Tasks, Carl's Goal!

Host: Carl Rock

Luck Level: SSS (Top-Tier Child of Fortune)

Charm Level: SS (Yan Zu + Yu Yan)

Vitality Level: B+

Magic Power Level: A- (Imperial Arms bonus)

Magic Attributes: Purple All Attributes MAX, Gold (Dark Magic, World Tree Magic, Gluttony Magic)

Eight Gates Progress: Fourth Gate of Pain (Completion Progress: 94%)

Current Skills: Purple Common (Dragon Fist, Dragon Claw, Divine Dragon Tail!) Gold Legend (Morning Peacock)

Bonded Companions: Charlotte's bond x20, Vanessa's bond x15, Noelle's bond x10, Sol Marron's bond x22 (becoming bonded companions could multiply favorability)

Special: 6,000 points of Golden Vitality

Equipment: Ice and Fire Song (Gauntlets)

Long-Term Tasks Activated:

Task 1: Hundred-Victory Wizard King!

Use my strengths to attack your weaknesses. Defeat opponents with special magical talents in any field to obtain Gold Legend magic attributes. (Repeated victories can improve quality)

Task 2: Redemption of Good and Evil!

Purify the souls of Elves or demons to obtain Imperial Arms Armor: Unmatched, component (1/7).

A single bound Imperial Arms Armor component can selectively amplify abilities by 200%, with no upper limit to stacking.

Task 3: Master of Nero!

Absorb the energy within Magic Stone Fragments to obtain special skills (Purple) or exclusive Eight Gates skills (Gold)!

Absorb the magic power of Magic Stones of every attribute to become the Master of Nero.

Task 4: Time-Space Summoning of the Wizard King!

Consume Eight Gates vitality to summon the eleventh Wizard King, Wizard King Princia, from a time-space node to fight! (First summoning: 10,000 Golden Vitality)

Task 7: Noelle's Three-Stage Valkyrie Form!

Defense, attack, ultimate transformation; help Noelle complete her transformation to receive the reward: Loyal Water Spirit! (Completion Progress: 1/3)

Short-Term Task 8: Battle of the Dungeon

Successfully complete the exploration of the underground ruins and ensure that members of the nine knight squads return alive. Reward: Fire Attribute Attack Immunity! +4,000 Golden Vitality

Short-Term Task 9: Yami: This Isn't Scientific

After receiving guidance, swing an arm ten thousand times in front of Yami to obtain the ultimate technique: Dark Magic: Hand Blade: Dark Entanglement Nameless Slash

Carl surveyed his panel with satisfaction.

After countless efforts and constantly farming favorability, his panel had finally become rich and varied.

Whether it was his own strength or the diversity of his abilities, both allowed Carl to foresee his powerful future. Only then could he move faster and faster along the path to becoming Wizard King.

A strong person's progress was just this plain and unadorned.

All kinds of chaotic incidents were occurring around him with increasing frequency, while inexplicable crises constantly weighed on Carl's heart.

The sooner he could increase his strength, the better he could preserve himself in battle.

This was the world of Black Clover. The strong preyed on the weak. Once he failed, his opponent would not care whether he had a system or not; they could swallow him whole in minutes, leaving not even scraps behind.

Therefore, Carl was extremely clear about his current situation.

Right now, raising the Eight Gates to the Fourth Gate—the Gate of Pain—was particularly important.

Although the bond multipliers of the women beside him had already risen, it was obvious that as they became more familiar with him, the frequency at which he could farm favorability had gradually decreased.

That meant he needed to find new companions capable of generating favorability.

Of course, this cooperation with the Golden Dawn might be a good choice.

The only question worth paying attention to was whether they had any female members.

Of course, even if they did not, with Vanessa and Noelle around, he would just have to put in more effort. Opening the Fourth Gate was practically guaranteed.

The dungeon ruins also gave Carl a glimmer of hope.

Setting everything else aside, he wondered whether there might be ancient Elves in this ancient Elven site.

If there were, perhaps he could obtain a piece of Imperial Arms Armor.

But even if there were not, the other items would likely still bring him considerable gains.

If he found something he could not use, perhaps he could trade it for Magic Stones. At the very least, lighting up another Gold Legend innate skill would not be bad.

When the time came, the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates paired with Morning Peacock—or perhaps the Daytime Tiger that Carl had coveted for so long—would feel incredible.

Moreover, this mission's rewards even included 4,000 Golden Vitality.

He could not underestimate those 4,000 points of Golden Vitality. With it, Carl could summon the eleventh Wizard King—Wizard King Princia.

She was an absolute brute. Calling her a walking nuclear bomb would not be an exaggeration.

With that trump card, he could truly act without restraint. Even when facing top-tier danger, he would be able to handle it.

But without that Golden Vitality, if he relied solely on the vitality contained within his own body...

He would probably turn into a dried corpse in minutes, perhaps unable to even open the time-space passage.

Therefore, Carl was naturally determined to succeed this time.

As for protecting everyone's safety, Carl naturally understood the system's usual nature very well.

Besides the Black Bulls, he even had to ensure that the Golden Dawn members returned unharmed.

This mission from the system immediately put him on alert.

If there were no issues in the ruins, or even no danger at all, then the system would never have issued such a mission.

In other words, there was definitely something wrong with the Elven ruins in this dungeon, and the danger was far from minor.

That sounded an alarm for Carl.

This operation absolutely had to proceed steadily and cautiously. Otherwise, they might very well capsize in a ditch.

After all, the rewards for this mission were simply too generous.

Besides the 4,000 points of Golden Vitality, it even included fire-attribute magic immunity.

There had never been such a thing as a free lunch, and pies had never fallen from the sky.

Therefore, this trial before Carl was definitely beyond imagination.

In short, the top priority was naturally to reach the dungeon's Elven ruins as soon as possible and ensure everyone's safety.

There was no need to worry about the Black Bulls for the moment, but the Golden Dawn was another matter entirely.

Those people were all arrogant, and relying on their powerful magic, they considered themselves elites. They would probably charge in ahead of everyone else.

If that happened, the risk would increase dramatically.

Once they suffered casualties, his rewards would go down the drain.

His gaze burned as he looked at everyone around him.

Finral was currently wearing a troubled expression. Carl walked over to him and smiled.

"What's wrong, handsome? Are you still unwilling?"

"Of course, we need you to open the Spatial Gate. Your ability is indeed outstanding. As long as you develop it properly, you'll definitely shine brilliantly."

Finral's brows immediately furrowed like a bitter melon.

"Carl, stop making fun of me. I've been in the Black Bulls for a long time, but you know what my magic is like. It's not as strong as you all imagine."

"If Captain Yami hadn't forcibly broken through the dimensional wall last time and squeezed several people through at once, I was worried something would happen to you. Even now, I still can't complete a single group teleportation."

Seeing Finral's appearance, Carl patted his shoulder and said,

"Why are you saying such discouraging things? Haven't you already improved?"

"Maybe training in the dungeon will make you even stronger."

Carl's words immediately lifted Finral's spirits a little.

Then, he promptly opened a teleportation gate.

However, the space within his gate was much larger than before this time, enough for several people to pass through side by side.

Finral said with a long face,

"Everyone, my teleportation ability is limited. After just one teleportation, my magic power will be completely exhausted."

"Also, this teleportation gate of mine isn't especially stable. Sometimes it produces strange spatial tremors, so don't be afraid."

Upon hearing that, everyone gave him encouraging looks.

In the next moment, everyone appeared three hundred li away.

Finral immediately collapsed onto the ground.

Looking at Finral's state, Carl smiled.

"Asta, you're responsible for carrying Senior Finral as we move forward. Once Senior Finral recovers, we'll teleport again."

Asta immediately frowned slightly.

"Carl, you promised to teach me a few moves. Why am I being made to carry people now?"

"I want to become stronger!"

Carl immediately clenched his fist and asked Asta beside him,

"Look at this. What is it?"

Asta hesitated for a moment before asking,

"A fist as big as a sandbag?"