Journey to the Green Root Mountain Range

This item's attributes were way too overpowered...

Out of combat, it restored 10% of maximum HP every minute. In other words, without using any potions, she could fully recover in just ten minutes.

It also increased speed and provided one death immunity effect... Combined with Zafkiel's passive, that made a full two death immunity skills. For an early-game player, that was absurdly lavish.

Besides, Kurumi Incarnation was already very fast due to the nature of her skills. With this item's bonus, Kurumi felt that her combat could become even more agile!

"It's actually a Holy Tree Leaf..." The priest's eyes widened as he spoke in disbelief.

"Is there something wrong with this leaf?" Hearing the quest trigger notification, Kurumi immediately asked.

"Of course there is. You're clearly human... Forget it. Do you know what it means to possess this item?"

"Uh... I don't."

"Anyone who holds a Holy Tree Leaf automatically becomes an Elf Saintess Candidate. But you're a human. How could a human possibly become the saintess of the elves..." The priest shook his head.

"Humans can't become elf saintesses?" Kurumi asked unwillingly.

Player races could be changed. Kurumi did not want to give up. Since it involved a high-tier item and an event concerning an entire race, the quest rewards were sure to be generous.

The priest looked at her as if she had just said something ridiculous. "You'll need to go to the elven royal city to find out. We rarely interfere in the elves' internal affairs."

After saying that, the priests dispersed and returned to their posts.

Kurumi could only put the Holy Tree Leaf back into her backpack. Fortunately, the item still took effect even inside the backpack, since Incarnations could not equip other gear.

The instant the Holy Tree Leaf entered her backpack.

A system notification rang out.

"Ding! You have obtained a special quest: Become an Elf Saintess Candidate!"

"Quest Description: Every lucky person who obtains a Holy Tree Leaf is an Elf Saintess Candidate chosen by the Holy Tree. Please head to the elven royal city, Bannory, as soon as possible. Find the Holy Tree Priestess and prove your identity to her."

"Quest Hint: Reach Bannory within three months without relying on external assistance."

The appearance of this quest...

In her previous life, the one who had become the elf saintess seemed to have been a player from the Western European region. She had later become an extremely powerful overlord. After all, how could a player backed by an entire race fail to become strong?

The status of saintess was unique. Kurumi had thought it was an exclusive quest for the Western European region, but she had not expected to receive it on the Chinese server as well...

But in this life, why should she give away something she could obtain?

She had already stolen the Theresa Avatar. Stealing a saintess identity too did not seem like a big deal.

Kurumi left the divine cult and headed to the Adventurer's Guild to accept quests related to the Green Root Mountain Range.

Although she had obtained many powerful items, raiding a Fallen Camp in a mid-tier region was still impossible. What she needed to do now was turn that impossibility into a possibility.

The fastest way to improve Kurumi Incarnation's combat ability was to level up, as well as upgrade her weapon.

Upgrading an epic weapon required a large amount of ore, and the Green Root Mountain Range happened to have those ores. The Adventurer's Guild also had corresponding quests.

Killing three birds with one stone!

She accepted the Adventurer's Guild's rare quests.

Her quest log was packed to the brim.

Adventurer's Guild Dailies: Clear the treants in the Green Root Mountain Range (Rare), investigate the mineral coordinates in the Green Root Mountain Range (Rare), collect ores (Rare)...

Holy Grace Divine Cult Quest: Destroy Fallen Camp (Epic)

Elf Quest: Become an Elf Saintess Candidate (Special)

After obtaining a map from the Adventurer's Guild, the areas surrounding Forest City became unlocked.

To travel from Forest City to the Green Root Mountain Range, she needed to cross a vast forest. By Kurumi's estimate, it would take at least three days to reach the foot of the mountain range.

There were no supply points along the way. In other words, ordinary players needed to buy all their recovery items in Forest City. Otherwise, if they died, they could only respawn in Forest City and make the journey all over again.

Kurumi was not too worried. With two chances at death immunity and the Holy Tree Leaf's powerful recovery effect, unless she deliberately got herself killed, there was no way she would fail to arrive.

After accepting the Adventurer's Guild quests, Kurumi immediately opened the map and set off along her planned route.

Leaving through Forest City's north gate, she only needed to cross three hundred kilometers of forest.

The weakest monsters she would encounter along the way were above level 30. Only magical beasts still in their growth stage would be below that level. The strongest might reach level 80, and even ordinary level 80 magical beasts had attributes far beyond anything Kurumi could contend with.

Based on the route, she formulated a strategy to level up while traveling.

Two hours later.

After clearing out a group of Crawling Lizards in a small forest, Kurumi reached level 14!

Killing monsters seventeen levels above her gave her a seventeenfold EXP bonus. Her leveling speed was like riding a rocket.

If she had relied on Adventurer's Guild quests as before, going from level 13 with 56% EXP to level 14 would have taken at least half a day.

But now, she had leveled up after clearing just one group of level 30 magical beasts!

Name: Tokisaki Kurumi

Level: Lv14 (EXP 1%)

Life Level: Kabbalah Spirit

Talents: Zafkiel (Advanced Talent), Charm (Intermediate Talent)

Skills: "First Bullet (Aleph) LV.1", "Second Bullet (Bet) LV.1"...

Attack: 454 (+100)

Defense: 35.4

Health: 3542

Time Value: 23 (Zafkiel maximum +100, Time Gun maximum +100)

Attributes (Balanced Development): Strength 354, Intelligence 354, Constitution 354, Spirit 354. (Third Bullet passive +10%)

Buffs: ① First Bullet: All speeds +15%

② Forest's Blessing: Attack Speed +20%, Movement Speed +20% (from Holy Tree Leaf)

③ Favor of the Wind Fairy: Dodge Rate +10%, Casting Speed +10%, Attack Speed +10%, Movement Speed +10%, 1 minute remaining. (from Fairy Bottle)

With three buffs stacked together, Kurumi's speed became unbelievably fast. Especially when she activated First Bullet, the Time Gun's firing rate was as fast as an assault rifle.

After a battle, all Kurumi could hear was the frenzied sound of gunfire.

Once she eliminated the monsters and left combat, another buff appeared on her.

Forest's Nourishment: Increases health regeneration speed after leaving combat, restoring 10% (354) of maximum health per minute.

Kurumi recalled all her clones, raising her Time Value from 23 back to 63. Then she sat against the tree trunk for a while, and her health bar was fully restored.

Looking at this status panel, who would believe these were the attributes of a level 14 player?

It would not be an exaggeration to call her an elite monster.

With this attack power, hitting a target's weak point with a critical hit bonus could deal over a thousand damage!

Ordinary players of the same level probably did not even have half the attributes on this panel.

And the Fairy Bottle's effect was especially absurd. It could even increase dodge rate?

Attributes like dodge rate, critical hit rate, and luck were all hidden and could not be altered, yet this Favor of the Wind Fairy could increase it by 10%... It was terrifying.

Unfortunately, this thing could only be used twice a day.

Like the Divine Brilliance Crystal, it had a daily usage limit.