Holy Name

Some of these Saintly Name Blessings had appeared during the last upgrade, but many more were completely new and unfamiliar. Gagnor's attention was immediately drawn to a Blessing ability that looked very powerful.

Blessing: Avatar of God: Upon use, increases each stat by 50 points, ignoring the cap, and grants Divine Skin. Lasts for three seconds, after which the user loses their soul.

Increases each stat by 50 points!

Divine Skin!

Gagnor was somewhat shocked by this.

He didn't think three seconds was too short, after all, gaining 50 points to all stats would inevitably make him incredibly fast. Even with only three seconds, he could probably accomplish a lot.

But instant death afterward was pointless.

Moreover, it didn't seem like ordinary death, but "losing the soul." Gagnor wasn't entirely sure what that meant, but he imagined it was even more thorough than regular death.

So, despite being amazed by the power of "Avatar of God," Gagnor quickly dismissed the option and turned to the other Saintly Names.

After several hours of screening and consideration, he was finally torn between two Saintly Names.

Both were good, and both had entirely positive effects, with no stat reductions, no doom, and no use-and-die side effects.

One of the Saintly Name Blessings was "Ambidextrous."

Blessing: Ambidextrous: Makes both of your hands your dominant hand, and makes them more flexible and stronger.

Gagnor had practiced archery and swordsmanship, and he knew how crucial flexible hands were.

If both of his hands became dominant and were further strengthened, it wasn't hard to imagine his combat ability improving significantly in a short amount of time.

And he had heard that the leader of the Gray Hawk Mercenary Group had this Blessing, and his dual-wielding swordsmanship was extremely sharp.

Not only in combat, but flexible hands also had many other benefits, such as the delicate operations involved in making medicine. Ambidexterity would definitely improve Gagnor's medicine-making skills.

Gagnor pondered for a moment, then looked at the other Saintly Name Blessing.

Blessing: Return to Youth: A state of rapid growth, lasting for one year. During this time, your body will continuously grow naturally, and you can learn any knowledge faster and gain more rewards. Even with completely passive growth, you will gain at least a 5% increase in all stats, stat cap, and size. Each stat can be increased by up to 5 points, and size can be increased by up to 10%.

Comprehensive and rapid growth, up to 5 points for each stat!

Compared to "Ambidextrous," this Blessing was more powerful.

But the disadvantage was that it couldn't be fully obtained directly; it required various exercises and learning, and would probably be affected by factors such as diet and sleep.

If he did nothing, after a year, there would only be a mere 5% increase, which meant a total growth of three or four points for all stats combined, which was a bit of a waste.

Could he maintain a disciplined life for a year?

If so, this Blessing would be very worthwhile.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be cost-effective.

By the way, how exactly does the size increase work?

Gagnor was slightly puzzled by this, and then focused his attention on it. As long as it was something within his cognitive range, he could get more detailed information from the panel by focusing his attention.

After getting a more detailed explanation, he understood.

Size increase was based on length.

For example, if he was currently 175 centimeters, a 10% increase would be 192.5 centimeters. A 10% increase for 9 centimeters would be 9.9 centimeters—9 centimeters was the length of his middle finger.

Looking at it this way, even a 5% size increase was still considerable.

Gagnor pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

Isn't it just a year of self-discipline!

Choose it!

He looked at the other information of the Saintly Name again.

Saintly Name: Alexstrasashen

Affiliation: Greater Dragon

Bonus: All stat caps +5, Constitution +1, Spirit +1, Strength +1, Intelligence +1, Agility +1

Blessing: Return to Youth

Choose Saintly Name [Alexstrasashen].

Upgrade!

As the upgrade was completed, Gagnor re-examined his panel.

Saintly Name: Adakonyanus·Sanderan·Alexstrasashen

Level: 3

Constitution: 11/31

Spirit: 21/31

Strength: 12/31

Intelligence: 17/31

[Agility: 17/31]

[Experience: 55/1200]

At that moment, just like when he leveled up before, a string of vague information floated through his mind.

"May you gain something more precious than youth..."

Gagnor pondered for a moment.

But these kinds of nonsensical words obviously couldn't be figured out.

Whatever, at least it didn't sound like a curse.

It was already late at night, and the camp was silent. The effects of the Pain Relief Potion had also worn off, so Gagnor fell into a deep sleep.

He slept soundly until daybreak.

The next day, the refreshed Gagnor returned to South Sea Town with some of the Gray Hawk mercenaries.

He first sold the Magic Core fragment at the Hunter's Guild he passed by for twenty silver coins, then returned to his residence to carefully examine the three Blood Elf relics that were not suitable for public display.

First, the Blood Elf bone.

The main reason Gagnor picked up a bone was because he remembered that Blood Elves could gain the memories of the deceased before their death by eating corpses, even very old corpses.

Although he didn't have the abilities or appetite of a Blood Elf, it reminded him that corpses might contain more secrets.

So he deliberately kept a piece.

He looked at the bone from left to right and carefully put it away. Gagnor then looked at the white rod-shaped object.

Apart from its more regular shape and the few mysterious patterns engraved on it, this thing looked like a bone, which almost made him miss it at the time.

Thanks to the panel ability, he didn't miss this mysterious object that was beyond his comprehension.

Gagnor studied it for a long time but couldn't recognize what it was at all. The only feeling he had was that it fit comfortably in his hand.

Could it be a weapon?

But why doesn't it have a blade?

Seeing that he couldn't figure it out, Gagnor had no choice but to put it away as well, and then picked up the last Blood Elf relic—the Spatial Magic Ring.

[Item: Spatial Magic Ring]
[Level: 7]

After leveling up to level three, the ring's previously unknown level had now become known—it seemed that an unknown level meant exceeding one's own level by five or more.

Level seven, not as high as Gagnor had imagined.

He originally fantasized that this thing was level twenty.

But anyway, for him at the moment, a level seven Spatial Magic Ring was practical enough, as long as he mastered a little bit of magic.

Therefore, after a moment of contemplation, Gagnor left the room and had Marcus take him to a mage at Gray Eagle Camp.

"You want to learn magic?"

"Yes, Master Hayes." Gagnor said very respectfully. The other party was one of the few mages in the Gray Hawk Mercenary Group, and he was level four, which was much higher than his level one alchemist status.

Master Hayes twitched his gray beard and stretched out a hand expressionlessly, palm open.