"Re-Lober."
The most southwestern border city of the Re-Estize Kingdom, known as the "Harbor City," boasts extremely prosperous trade and shipping routes, even allowing direct travel by boat to the Holy Kingdom.
It is about a five-day journey from the outermost border town, Ye-Iguuru.
At this moment.
The Adventurer Team "Free Will" is residing in the city's most luxurious hotel, their appearance causing quite a stir in the city.
Merchants and nobles have always had the keenest sense, essentially due to their access to information far exceeding that of ordinary people.
The value brought by merely powerful Adventurers is limited.
But the value represented by a "Genius Alchemist" who can create Alchemy Potions that no one else can is beyond question.
The impact and Gold Coins brought by the Regeneration Potion in the Royal Capital have long made countless nobles and merchants envious.
Faced with the arrival of "Free Will," these merchants and nobles naturally vied to visit.
Tang Zheng had already taken the lead in returning from the Hills, occasionally allowing the person disguised as him to show their face along the way.
However, more detailed matters such as going to the Adventurer's Guild and interacting with these nobles and merchants required his personal presence.
After wasting the better part of a day.
Tang Zheng finally extricated himself from these trivial matters and returned to the luxurious hotel with the Emerald Witch and Anri.
Inside the room.
"Master, here is some warm boiled water." Anri held a water glass and happily handed it over.
Tang Zheng took the glass and nodded lightly to Anri, "Well, I plan to stay here for a few days, so you'll have to work a little harder next."
The Emerald Witch and Anri naturally had no objections.
"It's Master who works hard."
Anri said softly, her eyes filled with admiration and concern for Tang Zheng.
Most of the time on the road, Master was researching Alchemy in the carriage and rarely appeared. Compared to just running errands.
Anri felt that Tang Zheng was the one working the hardest.
She personally handed those cheap Alchemy Potions to the poor as a salesperson, knowing that the potions Master made helped many people.
But no matter how hard one person tries, they cannot save all the poor.
Master is powerful and can summon holy angels, and also possesses amazing Alchemy techniques to make cheap potions.
Since joining "Free Will," Anri had seen too many things along the way, and many questions she had before that she didn't understand were gradually understood, and she even learned to think.
Because of this.
Anri felt from the bottom of her heart that Master was the best person in the world, and the only thing that troubled her was not being able to help Master better.
After Anri and the Emerald Witch finished listening to some of Tang Zheng's instructions, they retreated from the room.
"Creak—crack!"
The door closed.
Tang Zheng raised both hands to rub his temples, gently exhaling a breath: "These troublesome little things are finally resolved."
With the experience of the Royal Capital, Anri and the Emerald Witch can handle things with ease.
He got up and walked to the window.
Tang Zheng took the water cup Anri handed him and took a gulp, his gaze fixed on the outside, but his eyes flickered with a thoughtful look.
The current matter is still the Abelion Hills.
Only about three years left.
Tang Zheng knew that the "Boiling Frog" method was not suitable for him at all.
Controlling a region or a country is not his ultimate goal, and he will not put himself in the spotlight before the Great Tomb of Nazarick descends.
The Martial King, Go Gin, is the Demi-human Tang Zheng chose, who can be pushed to the front to control or influence the entire Abelion Hills.
Tang Zheng has many purposes in doing so, and his current script is not limited to the Abelion Hills.
As the central area of the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy, these two countries are also in his script.
One of the main purposes is to establish contact with the Slane Theocracy as the Adventurer of Free Will, Tang.
This "contact" cannot be initiated by him, but by the Slane Theocracy.
"There are too many characters in the script, and the real trend may not follow the real script, but as long as the main line is not a problem, just let the other things play out on their own."
Tang Zheng's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he smiled calmly: "After all, I am just a small character in this script, at most a little bit dazzling."
He got a lot of advice from Princess Renner, many of which were simply unfeasible or too time-consuming for him, but some could be applied.
"Just."
Tang Zheng's gaze moved down, looking at the bustling streets and crowds outside the window: "How much of what I am doing now will really work in the future?"
He shook his head.
"No matter how much it can do, I have to do it as long as it has a trace of effect. There are too few trump cards to play, and some things cannot be solved by force alone."
Tang Zheng turned around, grabbed in the void, and a bright red Magic Robe appeared in his hand.
The next moment.
He had already disappeared from the room.
The Abelion Hills area does not have a very complicated history. It is said that it was once ruled by a Kingdom established by a group of Hill Dwarves.
Unfortunately, it was eventually destroyed by various Demi-human races, forming the current chaotic Hills pattern.
Throughout the Hills area.
There are many different races, and even the Demi-humans in the Hills may not be able to fully understand all the races. However, there are 12 races that have the largest population and the strongest individuals.
In addition to these 12 races.
There are also several races that are extremely famous in the Hills, either small but powerful groups, or solitary individual powerhouses.
The Water Element Ogre is one of them.
In addition to that, there is also an Earth Element Ogre, the Snake King, a Guardian Spirit, and a Beast-bodied Quadruped.
At this moment!
Located at the Water Element Ogre's base.
Gathering are about 100 ordinary Ogres.
In front of these Ogres, stand three figures: a Water Element Ogre with white and cyan skin, an Earth Element Ogre with dark brown skin.
And at the very front, the "Martial King" Go Gin.
The presence of these three superior species makes the 100 or so ordinary Ogres dare not make any moves, obediently standing in place waiting for orders.
"Can't you take a bath? You stink."
The White Mist Witch sits on a large tree to the side, her bright yellow pupils looking down at the group of rude fellows exuding a stench, covering her nose as she speaks.
After Tang Zheng subdued Go Gin and the Water Element Ogre, he sent the two to defeat the Earth Element Ogre, who was of equal renown to the Water Element Ogre, and bring him back together.
This is the reason why the Earth Element Ogre is here.
"What does that man want to do?" Go Gin asked in a cold voice, expressionless upon hearing the White Mist Witch's words.
"You must call him Lord!"
The White Mist Witch leaned forward, correcting him.
"Hmph." Go Gin snorted coldly, his eyes filled with disdain and contempt as he faced this strange Demi-human who was monitoring them.
Buzz—
The air vibrates.
A mysterious red figure appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.
"So few Ogres?" Tang Zheng asked with a surprised, hoarse voice.
In the Hills, the number of Ogres and Goblins is no less than that of some top Tribes, but their low intelligence prevents the Ogres and Goblins from forming integrated Tribes.
Even in the eyes of some other Demi-human races, Ogres and Goblins are completely regarded as ordinary Demon Creatures.
"These two are solitary fellows, it's already good enough that they can gather a group of Ogres around them." Go Gin said indifferently, his pupils contracting slightly.
Although the Water Element Ogre and Earth Element Ogre possess a certain level of intelligence, they simply have no intention of subduing ordinary Ogres.
As superior species, in their eyes, they and the Ogres are not even the same race.
"Fools."
Tang Zheng sneered.
With the nature of Ogres and Goblins, as long as these two superior Element Ogres are willing, they can easily subdue all the Ogre and Goblin races in the entire Hills.
Such a huge group of people, coupled with the strength of the two, completely possesses the power to compete with the 12 races.
Tang Zheng's mind flickered, and the attribute panel appeared.
[Experience Bar: 1/460000]
[Comprehensive Level: 48→47Lv]
[Ninja: 2Lv→1Lv]
Not long ago, he used Experience Points Casting again, and his level dropped by 1 again.
"Human!"
"It's actually a human, you two actually submitted to a two-legged reptile! Roar!"
The Earth Element Ogre saw Tang Zheng appear and roared loudly.
He originally thought that the one who could make strong individuals like Go Gin and the Water Element Ogre submit would be other Demi-human powerhouses, but he didn't expect it to be a weak human.
"Oh, I really overestimated your intelligence. Even as a superior species, you still don't have much of a brain."
Tang Zheng looked at the Earth Element Ogre, who looked similar to the Water Element Ogre, "Since you're so noisy, then don't speak anymore in the future."
"All-Race Charm!"
Invisible Mana fluctuations surged out.
The Earth Element Ogre's roaring sound stopped, unable to even struggle, and his eyes instantly became dull.
Tang Zheng's current casting level has reached the Tenth Tier level, although it is a false casting level without any bonuses, the opponent simply cannot resist when facing a low-level opponent.
"Cut off your own tongue." Tang Zheng said indifferently.
The Earth Element Ogre grabbed his own tongue without hesitation and cut it off, a large amount of blood spurting from his mouth.
The intense pain caused the Earth Element Ogre's face to twist, and his body trembled. He woke up from the charm state with a scream, lying on the ground and wailing.
Seeing this scene, Go Gin and the Water Element Ogre's expressions changed, and then, their eyes shrank. They simultaneously felt a terrifying aura emanating from Tang Zheng's body, and the air seemed to become heavy and viscous all of a sudden.
The Water Element Ogre was extremely terrified.
Go Gin even took a step back subconsciously, gripping the mace weapon beside him tightly, looking at Tang Zheng opposite him in disbelief, sweat dripping from his forehead.
"This aura... how..."
Go Gin breathed rapidly, feeling a sense of powerlessness at this moment, as if he could be killed at any time and unable to resist.
[Experience Bar: 1/410000]
[Comprehensive Level: 47→46Lv]
[Ninja: 1Lv→...]
As he used the ability of 「Transcendence Skill」, his level dropped again in the blink of an eye, and along with it, the [Ninja] Job disappeared from the attribute panel.
Tang Zheng had been using the passive ability of 「Concealment of Aura」, which was lost from the passive ability along with the [Ninja] Job.
Letting his own aura be exposed for the first time, forming terrifying Terror!
"Fourth Tier Magic, requires consuming 200,000 Experience Points, the Experience Bar after the level drop still only has one point."
"So it seems that the experience consumed by casting spells through experience, as long as it doesn't exceed the upper limit of the Experience Bar, won't cause a situation where I drop 2 levels at once."
"The job disappeared, and the passives disappeared with it?"
Tang Zheng had been paying attention to the numerical changes on the panel, and finally had a deeper understanding of the 「Experience Skill」.
"You lead the way for them."
Tang Zheng spoke to the White Mist Witch, and as soon as his voice fell, his figure had disappeared.
"Yes, Master." The White Mist Witch quickly said respectfully, then looked at the nervous Go Gin below with a grin: "Hehe, are you only now realizing the difference in strength between you and Master? Big guy, take the stinky guys behind you and follow me."
...
On the other side.
Tang Zheng had already arrived at this quiet place in the Lava Zone.
He confirmed the information on the attribute panel again.
"The job and passives have indeed all disappeared." Tang Zheng's eyes were serious, and after careful observation, he confirmed it again.
This result was not disappointing, but rather a situation that was expected.
"Wait, the skills haven't disappeared?"
Tang Zheng moved his gaze down and suddenly discovered that a series of skills from the [Ninja] job were still there.
『Discovered skill "Ninjutsu: Shadow Lurk", requires High-Tier Job [Ninja], current conditions not met, requires 3 Skill Points』
『No prerequisite Intermediate Job, conditions not met, requires 6 Skill Points, no Basic Job, conditions not met...』
『"Genius" job activated, already possesses basic class "Thief", meets learning conditions, would you like to take the job?』
『Discovered skill "Ninjutsu: Detection", requires High-Tier Job [Ninja], current conditions not met, requires 3 Skill Points』
『No prerequisite Intermediate Job, conditions not met, requires 6 Skill Points, no Basic Job, conditions not met...』
『...』
Tang Zheng looked at the job information that was refreshed immediately afterward on the attribute panel and fell into silence.
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