Trial Rewards

Fran was immediately pulled into the Trial's settlement space the moment the dragon died, without giving her any extra time to react.

She looked at the dark Trial space before her and the words flashing in mid-air, feeling somewhat lost.

The good news is that she should have passed the Trial. After all, she directly killed a second-tier dragon, which can be considered a huge contribution to saving Monsa.

But the constantly flashing text in front of her looked so much like the gibberish she had encountered in her past life.

She's starting to worry that she might lose the Trial rewards.

Half a minute later, the text in the air finally stabilized and formed characters that Fran could understand, which relieved her.

She looked up at the words.

[Congratulations on passing this Spirit Realm Trial and achieving advancement...]

Then came more gibberish. Fran guessed that since she was First Order Mage, the Spirit Realm was completely stuck.

She simply ignored it and silently read the Panel.

[Name: Fran

Profession: Mage (One Star) (Forge, Sword Song School, Modifier, Elementalist, Spirit Realm), Radiant Priest (One Star)... (omitted)

Attributes: Constitution 4.1, Spirit 14.7

...(slightly)]

The words "Spirit Realm Mage" appeared in her Profession section, which met her expectations and gave her a little inspiration.

In mainland China, the concept of "Profession" also exists. A Profession is defined by the method of promotion. In addition to the explicit requirements, there are many implicit requirements for these Profession.

Take her, for example, this Spirit Realm Mage. It's said that you can advance after passing the Trial, but in reality, you still need to be in the apprentice Order. If you're only at the First Order, you naturally can't advance.

It seems that her Panel has higher priority, and the conditions of the Spirit Realm are not met, but the conditions of my Panel are met, and all the hidden conditions have to be sidelined.

This Spirit Realm Mage even added a little bit to her physical constitution, though the increase in her mental constitution was decreasing.

Furthermore, after advancing to the Spirit Realm Mage, she did not gain any spells or traits, so she continued to gaze at the words floating in the air.

The garbled text following the main text has now accumulated into a very long string, but it continues to grow.

Finally, after it reached a certain length, all the text disappeared, and in its place, images composed of different colors began to appear continuously in mid-air.

These images are meaningless; they seem to be just random scribbles in different colors.

Fran knew that the Spirit Realm's program might be stuck again. Logically, this should be the time to grant Talent, but instead, only these images were flashing continuously.

She remembered that the Lord of Radiance had promised to help her make contact with the Spirit Realm and guarantee that she would obtain the Talent. She didn't know if it was true or not, or if she was already capable of obtaining the Talent and the Lord of Radiance was just making empty promises.

After the scene changed for another half minute, it finally stopped, and in its place was a golden sphere of light floating in the air.

The moment the orb of light appeared, Fran realized that this thing was very important and she had to get her hands on it.

Fran walked forward and slowly approached the golden sphere of light with her right hand.

The moment she touched the ball of light, a string of text suddenly appeared before her eyes, an introduction to this Talent.

[Talent: Dragon Bone Embodiment

Synopsis: You slew a powerful Dragonkin during your Trial, a dragon far beyond your current capabilities, yet you did just that.

But why would you challenge an enemy far stronger than yourself? I think it must be because it's a dragon.

You yearn for the wings of a dragon, and hate yourself for not being able to soar through the sky like that;

You crave that powerful Dragon Flame, believing that the iron sword in your hand is no match for it;

You wish to be protected by Dragon Scale, granting you defensive capabilities far exceeding those of ordinary humans;

But don't worry, the Spirit Realm has given you what you want.

Effect: Allows you to plunder the abilities of Dragonkin you kill, extracting their powers from their skeletons. Plundered abilities will not manifest on you; they will only appear when needed.

Fran stroked her chin. When she received this Talent, she had a feeling, a sense of having a choice.

This feeling came from the dragon she killed— Quentin.

She hadn't expected that the dragon she killed before gaining her Talent would count, which made her look at the Spirit Realm with newfound respect.

However, there are many more things that are not mentioned in the Talent description. For example, although you can obtain the abilities of many dragons, you can only obtain one ability from a single corpse.

For example, Fran can now choose skills like Dragon Flame, Dragon Scale, and Dragon Claw on Quentin.

After much deliberation, Fran chose Dragon Flame.

After she made her choice, the feeling of that choice vanished completely, as if it had never even crossed her mind.

She doesn't need external Dragonkin features like Dragon Scale or claws. She already has the Sword Dance of the Sword Chant School for close combat, so there's no need for these things to enhance her melee abilities.

Moreover, the first spell she obtained from the Spirit Realm, [Hardened Scale Rock], has already approached the extraordinary level of proficiency through her daily efforts. Presumably, once she reaches the extraordinary level, it will be able to give her a First Order defensive spell, so she doesn't care about Dragon Scale.

Although Quentin's individual skills have incredibly high stats when used, it's not certain that Quentin will have the same stats when she acquires him.

After she made her choice, nothing happened. She silently checked the Panel and, in addition to seeing the Talent "Dragon Bone Embodiment" in the Traits section, she also saw a new trait.

[Dragon Flame Fire: You can briefly transform your head into a dragon's head, spewing flames. The Fire Element you summon will possess the characteristics of Dragon Flame, enhancing their destructive power and burning ability.]

Fran raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that she hadn't been wrong after all; this choice had actually enhanced her fire magic, making the fireballs she released equivalent to Dragon Flame.

Fran glanced around and, finding nothing missing, ignored the vibrating book in her hand, silently recited the incantation, and returned to the Material Realm.

Fran's consciousness sank down, and she woke up from her own body. She felt a little uncomfortable as soon as she woke up because her body in the Material Realm was shorter. Even sitting on the bed, she could clearly feel that her field of vision had become lower.

She first checked the Magic Trap she had set, but there was no sign that they had been triggered.

Then, when she tried to get up, she suddenly realized that there was a book on her stomach.

It's similar to the one the Lord of Radiance forced on her, except this one looks exactly like the first book she ever received.

The book seemed even more tattered than when she first received it, and there was a line of gold lettering on the cover.

[Please tell them my name in the Material Realm.]