"I don't recall any specific reason being given for Viscount Kane's death in the subsequent main storyline either,"
Having realized he had been reborn and was soon to face a death storyline, Lis Kain frowned and summarized his memories from his past life, attempting to steer his new role as Viscount Kane away from this deadly plot twist.
"Divine Revelation" unfolds in a place called the Gaia Main World within the Star Realm, surrounded by brilliantly sparkling different planes, Divine Countries, and the Abyss and Hell, enveloped in darkness and blood under the vast sea of stars.
In the Gaia Main World, there are six continents: Fanor Continent, Eson Continent, Ketan Continent, Tudos Continent, Gena Continent, and Anola Continent. Each continent corresponds to different regional servers in the game, with each server having distinct main storylines in the early stages of the game. Among these, the Fanor Continent serves as the main starting point for players from Hua Country.
In his previous life, Lis initially spent most of his time in the Feis Kingdom on the Fanor Continent, so he was relatively familiar with the main storylines of the Fanor Continent during the version 1.0 period of "Divine Revelation."
The Fanor Continent vaguely resembles an irregular rectangle, covering hundreds of millions of square kilometers. In the central and eastern parts are broad and fertile plains where several large Human Kingdoms are situated, to the south lies the vast, dense Navia Forest, home to the Elf Kingdom, and to the north, a vast expanse of perpetual snow plains inhabited by various Magic Beasts and alien races. The majestic, long Jianuo Mountain Range stretches between the middle and western parts of the continent, and beyond the mountains lies the desolate expanse of endless deserts in the west.
The Feis Kingdom is located in the east of the continent. Originating from the Jianuo Mountain Range, the Gedo River flows through the entire territory of the Feis Kingdom towards the eastern Treasure Pearl Sea, endowing the kingdom with vast, fertile lands and convenient transportation, making it more powerful than the surrounding countries.
Every year on October 10th, the Feis Kingdom celebrates the Sacrificial Festival, the most festive and joyful time in the kingdom. People decorate the cities and celebrate the fruitful harvest of the year while praying to the All Gods for favorable weather in the coming year.
The most grand and lively celebration takes place in Triumph Square in Bright City, the capital of the Feis Kingdom.
The Royal Family organizes the Sacrificial Festival in Triumph Square in Bright City, and the King along with all the nobles residing in Bright City attend. It is the most important moment of the year for Bright City.
Every year during the Royal Capital Festival, the King of Feis sits on his throne on the dais.
Many ministers and nobles circle around the throne on horseback to show their respect and support for the king.
Meanwhile, the capital's citizens, protected by the guards, gather around the square, enjoying free wine and food while watching the Sacrificial Festival ceremonies.
This year, just as King Morton Fis was about to light the torch symbolizing the next year's harvest, suddenly a Golden Assassin attacked, slaughtering several nobles around the King in plain sight. Several nobles had their throats cut and fell before the King and the many spectators.
Viscount Kane, now Lis Kain, was among the highest-ranking of the unfortunate nobles assassinated. To minimize the negative impact this heinous incident had on the kingdom, the assassination was officially designated as the "Viscount Kane Assassination Case."
Almost all players are belligerent elements and unstable factors. Lis still remembered watching the cutscene of Viscount Kane being assassinated by the assassin during that main storyline. Most players, witnessing the assassin boldly killing several nobles in front of the Golden Lion Knights and Court Mages and then escaping unscathed, were boiling with excitement and howling, wishing they could replace him.
Even subsequent statistics on professional choices showed that the proportion of players choosing the profession of assassin in the Feis Kingdom was several percentage points higher than in surrounding kingdoms, clearly illustrating the impact of this event on players at that time.
For the Feis Kingdom, it was like being harshly slapped several times. Having such an event occur during the most important festival of the kingdom, with several kingdom nobles killed, undoubtedly left the entire Royal Family's face in the dust, trampled several times over.
This was also one of the catalysts that led to the Feis Kingdom launching a war and invading other countries in the later 2.0 plot.
Even though the Feis Kingdom eventually won the war and reaped countless benefits, the "Viscount Kane Assassination Case" never had any follow-up, as if it had been forgotten by everyone in the kingdom.
Even later, when players who were fans of the storyline tried to diligently compile the history of the Feis continent, they found no clues, only recording this event as one of the causes of the Fanor continent war.
"Damn, what did Viscount Kane do wrong to be treated !"
Lis Kain painfully tapped his head, feeling injustice on behalf of the unfortunate Viscount Kane, now himself, although he had enjoyed watching the scene in his previous life, being the victim felt completely different.
In the past, some players had speculated that this assassination was orchestrated by the Feis Kingdom itself as a pretext for the ensuing war, especially since the kingdom had long coveted the seaport of the Boditch Kingdom to the east, but there was a lack of evidence, and logically it was somewhat far-fetched. After that, so many major events took place that the assassination gradually ceased to be mentioned.
"The information is still too scant. Besides, it's still over three months until the assassination happens, and I have no way to figure out who wants to kill me."
Lis murmured, pressing his temples with his right hand.
After all, it's still a matter of not being strong enough!
If he were a Legendary Mage, he wouldn't need to worry about being assassinated by an advanced assassin—a single Legendary Magic Meteor Burst would send him straight to hell.
So the priority right now is to enhance his own strength.
Lis summoned the system panel again and started to carefully review every piece of data.
He was now a Level 30 Junior Mage, and he remembered that the level cap in Divine Revelation version 1.0 was 30.
In the Divine Revelation game, most professions followed the same pattern; for mages, for example, Levels 0-50 were Bronze Mage, 51-100 were Silver Mage, 101-200 were Golden Mage, and beyond Level 200 was the Legendary Domain. Whether there were higher levels beyond that was unknown, as the realms beyond Level 200 had not yet been released in his previous life in Divine Revelation.
Ordinary levels, ordinary attributes, and even his standout status as a Court Viscount did nothing to directly enhance his combat ability.
Lis even faintly felt that the main reason he was being targeted for assassination was his status as Court Viscount.
Thus, the most worthy thing for him to focus his energies on was...
Lis looked at the Talent section of his information panel.
[Talent: All-Purpose]
[Effect: Your talent breaks all limits, enabling you to learn and master skills and specialties from other professions, and the more non-main profession skills you master, the faster your growth rate (current extra experience point bonus: 0%)]
Lis furrowed his brows, rhythmically tapping his right index finger on the bed beneath him, lost in thought.
After the excitement of acquiring a legendary talent had passed, Lis had also recognized some limitations of this powerful talent.
Indeed, the All-Purpose talent was strong, allowing Lis to acquire specialties and skills across professions, but it also introduced a new problem for him.
That was the skill level!
In the world of Divine Revelation, learning the appropriate skill was not the end, but merely the beginning; only when the skill level continuously improved could the real effect of each professional skill be realized, enhancing skill damage while also prioritizing the skill effect.
Take, for instance, the Thief's skill "Invisibility." If it was only level one, any intermediate-level professional could detect the true body under the invisibility with just their intuition.
Therefore, prioritizing the enhancement of skill levels was very important, and upgrading these skill levels required spending character experience points.
For some profession's core skills, upgrading these skill levels was even more crucial than raising the character's level.
So, if Lis indiscriminately learned a plethora of other professions' skills without enough experience points to cover the cost of upgrades, those skills would be practically useless in real battle and would only serve as material to stack onto Lis's talents.
Even if the All-Purpose talent provided Lis with an extra experience point bonus, it likely would not satisfy the upgrade needs of all skills.
The All-Purpose talent not only allowed Lis to master skills from other professions, but it also enabled him to acquire various specialties!
Simply put, a specialty can be seen as a persistent passive state that buffs oneself, typically improving character attributes, special effects, resistance, and many other aspects.
Compared to professional skills, specialties do not need level upgrades and are more powerful but also more difficult to acquire.
For example, the Mage's professional specialty "Magic Power Thinking" fundamentally doubles the Intelligence attribute, an effect shared by all Mage specialties.
Each profession has its own exclusive specialties, and different professional specialties largely determine future development paths.
If Lis wasn't wrong, he could also acquire professional specialties from other professions!
Not to mention other effects, just acquiring the attribute modifications corresponding to that profession was already incredibly powerful.
If Lis acquired any Warrior professional specialization, his Strength attribute would similarly receive a twofold attribute modification.
What kind of move is this?
Not only am I stronger than you, but I am tougher than you too!
Lis felt that he had finally found the right way to unlock his talent.
While selectively learning professional skills, he would focus more on obtaining specialties from various professions.
Who am I, Lis? A top-tier professional gamer from a past life + reborn!
I memorized the ways and methods to acquire powerful skills and specialties from various professions.
Isn't this returning to my own area of expertise?
Then what's there to worry about?
Just grind, and it's done!