Elevated Center Of Gravity

By Sherri Silverman

Eight hundred years have passed since the penetration of spiritual particles into reality, and mankind is in the midst of an era of universal evolution.

　　Wander through history in the spiritual realms and battle with ancient heroes;

　　In the demonized forests of the wilderness area, wrestle with mutated beasts;

　　In the suprem

• Language: English
• Publisher: Allison Focke
• Release date: Feb 27, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869377142

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Chapter 4 Decisions

[Battle Ends]

[You have opened Combat Specialization: Basic Fighting Level 1.]

[You have opened Combat Specialization: Basic Instrumentation Level 1.]

Finally gained combat expertise, albeit at the most basic level 1.

Bai Park exhaled lightly, there was still a big gap between him and those well-prepared trialists. Trialists usually practiced at least one combat specialty to the level of basic 5, ready to advance, before entering the spirit world to open the trial.

[Based on your spirit, you have gained partial information about the Dead Epidemic Man.]

[Deadly Epidemics (Ordinary Level 1)]

[Race: Humanoid/Aberrant]

[Attributes: Strength 6, Agility 5, Endurance 7, Spirit 3]

[Skills: Claw Strike, Rigor Mortis, ????]

[Claw Strike: The Dead Epidemic attacks an enemy with sharp claws, dealing sharp damage with additional light bleeding and necrotic effects.]

【Stiff Dead Body: Passive, the body of the Dead Epidemic is stiff, movement speed -2 (equivalent to movement speed from 2 points of Agility), base armor +4 (equivalent to base armor value from 4 points of Stamina), and immune to bleed effects].

It dawned on Bai Park, no wonder the fight was so laborious, this guy's stamina was 7 points, meaning there were 70 life points. The passive effect of Stiff Dead Body +4 base armor, equals 11 points of armor, equivalent to a small meat shield.

It was also fortunate that the passive of [Stiff Dead Body] reduced the movement speed by 2 points, otherwise with the 5 points of agility of the Dead Epidemic Man, he would definitely be able to catch up with the injured White Park.

If you are not able to take care of yourself, it will be difficult for White Park to lure the Dead Epidemic to the trap position.

A slightly illusory white treasure chest hovered above the corpse of the Dead Epidemic.

Dropped treasure chest! Bai Park's heart rejoiced, the probability of a Spirit Realm monster dying and dropping a treasure chest was not high.

This Deadly Epidemic wasn't difficult to deal with, it should just be an ordinary small monster that actually had a loot chest drop, his luck was really good.

White Park pressed his hand on the treasure chest and directly chose to open it.

With a clatter, a crunching sound of gold coins hitting, between flashes of white light, six white cards were neatly arranged in two rows, suspended in front of Bai Park, with the backs of the cards facing Bai Park, and the fronts could not be seen.

[You have gained 12 psychic energy points.]

[You have been given the opportunity to draw a loot card deck. Current number of times you can draw: 2].

Here it comes, the legendary card draw!

Bai Park had seen videos of some Awakened Anchors drawing cards and was no stranger to this. He first circled halfway around and took a glance at the front of the card, realizing that the front of the card was shrouded in a layer of white mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

No wonder the Awakening anchor doesn't bother to look at the front when he draws a card.

Without further hesitation, White Park simply tapped the first left hand of the card above.

Wow!

The light flickered, the cards flipped, and the image eventually settled on a thick, short, stick-like object.

[You have obtained the equipment: a polished bone mallet.]

Out of gear! And a relatively high value weapon at that!

Bai Park's heart rejoiced and immediately went to check the attributes of the equipment.

[Polished bone mallet (encapsulated)]

[Quality: Ordinary (White)]

[Equipment Location: Single-handed]

[Equipment Requirements: Basic Strength 4]

[Attribute: Attack Power 1~4]

[Additional Skill: Silky: Passive, when attacking with this equipment, strike speed +3 (equivalent to the strike speed from 3 points of agility)]]

[Durability: 18/20]

[Description: A strong and durable bone mallet made from the mutated bones of the remains of the Dead Epidemic.]

Bai Park felt that his luck was really not bad, he gripped the end of the bone mallet, only to feel that it felt silky smooth, as if it were ivory, and the bone convex shaped handle at the end could well play the role of anti-slip, so as to avoid dislodging his hand.

[Hint: This equipment is in encapsulated state, if you want to use it, you need to open the encapsulation and complete the spiritual energy resonance.]

[WARNING: Turning on encapsulation will cause the equipment to be unusable by others.]

[Is encapsulation turned on?]

Bai Park chose yes without hesitation. With a flash of white light, the spiritual energy resonance was complete, and when Bai Park held the bone mallet, he had a feeling of blood connection, as if the mallet was an extension of his arm.

The second loot deck that drops is a blood sample.

[Mutated Blood Sample of Dead Epidemics: Unknown item. Please seek relevant professionals for identification.]

After completing the two card draws, the remaining four white cards, along with the white treasure chest below, turned into a light smoke-like stream of particles and dissipated between heaven and earth.

Bai Park got up and felt some tingling in his chest, he looked down to observe, only to see that the area scratched by the Dead Epidemics had developed a greenish-purple puffiness.

The claw strikes of the Dead Epidemics contain toxins ...... White Park frowned, fortunately, the bleeding effect had already ended, the life value was recovering slowly, and the wound on his chest did not affect his movement.

He could only move on and look for village towns populated by aborigines, and then there might be a cure for the poison.

Whoa--

The sound of water came, and White Park looked up to see a large, dark river, and his spirits were lifted.

This is 17th century Europe, where human towns depend on rivers for their existence! Go along the river and you have a better chance of encountering aboriginal people.

White Park recognized the direction of the current and headed downstream towards the river.

After walking for about an hour, the forests along the way gradually flourished, and one could see between the plains and valleys, a barren patch of land that appeared to be deserted farmland.

At the mouth of the valley in front of him, the sound of shouting and killing and fighting came vaguely. Bai Park was slightly stunned, quickly ascending the outer ridge, catatonic and probing to see.

A dozen or so militiamen in rudimentary leather armor were fighting wielding weapons like dung forks and scythes.

Their enemies were four in number.

Three of them were Dead Epidemics, similar in shape to the one White Park had defeated earlier, all of them hobbling, with dirty and tattered clothing.

The militia's last foe was noticeably thicker than the Dead Epidemic Man by a large margin, with two arms in particular, as muscular and gnarled as old tree trunks.

This guy also wore armor, with a bloody ring mark on his breastplate. He wielded a heavy iron hammer with barbs, and a captain-like militiaman was struck and immediately spat blood and flew away, apparently badly wounded.

The militiamen were clearly outnumbered, but in front of the Iron Hammer, they were absolutely weak! After the captain of the militia was seriously wounded, the militiamen retreated one after another.

The sound of horses' hooves rang out from afar, and a knight was rushing towards the battlefield. This knight had the same blood-colored ring mark on his armor and robe.

Good guy ...... feels that this one Iron Hammer is already enough to kill all the militia, not to mention the three Dead Epidemics. The knights that are rushing over in the distance seem to be in league with the Iron Hammer as well?

A prompt from the Spirit World's will suddenly came.

[Main Mission 1: Choice]

[Objective: Help the Blood Ring Heavy Hammers squad destroy the Brandon Militia, or help the Brandon Militia destroy the Blood Ring Heavy Hammers squad].

[Task difficulty: b]

[Duration of the mission: 12 hours.]

[Mission Reward: Join the Blood Ring Fortress/Join Brandon's Domain.]

[Failure Penalty: Banishment. All psychic energy items obtained in this realm, including equipment, props, and psychic energy points are deleted.]

[Warning! Failure of the main quest will result in your banishment to the temporal chaos.]

[It is detected that you are performing a trial mission. If you fail this main quest, it will be considered a trial mission failure, and the failure penalty will be amended to trial mission failure penalty: expulsion. You will be banished back to the real world, and the difficulty of the next trial mission will be increased by an additional 30%, but the rewards will not be increased additionally].

[Countdown to Choice: 10, 9, 8, 7 ......]

The main quest finally triggered!

Failure of the main quest will result in banishment to the temporal chaos?

Bai Park had heard of temporal turbulence, a punishment that countless awakened people talked about, and being banished was almost equivalent to declaring a death sentence. He didn't want to be banished, not even if he was expelled back to the real world instead!

Bai Park forced himself to calm down and began to think about the main quest.

Obviously, the Iron Hammer is the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer, which belongs to the Blood Ring Bastion camp, and the dozen or so militiamen are the Brandon Militia, which belongs to the Brandon Collar camp.

Bai Park looked at the approaching knights and went over the quest information in his mind, not waiting for the countdown to end before finalizing his choice. He raised his bone mallet and ran towards the battlefield with great strides, shouting, For Brandon!

[Hint: You chose to help the Brandon Militia destroy the Blood Ring Heavy Hammers squad.]

[Your reputation in Brandon's Domain +300, current reputation level: Friendly].

[Your reputation in Blood Ring Fortress -300, current reputation level: Hostile.]

That's right, White Park's choice was to side with the seemingly weaker Brandon Militia against the stronger Blood Ring Heavy Hammers squad!

Before White Park could arrive, the knight had already killed the battlefield first.

The riding lance was raised high, wrapped in a strong impact, and crashed into the ...... blood ring heavy hammer warrior!

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Scholar was knocked high into the air and landed in a bone-crunching roll several times, like a tin can that had been kicked away.

After rolling a few times the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant regained his footing, shook his head, and yelled at the knight, Traitor!

The knight paid no attention, turned his horse, raised his lance again, and spurred his horse to charge.

White Park gave a small smile.

The reason he sided with the Brandon Militia was that he figured that this new knight was bound to be hostile to the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant!

The reason for this is simple: the main quest is called [Choice], which means choose carefully! Generally, this word is only used when there is a dilemma.

In other words, the choice between helping the Brandon Militia or the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier Squad is a dilemma in the Spirit World Will assessment, and there is no option that makes the task particularly easy!

Supporting evidence for this is the difficulty rating of the task given by the Spiritual Will.

The difficulty of the mission was level b. According to the task difficulty grading of d, c, b, a, and s, a level b task was considered to be moderately difficult.

If the new knights were with the Blood Ring Heavy Hammers, the choice to help the Blood Ring Heavy Hammers would be so low that they wouldn't even need White Park's assistance, and the Blood Ring side could easily run over all the militia ten times over!

A mission where you don't even need to make a move and sit back and enjoy the ride is worthy of b-rank difficulty?

So, the new knights were bound to be from the Brandon Lords camp. That's how the difficulty is balanced, no matter which side you pick, it's a b-rank difficulty.

As for why the Brandon Collar camp was chosen over the Blood Ring Bastion?

The reason was simple, it was that knight who was also wearing the Blood Ring armor. The other party was wearing the Blood Ring's battle armor and even belonged to Brandon's camp, so it was so abnormal that there must be a plot to be explored on his body.

These thoughts were long to say, but the time Bai Park took to think about them was very short, not even 0.1 seconds. He still continued to focus on the situation on the battlefield.

On the knight's second charge, the distance was closer and the acceleration wasn't really fast.

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant violently spun in a circle, bringing up a whirlwind of steel! Under the sweep of the qi, the rider's riding spear lost its aim, not only did it graze his body, but he himself was swept by the steel whirlwind and fell off his horse.

It was only then that Bai Park could see that the knight was tall, with rounded and firm thighs, and a high bulge in her iron breastplate, and that she was actually a female knight.

After landing, the female knight rolled onto her back and leapt up with agility to avoid the additional smashing attack from the blood-ringed heavyset. She removes her shield from her back, draws her bayonet, and spins around to stab her opponent in the face.

These two aborigines with extraordinary strength fought, White Park did not think of intervening, his goal was simple, first finish off those three Dead Epidemics.

Chapter 5: The Fluid Skeleton

The Dead Epidemic is a level 1 normal template monster with a total attribute of about 20 points, about the same as Bai Park; counting the three skills, it's a bit stronger than Bai Park.

The Brandon Militia is quite poor in comparison, about three or four men to fight off a Dead Epidemic!

Don't panic, everyone, listen to my command!

Seeing that the captain-like militiaman had been so badly wounded that he was struggling to even speak, White Park immediately and nonchalantly claimed command.

He bellowed, You three, and the three of you, attract the attention of the two Dead Epidemics on the left! The rest of you join me and take out the one on the far right first!

Perhaps it was the +300 reputation of Brandon's collar that did the trick, or the headless militia who needed a backbone, some of the militia who were ordered by Bai Park obeyed Bai Park's order and pestered the two Dead Epidemics in two groups.

Relying on the fact that the cuticle on his body surface was still there, and that he had mitigation against the sharp damage of the Dead Epidemic, White Park pounced directly on the third Dead Epidemic.

Led by the valor of Pak Pak, the remaining militia also rallied around for a righteous swarm.

Under the group beating, the Dead Epidemic Man fell to the ground, making it difficult to make a decent counterattack! Even if there was a counterattack, White Park was in front to carry it, and the claw strikes of the Dead Epidemic's fell on him, just scratching an itch.

In just a few tens of seconds, the third Dead Epidemic fell, and White Park was hit only once, losing 5 life points and resisting even the bleeding effect.

This time there was only the +10 Psychic Points prompt and no Treasure Chest appeared.

Bai Park followed up by commanding the crowd and surrounding the other two Dead Epidemics. As they did, the remaining two Dead Epidemics were also quickly killed, both providing Bai Park with around ten Spiritual Energy Points.

The enemy is down to the last Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier!

The female knight took the agile route, her footwork was agile and extraordinary, and for the blood ring heavy hammer hammer blow, she could dodge it, and only used her shield to block it if she couldn't dodge it.

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant belonged to the route of strength, wearing a heavy armor, between advancing and retreating, his footwork was heavy and powerful, and his defense was quite structured.

He only protected his face, armor joints, and other important parts of his body, and for the rest of the female knight's attacks, he chose to fight desperately by exchanging injuries for injuries, forcing the female knight to only return to defense.

Therefore, the two had been entangled in a fight until now, but they hadn't been able to distinguish a winner from a loser, and they hadn't even lost much life value.

At this moment, the militia captain, who was lying on the side, breathlessly gave the order, Brothers go on, finish off the Blood Ring's lackeys ......

The militiamen looked at each other in dismay. The iron hammer of the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer is so powerful that these militiamen will be injured if they brush against it and die if they are hit, so who dares to get involved?

This ...... brother, what should we do? A young militia member asked Bai Park in a low voice.

After the battle in which he had just killed the Epidemic Slayer, White Park had already won the trust of many of the militia.

Bai Park had a plan, he waved his hand, Everyone go and move some rocks!

White Park's order was undoubtedly one that the militia were more than happy to carry out, as opposed to the militia captain's order to send them to their deaths. They dispersed in all directions, seeking out large and small stones to carry to White Park.

The militia captain questioned, What's the point of carrying rocks? Want to stone him to death? ...... Ridiculous ......

The militiamen also looked puzzled. With their accuracy, it would be hard to hit the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Soldier, and maybe it would help if they hit the female knight.

Taking a step back, even if these stones hit the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier, it would be difficult to break the defense, after all, the militia's strength and agility were too weak, and the power of their long-range attacks was very limited.

Bai Park shook his head and said, It's not smashing people ...... Everyone throw rocks at their feet! Saying this, he took the lead in lifting a basketball-sized stone and threw it onto the field with some effort.

The stones in this dimensional world were quite a bit heavier than the real ones. Bai Park's 5 points of strength was more than twice that of a normal person, and he would actually still feel the strain of throwing a basketball-sized rock.

At first, the crowd didn't understand what it meant and just did what they were told.

Soon, many large and small stones appeared on the originally flat ground of the battlefield.

Suddenly, the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant stepped in and kicked a rock, stumbling! The original attack lost its aim.

The female knight's eyes lit up, and naturally she didn't miss this opportunity, drifting across the room with a sword backflip.

Blood splattered and muffled roars were heard, the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Scholar took a loss, and in a frenzy of rage, he swung his iron hammer to counterattack, but he inadvertently stepped on a rock again and stumbled again.

At the moment the crowd could see it.

The purpose of throwing rocks is to disrupt the flat terrain of the field and create obstacles!

With obstacles in the field, it was unfair to both sides of the fight. The female knight was on the agility route, with light footwork, dodging rocks was a breeze. The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant took the route of strength, with heavy footwork, and had no time to dodge in the battle!

The female knight had the upper hand. However, the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant's heavy armor had a strangely high defense, and relying on the female knight's scraping damage, he didn't know how long he would have to fight.

I'll go help her! Bai Park didn't want the night to be long, he had to hurry up and finish the main quest!

Bai Park wasn't trying to be brave, he had a frame of reference. The strength of the militia captain was a cut below that of Bai Park, and the fact that he was only seriously injured and not killed after taking a hammer blow meant that the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier couldn't kill Bai Park in seconds.

As long as one hit doesn't kill White Park in seconds, it activates the Mutant Physique's targeted defense!

The benefits of fighting alongside that mysterious female knight were naturally needless to say.

Riches and riches, the confrontation between Bai Park and the Superpower Group was not over yet, he had to be strong as soon as possible and was not qualified to enjoy comfort!

It's just that the bone mallet is too short, and it's safer to attack from a distance with a long weapon.

Bai Park walked to the side of the warhorse not far away, where a three-meter-long riding lance lay silently.

White Park stooped and tried to pick up the mounted rifle, but was prompted as he touched it:

[Between you and this equipment, there is a lack of psychic resonance to utilize its power or take it out of this dimension.]

[Equipment requirements for this equipment: Base Strength 10, Base Agility 15. You have not met the equipment requirements.]

White Park could only lift one end of his mounted rifle, and could not hold the whole thing, let alone hold it to fight.

Taking a step back, even if his strength and agility were up to par, this riding lance would not be powerful in his hands, and would be no different from a hardened long wooden stick.

Alas, there really is no such good thing, how could the Spirit World's will leave such a large loophole.

White Park sighed and could only drop his mounted rifle, grip his bone mallet, and charge the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant.

The ground was strewn with rocks, and a challenge for White Park, in case he tripped over a rock thrown by his side, which would be comical.

Bai Park didn't have the agile hands of a female knight, but he had subtle observation and a strong memory! With just a glance, the locations of the stones were all reflected in his mind!

Bai Park stepped out, right in the gap between the two stones, and steadily struck the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant's helmet with a mallet! With a buzzing sound, the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant's figure trembled.

Compared to the sharp damage of a sword, the blunt damage of a bone mallet was more effective against heavy armor! The concussive force generated was something the armor could not dislodge.

The Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant bellowed and swept his hammer over!

Normal people tended to tend to avoid it backwards, but White Park slammed into it, taking the initiative to crash into the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Soldier!

The Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant was caught off guard, and the most powerful hammer of the blow failed to hit White Park, only the hammer's iron rod smacked White Park, dealing only 15 points of blunt damage!

White Park endured the pain, smashed out another mallet, moved halfway across the room, and planted one foot between the two stones again with precision.

His body cuticle disappeared between wriggles, and his bones crackled with a slight pop! In an instant, Bai Park felt his bone structure change, his hard bones softening a few points.

[For unknown reasons, your body undergoes a stressful change and your defense against blunt damage is increased. Lasts for 120 minutes, or until the next stressful change occurs.]

In response to the defense reappearing, White Park, emboldened, once again charged the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammers!

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Shi's body surface flashed with blood light, and there was an obvious storing up of power movement! His target was none other than Bai Park.

Look out! The female knight's warning rang out.

Bai Park couldn't dodge in time, his attributes were far inferior to the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier, even if his brain reacted, his body couldn't keep up with the reaction!

The female knight was in time, however, as she snapped her shield up and stepped in front of White Park.

Knock!

With a muffled sound, the iron hammer with a hint of blood-colored light, counter-raised up from the bottom to the top, cutting out an arc of blood-colored light! The female knight's small shield was directly knocked out, and her figure was slightly shaken.

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant let out a hee hee strange laugh, the blood-colored light did not dissipate, and by using the inertia of the heavy hammer, he whirled around and turned around, the iron hammer horizontally drew a blood-colored arc full of murderous intent, striking the female knight's side ribs horizontally.

The Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant originally wanted to attack Bai Park, but he didn't expect the female knight to give up her length and fight hard with her own strength in order to protect Bai Park, using her shield to harden her own favored battle technique [Chained Forging Strike]!

The result was that the female knight went into a brief stasis.

Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Warrior was not an ignorant and brainless NPC, nor was he a Dead Epidemic who had lost his intellect! Seeing that the female knight's enemy was in trouble, his move [Chain Forging] had a two-stage attack, in which the most powerful second half of the sweep was directly greeted by the female knight, and the other party absolutely could not dodge away!

Thud! A muffled thud.

The Iron Hammer hit is ...... White Park!

Since the first upward teasing attack of [Chain Forging Strike] was blocked by the female knight, Bai Park had plenty of time to react. Seeing that the female knight was in danger, he immediately padded forward and blocked the sweep with his flesh and blood.

The giant swing of the iron hammer caused an exaggerated deformation of Bai Park's waist and wounds.

You!

There was a clear urgency in the female knight's voice. She took a deep breath, and a blood-red glow suddenly emerged from her stabbing sword, snorting and stabbing successively at the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant's face!

The Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant was in the middle of his outstrike hardness and was unable to defend. The female knight's chain of stabbing strikes, each of which dealt double the damage of a vital attack, instantly dealt heavy damage to the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

The Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Sergeant hissed loudly, both of his eyes left with nothing but ghastly bloody holes! The female knight's strike, with enough damage, had caused the disabling effect of blinding him in both eyes!

The female knight was even more relentless, her stabbing sword flying and quickly emptying the remaining life points of the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant.

Poof!

Like a sack full of grain, the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Sergeant collapsed with a heavy thud.

The female knight was the first to hold White Park, How are you doing? Hold on!

Chapter 6.

I ...... okay.

White Park, a little unused to female physical contact, broke away slightly.

The blow just now looked fierce and vicious, but White Park belonged to the padded step to take the attack in advance, and the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Shi failed to hit the damage maximum.

At the moment of hitting the waist, Bai Park's body curled like a spiritual snake, and the entire waist skeleton drove the bones of the chest, abdomen, and legs to click and deform, all as if they were all misplaced, it looked very terrifying.

In fact, such a deformation is a very effective cushion! It is tantamount to using the entire torso to defuse the impact and ultimately take the damage ......

19 points.

At this point, White Park still had over 1/5 of his life remaining, not exactly healthy, but not quite down.

As you can imagine, if there was no defense against Blunt Damage, the damage of this blow would have been close to 40 points! White Park only had 30 points of blood left, so he must have died on the spot.

The female knight nodded at White Park, Greetings Warrior, my name is Yvette, and I offer you my high regards.

White Park received a series of prompt messages from the spirit world's will.

[The fight is over.]

'[You have turned on Combat Expertise: Basic Shooting Level 1.''

[Your Combat Specialization: Basic Fighting is raised to level 2.]

[Royal Junior Knight: Yvette's favorability towards you is +300, current favorability level: acquaintance].

[Royal Junior Knight: Yvette's favoritism towards you is +1000, current favoritism level: friend].

How did you add two waves of favorability? That's unexpected.

White Park had reason to surmise that the female rider, named Yvette, must be a key aboriginal figure, and that his adventure was sort of worth it.

What made Bai Park's eyes light up even more was that above the corpse of the Blood Ringed Heavy Hammer Soldier, there was a blue treasure chest hovering!

White Park didn't deal much damage, but he blocked the most powerful skill of the Blood Ring Heavy Hammer Soldier, and his contribution to the battle wasn't low, so he obtained the treasure chest. It was just that due to the fact that the aboriginal Yvette's contribution took the lion's share, I'm afraid that the quality of this treasure chest wouldn't be very high.

In the vision of the aborigines, one cannot see or touch the loot chests, only the Awakened can.

Of course, the aborigines were able to directly grab the equipment of the dead without the need for psychic resonance, something the Awakened couldn't compare to.

While the militia celebrated their victory and searched for loot, White Park fished out the treasure chest without a trace and put it into his storage space. He then nodded at Yvette, Hello, honorable knight. My name is ...... Dio Foure, you may call me Dio.

The will of the spirit world made White Park's appearance and clothing automatically fit, and in the eyes of the aborigines, White Park was not a black-haired, black-eyed Chinese race, but a high-nosed, deep-eyed Nordic with blonde hair.

The auto-adapted looks are based on the original charisma evolution, and there is no loss of face value.

Of course, the name still had to be made up by White Park himself; the original name was not to be used.

At that moment, the female knight finally removed her helmet and face armor, revealing her true face.

A head of long, slightly curly, navy blue hair, with eyes of the same azure color, quite charming. Only the corners of his mouth were pursed downward a bit, appearing a bit high strung and stubborn.

Yvette gazed at Bai Park's overly handsome face and was just about to speak when suddenly a pair of large, enthusiastic hands hooked over and took Bai Park's hand.

Thank you for your assistance, brother Dio! My name is Ingvar!

The one who spoke was the young militiaman who had just asked Bai Park for advice. He shook Bai Park's hand sincerely and introduced himself warmly.

After a slight pause, Bai Park spoke, It's a pleasure to meet you, Brother Ingvar.

Ingvar had a somewhat thin build, with brown eyes and a few freckles on his nose. With a smile on his face, he said gratefully, Brother Dio, thanks to your help, or else we'd all be finished.

Bai Park shook his head and looked at the female knight Yvette on the side, Thanks to Lady Yvette's hand, she should be thanked.

Yvette shook her head, No, your bravery is also key.

At this moment, a voice came from the side, Who are you two? Why are you here?

That badly wounded militia captain, now supported by two militiamen, came to Bai Park, Yvette and Ingvar.

Dio Foure, from the village upriver. My home was destroyed by the Blood Ring Fortress, and I want revenge. Bai Park explained simply.

He didn't dislike the militia leader, after all, he led the militia in the first place and was quite brave. If you want to talk about the downside, it's the lack of brains.

My name is Gunnar.

Guna, the militia captain, nodded at White Park in recognition of where he was coming from.

[Main Quest 1: Choice, completed. You have been granted an additional 11 hours, 34 minutes and 33 seconds of free exploration time. This time will automatically take effect at the end of all your residency hours.]

[You've joined the Brandon Collar.]

[Your reputation in Brandon's Domain is +500, current reputation level: Honorable].

An extra ten hours of free time? White Park shook his head slightly, without much joy.

Perhaps free exploration time was valuable after officially becoming an Awakened, but he was now during the Awakened Trial, and the trial mission itself had a 10-day residency length.

Captain Gunnar then turned to the female knight Yvette, his gaze lingering longingly on the blood ring symbol of her breastplate.

Yvette, a knight from Castle Chukrona. Yvette said.

Castle Chukrona?! Gunnar took a step back as if he was on the verge of an attack.

The other militiamen, however, wondered, Captain, what happened to Castle Chukrona?

Guna growled, Stay away, all of you! Castle Chukrona was the original name, now it's called the Blood Ring Fortress!

The militia tensed up.

I only believe in what I see with my own eyes. Bai Park waved his hand, Just now, if it wasn't for Ms. Yvette's hand, we would have already been killed by the monsters of the Blood Ring. Ms. Yvette comes from the Blood Ring Fortress, and if she is willing to join Brandon, everything she knows will become incomparably valuable information!

Apparently, Bai Park's Respect level of reputation had played a role, and the militia members all recognized his statement. However, Captain Guna was still cautious and asked, Ms. Yvette, you are from the Blood Ring Fortress, why are you an enemy of the Blood Ring? Please tell me the reason!

Yvette shook her head and said, I am on an important mission that I must see the Lord of Brandenburg before I can tell. Please take me to Lord Frederick William Duke at once.

Apparently, Guna, as a militia captain of low strength, did not get Yvette's attention.

Captain Guna hesitated and said, Lord Duke is indeed patrolling this area. However, I am not authorized to take you to an audience, I can take you to see Lord Qin first. She is the duke's advisor.

I have heard of the learned Mrs. Chin, who is a distinguished physician.

Yvette looked to Bai Park and said with concern, Mr. Dio, why don't you come with me? It would be better to ask Ms. Qin to treat your injuries.

Sure enough, Yvette's favorability wasn't for nothing.

Bai Park's adventure had initial benefits. If it wasn't for Yvette's goodwill, where would he be qualified to go directly to meet the camp's top brass if he was a civilian and didn't have a super-high camp reputation?

On the way, White Park wasn't idle, taking advantage of a break to open that blue treasure chest.

[You have gained 109 psychic energy points.]

[You have been given the opportunity to draw a loot card deck. Current number of times you can draw: 1.]

Looking at the 24 blue cards neatly arranged in front of him, Bai Park sighed and casually clicked his hand with his eyes closed.

Wow! The cards flipped, patterns appeared, and eventually transformed into an ancient scroll.

The other cards turned into streams of particles and dissipated between heaven and earth along with the blue treasure chest.

You have acquired the Scroll of Advanced Weaponry Specialization. Using this scroll allows you to acquire Combat Specialization: Advanced Weaponry (Two-handed Hammer Class) Level 1].

Good news, shipping out.

Bad news, can't use it.

Bai Park sighed and used the scroll anyway. He couldn't use it now because he didn't have a two-handed hammer type weapon, but that didn't mean he couldn't use it later.

As the scroll was used, a stream of information converged into his mind. The experience of countless swings of the two-handed heavy hammer began to integrate into Bai Park's limbs and bones, turning into instinctive combat techniques.

Soon, in Bai Park's personal attribute interface, in the Specialty field, there was an additional item Advanced Instrument (Two-handed Hammer) Level 1.

By analogy, Bai Park seemed to have gained some more insight into one-handed hammer weapons. Bai Park's Basic Weaponry specialization field had spawned a branch of Basic Weaponry (One-Handed Hammer) Level 1, and he became even more comfortable when wielding a bone mallet.

......

Brandon Collar, Stettin Township.

White Park and Yvette meet the Lords Counselor: the Chin.

Jean has black, shoulder-length curly hair and dark brown eyes hidden behind hanging lenses with an air of intellectual beauty.

She wore a loose black robe, yet her high and jutting silhouette was still visible.

Guinan.

Chin looked at Bai Park carefully and said with a smile, Mr. Dio, your body seems to be a bit abnormal?

White Park lifted his tattered linen blouse and pointed to the greenish-purple scratches on his chest, Bad luck, scratched by the Dead Epidemic.

That's not what I was referring to ......, Chin said with a smile as she glanced at Yvette next to her, stopping the conversation, But the toxin from the Dead Epidemic does need to be removed as soon as possible or else there's a chance that you could become the next Dead Epidemic oh.

With that, Chin pulled out a turquoise-encrusted necklace from the collar of his black robe and gently pressed it to White Park's chest.

I'll do it myself ......

Bai Park just wanted to take the turquoise necklace, but was stopped by Qin waving her hand. Her white and slender fingers gently slid along the skin of Bai Park's chest as if she was mooching.

The warm turquoise necklace drew circles on his chest and seemed to carry a hint of milky scent, and White Park's body stiffened a little.

He was inexperienced before and wasn't very good with the opposite sex.

Qin slowly and methodically rubbed the turquoise necklace over White Park's chest while saying to Yvette, who was a little bit restless at the side, Ms. Yvette, I heard that you came from the Blood Ring fortress. His Excellency the Duke and I are curious as to why the peace was broken and the vanguard of the Blood Ring crossed the Baltic Sea and violated Brandon's borders.

Yvette took a deep breath, It was His Majesty the King who made the decision to invade, and I am ...... the Queen's knight.

The Queen? Qin's movements gave a slight lurch, Is it Maria Eleonora? Cur remembered that she was the sister of old Lord Brandon, who married into Sweden because of the friendly relations between the two countries. How is she doing lately?

It is very bad. Queen Eleonora and Princess Christina, both under house arrest by the King. Yvette said.

Gustav? Is he crazy?

Jean frowned, Christina is the mother of the plague of blood and flesh, carrying the original curse! She was the first to come into contact with that cursed meteor. How can Gustav make a move against her, if Christina gets out of control, the whole world will be thrown into chaos!

Yvette shook her head and said, His Majesty the King regards the Princess as a source of power, and constantly extracts her blood for research to create the Blood Ring Army. Even the Queen, who originally disliked the Princess, was unable to accept this practice and defied His Majesty, which led to the two being placed under house arrest.

So Queen Eleonora sent you to Brandon to ask for help? Jean asked.

Yvette nodded.

I see, it seems that a war between Brandon and the Blood Ring is inevitable.

Jean pulled back the neckline of her black robe and placed the turquoise necklace back between her towers, You go see Duke William.

The greenish-purple toxin in Bai Park's chest had disappeared without a trace. He got up and said, Then I will go along for an audience.

Since he had joined Brandon, getting acquainted with the boss wasn't a bad thing after all.

Wait a moment. Qin looked at Bai Park with eyes that blazed a little, To be honest, I'm very interested in your body ......

Ahem!

Yvette interrupted Qin's tigerish words, Lord Qin, you are Duke William's advisor, please pay attention to your status ...... Even if you have intentions for Dio Foure, you shouldn't extend an invitation in public!

It seems you misunderstood.

Qin smiled and said, My interest in Dio is not limited to the kind of ...... you think I am more interested in his physique and want to study it. Dio's physique might be the key to fighting against the Blood Ring yet.

Chapter 7 - Severing the Bloody Hand

Yvette was half-convinced, but this was Gum's home turf after all. She gave White Park a deep look, then followed Guna to meet the lord.

In the room, the only two people left were Qin and Bai Park.

The atmosphere is a bit ambiguous.

Chin pulled White Park to sit on the bed and gave him a gentle push.

Bai Park didn't expect Qin, a seemingly delicate scholar, to have so much strength that he collapsed on the bed at once. He propped his hands back and tried to sit up when Qin pressed one finger on his chest.

Don't be nervous, I'm just giving you a physical.

Chin pulled a red-framed magnifying glass out of the collar of her black robe and lay down on White Park's chest, peering inch by inch at the wounds on White Park's chest.

Your physique is, indeed, very special. An ordinary person who is scratched by a Deadly Epidemic, if not treated in time, will be quickly transformed into a new Deadly Epidemic, but you actually supported yourself for so long, and still have the energy to fight....... Inside your body, there should be a kind of mysterious substance that serves as an antibody.

After a pause, Qin continued, Only, this mysterious substance, it seems to have been injected and forcibly fused later in life. You can't freely manipulate its power, otherwise there would be no need for me to detoxify it at all.

Bai Park listened to Qin's words and felt admiration in his heart. The mysterious substance that Qin had mentioned was obviously the evolutionary source blood!

Bai Park was unable to freely manipulate the evolutionary source blood and could only activate the source blood's adaptive defense through passive beating. This was also because he wasn't awakened, perhaps it would change after he was promoted to Awakened.

Scholar Chin, can you help me master this power? White Park sat up and closed the tattered linen garment around his chest, My home was destroyed by the Blood Ring, and I want revenge.

We are on the same page. However, before I promise you that, I need some help from you as well. Qin said with a smile.

A cold chill rose in the back of Pak Pak's head as he looked at the smiling Chin.

The way Qin looked at herself at this moment was practically identical to the Superpower Group's Dean Zhao!

It was like looking at an extremely rare and precious experimental material.

What do you need? White Park asked.

Your blood.

Qin and Bai Park locked eyes and smiled, Don't look at me with such a look, when I collect your blood, I will carefully control it and take precautions so as not to jeopardize your life.

That's not what I'm worried about. I'm asking, what's the point of you wanting my blood? White Park pursued.

Qin said, With the invasion of the Blood Ring, Brandon Territory, there are many people who have the curse of the Flesh and Blood Plague lurking within their bodies. Once the curse breaks out, everyone within the territory, except for a few people with the right physique, will turn into dead plaguebearers! There will be no need to fight this battle.

After a pause, Qin continued, However, your blood can be used to make antibodies to the flesh and blood plague, restoring health to those who contracted it. As compensation, I can help you temporarily develop the power within your body and create an alchemy potion that dramatically boosts your strength in a short period of time!

Along with Qin's explanation, the Spirit World Will also sent a quest prompt.

[Side mission: blood donation]

[Mission Objective: Provide 1,000 milliliters of blood to Jean.]

[Duration of the mission: None (equal to the remaining duration of your stay in this realm)]

[Task difficulty: c+]

[Mission Reward: Radicalized Blood]

Bai Park took on this side quest without hesitation.

With a difficulty of c+, there should be no danger to life. However, this difficulty rating was also based on Bai Park's own special physique that was fused with Evolutionary Source Blood, and if it was anyone else, the difficulty of the mission would have skyrocketed to s.

Therefore, the value of the quest reward of Radicalized Blood could not be measured by a simple C+ level quest reward.

After getting White Park's approval, Qin was very excited. She opened her toolbox and took out a creepy tool from it.

Feather tubes with sharp tips, bladders of unknown animals, ropes made of bark fibers rolled together ......

To be reasonable, if the mission difficulty rating wasn't only c+, Bai Park might have taken the road and fled. Now, he could only endure the discomfort and let Qin tie his upper arm with a rope, watching the feathered tube inserted into his veins and silently counting the blood flowing into that animal's bladder ......

After several blood draws, even though Bai Park's physique was twice as strong as an ordinary person's, he was inevitably dizzy.

The heart was beating strongly, pumping nutrients out of White Park's body in a big way, pumping out fresh blood to replenish the body's needs!

The familiar hunger surged again, as if there was a black hole inside that kept devouring.

Luckily, Qin had prepared dry food here, including long strips of hard bread and frozen hard wild boar ham. Qin's maid sliced the bread and ham into thin slices, and after spreading them with jam, they actually tasted quite delicious.

While White Park was feasting, Qin began her research. White Park's work, which had been completed as early as the end of the bloodletting, needed no subsequent assistance from White Park.

It was worth mentioning that at the end of the blood draw, Qin's favorability towards Bai Park had increased by a full 500 points, initially reaching the level of friend.

After eating and drinking, White Park felt sleepy and fell asleep on Kim's bed.

......

When he woke up, Pak Pak realized that there were a few more people in Kim's room.

Among them was the female knight Yvette, who was looking at herself with complicated eyes.

Bai Park stretched, feeling his energy fully restored.

Glancing his eyes over his arms, Pak Pak suddenly realized a surprising fact: his entire body had been scrubbed, and his original tattered linen clothes had disappeared, replaced by a rather elaborate set of silk pajamas!

No wonder Yvette had that look in her eye.

Bai Park hale and hearty, asked, How long have I slept ...... Not right, did I pass out?

Bai Park had 9 points of spiritual attributes, which determined that even if Bai Park fell asleep, he wouldn't sleep too much, and the slightest movement could wake him up.

As a result, in his sleep, Bai Park was not only changed, but also dragged and scrubbed! This did not even wake up, there is only one explanation for coma.

Qin smiled and said, Yo, you woke up so soon? You consumed so much, I thought you'd sleep a little longer.

Yvette: ......

Ms. Chin don't joke around. What did you do and why am I unconscious? Bai Park was a bit disgruntled, he opened his attribute panel at the first opportunity and found no abnormal status, which made him feel slightly relieved.

Qin waved her hand and laughed, "When the blood was collected, your body was injected with the fruit serum of the Silnora Blood Vine. This serum is able to act as a quick blood replenisher, with the side effect of causing one to fall asleep for a period of time.

Theoretically, even an elephant would have to sleep for eight hours. I didn't expect you to wake up in four hours, that's amazing! I'm even more curious about your body.

With that, Jean handed over a bottle of red potion with a feathered tube, Here you go, it's the promised reward.

This bottle of potion was clearly the reward for the side quest: blood donation, [Radicalized Blood].

White Park swept a glance. A prompt message came from the Spirit World Will.

[Radicalized Blood: Special prop, quality unknown. Pure blood essence extracted from the host of Evolutionary Source Blood. After injecting it, the host of the evolutionary source blood can temporarily gain (7) free attribute points for 120 minutes.]]

[WARNING: Injecting Radicalized Blood into someone other than the Evolutionary Source Blood Host requires passing a strength check. If the strength check fails, the injector will become a slave of the evolutionary source blood host.]

It's also good that Mr. Dio woke up earlier, we're on a tight schedule.

The speaker was a young man with a slightly curly blonde beard. He stood in the center of the chamber, not wearing a helmet, his long blonde curls falling left and right like a mighty lion.

The man wore black light armor embedded with gold, a long sword with vulture eagle carvings at his waist, and a wide-brimmed fur-collar cloak, which was strewn with gold and silver threads and jeweled decorations, showing his noble status.

Beside the man, there was a scholar in gray robes, and a stout man in full armor, supposedly vassals.

Jean spoke up at the right time, Dio, to introduce you, this is the Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, the great Lord Frederick William; and these are Garland, the learned court sorcerer, and the trusty Adjutant Zweig.

The so-called Electors were vassals who had the right to elect the Roman Emperor, i.e. feudal lords who had the privilege of voting for the Emperor.

Bai Park did not have much historical knowledge, but he had heard of Prussia, the predecessor of the German Empire! This Duke Wilhelm, was the ancestor of the later German Emperor.

To White Park, Duke William had a more important identity - he was the overall bossof the Brandon camp in this realm!

No need to be polite.

Duke William waved his hand to stop White Park's saluting movement and said lightly, ''Lady Yvette has already reported everything to me. My aunt, Lady Eleonora, has been imprisoned, and she wants Brandon to send his elite army and land in Scania. In fact, even without her summons, a war between Brandon and the Blood Ring Fortress is imminent."

Qin nodded and said, That's right, the vanguard of the Blood Ring has already crossed the Baltic Sea, Gustav's ambition is not limited to the Nordic Peninsula, he wants to conquer all of Europe.

Duke William said, I'm going to return to my territory and gather all the Electors and Lords to assemble and form a resistance army to fight against the invasion of the Blood Ring monsters. I need you to fight against the Blood Ring vanguard and try to delay the landing of the main Blood Ring force.

Court sorcerer Garland quickly gave advice, Gustav sent the vanguard across the sea to probe Brandon's strength and establish an outpost. Eliminating the commander of the vanguard is the most powerful retaliation, and it will surely delay the landing of the Blood Ring's main force.

Chin interjected:

"While touring the territory, Lord Duke encountered two Blood Ring strongholds and has already wiped them out. Together with the Blood Ring stronghold that Dio and Yvette wiped out, there are three in total.

"From all of the enemies, secret orders issued by the commander of the Blood Ring Vanguard were recovered. After Ms. Yvette's decipherment, the curators learned the name of the commander-

'Bloody Hands' Goren.

Qin looked at Bai Park and said, ''This is a tricky guy, he made a heck of a name for himself during the previous war in which the Blood Ring Fortress conquered Denmark, and was known as the 'Bloody Hand' due to his bloody fighting style. Due to His Excellency the Duke's distraction, he could only rely on the strength of a few of us to eliminate him. Every bit of battle power is valuable."

A prompting message from the Spirit World's will came through.

[Main Quest 2: Cut off the Bloody Hand]

[Mission Objective: Kill the Commander of the Blood Ring Vanguard: Blood Hand Goren.]

[Duration of the mission: 10 days.]

[Mission Difficulty: s]

[Quest Reward: Brandon Merit 500~1500 points (depending on the contribution of completing the quest)].

[Penalty for Failure: Expulsion (treated as a penalty for failure in a trial mission)]

Now White Park had already chosen a camp. The main line of the camp was a must take, and there wasn't much room for maneuvering.

However, that didn't stop White Park from bargaining a bit. He looked straight into Qin's eyes and said, For Brandon's sake, it is incumbent upon me. However, you also said that I have latent power within me. After this mission is completed, I hope that you can assist in developing this power so that I can truly control it.

Qin said helplessly, I studied your blood sample. There is indeed a mysterious substance in your body, but it seems that the strength of this mysterious substance is not strong enough at the moment. It needs to at least double in strength to reach the standard for development.

Translated, Bai Park had to find a second tube of Evolutionary Source Blood for Qin to help fuse in order to finally complete the Awakened One's Trial Mission and develop all the wonderful uses of Evolutionary Source Blood.

Yes, I will try to reach it. When the time comes, I hope you can keep your promise. Bai Park said.

Jean nodded.

The prompt message for main quest 2 quietly changed, and the last column of quest rewards became:

[Quest Reward: Brandon Merit 0~1000 points (depending on the contribution of completing the quest); You are qualified to fuse evolutionary source blood once (evolutionary source blood is provided by you).]

Evolutionary source blood should still be taken from the Stinger Squad.

White Park checked the warning message for the trial mission.

[Countdown to Stinger Team's entry into this dimension: 35 hours, 03 minutes, 46 seconds.]

Chapter 8 Degree of devotion: heartfelt

A sense of urgency rose, and Bai Park took a deep breath, It seems that we need to finish off Bloodhanded Goren as soon as possible. I'm curious, since Lord Duke possesses great strength, why don't we return after finishing off Bloodhanded Goron?

Because we don't know the exact location of Bloody Hand Goren. If we knew the exact location, it wouldn't be a problem for His Excellency the Duke to stay here for a day or two, settle Goren and then leave ...... But searching aimlessly will only delay the precious time he has to gather his army!

Chin said, The coastline on the northern shore of the Baltic is too long for the militia to find Goren anytime soon, even though they have formed search parties.

Bai Park raised his hand and said, Where are the secret orders seized from the three Blood Ring strongholds that have been eliminated? Can you let me take a look.

Qin glanced at Bai Park somewhat strangely, she felt as if Bai Park's aura was a bit different, like a sharp, sharp sword that had just had its rust worn off.

Lieutenant Zweig, please let Mr. Dio see the secret order, he can be trusted. Jean pressed down the strange feeling in her heart and opened her mouth helpfully.

If Qin's favorability level towards Bai Park was very low, she wouldn't have paid any attention to Bai Park, let alone asked for help. But now that her favorability level with Bai Park is already friend, it's normal for her to offer help.

Adjutant Zweig, who was flanked by Duke William, nodded his head in agreement and handed the three secret orders to White Park.

On the top was a series of obscure symbols, and underneath was a Latin translation written in a showy handwriting.

This is the article of the secret order of the Blood Ring Fortress, and even if the enemy captured it, they couldn't read it without the codebook. Fortunately, there is Lady Yvette to help decipher it. Qin came up next to White Park, and her exhaled breath carried the slightest hint of sweet scent.

Judging from the wording text, these three secret orders should have been issued by Bloody Goren at the same moment, right at the first moment of the successful landing in Brandon's territory!

White Park looks up at Zweig, Is there a map? Can you mark on the map, the location of these three Blood Ring strongholds?

Somewhat intrigued, Duke Wilhelm signaled Adjutant Zweig to fetch the map and hang it up, marking the three locations with an x in his own handwriting.

Bai Park's eyes swept the map. High mountains, hills, basins, village settlements ...... a terrain crossed in his mind and turned into a parameter.

Difficulty of traversing complex terrain such as high mountains, hills, basins, etc., possibility of detours, time spent on additional journeys ......

Pak Pak once again requested the daily military reports from the local village militia organizations. He flipped through the thick stacks of reports, page by page, as fast as he could count the bills, making people wonder if he had read the text carefully.

Credibility of military intelligence reports, likelihood of encounters between village militia and blood ring soldiers, time spent ......

A large amount of information, gathered in Bai Park's mind, transformed into a single dry and cold number, and was rapidly calculated in Bai Park's brain.

Eventually, White Park's finger pointed to a coordinate.

Since Bloody Goren came across the sea, the most likely location for him to disembark is here.

Several of the top Aboriginal people gathered around.

Bolheim? Jean called out the name of a place with a hint of surprise on her face, Is it that close to us?

Adjutant Zweig shook his head, Impossible, Bolheim is very close to Stettin, and since the Lord Duke's arrival in the area, the militia of Bolheim have been coming in daily to report on the military situation, and there is no sign of the Blood Ring invasion.

Gentlemen, please take a look at the military intelligence reports from the village of Bolheim. These are some interesting reports ......

White Park spread a few pages out on the table, and Duke William and the others gathered around.

After carefully reading the report, several of the aboriginal executives frowned.

They likewise saw the end.

Not that the military intelligence report from