Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 460: Faith Expertise
After agreeing on the cooperation matters, Murphy chose to leave.
After all, this is someone else's territory, and Griffith is a villain boss. I always feel uneasy after staying here for a long time.
After leaving the Dragon Tower, Angus opened a portal and Murphy returned to his own castle.
After returning to Dragonsong Castle, Murphy immediately opened the hero expertise system.
He was very curious about what kind of heroic expertise would be revealed this time.
[Feat 1: Holy Light Inspirer (Faith Feat). You have witnessed the sacredness and majesty of the Golden Sacred Tree, and personally felt the kindness and love of the Holy Light.
As a result, you are inspired by the power of Holy Light, and gradually develop a yearning and closeness to Holy Light in your heart, and as a result, you gain the ability to learn and use Holy Light.
Expertise Effect: Change your faith to the Holy Light faith, and you can learn the divine skills of the Holy Light faction.
Note: Learning divine skills requires corresponding faith. The higher your faith level, the higher level of holy light skills you can learn and gain additional skill effect bonuses. 】
[Feat 2: Storm Master (Faith Feat). You wantonly spread storms, destroying villages and farms, making humble mortals tremble in fear before the power of the storm and beg for forgiveness from the Storm Dragon. As a result, you have a deeper understanding of the power of the storm. You can grant mortals the power to survive the storm, and further strengthen your body, seizing some of the authority of the Storm God.
Feat Benefit 1: Storm's Grace.
When your followers enter a storm you summon, a small eye will appear around them, protecting them from the storm's damage.
Creatures that refuse to believe in you suffer an additional 30% Slowness and have a higher chance to take environmental damage from the Storm.
Feat Effect 2: Storm Power.
You have stolen some of the authority of the God of Storms. You can spend faith points to transform your storm skills into 'Storm Prayer' and teach it to your loyal believers.
(Your relationship with the Storm God has further declined.)
[Feat 3: Dragon God Inheritor (Fake) (Faith Feat). In the process of contacting the Dragon Worship Cult, you gradually understood the Dragon Worship Cult's belief in "Dragon Faith", which is the result of the tiny mortals' diligent pursuit of life and power.
Because your dragon form is divine, you are considered to be the continuation of the legendary dragon god's bloodline and the reincarnation of a holy dragon. Although deep down in your heart you know very well that this is not the truth, you can still use the power of faith of these fanatical believers to perform prayer skills similar to divine magic.
Specialty Effect 1: Reincarnation of Holy Dragon (Fake). You can learn and use the "Dragon Prayer" series of skills.
Expertise Effect 2: Dragon God Authority (Fake). Your secondary miracles now include 'Dragon Miracle', which you can use by consuming Faith Points. This skill can only be used in dragon form. Since your Dragon God Authority is not real, the Faith Points consumed by casting 'Dragon Miracle' increase by 100%. 】
Hmm, this specialty is quite interesting.
All three are faith specializations.
They respectively belong to the Faith of Holy Light, the Faith of the God of Storms, and the Faith of the Dragon God.
Faced with these three choices, Murphy was in a dilemma.
Faith in Holy Light is definitely not a choice, as Holy Light and I are not on the same wavelength. Even if I learn it, I have to start from the basics. Without any special bonuses, a half-baked Paladin hero is meaningless.
But the remaining two faith choices are more difficult.
Both beliefs are very helpful to him at present and are very compatible with each other.
The Storm Master can strengthen the power of his storm and protect those who believe in him from being harmed by the storm. This means that he can spread faith better. Otherwise, those who believe in the Storm Dragon will still be harmed by the storm. What is the meaning of faith then?
Maybe scaring people with the power of the storm can attract some timid believers in the short term, but in the long run, no one will believe it.
Now that we have this effect, it is equivalent to giving the believers the most direct benefit. As long as they believe in me, they will not be affected by the storm. Why don’t you pray to me quickly?
The effect of this second specialty is also very valuable. At present, the biggest difference between him and the real gods is that he cannot give benefits to believers. Relying on the big stick, he can only subdue those civilians who have little combat power. The real strong ones are not afraid of the damage of the storm at all, and naturally they will not surrender for this reason.
But with this storm authority, it’s different. I can create prayer-related skills. What is this skill? It’s power.
Although it is inferior to the systematic divine arts, it has skill rewards and can definitely increase a large number of believers.
Both of these effects can greatly enhance his efficiency in spreading faith.
The two specialty effects of the Dragon God Inheritor also have similar effects. The Miracle of Storm is still too simple, while the Miracle of Dragon sounds very powerful.
And you can also learn a bunch of Dragon Prayer skills, the added value is quite good.
However, the Dragon God Inheritor's specialty still has some shortcomings.
First of all, Dragon Prayer is a skill system exclusive to Dragon Cult priests. I haven’t heard of any player using it yet, so it’s hard to say whether it’s useful or not.
To be on the safe side, he specifically asked about the content of Angus Dragon's prayer skill.
After asking, I felt a little disappointed.
The Dragon Prayer skill is somewhat similar to the Dragon Feast skill.
Dragon Skin, Dragon Breath, Dragon Might... The ultimate move is [Dragon Transformation]. It sounds awesome, but it has serious negative effects. The transformation can only last for a period of time, and the caster will die when the time is up.
This was the trick used by the Dragon Cult priest in the Dark Dragon's Nest. Murphy was deeply impressed.
Moreover, Dragon Prayer is basically the effect of the dragon clan's unique ability. For someone like him who can directly transform into a dragon, it is really not attractive.
What concerned him most was the word "fake". Did it mean that he, the reincarnated holy dragon, was a fake?
I think so.
The Dragon Cult priests use [prayer] instead of [divine magic], which shows the problem.
In the game Sky World.
The definition of divine magic is that it is a magic created by gods and bestowed upon believers. In addition to corresponding faith, it also requires sufficient mental strength. The higher the mental strength, the stronger the power.
The purpose of prayer is to create a spell out of the power of mortals' fanatical faith. It also requires corresponding faith. The higher the level of faith, the stronger the power.
Those who use divine magic are generally priests and ministers under the command of the twelve main gods, including priests and ministers among adventurers, all of whom are believers of the twelve main gods.
Those who pray are usually priests, witch doctors, and shamans who are demigods of the wilderness.
The former is extremely powerful, effective, and has a complete skill system with a clear divine field.
The latter has fewer and more diverse skills, and their use often has various negative effects.
From this we can see that the dragon god believed in by the Dragon Worship Cult is simply a fake, or at least not a complete one.
The person who created the Dragon Prayer was most likely Griffith, the archbishop who possessed some divinity.
In this way, the value of Dragon Prayer is greatly reduced.
Of course, the same principle applies to Storm Prayer. After all, I am not a god, just a divine creature.
However, prayer also has its benefits. You don’t have to be a priest or a pastor to learn it. As long as you have a mana bar and a certain level you can use it.
After thinking all this through, Murphy has made a decision. He will choose Storm Master.
System prompt: You have obtained a new heroic specialty - Storm Master. New functions have been added to your belief system, which you can view in the belief interface.
Murphy immediately turned on his belief system.
[Storm Dragon Faith (Demon God Faith/Secondary God)
Number of believers: 79.
Influence of faith: Weak.
Faith points: 33619.
Faith affinity: 27%.
Introduction to doctrine: The Storm Dragon that brings terrible disasters is the embodiment of storm in the eyes of mortals and a symbol of disaster. The fear of the Storm Dragon makes people avoid the name of Aidandelon. However, fear is destined to leave a deep memory in the hearts of the people. Even if it is a symbol of disaster, it is also a carrier of faith.
Because of your involvement in the Sunnyglade campaign, the Storm Dragon has gained some influence among the high elves, and some of the elves from the Windrunner family in the Thousand Winds Glade have chosen to believe in you.
A small number of believers also appeared among the Centaurs in Haotian City.
In Alterac, your influence also begins to be demonstrated.
Although your followers are few and far between, you have still managed to steal some of the Storm God's power, and you can create your own [Prayer] spell.
There is also an option to create a prayer below.
Click on the creation prayer, and the skill bar will immediately appear. Some skills related to the storm are displayed in bright colors, which are obviously skills that can be transformed.
The rest of the skills are all dark.
Murphy checked it out. Storm Blade, Storm Breaker, Storm Assault, Hurricane Armor, Wind Force (weapon special effect), Call the Storm (weapon special effect)...
There are quite a few skills that can be transformed.
Murphy was also a little surprised when he saw it. He didn't expect that weapon special effects could also be transformed into prayers...
After careful study, he had a general understanding of the creative prayer function. It should be to transform his understanding of the power of storm into specific skills, so as long as the storm skills he has used before will be fine.
So what skills should be transferred?
After thinking about it, I chose the most powerful one first.
Click on Storm Breaker.
System prompt: Converting this skill into the [Prayer] skill requires 10,263 Faith Points.
Wow, so many!
Murphy was shocked. It seemed that this creation prayer was really not cheap.
However, the hero skills are extremely powerful, which is understandable.
This obviously cannot be converted. I have a total of more than 30,000 faith points, but only 27% compatibility, which can only mobilize 8,000 to 9,000 faith points.
Click on Storm Blade.
System prompt: Converting this skill requires 2528 Faith Points.
Suddenly, three quarters were gone.
It seems that the more powerful the skill is, the more points it consumes.
Transforms Storm skills into Prayer skills with similar effects. The biggest difference between the two skills is that Prayer skills rely on Spiritual Replenishment. The higher the Spiritual attribute, the greater the power of the Prayer. In other words, it is more suitable for professions such as Priests, Shamans, and Priests.
But if you want higher coverage, the choice of this skill type is very important.
A lethal skill like Storm Blade is useless without the mental attribute, especially for a spellcaster like a mage who already has powerful spells. Having an extra skill like this is useless.
Therefore, it is best to use functional skills, which are not aimed at killing, but mainly for assistance.
The skills that meet this condition are relatively limited.
The first skill Murphy decided to transform was Hurricane Armor.
The ability to save your life definitely means you don’t have to worry about no one wanting it.
Especially for judicial professions, such as mages, priests, etc., the enemies that this type of profession fears most are ranged monsters such as archers. Because magic professions generally have weak defense, they can use various control skills to kite against melee combat, but they have no way to deal with archers and are easily targeted by ranged professions.
Hurricane Armor can defend against ranged attacks and slow down melee enemies. It is definitely a magical skill.
I checked the conversion price and it required 3,573 faith points, which was acceptable.
Select Convert.
A virtual image of himself using the Hurricane Armor suddenly appeared before his eyes.
System prompt: Conversion successful, new skill [Body Protection Whirlwind (Prayer)] obtained.
【Protective Whirlwind (Prayer)
Learning requirements: Faith in the Storm Dragon.
Skill introduction: Summons a small whirlwind to protect yourself, which can deflect physical ranged attacks and lasts for 30 seconds.
The effect is much worse than that of Hurricane Armor. It no longer has the effect of blowing away and slowing down enemies, and only has the deflection effect on long-range attacks. It can be considered a castrated version.
But for adventurers, it is still very useful.
For the second skill, Murphy chose Storm Assault. Otherwise, displacement skills are always valuable.
In fact, Thundercloud Storm is naturally better, but the price is too high, requiring more than 15,000 faith points, so I can only settle for the second best.
System prompt: Conversion successful, new skill [Wind Walking] obtained.
【Wind Step (Prayer)
Learning requirements: Faith in the Storm Dragon.
Skill introduction: Summon the power of the gale to attach to your feet, increasing your next jump distance by 300%. 】
This skill is not bad, tripling the jumping distance is equivalent to a medium-distance displacement skill. Especially since this skill increases the jumping distance proportionally, it is even more effective for agile professions such as assassins, thieves, and monks who can already jump very far.
It is also not bad for legal professions.
Murphy did not develop it further, firstly because of the lack of suitable templates, and secondly, the consumption of the power of faith was quite high.
These two skills consume more than 7,000 points. This thing cannot be wasted.
But considering that I will be able to do something big soon, this investment is still necessary.
With these two prayer skills as rewards, it will definitely attract more believers, including adventurers.
Next, Murphy modified the description of the Storm Dragon's faith.
The belief in the Storm Dragon is still too simple and crude. It is simply a worship of powerful creatures, no different from those demigods of the wilderness.
Just think about the fate of those demigods in the wilderness and you will know that this kind of belief has no future.
The race that believes in the wild demigod the most in the Sky World is the trolls.
Almost every tribe has its own demigod of the wilderness. The most famous one is the Blood God Hakkar. He is a demigod of the wilderness, and his prototype is a wind snake.
The trolls' spells are mostly powers borrowed from the demigods of the wilderness, and in order to gain power, large sacrifices are often required.
However, the trolls have a bad habit. If they cannot borrow any energy, they will lock up the god they believe in and suck him away directly. As a result, several wilderness demigods have been sucked to death. It is not difficult to see from this that the power of these wilderness demigods is still relatively limited.
Other famous ones include Ursol and Ursoc, the bear gods worshipped by the fur monsters, Agamemagan, the boar demigod worshipped by the quilboars, Cenarius his father, Malorne, the white deer demigod, etc.
They are basically animal-related.
Just think about it, being on the same level as a group of wild beasts is quite degrading.
Therefore, the power of faith can only serve as an auxiliary. If you want to become stronger, you must become a true god like the Dragon God and directly master the power of the laws. That is the real Pava.
But now, the power of faith can still be utilized.
The spread of faith is nothing more than heaven and hell, carrots and sticks.
What are the benefits of believing, and what are the disadvantages of not believing.
Murphy referred to real-life religious theories and quickly came up with a specious theory.
[This world is about to be invaded by evil. Four kinds of horrific disasters will come one after another. Countless demons and ghosts will bring endless disasters to this world.
Eventually, a destructive storm will come, completely destroying all life in this world, purifying all filth and evil, and the world will be reborn.
And by then, only those who believe in the Storm Dragon will be able to survive the storm and embrace a better life in the new world...】
Murphy made some improvements and then curled his lips in dissatisfaction.
Well, it feels pretty good.
There's no way. Bragging also requires strength. We shouldn't go too far with a divine creature.
