Chapter 157: Chapter 153: Hero’s Task, Festival Ends (3K Request for Monthly Tickets) !
Translator: 549690339
In choosing to recruit Isloa as a hero, Mu Yuan had pondered thoroughly.
Firstly, she excelled in techniques, possessing countless spells and numerous other disciplines. Of course, if we compare the breadth of knowledge and mastery of theoretical knowledge, Isloa was nowhere near the neighboring library director.
Both had their advantages and disadvantages.
But, the advantages of Isloa didn’t stop there; she also happened to be the only hero among the ten or so top-tier ones gathered in front of him who possessed a domain.
A domain!
Even though Mu Yuan felt that having a domain was not that uncommon, compared to other heroes who didn’t possess even half a domain, Isloa was clearly exceptional.
This could easily be inferred from her profile.
In addition to orthodox techniques, she also mastered many unorthodox and even obscure methods.
Of course, if that was all, in Mu Yuan’s eyes, Isloa would at most be compared to a great arcanist, never coming out more than 30% or 20% or even 10% ahead.
Mu Yuan stepped forward, staring into her deep, mystical eyes that shone brightly like the stars.
He reached out his hand and asked seriously, “Are you willing to become my hero?”
In Isloa’s view, the lord was enveloped in a golden radiance, stepping forward as if walking on golden clouds.
Sacred, warm.
Isloa took a deep breath, suppressing the surging emotions in her heart. With all her knowledge and the most elegant demeanor, she extended her hand, laying it on the warm palm of the lord, and slightly bowed her head.
“I am willing.”
“My lord.”
‘Ding!’
‘Prompt: Do you want to recruit the hero ‘Isloa’?’
‘Prompt: Your recruitment has been agreed upon by the hero ‘Isloa’, and under the witness of heaven and earth, the contract signing is in process…’
‘Prompt: You can now view all the information of the hero ‘Isloa’.’
‘Isloa (Hero)’
‘Class: Star Maiden (Excellence Three-star)’
‘Level: Grade 2 Level 7/Grade 2 Level 9’
‘Talent: Starlight Body’
‘Skills:, Starry Array, Star Road’s Gate,…’
‘Artistic Conception: Master of a Thousand Spells’
‘Domain: Wanxiang Domain’
‘Strategic Talent: Starlight Scholar’
Isloa’s signature ability was ‘Art of Gathering Stars’, an ability that transcended the scope of skills. It was a unique system of techniques she created.
‘The more she studied, the more Isloa understood that human power had its limits. It was not possible to carve all myriad techniques into the body and soul and apply them as one wanted. Thus, she used her body as a foundation, drawing in starlight to form her star body, and learning various techniques.’ ‘Like a huge knowledge repository, she needed only to learn a little, use it as a basis, and then she could leverage a whole skill.’
‘By this shortcut, Isloa quickly learned and mastered hundreds or even thousands of techniques and created many combinations of them. Additionally, she dipped her toes into the fields of body modification techniques, alchemy, pharmacology, economics, and more.’
‘At the moment of the shining stars, thousands of techniques are blooming in the starry sky.’
The strategic talent ‘Starlight Scholar’ was a talent similar to ‘Nun Advancement’.
The awakening of this talent was probably related to Isloa’s experiences. She once taught at a royal academy and almost created a new school of techniques.
A Starlight Scholar is a rare-class profession that constructs a knowledge database using a starlight network to learn techniques and skills.
As for the special weapon and strategic skills?
Isloa didn’t possess any.
Not only her, but other top-tier heroes also lacked certain things.
After all, they were not heroes who had been promoted through proper trials. Moreover, even if they did go through the proper trials, not every trialist had the resilience and wisdom of Dead Bone, and certainly not the… luck of Duo Lai?
“No need to rush for strategic skills, they will come eventually.”
“As for hero equipment?”
Mu Yuan was clueless. He recruited Star Maiden ‘Isloa’ not because he wanted her to fight… even though, simply looking at Isloa’s stats, she seemed capable of fighting.
What he was after was Isloa’s skills… ooops, he meant her versatility.
She not only had a wealth of knowledge about many techniques, but she also had some knowledge about alchemy and pharmacology. Even though she may not be proficient in these, they were sufficient for the Tianyuan Territory.
She was a hero capable of building several complete systems for the Tianyuan Territory single-handedly.
Moreover,
‘Ding!’
‘Prompt: Star Maiden ‘Isloa’ possesses a triggerable hero task, do you wish to trigger it?’
‘Hero Task Time Maze City’
‘Explanation: Eagle Kingdom is a frontier kingdom, often attacked by monster tides, and there are adventurers who venture deep into the wilderness to hunt monsters. Over time, some half-blooded humans with monster blood were born. Among them, women were easier to ignite the monster blood and awaken their talents. These people were called ‘witches’ by the people of Eagle Kingdom and were considered portents of bad fortune.’
‘Isloa’s witch identity was exposed. Forced to escape and wander, she encountered other witches. They might have been missies or ordinary civilians, but at this time, they shared a common identity – – the persecuted witches. Isloa joined them and prepared to cross the mountains to the distant Bright Empire. It is said that there, witches can also enjoy the same rights as ordinary people.’
‘Unfortunately, things didn’t go as they wished. Not only were Isloa and her group hunted, forcing them to flee in an extremely embarrassed state, they also fell into a mysterious city and were tragically cursed. At the brink of death, Isloa’s great talents, great determination, and great wishes seemed to win the pity of a mysterious star god. The trick city fell into a crack in time and was frozen in place.’
‘Prompt: This task is to rescue the companions Isloa had in the past, do you accept?’
‘Prompt: Once accepted, the city in the crack will see the light of day again. It is recommended to carry it out within three months.’
‘Countdown…’
This is the greatest uniqueness about the hero ‘Isloa’!
He could trigger a mission from her—an information even Isloa herself was unaware of. She died early and horribly. The Lord Shepherd, cloaked in golden brilliance, saw this information before his recruitment commenced.
On the surface, it seemed like a huge bother, but in reality…
Set aside the fact that mission would offer rewards, just consider the process of the mission.
Rescue comrades? (x)
Recruit high-level talents? (V)
At the Festival Grounds, indeed, a hero could only recruit one person. Now that he had recruited Isloa, it was like buy one get N for free—he’d essentially recruited a large team of talents!
Were witches not talents? Mu Yuan could only say that those who could awaken their bloodlines were already considered superior beings. Not to mention, some witches came from nobility, knowledgeable and talented, and aside from not having a hero’s status, their prowess didn’t fall short to many other heroes present.
“Accept!”
In an instant, Mu Yuan seemed to see a decaying trick city trapped in a rift of time.
His vision, under some mysterious force, gradually closed in and delved into somewhere within the city.
He couldn’t help but reveal a look of anticipation, his eyes widened.
Gradually he saw…
Grey wolves, crows, deer, foxes.
Eh, these were the legendary witches? They were somewhat different from what Mu Yuan had imagined.
But that doesn’t matter. A crow could also take on a 996 job.
When Mu Yuan took on the mission, Isloa, as the fulcrum of the task, naturally received a prompt. Her eyes widened as disbelief, joy, excitement, and anxiety continuously interchanged- – like a slideshow.
“Lord…”
“Yes, relax. We can talk about it in detail later.”
Now wasn’t the time to delve into it. The hero festival had reached its climax.
Mu Yuan only recommended the lord he was acquainted with. As a citizen of Xuan Country, and having enjoyed many benefits from the alliance, Mu Yuan had suggested to the present heroes to consider the lords of the Tai Xuan Alliance.
Lord Shen Yao: “!!!”
Other lords: “!!!”
Can they even continue playing?!
In the last game, the Lord of Han Yue City swept across the field with her dominating competence, free to recruit any heroes. At least, the Lord of Han Yue City had to recruit the heroes herself, and after her selection, the rest of the heroes were left unobstructed for them to compete over freely.
And now?
The market competition, on Lord Tianyuan’s arrival, had been completely disrupted!
They hated it.
All the lords of Tai Xuan rejoiced and expressed their gratitude.
Tianyuan’s arrival brought hope.
By the long table, the Star Maiden, Isloa, stood very lady-like behind Mu Yuan, the corners of her mouth slightly tilted up—blissful, anticipative, but also a little nervous and hesitant.
From this moment on, her life was completely entwined with that of the lord’s. What would her future life look like?
To the side, the Dragon Blood Martial Maiden hung her head down, crestfallen and dispirited.
Her iron-rice bowl was gone.
“If we ever meet in the future, Duo Lai will treat you-!”
“Really?”
“Of course-!”
The Dragon Blood Martial Maiden was not a heroic spirit, so she had no plans to accept any lord’s recruitment, she wanted to continue wandering.
Even though the world was vast.
But there were many opportunities in the future.
The rest of the heroes gradually scattered and soon a group of lords chased after them, fiercely competing.
Lord Glory caught up with Holy Light Master Sacrifice Windsor and said, “Form a contract with me, it’syour only option left!”
Windsor stopped, looked back at him coldly.
“Are you misunderstanding something?”
“Just because Tianyuan doesn’t lookup to me, doesn’t mean I look up to you.” Perhaps earlier, Windsor had considered lowering her demands. However, after seeing Lord Tianyuan, looking at the others made her even more disappointed. In her eyes, even the top three couldn’t match up to Lord Glory. At least, the filthy trace on the distant Lord Wuji was much less than his.
After she spoke, she proceeded towards the temple on the mountain without pausing.
Time continued to flow.
Dong
The closing bell finally rang. Some lords cried tears of joy, while others, full of disappointment, pounded their chests and stamped their feet.
In a deep part of the Secret Realm, a mysterious figure was crunching on his last meal.
“Another festival is over, time flies.”
“What a pity, if I wasn’t the Spirit of the Secret Realm, I would also…”
…also want to serve that lord, cloaked in numerous golden lights—ahhhh—– !
In this place, a chubby crane was rolling around on the ground, heaving a wistful sigh.
“Ding!”
“Prompt: The ‘Heroic Festival’ has officially ended. As you have gained the recognition of more than half of the heroes (had the intention to serve) in this festival, you have received additional blessings from heaven and earth.”