Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 894 - 456: The Song of the Fairies, Prelude to the Golden Land’s Rampage (Part 2)

"Who could have imagined that the Sword King from the original world line would show such a guilty expression; to some extent, Louis, you’ve made history again."Louis rolled his eyes.

Why are you asking me?

I’ve never met that Sword King.

...

Time flies by.

The continent has ushered in a rare period of peace.

All forces are preparing for the impending disaster.

Even though many messages haven’t been conveyed to the civilians, some alert people can sense from the changing atmosphere that a turbulent era is coming.

Nowadays, as night falls, fewer citizens are going out for walks.

This situation isn’t limited to Ense; it’s becoming noticeably apparent worldwide.

Even the thieves and pickpockets who roamed at night have decreased their activity.

Not long after, a shocking piece of news reached the Imperial Palace.

Louis was playing with Kaelin when he received the news, he patted his precious daughter, then said:

"Kaelin, Dad has to discuss something with Mom."

Kaelin looked up and asked:

"Dad, is it war?"

"Who told you that?" Louis was a bit surprised.

He actually dislikes telling his daughter about the war.

It’s not that he can’t, but Kaelin is still too young.

He hadn’t even planned for Kaelin to start training yet.

He’s strictly forbidden Kaelin from learning combat techniques, and has told her not to choose an extraordinary profession for now.

Kaelin’s blank profession level resembles Louis’s situation.

This is because rapid strength improvement leads to a mismatch with profession levels.

For instance, his total level is LV30, legendary pinnacle, but there’s a gap of three levels in his profession distribution.

(Louis’s current profession distribution: Warrior LV4 / Sword of Martial Arts LV3 / Eternal Blade LV10 / Soldier Realm LV10 / Undecided Profession LV3)

It’s not that he doesn’t want to choose a profession right now, but he’s clearly insufficiently absorbed the Soldier Realm.

Previously, digesting the blood lineage of the thirteen families, he lost control due to insufficient understanding of the Curse Swordsmen system.

Now he’s making up for the relevant knowledge about the Curse Swordsmen system.

While Lokeshi Empire and Ense are still in their honeymoon phase, it’s smart to learn as much as possible.

Otherwise, if the relationship between the two sours and the other party withdraws the instructors and teaching materials, learning might become much more troublesome.

Fortunately, he’s left himself a way out.

The celestial net is the biggest back door.

He’s already informed Beatrice that the information from the Magical Weapon Network is something to focus on.

Now, the number of contractees with the Soldier Realm in the Lokeshi Empire has increased.

The foundational knowledge and framework about Curse Swordsmen they carry, the use of bloodline, is precious knowledge for Louis.

Along with the batch of people and some content brought back from Lokeshi.

He probably needs another half month to digest and absorb everything.

Once fully transformed into his own understanding, he’ll be the strongest Curse Swordsman over the years.

He’s not taking on a new profession because of this reason.

If you don’t have a solid foundation in an old profession, rushing into a new one will cause numerous problems.

However, Kaelin isn’t very understanding of this point.

"Dad is worried that once I grasp supernatural powers, I’ll find it easier to hurt others?"

"Of course not. If you can’t control your power by then, your dad has plenty of ways to seal your strength.

But if you want to reach the level of your dad, it’s best to build a solid foundation now.

Empty profession levels won’t grant you great power; equipping yourself with facts will take you further."

"But there’s a war, don’t we need strong people to lead outside? Can’t I do it?"

"You’re too young; uncontrollable power might cause greater destruction."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, so Kaelin, you must grow up well, and when you can understand these things, then you can explore the vast world."

He even intends to wait until Kaelin grows up before letting her choose a profession.

Since his daughter doesn’t lack time to advance.

She’ll have a long period being stuck between Demigod and Divine Realm.

So she might as well settle down thoroughly.

He plans on choosing Shepherd as his new profession, but hasn’t gone to Supreme Forest for the inheritance yet because of this reason.

At this stage, he doesn’t want obstacles in skill knowledge and understanding, leading to the inability to use them effectively.

Converting the profession level all at once can easily lead to situations like the recent bloodline awakening, where absorption becomes challenging.

During the border fight with Helmer, he didn’t immediately think of using the Crown of Spiritual Desire to teleport in front of Olivia, which is disgraceful.

This is a typical indication of having too many skills and not knowing how to allocate them.

It’s not only him facing this issue.

Beatrice, Olivia, Ais, and Alice all have it.

Because the Pure Desire also replicated the skill knowledge she mastered to them.

If you say it’s not useful, it definitely isn’t.

From initially understanding supernatural powers as only 1, changing to having 50 is a gigantic leap.

But when facing opponents of the same level, it’s easy to suffer from experience issues.

He has a hunch that the enemies he has to deal with will become increasingly troubling.

Demon King...

In fact, after his battle with Helmer, Louis felt clearly.

The Demon King might not be the hardest to deal with.

It’s not that Helmer is weak.

Helmer is just too young.

What?

You say Helmer is over a hundred years old; how can you call him young?

But when Louis says young, he’s speaking in terms of strength.

Helmer stepped into Divine Realm too recently.

Shorter even than him, Old Deng is the only one.

Both Old Deng and Helmer share a very noticeable trait.

They’re what one might call "super data monsters".

Crushing opponents with numbers far exceeding the same level, leaving no room for the opponent to play.

Undoubtedly, such opponents are very powerful.

One might even say that encountering a super data monster in large-scale battles is more despairing than a super mechanism monster.

The argument is Louis’s "Nuclear Blast Technique".

Under the Nuclear Blast Technique, all beings are equal.

Purely in terms of numbers, Louis is indeed ridiculously strong, but not quite at Helmer’s level.

Just the divine body is on a different level.

But rapid numeric expansion leading to mechanisms lagging behind is not only his issue, he suspects it’s also true for the Emperor and Helmer.

By sheer brutality crushing the enemy, but one day, he might encounter someone stronger.

If he doesn’t have a well-organized system by then, he will surely fall behind.

Rather than devoting time to researching new professions, it’s better to solidify the foundation.

Kaelin needs to do the same.

"Kaelin, work hard."

He turned and left his daughter’s room.

Louis had to discuss the latest information with Beatrice.

...

Location: Imperial Palace Hall

A group of officials gathered whispering, everyone bearing an indescribable agitation on their faces.

Just now, they received a message.

The Golden Land in the Secluded Forest Sea began acting up.

The power left in the Golden Land started to spread out.

The power left by the God of Growth and Forest has turned the capital of the Secluded Forest Sea into the Golden Forest.

The elves sent by the Supreme Forest Faction to guard there said they heard the song of the fairies.

This matter spread rapidly to the Supreme Forest and was then informed to all countries.

Originally, the upheaval of the Golden Land was within expectations.

But the problem is, no one expected that almost overnight, the personnel all countries deployed to guard Secluded Forest Sea lost contact.

Not the kind of being killed, but unannounced, suddenly losing external communication.

It’s known that Ense’s intelligence department maintains 24/7 contact.

But they vanished as if time itself deleted them.

Suddenly, there was no news.

Then, Louis received the intelligence from a mysterious person.

"There’s a problem with the song of the fairies."