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SAINTESS [Chapter 28: He also had to upgrade himself.]
🕑 Added 2025-09-10 12:57:47 +0000 UTCSoon, the Carillian Academy welcomed its first holiday after the start of the semester. This holiday was very special: a mysterious dungeon was discovered on the southeastern island of Carillian Academy. According to investigations, the dungeon was a relic left by the Mars civilization.
According to the regulations of Carillian Academy, after professional tutors set up teleportation anchors within it, students of Carillian Academy will participate in the exploration. In return, students will be eligible to obtain some opportunities within the dungeon. Of course, whether they could obtain opportunities depends entirely on luck and personal destiny. In most cases, it will only increase their knowledge and experience, as well as practical combat experience.
This dungeon exploration was different from the past. In the past, to protect freshmen with insufficient combat experience, freshmen were not allowed to participate in dungeon exploration. This time, an exception was made, and freshmen were also eligible to participate in the exploration.
Winnie didn't know about other destined heroines, but Isatia showed a particularly strong interest in this dungeon, though he didn't know why.
Who knew? He was completely ignorant of the Mars civilization and had no interest in it, so he didn't plan to explore the dungeon or anything. He was truly idle.
However,
Winnie inexplicably remembers what Franklin had told him a few days ago.
Indeed, he had no family to rely on and could only rely on himself. Now that his family had declined, he had to seize every opportunity that could bring him fortune, make him stronger, and increase his combat experience.
Therefore, Winnie still had some intention of going to see. After all, his classmates in the armor class seemed to have all gone. If he didn't go alone, everyone would be discussing what happened in the dungeon when they returned, and he would be the only one who knew nothing, which would give Franklin another chance to mock him.
Franklin was right. Given his situation, how could he not have some ambition?
Every bit of combat experience was crucial to him as a freshman.
With this thought, Winnie felt that he must strive to improve, and so!
He rolled over on the sofa in his dorm, sat up with a jolt, and then continued to sleep.
That's what he said, but it was really hard to get up. The difficulty and resistance were not normal. He was kidnapped by the sofa!
Winnie would rather roll around on the sofa like a wheel than get up and go to the registration office to compete.
He had been attending classes for a week. How could he not enjoy himself??
Right, he had accumulated so much virtue, it was time to use it all up!
Winnie suddenly remembered this matter. He had to spend these accumulated virtues quickly to become stronger, otherwise, wouldn't he have earned so much virtue in vain and been exploited by Aesphyra for so long for nothing??
So, Winnie opened the Virtue panel, which showed his total remaining virtues: 11814.
The most important thing was naturally the realm.
Winnie glanced at his current realm, Advanced Artisan.
Improving his realm could increase his total magic capacity, magic recovery speed, and magic richness, indirectly enhancing magic power. He could learn more magic, and of course, the greatest improvement would be to the soul armament itself.
As for [Armour Fortress], which had a 100% compatibility with him, it would change its appearance and gain a brand-new resistance attribute every time he advanced a major realm.
Currently, the resistance attributes he had obtained were Impact Resistance and Toxin Resistance.
What the next resistance would be, he didn't know yet.
But Winnie was looking forward to it.
So, he set his sights on improving his realm. Currently an Advanced Artisan, he can advance to the next major realm, Warlock.
It was also a good thing. Logically speaking, first-year students who could enter the Warlock stage were rare even at Carillian Academy.
After all, Warlock was considered to have barely entered the ranks of continental powerhouses. The Warlock stage was in the middle tier. People at this level can serve as tutors in many ordinary academies, or even in high-end academies. They will be hired by many forces outside and will not lack money at all.
Winnie looked at it. It seemed that he had completed enough missions, and he could now advance to the Warlock stage.
If he stepped into the Warlock stage, it would be a huge improvement for him. Or rather, as his realm grew higher, the gap between each major realm, and even minor realm, would widen. By the Master realm, an Intermediate Master would be no match for an Advanced Master.
Good, good, good. From now on, he, Winnie, the young master of the Camella, will also be one of the continental powerhouses! He had achieved something!
It was truly touching. He remembered when he was just a bully who could only bully hooligans in the slums by relying on his noble status. Now, he had his own achievements and had joined the ranks of continental Advanced soul armament Masters.
He gazed at the virtue required to upgrade to Beginner Warlock, which was 8000 virtue points.
Compared to the 4000 virtues required to upgrade to Advanced Artisan, it was double.
However, this was acceptable. Fortunately, he had always been accumulating and did not have the habit of spending accumulated virtue in a hurry. Otherwise, even if he could advance to the Warlock realm now, he could only stare blankly.
Indeed, saving money was always a good habit.
8000 virtue was a bit expensive, which made Winnie somewhat unable to imagine how much virtue it would cost to upgrade to the Master realm.
He still remembered that it costs 15,000 virtues to upgrade from Double Wing to Four Wings. Looking at it this way, this price was already very favorable.
However, being able to advance to Warlock was worth it!
So, Winnie pressed the upgrade button.
‘Roar roar roar! From today onwards, I am also a Warlock!’
Winnie spoke with a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
'Virtue deducted 8000.'
'Current virtue: 3814.'
'Your realm has been upgraded to Beginner Warlock.'
Great!
The moment he stepped into Beginner Warlock, Winnie suddenly felt his whole body filled with power. A mighty ice soul force erupted from him. At the same time, a layer of ethereal armor scales appeared on his skin.
He felt that the magic power and magic recovery speed in his body had contained a qualitative leap. The magic power in his body was inexhaustible compared to before!
Was this the feeling of the Warlock realm??
He jumped up from the sofa.
Others needed to attempt the Warlock realm millions of times, but he only needed to click once to reach it.
Directly play the MVP settlement animation for successfully upgrading to the Warlock realm!
Progress is successful!
“Huh?” Shikondell, who was coming down from upstairs with a broom, happened to see this scene and looked bewildered, not understanding what Winnie was suddenly thinking of doing.
However, it seemed that Winnie was in a good mood today??
“Dell, I'm different today! Can you tell where I'm different?” Winnie asked, wiping his hair.
“Uh uh? Winnie, you... you've become more beautiful?” Shikondell inexplicably thought of Winnie cross-dressing a few days ago and blurred out.
“No, what the heck is 'become more beautiful'?” Winnie couldn't help but complain. “Didn't I tell you, don't mention that matter again, let it die in your stomach! ... Ah, forget it. Internal changes are probably hard to see.”
Saying that, Winnie sat on the sofa and flipped through his Virtue panel.
He looked at the new resistance attribute obtained by [Armour Fortress] after successfully advancing this time.
'Full compatibility effect achieved at Warlock realm: reduces armor weight, strengthens physical defense, and gains an elemental spell with a fixed affinity of [Excellent].'
Hmm? An elemental spell with a fixed affinity of [Excellent]??
So, what specific elemental spell is it?
Could it be that he could only know during actual combat??
However, an elemental spell with an [Excellent] fixed affinity is not ordinary. Winnie's highest elemental affinity is only [Excellent] for ice element, and his other elemental affinities are far from [Excellent].
Being able to obtain an elemental spell that fixed elemental affinity to [Excellent] means he possesses excellent-level magic attack capabilities.
It was also thanks to his compatibility with [Armour Fortress]. Others would not even dare to dream of such a thing.
What has [Armour Fortress] become now?
Winnie was very curious, so he tried to summon [Armour Fortress]. Then, he only felt his body sink, and he was clad in a heavy and luxurious half-plate armor of silver scales with brass decorations, which shone brightly under the light.
It had become half-plate armor??
Winnie looked at himself clad in heavy armor in the mirror with surprise.
In addition, the moment he activated [Armour Fortress], he also read what his fixed affinity elemental spell was.
It was an earth element magic called [Annihilation Stomp], which involved jumping up and stomping heavily on the ground, dealing a large amount of earth element damage to all enemies around, and greatly hindering their movements.
What a cool spell!
And it was good that it wasn't an ice element spell. Otherwise, if he only mastered ice element magic, it would be too easy for others to defend against him. They could simply equip ice element magic resistance accessories and resistance items all over their bodies, and it would be too easy to defend against him.
The more singular the magic affinity, the easier it was to be targeted, as everyone knew.
Being able to master another element's magic was a huge improvement, allowing him to achieve the unexpected and not be easily targeted by his opponents.
But could Vanessa use this move too?
Winnie couldn't quite imagine Vanessa using this move. Or, if it were in Vanessa's state, would the magic provided also change??
Disabling [Armour Fortress], Winnie felt that although the armor on his body had become thicker, its weight had decreased significantly, making it more convenient to move. It was likely that in Vanessa's state, this effect would be to increase movement speed.
He was also slowly realizing the benefits of 100% compatibility with his soul armament. The initial Impact Resistance and Toxin Resistance were niche resistances and did not show obvious effects, far less obvious than this improvement.
After upgrading to Warlock, he had 3814 virtue points left.
These virtue points were in an awkward position, neither here nor there.
After stepping into the Warlock realm, he could learn more [Saint Envoy] magic, but considering that Vanessa was currently in a state of anemia and needed rest, Winnie felt it was better to strengthen the male body's strength.
He suddenly remembered the potion that improved ice element affinity he had won at the beauty pageant. He found it, opened the stopper, and drank it in one gulp.
Deep feelings, one gulp!
Winnie drank the extremely cold potion in one gulp, smacking his lips.
Hmm, it was so cold and icy. Besides that, it tasted a bit sweet, like drinking an iced drink.
By the way, this potion should have been personally refined by Aesphyra, right? It should be, right??
With that girl's alchemy level, as long as he had enough materials, refining such an elemental elixir would be no problem at all.
After drinking the potion, Winnie felt a cold aura emanating from his whole body. However, strangely, it was like his normal body temperature. He felt that his surroundings had become cold, as if it were snowing, but he himself didn't feel too cold.
Was this the effect of an elemental elixir??
After a while, the cold aura gradually dissipated.
Was the improvement over?
Winnie opened the Virtue panel again. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt that the number of spells available for purchase on the magic skill page of the Virtue panel had increased.
Soon, he spotted an ice element spell called [Frost Snow Torrent], which had no requirements for the soul armament, but only required the ice element affinity to reach the [Extraordinary] level.
Ah? Then he wouldn't be able to learn it at all?
Wait a minute. Logically speaking, the Virtue panel should not display magic that he cannot learn. This means that his current ice element affinity has already reached the [Extraordinary] level??
Winnie thought with extreme surprise.
However, it seemed quite reasonable. His ice element affinity was already very high, very close to [Extraordinary] among the [Excellent] tier. What he lacked was that final push to completely transform into the [Extraordinary] level. This top-tier ice element elixir from Aesphyra helped him achieve it.
Well, that silver-haired nut wasn't entirely useless.
Winnie looked at this advanced magic called [Frost Snow Torrent]. It required being at the Warlock level or above, and the affinity requirement was very high. However, these were the only two requirements; it did not require being a mage soul armament.
This kind of magic, it's not that its requirements are high, it can only be said that the requirements are very tricky. After all, there are far fewer people with [Extraordinary] ice element affinity than those who can use mage soul armaments.
It was obvious from this spell that its destructive power was very strong. Winnie bought this magic.
'Virtue deducted 1200.'
'Current virtue: 2614.'
The deducted virtue was quite a lot. He will keep the remaining virtue and not buy anything else.
However, this way, he had gone from being rich to being a pauper again, and he had to go out and earn virtue.
Winnie thought about it, patted the sofa, stood up, and walked out of the dorm.
Alas, alas, there was no other way. What is destined to be will be.
Since he had entered Carillian Academy, he couldn't just keep being lazy, could he??
Destiny might not be with him, but he had to fight for himself.
So, Winnie came to the registration office for the Mars dungeon, registered himself, handed over his student ID, and indicated that he will also participate in the dungeon exploration tomorrow.
Comments
Ryan Johnson
We upgrading here looking forward to the next arc and an increasingly cornered Winnie with all the love interests
