You thought it might be better to leave, but a short-haired, gentle-looking, golden-haired girl wearing a white long robe and a gray round crown appeared before you.
She gently picked you up, whispering softly and asking why you were there.
You were puzzled, murmuring that you didn't seem to have met this girl before.
Then you were surprised to find that she actually answered your question, saying very quietly that she had seen you in the Eastern District when she was entering the city, sleeping on a trash can by a flower bed. She had petted you a couple of times, but hadn't expected you to have grown so much stronger.
You immediately asked her how she could understand your speech. Only then did you learn that she was a Temple Nun, possessing the special ability to understand animals.
However, from the respectful gazes of the people around, you guessed that the girl's identity was not as simple as she made it sound.
You immediately said that you just wanted to casually inquire, perhaps about some strange or interesting stories, expressing your great interest in such matters.
The Temple Nun said nothing, only leading you outside the Adventurer Association gate. Only then did she explain the danger of magical beasts inside the Adventurer Association. You suddenly understood the reason.
The Temple Nun saw how clever you were and offered to sign a contract with you, making you her familiar.
You became wary, jumping out of her soft embrace, stating that you still wanted to see the wider world and would not stay in the city for long.
The Temple Nun just smiled and nodded, saying that her name was Nibi Si and that if you had time, you could come to the temple in the Eastern District. The magic there was slightly denser than in other places, and she could provide free healing for injured people. Then the Temple Nun left.
On the thirtieth day, you engaged in a battle with a group of rats. Thirty Level Two rats were no match for you, all dying under your claws. Your level reached Nine.
At the same time, you felt a flash of inspiration in your mind, which made you realize that you seemed to have an inherited skill.
You gained a new skill, Magic Eye, which enhances your vision and allows you to detect faint traces of magic.
You began to wonder who your father was. Searching your memories, your mother should have been an ordinary stray cat, and it was impossible for her to have the ability to learn skills.
Another two months passed. In the third month, after countless battles, your level reached Ten. You felt your strength had reached a bottleneck, but you had no solution.
However, your level was like a god-like existence for most stray animals in this city. Even the previous stray dogs, you could easily toy with them using your movement techniques.
You had already re-entered the inner city and occupied half of the area. The stray animals bowed to you in submission.
At the same time, your small treasury also contained quite a few copper coins, all found in nooks and crannies.
Su Xiao in reality gave a few wry smiles. Things took a turn, and in just a moment, he had already occupied half of the inner city.
“So, the levels of stray animals aren’t very high. But Level Ten is almost invincible within the city. I just don’t know what Level Ten means in this world.”
In the fourth month, you had been stuck at Level Ten for a long time. You felt no sign of breaking through to Level Eleven.
At the same time, the law enforcement officers in the city began to clear out magical beasts appearing within the city. As a Level Ten magical beast, you undoubtedly became their target.
At the end of the fourth month, you barely escaped under the encirclement of law enforcement officers, but you were also seriously injured. Your right protector found you in a trash can and took you to the temple in the Eastern District. In the right protector's mind, only a place like the temple could provide you with free treatment.
Your right protector carried you and slipped in through the temple window. At this moment, there was no one else inside the temple except for a golden-haired nun kneeling with her hands clasped, praying to the idol.
The golden-haired nun was none other than Nibi Si, whom you had met once before. She heard the commotion and looked at you, very surprised, and without much inquiry, used a simple healing magic on you.
The effect of the healing magic wasn't very good, but at least you were out of mortal danger.
Your right protector left.
In the fifth month, you were still in the temple. At this time, your injuries had fully recovered under daily magic treatment and Nibi Si's care. You also inquired Nibi Si daily about everything in this world.
You learned that this continent had three countries: the Ayla Country, the Linke Kingdom, and the Lun Di Country. Fallen Dragon City, where you were, was a small city near Falling Dragon Valley in the northern part of Lun Di Country. For many years, the road to the capital of Lun Di Country had rarely been traveled due to Falling Dragon Valley.
You also learned that magical beasts were divided into nine stages from low to high: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine, corresponding to the human stages of Apprentice, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Super, Professional, Master, Kingdom, and Supreme.
Nibi Si also told you that Tier One was Levels One to Five, Tier Two was Levels Six to Ten, and then each subsequent tier was ten levels.
Ninth Tier Supreme were powerhouses of Levels 71 to 80, but in the God Forsaken Land, there were only records of such powerhouses in very few historical texts.
And there was a Level Thirty Advanced Swordsman City Lord stationed in the city, one of the few Advanced Swordsman powerhouses on the continent. You had to be careful.
You asked if there were no higher-level existences. Nibi Si only told you that there were powerhouses of Tier Four and above in the capitals of various countries, but newly promoted powerhouses found it very difficult to break through on the continent.
Because humans and magical beasts absorbed magic and devoured magic crystals to enhance their power differently, humans only needed to learn certain skills to raise their level. For example, a mage, from Tier One to Tier Two, only needed to learn two different types of magic. Nibi Si herself was an Intermediate Healing Mage. Before her promotion, she had learned two different types of magic: Tier Three Healing Spell and Tier Three Water Shield.
However, magic above Tier Six on the continent was lost, and the magic on the continent was not as dense as imagined. Few people possessed vast magic to learn those spells.
In the sixth month, although you felt that such a comfortable life was not bad, you quickly learned that almost all stray animals in the city had been arrested. Those identified as magical beasts had been killed and their magic crystals extracted. You began to be afraid; your strength was too weak.
After inquiring Nibi Si about possible ways to upgrade before, you had intentionally wanted to leave the city. It was said that there would be many magical beasts in Falling Dragon Valley, and you could go there to hunt magical beasts and absorb magic crystals to break through.
In the seventh month, you bid farewell to Nibi Si and went to Falling Dragon Valley alone.
On the twelfth day of the seventh month, you arrived at Falling Dragon Valley. Falling Dragon Valley at this moment was not as desolate as you had imagined. Vast stretches of trees and grasslands were rooted, and even you could feel many powerful auras.
On the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month, after hunting countless ordinary animals, you finally hunted your first magical beast. It was a Level Nine Teng Snake. You sustained considerable injuries.
But what was valuable was that you obtained a magic crystal.
In the eighth month, you successfully absorbed the Teng Snake's magic crystal. You immediately felt a surge of power, breaking through your level that had been stuck for many days.
You reached Level Eleven, successfully becoming a Tier Three magical beast, and at the same time replaced the Teng Snake as the ruler of the forest within a hundred meters.
“Finally broke through to Level Eleven, this upgrade is quite simple!” Su Xiao chuckled, thinking that it wouldn’t be long before he might reach Level Thirty. By then, not to mention the entire continent, but just the vicinity of Falling Dragon Valley, wouldn’t he be the one in charge!
In the first year, through your efforts, your level reached Fifteen. At the same time, you began to feel that your skills were insufficient. Simple Surprise Claw could no longer satisfy your attacks, and many times it failed to achieve a sneak attack kill.
So you began to seek new skills. You started to ask magical beasts with lower levels than you, especially those of cat-like races, but unfortunately, their levels were not high, and their skills were very simple, useless to you.
In the second year, your level increased quite slowly, reaching Sixteen. At this time, you felt a strange sensation surge into your brain, and at the same time, a scene appeared before your eyes. It was as if you were personally there. Black claws were coated with a layer of magic. With one swipe, three wind waves formed by the claws shot forward, easily leaving three clear and deep claw marks on a large tree.
You learned Qi Blade Claw.
You were very happy that you had gained an attack skill that could be cast from a distance.
In the third year, your level reached Seventeen. It became increasingly difficult for you to level up. There were no magical beasts other than you left in your territory.
To level up, you had no choice but to enter the territories of other magical beasts.
In January of the third year, you fought a Level Eighteen Tiger-Striped Colossus. Its formidable defense and area-of-effect attack skills made it impossible for you to harm it. You had no choice but to flee, but your defeat also caused your territory to fall into the hands of other magical beasts.
In February of the third year, a pack of Swift Wind Wolves found you and attacked you. Although most of the wolves were Level Eleven minions, your speed and movement allowed you to easily dodge. However, the Swift Wind Wolf King was a Level Twenty top Tier Three magical beast. Just a graze from its attack broke one of your claws.
You died.
Simulation ended. You can now claim one of the following rewards.
1: Strength Level
2: Simulation Experience
“Choose one.”
Suddenly, a surge of magic poured into Su Xiao’s body. Immediately, Su Xiao felt his physical fitness improve significantly. With a light swipe of his sharp claws, he left three claw marks on a nearby tree. This was without Su Xiao even using any skills.
Su Xiao then opened his personal panel.
Name: Su Xiao
Level: 17 (Tier 3 Magical Beast)
Race: Cat (Mixed-blood)
Magic Power: 240
Skills: Quickness Lv11, Surprise Claw Max, Magic Eye Lv7, Qi Blade Claw Lv2
Compared to Su Xiao’s initial panel an hour ago, the improvement was significant.
Su Xiao unconsciously revealed a smile, then looked at the simulator.
It displayed: Insufficient simulation attempts, simulation cooldown 6 days 23 hours 56 minutes.
Evidently, the simulator could not be used continuously.
“It’s not a top-up type simulator, but a cooldown type… It’s half good, half bad…” Su Xiao sighed, thinking that it was a good thing he didn’t have to steal money to top up the system.
After a bit of mental preparation, Su Xiao left the flowerbed. He decided to go to the temple in the Eastern District. Staying at the temple would provide him with the protection of the Temple Nun, preventing him from being harassed by Adventurers and law enforcement officers.
Su Xiao avoided most law enforcement officers, moving across rooftops. He was afraid of attracting the attention of ill-intentioned individuals. After all, he was no longer the small fry he was before Level Ten. A Level Seventeen magical beast appearing in the city could cause unnecessary trouble.
Before long, Su Xiao arrived at the temple in the Eastern District.
During the simulation, the textual description was still not as striking as seeing it with his own eyes.
The so-called temple stood alone on a small hill, occupying a small area, seemingly only about a hundred square meters. It was tens of meters away from other buildings and was also half a meter taller than the surrounding civilian houses. Ordinary people could easily spot the difference from a distance.
Although it was a pointed building with stone walls and a wooden roof, the unique patterned stained-glass windows faintly emitted a weak golden light. As a magical beast, Su Xiao could clearly feel the temple's faint repulsion towards him.
“I didn’t expect the temple to really have special power,” Su Xiao murmured, then stepped onto the stone steps leading to the temple.
However, halfway up, Su Xiao was picked up by a pair of fair, slender hands. Looking up, it was indeed a golden-haired nun with an ethereal appearance and a faint smile that seemed to pity all beings, like an angel.
Su Xiao guessed that the person was Nibi Si, and she matched the description in the simulation.
“Hello, little cat. How did you end up here? Your magical aura is quite strong.” Nibi Si held Su Xiao in her arms, gently stroking Su Xiao’s head with her right hand.
Meow ~
Su Xiao rubbed against her but did not speak.
Nibi Si petted him for a short while before putting Su Xiao down, turning Su Xiao’s head towards the outside of the temple, and softly saying, “The temple’s power has a certain suppression on magical beasts. You should go back outside.”
After speaking, Nibi Si walked towards the inside of the temple. Su Xiao immediately turned his head and quickly caught up with Nibi Si, rubbing against Nibi Si’s leg, looking as if he wanted to follow Nibi Si.
Nibi Si looked troubled, glancing at the temple, then at Su Xiao. After telling Su Xiao to leave several times, and Su Xiao kept running back, she finally let Su Xiao stay.
It was only when Nibi Si no longer drove Su Xiao away that Su Xiao felt the faint repelling force dissipate.
“So, as long as I get the approval of a cleric within the temple, even a magical beast like me can come and go freely?” Su Xiao thought.
After following Nibi Si into the temple, Su Xiao saw six rows, a total of twelve long benches, in the main hall of the temple. In the center front, besides a podium for speeches, stood a four-meter-tall statue. In the lower right corner, a line of small characters was carved: Magic Calendar 875.
The statue was carved from white, jade-like stone. The main figure was like a stick figure, without facial features or clothing, and its gender could not be discerned. It was rounded with no sharp edges, but just standing there made Su Xiao’s mind condense. In a trance, he felt as if he had fallen into a golden abyss, and it took a moment for him to recover.
“Don’t keep staring at the statue of the deity. It’s impolite.” Nibi Si stroked Su Xiao’s head, then went to the front of the statue, clasped her hands, and silently prayed.
Half a minute later, Nibi Si explained the origin of the statue to Su Xiao.
Only then did Su Xiao learn that this statue was carved by the first generation Temple Priest and had a history of seven hundred years. Magic Calendar 875 was the time the statue was completed.
The deity carved was a sun god named Asa. Legend has it that his strength was extraordinary, and over a thousand years ago, he performed a miracle, slaying an Otherworldly Magic Dragon, and Falling Dragon Valley was named after this event.
However, these were only oral traditions, and there were no records in any books within the city.
But this did not hinder the existence of the temple.
…Divider…
Many people found it difficult to understand the levels I wrote. Below is the level division for God Forsaken Land and the Branna Continent world chapters.
Apprentice 【Levels 1-5】 Tier One (Swordsman, Mage, Knight, Scout…)
Junior 【Levels 6-10】 Tier Two (The strength gap between Apprentice and Junior is very small, basically only the difference in magic power, so Level Five is Tier One)
Intermediate 【Levels 11-20】 Tier Three
Advanced 【Levels 21-30】 Tier Four
Super 【Levels 31-40】 Tier Five
Professional 【Levels 41-50】 Tier Six
Master 【Levels 51-60】 Tier Seven (Magical beasts and demons are generally called Demon Kings. If a swordsman has a holy sword, they are called Holy Swordsmen, mastering divinity)
Kingdom 【Levels 61-70】 Tier Eight (e.g., Kingdom Mages, generally the top combat unit of a country on the surface)
Supreme 【Levels 71-80】 Tier Nine
Legend 【Levels 81-90】 Tier Ten
Unrivaled 【Levels 91-100】 Tier Eleven
Demigod 【Levels 101-120】 Tier Twelve
God 【Levels 121+】 God Tier