Do not confiscate my citizenship

Chapter 738: Lanqi's Attribute Periodic Table
The setting sun cast long shadows on the dark wooden floor of the second-floor study at the Lankey residence.

The clock on the wall showed half past five.

Lanqi sat at his desk with several thick Cretan language materials in front of him. He flipped through them, preparing for the upcoming work.

Talia sat beside him.

From time to time, he would pick up a pen and help Lanqi complete the content that Lanqi had written halfway in the book.

She knew exactly what Lanci was thinking and what he was trying to accomplish.

"Take a break this afternoon. Do you feel your efficiency has improved?"

Thalia asked.

"The answer is yes."

Lanci replied.

As promised, after lunch today, he went to rest for the whole afternoon on a bench by the stream at St. Clement's Monastery, and then started working again after returning home.

Talia also began to help him share the work at St. Clement's Monastery.

Not only has she almost optimized Cat Boss, she has also started to optimize the Great Love Poet. She can do almost everything that the Great Love Poet can do better, and her knowledge base of magic engineering even far exceeds that of the Great Love Poet.

“Why is it ‘almost’ optimized cat boss?”

Talia asked, looking up.

She could hear Lanqi's thoughts at any time.

She wondered what she could do better.

"Because it's a cat."

Lanci answered briefly.

"What's the meaning."

Talia didn't understand.

"Because it's a cat."

Lanci repeated it again.

"..."

Talia gradually tightened her grip on the pen. She understood.

I really want to punch Lanqi.

But she was afraid that Lanqi would feel too good, so she held back.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the Brildah sky outside the study into a sea of ​​​​fire clouds, and occasionally one or two canaries flew past the window.

Lanqi was so absorbed in preparing his lessons that he did not notice the passage of time.

The thin tip of the pen moved across the paper, making a rustling sound.

It's time to go to school again on Monday.

Ranchi must be prepared in advance.

If he wanted to convey some of his knowledge, it would be more reasonable to use the Book of Genesis as a cover.

For example, last time in the class at the Elliot Building, I used the demonic language to write "The Chapter of Seal and Confinement" and "The Chapter of Fire and Fury", which incorporated a lot of secrets of the [Original Slate - Fire] and [Original Slate - Seal] into them in disguised form.

In-depth teaching will require interpretations that are closer to magic engineering, and we can no longer use "Genesis" as a shield.

Then what we need is the treasure of magic engineering——

Periodic Table of Properties.

It is an extremely important tool in the field of magic engineering. It arranges the attributes from small to large according to their God-era ordinal numbers, showing the mutual connections and laws between the attributes. Lanqi's favorite course at Ikerite College, "Introduction to Magical Genealogy", refers to it.

The Book of Genesis has provided the prototype of the Periodic Table of Attributes. Since unknown years, the periodic table has undergone many arrangements, retranslations and revisions, forming several types, such as the short form table, the long form table, the special form table, etc.

Ikerite uses the short form of the periodic table in her teaching.

The table is compact and easy to view, suitable for showing the basic properties of attributes, and suitable for beginners and teaching scenarios, easy to understand and remember.

The Kremer Empire has been using the long-form periodic table for a long time. Strictly speaking, the Kingdom also uses the long-form periodic table in advanced courses.

At this moment, what Lanqi was holding in his hand was a book printed with the "Long-Form Periodic Table" in the Crane Empire language.

The periodic table is circular in shape, with each grid having a subtle fan-like shape rather than a conventional rectangle.

To put it simply, there is only one attribute on the left side of the first row, which is the [Basic] attribute, representing normal attack. It is ranked at the very beginning, which means that there is no need to learn it and everyone has it.

It corresponds to the first chapter of "Genesis", "The Chapter of Origin and Blankness", and also corresponds to [Original Slate-Basic]. Its effect is to strengthen all ordinary attacks. It is also a very special slate.

Looking to the right of the table, the first row on the right is all element-like attributes.

Most people are naturally good at at least one or two of the elemental attributes, namely [Ice], [Fire], [Light], [Darkness], [Wind], [Thunder], [Earth], [Water], and [Wood], corresponding to chapters 2 to 10 of the Book of Genesis.

"You are better at light and fire, and I am more familiar with ice and darkness."

Talia looked at these elemental attributes and said,
"It's really strange that we get along so well."

She felt that she and Lanqi were destined to be incompatible, and judging from their past interactions, this was indeed true.

"Basic attributes are still good, everyone likes it."

Lanqi shifted his gaze to the left and sighed.

"..."

"No, the spiritual attribute is the best, you have to like it."

Talia didn't know why, but she said this subconsciously, and a strange sense of competitiveness surged in her heart.
"Remember the first magic card you made? It was a spiritual card."

She tried to get Lanci to recall the magic cards he first made in his hometown in South Wantina.

"That's true."

Lanqi thought about it and realized that the spiritual attribute was indeed where his dream began.

"Then the stealth attribute is also good. The magic card that I am best at and use the most, [Transmutation: Human], has the stealth attribute."

Lanqi thought about it and said.

He can now perform [Transformation: Human] with his eyes closed.

"You really are very familiar with the stealth attribute."

Thalia commented.

Every time she saw Lanqi making cards, most of the time he was tinkering with transformation spells.

She remembered that Hyperion's best attribute was concealment, and her demonic innate magic that erased her own presence was born from her main attribute of concealment.

Lanqi's gaze followed the attribute cycle.

The stealth and spiritual attributes they talked about were in the second and third rows respectively.

There is an attribute on the left side of the second row, [Poison], which is closer to the elemental type, but is already a special type, corresponding to Chapter 11 of "Genesis". There are still nine attributes on the right side, [Identification], [Reinforcement], [Healing], [Regeneration], [Alchemy], [Curse], [Corrosion], [Reconnaissance], and [Hide], corresponding to Chapters 12 to 20 of "Genesis".

Starting from the third row, the ownership rate of attributes is significantly lower than that of the second row, and the rarity becomes more obvious as you go to the right.

There are two attributes on the left side of the third row, namely [Mechanical] and [Link], and eight attributes on the right side, [Spirit], [Telekinesis], [Illusion], [Barrier], [Slash], [Seal], [Counterattack], and [Undead], which correspond to Chapter 21 to Chapter 30 of "Genesis".

In the fourth row at the end, on the left are the attributes of [Space] and [Divination], which are also the most unstable and rare attributes. Even in most eras, there are only a handful of powerful people in the world who possess these two attributes.

There is only one attribute [Destiny] on the right side of the fourth row, standing there alone. Living beings cannot control it, and there is no corresponding original stone tablet. However, it corresponds to the final chapter of "Genesis", "The Chapter of Destiny and Reincarnation". It seems to be both the end and the starting point. After a gap and dislocation on the table, it seems to be connected to the attribute [Foundation] in the upper left corner of the periodic table.

“No one controls their destiny.”

This is why there are thirty-three attributes, thirty-three chapters in Genesis, and only thirty-two original tablets.

Talia said as she watched Lanci close the book with the Kremer Empire version of the periodic table printed on it.

"Or maybe fate is actually in everyone's hands. After all, the goddess of fate has long been integrated into the world itself. She has given the power of fate to this world."

Lanqi smiled and said to himself.

"Don't you believe in God?"

Talia asked him confused.

"I don't believe in gods, but I respect those who do. There are some believers in the good camp who always abide by the rules because they are sincere to gods. Isn't that great?"

Lanqi put the book aside and turned his head to look at Talia.
"Anyway, I think people who sincerely pray to the kind gods are not bad people."

He was convinced.

"really."

Talia agreed with this.

Xubao was the most angel-like girl she had ever seen, and Xubao prayed to the goddess every day, and Talia saw it all.

and many more.

Talia suddenly remembered that Lanqi had also worshipped the goddess of fate.

But this guy put his hands together and raised them above his head, which always felt a bit weird.

"Landry's sister, Elsa, seems to be a devout believer as well."

Talia stopped thinking about Lanqi's distorted worship and said.

She was worried that if she continued to think about it, it would be disrespectful to the gods.

"That girl said at noon that she was going to the Pantheon, and she was going to watch a play in the evening. There aren't many young people willing to travel all the way from St. Clement's Abbey to the Pantheon."

Lanci agreed.

Elsa and Hyperion are exactly the same in this regard. Hyperion also runs from Ikerit College in the east of Ikerit to the temple of the Church of the Goddess of Fate in the north of Ikerit to pray every week.

In addition to the Church of the Goddess of Fate, whose headquarters is located in Ikerita in the southern continent, there are many churches that believe in other gods in the vast lands of both the southern and northern continents. For example, the temple in the flower city Pariah is the Temple of Love.

"If Hyperion were here, she would definitely go to the temple often. I haven't accompanied her to the temple for a long time."

Talia actually fantasizes about going to the temple with Hyperion in a foreign country.

Hyperion had always longed to visit the Temple of the Gods of Cremorne, a famous ancient site in the southern continent. What Talia didn't expect was that the last time she went to the temple, she and Lanqi went to the Temple of Love.

"The people in the Krelian Empire actually believe in the God of War. There's really nothing interesting to see in the Brillda Temple of War, but in addition to the new Temple of War that Krelian built nearly a hundred years ago, there are also temples for most priests and believers to carry out activities."

Lanqi took out a history book of Creed from the pile of books at hand and flipped through a few pages at random.

"If you ask me, Dean Loren is the most like a priest of the God of War, but he happens to be a priest of the God of Fate and Reincarnation, not a priest of the God of War and Swords."

In the Krelian Empire, there is no special Church of the Goddess of Fate. The only place to find the statue of the Goddess of Fate is in the Pantheon, where statues of various gods stand and are maintained by imperial priests who believe in various gods.

For all churches, the source of divine arts is based on the classics handed down from the age of gods. Even if the world is destroyed several times, the traces of "Genesis" cannot be destroyed. It is the existence of this book that has led to the position of priests, and their work is inseparable from the gods.

There are thirty-three chapters in the Book of Genesis, the first of which is about origin and blankness, and the last chapter is about destiny and reincarnation. These two chapters do not contain any divine arts, while the remaining thirty-one chapters all record divine arts that can be interpreted.

The difference between divine arts and magical spells is that divine arts rely more on resonance with the world, or resonance with gods that exist on the conceptual side, while magical spells rely on the self itself. Therefore, divine arts consume very little mana, but the number of uses per day is limited.

The effects of the divine arts used by the priest class are not only slightly related to the "spirit" and "magic" attributes, but also greatly related to the priest's unique "faith" attribute.

By engaging in church and clergy work, you can gain opportunities to enhance your faith attributes.

In addition, if you believe in the Goddess of Fate, the attribute of faith will apply to all divine arts in all chapters. If you believe in a specific god, the attribute of faith will only apply to a single chapter and will have an extremely outstanding effect on the divine arts in this chapter.

The Drunken Warden that Lanqi and Hyperion had met on the negative sixth floor of the Helrom Underground Prison was a priest who believed in the God of Storms and Freedom. He was completely specialized in wind-attribute magic and could rely on his own wind-attribute magic to resist a lot of spell damage. At the same time, he could use control-type magic to block the activities of prisoners in the prison and even push the prisoners back. He was almost invincible in the upside-down road to rebirth in the Great Demon Trial.

"No wonder you have the [Inverted Mark]."

Thalia sighed.

The negative sixth floor of Helrom Prison was rebuilt from the upside-down path to the afterlife where the relics of their demon world were hung.

The Inverted Mark is the simplest mark, and its effect is to increase a small amount of basic spiritual attributes.

Back then, all the demons in the demon world wanted it.

After all, the basic attributes of spirit are always useful.

"Is Lord Tiberius, the Upside-Down, stronger than Lord Kaliela, the Fallen, and Lord Satya, the Hopeless?"

Lanqi had rarely talked to Talia about stories about the Northern Continent and the Old Demon Realm. When he heard Talia's deep feelings about the Inverted Mark, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Next time in the shadow world, he will take Talia back to the historical projection demon world tens of thousands of years ago, so there is a lot to talk about with Talia, a genuine demon.

"Of course. The ninth-rank demons also have strong and weak ones. Think carefully about who is trapped in each of the three prisons."

Talia confirmed.

As a teacher, she was never reluctant to answer Lanqi's questions.

Just don't ask the damn questions.

She noticed that Lanqi's mind suddenly became active, and added another sentence.

"Is that so?"

Lanqi held his chin and thought.

In fact, this can be seen from the arrangement of the inner layers of Helrom Prison.

The Great Demon Trial of the Fallen Kaliera [The Fallen Land of Tenderness] can only be placed on the negative fourth floor to trap the weakest Antanas.

And Satia the Hopeless's [Hopeless Extinction War] trapped Shinora, who had the strongest frontal combat power, on the fifth floor.

What was actually placed at the bottom of the Helrom Prison on the negative sixth floor to block Pranay was the [Inverted Path to the Dead], which was also the ultimate magic left by the Inverted Tiberius.

"From the history books left by the demons, it can be seen that Daoxuan Qing was a ninth-rank demon who existed several generations earlier than Luoluo Qing. He is also one of the oldest demon trials that still exists. He is good at [Spirit] and [Divination] attributes, and should have left many treasures for the demon world. Unfortunately, they all disappeared in the long history."

Talia continued to explain.

They often transform into great demons for trials after death. They are all great demons who are willing to sacrifice themselves and will give their last value to the demons of later generations without reservation.

Maybe it was tens of thousands of years ago, maybe it was more than a hundred thousand years ago. That was an era so distant that it has almost completely disappeared. The creatures today can no longer calculate how long it has been since the Age of Gods, and how many tens of thousands of years have passed in between.

"In the time of the Fallen Lord Kaliela, perhaps we could still find some of Tiberius's remains."

Talia actually envied Lanqi for having the [Inverted Mark].

Only by truly crossing the barrier of life and death can one pass the harsh test of the upside-down road to rebirth and obtain this mark.

But now that the mark was hers, she thought it would be easier to just make a wish in her mind.

"No, you confiscated my Great Love Poet? We have to be separated from now on, right?"

Lan Qi asked in confusion.

"In fact, if I want to, I feel that I can completely devour Lanfu, because she and I are of the same origin, and after the fusion, we are indistinguishable from each other."

Talia raised the corner of her mouth with a smug look on her face, as if threatening Lanqi to be careful that she would confiscate his epic card.

But doing so may permanently consume the two magic cards [Demon Fusion] and [Poet of Great Love].

Talia still couldn't bear to leave.

Now she thought Lanfu was quite cute.

"In the world line that the goddess of fate showed me, you got the Poem of Compassion and then embarked on the road to invincibility."

Lanqi was relieved to hear Talia think so.

It was not until nearly six o'clock, when the room gradually became dim, that he suddenly realized what was going on and reached out to turn on the light in the study.

Warm yellow light poured down, Lanqi rubbed his sore eyes, stretched, and decided to take a rest.

He stood up and walked to the window, pushing it open and letting the autumn air flow into the room.

Taking a deep breath, Lanqi felt the unique beauty of the autumn dusk.

However, in the world line predicted by the goddess of fate, he would be beaten into a white dumpling covered with bandages by Talia, Hyperion would be killed early in Ikerit, and Talia, who knew the truth about her niece, could only look at Hyperion's tombstone. If she continued to investigate, she would find that her sister was killed by the vampires, another incident would happen in the northern continent, the Protoss Empire would fall, and the ending of the old friends in prison would probably not be too good.

Hence The Rise of Talia.

It is essentially a tragic story of revenge.

The moment she realized she had nothing, she was no longer the same Talia.

The Psalm of Compassion just happened to give her the ability to take revenge.

"..."

Talia also walked to the study window and looked at the autumn colors in the distance with Lanqi.

"Now that I think about it, I should thank you."

Talia's eyes softened, and she gently raised her hand and touched Lanqi's hair.

"..."

Lanqi turned his head in surprise and looked at Talia.

The warm light seemed to have covered her with a veil, and her golden devil eyes were gentler than ever before.

Talia looks like a fake Talia.

"Wait, why did I beat you up like that?"

Talia suddenly thought of something, her expression returned to normal, and she asked, meeting Lanqi's gaze.

Logically speaking, even if Lanqi had such a mean mind, her temper wasn't so good when she first met Lanqi. But she had been cautious in the human kingdom for hundreds of years. No matter what, she wouldn't be so defeated by Lanqi that she wouldn't beat him up regardless of the danger, right?

"cough!"

Lanqi coughed violently.

He felt that Talia's hand on his head suddenly became dangerous, and he quickly tried to get away.

"Tell me what you did to make me angry!"

Talia grabbed him by the back of his collar with a fear beyond death and pulled him back to prevent him from running away.

"It's nothing, it's really nothing!"

Lanqi took off his coat in embarrassment and wanted to run away.

"Huh, you want to escape?"

Talia grabbed Lanci's arm and pushed him against the wall, staring at him and asked,
"Behave yourself, you won't be able to resist this time."

Talia's power is far greater than that of the sixth-level Ranchi. No matter how hard Ranchi tries to escape, he can't beat her.

Sweat broke out on Lanqi's forehead.

He now deeply regrets giving the cat away.

With the cat boss around, Talia would at least be more restrained.

Now that there are only the two of them at home, she can do whatever she wants.

What he had to do was to suppress his thoughts and at the same time think of a way to avoid Talia's mental connection and convince her.

It's hell mode.

Zheng Lanqi kept swallowing his saliva and looking for a plan to survive.

Suddenly, the communication magic card he placed with Talia emitted a wave, interrupting their thoughts.

Talia let go of Lanci in confusion and took out the purple communication magic card.

"Why is it the cat boss?"

Talia muttered to herself and quickly handed the magic card to Lanqi.

Unconsciously, the afterglow of the sunset outside the window was gradually hidden by the horizon, and was replaced by the rising night.

The red moon, accompanied by a layer of light gray mist, gave the curtains of the study a slight red tint.

Lanqi reached out and answered the call.

"Meow...Lan...hurry...danger..."

The intermittent voice of Boss Cat was heard from the communicator, along with bursts of magic flow noise. The signal seemed to have been severely interfered with by space.

(End of this chapter)