Super Righteous Player
Chapter 362 - 359 - The Holy Grail Knight_1

Chapter 362: 359 Chapter The Holy Grail Knight_1

The delectable wind goose, clad in the standard leather armor of the city guard, wandered aimlessly around Noah City.

He was currently on a "duty patrol", wandering around the city while familiarizing himself with the roads.

At the same time, he pondered deeply.

——He had successfully reported the intelligence given to him by Annan to Prince Philip.

And the wine that had been confiscated earlier had already been delivered into Prince Philip’s hands.

With this, his two tasks could be considered thoroughly completed.

He had not only fulfilled the contract previously promised to the chamber of commerce consul but had also successfully used the intelligence provided by Annan to mislead the Third Prince’s line of thought and forced him to alter his imminent plans.

And he himself had also gained Prince Philip’s trust.

Or rather... a certain degree of trust.

But no matter what, a mere Bronze-tier Transcendent would still find it quite difficult to be of any substantial help to Philip.

Fortunately, the delectable wind goose’s Transcendent profession was that of a Swordsman Instructor.

This was a profession that allowed for the rapid increase in strength by learning the swordsmanship styles of others.

After understanding the delectable wind goose’s various abilities, Prince Philip provided some well-considered advice regarding his future development.

He suggested that the delectable wind goose adhere to the Goddess of Cup, and then advance to become a Holy Grail Knight.

This was an advanced profession similar to that of a Silver Knight, intertwined with holy orders.

After mastering the use of various weapons, one realizes that "human will" itself is the strongest weapon—by binding and restraining one’s own desires, purity grants the power of the Chalice.

The "Chalice Power" possessed by Holy Grail Knights, even among all True God Knights, is quite formidable.

Simply put, this is an additional "storage mechanism for abilities".

Holy Grail Knights, during their worship of the Goddess of Cup, can choose one of their "body attributes" to act as a "vessel". This vessel can be changed daily, and when changed, the "Chalice of Blood" is emptied, but it does not disappear overnight until then.

For instance, "strength", "vigor", "concentration", "accuracy", "vitality", etc. Any innate body attribute is viable.

Once chosen, this attribute will be continuously depleted—just like exercising with dumbbells to increase strength or focusing intently on paperwork.

But the depleted attribute gets stored.

Depending on the mark of the holy light and one’s self-discipline, the proportion stored varies. But generally, it’s about seventy percent to twice one’s own amount.

And when needed—such as when strength is depleted or insufficient, when more concentration is required or in dire need of quick recovery from injuries—the stored "Blood in the Chalice" can be redirected back to oneself.

It can enhance or replenish.

This isn’t an extremely exaggerated ability, nor does it have an extremely high limit.

But it’s simple, stable, versatile, and powerful—the kind of ability the delectable wind goose favored.

The only constraint is that one inevitably receives the additional Curse Binding of "must retain a pure body" upon advancement.

However, if this Curse Binding is violated, one doesn’t lose all their levels... but becomes the opposite, a "Fallen Knight".

One loses the power of the "Chalice" and gains the power of "Blood"—like the vampires of legend, capable of replenishing strength or temporarily enhancing one’s abilities by drinking others’ blood.

Yet, compared to the power of the Chalice, this ability falls far short.

In other words, this relates to "Celibacy Power".

Regardless of gender, only those who have never been with the opposite sex can take up this profession.

Needless to say, the delectable wind goose was certainly no virgin.

With advantageous family background, witty and humorous speech, high education, and a robust body, plus high emotional intelligence and good looks, it would have been impossible for him not to have had a girlfriend.

Even though he had now trained to the point of being bald and neckless, he used to be a young man with lush hair and well-proportioned muscles...

However, it seems that the bodies they used on the magical continent were "absolutely pure".

When he underwent lie detection by the Wizard of the Decree, Prince Philip conveniently had the Wizard investigate the delectable wind goose’s other qualities.

——From his birth to now, he had killed fewer than ten people.

——He had never been intimate with the opposite sex.

——He seldom lied.

——He seldom exercised.

——I have never taken poison.

——I have never been cursed by anyone.

Only after such results came out did Prince Philip finally regard him as one of his own.

...This seems to be the "political examination" of this world.

The things one has done are like an invisible "record of deeds" list, which records everything. Although the Decree Wizards cannot directly see this list, they can examine any item on it and reach a roughly accurate conclusion, with the permission of the delicious wind goose.

And the delicious wind goose got such an evaluation from it.

If it weren’t for the fact that he had killed a few people,

he would probably still be in an absolutely pure state of never having killed anyone to this day.

Seeing his attributes, Prince Philip immediately recommended him to worship the Goddess of Cup.

"The Goddess of Cup governs the entire domain of ’desires.’ Abstinence and temperance are naturally a part of it,"

Prince Philip introduced enthusiastically, "The Goddess of Cup loves those who indulge in desires, but she loves those who practice restraint even more."

Through Prince Philip’s description, the delicious wind goose roughly understood the other special aspects of this profession.

——Holy Grail Knights are a profession whose main attribute is willpower.

In addition to the power of the cup, they also have a strange ability that "each time they successfully resist a new source of negative state that uses willpower as a check element, they will permanently gain one attribute point," which can be added up to 40 points.

For example, states like charm, fear, confusion, sleep, rage, and more. Everyone can add one attribute point to a Holy Grail Knight... so long as it can be classified as a "negative state."

Conversely, if this negative state isn’t successfully resisted, Holy Grail Knights will suffer a huge debuff of temporarily -2 to their willpower attribute. And this debuff can stack.

This weakening is equivalent to a curse and does not recover naturally. It requires a restoration ritual to regain this attribute, or redemption through priests of the Goddess of Cup, or simply purification through priests of Mr. Radiance to cleanse the curse.

This ability has made many Holy Grail Knights exceptionally strong, but it has also made them prone to premature death.

Clearly.

This is the Goddess of Cup encouraging Holy Grail Knights not to practice abstinence in a reclusive way... but to take the initiative to use their willpower to fight against external temptations.

Or rather, to tempt them to take up the challenge.

The delicious wind goose saw it very clearly.

——The mechanism for this growth in ability, itself, is a temptation to break "abstinence."

If one goes for it, then one falls into the trap.

One can’t stay by the riverside without getting their shoes wet, right?

In order to redeem themselves one day, Holy Grail Knights cannot escape the control of the Church of the Cup.

And this is to place oneself under the desire for power and control of others.

The pure is controlled by the object of desire —— the Holy Grail is grasped by the blood within the cup.

This completes a conceptual cycle.

"...It’s just like being Tripitaka."

The delicious wind goose complained with a bit of humor.

Had he not been very wary of this feature, he would have outright worshipped the Goddess of Cup by now.

After all, she is a True God, and her origins pose no problems...

It’s just that She seems to have quite a bit of a mischievous streak.

"She likes to test people’s willpower, encourages using willpower to counter temptation, and at the same time, she enjoys watching people’s downfall, huh..."

...Is she really not an Evil God?

The delicious wind goose pondered for a long time but ultimately confirmed his thoughts.

Indeed...

"I still want to give it a try."

He wanted to attempt, to see if his pride in his willpower —— could successfully resist this goddess’s mischievous streak.

This was also the unclear "desire" within his heart.

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