The Forgotten Chen Yi

[Gold Coin]

One of the mediums in this world, exchangeable for Copper Coin at a 10/1 ratio.

Chen Yi, who had originally planned to find other excuses to kick his teammates out, specifically brought up the need for more Gold Coin.

Even if a mission failed in this world, as long as enough Gold Coin was obtained, it wouldn't be considered a failure.

He ignored the Priests in his original team whose eyes were about to spew fire. In their eyes, this was a betrayal, but it was part of the transaction with Marin.

Doing so would offend the Church, but judging from what Princess Anna had said earlier, the Healing Hero held a special status in the Church, so it wouldn't be too dangerous.

In the church, sunlight streamed through the stained Glass, making Iris below as radiant as an angel.

Seeing this scene, the other believers all assumed a praying posture.

A Nun hurried over and whispered something into Iris's ear.

Iris nodded and made no further Movement.

This was a manifestation of divine authority surpassing royal authority. Every action in the royal palace was within the Church's sight.

Compared to the excitement of other clergy, Iris appeared indifferent, even finding it a bit childish.

The Empire's royal family had tried to reclaim power more than once.

Summoning heroes was also to defeat the Demon King and increase their influence.

But the problem was, in the eyes of the common people, heroes were gifts from the gods. No matter how poorly the Healing Hero performed on the path to defeating the Demon King, it couldn't affect the Church's status among the populace.

Therefore, she didn't care about the royal family's 'minor movements'.

The Demon King of the Demon Race had only recently been born; even one hero could deal with it.

After leaving the royal palace, Chen Yi went to find his teammates. He didn't know where to look, but his 'ally' would solve these problems.

Raised Staff, he casually hailed a rickshaw and spent 1 Silver Coin to reach the Mage Association.

The Mage Association's collection of spellbooks was incomparable to the libraries in the Game World's towns. In the library, mages were only a small part, but here, everything was about mages!

A rare look of excitement appeared on Chen Yi's face.

"Good day, sirs. Please present your identification."

The woman at the front desk stopped Chen Yi expressionlessly.

He naturally had no identification. Even if he did, it would be impossible to casually browse spellbooks. Every book had a contribution point requirement.

Chen Yi looked to his right rear.

A person dressed as an assassin appeared in a place that was originally empty.

Judging by his expression, he seemed somewhat surprised that Chen Yi could find him, but he didn't say much, just handed over a badge.

After seeing the badge, the receptionist let him pass directly, without informing Chen Yi about contribution points or other regulations. Regulations are made for those who abide by the rules, not for those who make the rules to abide by.

Chen Yi was not picky about magic books and started browsing from the first bookshelf.

Different worlds have different understandings of mages, but this did not prevent Chen Yi from drawing on some of their knowledge.

Most of the books recorded not the direct results, but spent a large chapter promoting their research process and the reasons for their thinking.

With the Spell Analysis skill, Chen Yi could not experience the hardships of these mages.

This had both advantages and disadvantages;

The advantage was naturally that Chen Yi could master spells faster and more accurately, and understand every structure of the spell. He worked backward from the result.

The disadvantage was that he lacked the process of thinking from scratch, and when he wanted to create a spell, he would not know where to start.

"Ice Arrow Spell? His thinking direction is a bit different from mine, but it seems I can learn from it."

When he got interested, Chen Yi would even take out a notebook to take notes.

"Sir, if you want to test spells, please go to a spacious environment."

"Thanks for the reminder."

Chen Yi waved his hand, seemingly trying to disperse the elemental particles gathered in front of him.

He bought a notebook from the receptionist, simulated the spell structure in his mind, recorded the place he was about to try, and then started looking at the next magic book.

The person sent to monitor Chen Yi expressed doubt about Chen Yi's reading speed. Could he really remember the spell structure in such a short time?

If Chen Yi knew his curiosity, he would just shrug and say that the Game World would take care of it. After he simulated the spell structure in his mind, the panel would display the skill. It would be impossible to forget it now, although casting it quickly was another matter.

Chen Yi was reluctant to leave so many magic books, so he directly moved into the Mage Association.

When no one came to find him on the third day, Chen Yi realized that something unexpected had happened; he seemed to have been "forgotten."

There was no source of information, and he could not determine the reason.

Even the person sent to monitor Chen Yi had been withdrawn.

After thinking to no avail, he stopped worrying about it and devoted himself entirely to the various magic books.

Compared to Chen Yi diving headfirst into the sea of books, the other heroes had a much harder time. They led their respective teams to the Adventurer's Guild and accumulated experience from the lowest-level missions.

The Empire had a complete process for cultivating heroes, which could be described as an assembly line.

The youths summoned from Neon did not live the happy lives depicted in light novels.

The gold coins given by the King were limited, so they couldn't carelessly purchase magical transportation and mostly had to rely on walking.

From being cried at by Slimes in their first battle to chasing Goblins, the weapons in their hands had indeed become stronger.

[Ding! Faction confirmed: Church]

Gained 500 experience, 200 Copper Coins.

Chen Yi directly ignored these meager rewards and looked at the subsequent mission.

[Subsequent mission unlocked: Ensure the Church becomes the victor]

Mission Reward: Purple Quality Skill - Flame Demon Transformation.

The Game World seemed unwilling to let Chen Yi live too comfortably, so it threw out bait to entice him into action.

But Chen Yi had to admit, he was tempted.

Putting down the magic book in his hand, he carefully pondered the mission information.

Ensure the Church becomes the victor?

But wasn't this world already ruled by divine authority over imperial power?

After a long time, Chen Yi shifted his gaze. He estimated there would be variables he didn't know about. Was it from the Demon King's side?

But as a level 14 Mage in a world with a maximum level of 30, he felt truly powerless.

Base Stats undergo a qualitative change after breaking through 50.

In other words, 49 stat points and 50 stat points are completely different matters.

A month later, the three Heroes had completely shed their timid demeanor from when they first arrived in this world. Even Misa, the most introverted one, had become bold and spirited. She was secretly keeping young boys who fit her aesthetic standards within the team.

The Sword Hero was maintaining a harem, and the Bow Hero also had a female harem. In contrast, the Night Hero (dagger didn't sound good) was more restrained.

Regarding the exploits of these Heroes, neither the Empire nor the Church showed any intention of interfering.

As long as it didn't affect weapon upgrades, you could do whatever you wanted.

In the Church, Iris in casual clothes was still as beautiful and moving as ever. The nuns sincerely believed their Bishop was an emissary sent by God.

At this moment, Iris's beautiful brows furrowed. She had a nagging feeling that something was not right. Although the Heroes had not stopped their pace of killing Demonic Beasts, their weapon upgrade speed was not as rapid as recorded.

Where had the problem occurred?