Chapter 210 Silver Mount: Flame Turkey King!
The Rainfield Family was in total disarray after the sudden undead attack. They were caught completely off guard.
Percival shouted, "I gave you the pre-quest scroll for the Blessing of the Gods! Why are you doing this? Is this what a strong man does?"
Alan glared at Percival. "You broke your promise first. If I wasn't strong, would you have given it to me? You should've seen this coming when you tried to cheat. The Rainfield Family is going down because of you!"
Percival shot back, "You think a fourth-tier undead summoner is weak?"
He waved his skeletal staff, summoning three fourth-tier ghostfire leopards.
Alan didn't even blink.
Percival thought he had a shot, but he totally underestimated Leona.
Leona, the king of Stellaria and a dual-attribute grand mage of ice and fire, was way stronger than average fourth-tier platinum-level mage.
Even in her weakened undead state, she was leagues beyond the newly fourth-tier gold-level Percival.
Leona's skills obliterated the ghostfire leopards in under three seconds.
"Terrifying!" Percival's face twisted in fear.
In the Rainfield Family, those who were slain by the undead army transformed into undead themselves, rising once more to continue their assault on the members of the Rainfield Family.
This was Alan's power from the Godslayer Mark after killing the God of the Undead.
Anyone killed by Alan could be enslaved as a dead soul for a month, up to a million.
These undead were Alan's summons, so after they killed Rainfield members, he could enslave their souls too.
The Rainfield Family quickly crumbled.
Percival couldn't hold out against Leona's attacks.
In under fifteen minutes, it was all over.
No one from the Rainfield Family survived.
Leander, nearby, looked at Alan with fear, worried Alan might kill him too.
After all, Percival, a fourth-tier expert, was easily wiped out without Alan lifting a finger.
"Senior..." Leander trembled. "I've shown you no disrespect, please spare me."
"I'm not bloodthirsty," Alan said, shaking his head. "You need the pre-quest scroll for the Blessing of the Gods?"
Leander nodded. "Yes. I heard it can be exchanged with adventurers for great benefits."
"Do you know who else has one?" Alan asked.
Leander nodded quickly. "Yes, there's someone on Siren's Slumber Isle to the east who has it."
"Really?" Alan nodded, interested. "Thanks."
Alan then looted the Rainfield territory, mounted his horse, and headed east.
On the horse, Alan took out the Sea's True Meaning Secret Tome and started studying its deep content.
True meaning was different from skills, more powerful.
If you categorized attack methods, the most basic was normal attacks.
Next were skills, divided into ordinary skills, forbidden spells, and divine abilities.
Alan hadn't encountered forbidden spells yet, but he had seen both ordinary skills and divine abilities.
Three Heads and Six Arms was a divine ability, usually for warriors.
Forbidden spells were for mages, and both were on the same level.
Above them were true meaning and laws.
True meaning was like a precursor to laws.
Both true meaning and laws tapped into the world's rules.
Forbidden spells and divine abilities relied on personal power.
The big difference? True meaning didn't use MP, while forbidden spells and divine abilities did, and they used a lot of it.
When Leander mentioned the island, Alan thought about understanding true meaning.
Comprehending true meaning on your own was tough.
But with a secret tome, it's easier.
Maybe because of his past life experience, Alan found it easy to grasp, getting into the groove.
Then a server-wide announcement interrupted him.
[Server-wide announcement: Congrats to player Thomas for being the first to comprehend true meaning. Reward: +200 free attribute points, +10000 gold coins, +1 special equipment, +1 special skill, +1 gold-level flying mount. This is a special announcement, encouraging all players to keep up the good work.]
Alan was shocked.
He had just started, and someone already beat him to it.
At his pace, he needed one more day to comprehend true meaning.
Special equipment, skills, and a gold-level flying mount would be super useful to him now.
'What a pity,'Alan thought, feeling a bit helpless.
He kept studying.
The second person to comprehend true meaning should get a decent reward too.
[Server-wide announcement: Congrats to player SnowflakeChaser for being the second to comprehend true meaning. Reward: +100 free attribute points, +5000 gold coins, +1 special equipment, +1 gold-level necklace, +1 silver-level flying mount. This is a special announcement, encouraging all players to keep up the good work.]
Alan was shocked again. He muttered, "Are you kidding me? Is comprehending true meaning like picking cabbages? While I'm at it, others are rushing too? Damn, I need to speed up."
Half a day later, with hard work, Alan finally comprehended the first stage of the Sea's True Meaning.
[Ding! Congrats, you are the third player to comprehend true meaning. A server-wide announcement will be made. Do you wish to hide your name?]
"No," Alan replied.
[Server-wide announcement: Congrats to player Ice King for being the third to comprehend true meaning. Reward: +50 free attribute points, +3000 gold coins, +1 special equipment, +1 silver-level mount. This is a special announcement, encouraging all players to keep up the good work.]
Third place wasn't bad.
Alan didn't check the special equipment first but looked at the silver-level mount.
[Flame Turkey King: Silver.]
[Level: 50.]
[Usage requirement: None.]
[Effect 1: The Flame Turkey King can sprint at 110 per second for five hours.]
[Effect 2: When descending from a height, the Flame Turkey King can spread its wings to dive, reaching a max speed of 330.]
[Note: The mount can't be used in combat. Diving too fast may damage it. Running at high speed for more than five hours will gradually reduce its speed. Running at high speed for more than ten hours may risk the Flame Turkey King's death. Use with caution.]