Two items.
One was a crown shaped like thorns, crafted from white jade.
The Thorn Holy Crown was said to be a trial specially tailored by the gods for certain exceptional believers. Putting it on would leave one bloodied and battered, as though a hundred claws were raking at the heart.
Even so, one could not change one's faith. Only then would one be considered to have passed the gods' trial.
The other was a long black nail.
It was also known as the Holy Nail.
In folk legend, an incarnation of a certain Deity who had walked the mortal world had died when a Holy Nail was driven through his heart.
At that moment, the two items rose from the bundle of their own accord, wisps of aura drifting out from them.
The aura scattered into the Divine Domain Fragment.
The fragment space began expanding along with it.
At the same time.
Source Essence: 0.6
The two items brought Karl 0.6 Source Essence, which meant a 0.3 increase when used for allocating points.
The City Guard occupied all of Black City. As expected, the things they regarded as treasures were truly good stuff.
This was clearly an unexpected windfall!
Karl waved a hand and summoned the Data Panel.
Name: Karl Physique: 1.47 Mental Power: 1.92 Source Essence: 0.6 Class: Knight Squire, Intermediate Wizard Apprentice
There was not much change. He had merely gone from a beginner wizard apprentice to an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, and his Source Essence was no longer zero.
Karl stroked his chin.
He had no intention of saving the Source Essence for later, but he hesitated over whether to add it to Physique or Mental Power.
Adding it to Mental Power would undoubtedly benefit his progress along the wizard's path more, but