Struggle in the Steam Age

After returning to the familiar guest room and briefly washing up, Lawrence lay on the bed and began to check the changes that had occurred in himself after receiving the gift of the gods.

The most obvious change is strength. Lawrence feels that his mana is now enough to support the release of 92 zero-level spells, and at the same time, he has one more optional spell for each level. In addition, the most important thing is that he feels that he is just a step away from the official level now, and he will break through in a short time.

Of course, for the current Lawrence, it is a good thing that he has not broken through the official level. If he is promoted to the official level now, then the quota for the New World Grand Competition that he obtained before will definitely be removed, which is definitely not worthwhile. And now it's just right for him.

In addition, the gift of the God of Wisdom also strengthened his whole being. The elemental resistance, elemental immunity and the strength of the whole body have all been improved to a certain extent. It can be said that he is more durable now than before.

This gift from the gods has also improved Lawrence's two natural abilities of knowledge mastery and invulnerability to evil, especially knowledge mastery. He feels that his learning efficiency is likely to increase by 70% compared to the past , and can even achieve a photographic memory.

The most important thing is that the large amount of knowledge instilled at one time to strengthen Lawrence has greatly increased his knowledge reserve. It can save a lot of time for learning these things. If the depth of mastery of extraordinary knowledge is divided into ten levels, Lawrence is now at level five. However, thanks to the gift of the gods, the breadth of knowledge he has mastered in this area is far from that of ordinary people. At the same time, it also means that his foundation is very solid, which is conducive to further study.

"The next step is the choice of new magic." Lawrence muttered softly, sinking his consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness, and then began to choose. As usual, the optional spells listed are still heavily biased.

Fortunately, he is used to this situation now, especially when he has obtained a new channel for obtaining magic. Therefore, after being helpless at the beginning, Lawrence calmly chose to use magic.

Ten minutes later, he chose stun, mage armor and invisibility respectively. At this time, he also discovered that the magic left to him by Bai Ze's blood was mostly used for defense or concealment, except for some magic that was conducive to learning and seeking knowledge.

But it's also reasonable when you think about it. After all, Bai Ze's act of dedicating the "Bai Ze Jinggua Tu" to the Yellow Emperor offended the entire monster clan. In this case, it can not be killed by the monster clan. , or be good at seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck, possessing the ability to hide beyond other creatures. According to the legend, Bai Ze should belong to the latter, so it is normal that the magic acquired by a warlock of Bai Ze's blood tends to this direction.

After finishing the choice of magic, Lawrence fell asleep in a daze. Early the next morning, he got up early from the bed and went to the logistics office of the church to get the badge representing authority that the High Priest of the Julius Scepter had promised him.

Feeling it in his hand, Lawrence found that this badge was at least a professional-level magic item. It could be used every day to heal moderate injuries, remove curses, and remove diseases twice a day. It can be said that this is a very practical magic tool.

After dealing with these things, Lawrence left St. Gutenberg Cathedral and returned to his detective agency. After he stood on the steps and knocked on the door, it was Safir who opened the door for him, dressed in home clothes.

"Where did you go last night? Nothing happened, right?" After realizing that Lawrence was standing outside the door, Safiel opened the door and retreated behind it. At the same time, she raised her head and looked at Lawrence and asked with concern.

"Nothing dangerous." When Safir closed the door, Lawrence comforted while putting the coat and hat on the hanger, "It's even a good thing, I found something during my adventure last night , and received the gift of the God of Wisdom after handing it over to the church."

"It's good that you're fine." Safiel breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Lawrence's words, and then she didn't ask any more questions, but took Lawrence upstairs and said at the same time: "I I think you didn't have breakfast when you came back at this time, this morning we had milk porridge and toast with raspberry jam at home."

"Ah, this is really great." Lawrence exclaimed slightly exaggeratedly after hearing this sentence. "I'm starving right now and need some breakfast to fill my empty stomach."

When he came to the dining room on the second floor, Lawrence found Fatina sitting on his special high stool eating oatmeal with milk in a bowl. After she found Lawrence, she put down the porcelain bowl in her hand, somewhat vaguely right. Lawrence waved. "Zhi, Lawrence, good morning, breakfast is very good, you can have some too."

"Thanks!" As soon as Lawrence pulled out the stool and sat down, Safiel took out the tableware from the cabinet next to him and put it in front of him. Lawrence nodded his thanks and took out the slice of toast from the plate on the table, then picked up the knife on the jam jar and smeared it.

"Ah, I'm really starving to death." After taking a big bite on the slice of bread with jam, Lawrence noticed that Safir had thick dark circles on his face. "By the way, Safiel, why do you have dark circles under your eyes? What did you do last night?"

"Ha—ow—" After listening to Lawrence's question, Safiel was about to say something, but he yawned as soon as he opened his mouth. "Don't mention it, the Rat People's festival last night lasted for almost one night. I didn't sleep at all, but the festival last night was really interesting—"

"Yeah, the two of us had a lot of fun yesterday!" Unlike Sefiel who looked tired now, Fatina looked very active. "And we were very lucky, successfully drinking the moonshine wine. You know, we are only lucky enough to be blessed by the gods on this day every three to five years to make moonshine wine that can strengthen the body."

Listening to Fatina's explanation, Lawrence finally figured out what the festival they attended yesterday was. This festival is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival on Earth, and it is a day for the family reunion of the rat people. Even if some branches have left the city, they will all choose to go home according to the distance from their hometown, send representatives home or send some gifts in advance.

In this ceremony, the sacrificial ceremony they hold will definitely gain the attention of the gods, but which gathering points will receive the attention of the gods depends on the specific situation. And this year, the ratman colony in Eagle Fort is very lucky. They successfully obtained the gift of the Ratman God, and turned ordinary wine into moonlight wine, a magic drink that can regulate human physique.

Of course, this kind of strengthening is precisely a kind of conditioning. It doesn't mean how powerful it can make a person. But the rat people firmly believe that as long as they drink this wine, it means that the next year will be smooth.

But no matter what, even if a person who hasn't had a good night's rest is mentally excited, he still can't hold on physically. Especially after eating a full meal, sleepiness will slowly come up. So after breakfast, even Safiel, who was still excited just now, seemed quite silent.

Just when everyone was about to leave the table to take a rest after dinner, Lawrence stopped Fatina: "Wait a minute, Fatina. I saw something that might be related to you when I was adventuring last night. You'd better take a look."

After speaking, Lawrence took out the tail band from the space bag and handed it over: "I encountered this during my adventure last night. It may belong to a member of your family. I have already informed the knowledge of the place where those remains were found. Church, if you need to take your family back home, you'd better contact them."