Chapter 148: Epiphany! Class-Change Again!

At that thought, Moss carefully counted the shields and stopped at 223, meaning his level on the potential index was currently between 1.3 to 1.4.

The 0.3 to 0.4 increase was essential to Moss, especially in the first thirty minutes when he fully utilized his Power of Faith. However, all good things must come to an end.

A moment ago, Moss was happily mending his shields every 200 seconds. Only a few minutes had passed, yet the time limit for each shield to shatter had decreased.

Still, Moss muttered, “Looks like I can’t just sit around mending shields all day.”

With that, Moss’s battle awareness increased exponentially.

“Thunderstrike!”

Moss shouted and rushed out of the barrier to fight the wolf pack. After a series of attacks, his shields’ effectiveness restabilized, and signs of their endurance improving became more apparent.

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Moss held a shield and a wooden stick in each hand. He struck thunderously and took the opportunity to summon a few more shields to repair the fortress behind him while repelling the wolves with his stick.

Moss switched between defense and offense. His skills became increasingly proficient, including his attacks and defenses. After a while, his offensive and defensive maneuvers became smoother and more natural.

Under his battle awareness and defensive will erupting, Moss resembled a well-oiled machine. Although he was not as proficient in using his activated potential as his attacks and defenses, he still managed to deal with his tasks.

Tick-tock.

The clock ticked away as Moss stepped into a trench along his defensive barrier. Suddenly, an alarming bell sounded from the sky above the castle.

Hearing the bell, the Explosive Wolf pack suddenly dispersed and fled from the castle like a receding tide. Moss looked at his watch and saw that it had been exactly two hours since he started his mission.

Moss relaxed and plopped down on the ground exasperatedly when it was over. He experienced two hours of high-intensity transitions between offense and defense while constantly trying to activate his potential.

Moss would have collapsed without his Power of Faith and battle consciousness. Although he was exhausted as he sat on the ground, his brain moved a million miles an hour.

‘That mission was tailor-made for a knight. It was amazing!’

After some thought, he realized the essence of that Mystic Realm. The mission required him to constantly attack while defending others, which was the foundation of an ever-improving knight.

Meanwhile, this training would also improve his speed, agility, and other stats. Moreover, he discovered it would be easier to activate his potential and constantly improve himself in such a situation if he possessed the knight’s spirit and will to protect.

Then the old recording sounded again, “Congratulations, B-666, you have completed your mission. The ten Suckling Pigs are safe and sound. You will now receive 200% of the mission’s experience.

“You have also fully displayed the spirit of chivalry by protecting the farmers and their wheat fields. The mission will grant you an additional double experience reward. Spatial rift number six will close, and the reopening time has yet to be determined.”

Moss was shocked. “That’s equivalent to earning six times the experience in one mission!” Then the sound of a mechanical notification rang in Moss’s mind.

Ding!

“You have met the level-up requirements and reached level twenty. The system is now evolving into the Grand Knight class.”

“Grand Knight class has completed its evolution. You are now a Holy Knight! The system now rewards you with a beginner skill, beast class communication.”

“Holy Knight is an outstanding class. However, you can evolve again after completing a few more missions.”

“Current mission: Reach a value of 100 with Holy Belief, current value: 0. You can obtain Holy Belief by activating the holy power within the Power of Faith.”

Moss was pleasantly surprised when he heard the long-awaited Ultimate Evolution System’s voice. He wanted to understand more about the Holy Belief when the system sounded again.

“Holy Knight is an improved version of Grand Knight! With the mission of protecting humankind, it possesses holiness and fearlessness.”

“Thunderstrike has evolved into Stormstrike!”

“Stormstrike: Exerts fifteen times your current strength. Cooldown: 1 second.”

“You have awakened the high-immunity skill. Your speed and agility will increase by ten times under battle awareness control and can last forty seconds. You also have a higher chance of avoiding an opponent’s magic and non-physical contact attacks. If somehow, you take damage from those attacks, its effects will be much weaker.”

“Shield of Faith has evolved into Holy Light shield!”

“Holy Light Shield: Can withstand attacks that are thirty times your current strength or equivalent damage. Cooldown: 0.5 seconds.”

Moss’s eyes shined when he heard that his offensive and defensive prowess had evolved once again. His new skills made him feel superior.

With skills like Stormstrike and Holy Light Shield, no other classes could rival his offensive and defensive prowess. Moss was ecstatic, but the system continued.”

“Congratulations! You obtained the Holy Knight’s talent, the Holy Belief!”

“Holy Belief: A talent born from the Power of Faith. It allows you to improve as the battle progresses. Your attack and defense will increase by 10% every two minutes of battle, reaching a maximum of 200%.

You can fill your comrades with endless fighting spirit in a team battle, effectively activating their potential. Meanwhile, you will take 10% less damage every two minutes of battle, with a maximum of 0%.”

Although Moss had experienced two class evolutions, the Holy Belief still caught him off guard.

The first two evolutions excited him but acquiring the Holy Belief shocked him greatly. Holy Belief was much more potent than the power of faith.

Moss could increase his attack and defenses by 200% in just twenty minutes of fighting. If he improved his potential index to 2.0, he could also increase the potency of Storm Strike and Holy Light Shield in twenty minutes by four times.

The two skills were already terrifying without buffs, but they would become increasingly deadly as the battle progressed. In addition, Moss could reduce the damage he took during battle to 0% if the battle lasted twenty minutes.

Moss felt highly relaxed when he understood the profound meaning of his class evolution. It was as if he had entered a new realm of capabilities.

He opened his control panel and looked at his current situation.

“Level 25 class evolution route: Grand Holy Knight, Dark Knight, Death Knight.”

He clicked on the question mark after Grand Holy Knight, showing his Holy Belief value was insufficient. There were other special conditions to unlocking the Grand Holy Knight, but he could not see them.

However, it showed the same things when he clicked on the question mark after Dark Knight and Death Knight.

‘Tsk! It seems there are restrictions to evolving again.’

At that thought, Moss tried to ask the system about it, but the system only echoed in his mind.

‘Do I have to find out by myself?!’

Although he did not know the requirements for the other three evolutions, he knew he didn’t have enough faith in the Holy Belief. Still, the system had already told him he needed to reach a value of 100 in the Holy Belief.

Moss did not know how to obtain points for the Holy Belief, but he at least knew how to proceed, unlike the Dark Knight and Death Knight evolutions, which sounded cool but had no information on them.

Moreover, it was evident that the Dark Knight and Holy Knight were opposites. He also wondered about the Death Knight and if it would contradict the knight’s spirit. Whatever the case, Death Knights had something to do with death.

‘If the death part of Death Knight had something to do with killing Magical Beasts, then it’d be no problem because it’s given responsibility. But what if it involved killing humans?’

Moss shook his head and decided not to think about it anymore and do what he could for the time being. After all, he had to do specific tasks before evolving again.

He also recalled the old recording, ‘It seems the mission lobby in this Mystic Realm is closed for now. Who knows when it’ll open again? I must hurry up and leave so I can try the effects of my evolution during the other Mystic Realm missions.’

At that thought, the corners of Moss’s mouth curled into a smile as he left for the next Mystic Realm to receive yet another mission.