Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 99 Star's Plan

After apologizing to Leonard, Star went to the bathroom at home to think.

The digestion of the "lucky" potion is easy to understand. "Sitting at home and digesting it quickly" is itself a very lucky behavior.

Even if you do nothing, there will be people rushing to give you experience.

If this is not called a "lucky person", then what is a "lucky person"?

Not to mention that Star gained role-playing progress as soon as he was promoted, and Steam Princess didn’t have such treatment either - He also waited for thousands of years in the Fifth Epoch before a Roselle came to help him digest the characteristics of Sequence 1.

Even Star wanted Leonard to give him a "skill", but somehow, Leonard happened to be sent to him.

This is also a kind of performance of the "lucky guy" - it is a win without any effort.

But how does this "player" get his role-playing progress?
Not knowing what changes he had brought to the Nighthawks, Star felt that this progress in his role most likely came from a series of changes caused by his reminder to Senator Maynard.

As for why he told Sir Weidel the news about Councillor Maynard.

It’s not that Star wanted to save the representative of the new party.

He actually doesn't have a good impression of these officials.

No matter what, people of this era are still stuck in the Victorian values, and nothing is "new" at all. At most, it is just a transfer from the aristocratic narrative to the factory owner's narrative.

Even for a philanthropist like Sir Videl, the rules he set for his Deville Trust Company reflect the so-called moral ethics of medieval feudal lords towards their subjects.

Star and Sir Videl didn't approve of him much, but by getting in touch with him during the exorcism of evil spirits, they could reach a certain level of cooperation and use him to promote the reform of the new party so that it could develop in a direction that was better for the poor.

Instead of the Corn Bills, which not only bankrupted a large number of farmers and forced them to move to cities to compete for jobs with low wages, but also caused workers to suffer wage cuts and a lower quality of life due to the internal circulation of the labor force.

As for the people who can treat Star sincerely and resonate with him in such a world, for now, there are only a few "time travelers", namely Xiao Ke and others.

However, he will not give up on the issue because of personal likes and dislikes and fail to unite available forces to promote reasonable solutions to some problems.

On the one hand, he needs basic psychological comfort so that he can take the initiative to promote the introduction of regulations that can effectively improve the welfare of the poor and do his part in the process.

At least we cannot do nothing and wait for the so-called "trend of the times" to make its choice, causing the lives of innocent people to be continuously harmed by waves of "necessary" sacrifices.

It would be fine if Star knew nothing. He could use the excuse that "mortals have their limits, unless they become angels or even gods" to absolve himself of the burden.

But he knew too much—the insights in his original body’s memories, his foresight into the future, and his observations of the world during his role as a Sequence 8...

In addition, Star happens to be blessed by the "Between Reality and Illusion", so he can do whatever he wants without bringing too much risk to himself.

Under these double circumstances, if he just kept himself out of it, it would inevitably make him, a modern person with basic principles and mature outlook on life, feel guilty.

In this case, it would be fine if he was unhappy, but he was afraid that as a Extraordinary Person, he would take another step towards losing control due to his poor condition.

Star is not sure whether "Between Reality and Illusion" can be immune to situations where it gets out of control, so it is better to be careful.

Of course, he can also seek to improve his own strength as soon as possible.

In a situation where there is an apocalypse that will sweep the whole world and even the true God is actively seeking to go further, this is the right way.

But there is another very important thing: if Extraordinary people want to improve their strength, there are several obstacles that prevent them from being promoted to a higher sequence - role-playing, rituals, formulas, and Extraordinary characteristics.

The last two items - formula and extraordinary materials - don't need to be worried before Star is promoted to an angel, as Star already has mature ideas.

The key is ritual and role-playing.

According to the situation that all the paths belonging to the nine source substances between reality and illusion must be explored, the subsequent role-playing will definitely not be able to avoid the two paths belonging to the source substance "City of Disaster" - the "Hunter" path and the "Witch" path.

It is absolutely impossible for Star to choose the "Witch" path. Star will never choose "Witch" in his life.

Therefore, he only had one choice of path to the source of "City of Disaster".

That is the "Hunter" path which symbolizes "War".

And because it involves the high sequence of the "Hunter" pathway, this role-playing will inevitably require him to take part in it personally.

According to Star's speculation, "war" can also occur in the field of thought.

For example, in the "Hunter" path, Sequence 7 "Arsonist" is about the "fire" that is "arsonized".

It can be not only about setting fire to the mountain on the material level, but also on the spiritual and social levels - this was a guess that Star had made before, and now he has verified it using the "dice divination method".

Therefore, the booklet that Star gave to Congressman Maynard, which recorded historical experience and how to truly improve the conditions of workers, was not only made for his role as the "madman" potion, but also indirectly used this method to seek future roles.

This includes secretly mixing some personal opinions into one's own serialized best-selling novels to bring about a certain wave in the ideological and cultural fields, which can also be regarded as a "war" at this level of consciousness.

Otherwise, why did Star choose the pen name "Warrior of Love"? Was it just for fun?
He thought that it would be both practical and interesting to bring the true essence of thought to this world full of "filth" and to raise the banner of "love and justice" to start the "battle".

Moreover, even if the effect of this advance role-playing is not good, Sta feels that he can still prepare for the future promotion ceremony.

As the name of the "Tampering" path suggests, none of the promotion ceremonies on this path can make Star quiet down.

He had figured out that all of these rituals revolved around one central theme - to do more things, and the bigger the better.

One of the ceremonies in particular really gave Star a headache. Even though he was not an angel, he had to hide behind the scenes and set off a feast of "fake and real" to deceive the world.

"Can I only say that it is a path that has the sequence settings of 'Gambler', 'Patient with a Talking Head', and 'Player'?"

Star complained about his main approach based on his own personal experience of passive role-playing.

As for one of the secondary paths, how can the "Hunter" path be played if the cultural invasion fails.

There is no need to worry about this.

It just so happened that he knew how the future would develop. That Russian priest Adam, the king of angels who controlled the uniqueness of the "audience" path, would plan a war that would sweep the entire world with a certain "trashy" king in order to become a god.

Since you can't stop it, just join in.

In the meantime, you can advance in your role and change the world according to your own wishes.

This is an important aspect of Star's future plans.

In addition, the more advanced the Beyonder's potion is, the more difficult it is to digest.

“Between Reality and Illusion” cannot allow Star to directly advance the abilities of future sequences, but can only protect him and enhance the extraordinary abilities of the existing “tampering” channels.

Therefore, if Star cannot be promoted to the angel level, which is at least close to the "god" level, his strength will still be insignificant in the face of doomsday.

Compared with the truly powerful extraordinary people, he can only rely on tricks between "reality and illusion".

It is possible that he will have to watch Xiao Ke, the "junior", catch up and surpass him, the "senior time traveler".

When the time comes, "the three-year period has come, and Guimi will return to his position", he will have to turn around and ask Xiao Ke for help, then...

Hmm... Star felt a little tempted. It seemed that being the first follower of The Fool and just waiting to die would not be bad...

Ahem, that's not right.

"Between Reality and Illusion is no worse than Sefirah Castle. What on earth was I thinking?!"

"Not to mention that a 'Lord of Mysteries' who has to distract himself from fighting against the consciousness of the Heavenly Lord and cannot exert his own strength is not enough to face the end of the world."

After muttering to himself, Star focused his attention on the next plan.

Subsequent performances will definitely become more and more difficult.

Xiao Ke was arranged by many big guys from the very beginning.

Whether it was the Sequence 3 "Ancient Scholar" and rituals, or the Sequence 2 "Miracle Master" and Sequence 1 "Mysterious Servant", they were all prepared in advance with the "Gift of Fate".

Therefore, it can be three years of true God and five years of old days.

If Star doesn't want to be left behind too much, in addition to acting in advance, he should also plan some "big news".

According to the essence of "acting method", the effect of digestion is related to the quantity and quality of the "audience" involved in the acting.

Or, you can start with the quality of the “audience” - that is, the other party must be of a very high status, reaching the level of “saint” or above.

Just like what Star once did, he borrowed the knife of Nast, the "King of the Five Seas", to eliminate Tris, the "Assassin" Path Sequence 8 Extraordinary, who he had difficulty dealing with at the time.

Well, if he wasn't dead now and had turned into a "witch", she should be called Triss.

Of course, now Sta is no match for Triss. Just kidding, Sta, who has reached Sequence 7 through two paths, is so brave. Even German has the confidence to challenge him. What can Triss use Sta against...

And another aspect is to start with the number of "audiences".

Otherwise, you have to create some big events involving many people so that your "acting" process can be widely spread and get as many witnesses as possible.

For example, Crane used stories related to German Sparrow to digest the potion.

Unlike Klein, who had people vying to feed him and train him to become the "Lord of Mysteries", Star had to be self-reliant and make arrangements as early as possible, otherwise he would not even be able to become an angel before the end of the world.

This is also the important reason why Star needs to implement the "changing the world" plan step by step in the future.

After sorting out his chaotic thoughts, he sighed:

"This task is really extremely complicated."

Well, but maybe there was some unexpected good luck as well?

For example, at Sir Videl's house, he didn't expect that after doing those things, the "madman's" potion would be directly digested.

He had originally planned to participate in other actions after completing this task to digest the magic potion of the "madman".

It was a bit beyond Star's expectation that he could digest the "madman's" potion directly.

Although he had previously restrained his desire to further threaten the old man, he had digested a lot of "madman" potion.

Star felt that this was also due to the fact that his desire to cause trouble, which had been suppressed for too long, was finally released.

At that time, after learning the essence of "between reality and illusion", he found that he could finally let go of himself. He was so happy.

Moreover, Star suspected:
Was there a projection of Adam silently watching in the air at that time?
It won’t be the original body.

The real Adam would not normally show up in front of Star.

And by projecting or secretly watching from a distance, Star won't notice the "reality and illusion" and can also observe the impact of Star's actions.

This also explains why Adam responded so quickly and received that special invitation from Backlund.

"I wonder if He will let that [Xia] King avoid me a little in some matters..."

Star muttered to himself, but in the blink of an eye he lowered his head and continued to think about his plan.

"We can't think of the subsequent arrangements too simply."

"It's a bit ridiculous to place hope on a priest who only cares about profit and his paranoia about resurrecting himself and facing the end of the world..."

"That [trashy] King George III was abandoned just like that. Although he himself had no investment value, he had to be abandoned..."

After a while, Star walked out of the bathroom. With the idea that "people still have to rely on themselves", he continued to build on the foundation in front of him.

For example, he continued to rely on Leonard's hand and asked him to help him practice.

Ahem, the kind that practices seriously.

Star has experienced many times by now the ability of Leonard, the "Midnight Poet", to use different styles of poetry to have different effects on the creatures around him.

Thanks to Leonard's active cooperation, he has learned an ability [Skill-Bardic].

Judging from the results of his practice in the bathroom, it can't be said to be weak. Star just wants to complain that it is not there at all.

When applied to actual combat, it is indeed not good enough.

This is the skill I just acquired.

In particular, Sta did not use the "Between Reality and Illusion" to bless himself, and he has not practiced a few times to improve the "proficiency" of his skills.

If the skill "Barding" is an instantaneous ability that can be cast quickly, Star can cast it multiple times in a row to brush up his "proficiency", and use the "recovery" spell to replenish his mana when he is short of spirituality.

Unfortunately, it is not the case. Let Leonard continue to perform it on him a few more times.

After experiencing it a few more times in person, your "proficiency" will be no less than that of practicing several times.

In a sense, this is also what Star complained about: "You can become stronger by getting beaten."

So, that's it.

A new round of "practice" between Star and Leonard began, with Star saying things like "scream louder" and "you want to drive a warship so quietly" which sounded very strange to Leonard.

With the "player's" powerful learning and analysis abilities, as well as Star's many personal experiences with the original "Barding", his proficiency in [Skill - Barding] continued to improve, and eventually reached the limit of what could be achieved.

Star took a lingering look at Leonard, who was having a headache due to the spiritual exhaustion, and felt that it was a bit of a pity.

He muttered silently in his heart:

Oh, who is Mr. Pales guarding against?

Why are you all sleeping now? Why don’t you come out to take a look?
(End of this chapter)