Britain's Hero! Legendary Points

That shot had felt unbelievably good.

Duncan had felt as though divine aid was guiding him, and with a single shot, he killed Hengist, the founding ruler of the Kingdom of Kent.

Under God's Eye View.

Everything in the projected display changed as the barbarian army retreated. A unique marker emerged, while above the projection interface, at the spot where the currency-like Legendary Points were displayed, a symbol bearing a golden star slowly appeared.

—"Battle of Tintagel [Epic Battle]: The brothers Hengist and Horsa, who invaded Britain Island, established a kingdom in the Kent Region. Eager to expand his territory, Hengist, King of Kent, set his sights on Duke of Tintagel.

The Kingdom of Kent divided its forces into two armies and attacked western Britain Island. After crushing Duke of Tintagel, the brothers Hengist and Horsa pressed their advantage and advanced on Tintagel Castle.

Duke of Tintagel hastily recruited over a thousand militiamen to face the Kingdom of Kent's army of six thousand.

In this battle, you turned the tide alone. You slew more than ten Barbarian Warriors in battle, restored the morale of this rabble through your overwhelming personal strength, and directly repelled three waves of attacks from the Kingdom of Kent.

At the decisive moment, you personally operated a Ballista, seized the perfect opportunity, and with a stroke as if guided by the divine, shot dead Hengist, the founding ruler of the Kingdom of Kent.

After the king's sudden death, the barbarian army retreated.

The Kingdom of Kent descended into turmoil over the succession, while the barbarian branch factions led by the Jutes gradually weakened.

Your glorious name will spread across all of Britain Island with this epic victory!"

(Legendary Points +3; Briton Legendary Points: 1, Saxon Legendary Points: 1, Germanic Barbarian Legendary Points: 1.)

Duncan's thoughts stirred.

As he focused on the Legendary Points, he found an additional faction marker—Polytheism—Norse Pantheon Legendary Points: 2. (One from the Germanic People, and one from their branch tribe, the Saxons.)

"Legendary Points seem a little like the currency of Dimensional Space."

Duncan tried using them, and the projected interface before him quickly changed.

"Consume Legendary Points?" (The consumed Legendary Points will not disappear; they will merely change from 3/3 to 0/3.)

Ripples spread through the Dimensional Space around him.

In an instant, Duncan seemed to see echoes of the River of History: the Saxons invading Britain Island, the Jutes establishing the Kingdom of Kent and later becoming the most powerful kingdom, the arrival of the Heptarchy. Amid history's surging torrent, every legend of the Kingdom of Kent vanished and crumbled away. In the end, those traces of history were devoured by Dimensional Space, and endless legends transformed into tangible energy and were absorbed.

Duncan's own legend took its place, entering the River of History of the Medieval Era.

"Legendary Point Enhancement Branch 1—Soul."

(Greatly strengthens your soul. As your soul grows stronger, you will ascend into a higher life form. At the same time, captured Human Forms will inherit the corresponding soul strength. Upon entering the real world, the power of the soul will transform into certain unique innate abilities.)

(This effect applies to all Human Forms in the real world.)

What did that mean?

Did it mean that even if the Human Form I captured in the future was an ordinary person, strengthening their soul would turn that Human Form into someone with exceptional talent?

Or would soul strength grant more special abilities?

Duncan silently made a note of it and continued reading.

"Legendary Point Enhancement Branch 2—Elevation."

(You may consume Legendary Points to elevate the rank of a corresponding Human Form. You may also consume Legendary Points to ignite the Fire of Divinity, allowing the corresponding Human Form to ascend into an Immortal Heroic Spirit, Demigod, True God, and so on. After ascending, the Human Form will become a reserve incarnation of Dimensional Space and be regarded as a Saint Form.)

(You may also consume Legendary Points to elevate corresponding natives, though this can only be used on targets who have already died. The target will ascend into a Heroic Spirit form, or be enfeoffed as an Earth Spirit of mountains, rivers, and the like.

Transformed targets will possess Legendary Points, but if their legends fade away, the targets will gradually disappear as well.)

Hm?

Why did this feel a little like the future predicted through the Law of Causality last time, when Raven Queen Triss forcibly helped him advance into a Lower Heroic Spirit?

So Legendary Points could not only elevate his own Human Forms, but also other people?

They could even be used to enfeoff some relatively weak Deities?

Things like local earth gods and mountain gods?

Damn.

Legendary Points really were powerful. No wonder they were so rarely obtained.

"Legendary Point Enhancement Branch 3—Inscription."

(Directly inscribe the abilities mastered by a corresponding Human Form into your own soul. These Inscribed Abilities will be loaded into other Human Forms when you descend.

If an Inscribed Ability conflicts with the World Laws, activating that ability may alter the Law of Origin of the corresponding world.)

(Abilities inscribed upon the soul apply to all Human Forms!)

(Within Dimensional Spaces of different dimensions, when you possess neither a physical body nor a Human Form, Inscribed Abilities are regarded as Laws of Origin mastered by the soul.)

[Note: When laws conflict, the Laws of Origin inscribed within yourself will cause upheaval in the World Laws. In worlds without supernatural power, this may result in anomalous phenomena such as the revival of spiritual energy, elemental tides, and supernatural awakenings.

The effect is equivalent to the power of a higher-dimensional existence pouring into reality. Like a drop of ink falling into a basin of water, once diluted, it triggers a chain reaction in the Laws of Origin.

Simply put, the power he inscribed was brought in, causing the world to ascend.]

Hiss.

Why did this feel a bit like a save file from one playthrough, directly carrying the Human Form's abilities over to the next?

The Human Form and Duncan's consciousness did not exist in the same dimension.

Based on Duncan's current understanding of Dimensional Space, the Human Form was merely a tool through which his consciousness entered the real world, while the abilities acquired by the Human Form were mostly stored within that tool.

Imprinting was like uploading.

It uploaded the Human Form's abilities into his soul, and his soul could then carry those abilities over to other Human Forms.

"Have I turned into some kind of Outer Demon?"

Duncan could not help but fall into deep thought.

All three directions for spending Legendary Points were extremely useful, but the second could be set aside for now. Human Form No. 1 had not yet gotten itself killed, so there was no need to consider it for the time being.

Even if he did use it, it would be to elevate someone else.

There was no need to rush the third branch, "Imprinting," either, since that should only be needed at the very end. Human Form No. 1 was still alive and well, so there was no need to imprint and upload in a hurry. He did not even know where the second Human Form was yet.

"Then it's the first enhancement branch: strengthening the soul."

Duncan tentatively spent one Legendary Point.

The next second.

An incomparably vast surge of energy flooded into his soul. It was the echo of historical legends, as though he had glimpsed the endless River of History. Threads of legend gathered into a kind of energy, beginning as a trickling stream before becoming roaring, surging waves that poured directly into his soul, causing a faint transformation in its very essence.

Hm?

That was it?

Duncan could not detect any obvious changes. If there was one, it was that he felt more energetic and tireless within Dimensional Space.

Spirit Soul [Soul Enhancement]: Your soul has been infused with energy. The most primal spirituality has taken root within your soul, and your soul now possesses a trace of the characteristics of mythical creatures. Slightly increases your resistance to all supernatural powers such as spells, sorcery, hexes, and curses.

(When the Mana Bar is activated, slightly increases your maximum mana.)

Was this a passive trait?

To be honest, Duncan could not feel any particularly obvious improvement. He simply felt that his soul truly seemed a little different.

There was no prompt on the projection interface either, so he had no idea how many Legendary Points it would take to strengthen it to the next stage.

Duncan spent another Legendary Point.

His soul felt a little stronger again.

Yet there was no way to accurately measure exactly how much it had been enhanced. He felt that soul enhancement was like a bottomless pit—no matter how many Legendary Points he put into it, they could all be swallowed cleanly.

"Could soul enhancement have no upper limit?"

In the end, Duncan still held onto some Legendary Points—one-third of them. He kept some in reserve in case of emergencies; they might come in handy someday.

"I always feel that enhancements related to Deities will consume an astronomical amount of Legendary Points."

Under God's Eye View.

There was only one currency displayed on the projection interface: "Legendary Points."

He tentatively used "Retirement" to peek at the future deduced by the Law of Causality, and sure enough, it had changed again this time.

Law of Causality [Trial Settlement]: You remained on Britain Island and were granted a noble title for your military achievements.

Not long afterward.

Duke of Tintagel died in an accident. With the intervention of the Wizard Merlin, Igraine married King Uther, and King Arthur was successfully born.

But this was not yet King Arthur's era.

You were the hero of Briton legend!

Your existence inspired the courage of countless Britons. They raised their weapons against the Saxons' invasion. Surrounded by your followers, you defeated the armies of the Saxon Barbarians several times and established a new kingdom in Cornwall, becoming one of the later Seven Kingdoms of Britain Island.

Several years later.

Having already unified the lands of Britain and grown weary of the kingdom's conflicts, you chose to relinquish your identity as king, took Arthur as your adopted child, passed the throne to him, and ultimately decided to follow Raven Queen Triss overseas in search of a new continent.

The ending afterward remained the same.

He and Raven Queen Triss still died together beneath the Dragon's Dragon Breath.

"No."

"I'm so much stronger now, and even with Raven Queen Triss, I still can't kill that Dragon?"

The Human Form really was devoted. Even in death, it had to die together with her.

This branch of the Law of Causality was quite interesting.

The Human Form had actually taken Arthur as an adopted child and designated Arthur as the kingdom's heir. Wouldn't that mean there would be no story of the Sword in the Stone?

It seemed that in this branch of the Law of Causality, the Human Form controlled most of Duke of Tintagel's and King Uther's territories, which was why King Arthur became its adopted child? Since Arthur was the designated legal heir, there was no need for Merlin to play tricks and use some "Sword in the Stone" to put King Arthur on the throne.

I, Arthur, Duncan's adopted child, am the rightful King of Britain. There is no need to fool anyone with the Sword in the Stone!

"You know what, this Law of Causality branch is pretty satisfying."

"The ending was just terrible."

Was a dragon really that hard to kill?

Duncan had treated the Law of Causality purely as a means of gathering intelligence about the future, so after looking it over, he set it aside.

Only when he could kill the Dragon and change the ending where he died alongside Raven Queen Triss would he truly possess the ability to protect himself in this world.

Before leaving the Dimensional Space, Duncan tried out inscription.

He discovered that inscribing a master-level combat skill required one Legendary Point, while all the other combat skills combined only cost one point.

"Sure enough, only master-level skills bring a qualitative change."

"With one Legendary Point, I can inscribe five or six ordinary combat proficiencies."

But he did not even know where his next human form would be, so there was no need to think about that for now.

There was no rush to inscribe anything. What if the next time he loaded into a human form and entered the real world, the era had changed again?

Archery might become firearms? Horsemanship might become driving?

No rush. No rush.

Duncan's true body existed beyond dimensions, just like the Outer Demons. Even the flow of time might not be the same. Only after loading into a human form did he become connected to the real world.

Human Form No. 1 was his only anchor to the Medieval Era.

Without a doubt, his initial guess about the Dimensional Space had been correct. Only by successfully leveling up an account could he affect the true soul within the Dimensional Space. Before he had even properly started an account and developed it, Duncan could not meet the threshold to gain Legendary Points.

Leaving one's name in history was not so easy.

Across the ages and countless years, how many people had been able to leave their names in history, let alone become legendary figures within it?

Duncan had now become a hero of the Britons!

Even Duke of Tintagel looked at him with blazing eyes. Duncan's strength was so overwhelming that the duke could not muster even a trace of jealousy. If Duncan had not turned the tide in that battle, the duke's title would likely have become nothing more than history.

Now that the Saxon Barbarians were eyeing them like tigers, Duncan was even more important to him than Anya!

Tintagel Castle.

This great victory gave Duke of Tintagel a chance to catch his breath. He ordered his servants to prepare a victory feast and reward the soldiers who had fought, bringing out even the resources he had kept hidden away.

He even bypassed Anya entirely and discreetly asked Duncan whether he would be willing to become a lord loyal to him.

Duncan politely declined.

At the victory feast.

The expression Duke of Tintagel wore when looking at Anya actually carried a hint of jealousy. He did not envy Duncan's martial prowess; instead, he envied whatever seductive tricks this Roman noblewoman had used to make such a fierce warrior so utterly devoted to her!

Sure enough, Anya was a temptress.

After Duncan politely refused him, Duke of Tintagel was no longer as attentive toward Anya as he had been at first. Instead, he began considering how he could poach Duncan from her.

Romans had always been arrogant.

They might not even think much of a remote province like Britain Island.

This matter had to be handled slowly!

Duke of Tintagel was, after all, a political creature. Profit was what he pursued, so after some consideration, he decided to take the initiative and seek cooperation with Anya, borrowing the Romans' strength to resist the barbarians.

There was no doubt about it. Years earlier, Britannia had written to Gaul for help, requesting that the Empire send more legions to wipe out the barbarians.

But in the end, the Empire had still abandoned them.

Duke of Tintagel could now understand the Britons' helplessness back then. It felt like being an abandoned, resentful mistress—without the strength to resist, ravaged madly by barbarians, running to cling to her lover's thigh, only for the Empire to be powerless to protect her. In the end, she could only fight desperately on her own.

The Empire's rule over the Province of Britannia had ended only a few decades ago, after more than four hundred years of control. It was impossible to sever those ties completely all at once.

As the saying went, affection grew with time.

After more than four hundred years, the Britons still believed they had deep ties with the Empire.

"Arrogant Romans!"

"They only care about the European Continent and have no regard whatsoever for remote Britain Island."

Duke of Tintagel ultimately decided to compromise. After the victory feast ended, he gestured to the attendant beside him, telling him to invite Anya to the study to discuss matters.

No matter what, he had to seize the help before him and survive the present crisis first.

Although the Saxon Barbarians had withdrawn, their strength had not been seriously damaged. Once the dispute over the throne was settled, they could return at any time—perhaps even gather greater forces under the banner of avenging the king.

Inside the hall.

Anya rose to her feet and whispered into Duncan's ear, "The fish has taken the bait."

After saying that, she gave Duncan a seductive smile and followed after them with calm elegance.

As long as Duke of Tintagel spoke first, the initiative would be in their hands. What Anya wanted was not a subordinate relationship, but a piece of land on Britain Island as an ally.

In official terms—"At Duke of Tintagel's request, Anya, Duncan, and their party took up residence on Britain Island and formed an alliance to fight the Saxon Barbarians together."

Now it depended on Anya's methods!

The candlelight flickered.

Raven Queen Triss slowly walked over to Duncan's side. Looking rather weary, she said softly, "Don't worry."

"She'll definitely be able to persuade him."

Persuade.

She placed emphasis on that word, as though it carried another meaning.

Duncan pondered for a moment. His lips moved without making a sound as he mouthed, "Sorcery?"

Raven Queen Triss nodded slightly.

She glanced around before whispering, "Anya is skilled in charm spells. She can imperceptibly bewitch people's minds and change their thoughts."

"Duke of Tintagel is not a man of strong will."

I see.

Enchantment School spells—human charm, mental suggestion, and the like. So this was where Anya's supernatural abilities lay.

No wonder she had been utterly useless in battle.

Abilities like hers probably could not affect someone who was about to raise a weapon and cut you down the next second.

A witch was still a witch, after all.

Anya's methods were astonishingly effective against ordinary people. No wonder Duke of Tintagel had handed part of his forces over to Duncan's command after just a few words from her.

Then would she use that supernatural ability on him?

As though she had guessed Duncan's thoughts, Raven Queen Triss narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "Don't worry."

"If she dares try anything, I'll whip her to death!"

That night, when Anya had dressed herself up carefully and come to visit Duncan in the middle of the night, Raven Queen Triss had sensed that something was off. That was why she had subdued her the moment she made a move.

At the time, Anya had probably intended to use an Enchantment School supernatural ability.

In the end, three lashes had shattered her dream of becoming the lady of the house.

Duncan immediately felt much more at ease.

Although his relationship with Anya had already become so intimate—intimately acquainted at negative distance—in the future deduced through the Law of Causality, Anya had never appeared. In other words, their relationship was not as close as he had imagined. They were more like intimate lovers who were also partners.

Raven Queen Triss would live and die alongside Duncan in the future shown by the Law of Causality, even dying beneath Dragon Breath to protect him. But Anya was not necessarily the same. She had come out this time for the sake of protecting herself in the first place.

--Master of Weapons (Axe): Your mastery of axe-type weapons has become as natural as moving your own limbs. They are like a part of your body. Greatly enhances combat techniques involving axe-type weapons. Additional combat special attacks: Decapitation, Bisect, Armor Break, Powerful Strike.

--Naval Warfare Mastery: You move across a deck as though walking on level ground and will not be affected in any way. Greatly enhances combat techniques in naval and aquatic warfare.

His third master-level combat technique.

Duncan was not surprised. Since he had fought barbarians, the most likely improvement was naturally in axe-type weapons.

In addition, a golden star had appeared after his "Sturdy" ability, marked "Barbarian Warrior." His physique had likely improved further.

The only thing Duncan still did not quite understand was "Odin's Gaze."

He did not even worship the Norse Pantheon.

Why would Odin be watching him?

It could not be that Odin had nothing better to do than stare at him, waiting for the day he died in battle so he could drag him straight to Valhalla, could it?

Duncan had gained tremendously from this battle. Among his basic combat forms, every axe-related technique had improved further. Cleaving, in particular, had directly gained a golden border, and a single strike was enough to split someone into two.

"I really am going farther and farther down the path of the Berserker!"

A day passed quickly.

Severus hurried back on the third day. He brought five or six high-ranking Celtic Warriors with him, and he had also captured a Germanic Barbarian prisoner. From the man's mouth, he unexpectedly learned a rumor that Duncan cared deeply about.

Trolls.

Scandinavia.

Duncan had finally heard rumors of supernatural creatures again. In the Norse lands, the legendary trolls were active on Viking territory.

There were also supernatural tales of sea monsters, Sirens, Half-Giants, dragons, and more.

The only downside was that it was far away. That was the territory of the Norse Pantheon.