Sitting in Talia's reassuring little cabin, Hyperion breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lansi, thank you for saving me again."

"Hyperion, don't worry. Now that we're on Tata's coattails, you won't be in danger unless the bishop himself attacks Hutton Capital."

Lansi looked at Hyperion, who didn't seem any more relaxed even after Phoenix's interrogation.

"...But the Southern Continent, I'm afraid, won't be so peaceful for much longer."

Hyperion nodded, then said softly.

In addition to some information from the Sticella, a Resurrected Church member they had subdued in the Shadow World of the "Sanctuary Villain Banquet," Phoenix also knew of slight indications that "Bishop of Destruction Ivanos and Bishop of Decay Farmer were working together."

Coupled with this assassination attempt, it could be seen that the two bishops intended to secretly undermine the relationship between the Kingdom of Hutton and the Kingdom of Aloran.

They were probably planning something terrible against the two countries in the future.

Lansi had also told Hyperion that the first thing the Blood Clan did after taking control of the Kriti Empire was to launch a war, both to consume the power within the empire that still held dissenting views against the Blood Clan, and to annex more kingdoms, plunder resources, and keep humans in captivity.

Since the southernmost Kriti Empire was not at peace,

and these cardinal bishops in the Southern Continent were already eager to make trouble too early,

the war that was destined to break out in the Southern Continent was likely accelerating rapidly.

At that time, it would not only be Hyperion's crisis, but the entire Kingdom of Hutton would face disaster.

"After we hide in the Northern Continent for our winter vacation, your fifth Star of Doom should not come for the time being, because in the eyes of the Resurrected Church, we will have disappeared from the map. They will never imagine that we have changed our identities and directly infiltrated the internal of the Resurrected Church in the Northern Continent. But it is possible that after we return to the Southern Continent, your fifth crisis will be the Southern Continent War."

Lansi admitted helplessly.

He counted, and it should have been four times already.

Because he kept saving Hyperion and changing the original course of the story, it now seemed that the Blood Clan and the Resurrected Church's decisions might also change because Hyperion survived for too long, like the butterfly effect.

Combining the information known only to Lansi, plus the information obtained from the Resurrected Church members,

he found that the impact of Hyperion's survival was likely—

the Blood Clan would launch a war sooner and more urgently.

"If a full-scale war is launched in the Southern Continent by the strongest Kriti Empire, coupled with the purposeful attacks of the Resurrected Church in the dark, the entire Southern Continent will become a chaotic mess..."

Hyperion murmured.

The entire Southern Continent has hundreds of countries, large and small. In addition to the largest Kriti Empire, which is isolated by mountains, and the more powerful Kingdom of Hutton, the Kingdom of Aloran, the Kingdom of Canberra, and other large countries, there are also many less powerful kingdoms, as well as some duchies and marquisates near the north.

"When the empire launches an invasion to the north, some neighboring small countries may directly join the empire, while the Kingdom of Hutton and the Kingdom of Aloran will form alliances with each other. Of course, there are also countries that will remain neutral and wait and see."

Lansi told Hyperion his predictions like a prophet.

Of course, he knew what the Southern Continent would be like after the war started.

In the future main story, the Southern Continent was originally a chaotic world.

And in that chaotic world, the existence of every top expert would be crucial.

Seventh-tier and eighth-tier experts can even greatly influence the outcome of a large-scale battle on the battlefield.

Some eighth-tier experts are themselves worth more than an army.

This was still too advanced for Lansi, who was only at the fourth tier.

He could use special attacks against the Blood Clan, but he really couldn't compete with the seventh tier against humans, let alone the eighth tier.

Starting from the fifth tier, not only is the attribute gap between each tier extremely large, but high-tier cards also have some particularly unreasonable and perverted effects.

The combat power gap between the same tiers will become more and more obvious.

For example, the higher the level, the more differences can arise between whale players and ordinary players.

For example, if there are no eighth-tier powerhouses to stop Ivanos, the Bishop of Destruction, he can slaughter an entire duchy with his own strength.

If Ivanos reaches the ninth tier one day, he will be a true god of disaster who can arbitrarily control life.

In a more game-like or data-oriented concept, the eighth tier can actually be regarded as the level range of 80 to 89. As they get closer to the ninth tier, their attributes will continue to increase within the same level. For example, there is a huge gap in basic attributes between the weakest level 80 and the strongest level 89, but they can all use eighth-tier cards, so they are classified into the same level.

In addition, leveling up from level 89 to level 90 requires an astronomical amount of experience, and this 1-level increase is also quite terrifying. Once the breakthrough is made, it is equivalent to entering the ninth-tier range from the eighth-tier range, and can use world-destroying ninth-tier magic cards.

After reaching the top level of the eighth tier, the gap caused by the inherent attribute growth is extremely obvious. Furthermore, one's basic orange epic and pink sacred magic cards have been selected, and the structure of the magic card has taken shape. The relationship between different professions and factions will be very clear.

This is also the reason why some level 80s may be stronger than some level 89s.

Of course.

In this real world, there is naturally no concept of a specific level.

Lansi was just drawing an analogy based on the game in his previous life that seemed to be made with reference to this world.

"If... Father was still in the Kingdom of Hutton..."

Hyperion murmured, lowering her head.

Whenever this happened, she would think of her father.

"Yes, if Duke Mi Gaia were still here, the Kingdom of Hutton would have at least one more quasi-bishop-level combat power."

Lansi sighed.

"Quasi-bishop-level...?"

Hyperion looked at Lansi in confusion.

"This is the saying from the Alchemy Academy."

Lansi helplessly explained this very folk and outrageous definition to Hyperion.

The eighth tier is already among the top powerhouses in the North and South Continents.

Since there is no specific level of reference, and the strength difference after reaching the eighth tier is huge, even the students of the Alchemy Academy have several levels of division of the eighth-tier strength.

Tearing combat power is also a major joy for the Alchemy Academy for a long time.

Just from what Lansi heard, there are many extremely outrageous defining nouns such as "ordinary eighth tier," "strong eighth tier," "quasi-bishop-level strength," "bishop-level strength," and "super-bishop-level strength."

For example, Ivanos and Loren are recognized as the bishop-level category.

And Talia is probably in the strong eighth-tier category.

Quasi-bishop-level strength can barely stop the cardinal bishops of the Resurrected Church with their own strength, but they cannot win, such as Juliana the Immortal Sword Emperor.

Super-bishop-level strength is the strongest one or two bishops in the Resurrected Church.

In war, a bishop-level eighth tier may directly change the fate of a country.

This is also the reason why Loren is called the guardian powerhouse of the Kingdom of Hutton.

Therefore, the disappearance of Duke Mi Gaia is a particularly heavy blow to the Kingdom of Hutton. As the holder of the stone tablet, Duke Mi Gaia would be at least as strong as a quasi-bishop level.

Later, Lansi couldn't stand the quarrels among the students in the Alchemy Academy, so he casually proposed the analogy-like concept of "level" and asked them to unify the measurement.

What he didn't expect was.

Since Lansi proposed the concept of "level,"

the students of the Alchemy Academy have been tearing combat power even more fiercely.

They are now always discussing whether the strongest Loren, the Dean of the Kingdom of Hutton, is in his eighties, and what level Ivanos, the Bishop of Destruction, is in his eighties.

They were arguing incessantly.

Even the Alchemy Academy seems to have started joint research with the Magic Engineering Academy, aiming to develop magical props that can specifically analyze the "level" of the target.

Anyway, these problems are not for Lansi, who is in his "forties," to worry about.

Lansi is only sure that he and Hyperion have obtained tickets to the Resurrected Church in the Northern Continent.

Next, after preparing, they can start the topic plan for the winter vacation.

Hopefully, when they return from the Northern Continent, the Southern Continent will still be stable for the time being.

Lansi is not confident that he can train to be so strong in one trip to the Northern Continent that he can influence the situation of the kingdom's war.

I tried my best, Dusk Faint

(End of this chapter)