Instant

Chapter 50: Instant

From the moment Zhao Xu chose to become stronger, his choice of career path itself had been influenced by the Final Scroll.

Seeing that no one had instructed him on the specific choice of domains, Zhao Xu had originally thought it was an unimportant matter.

It was not until he saw this parchment deliberately drawn out by the Cleric on the stage that he realized things were far from that simple.

From the Mage Association to the Final Scroll, the Church of the Goddess's influence exceeded even his imagination.

It ran so deep that even his last-minute decision to come choose domains could immediately affect the Cleric teaching the course and let Zhao Xu know which domains he should choose.

The only thing that puzzled Zhao Xu was that the other party had designated three domains for him?

The words of the guiding Cleric just now had clearly stated that each Cleric could only choose two domains.

However, Zhao Xu did not stop because of this. He carefully read the notes above the three domains.

Magic: Required for advancement to Spell Guardian

Plan: Prerequisite for the Spell Endurance Feat

Knowledge: Exchange domain

These three notes had all been specially added afterward.

More importantly, there was a signature beneath them—Antinoa.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu drew in a breath. These days, surely no one would dare forge the signature of a Legendary Mage.

At that thought, Zhao Xu felt a little moved. His mentor really had still been watching over him.

The three notes clearly stated the reasons for choosing them, completely in Antinoa's style.

Zhao Xu continued studying the material, wanting to see exactly what divine powers these three domains granted.

The divine ability of the Magic Domain was that he could receive a bonus based on his Cleric level when using scrolls and other magical devices.

It was of average significance to him, but it was an advancement prerequisite. Even if it was a burden, he had to choose it.

The Plan Domain, meanwhile, allowed him to gain the Feat "Spell Haste."

The Knowledge Domain treated all Knowledge Skills as Cleric class skills, and gave him +1 Caster Level when casting divination spells.

In Zhao Xu's eyes, the Plan Domain was the most valuable.

It was equivalent to a Feat. That Feat doubled a spell's duration at the cost of raising its Spell Slot by one level.

Put that way, a Cleric's two domains were equivalent to two Feats and could not be overlooked.

Zhao Xu nodded as he continued flipping through the domain spells below.

For each of the three domains, its spell list contained one spell of every level from one to nine.

He was now a level 1 Cleric and had gained one First-level Spell Slot for domain spells. He could choose one from the three First-level Spells of these domains to prepare.

Given the limited Spell Slots available to level 1 players, this was indeed an aid that could not be ignored.

According to everyone's progress on the forums, learning a domain required the right opportunity.

Even the fastest players generally took two afternoons to finish. Since he had three domains, it would probably take him even longer.

Zhao Xu raised his head and looked at the other apprentice Clerics in the small hall. Almost everyone wore solemn expressions as they stared at the parchments in their hands.

Even if they might have learned a little about them beforehand, actually coming into contact with the power of domains still left them completely lost.

"First decide which domains you want to choose, then pray to the Goddess. After that, you will need to deepen your understanding of those domain powers in your own ways."

"For example, with the Magic Domain, if you have previously received Wizard training, the process will be much faster."

"With the Knowledge Domain, if you have studied tomes before, the speed at which you gain domain power will also increase."

"Alright, begin praying now. You may leave during this time and experience things in your own ways. I will remain in the hall and guide each student one by one."

The guiding Cleric explained things to them at the right moment.

The idea was quite clear. His identity as a First-level Mage made Zhao Xu feel that he would at least enjoy a considerable advantage here. Perhaps he really could finish in three afternoons.

"Have you chosen your domains yet?" A female voice came from behind him.

Zhao Xu turned around and saw Xiao Ke, the apprentice Cleric he had chatted with again that morning.

"Most of them awakened one or two domains over the past half month. I'm the only one who never awakened any, so I joined this round of training again. It's lucky I met you."

Zhao Xu nodded. "I'm still thinking about it."

That morning, he had seen the other players gathered around this girl. As expected, she was rather outgoing.

But Zhao Xu did not feel any particular melancholy about being in a foreign place, nor would he seek a group just because he was in an unfamiliar environment.

He still had far too many things to do. Forget chasing girls—even chasing the Goddess was not something he had the mind for.

Becoming stronger was his current priority.

"Then tell me about your experience later, okay? I think you're really smart. I'm too dumb. They keep teaching me, but I still can't learn it."

"Sure, if I have any," Zhao Xu said.

Then he closed his eyes and began preparing to pray to the Goddess.

Magic, Plan, Knowledge.

Zhao Xu silently repeated the names of the three domains in his heart while recalling the prayers from that morning.

Just as he was about to begin praying, in that instant before he silently recited the prayer—

The familiar feeling from the day he gained a Divine Spell returned.

A flash of inspiration struck his mind—

Apprentice Cleric Midsummer had obtained the "Magic Domain."

Apprentice Cleric Midsummer had obtained the "Plan Domain."

Apprentice Cleric Midsummer had obtained the "Knowledge Domain."

Three messages in succession popped directly onto his Character Card information panel.

Zhao Xu did not immediately understand what was happening.

He looked down at his Feat information. Sure enough, there truly was an additional Feat called "Spell Haste," with the words "Plan Domain" noted beside it.

His information panel might be wrong, but the Character Card panel would not lie.

That meant he had really obtained these domain abilities.

It had gone so smoothly that he found it unbelievable.

For the first time, he felt that his luck might be a little absurd. The fastest record among all players was still two afternoons.

Zhao Xu opened his eyes and looked around the small hall.

Most of the apprentice Clerics had not yet entered a state of prayer. Several had even risen and begun pacing as they considered what to do.

And he had already finished just like that?

Zhao Xu rose to his feet as well.

"Where are you going?" Xiao Ke, the female Cleric beside him, asked in surprise.

Zhao Xu shook his head. "I'm going out to look for inspiration."

That was right. He should go find inspiration in another course now.

He had already completely obtained the domain abilities.

Eager to make time for the training of his next course, Zhao Xu headed straight outside the small hall.

A few apprentice Clerics had also just left to look for inspiration, so his departure did not attract attention.

But when Zhao Xu reached the stairway beside the door, he saw in surprise Rayne, the Mage Association's liaison stationed at the Church, walking toward him.

"Kid, you saw that parchment, right? I specifically had someone slip it to you. I also brought a few things that will help you awaken your domains smoothly. Who knows, you might obtain them tomorrow."

Seeing that the corridor was crowded and full of listening ears, Rayne directly used magic to communicate with him, waving the package in his hand as well.

"No need," Zhao Xu said concisely.

"What?"

"I just obtained the powers of all three domains."

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