NOVPUBSitting in Talia’s comforting little cabin, Hyperion breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lanci, thank you for saving me again."
"Hyperion, don’t worry, now that you’ve got Tata’s blessing, unless a bishop comes all the way to the Capital of Hutton, you won’t be in danger."
Lanci looked at Hyperion. After interrogating Phoenix, Hyperion’s mood didn’t seem to have lightened up.
"...But I’m afraid the South Continent won’t remain peaceful for much longer."
Hyperion nodded and said softly.
In addition to the intelligence they had already learned from Stisera, the Resurrection Believer who had surrendered to them from the [Sacred Hall Villains Banquet] Shadow World, Phoenix also knew a bit about the signs of a joint operation between the Bishop of Destruction Ivanos and the Archbishop of Decay Fa Mo.
This assassination plan also suggested that the two archbishops intended to secretly undermine the relationship between the Hutton Kingdom and the Arolan Kingdom.
It seemed they were planning some terrifying actions against the two kingdoms.
Lanci had also told Hyperion that after the Blood Clan took control of the Cerryti Empire, the first thing they did was wage war, partly to eradicate internal forces that opposed them, and partly to annex more kingdoms, plunder resources, and enslave humans.
Given that the southernmost Cerryti Empire was not at peace.
And the Cardinal Bishops of the South Continent were already making early moves.
The war that was destined to erupt on the South Continent is likely to accelerate sharply.
When the time comes, it won’t just be a crisis for Hyperion, but the whole Hutton Kingdom will face a predicament.
"Once we hide on the North Continent during our winter vacation, your fifth death omen should be temporarily averted because as far as the Resurrection Church is concerned, we’ll have disappeared off the map, and they’ll never suspect that we’ve changed our identities and infiltrated the Resurrection Church of the Northern Continent. However, once we return to the South Continent, your fifth crisis might be the war of the South Continent."
Lanci admitted helplessly.
He counted, it should be four times already.
Because he keeps saving Hyperion and altering the original story route, it seems that the strategies of the Blood Clan and the Resurrection Church may also change due to Hyperion’s prolonged survival, much like the butterfly effect.
Combining the intelligence that only Lanci knows with the information obtained from the Resurrection Believers.
He found that the effect of Hyperion’s survival is likely -
The Blood Clan will launch a war sooner and more eagerly.
"If the South Continent erupts in full-scale war initiated by the strongest Cerryti Empire, coupled with the targeted attacks of the Resurrection Church in the dark, the entire South Continent will become chaotic..."
Hyperion murmured.
The South Continent is home to hundreds of large and small countries, apart from the most massive and secluded Cerryti Empire, the stronger kingdoms such as the Hutton Kingdom, the Arolan Kingdom, and the Canberra Kingdom, there are many less powerful kingdoms, as well as some Duchies and principalities near the north.
"When the Empire invades the north, some neighboring small countries may directly surrender to the Empire, while countries like the Hutton Kingdom and the Arolan Kingdom will form alliances with each other, of course, there will be countries that prefer to stay neutral and watch the changes."
Lanci prophetically told Hyperion his predictions.
He obviously knows what the South Continent will look like after the war.
In the main storyline of the future, the South Continent is a place of chaos.
In that turmoil, the existence of every top powerhouse is crucial.
Seventh-order, eighth-order powerhouses, can greatly influence the outcome of a large-scale battle on the battlefield.
Some eighth-order powerhouses are even a match for an entire army.
For Lanci who is only a fourth-order, this is still too advanced.
He can specifically target the Blood Clan in battle, but he really can’t touch the seventh-order against humans, let alone the eighth-order.
Starting from the fifth-order, not only are the attribute differences between each order enormous, but higher-order cards will also have some particularly outrageous effects.
The power gaps between individuals in the same order also become more and more obvious.
For example, as the level gets higher, there are more possible disparities between spenders and ordinary players.
Existence at the level of Bishop of Destruction Ivanos can single-handedly slaughter an entire Duchy if there are not several eighth-order powerhouses to stop him.
If Ivanos reached the ninth-order someday, he would become a true god of disaster with arbitrary control over life.
In more gamified or data-driven concepts, the eighth-order can actually be seen as the level range of 80 to 89, and as you get closer to the ninth order, your attributes will continue to improve even within the same order, such as the huge basic attribute difference between the weakest level 80 and the strongest level 89, but because they can all use eighth-order cards, they are all classified into one order.
The astronomical experience required to progress from level 89 to level 90 is quite fearsome. Once making the breakthrough, it is equivalent to transitioning from the eight-order category to the nine-order category, capable of using the world-destroying nine-order Magic Cards.
Once reaching the pinnacle level of eight oder, the gap produced by the inherent attribute growth is extremely conspicuous. Besides, once the Orange Epic and Pink Holy from the basic selection of forms are preset, the Magic Card structure is formed, and the restraint relationships among the different professions and factions will be quite clear.
That’s probably why some at level 80 may be stronger than others at level 89.
Of course.
In this true world, the concept of specific level does not exist.
Lanci simply made a comparison based on the game from his previous life, which seemed to be designed according to this world.
"If...father is still in the Hutton Kingdom..."
Hyperion murmured with her head down.
She would always think of her father at this moment.
"Yes, if Duke Migaya were here, Hutton Kingdom would have at least one Bishop-level strength."
Lanci remarked.
"Bishop-level...?"
Hyperion was looking at Lanci with confusion.
"That is what they say at the Alchemy College."
Lanci helplessly started explaining to Hyperion about this absurd folk definition.
No matter what, an Eighth-order is already one of the strongest in the North and South Continent.
Due to the absence of specific level for reference and the huge disparity of strengths after reaching the eighth order, there exist several divisions of eighth order strength among the Alchemy College students.
The power tearing had always been a great joy for the Alchemy College.
Lanci heard various absurd terms like "ordinary eighth", "strong eight", "Bishop-level strength", "Archbishop-level strength", and "higher Archbishop-level strength".
For example, Ivanos and Loren were thought to belong to the archbishop level.
And Talia was probably at the strong eighth level.
Those with Bishop-level strength can barely stop the Cardinal Bishops of the Rebirth Church by their own strength, but they cannot win; for example, the Immortal Sword Emperor Juliana.
Higher Archbishop-level strength pertains to one or two of the strongest Bishops in the Resurrection Church.
In a war, a single Eighth-order Archbishop might drastically change a nation’s fate.
This is why Loren is regarded as the national mighty of Hutton Kingdom.
So the disappearance of Duke Migaya is a particularly heavy blow for Hutton Kingdom, as Migaya, being a tablet holder, was at least a Bishop level strong.
Later on, Lanci, seeing the quarrels among his classmates at the Alchemy College, proposed the concept of "level" for them to have a more unified measure.
Unexpectedly,
ever since Lanci proposed the concept of "level",
students of Alchemy College argued about power tearing, even more fiercely.
Now they are always discussing whether Loren, the strongest in Hutton Kingdom, is at level 80-something, and what level the Bishop of Destruction Ivanos is at.
They have been arguing endlessly.
The Alchemy College has even begun to cooperate with Magic Engineering College for a joint study, aiming to develop Magic Tools which could specifically analyse the target’s "level".
Anyway, this problem does not concern Lanci, who is "level forty-odd".
Lanci is sure that he and Hyperion have already secured a ticket to the North Continent Resurrection Church.
Next, they just need to make preparations and then they could start the winter vacation research project.
He hopes that when they come back from the Northern Continent, the Southern Continent is still at peace.
Lanci is not confident that one trip to the Northern Continent would make him so strong as to sway the outcome of a kingdom war.
