[Now, please choose your initial spawn point.]

A continental map appeared before him.

The map was only partly clear, with nearly 40% shrouded in black fog.

In the clear areas, there were points shimmering like stars.

"Excuse me, where is the Tomb of the Divine Deity?"

The map was too big, so Ree Shil decided to ask.

[Sorry, locations within the fog cannot be disclosed.]

"Then let’s go with a random teleport. I’ll find out on my own."

[Spawn point random selection complete, teleporting now.

3...

2...

1...]

As a flash of light appeared before his eyes, Ree Shil found himself standing inside an ancestral hall.

[Ding dong!

Panel is now accessible.]

With the system notification, Ree Shil opened his panel in this world.

[Year of the Dragon ***]: Level 1 Thief (Chasing the Wind)

[Attributes]: Physique 3/Soul 3/Others 10

[Equipment]: None

[Skills]: Level 1 Sprint

[Talent]: Multiple Lives

Clicking on the details, [Physique] included branch attributes like Power, Constitution, and Agility.

[Soul] included Intelligence, Perception, Spirit, and others.

The [Others] section contained Willpower, Charm, Luck, and the like.

In the skills section, he received the most basic Healing spell for a thief.

[Level 1 Sprint]: Increases movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds

Only 5 seconds long, you can’t run very far.

At the end, he opened [Talent].

[Multiple Lives]: When you receive a fatal injury, there’s a 1% chance of being immune to that damage

"This randomly assigned talent isn’t bad, quite a high error margin."

Looking up, he saw 5 people standing in the courtyard outside the ancestral hall.

Above their heads floated conspicuous words, respectively [Berserk Mentor], [Determined Mentor], [Breakthrough Mentor], [Wind Chasing Mentor], [Wind-Listening Mentor].

"This new world is nothing like what I imagined.

It’s way too much like an online game."

Ree Shil approached the Berserk Mentor, who was closest to him.

This was a burly middle-aged man with a full beard, dressed in shorts.

"Hmph, you skinny monkey."

After glancing at Ree Shil, the other party shifted his gaze away.

The Determined Mentor nearby was a chubby man so fat that his gender was indiscernible.

He sat on the ground, his round body maintaining a kind and benevolent smile, like a Maitreya Buddha.

Seeing Ree Shil approaching, he looked on with a smile but did not speak.

The Breakthrough Mentor was a long-haired young lady sitting quietly in the corner, sharpening her knife.

"You’re not sharp enough, go to someone else."

She squinted at the blade.

The Wind-Listening Mentor was an old man leaning on a crutch, who raised a sign as Ree Shil approached.

It read: All is silent.

So the other party said nothing.

Seeing these NPCs, each with their own quirks, Ree Shil then approached the Wind Chasing Mentor.

He had chosen the Wind Chasing Faction, so naturally he sought the Wind Chasing Mentor.

The other party was a woman with her head wrapped in cloth, only her eyes visible.

The tight-fitting clothing must be for ease of movement, outlining a beautiful silhouette.

"So you’re the new sprout of our Wind Chasing Faction, not bad, not bad at all."

The NPC sized up Ree Shil and began to introduce him to the Wind Chasing Faction.

It was nothing more than origins, developmental history, notable people and events, as well as some current situations.

Coming to a new world, Ree Shil was somewhat curious.

After listening, one could say it was a world with an ancient history.

Among the so-called notable figures and events of the Wind Chasing Faction, one could find shadows of Divine Deity substitutes.

Probably the results of Divine Deities subtly influencing through their proxies.

In any case, the developmental process was quite different from what he imagined.

[You have now officially activated the Wind Chasing Faction.]

After the introduction, a system prompt popped up.

"Now then, let’s give you a little trial."

The NPC continued, "Pick a weapon from me, then head 15 miles north out of the hamlet.

Find a guy named Henry Thompson and defeat him."

[Do you accept the mission: [Newbie’s Trial]?]

[Reward: 100 experience points, 50 crystal coins, 1 Wind Chasing accessory]

"How unfortunate can the name Henry Thompson be."

Muttering to himself, Ree Shil accepted the mission.

He wasn’t very concerned about the mission.

His ultimate goal was still to obtain S-level material.

So he left the ancestral hall and casually inquired around the hamlet.

Unexpectedly, he actually managed to find out that the Tomb of the Divine Deity wasn’t such a well-hidden place.

It was just located in a rather dangerous area.

Right now, he was only Level 1, whereas the monsters on the periphery of the tomb were Level 95.

The disparity was not small at all.

If he planned to level up, it would probably take a few months to reach Level 95.

But you must understand, those were just the levels of monsters on the outskirts.

The monsters at the entrance and inside the tomb would only be higher, not lower.

Considering the rarity of S-level materials and the difficulty of an S-rank task, spending several months leveling up seemed acceptable to Ree Shil.

But after some operations, he discovered a shortcut.

Because his only goal was to enter the Tomb of the Divine Deity to pick up the [Primordial Fairy Pill].

He didn’t need to defeat a Boss or any NPC, and there were no requirements for level or other hard attributes.

So he thought, why not just avoid all those monsters and sneak into the Tomb of the Divine Deity?

Every monster had its general range of activity, and surely the tomb’s mechanisms had a fixed pattern.

So theoretically, as long as he died enough times, he should be able to find a safe route throughout the entire journey.