It was not until they had left Solainem and traveled several kilometers that Leon snapped out of the shock of his wish being granted by the God of Sacred Light.
"He actually responded..." Leon murmured.
Was the God of Sacred Light actually watching him?
Otherwise, how could He have responded to his prayer so quickly?
If the previous wish Leon made to accelerate his meditation was like submitting a request to a website—where as long as the content fit the format, it could be quickly processed by a machine to return a result—then the sentence "May the Sacred Light long protect the people of this land" was not a request sent to an intelligent machine. It was like writing an email to the website owner and telling them to their face, "Hello, I'd like you to do something for me."
Under normal circumstances, such an email from a stranger would be considered spam or a promotional email and wouldn't even get a single glance.
But now, the website owner had not only read it but responded instantly...
But... Leon hadn't attached a large stack of gold coins to the email, nor had he sent any valuable gifts to the website owner!
How could the God of Sacred Light notice him so quickly and grant his wish so generously?
Bewilderment and confusion swirled in Leon's heart, and he pondered for a long time without figuring out the reason.
"Since it's come to this, I'll look at the gains on the panel first."
He finally stopped taxing his brain and opened the divine spell panel, and his vision was quickly filled with flowing light.
【Divine Spell Performance Rating: Perfect】
【Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing EXP +100】
【Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing Lv1 (8/100) → Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing Lv2 (8/300)】
【You have leveled up Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing. Choose one of the following three traits to strengthen it.】
"How... How much?!"
Seeing the panel information, Leon was so startled he nearly jumped right out of the carriage.
Only when he realized he had disturbed Alicia's deep sleep and woken her up did Leon hurriedly apologize.
After closing Alicia's drooping eyelids and letting her go back to sleep, Leon opened the divine spell panel once more.
Only then did Leon breathe a sigh of relief after confirming several times that the number after the "+" sign was indeed 100.
"Not a dream..."
Seeing the +100 EXP on the panel, Leon was even more excited than if he had scored a 100 on his college entrance math exam.
Well, even if the perfect score for the math exam was 150, as a math failure who had never reached 90 in three years of high school, that 100 would have made him quite happy.
But that joy could not compare to what he felt now!
With anticipation, Leon looked at the three traits available for strengthening.
【Echo: When you cast Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing, if the wish is not granted, it will repeat until successful or terminated by special circumstances.】
After seeing the description of the 【Echo】 trait, Leon's eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.
"What does 'repeat until successful' mean?"
Good grief, isn't this just desperately making harassment calls to the God of Sacred Light until He picks up?
Moreover, seeing the phrase "terminated by special circumstances" made Leon wonder:
Could the so-called special circumstances be the God of Sacred Light getting annoyed by the frequent prayers and sending down a divine punishment to blast the persistent priest into oblivion?
Leon didn't even need to think twice before passing on the 【Echo】 trait.
A forced melon isn't sweet, and in this case, it wasn't just forcing the melon; one mistake and the melon would force you.
He looked at the second trait.
【Sacrifice: Reduces mental energy consumption when casting Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing. You can also offer items to the God of Sacred Light to increase the chance of a blessing.】
This trait was actually decent as it could increase the probability of the God of Sacred Light granting a wish.
The only problem was... what kind of items should be offered?
Leon recalled that as the oldest deity on the continent of Ommissiah, there were no records of how the God of Sacred Light ascended to divinity, how long He had existed, His likes, His preferences, or His goals other than spreading the faith of the Sacred Light.
So, what kind of gift would make the God of Sacred Light happy, and which way should a fish head be pointed to satisfy Him? This was a difficult problem.
Leon temporarily kept this 【Sacrifice】 trait as a backup and looked at the third trait.
【Linkage: Links Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing with another divine spell you have mastered. Whenever you cast that spell, Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing will be cast continuously.】
Hmm? You can freely choose the linked divine spell?
This was the first time Leon had seen such a linkage option. Previously, it had always given a fixed divine spell for the linkage, but he hadn't expected that 【Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing】 could be chosen freely.
"A divine spell that even Diamond rank priests might not master... This Wish spell is truly powerful!"
With this 【Linkage】 trait, Leon naturally discarded the 【Sacrifice】 trait without hesitation.
"But what spell should I link it to?"
Leon pondered.
Link it to Holy Light Meditation to ensure a stable increase in meditation speed in the future?
Or maybe link it to Light Prayer, Healing...
An inspiration flashed through Leon's mind, and he quickly made a decision:
"I choose to link the divine spell—Hammer of Holy Light!"
【Selected Linked Divine Spell: Hammer of Holy Light】
Leon opened his personal panel to check.
【Name: Leon Douglas】
【Mental Energy Rank: Bronze】
【Class: Priest】
【Mastered Divine Spells】
【Light Prayer Lv2 (110/300) / Trait: Linkage】
【Healing Lv2 (31/300) / Trait: Abundant】
【Holy Light Meditation Lv2 (3/300) / Trait: Bitter Meditation】
【Hammer of Holy Light Lv2 (42/300) / Trait: Linkage】
【Hand of Divine Spells Lv1 (76/100)】
【Prayer for the God of Sacred Light's Blessing Lv2 (8/300) / Trait: Linkage】
This time, the God of Sacred Light's blessing allowed the Wish spell to come from behind and directly overtake the progress of the Hand of Divine Spells.
On the panel, all the other divine spells had already been upgraded to Lv2, leaving only the Hand of Divine Spells.
However, it was already at 76 EXP, so it likely wouldn't take long to reach Lv2.
"My divine spell levels have caught up, but my mental energy rank is still Bronze. I need to raise that too..." Leon thought.
Not just his mental energy rank, but his armor and equipment needed to keep up as well.
The incident where he was ambushed by that noble was still fresh in Leon's memory. Although his divine spells were quite strong for the Bronze rank, his physical body was still a weakness.
Once he reached the Imperial Capital, he would have to ask Old Hunter to help him purchase a suit of soft armor that was comfortable to wear and had outstanding defensive capabilities.
Anyway, as long as it was an improvement that money could buy, Leon didn't need to worry; he could just throw money at the problem until it was solved.
Besides armor, various potions that could permanently increase mental energy intensity and strengthen physical strength would also be arranged.
Just like bodybuilding, if you want to get stronger, you have to take supplements.
Leon didn't usually take drugs, but when he did, it would only be a little—just two types of potions to enhance mental energy and physical strength.
Furthermore... Leon looked at the sleeping Alicia and thought to himself that he needed to collect more 'Pokemon.'
Whatever God-Chosen, Imperial Princes, or once-in-a-decade bloodline warriors there were, he should recruit more of these 'Pokemon' to his side. That way, he could steadily harvest their 'wool' and increase his divine spell experience.
Leon mapped out his plans and sighed. "The Imperial Capital..."
That Sage King wanted to start a war. At this moment, the Imperial Capital had likely become the center of the storm.
...
Three days later.
Imperial Capital, deep within the palace.
The Royal Gallery.
The gallery was quiet, with only the sunlight slanting from the high windows casting a golden hue over the portraits of past kings lining the walls.
Two figures stood silently before the portrait of the late king.
One wore imperial robes embroidered with gold thread and held a scepter. The shaft was neither metal nor jade, shaped like a withered branch of ancient wood, yet it faintly shimmered with a warm luster deep within.
Half a step behind him stood a middle-aged man in a deep purple noble robe, with two blooming violet family crests embroidered in silver thread on his lapel.
At this moment, the two were staring intently at the face of the late king in the painting, neither of them speaking.
Not until a deep bell chimed from outside, echoing through the many pillars of the palace, did the man in the imperial robes slowly turn around. His gaze fell upon the middle-aged man standing respectfully behind him.
"Is it today that your second son arrives at the Imperial Capital?"
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