Who Says I’m Not a Legitimate Adventurer?

【Legend states: In the deepest reaches of the distant Frost Plains lies a tranquil lake that never freezes throughout the year, and sleeping beneath the lake rests a mysterious Lady of the Lake.】

【After the catastrophe known as Ragnarok of the Gods erupted, a strange burning meteor once fell from the heavens and crashed directly into that lake.】

【During the century that followed—】

【That Lady of the Lake personally forged a three-meter-long heavy spear using the special material of that meteorite and left behind a prophecy for the world: Whoever can pull out this spear shall be crowned the next King of the Frost Plains.】

【From then onward, throughout the long years that followed, this sleeping Spear of the Lake became universally acknowledged as the absolute symbol of royal authority and power.】

【And you may already possess the potential to pull out this heavy spear.】

After reading through this entire background description—

Lance let out a long breath.

This was the Fate Trajectory that the spell had grafted onto him before collapsing.

If not for this miraculous System Panel that could forcibly integrate and analyze all information regarding himself—

He probably would never have known in his entire life exactly what kind of fate he had obtained during this confusing night.

However, looking at this strangely familiar background story—

A bizarre sense of déjà vu emerged within Lance.

Lady of the Lake?

King’s spear?

No matter how he looked at this script, it felt suspiciously familiar.

Could it be that no matter which otherworldly river of history it belonged to, the Bards responsible for writing mythological tales all possessed only this one singular style of imagination?

Still, jokes aside—

Lance genuinely felt fortunate inside.

This Fate Trajectory called 【Spear of the Lake】 looked like an entirely positive Fate Trajectory no matter how he viewed it.

It was essentially equivalent to the system establishing a destined connection between him and that legendary spear.

From a purely intuitive perspective, Lance felt this was infinitely better than the Aether Silence Demon Swordsman script.

Fortunately, that damned spell had not randomly assigned him some bizarre and outrageous Fate Trajectory.

Like those cliché melodramatic plots commonly written in third-rate plays—

Such as a knight falling in love with the queen, the two secretly meeting in the shadows.

Only for the king to discover the scandal on the spot in the end.

This twisted love forbidden by society ultimately driving the knight into regret and madness.

If he had accidentally become entangled with some disgusting Fate Trajectory like that—

Lance swore that if he ever learned how to create Historical Projection spells in the future, he would return to that Historical Projection every single day just to break it apart.

That heavy weapon called the “Spear of the Lake” was probably the slaughter weapon wielded by the heavily armored man in the historical scene earlier.

Unfortunately, as an outsider, his knowledge of this world’s history was simply too lacking.

The original Lance had not cared much for studying either, leaving him unable to identify who that heavily armored man actually was for the moment.

However, Lance could still infer some key information from the brief scene earlier.

That man had most likely accomplished the earth-shattering feat of dragon slaying, while the surrounding frozen environment of endless snow and ice most likely pointed toward the legendary Northern Frost Plains.

A mythical event with such obvious landmark characteristics should be easy to identify once he properly researched it tomorrow.

Perhaps in the future, he really could follow this wondrous thread of fate and obtain that heavy spear symbolizing royal authority.

But Lance immediately suppressed that desire.

That was definitely something he would only dare consider after officially advancing classes, or even after becoming a High-Level Professional.

At low levels, wandering around openly with a legendary weapon in hand was no different from a dog carrying a massive bundle of banknotes in its mouth—anyone who saw it would develop thoughts of robbery.

No one understood the principle that possessing a treasure invites disaster better than he did.

After organizing all the complicated gains related to the Historical Echo Projection—

He finally had time to inspect the other remaining rewards on the panel.

If the previous section represented the system intercepting the Historical Projection’s influence upon himself—

Then naturally, the system, which had initially regarded it as a Sub-instance, was not stingy with rewards either.

【Next, conducting Sub-instance Clearance Reward Settlement. Congratulations on clearing LV1 Sub-instance “Ilysia’s Little Willfulness.”】

【Reward One: Universal Experience Pool Reward】

【Obtained: Status-Type Skill Experience +500 (Can be freely distributed to any buff-type status skill)】

【Obtained: Unarmed Combat Experience +500 (Can be freely distributed to any fist, kick, claw, or similar unarmed combat technique)】

【Reward Two: Based on your outstanding performance, Constitution Attribute +1 (Special Clearance Reward)】

Fairly standard rewards. Just like a game, the role of Sub-instances was to drastically accelerate the player’s growth speed.

So the rewards were all abundant and generous.

Without hesitation, he directly invested both experience rewards into 【Dragon-Hunting Breathing Technique】 and 【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow】.

【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow Proficiency +500, LV4→LV5】

【Strength +1, Agility +1】

Meanwhile, the Dragon-Hunting Breathing Technique still lacked 136 experience points, so Lance directly supplemented it using skill experience.

【Dragon-Hunting Breathing Technique Proficiency +136, LV4→LV5 (max)】

【Strength +1, Agility +1, Spirit +1, Perception +1】

Another terrifying four-attribute increase, directly pushing nearly all his attributes to the threshold of the Attribute Lock.

Among them, Perception and Strength had even surpassed 10.

However, he also discovered the difference between the two skills.

【Dragon-Hunting Breathing Technique LV5 (max) cannot be upgraded】

【Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow LV5 (Expert), 113/1625】

The upper limits of the two skills were actually different.

Previously, he had assumed all skills capped at level 10, but now it appeared the limit of Breathing Techniques only reached the Expert rank?

Then why could the upper limit of Azure Dragon Ultimate Flow go even higher?

All of this surfaced in Lance’s mind like a mystery.

There was still far too much he needed to study—history, legends, and the future path of Professional advancement.

He needed to specifically set aside time to make up for all this knowledge.

Everything stemmed from the fact that his growth speed had become too fast. Before he could fully supplement many areas of knowledge, his strength had already surged forward like a rolling snowball.

Lance shifted his gaze toward the Class panel.

【3. Trial Requirement: During a full moon night, independently engage in high-intensity combat against magical beasts for over one hour. The number of magical beasts must exceed 50, and you must remain in a “Guarding” state until dawn or successful protection. (Completed)】

Looking at the words “Completed” displayed within the parentheses, Lance smiled with satisfaction.

Sure enough, slaughtering so many magical beasts within that Historical Projection had been judged by the system as fulfilling the requirements.

Even the most difficult trial condition had already been completed.

With all attributes nearing the Attribute Lock, coupled with his skills gradually breaking through level 5, he was now only a single step away from reaching the Professional Rank.