Chapter 249: Spending Free Stat Points

He was almost halfway to A-rank. But his skills remained stuck at the Intermediate stage.

It was inevitable.

Max felt that progressing his skills’ proficiency had become increasingly difficult, seemingly requiring not only comprehension but experience.

That was why he had been proactively commanding his Radiant Knights, with the aim of increasing his Summoner skills’ proficiency.

Max also noticed the number of Free Stat Points he had.

He had been holding back from spending them because he wanted to save as many as he could, until they reached a number that Max could never have imagined gathering in his past life.

Without hesitation, Max decided to pour 200 Free Stat Points into Intelligence.

The reason was simple—the higher his Intelligence, the stronger his Radiant Knights would become.

After all, the attributes of his Radiant Knights depended not only on their base attributes but also scaled with his Intelligence.

The 200 additional Intelligence points would affect their attack power, magical resistance, skill potency, mana pool, mana regeneration, and command responsiveness.

[You have spent your Free Stat Points on Intelligence.

A total of 200 Free Stat Points has been added to your Intelligence.

Current Intelligence: 748.

Due to the large number of additional points being added to your attribute, there will be a significant change occurring inside your body.

Please be prepared.]

Just as the System said, Max’s Authority of Radiant Contract suddenly began glowing from within his body.

It was so brilliantly radiant that his horse had to stop, causing Lancelot and the others to stop as well.

As much as they wanted to stare at Max in awe, their eyes were blinded by the brilliant light, forcing them to close their eyes for a moment.

Max’s stunning display of his Authority was inevitable, as it was not only he who benefited from increasing his Intelligence points, but his skills as well—especially the skills of his Radiant Conclave.

[Your mana capacity has increased.

Your mana regeneration has increased.

The following skills have achieved a breakthrough, reaching the Advanced level.

Radiant Resonance Field (Advanced), Radiant Spear (Advanced), Radiant Aegis (Advanced), Radiant Nova (Advanced), Radiant Weave (Advanced), Summon Radiant Knights (Advanced), Knight Recall (Advanced), Conclave Link (Advanced), Knight Slot Expansion II (Advanced), Radiant Advance (Advanced), Unified Assault (Advanced), Squad Formation Buff (Advanced), Captain Appointment (Advanced).]

When the System finished announcing and displaying a wall of text in front of Max, the stunning display of his Authority of Radiant Contract receded.

Max was still processing the information in his head, especially now that his Intelligence had increased and his skill proficiencies had increased simultaneously.

It took him ten minutes to finish processing everything, and when he opened his eyes, he remained dazed for a while.

When his vision regained clarity, he saw Lancelot and Seraphina observing him from closer by, while the Holy Knight was staring at him from a distance.

Max was dumbfounded.

"What?" he uttered, snapping Lancelot and Seraphina out of their thoughts.

Lancelot sighed and leaned backward, straightening his posture while riding his horse, while Seraphina continued curiously observing Max’s face, then his body.

Max felt as if he were naked, causing him to feel uncomfortable.

Seraphina explained, "Your Authority has grown potent. In fact, it’s almost comparable to the High Pontiff’s.

What’s happening?

You didn’t ascend a major rank, right?"

Max was stunned when Seraphina compared his Authority to the High Pontiff’s.

He almost laughed out loud.

He shook his head and explained, "I did not. I just had a moment of epiphany."

"Epiphany."

Seraphina found it difficult to believe his words, but it was plausible.

After all, it was normal for a bearer of an Authority to feel their Authority growing stronger suddenly due to an epiphany.

Lancelot asked, "Fiora should not have grown stronger because of it, Max?"

Max turned toward him and chuckled.

"That part worries you?

Well, she definitely grew stronger. After all, she’s made out of the Authority inside me."

Lancelot clucked his tongue in annoyance and silently encouraged himself not to be surpassed by his student.

At the same time, he silently stared at Max and thought.

He’s definitely grown stronger than before. His mana has grown incredibly profound.

Just what happened for him to suddenly reach this level?

It’s truly as if I can’t defeat him.

Hell, I might not even be able to get past his knight.

Fiora emerged in his mind, which displeased him slightly.

He had long accepted the fact that he could not defeat Max due to his absurd Authority.

He did not possess an Authority at all.

He was even jealous of the Holy Knight.

Although he could fight toe-to-toe with the Holy Knight, the latter’s efficiency in killing demons was significantly better than his.

In fact, during their duel, Lancelot had even tried to convince the Holy Knight to replace him in his position since he was more suitable, but the Holy Knight had flatly rejected him.

The Holy Knight’s mission was to protect Seraphina.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Lancelot had even resorted to asking Max to convince Seraphina to persuade the Holy Knight to join the Guild, but Max rejected the idea as well.

The Holy Knight’s only mission was to protect others from demons rather than actively hunting demons.

Lancelot was truly surprised.

In the end, he thought of a way to acquire an Authority, but the only known Authorities were the Authority of Salvation and the Authority of Radiant Contract, both of which could be inherited at B-rank.

An S-rank like his father naturally had his own Authority, but compared to the other two, the difference was vast.

His father’s Authority could not be inherited. Rather, it had manifested naturally.

Seeing his companions possessing Authority, Lancelot felt like he was the weaker one.

But that didn’t discourage him.

I, too, will have my own Authority.

Not inherited.

But powerful enough to kill a Demon Lord with a single swing of my sword.

"What are you thinking about?" Max asked with furrowed eyebrows.

Lancelot smirked.

"Nothing."

Max simply shrugged and did not bother with him at all.

He then proceeded to recall the information he had received, but his communication device suddenly rang, interrupting his thoughts...