All My Professions Have Divine-Level Talents-Chapter 38: The Moon’s Shift, the Sky as a Scroll
Curse Arrow.
Its killing power wasn’t very high, but it carried a powerful negative effect.
Moreover, in most cases, it could directly pierce an enemy’s surface-level defenses.
Even a hard shell would be directly penetrated, entering the body and inflicting a curse.
It had the same effect on armor. Even if a target was wearing armor, it would seep through, touch the skin, and form a curse.
And once the curse took effect...
BOOM—
A dull, massive THUD echoed as all four of the Hammer-tailed Horned Bull’s legs buckled, and it knelt on the ground.
The Punching Pillar, which had already pierced its body, drove even deeper inside it.
It had already lost most of its strength.
Izparut’s evaluation of the Curse Arrow was that its weakening effect was potent enough to render a Tier Two Warrior as helpless as a baby.
As for its effect of softening defenses, it could make the flesh armor of a Tier Two Defender as easy to pierce as a sponge.
It seems...
...it’s just as remarkably effective on Tier Three Demons.
Blocked by the Heavy Wall, struck by the first wave of the Punching Pillar, and weakened by the Curse Arrow.
After a single round of Magic...
...the Hammer-tailed Horned Bull was on the verge of death, able to do nothing but kneel and await its end.
The rest was much easier.
Lu Cang had no particular penchant for torturing Demons he bore no grudge against. An Ice Shuttle skimmed across the ground.
It circled around to the underside of the Hammer-tailed Horned Bull’s belly, which was propped up by the Punching Pillar!
BANG!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!—
The ice pierced its body, wreaking untold destruction within.
Soon, the Hammer-tailed Horned Bull stopped moving entirely.
All signs of life were gone.
After killing it,
Lu Cang stared at the corpse and thought for a moment.
’Hmm...’
’It seems Tier Three Lord Level Demons aren’t that strong after all.’
’With my current strength, I can indeed kill them with ease.’
’But I wonder what a King Level Demon’s strength is like.’
In a Tier Two Dungeon, the strongest are Lord Level, and they are usually the final bosses.
Very few Tier Two Dungeons have dual Lords.
But in a Tier Three Dungeon, Lord Level isn’t necessarily the strongest.
There’s a very small chance of encountering a King Level Demon, and I’ve heard that when Adventurer’s Guilds composed of Level 3 adventurers run into a King Level Demon of the Same Tier, about thirty percent of them are wiped out completely.
As for the other seventy percent that aren’t wiped out, it’s highly likely they suffer casualties...
And that seventy percent doesn’t mean they defeated the Monarch Level Demon.
It just means they escaped.
Only a tiny minority of Level 3 Adventurer’s Guilds, so few they’re not even included in the statistics, can face a Tier Three Monarch Level Demon head-on and defeat it.
Lu Cang glanced at his own palm.
’Now that I’ve confirmed I have the strength to defeat a Tier Three Lord Demon "fairly easily," it means I can handle Tier Three Dungeons with relative composure.’
Zhou Er returned with the spoils.
gold coins.
A surprising profit... He didn’t know whether to call it unexpected or expected.
It was unexpected because, according to the books, the value of a harvested Tier Three Lord should be around 3 to 4 gold coins.
It was expected because it was currently the Harvest Moon, so it stood to reason that the rewards would be greater.
’Still, this is a bit too much... ’
’The value of the harvest is already four to five times the usual amount.’
Zhou Qi’s voice was also full of wonder. "This year’s Harvest Moon feels much more bountiful than previous years."
Lu Cang asked with some curiosity, "Isn’t it like this in previous years?"
Zhou Er shook his head and replied, "At least not in Raine Town. In past years, even if the harvest increased, we wouldn’t often get returns several times the normal amount."
"Most of the time, a fifty-percent increase in harvest is considered normal."
"In other words... this Tier Three Demon should have only yielded a harvest of around 6 gold coins."
gold coins.
’That’s a huge difference from 15 gold coins.’
Zhou Er scratched the back of his head. "But today..."
"Is it because it’s the beginning of the month?"
Lu Cang seemed to recall something Kumironi and the others had said when they left.
"The beginning of a Moon’s change is when its influence is strongest..."
Zhou Er exclaimed, "Right, right!"
"That might be the reason."
"This year’s harvest is especially bountiful. I wonder if Lord Yakadikto has personally descended upon the world..."
Lu Cang tilted his head and asked, puzzled, "Personally descended?"
The books didn’t mention this.
’Oh, it’s not that it wasn’t written. Maybe I just haven’t gotten to that part yet.’
After all, the difference between this world and Earth was enormous. It was impossible for Lu Cang to read up on all its common knowledge in a short amount of time.
There would always be things he hadn’t seen yet.
Regarding the Moons, there was still a lot Lu Cang didn’t understand...
At the time, he hadn’t asked too many questions, afraid of revealing his lack of common knowledge.
Later, after subtly probing for information, he discovered something.
Many people in this world... don’t necessarily understand it themselves.
Besides, the cultural differences between continents were vast. Given his identity as a transmigrator from some unknown country in a forgotten corner of the world, he didn’t really need to worry about being suspected.
Frankly... even if Lu Cang announced in public that he had transmigrated from a place called China on Earth...
...these people would just assume Earth was the name of some region on one of this world’s continents.
’Heh... I don’t even know what I’ve been so wary of.’
But, for safety’s sake, Lu Cang still hadn’t casually revealed his information.
Zhou Er gazed at the sky. The sun was gradually sinking in the west.
But today’s sky at sunset was completely different from usual.
Before, sunset was just the falling of the sun.
But today’s sunset was the entire sky falling.
Following Zhou Er’s gaze, Lu Cang finally noticed that the entire sky had begun to be pulled like a canvas. The whole celestial scene was frozen in place, receding toward the west and gradually disappearing beyond the mountain peaks.
The stars and moon were pulled out with the scenery from the east, their positions as motionless as a painting, only shifting horizontally as the sky moved.
It was a magnificent spectacle.
Ji Di poked her head out of the carriage. "The Scroll: The Turning of the Stars and Heavens."
"This is the unique celestial phenomenon that occurs when Yakadikto presides over the Moon. It’s a phenomenon that will last for a whole month, and it’s my favorite one of the year."
A celestial phenomenon.
As the Moon presiding over the month changes, different transformations occur.
The celestial phenomenon when Yakadikto presides over the Moon is the entire sky moving like a scroll, as if an infinitely long scroll is constantly being unfurled.
Zhou Er looked up at the firmament in awe. "I’ve heard that during the month belonging to a Moon, they might personally descend to the mortal world to observe the state of humanity."
Lu Cang couldn’t help but ask, "Is that just a legend, or does it really happen?"
Zhou Er gave a self-deprecating laugh. "Who knows?"
"I’m only twenty-eight years old. I’ve only lived for twenty-eight years, and I’ve never seen a real god."
"But since the legend has been passed down, there must be some truth to it."
