The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 57: [Dyeing] and [Fear]

Dmitri could not give an answer to this question.

According to Dmitry, he asked Annan about it at that time.

At that time, Dmitri was still the designated next generation Duke of Winter.

It’s just that Annan didn’t give him a direct answer. All Dmitri knew was that Annan deliberately did not take the path of transcendence.

This is very useful when he travels around the world.

But he went too far on the ritual path.

With his status, the mysterious knowledge he has access to is undoubtedly of the highest level. Except for some of the most advanced, taboo-related knowledge that is inaccessible, other mysterious knowledge should be more or less mastered.

If nothing else, Annan also has mastery of possibly taboo knowledge...

Otherwise, the old grandmother would not be so reassured, and directly gave Annan the forbidden knowledge about "winter" while half asleep and half awake.

——Unless Annan has mastered this knowledge.

"Generally speaking, ritual masters can also embark on the path of transcendence. The path of ritual and the path of transcendence do not directly conflict...but there are exceptions."

Dmitri replied: "The more extraordinary knowledge you have carried and the higher your rank, the heavier this mystery will be.

"When reaching the [Corruption] level, if you hold mysterious knowledge, it will directly increase the erosion rate to a certain extent; and when reaching the [Condensation] level, the more mysterious knowledge you hold, the more you will need Additional curses are required to complete the condensation.

"And the most important thing - when you advance to [Dyeing], you can modify your own innate element tendencies by accumulating a large amount of high-level mysterious knowledge in the same field."

Dmitri explained.

This is a secret that only officially-born supernatural beings can have access to... It is also the method used by the Wizard Tower and the official supernatural organizations of various countries to inherit the skills of using elements.

Annan finally understood.

Annan's abandonment of memories in one week may not be just to clear out memories with "no positive feelings". Part of the reason is to prevent mystical knowledge from affecting my advancement.

Contact with the gods will inevitably bring a lot of mysterious knowledge; but if you want to contact the gods conveniently, you cannot be a transcendent.

Considering from this point of view... At that time, Annan probably decided from the very beginning to do the second tour.

The reason he took the ritual path for one week was not because he didn’t want to take the extraordinary path.

——But to pave the way for his future self, so that Annan will not have to look back.

He mastered the knowledge of the ritual master, traveled around the world alone, met the gods, successfully reversed the Heart of Winter, and purged his past knowledge... Or, he may have done something else, but Annan temporarily Haven't mastered it yet.

This is a one-week play style purely for the second-week experience.

It really has my style.

"For the sake of clean and pure elements..."

Annan murmured.

Why do wizards master the elements that exactly fit their own attributes?

It turned out to be this reason.

——How could it be such a coincidence that the elements of awakening happen to be the most useful?

They don’t have attribute panels, nor do they have the Philosopher’s Stone.

Before they advance, they won’t know what their elemental tendencies are.

As for "Dream Stealer" Denton, before he changed his job to become a dream stealer, he would not have known that he could obtain the elements of the "dream"; "Spirit-bearing Monk" Bernardino was even less likely to Before creating this profession, I knew that my elemental attribute was "soul".

After all, not every wizard tower is like the Storm Tower...it can inherit the elemental power of the previous generation and directly overwrite its own talents.

However, they can master a large amount of advanced mysterious knowledge in a certain field and let their souls be [dyed] by it!

——That’s it.

No wonder this was called the "dyeing" stage in ancient times.

Is it renamed "Golden Stage" just to hide this secret?

At the gold level, whether the power of elements and the extraordinary abilities possessed by oneself can be synergized, and whether one plus one is greater than two can play a role, directly determines the upper and lower limits of the strength of a gold level extraordinary person.

"On the other hand, if the knowledge you master is too complicated or contains too much content, the advancement ceremony will become uncontrollable...right."

So generally speaking, the ritual master is the "old man".

The greatest advantage of a ritualist is to make up for the shortcomings - using the power of great things to accomplish things that cannot be accomplished by one's own strength alone.

Then it is impossible for a ritual master who has transferred from an extraordinary person to master only a few areas of ritual. It is even less possible to collect extraordinary knowledge in the same field as one's own.

After all, rituals in the same realm can also be accomplished with extraordinary power.

So, it’s not just that the ritual master has more knowledge as he gets older.

A larger part of the reason is that extraordinary people will only buy relevant books and acquire mysterious knowledge if they do not intend to continue to advance.

——This is indeed knowledge that Annan has no way of knowing.

If he didn't ask Dmitri, he would have to wait until Kaizisa was ready to advance to the gold level before he could find out from him.

But...

"Brother, haven't you...understood extraordinary beings?"

Annan looked at Dmitri with some suspicion.

Although Dmitri himself is not a transcendent, he can actually understand this kind of depth - Kaizi Sa, as the son of the Black Tower, did not know this secret when he first advanced to Silver.

But when he heard Annan's tone, Dmitri suddenly trembled.

"...You'd better stop calling me brother, just call me by my name."

Dmitri's expression was a little strange: "You may not remember, but you used to call me Dmitri directly. Every time you call me 'brother', it usually doesn't mean anything good... ”

I usually let you take the blame, right? I understand, I understand.

Annan nodded clearly.

——This is indeed something I can do!

But Dmitri did not answer immediately.

He subconsciously reached into his arms again - before he realized it and pulled out his arm, Annan had already reached out and held down his arm.

"Just smoke, it'll be okay."

Annan looked at Dmitri's tired and even red eyes, and softly advised: "Just one is enough...I don't mind, but remember to take care of your body."

Smoking is not good for your health.

But with Dmitri's addiction to smoking, it was uncomfortable for him to hold it in.

His mental pressure is already very great. Annan did not want to deprive these few hobbies because of his own reasons.

"...I am more or less a high-ranking clergyman, so there will be no health problems. Maybe I will be healthier than you."

Dmitri muttered, hesitated again and sat on Annan's bed, taking out the cigar box.

"You may not remember. I like to smoke the best cigarettes and drink the worst wine...ah, you really don't remember."

Looking at Annan's expression, Dmitri quickly understood and said no more.

After he put the lit cigar into his mouth, he finally sighed softly.

"I also thought about becoming a transcendent."

Dmitri made a low and magnetic voice: "But that's because of father.

"My father has ALS because he is not a supernatural being.

"I'm much older than you and Maria... At that time, I didn't have any other brothers or sisters. When I first saw my father getting sick, I was so scared... There was no one to share the burden. Fear.

"I decided at that time that I wanted to embark on the path of transcendence. I wanted to become a gold-level transcendent——

"...until I watched my first brother, my father's second son...die miserably in a nightmare and turned into an irrational demon."

When Dmitri said this, he subconsciously bit his cigar.

Annan caught the fear, sadness, and anger in his eyes. ~IndoMTL.com~ So, I chickened out. ”

As if he was self-deprecating, he whispered: "It's ridiculous, Annan. It doesn't matter if you laugh, because it is indeed ridiculous and shameful...

"The son of the Grand Duke, the future Grand Duke of Winter. Will actually run away in front of a mere nightmare? I am not a warrior, not even a warrior.

"From that moment on, I didn't want to inherit the position of Grand Duke. This is one of the reasons why I dared to make that bet with Fufu."

He murmured.

Dmitri's voice was very soft: "Because I don't deserve it. It's that simple."

Annan was silent.

But——

If you are really afraid of nightmares.

Why should you choose to become a priest?