Pillar of Yita

He changed into his armor and couldn’t help but wipe it with his hand, making the metal armor shine. Sophie, watching from the side, couldn’t help but laugh, like she was seeing a country bumpkin entering the city, but she still congratulated him.

The congratulations weren’t for this set of armor; such commonplace goods wouldn’t catch her eye—according to this Princess Silver Weslan, if she had known earlier that Fang Hong didn’t have armor, she might have even brought him a set of better D-level quality armor.

Such trash items below Level 20 are unwanted in Silver Weslan.

What she congratulated Fang Hong for was that by putting on this set of equipment, he finally moved past the rookie phase of the Invoker.

Newcomers before Level 15 usually change their equipment twice, once at Level 5, and once at Level 10. Fang Hong, due to his own reasons, directly skipped the Level 10 upgrade. From Level 15 to up to Level 30, it’s the most mainstream level for Invokers in Eteliria.

After Level 30, in the roughly twenty years of the Invoker’s career, not everyone will have the chance to reach it. Even if everything goes smoothly, getting experience step by step, an Invoker can at most reach Level 33 before retiring.

And in the last two or three levels, along with aging and the decline in Starlight synchronization, their strength might actually decrease.

Only those who are truly talented or fortunate, or perhaps have enough backing and resources, might be able to gain enough experience earlier and reach above Level 30.

But luck is not always present, and talent doesn’t necessarily ensure a smooth path. Many people exhaust their Starlight in this process and exit Eteliria early.

After Level 30, most become the backbone of major Mercenary Corps and Adventure Groups, and they earn a place in the top guilds of the First World. In some second-tier guilds, they even become core members of the troop.

Tianlan also came over and knocked on his chest armor, the space beneath the metal armor echoing empty—this was not ordinary armor but Magic Guided Armor, a symbol of adventurers and Invokers.

The little girl’s blue eyes also flashed with a hint of envy, but she pretended to be curious, hiding her expression well, not showing the envy in her heart.

But Fang Hong saw her look and knew what this little girl was thinking.

He thought it was about time to solve Tianlan’s Invoker identity issue. Both Luo Yu and Gita, who were with her, already had official statuses in the team, but Tianlan didn’t speak up then, and he could see that she was a bit forlorn.

Looking at Tianlan, he said, ”Don’t worry, Tianlan, I’m already working on it.”

The French girl pretended not to understand what he said, diverting the topic, ”Brother Ade, what are you talking about? I’m just curious about your armor, isn’t it heavy?”

It’s actually a bit heavy—

Not just the armor, Fang Hong loosened the leather strap of the Magic Guided Reactor. The Ade βAE type Magic Guided Reactor was a bit larger than the original one and quite a bit heavier. If not for the strength boost after leveling up, he wouldn’t have been able to bear it.

But he glanced at Tianlan again, knowing that although she acted carefree, she never lagged behind when something happened in the group—whether it was investigating the Dragon Worship Sect’s conspiracy or helping manage the group’s logistics and finances.

She must want to stay.

He rubbed his hair and replied, ”Don’t worry, I actually have some leads.”

”What leads?”

Tianlan was slightly taken aback and instinctively fell silent for a moment.

Though she pretended not to care, she couldn’t help but ask, ”Really, Brother Ade?” Although in her impression, her ’captain’ often embarrassed himself habitually, almost everything he said turned out true.

He said he would help Gita and Luo Yu solve their Invoker status, but who would have believed that such a small adventure group could really persuade Tabopolis? The agreement was said to be a win-win with Tabopolis, but why would Tabopolis want to have a win-win with them?

When Fang Hong said those words, they were just an unknown adventure group—a mix of a few natives, rookies, and trainees.

Yet it was this very combination that managed to handle everything steadily, and seeing Gita and Luo Yu now, she couldn’t help but feel envious.

Tianlan also clenched her fist and frowned. Deep down, she understood that she didn’t want to return to that place. Why did she come to Colin Ishurian? That’s exactly the reason.

But she suddenly snapped back to her senses and realized she had lost her composure—the little girl’s face flushed, her skin thin as she loudly exclaimed, ”I hate you, Brother Ade! Why tell me all this? I’m not like Luo Yu and Gita, I don’t care about that identity.”

With that, she kicked forward in annoyance and then ran away, feeling guilty.

Fang Hong was speechless, what did he say wrong this time?

But more speechless was Luo Yu, who just came over. He looked at his freshly polished bright boots, only to see a new mud print on them. He looked up at everyone and couldn’t help but ask, ”Why did she kick me?”

”Probably likes you,” Fang Hong replied irritably.