The battle ended quickly.

Indeed, Hu Que and Sanfde's group were almost as powerful as these fierce cavalry, but the noble cavalry captain who lost his life at the start clearly didn't expect that among these seemingly ordinary people, there were actually two true Gold Rank existences.

The Thunder God's Messenger, Qian.

And Brand, who had just touched the edge of the Elemental Wall, thus entering the First-tier of Gold Rank. The two of them, going all out, erupted like silver and red flames from the ground. In an instant, they shot forward, then sliced through the entire cavalry team lengthwise. From above, it appeared as though a lightning dragon and an ice dragon were crossing north to south.

The ground was littered with the dead.

At that moment, the cavalrymen crumbled. Without even engaging in battle, they screamed and dispersed in fear. Unfortunately, the speed of their warhorses barely sufficed to bully ordinary folks, providing no advantage in their flight. In less than half an hour, the plain was left with only riderless warhorses and fallen bodies scattered around.

This outcome was achieved without Brand summoning the Silver Elf Princess or any of the cards he had purchased. Otherwise, the whole process might have taken even less time. Medisha also possessed Golden Power, and being a former cavalry member, in addition to the Unicorn's speed being ten times that of a warhorse, just a few charges would have been enough to exterminate these pests completely.

But none of that mattered.

After the fierce battle, Brand finally calmed down. He sat on the corpse of a warhorse, quietly watching the others clean up the battlefield, and finally had time to check his status. The unexpected breakthrough during his anger at Baron Gruding's castle had catapulted him into Level 1 of Gold Rank, but he hadn't yet examined his current state.

Since coming to this world, he always thought his unique advantage was leveling up through experience. The steps to Enlightenment Element only required completing several easier quests. Thus, what was the most challenging boundary for NPCs wasn't an obstacle for players.

But after his duel with his grandfather in the dream last time, he suspected his skills could grow through training—an NPC privilege.

Suspicions remained just suspicions, as he hadn't experienced anything similar since. Moreover, the previous growth in swordsmanship could be ascribed to inheriting and digesting Brand's original memories. If viewed as a quest reward, it would make sense.

It wasn't until today that he realized he indeed had some NPC characteristics, such as skill-level upgrading through training or boundary breakthrough enhancing strength.

Just like before.

Although these things were marginally useful to him, they were at least good news. Moreover, it indicated another thing: he indeed possessed both player and NPC dual traits.

Just like the mixed identity of Sophie and Brand should have.

He quieted his mind and brought up his status menu screen by screen. Brand was immediately surprised to find that his actual Level hadn't grown a bit and still remained at Level 32. However, he noticed his all attributes had increased by more than thirty percent!

What was going on?

He quickly switched screens, and with a glance, almost spat out water; he did see a small parenthesis next to his name in the status bar:

Brand (Elite Template)

Oh my God, Lord Martha, could you be less hasty! Does breaking through a boundary upgrade an NPC Grade by one, so next time it's (Rare Template)? Then (Lord Template)? Then (Elite Lord Template)?

Upon seeing this, even Brand's current state of mind couldn't help but inwardly complain. He almost thought he was becoming a monster, reminiscent of those low-grade plotlines in the game novels he used to read before his transport, where some boss would mutate and turn into a mutated boss—except he didn't expect that such a plotline would actually happen to him one day.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.