Chapter 207
Chapter 207: The Deadline of Two Months
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Pranav
The weather in the Earth Elemental Plane was quite unpleasant . At least one-third of each day would be spent amid sandstorms where nothing could be seen . The rather terrifying sounds of the sandstorms could be heard even in our underground caves .
Of course, we had the ability to go out even in such weather, but many things would be impossible to accomplish outside; it was more effective to remain at camp and save our energy . There were many things to be done at camp as well .
Some of us were adapting to the environment, some were polishing their swords, some simply slept, and someone had long since lost their patience .
"Ahhh! This is so frustrating; when will this annoying sandstorm finally stop? The heavy smell of earth in this plane makes me want to vomit; let’s hurry up and kill off Emordilorcan and go home already . Camdian, are you still not finished with your preparations? Are you still as weak and cowardly as always?"
"I call it caution, my respectable Lady Aylos . Before we get used to the nature of this Earth Elemental Plane, our combat ability will be halved—especially for you whose powers are countered by earth . You’ll probably be at even less than half . Meanwhile, Emordilorcan will have an endless amount of power to replenish himself, so we must first get accustomed to the nature of this plane . "
"Hmph, how boring . I’m going to sleep; call me when the time is set . "
"Alright, Lady Aylos . I wish you sweet dreams!"
We were all rather surprised at how the two Elemental Gods talked to each other . Their personalities were completely opposite from what we had expected .
Aylos’ icy and exquisite appearance had, in a way, fooled us . After being together for a short while, her icy-beauty impression had vanished; underneath her beauty that seemed like water was an impatient personality as wild as fire .
Not only was the Water Elemental Goddess like this, but based on my experience so far, all of the other Elemental Gods were similar in being the complete opposites of their elements’ natures .
"According to common logic, fire mages will become easily angered and impatient, thunder and wind mages will become casual and free-spirited, water and ice mages will become easygoing and calm, while earth mages will become docile and honest . This should be the influence of the elements’ own natures . "
Yet by just looking at the Elemental Gods before us, it could be seen that that could be no further from the truth .
"This is totally different from what everyone expected . The Wind Elemental God who should have been extremely free-spirited is actually the super-cautious type, the Water Elemental Goddess that should have been gentle and easygoing is actually a hot-tempered lady, and Emordilorcan who should have been docile and honest as the Earth Elemental God is actually a vicious, sly fox . Then what will the personality of the Fire Elemental Goddess who should have been fiery and domineering be? I bet she’s a little girl who loves peace and flowers . "
Fine then . A future coincidental meeting will help me discover that my worldview-shattering guess had actually been correct . Meanwhile, since we had time for idle chatter, when we asked what we were all thinking, Camdian helped explain things to us .
"The natures of our elements? Yes, it’s true to begin with, and I wasn’t such a cautious individual in the past . But after being cheated or on the worse end of things for enough times, I became the cautious type . As for Lady Aylos, all water elementals have mega-slow personalities, so communicating with them could probably make anyone impatient . Staying in such an environment would probably change anyone into a slow personality themselves or change them into a mega-impatient type like her . Emordilorcan’s probably the same case . If it wasn’t for how vicious and sly he could be, how could he possibly defeat the other veteran earth elementals and become the Earth Elemental God, living until today?"
It seemed that stories weren’t always true . Even with innate natures, they couldn’t compare to personalities shaped by later influences in life . This gossip was quite interesting to hear, but right now, I didn’t have the time to consider other things . My own troubles were quite bothersome as well .
"Silver Dignity; Golden Will?"
As I listened to the sandstorm outside, I sunk into deep contemplation . This time, the Slaying a God quest had given me abundant rewards . Apart from that God Equipment Felix’s Hatred and various materials, my wallet was now filled with approximately 70,000 Fate Points .
These points were definitely sufficient to exchange for some necessary skills and improve my overall rank to Gold, but I was hesitating .
Every rank had its foundational differences . Taking the next step without sufficient understanding would mean missing out on the path’s necessary experience . Obtaining this experience later down the road would be impossible; it might even become a bottleneck for future progression .
The Gold rank was special among all the ranks; just casually entering Gold would definitely not be a wise idea .
My system had planned my path for me before the Gold rank, with levels 1 through 60 . All the basic common job classes were present here, and there wasn’t much difference between them . Most job classes’ commonly-used combat techniques and skills would be mastered while still at the Silver rank, and the main goal was to perfect one’s mastery before changing fundamentally, finally transforming common and foundational abilities into personalized styles .
"I have to make a choice? It seems just sitting here in contemplation won’t be enough . "
Any system of knowledge’s steps for improvement would consist of going from only one skill to becoming a generalist, before going back from a generalist to a specialist . Cultivation was naturally the same .
The Iron and Bronze ranks were for training the physical body and activating one’s potential and talents, and at the Silver rank, combat techniques and so on would be familiarized . After that, the physical body would no longer be able to be improved, and it was time to develop one’s mental potential and combine everything they have learned, creating an internal world of their own .
The next step would be for the person’s individual internal world to be able to affect the outside world . That was the so-called "Golden Will," and also the point where a choice would have to be made .
When a normal job class was cultivated to the limit, it would be time to choose a promoted class . And these promoted job classes, such as "Beast King Hunter," "Shadow Dancer" and so on were merely paths that strong people from the past had developed on their own .
Following another’s path would perhaps be a quick and easy progress, but there were no identical people in this world . Even twins with identical genes would have numerous differences between them, and someone else’s path was always someone else’s to begin with—it couldn’t possibly be one hundred percent appropriate for you . Walking down that path to a certain extent would always give rise to insurmountable obstacles .
Of course, there were always exceptions, such as Reyne . From a certain standpoint, she was basically a female clone of Karwenz, and all she needed to do was walk down the same path as him . With the exact same Soul Imprint supporting her, she would certainly reach an incredibly high level .
As an aside, although the surgery to switch out Glina’s blood was an incredible success, it wouldn’t be possible to do the same with Reyne . She had become Karwenz’s host once already and possessed a far stronger connection with the Chaos Abyss . Forcefully switching out her blood would be no different from switching her soul, not to mention that this would be interfering with one of Karwenz’s critical personal benefits and he would almost certainly emerge and give me trouble, which was something I did not desire .
And, so, the method I used for Reyne was to slowly inject my fresh blood and use magic medicine to suppress Karwenz’s bloodline so that it wouldn’t be too active . This was obviously no long-term solution, but I could only hope that Reyne could find a way to break free on her own to separate herself from Karwenz . Only by cutting off the connection would she be able to free herself from the beckoning of the Chaos Abyss .
"Don’t desire power from others; improve your own techniques and willpower through continuous battle to create your own combat style . By the time I return, I hope to see a brand-new you . "
Saying this, I kicked Reyne away . Perhaps the Earth Elemental Plane wasn’t suitable for living in, but it was definitely a great place for cultivation—in such a hostile environment, merely surviving would help one become stronger .
Moreover, I haven’t been giving Reyne any of my blood recently . I was hoping that she could use her own willpower to resist the Chaos Abyss . This wasn’t any type of strange strategy where "a lion would push its baby lion down a cliff to strengthen the baby’s body" or anything like that; I’ve always felt that some animals’ ways of raising their babies were incomprehensible .
Did the ability to climb a cliff have anything to do with survival? Babies should be growing under their parents’ care, learning techniques to hunt and growing stronger in body and mind . Kicking them off a cliff when they weren’t even mature yet would cause either the baby lion to fall to death or starve to death .
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