Chapter 195 - First Encounter with a Dual Role Person

Chapter 195: Chapter 184: First Encounter with a Dual Role Person"I don’t understand, with you two being healers, what qualifies you to be the bait?"

Facing Lu Hong’s questioning, before the two women could speak, the old blue dragon angrily retorted first, "Idiot, ever heard of dual professions?"

"Dual professions?!" Lu Hong really didn’t know what that was.

"Calling you an idiot is truly fitting." The old blue dragon explained: "Dual professions are a taboo, indicative of a shift in faith. No one would openly disclose their dual professions, but it’s quite a common scenario hidden within the Star Sea."

The emergence of dual professions, as narrated by the old blue dragon, starts with faith. The main characteristic of dual professions is the imbalance between careers. Dual professions aren’t difficult to achieve; one simply needs to willingly abandon their current profession and switch to the faith of another Divine, provided that the other Heavenly God is willing to accept them.

However, having dual professions doesn’t necessarily mean they are very powerful. Every human worships a Heavenly God, training in levels and skills, all in the pursuit to become stronger. If unsatisfied with their current profession, they hope to switch to a stronger profession, and the Heavenly Gods seem to understand this.

Switching faiths is not a problem, but the original profession will be punished by the Heavenly Gods, with inherent levels forcibly reduced significantly. If you were originally at the Third Transition, forcefully abandoning the current faith would result in being demoted to the Second Transition under the punishment of the Heavenly God. Any regained faith would then have to start anew from the First Transition, level one.

Thus, these dual professions don’t provide them with much combat power, but they offer a slight aid. For example, if you were formerly a third-level healing profession and downgrade to the second transition while training in a melee profession, the diminished effect of the second-level magic could still significantly aid yourself, providing a considerable advantage in fights among equals.

However, this comes at a high cost: humans blessed by a Divine typically live only three to four hundred years at most. Relying solely on one profession from birth until death might not even allow complete mastery; mid-journey changes definitely equate to abandoning one’s future prospects. Moreover, switching faith signifies disloyalty, an action consistently resisted by all temples. Hence, the topic of dual professions remains hidden, known as an unknown secret.

The two women didn’t interrupt the old blue dragon’s explanation, and only after Lu Hong completely understood did they tease him cheerfully, "How about that? Learned something new before dying?"

"Tch!" Lu Hong was immensely regretful. No wonder those two women had only been providing him with low-level enhancement skills; turns out they’d been suppressed to the First Transition.

The two women didn’t attack Lu Hong first. The Water Beast was the real trouble. While it had not yet recovered, they killed it, taking the required tusks, their expressions immensely satisfied.

The old blue dragon whispered to Lu Hong, "Hey, do you still have the strength to fight? How about we join forces and win by ambush?"

"Ambush... then don’t talk so loud!" The voice of the old blue dragon was pressed to the lowest he knew, but to Lu Hong’s ears, it was no different than a loudspeaker.

The two women opposite surely heard everything clearly.

"Ambush?" Qin Qin sneered coldly; dark shadows burst from her body, transforming into chains that tightly bound Lu Hong and the old blue dragon in place.

"Damn, how can their hearing be so good?" The old blue dragon couldn’t help but curse: "Why did you mention the ambush so loudly?"

It was truly a case of the villain revealing their plot, blaming it all on Lu Hong.

"I—I—" Lu Hong felt he wouldn’t be killed by the two women but would be annoyed to death by the old blue dragon.

"Forget it, forget it, I’ll have a cushion in death anyway. Just my luck to decide to come out for a stroll, ah! Poor my mate, barely seven hundred years old, and now forced to live as a widow." The old blue dragon’s tone shifted to one of profound sadness.

"Don’t worry, I will make your departure quick and painless," Xi Mu pulled out a sharp dagger and even made a slicing gesture across her neck: "Just a light cut, not painful at all."

"Not painful my ass! Are you giving me a manicure?" To the old blue dragon, the dagger in Xi Mu’s hand looked as trivial as a toothpick; how many cuts would it take to slit a throat? They would probably die of pain first.

"Die!" The two women, having had enough of the old blue dragon’s backtalk, decided not to delay any longer. They raised their blades, ready to strike.

"Blood Burst!" Left with no other options, Lu Hong once again used his ultimate skill, although this time it was significantly weaker than before, it still helped him break free.

Unfortunately, Qin Qin was prepared; as soon as the black shadow cracked, it immediately reformed, capturing the fleeing Lu Hong once again.

"Time to die!" Xi Mu sneered menacingly, while Lu Hong also prepared to summon the sacred sword within himself for one last fight.

And just at that moment, a green arrow shot through the sky, headed straight for Xi Mu’s heart. Shocked, Xi Mu hastily dodged. The arrow then striking Qin Qin’s shadows enabled Lu Hong and the old blue dragon to get released from control.

"Who?!" Xi Mu and Qin Qin were shocked; they hadn’t expected an eagle lurking behind the scene of the bait.

Outside the mountain stream, the response was a flurry of dashing arrows that sealed off all escape routes for the two of them.

"Shadow Whip!" Qin Qin condensed two black whips that tightly protected her body, while Xi Mu could only defend with a small dagger, bearing several scars after a wave of arrows.

"That’s a bit prickly!"

The two women looked at each other, "Retreat!"

It was truly cautious, but good nonetheless. At least Lu Hong’s crisis was averted, and there was no need to use the last resort.

"Who saved me? Please show yourself. I will surely repay you generously in the future," Lu Hong pleaded sincerely as he looked around the mountain stream.

Following Lu Hong’s call, a young man dressed in black appeared at the top of the mountain stream, speaking to Lu Hong, "Baron, I am Zheke, captain of the fourth demon-breaking team of the Black Guards, assigned by the Great Emperor to assist you in the Endless Forest."

"Konstantin?" Lu Hong felt a warm surge in his heart, realizing that Konstantin’s proposal had not been rejected by Nono and abandoned.

"Indeed, if you wish to express gratitude, thank the Emperor, and if you wish to repay, contribute to the Empire’s power in the future." My goodness, this Zheke’s patriotism and loyalty are evident to the world.

"I’ve noted it," Lu Hong nodded.

Zheke continued, "Now that you are safe, I will take my leave. Don’t worry, I won’t always follow you, but if you need help, you can call the nearby Black Guards using this signal arrow."

With that, he dropped a mini arrowhead and disappeared.

"Hey? Your man?" Lu Hong was rescued, and the Old Blue Dragon, having narrowly escaped death, spoke to Lu Hong in a much friendlier tone than before.

"No," Lu Hong stored the signal arrow, hoping he would never have to use it.

"Old brother, I’m feeling generous today. Come! I’ll take you to the Blue Dragon’s domain to see the world."

"Hehe," Lu Hong laughed coldly three times. Was this about showing him the world? It was merely seeking someone to protect itself.

"Hey hey, rest assured, once we reach the Blue Dragon’s domain, you can choose any divine item from the treasury," the Old Blue Dragon swore.

"I’m somewhat skeptical." Following the lesson from the two women, Lu Hong was now much more cautious.

"Shall I swear on the founder of the dragons to convince you?" In order to secure an escort, the Old Blue Dragon was indeed doing everything possible. It swore to protect Lu Hong within its lair, ensuring he wouldn’t be harmed.

"Alright, let me recover for a few days. After all, in the territory of the watermarsh beast, hardly any demon beasts dare to intrude."

"Oh, then rest up quickly. Do you want me to cast a few recovery spells for you?"

Lu Hong scoffed, "A light drizzle?"

"Bullshit! In the past, a single spell from me could instantly obliterate the heavens, the earth, and even the air!"

"What? Did you take an arrow in the knee?"

"I...," the Old Blue Dragon was speechless, finally saying helplessly, "It’s been nothing but chaos and upheaval."

"Chaos? What’s that?" Lu Hong was taken aback, having heard it mentioned in passing before but hadn’t thought much of it during the crisis.

"You humans are really amusing, running amok in the realm of chaos without knowing what it is." With nothing much to do, the Old Blue Dragon began to educate Lu Hong. The information, which was not included in the data provided by Nono, was core to the Empire’s hidden critical secrets.

In the Endless Forest, there are known to be three Heavenly God Level demon beasts, but in reality, there are five. The Empire, expanding until now in the Endless Forest, has only managed to establish a foothold in the territory of the third ranked Heavenly God demon beast—Chaos.