In the next few days, Regnar clearly felt that the already prosperous city of Melinder became even more lively. All kinds of mercenaries, adventurers, and even many rogues from the Stoke Empire also came to Merindl.
After all, the champion can receive a reward of 10,000 gold coins. This wealth is very considerable even for a veteran mid-level mage. So, like dung beetles who smelled fresh cow dung, these people gathered in Melinder, hoping that they could obtain this huge wealth.
Oh, of course, some guys who are jealous of money will naturally not naively think that they can win the championship based on their strength. So, this group of guys who thought they were smart started making small moves. Some tried to bribe the organizers, some began to exclude opponents, and some even tried to make some powerful enemies disappear before the game started.
In just three days, more than ten murders occurred in the city of Merindl, seven of them fatally. Most of these victims were heroes with good reputations in the Chino continent. Some of them were assassinated because they were considered the favorites to win the championship, and some may have been killed by their enemies who fished in troubled waters.
In short, this unexpected chaos not only made the Ministry of Public Security scramble for a while, but also made Emperor Larvin furious. Finally, the Fat King mobilized the Imperial City Protection Guards to assist the Ministry of Public Security in maintaining order in Melinder. Under the absolute oppression of the military force, these lawless fanatics restrained themselves.
"Since you are participating in a competition, why don't you look anxious at all? Look at Kordak and Vera, they are training every day these days." Garona asked.
"Ah, I didn't expect to win the championship in the first place. I participated in the competition this time just to find Anne. It doesn't really matter to me whether I win or not." Regnar answered lazily, probably because he missed Annelotte. The reason why he was upset was something that even Inelise and Irene could see. Regnar really had no fighting spirit these days.
"What's your future?" Garona muttered, "You are my Garona's apprentice after all."
"But this competition is held in full view of the public. I can't expose my attributes and abilities just for a competition, right?" Regnar rolled his eyes: "Without the body of darkness, I can't rely on my own strength alone." But I’m not confident that I can achieve any results.”
Garona sneered and said, "Do you know your level now?"
"Huh?" Regnar was stunned.
"You realize now that you are nothing without your body of darkness?" Garona asked coldly.
"..." Regnar didn't know what to say.
"If I remember correctly, ever since the accident with Little Yi Ni's family, all the battles you encountered were basically solved by relying on your own attributes." Seeing that Regna was silent, Garona continued: " Humph, it's convenient for you. When you encounter an enemy, you can activate the body of darkness and then directly crush the enemy with your own level advantage. Hum, to be honest, I haven't seen you meet in such a long time. Have you been to any decent battles?"
"I..." Regnar said with difficulty: "But my level is indeed lower than theirs..."
"But every time you fight, your power is higher than theirs!" Garona scolded: "I admit that your attributes and abilities are strong, very strong. Even based on my experience, the combination of your attributes and abilities The threat power of them together can also be ranked in the top three. But I want to tell you, attribute ability is your advantage, but it is just an advantage, not everything! If you rely so much on this ability in the mid-level field, don’t repeat it. Develop your own strength, then I can guarantee that you don’t say that breaking through to the high level is not as good as the holy realm, you may even stop at the middle level, and even the high level will be difficult to enter!"
"Really... is it that serious?" Regnar asked hesitantly.
"Humph, although attribute ability users are rare, but judging from you humans alone, with your huge population base, there can be dozens of attribute ability users in the entire human race!" Garona said.
"Oh, that's not a lot." Regnar thought silently in his heart, but did not dare to link this thought to Garona's consciousness.
"Humph, you think it's very little?" Garona asked.
"..." Regnar said nothing.
"Compared with the number of the entire human race in this world, a few dozen people are indeed very rare. But do you know how many holy warriors and legendary mages you humans have in total?" Garona then asked.
"More than twenty people?" Regnar guessed. Although there are few strong men and legendary mages in the Sanctuary, Regnar has seen a lot of them after being around for several years. Clayton, Veles, Malory Te even has his own teacher, Garona, who is a strong person in the holy realm. This couldn't help but make him look down on the holy realm and legend. It seemed that these super strong people with unexpected powers of ghosts and gods were not as rare as he thought.
"Hmph! More than twenty people? Even if you humans are extremely powerful now, I can guarantee that there are less than ten super strong people in your entire race who have broken through to high levels!" Garona said: "Then guess what these super strong people are. How many of them are attribute ability users?"
"I have no idea… "
"At most, only half!" Garona said: "Attribute ability is just a stepping stone given to you by God when you climb the peak of power. If you don't work hard, you will also fall behind others. And some people even have no attribute ability. , but with their own talents and perseverance willpower, they can also reach heights that even attribute ability users can only look up at and wait and see! If you don’t believe it, just think about what I said to our four powerful saints before. evaluation of."
"..." Regnar had nothing to say. When he was bored, he asked Garona about the strength of the four Saint Domain powerhouses, including her.
Garona responded like this at the time: "Humph, although Velez can be regarded as a rare genius, his entry into the Holy Realm depends more on luck and chance. If everyone can have He is so lucky. Then I am sure that there must be so many strong men in the sanctuary in this world! Therefore, I am sure that Velez is the weakest among the four of us. As for Malolite, although that guy is crazy Yes, but he still has strength. If I fight him head-on, even if both of us use attribute abilities, I will probably be half as weak as him. But if I are allowed to carry out sneak attacks and assassinations, then I can guarantee that this lunatic will die a hundred times. I don’t know how I died! As for Clayton... Even I, Garona, have to admit that this Clayton is a wizard that my orc family has rarely seen in a hundred years. In a head-to-head confrontation, I am not his opponent, even if I use With a sneak attack, I am only half sure at most that I can severely injure him. As for killing him with a direct sneak attack, I think it is almost impossible. Clayton is indeed worthy of the title of the 'God of War' of my orc clan."
That's right, according to Garona's evaluation, the strength ranking of these four Saint Domain experts from strongest to weakest should be Clayton, Garona, Malolite, and Veles. The weakest one is Verles, who has no attribute ability, and the strongest one is Clayton, who has no attribute ability!
"Again, attribute ability is indeed very powerful, but it is only an advantage after all. If you want to dominate the world with such a small advantage, then I can tell you now, don't even think about it! And don't forget ..." Garoan said quietly: "Don't forget, how serious the side effects of your body of darkness are. Now it has even begun to affect your mind... "
"...!" Regnar was horrified. He suddenly thought of his strange behavior in the past few days.
After the incident with the boss lady passed, Regna and Garona had a discussion, and after that, Regna decided not to use any of the power of the body of darkness these days. And it turns out that his previous series of abnormal actions seemed to be really related to the body of darkness. Regnar has not used the body of darkness for some time, and his behavior has been very normal, and he has never appeared in that crazy and murderous state again.
This result made Regnar both excited and disappointed. What he was excited about was that he finally discovered the reason for his abnormality these days. What disappointed him was that this reason turned out to be his biggest support in his struggle - the body of darkness!
"So, Xiao Lei." Garona's tone slowed down: "As your teacher, I don't want you to have any misunderstandings in this regard. The attribute ability is indeed powerful, but you cannot rely entirely on it, otherwise, you will be the one who suffers. .”
"Teacher, you are right." Regnar sighed: "I have really relied too much on my attribute abilities recently."
"I can't blame you completely. After all, the enemies you faced before were too beyond your capabilities. Even I have to admit that if you don't use your attribute abilities, it will be almost impossible to get through these ups and downs." Garona She said that she had been with Regnar for the past few months, so she knew Regnar's recent experience best. After all, he is still a child under twenty years old. It is indeed cruel to experience so many life and death adventures and painful partings in a short period of time.
Since this boy was born, his destiny has been destined to be extremely bumpy and bizarre. But this is the reality. If she cannot change her destiny, Garona can only choose to change Regnar. She does not expect the child to change his destiny with his own strength, because it is too difficult to do.
However, she hoped that Regnar would scream out his anger and unwillingness when fate came. This was her wish back then, but she didn't realize it. Now, she hopes that Regnar will not make the same mistake as she did.