Pillar of Yita

Miss Tata was immersed in reading the community posts, fully focused.

A light blue page, almost taller than she was, required Miss Fairy to tilt her head back to read it all. Every time she finished a page, she pushed it aside with both hands to turn to the next one.

Actually, the cost of ”Otherworld Telecom” was quite expensive; after converting the fees for communication between two worlds, it was roughly one hundred and fifty Lycels per hour.

However, seeing Miss Fairy so engrossed, Fang Hong found himself at a loss for words.

For Miss Tata, knowledge might well be an invaluable treasure.

Besides, he still had some money on hand, so it wouldn’t do for him to be unable to fulfill even such a small request from his own Miss Dragon Soul. If he ended up destitute in the future, he could always find ways to make money. Fang Hong somewhat dispiritedly thought about how he would beg for food in the future—

Only when Miss Tata turned to the next page did she notice his gaze.

She stopped and, lifting her head, asked, ”Do you have something you wish to discuss, Mr. Knight?”

Fang Hong was startled for a moment, then nodded.

Miss Tata pressed her palm against the giant light page, closing it, and looked up, waiting for him to continue.

”I wish to understand what exactly is this Dominion-type Dragon Soul?”

”Dominion-type Dragon Soul, as the name suggests, is an Artificial Dragon Soul born specifically to control Fairy Constructs,” Miss Tata blinked, her long eyelashes sweeping lightly, her voice somewhat quiet, ”To be precise, it’s not the ’Fairy Construct,’ but the Dragon Knight. My birth was for a rigging that has never existed in this world before—a Fairy Type Dragon Knight Rigging.”

”Fairy Type... Dragon Knight Rigging?”

”Theoretically, it could exist,” Miss Tata said softly, ”The design of the Fairy Type Dragon Knight might be more complex than a regular Dragon Knight, but that complexity is merely physical. The real constraint isn’t the construct itself, but the Dragon Soul.”

”Dragon Soul?” Fang Hong looked at Miss Tata, this rare Fairy Dragon Soul. ”So, the experiments of the Silver Tower were successful?”

Miss Tata gently shook her head.

”Silver Tower has produced seven Fairy Type Dragon Souls; I am the fifth one and also witnessed the birth of the two younger sisters. But without exception, all attempts were in vain—”

”In vain? How could that be?” Fang Hong was shocked. He had clearly seen Miss Tata perfectly control the Fairy Construct, and theoretically, both Fairy Constructs and Fairy Dragon Knights use the Heart of Fairy Crystal, so there shouldn’t be a fundamental difference.

”The problem lies with the carrier crystal,” Miss Tata’s voice was as calm as ever: ”You should know, shouldn’t you? Mr. Knight, Combat Artisans do not have Dragon Knights.”

After being startled for a moment, Fang Hong then remembered this point.

In Eteliria, Combat Artisans are called Pseudo Dragon Knights, Lesser Dragon Knights, an honorific on one hand, representing Combat Artisans who can nearly reach the power level of Dragon Knights.

On the other hand, it can also be a derogatory term, because Pseudo Dragon Knights—will never become true Dragon Knights.

The reason is extremely simple.

The strength of a Combat Artisan comes from their Flexible Construct. And the core of the Flexible Construct lies in the first half of that term—flexibility.

Of course, this flexibility doesn’t mean they are inherently swift or agile. Because among Flexible Constructs, the Magic Guided Construct and Heavy Construct are neither swift nor agile, and truly swift and agile ones are actually only the Assault-type Flexible Constructs.

The flexibility of Flexible Constructs actually refers to the Combat Artisan’s ability to implement a variety of tactical combinations through them, switching their combat style freely. A Combat Artisan, when using Magic Guided Flexible Constructs, can behave like a Magic Guided Conductor, using powerful firepower to directly destroy opponents; they can also act like an Elementalist or Scholar, using control and set-up magic to become an all-around control master.

Of course, when using the Assault-type Construct, they can also perform like a precise, cold-blooded assassin, striking and retreating rapidly, with elegance and agility. Or with Heavy Construct, taking on the role of an absolute breakthrough and defense specialist.

But this is not all—

Because the definition of Combat Artisan also lies in their Multi-Control Ability over Flexible Constructs. It’s when they manipulate different styles of Flexible Constructs in multi-threaded control and combine them on the battlefield that the truly fearsome aspect of this profession is revealed.

Pseudo Dragon Knights, are not so named for naught.

Besides being physically fragile and having excessively stringent talent requirements, there’s hardly a flaw to be found in this profession.

But every coin has two sides.

Such a profession is utterly incompatible with Dragon Knights.

Because under normal circumstances, the carrier crystal of a Dragon Knight, due to strength requirements, must be an Attribute Holy Crystal. And Holy Crystals have an exceptionally strong property—that of enhancing the Contractor’s Magical Adaptability.

This enhancement further specializes the Contractor’s Magical Adaptability, on one hand making them more adept at resonating with core crystals of the same or adjacent Attributes. On the other hand, it restricts their ability to use crystals of other Elements, especially the opposite Attributes.

For professions other than Combat Artisans, this restriction is meaningless. Because when they activate their equipment’s plugins and Magic Guided Conductor through the Magic Guided Reactor, they are already required to be of the same or neighboring Element.

But for Combat Artisans, it is a fatal blow. Because aside from their own Magic Guided Reactor and plugins, they also have Flexible Constructs. Due to being indirectly controlled, Flexible Constructs’ core crystals don’t have Attribute correspondence requirements—but once becoming a Dragon Knight, it would mean they would have to give up most of the Flexible Constructs listed.