It was a good thing this world was governed by the rule of law.

That was the only reason Meizer hadn’t been killed.

Lu Cang still decided to meet up with Meizer. After all, he only had a few friends in Raine Town.

As for his character when it came to relationships, Lu Cang decided to just turn a blind eye.

After paying his respects, Lu Cang headed to Raine Town’s commercial street.

In truth, there wasn’t much to buy in Raine Town. It was just a small town, after all. Everyone had gathered here because of the demon tide, and people like Iz were only passing through.

Once the hustle and bustle faded, Raine Town would return to being just a quiet, ordinary little town.

Though perhaps it would gain a new legend, passed down in the songs of Minstrels.

"Oh, these."

"Two bags of these, please."

He bought two bags of pomegranates for Iz and two bags of dates for Kumironi. He’d heard Obades ate rocks, so he’d skip him.

Chi Cheng... he would probably just eat meat at the hotel.

He browsed the Magic Staff shop but didn’t find any interesting Magic Staffs to buy.

Then he went to the Potion shop.

He commissioned a Pharmacist to craft the Pure Essence Blood dropped by the Bloodline Monarch into a Potion.

「Blood Reviving Potion (Tier Three) (Normal)」

「Effect: Rapidly recovers from extremely severe injuries. Suitable for Level 3 Professionals. Also removes blood-related Curses and temporarily grants strength equivalent to a Level 2 Warrior.」

’It seems to be a very effective healing Potion.’

Lu Cang could never have too many life-saving items.

That was true even with 「Death Substitute」.

After all, Death Substitute required a corpse to activate, and it was difficult for him to just leave corpses lying around everywhere.

The Scroll Shop.

This time, Lu Cang went all out and bought five 「Random Teleportation Scrolls」.

The things were quite expensive, 200 Gold Coins per scroll.

At the time, he’d thought one scroll would be enough since he couldn’t teleport consecutively in a short period anyway.

Now it seemed he really needed to stock up on a few more.

’Who the hell would have thought a monster would actually tear up a scroll?’

He browsed the Magic Store, but there really were no new Magic spells he could learn for sale.

Lu Cang wanted to see if there was anything his Death Priest Profession could use.

He wandered through the entire commercial street.

There was nothing.

’Makes sense, I guess. It is a legally banned Profession, after all.’

On his way back, he went to check the top floor of the library again. The door to the top floor was open.

But it was completely empty. Pari had indeed left.

...

「West Gate of Raine Town」

"Iz."

The West Gate was already good as new, and the massive crater that had been blasted open outside had been filled in. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The post-battle repair work was surprisingly fast.

「Stone Creation Skill」 「Earth Filling Technique」

These were two Tier One Small Spells that could generate some stone and earth on an object’s surface.

They were basically useless for combat.

Magic like Earth Spike and Stone Wall were Battle Magic spells derived and improved from these two Small Spells.

Lu Cang handed Iz a pomegranate.

"Can I advance to a Level 3 Mage now?"

Iz looked at Lu Cang and replied after a moment, "You’re almost there."

Lu Cang paused, then said, "Iz, I think I might be quite talented in other Professions as well."

"Can I take on another Profession?"

Lu Cang finally brought up the question.

’Developing multiple Professions at the same time is really the ideal path for me.’

Iz: "Hmm... Actually, I’ve already considered that. Your situation is rather special."

"After all, even a Level 1 Death Priest shouldn’t normally be able to critically injure the King of Exotic Insects."

"I’ve considered that your Talent might not be limited to just Magic."

"But have you considered the trade-off between depth and breadth?"

"The more Professions you take on, the slimmer your chances of reaching a high rank in any single one."

"The principles of some Professions are mutually exclusive."

"For example, your current Death Priest Profession is incompatible with the principles of a Healing Mage."

"The principle of a Death Priest is Death, while the principle of a Healing Mage is life. It is very difficult for one person to adhere to the principles of both life and Death simultaneously."

"The more Professions you have, the more principles you will have to follow."

"Advancing to higher ranks will also become more difficult."

"You should also be able to realize that a single Level 6 Mage is far stronger than a Reincarnator who has multi-classed into six different Level 1 Battle Professions."

Lu Cang looked up and said to Iz seriously, "Yes, I understand."

"That’s why I’m so conflicted about this, Iz."

"So I was hoping to get your opinion."

Iz smiled. "Good. Knowing to consult others when facing an important choice."

"Not being stubborn is a valuable quality."

"Actually, the White Tower has made new progress in its research on Professions. If you really want to multi-class, there is indeed a good option."

Lu Cang: "What option?"

"Decryption Scholar."

Hearing this, Lu Cang froze on the spot.

That was the Profession from the Secret Scroll Meiser had given him.

"That’s the Profession Meiser gave me."

Iz: "Yes, and it’s also the Profession whose principles are most compatible with a Mage’s."

"The principle of the Decryption Scholar is to solve complex puzzles and mysteries."

"The principle of the Mage is to seek the Root Source."

"The principles of the two are complementary. Functionally, the Decryption Scholar could be called a Profession tailor-made for a Mage."

"Multi-classing as a Decryption Scholar might even earn you the approval of the Root Source."

"The things Meiser prepared for you... it’s as if he’s paving the way for you. He wants you to become a high-ranking Mage."

’The more she said, the more ominous this sounded.’

’The most terrifying criminal of this century is paving the way for me.’

"But before that, you should focus on reaching Level 3 Mage first, then think about multi-classing."

"Having an extra Profession will affect your advancement to some degree."

Lu Cang: "Right."

...

Chatting as they walked, the two soon arrived at the Training Ground again.

This time, Iz had rented an absolutely enormous Training Ground.