Chapter 256: It's My Turn to Be the Priest This Year
[Dungeon-Exclusive Side Quest / Class Change Quest — Old Man! It's Time to Step Down!
Solo quest, Class Change Quest. In this dungeon, while maintaining the persona of "Cain Fact's illegitimate son," use the Crystal Eye to defeat "Cain Fact."
Quest Reward — Class change to "Heart Priest."]
[Note: Due to your unexpected trigger of a special hidden class change quest for "Heart Priest" in the pre-experience dungeon of "Ys: Origin," and because the objective of this quest is tied to the true direction of the entire blueprint's story, its final difficulty will exceed the current dungeon's difficulty limit —
If you successfully complete the class change quest, you will gain an additional class slot upon changing to "Heart Priest," allowing you to trigger another class change quest and obtain a second class.
If you choose to abandon the class change quest, or fail the class change, it will not affect your ability to trigger normal class change quests in subsequent dungeons.]
Now, it was Cheng Mouren's turn to be stunned, and it was a two-stage stun at that.
Two consecutive Spatial messages directly shocked Cheng Tian twice.
He hadn't expected that merely by awkwardly playing along with a moody young man's idea a couple of times, he would gain the other party's approval.
Not only did Yugo completely believe Cheng Tian's nonsense, but he also no longer had any doubts about Cheng Tian's identity as the "Old Man's illegitimate son."
And it's true, besides Cheng Tian, no one else could have triggered this kind of plot.
This bizarre plotline, where a fake illegitimate son was acknowledged by the true heir, was successfully triggered because of Cheng Tian's 20-point Charisma attribute, his almost indistinguishable Crystal Eye, his unblinking accusation of the Old Man's illegitimate son status, and most importantly, his declaration to defeat the Old Man and usurp him. These elements continuously hit upon what Yugo Fact cared about most.
These conditions were all indispensable.
It could be said that what Cheng Tian displayed was exactly what Yugo deep down most wanted to do but dared not do; in other words, Cheng Tian was the ideal version of himself in Yugo's mind.
If the same conditions were applied to Yugo's older brother, Thor Fact, who had long since run off to join the Temple Knights, it clearly wouldn't work.
Regarding this, Cheng Tian could only say that if one has the financial means to support oneself after adulthood, and if one's strength temporarily cannot surpass that of one's parents, then it's best not to live together; let distance create beauty.
However, simply spouting nonsense to fool the young man into a daze was one thing, but it even triggered a class change quest!?
Cheng Tian had only been spouting those words about replacing him, he didn't actually want to become a Heart Priest!
...Wait a minute, is this Heart Priest also a class that players can change into?
It seems he might actually have to fight the Old Man now!
With the quest thrown in his face, how could he not do it!?
Moreover, if he actually completed it, he would get a chance to change into a second class!
Just do it!
Although he couldn't see Cheng Tian's expression beneath the blazing sun mask, Yugo could vaguely feel the magical fluctuations around Cheng Tian suddenly become more fervent.
This talent, where the mind drives magical fluctuations, indeed had the flavor of the Fact family. It seemed this relative, whose age was unknown, truly wished to defeat his father from the bottom of his heart and prove himself.
Yugo's face also softened slightly at this moment.
Having calmed himself, Cheng Tian untied the golden-haired young man, who had entered friendly standing. The young man stretched his arms and legs a couple of times; having been thrown, he was clearly unharmed.
Yugo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but for a moment didn't know how to address Cheng Tian.
"My true name is for the Old Man; just call me Orange," Cheng Tian said, noticing this, then beckoned over the two who had been observing the fight.
"These are my companions. This is Bazett, my bodyguard, and this is Utan, my research ape."
"Yugo Fact, please take care."
Yugo politely greeted both Bazett and Utan.
It was noticeably clear that the heavy burden of pressure from family, relatives, and himself in Yugo's heart had significantly lessened after this encounter. The appearance of Cheng Tian, this person who dared to challenge his "own father," became an outlet for Yugo's pressure. He even had the illusion that a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
Without pressure, Yugo, whose emotions wouldn't spiral out of control, was actually a good young man; it's just that he was often so awkward he didn't know how to express himself, which was an old problem with the Pharaoh-controlling scriptwriters —
From top to bottom, from allies to villains, there were piles upon piles of riddle-speakers. They could resolve misunderstandings with just one more sentence, but they stubbornly refused!
Sigh~~ They just wouldn't say! They just made you guess hard!
While this served the plot to a certain extent, from a player's perspective, it was a long, tedious, and nonsensical storyline.
Next up was the reward segment for winning the plot BOSS battle.
Just like after a Pokémon battle with a roadside pedestrian, even if the opponent is just an elementary school student with a bug net and only a coin roughly equivalent to 50 Japanese yen in their pocket, the player will still take it. Yugo was also accustomed to the loser having to pay something as a price.
This might be a tradition of the Kingdom of Ys, but it's more likely the Spatial's interference with Ys' traditions.
Cheng Tian thought for a moment and decided to ask the other party to teach him more about the usage techniques of the Fact Eye.
Although it was clearly an act of aiding the enemy, Yugo agreed without hesitation.
In his opinion, Cheng Tian was a self-awakened rogue, completely incapable of receiving formal guidance, so this request was reasonable and within his acceptable limits.
As for whether teaching Cheng Tian would affect his status as heir, that was no longer in his consideration.
This was someone who was going to directly confront the Old Man! What's an heir compared to that!
Although Yugo's related thoughts were still in the nascent stage, this didn't mean he didn't want to see his older brother/younger brother formally challenge his father.
It must be said, Yugo rather wanted to see the Old Man getting beaten; he had truly been corrupted.
On a side note, Yugo inexplicably found the term "Old Man" to refer to his father very catchy, with a rebellious thrill to it.
Soon, under Yugo's guidance, Cheng Tian received the following enhancements.
[You received guidance from Yugo Fact regarding the usage techniques of the magical support drone.]
[When you use "Oni Warrior Transformation / Demonic Transformation" or "Ghost Rider Transformation," the maximum number of splits for your Crystal Eye will increase to 4, and during this period, the spell replication of the Crystal Eye will have no additional MP cost.]
"By the way, Yugo."
Cheng Tian, who had closed the Spatial prompt, suddenly spoke.
"What? Do you need another demonstration?"
Yugo seemed very patient at this moment.
"No, it's something else."
"What is it?"
"Your older brother, Thor Fact, is still alive."
"...What!?"