“What on earth happened?”
Donald took a few steps, his brow furrowed.
Being targeted by a transcendent, especially one with such elusive tactics, was not a pleasant experience.
“You aren’t surprised because this isn’t your first time witnessing the power of the transcendent?”
Su Lu held his gaze firm on Donald and affirmed.
“One of my mentors mentioned this!”
Donald did not refute: “The shadow came for you?”
“Perhaps it did, perhaps it did not. Who knows?” Su Lu spread his hands.
Anyway, the shadow would not speak, he certainly wouldn’t take the blame willingly.
“Unexpectedly… even in St. George’s University, a transcendent has appeared…” Donald murmured.
“This is quite normal, isn’t it?”
Considering Rod’s reference of Dawn of the Gods, Su Lu deliberately said.
“As expected…” Donald’s face changed: “You are one of them, at least, you have been in contact with them!”
“Hehe…” Su Lu gave a noncommittal response: “What are you planning to do about tonight?”
Given Donald’s standing and strength, he might indeed have had some encounters with the transcendent circles.
“That shadow, it harmed me, does it assume I’ll just act as if nothing happened?!”
Donald’s face darkened, he really felt the threat of death in that split second: “I must retaliate harshly! However… If the enemy is a transcendent, a perfect plan must be formulated. For instance… capture its trail and hand it over to the police!”
Su Lu nodded unemotionally: “I wouldn’t let her go either!”
“The attacker is a woman?” The tone in Donald’s voice shifted: “If you plan on taking action… perhaps we could cooperate and share the secret behind becoming a transcendent!”
Before Su Lu, Donald finally admitted his ambition to become a transcendent.
“Are you… perhaps overly anxious?” Su Lu asked curiously.
“It’s not the same after a conflict of interest arises, I… want to become a transcendent! I need to act fast!” Donald clenched his fist, as if harboring a secret.
“That’s good, what resources do you have? Perhaps we can negotiate!”
Su Lu immediately agreed.
Although Donald was not as competent as himself in martial arts, in the world of ordinary people, he was already among the best. Being the president of the university’s fight club, his network was wider than Su Lu’s, perhaps he could provide some help.
“It seems you already have a suspect in mind?” Donald’s eyes brightened.
“Indeed!” Su Lu did not deny: “There are a few suspects, what do you plan on doing?”
“I need some time to prepare!”
For such a vital matter, Donald wouldn’t make the decision in haste. After agreeing to meet again the next day, he took his leave and hurried away.
Su Lu watched his receding figure, his eyes deep and thoughtful.
Truthfully, if it hadn’t been for Beryl’s business, Su Lu would have already called for official backup.
The business card Officer Marilyn left behind at their last encounter had an address on it.
‘Although they are interested in Beryl’s traces, they can’t possibly ignore an attempted murder. However, some of the wording needs to be consistent with Donald’s.’
Taking action single-handedly against two female spellcasters would be a foolish move.
If there’s an issue, the right solution would be to contact an officer.
As for himself? He’d rather stand back and take advantage of the situation. It would also provide a chance to observe the true strength of the Federation.
But, there was a critical factor, which was Beryl!
Other people didn’t know, but both he and the witch knew that Beryl had died in the private room of the White Tower Cafe!
If this witch fell into the hands of the police and spilled, he’d be in serious trouble the next day!
‘So, even with the help of official forces, I must leave no traces? Or … should I deal with Donald privately?’
‘But … at this moment, I am probably not a match for any fully-prepared witch!’
‘No … the other party just manipulates shadows, he may not necessarily know that Beryl is already dead … Compared to the risk, it’s still safer to go to the police.’
Even though he seemed as fierce as a tiger, he was actually caught off guard, leveraging the power of the tiger to break free from the shadow and using his high spiritual power to resist the opponent’s mental pressure.
Once the opponent reacts and arranges specially, Su Lu felt that there was a great possibility of his failure.
From the fact that the system didn’t even give him experience points, it shows that it judged the match to be a draw at best, he was still too weak.
Therefore, desperate for more strength, he put his attention back to the attribute column:
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Name: [Su Lu Pottery]
Profession: [None]
Professional Rank: [0]
Title: [None]
Strength: [1.3] (1.5), Agility: [1.2], Constitution: [0.8] (1.0), Spirit: [1.6]
Skills: [Creation of Dead Princess LV1], [Maga fighting Skills LV4]
Passives: [Common Hebrew LV3], [Basic Physics LV4], [Demon Hunting Knowledge LV1], [Ancient Hebrew LV2]
XP: [90]
Status: Weak
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90 Experience points!
This includes the previous experience points earned from exterminating rats in the sewer, and the gains from defeating Donald, which is the highest points Su Lu has ever earned.
Not only is [Maga fighting Skills LV4], even behind [Creation of Dead Princess LV1], there was a ‘+’ mark indicating that an upgrade was possible.
‘Not easy at all, I can probably guess that Maga fighting skills will only increase 0.1 in physical strength and constitution, but what about the promotion of spells? Would it increase my spiritual stats?’
If it consumes more experience than fighting skills, it should also provide some surprises.
With a little trepidation, Su Lu clicked the ‘+’ mark behind [Creation of Dead Princess LV1].
[Consume 90 experience points, Creation of Dead Princess LV1 to upgrade to ??? Ding!…Detection shows Creation of Dead Princess LV1 upgrade needs Precondition profession: Doomsayer, spirit requirement 2.0!…Condition does not meet! Unable to upgrade!]
“What?”
Su Lu was shocked, looking at the experience column, he saw that his 90 experience points were returned as it was, he felt relieved and also a bit serious.
‘Some truly Transcendent level skills, even if I could take advantage of the attribute bar at first, will encounter bottlenecks in subsequent upgrades!’
‘The Path of professions still harbors many secrets… but the capabilities of the attribute bar exceed my expectations.’
Although the upgrade failed this time, Su Lu was still very pleasantly surprised.
Because the attribute column revealed a lot of information.
For instance, this [Creation of Dead Princess] is completely a skill of the Necromancer spellcasters. In the later stage, the upgrade will require a precondition profession – [Doomsayer]! And also requirements on spiritual power.
‘That is to say … if I get some skill books that others cannot learn in the future, I can completely explore their secrets through the system.’
Since upgrading the spell skills were not possible, without hesitation, Su Lu invested his experience in the Maga fighting skills.
[Consume 80 experience points… Maga fighting skills level upgraded to LV5! Constitution +0.5, Strength +0.5, Agility +0.1!]
’80 experience points? Does upgrading the fighting technique double the consumption level by level?’
For this, Su Lu was mentally prepared.
The subsequent increase in agility, on the other hand, was a pleasant surprise to him.
Perhaps, by cultivating the fighting skills to the peak, it might even allow him to breakthrough the bottleneck of the Professional Rank and step into the realm of the Transcendent!