Job 5: Black Knight
Abilities: Weakness Sense, Instant Kill, Phantom, Death Coil, Shadow Kill, Dark Breath, Black Glory
Sublimation progress: 11%
Enhanced area: Physical fitness +3
Next Rank: Disaster
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After checking his job grade information, Tianyang discovered that his advancement progress had increased by 5 percentage points.
In the past few days, even though there were battles to kill enemies every day, Tianyang's sublimation progress only increased by 6 percentage points.
For him who is at level 5, there is a 5 percentage point increase.
Therefore, for those low-level sublimators, the sublimation they obtain should be more, and even some of those at level 1 and level 2 can directly jump to the next level.
These are obviously Star Crystal Trees. No, now they should be called Star Crystal Ancient Trees. Yes, they are all gifts from the ancient trees!
Originally, he thought that the gift from the ancient tree was limited to this. But then, Tianyang discovered that the ancient star crystal tree was more generous than he thought.
The branches of the ancient trees stretched downward, and the vines hanging on the branches gently broke off, slid down the branches, and fell into the bodies or hands of some sublimators.
The leaves of the ancient trees rustled, they fell off the branches, spinning on their own without wind, and fell into the hands of some sublimators.
The branches of the ancient trees crackled and broke on their own. Thick and thin, long and short branches, emitting faint light, fell at the feet of some ascenders.
Tianyang also got a branch. This branch was very thick, almost as thick as his arm and more than one meter long.
When you pick it up, you feel its heaviness and a resonance with your own star energy.
"Tianyang, Tianyang!"
The little bird ran over, pulling Qianhong with him, and shouted happily, "Look, the ancient tree gave me a bag of leaves!"
The girl proudly shook the bag in her hand, which contained at least seventy or eighty glowing leaves.
Qianhong obtained three vines, which she tied around her waist and hung like a belt.
Tianyang waved his thick branch and said, "I also got a 'gift'. It looks like I can make it into a long sword."
The young man waved the branches, and countless tiny lights emitted.
"Why, why are your branches so thick, Baimao!"
Kunlan's voice sounded, and the blue-haired boy came over with two branches. The branches in his hand were more than twice as thin as Tianyang's, but there were twice as many of them.
This made Kunlan feel much more balanced psychologically.
After statistics.
All the ascenders have achieved a certain level of sublimation, and those at lower ranks have even been promoted directly to the next rank. For example, Sean and Qilong have improved their sublimation progress by more than half, and if they work harder, they will be able to be promoted to rank 3.
As for Gu Ming, he is now a Level 2 Elemental Heart.
In addition to the sublimated gifts, the ancient tree also sent vines, leaves, fruits and branches. These things can be processed into various weapons, protective gear or medicines.
However, only some of the Ascendants received gifts in kind, and most of them were from Tianyang's group, who had participated in the defense of the Star Vein from the beginning.
This led many people to speculate that the Star Crystal Ancient Tree was rewarding people based on their merits.
Now.
The ancient star crystal tree has evolved completely, and the star vein land has not only regained its glory, but its area has also expanded.
It has expanded from the size of a community park to a city block.
The fortress has decided to build a permanent base here, relying on the Star Vein Land.
The first is to build a logistics node and supply station for the exploration of new areas.
Of course, these things have nothing to do with Tianyang and the others.
The day after receiving the gift from the ancient tree, they embarked on their return journey.
A few days later.
On the high-speed train to Kraftmen, Tianyang was staring out the window in a daze. Suddenly, he felt something, turned around, and saw Han Shu sitting down.
He put a box in Tianyang's hand.
The boy opened it and found three nameplates inside.
"This is the nameplate of the soldier who died in your team. You can ask the military to handle it for you. They will send the nameplate back to the family of the deceased."
Han Shu said this, took out a cigarette, sniffed it, but did not light it.
Tianyang closed the box and said, "No, I'll deliver it myself. This is also the responsibility of a captain, isn't it?"
Han Shu smiled and said nothing, just patted the boy's shoulder to encourage him.
He added, "By the way, after you go back, you can send the gift from the ancient tree to the material warehouse. After registration, they will be sent to the arsenal, and they will use it as raw materials to customize weapons according to your requirements."
"I see. Thank you, Captain."
Han Shu hummed, finally lit the cigarette, and blew out a cloud of smoke: "Don't take it too seriously."
“We all lose as we move forward.”
Looking at the nameplate in the box, Tianyang nodded.
Walking out of the Clave Gate, it was night in the fortress and the transfer platform was illuminated by high-power searchlights.
Tianyang, who had just returned from the reverse world, blocked the light with his hands, then took the box with the nameplate and went home to pick up the car.
The next day, he turned on the communicator and, as he expected, the information about the dead soldiers had been sent.
They are all residents of the lower town.
Based on the addresses, Tianyang quickly decided the order of the visits. As he grew up in the lower city, he knew the addresses of these three soldiers.
After breakfast, Tianyang left the apartment and drove the magnetic car 'Blue Light' alone to the downtown area.
It was still early, and the streets of the downtown area were still quite quiet, with few people on the street. After all, this place was busier at night than during the day, and many factories started work at 10 o'clock, but continued until midnight.
Considering that there was a high probability that he would be turned away if he visited so early, Tianyang went to East Street and knocked on the door of the Lame Grocery Store.
"Who is it? It's so early in the morning. Come back this afternoon to see the doctor!"
The lame man's impatient voice was heard in the grocery store.
Tianyang smiled and coughed lightly: "It's me."
Perhaps recognizing Tianyang's voice, the door finally opened reluctantly, and the lame man said coldly: "You are not dead yet."
Tian Yang touched the wings of his nose and said, "I don't plan to die so soon. At least, let me live a few more years."
"come in."
"Just in time, there is a letter for you."
Tian Yang was stunned for a moment, then went into the grocery store: "A letter? Mine? Who sent it?"
"Who else could write to you except that fellow Caddy?" said the cripple, throwing himself upon a pile of sundries and rummaging through boxes and drawers to search for them.
Tianyang said in surprise: "It's Kaidi, why would he write to me?"
"How should I know? If you want to know, why don't you go to him? I'm just a third-rate doctor who runs a grocery store. Don't ask me so many questions!"
The lame man was as bad-tempered as ever. He found an envelope from among the sundries, threw it to Tianyang, and walked towards the kitchen.
The boy quickly took the letter outside, and with the help of the bright light from the street, he opened the envelope and began to read.
"Tianyang, I haven't contacted you for a long time. You should still be alive. If you die, Nanfei will be very angry, so you should think carefully."
Tianyang smiled, it was indeed Kaidi's tone.
'I've been living in Alpine Castle for a while now, and I'm planning to settle down here. The men here are so fucking manly. Everyone is a drunkard, haha, I really like this place.'
"Here I can show my talents. They all like my homemade beer. Besides, my business is pretty good. It's much better than the Skyfort. By the way, I heard that the Skyfort is developing very well now."
"I heard from the guests that you just won a fortress war not long ago, and Gaoshan Fort even sent an envoy to attend your awarding ceremony. That's great, if I'm not mistaken, you should also benefit from it."
"When you become successful, don't forget me. If you want to go to Alpine Castle, come find me on Greystone Street. My bar is still called Volcano."
'So be it.'
'I almost forgot, now that you have money, find a girl to marry. I think the girl who helps you clean the house is a good one.'
'Please tell me if you get married. That's it. Don't reply to my letter.'
'I'm too busy to watch it, haha.'
... ... .
This guy seems to be living a good life.
Tianyang put the letter away, hid it carefully, and went back into the grocery store: "I want to buy some gifts, do you have any suggestions?"
"If you want advice, shouldn't you go to those girls you're dating? I'm just a doctor."
The time was almost up, so Tianyang took the gifts he bought from the Cripple Grocery Store and went to the home of the first soldier who died.
The soldier's name was Sijun, and he lived near East Street. He had a grandmother and no other family members.
Tianyang found the soldier's home, which was a shack just as he had expected.
The 'walls' of the house, which were made of iron sheets, had several patches on them, and the bottom of the wooden door had long been broken, so you could easily reach your hand in.
Tianyang knocked on the door.
An old and weak voice came from inside the door: "Who is it? The door is not locked, come in."
The boy pushed open the door. The light inside was dim and the room smelled bad.
There was a bed in the room. It was called a bed, but in fact it was a couch supported by several cushions.
On the couch, there was an old man with white hair, struggling to get up.
Tianyang quickly turned on the light and went forward to help the old man up.
The old man reached out and brushed away the hair on his face, and looked at Tianyang with cloudy eyes: "Who are you?"
"Grandma, I'm Lieutenant of the Fortress Nightcrawler, my name is Tianyang."
Tianyang looked at the old man.
Even though he was prepared when he came, when he arrived at this house and saw this old man.
Suddenly, Tianyang found that it was really difficult for him to tell the old woman in front of him that her grandson had died in battle.
Life has not been easy for her.
Do I want to make things worse for her
The more this happened, the more Tianyang admired Han Shu.
How strong a heart must one have to be to be able to withstand the gazes of these family members. And now, just facing the old man, Tianyang already had the urge to run away.
The old man blinked and looked towards the door: "Night Walker, our Sijun is a soldier of the Night Walker. Is he back?"