Silver Blessing

"Hm?" Leonie turned back, looking toward the world behind her that was gradually fading into black and white. "Did something fall down... or is this a special Void Realm phenomenon?" On her first day on the Time Continent, the Orange Dancer was still in the exploratory phase of an unfamiliar place; everything was both foreign and extraordinary to her. Even so, she knew she had to run quickly. Otherwise, she would be overtaken by "Time." ... "We actually didn't fall to our deaths..." Lying on the grass, Yaxiu sat up and shook his head, feeling as though his sense of balance had yet to adjust. When they plunged into the golden sea, both of them had lost their sense of direction at once. The entire world seemed to flip and tumble like a dice cup, making it impossible to maintain flight. They could only follow the pull of the Void Realm's gravity and let themselves drop straight down. Yaxiu had thought he was about to embarrass himself to death—after uttering so many bold words, only to drop right back into the Sea of Knowledge. But feeling the lawn beneath his backside, he knew that his dignity had at least been saved. "Watcher, look." Hearing her, Yaxiu raised his head and saw a spectacle that nearly rivaled the appearance of the Golden Fish's scales. Golden rain was falling toward the sky. They were in a lush forest surrounded by towering ancient trees that were likely thousands of years old, their luxuriant foliage blocking out the sky. Even so, Yaxiu could still see in the distance a colossal white pillar piercing between heaven and earth. Around the pillar, countless drops of golden rain welled up, dripping from the bottom up toward the sky. He couldn't help muttering, "Is this the realm of the strong?" "That is Time Golden Rain, similar to the white mist of knowledge in the Sea of Knowledge," Sonia explained. "If we want to absorb golden sorcery power and condense our second void wings, we have to follow the ox foot's steps and receive the baptism of the golden rain." "Ox foot?" "That white pillar is an ox foot. Look closely—isn't it moving?" Yaxiu looked closely and found that the white pillar was indeed moving forward with very small motions. But that "small motion" was probably an illusion; after all, if he could see the pillar moving from several kilometers away, its actual speed was likely over ten meters per second. "Why call it an ox foot?" "Because it really is an ox foot. In the distance beyond your sight, there are three other ox feet. These four ox feet belong to the Void Realm behemoth that walks the Time Continent—the 'Ox.'" Sonia introduced, "The 'Ox' has many titles: Fate Weaver, Ox of the Heavenly Chariot, Time Walker... but generally, people refer to it as the 'White Ox.' "The tracks the White Ox plows into the ground become a Flowing Gold River. The river water possesses the power to affect time. The flora and fauna nourished by the Flowing Gold River along both banks grow rapidly at an unimaginable speed, and they in turn produce the Time Golden Rain that falls toward the sky." She touched the foxtail grass beside her. "If we had arrived a little earlier, we would be bathing in the golden rain right now." "Flowing Gold River, reverse-falling golden rain, White Ox..." Yaxiu looked at the sky blanketed in golden rain. "So this is the Time Continent?" Drip. Suddenly, both of them heard the crisp sound of a water drop. Immediately after, their Silver Wings surfaced uncontrollably of their own accord, shining with a dazzling silver radiance! "Silver Blessing!" Sonia exclaimed in delight. She focused her mind to sense the newly acquired power, while Yaxiu chose to open Operator Management. [Death Frenzy Sword Princess] [Human · Female · 18 years old] [Bond Level: 3 (50% Experience Sharing)] [Bond Resonance: Insatiable Greed: When acting together, chance to obtain better spoils of war.] [Class: Soulbreaker Silver Sorcerer] [Class Trait: Each effective attack recovers 0.5% maximum sorcery power] [Silver Blessing: Revelry / Brutality: Defeating an enemy (including but not limited to sorcerer projections, knowledge creatures, monsters, sorcerers, constructs, etc.) increases critical rate and critical damage. Depending on the operator's development path, different traits can be triggered.] [Extra Blessing Trait: Revelry: The Sword Princess needs only to derive sufficient pleasure from victory, maintaining respect and pity toward her enemies. This path triggers the 'Revelry' special effect, granting a critical damage bonus. The better her mood, the higher the bonus, dealing up to 250% critical damage.] [Extra Curse Trait: Brutality: Only through death and wailing can the Sword Princess sate the thirst in her heart; she will do everything in her power to grant despair to the disrespectful. This path triggers the 'Brutality' special effect, granting a critical rate bonus. The worse her mood, the higher the bonus, granting up to 100% critical rate.] [Knowledge Curses: Vortex Secret Poison, Expulsion Secret Poison, Golden Fish Secret Poison] "It feels like a growth-type blessing..." After sensing it for a moment, Sonia pondered, "Because blessings are a sorcerer's most private secret, the academy doesn't have detailed information on them either. To develop a blessing, a sorcerer has to grope through it on their own... Do you know specifically what my blessing is?" Yaxiu glanced at her. "Your blessing is called 'Revelry.' The more enemies you defeat, the higher your critical rate and critical damage will be." Although it sounded marvelous, "critical rate" and "critical damage" were not uncommon to sorcerers. To put it simply, it was when a sorcerer activated a sorcery spirit, and the spirit suddenly had a pang of conscience and wanted to put in some overtime—that was a so-called "critical hit." Critical rate represented the frequency of the sorcery spirit's overtime, while critical damage represented the work efficiency during that overtime. Put this way, the blessing could be summed up as: "The more rival companies Sword Princess Corp. acquires, the more significantly the efficiency of exploiting internal spirit employees increases." Sonia was somewhat dissatisfied. "'Revelry'? What a strange name. I'm clearly a ladylike sword sorcerer, so why would I be associated with the word 'wild'?" "Perhaps the Void Realm's perception of you is slightly off," Yaxiu said against his conscience. "You're so gentle and cute, tender and kind, warm and easygoing—even I feel the Silver Blessing the Void Realm gave you doesn't match your character at all." Sonia felt a little shy from his praise. "I'm not that good... But this growth-type blessing is pretty nice. Once properly developed, it should be a big help for Void Realm exploration." Yaxiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Sword Princess's Silver Blessing had two development paths: "Revelry" and "Brutality." Yaxiu naturally wanted her to take the "Revelry" path; after all, "Brutality" obviously radiated negative energy. This wasn't actually playing a mobile game where he could use auto-mode and auto-battle; in the future, Yaxiu would definitely have to spend every night carousing with her (exploring the Void Realm) in person. If the Sword Princess was bursting with negative energy all day and turned every fight into a bloody mess of severed limbs, Yaxiu wouldn't be able to stay in a good mood either. However, developing this path was clearly not something settled by a single tap in the game. It required continuous daily guidance, much like raising a daughter. This was Yaxiu's first time being a father and he had no experience, but in short, he would start by instilling truth, goodness, and beauty into the Sword Princess, making her believe she was a lovely little fairy to prevent her from turning dark. Aside from this, the Sword Princess's Bond Level had also risen to Level 3, increasing the shared experience ratio to 50%. Seeing this, Yaxiu suddenly had a question: Did the Bond Level refer to the Sword Princess's favorability toward him, his favorability toward the Sword Princess, or their mutual affection? Speaking of which, why had he decided almost without hesitation to steer her toward the "Revelry" path? The "Brutality" path actually offered comparable benefits, and the condition of "maintaining a bad mood" was far easier than "maintaining a good mood." Yet he hadn't considered that option for even a single second...