Siosand

Leyden City, as the western heart of the Yagrant Kingdom, boasts a rather complete urban construction, even possessing a relatively large and mature sewer system to handle the city's daily sewage and other issues.

Watching the attendant strain to lift the heavy metal plate, Aaron felt the unique charm of this world even more.

Strictly speaking, this world's technological tree and development path seemed to present a magical deviation.

On one hand, this world still seemed to follow some traditions of the original world's Middle Ages, with kingdoms, nobles, and fiefdoms. On the other hand, the influence of transcendent energy was everywhere.

Even though Transcendent individuals claimed to "let the transcendent be transcendent," in reality, they were also subtly altering the historical trajectory that should have developed smoothly.

Take, for example, the metal plate covering the sewer in front of him. It was a full meter square, as thick as an adult's fist, and what was even more remarkable was that it was seamless, a single, integrated piece.

If this were based on medieval productivity, it would likely be difficult to forge such a plate, or even if it could be forged, it would consume an immense amount of effort from the artisans.

These plates not only prevented monsters from the sewers from reaching the surface but also restricted ordinary people from entering the dangerous sewers.

However, these metal plates were ubiquitous in Leyden City, with one appearing almost every one to two hundred paces.

The reason was very simple: Bals himself had personally participated in this massive project. As a Gold Tier Holy Grail Path Transcendent, known as "Iron Arm," he could easily manipulate various metals and forge them into any shape he desired, as if they were clay.

In a sense, Aaron felt that Bals could be considered a half-scientist.

As the heavy metal plate was lifted, a foul odor accompanied by a faint green mist emerged.

Curious, Aaron leaned closer and took a shallow whiff. It felt as if his nose had been punched hard. He couldn't help but groan and stumble back several steps.

Heaven forbid, the lethality of such an odor was immense, absolutely no less than the socks in his university dorm back in his previous life that could stand up on their own!

He had come out of a sewer last time, so why was this smell so soul-shattering now?

Siosand glanced at Aaron and then looked at Lord Bals, "Lord City Lord, I don't understand why this operation would involve a..."

He saw Alice's gaze and wisely stopped speaking.

At this moment, Aaron saw the light in front of him quickly weave together, eventually forming a light screen, and faint small characters subsequently appeared.

[Host successfully entered the Dream Realm for the first time, successfully digested transcendent energy, Dream Realm · Eccentricity Point +1]

[Do you wish to consume Eccentricity Points to generate related abilities?]

[Note: Different abilities will be generated based on the source of the Eccentricity Points.]

Eccentricity Points?

Aaron's mind was first subjected to several waves of transcendent information, forcibly pulling his soul out of his body once, and then enduring a biochemical attack, leaving his mind in a state of peculiar excitement.

He was clearly awake, yet he didn't know what to do.

"Take a deep breath." Sart walked over and handed him a small pinch of a faint blue powder.

A cool, mint-like scent slid into his lungs from his nostrils, like a piece of ice. Aaron couldn't help but shiver and then coughed loudly.

"The powdered leaves of Ice Heart Grass can help refresh you; the only side effect is that it makes you cough easily." Sart gently patted Aaron's back, and at the same time, whispered in his ear, "Stand behind Siosand later."

Huh?

Did he mean to have that blonde furball protect him?

Aaron was stunned, forgetting to cough for a moment, and stared blankly at Sart.

Sart nodded at him gently and then turned to walk over to Siosand to communicate with him.

Aaron watched Sart and Siosand, coughing a few more times. His mind, stimulated by the Ice Heart Grass, was exceptionally active.

Although he didn't know why Sart was doing this, based on his previous behavior, he didn't seem to have any malicious intent. It seemed this Siosand was a strong ally?

Thinking this, Aaron silently consumed that 1 point of Eccentricity Point.

Besides generating an ability, he didn't know what else these Eccentricity Points could be used for.

Up to now, this system was so rudimentary it was practically like the interface of a knock-off online game. Not only was there no beginner's gift package, but the tutorial module was also terribly designed.

To this day, Aaron didn't even know what other additional functions this system might possess. At most, he could summon the light screen to check his current situation. As for things like a lucky roulette or a gacha pool where the last draw was an absolute god-tier pull, those were beyond his reach.

Was this system perhaps an Alpha test version?

The light screen began to flicker erratically, and at the same time, several Transcendent individuals unconsciously looked at Aaron.

They vaguely sensed that the Dream Realm aura surrounding Aaron was beginning to boil, showing signs of aggregation.

Upon realizing this, Sart, Alice, and Ed's expressions became strange.

"Is he about to advance?" Siosand said casually.

It was merely advancing from Black Iron Tier to Bronze Tier; this was not enough for him to pay much attention to.

Even if he advanced to Bronze Tier, so what?

Having just entered Bronze Tier, he would still be insignificant in this operation to hunt down Heretical Cult followers.

To a Silver Tier Gold Coin Path fallen one, anything below Bronze Tier was almost no different from an ordinary person.

"This speed seems a bit too fast..." Sart muttered.

"Fast?" Siosand scoffed, "Senior Sart, you are an apprentice of Julian from the Star Tower. You should have witnessed what true talent is. In theory, as long as one can accumulate enough transcendent energy, one can leap from Black Iron Tier to Silver Tier overnight."

He glanced at Sart intentionally or unintentionally, "At the Star Tower, the speed at which we all advance from Black Iron Tier to Bronze Tier only takes a month. Of course, some people might need a little longer."

Sart paid no mind to the provocation in Siosand's words and looked at Alice, "Miss Alice, his advancement speed..."

His tone revealed deep worry.

Sometimes, advancing too quickly wasn't a good thing. For Transcendent beings, the power they wielded wasn't as important as whether they could control it.

And the consequences of that lack of control...

Sart remembered the Star Tower's "Cases of Uncontrollable Transcendent Beings" vividly, a tome filled with thousands of entries of various kinds.

"I'm very curious about how fast this junior's advancement is, given that he's the catalyst," Siosand's face was full of pride. "Back then, it only took me a week to advance from Black Iron Tier to Transcendent, even a full day faster than my teacher."

His advancement speed was among the best in the entire Star Tower, and what's more, he hadn't shown any signs of corruption or degeneracy so far.

"Oh, him? It only took him a day," Alice said after a moment's thought, a hint of hesitation in her voice.

Siosand flatly refused to believe it. "A day? That's impossible!"

Sart glanced at Aaron, then turned to Siosand, a rare, mischievous smile appearing on his face.

"To be precise, it was one night, my dear junior."

Siosand's expression froze.