Archibald came in.
The tall sixteen-year-old boy had a flushed face and seemed very excited.
“My lord, I really am grateful to the family for bestowing me with such extraordinary power!”
“Alright, calm down. Now, tell me,”
With a smile, Byrne patted the boy’s shoulder and calmly asked, taking his pen and paper:
“How have you been feeling recently, and how is the grasp of your newfound abilities?”
Archibald looked puzzled and scratched his head awkwardly, saying:
“To be honest, I don’t quite understand; it feels just like when I was learning to read at the orphanage, with all sorts of confusion in my mind.”
“Those words and sentences are so difficult. Even though I recognize every letter, when they are strung together, I’m completely lost…”
Byrne’s expression became gradually more serious, and the previously talkative Archibald instantly shut up, not daring to utter another word of nonsense.
“I don’t understand mysteries and the extraordinary, so I just keep using it, over and over again, until my body remembers the pattern of the wind.”
Byrne raised an eyebrow, what does it mean for the body to remember the pattern of the wind?
He knew Archibald was an “instinctual type”, but that was the most incomprehensible kind.
Archibald, scratching his head, said, “I can’t demonstrate it in the workshop; it’s too small in here.”
“Alright, let’s go outside.”
Byrne nodded, then he and Archibald left the alchemy workshop to see Erik, who was waiting outside.
Erik was looking down but lifted his head to look at the two upon hearing the door open, opening his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
Byrne gently patted the boy’s shoulder with a calm smile, saying:
“Just wait for us for a moment, Erik, will you?”
“Yes.”
Erik nodded vigorously, his gaze filled with a childlike dependence on Byrne’s departing figure.
It wasn’t long before Archibald started to demonstrate how he remembered the pattern of the wind.
“My Spirituality is too weak to harm people with wind, so I can only use it to aid myself.”
As he spoke, he began to run, generating a brisk wind around him, increasing his speed further and further.
Then, Archibald jumped high, leaping more than three meters into the air.
“Phew, I’m almost out of Spiritual Power,” he said, sweating profusely.
Byrne nodded and smiled, saying, “Good, you pass. Just keep training to let your body remember the pattern of the wind even more.”
“Though your mind may be average, your physical instincts are on par with Chris’s.”
“Yes, my lord!”
Archibald walked away happily, and finally, it was the turn of the shy Erik to wait on the side.
“How have you been feeling lately, and how are you handling the new abilities?”
Byrne repeated his question with great patience once again.
“I feel… okay.”
Erik thought for a long time and finally mustered up the courage to say slowly:
“I don’t really understand extraordinary power; there are many things I haven’t figured out yet. I just feel that I need to understand it more carefully.”
He paused, then looked down and said, “Sorry.”
Seeing Erik’s nervousness and shyness, Byrne couldn’t help but remember himself when he was a child.
He comforted Erik and said with a smile:
“It’s okay, Erik; I know you’re the kind of person who delves into everything carefully and doesn’t come to conclusions lightly. Indeed, you still need more time.”
“Hmm.”
Erik nodded, and his nervous expression seemed to relax a little.
Byrne put down his pen and paper and laughed heartily: “Actually, in terms of being meticulous, that boy Chris could also learn from you.”
After the three of them left, Byrne returned to the alchemy workshop alone and sat down at his working spot calmly.
He drank coffee with an energy potion added to it, organized and recorded his own notes, and summarized more knowledge about the Extraordinary Realm.
It was essential to record the Fischer family’s various research insights and feelings about extraordinary power.
The successors didn’t need exceptional intelligence or animal-like instincts; they only needed to read the books directly to gain the skills and heritage from knowledge.
Byrne truly felt that this was the purpose of the existence of human books.
After recording the research insights of several people, he began to do another thing.
That was to record the enhancement of physical and Spiritual Power at every stage of the Power of Consecution in a more systematic and quantifiable way.
How much enhancement one would get after mastering the Power of Consecution was, in fact, an important question.
After many failed experiments, he began to hate words like “appropriate amount,” “substantial,” and “approximately,” as well as vague data, deciding to record them with precise data completely.
With blue lightning flickering in his eyes and the speed of his thoughts greatly increased, Byrne tried to calculate the precise data from the various scenes in his memories.
“Assuming that the 1st Rank of the God Pantheon stairway brings a comprehensive enhancement of 10, two people with existing differences in qualities would still have varying improvements: the strong become stronger.”
“Then, the ‘Gladiator’s’ physical quality enhancement is 7.7, and Spiritual Power enhancement is 2.3.”
“Conversely, the ‘Squire’s’ physical enhancement is 2.3, and Spiritual Power enhancement is 7.7.”
“As for the ‘Chronicler,’ the physical enhancement is 3.5, and Spiritual Power is 6.5.”
Byrne made his assessments based on the various scenarios in his memory, staring intently at the paper as he persistently wrote down one figure after another.
Memories of the Fischer family’s journey flooded back to him—their departure from the cart and wooden hut to securing a place in this town.
They repelled the attacks of the jungle natives and became heroes in the eyes of many.
“Hunter physical 6.8, Spiritual 3.2; Guardian physical 6, Spiritual 4; Gale Protector physical 5, Spiritual 5.”
Finally came the “Artisan” from the Path of Forging, whose physical quality enhancement was 2.9, and Spiritual Power enhancement was also 7.1.
After summarizing the known data of the 1st Rank, Byrne took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and recalled the various memories in his mind.
His father’s passing, the knight’s title, his first trip to the city, marriage and having children, the catastrophe caused by the Sea God Cult, and taking control of the port town Nasir.
All the memories were crystal clear, including the long-hidden sadness in his mind.
Then, he began summarizing the data for the 2nd Rank. After stepping onto the 2nd Rank, the Extraordinary Exponent received a comprehensive quality enhancement of 25.
The “Duelist’s” physical quality enhancement reached a high 17, while Spiritual Power’s enhancement was only 8.
“Listener” physical 6, Spiritual 19; Pharmacist, physical 9, Spiritual 16; Assassin, physical 13, Spiritual 12.”
Finally, having completely recorded all the data and organized it into a draft worthy of a book, a smile appeared on Byrne’s face.
With detailed data, the Fischer family would be able to research and explore extraordinary power more systematically in the future.
What he had done today would definitely become an important beginning for the Fischer family!
Just at that moment, his spirituality suddenly boiled!
And it showed no sign of stopping, the boiling persisted, and Byrne was stunned for a moment before he rushed out of the alchemy workshop to find Irene!
Dozens of minutes later, three core members of the Fischer family arrived at the second underground floor of the sacrificial chamber.
Irene took the lead and knelt down to offer a Class 3 Extraordinary Material, “Moonshadow Bearskin,” then the great Lord of the Lost granted Spiritual Radiance once again.
Karl returned to the Spirit Realm, and in the “constellation” that he had newly entered, there existed a thoughtful old man in a black leather coat with deep eyes, surrounded by flames that danced incessantly.
He carried the Spiritual Radiance back to reality.
It was a light far more expansive and intriguing than the previous two times. Byrne swallowed hard, his excitement palpable as he extended his hand to touch the radiance.
In an instant, he felt an unprecedented power surging from the depths of his soul!
Such formidable power, enough to rival a strong person who had reached the level of Transmutation!
So that’s how it was, whether stepping onto the 1st or 2nd Rank of the God Pantheon stairway, it was merely arriving at the “outpost.”
Only beginning from the 3rd Rank, was he truly starting to climb the foothills of this high mountain!
Consecution “Mysterious Scholar”!
Apart from the new Extraordinary trait “Deconstructive Perspective,” five brand-new Spells emerged in his mind.
They were “Flame Manipulation,” “Mirror Deflection,” “Sound Marker,” “Body Double,” “Shape-shifting”!
