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"Have you heard? The elven magic warrior 'Silver Moonlight' has cleared out the lair of the fifth-level magical beast, the Wolf Fang Spider, which was wreaking havoc in Black Heron Town to the west. He's now been promoted to a five-star mercenary."

"Your information is outdated. Yesterday, 'Silver Moonlight' killed the ogre in Tavi Valley and officially earned the title of a six-star mercenary. Although his strength warrants an even higher rank, the requirements for further promotion are quite cumbersome. I doubt he'll be able to advance so quickly again."

In the past two months, a mysterious white-haired youth has rapidly gained fame in Jacia. As a newcomer to the mercenary world, he has repeatedly completed high-difficulty missions alone, rapidly increasing his rank and reputation. With his handsome appearance, powerful magic, and formidable martial arts, he closely resembles the legendary elven magic warriors. Despite the city having many well-traveled individuals with broad knowledge, some claimed he wasn't an elf. However, the elusive mercenary known as "Xuanfeng" had few witnesses, leading rumors to classify him as an elf, identified by his white hair and crescent moon mark on his forehead, thus earning him the name "Silver Moonlight," satisfying the curiosity of the idle.

Of course, this mysterious young mercenary "Silver Moonlight" is none other than me, Chen Xuanfeng.

After the meeting with the three major figures of the alliance, I pondered for a long time before deciding to accept the mission. The most important reason wasn't their promised benefits or my own interest in wandering the world, but because of Catherine's words: "Xuanfeng, the future alliance will clash fiercely with the human world. If you only focus on the Orc Alliance, you will face difficulties in your future development. Catherine hopes you can leave the alliance and see what the human world is like. Such experiences will be invaluable for our future."

Since that night when Catherine and I had a heart-to-heart talk, she no longer addressed me formally but called me Xuanfeng directly. Though we didn't explicitly discuss it, a subtle sentiment lingered between us. I agreed with Catherine's suggestion. Although I was once human, I was from a different world, and understanding the human situation was crucial for my future development. As for the management and development of Fontainebleau, Catherine could handle it more efficiently than I could. Moreover, she brought in loyal personnel from the War Tooth family, resolving our manpower and resource issues.

What I didn't expect was that the person conducting the humanization ritual was Romeo, the notorious womanizer. It turned out that obtaining the power of the Black Moon God and manipulating the artifact "Mirror of True Deception" required someone with sword master-level qi and advanced divine arts to sacrifice all their powers. Romeo was the current artifact wielder. Although he accepted the arrangement of the War God Temple and completed the ritual to gain the Black Moon God's power, losing his hard-earned martial arts and divine arts led him to "transform sorrow into lust," cementing his reputation as the alliance's biggest womanizer. Both the orc king and the War God Temple knew of his sacrifice and mostly turned a blind eye to his behavior, allowing him to remain free. Only a few high-ranking members of the alliance knew his identity, not even Romeo's father, the chief who selects personnel for the human world, knew that his son conducted the humanization ritual and had lost his martial arts and divine arts. This led to Romeo being sent to explore the swamp passage, resulting in his capture. After learning the truth, the chief was filled with fear, knowing Romeo was irreplaceable both as his son and the heir of the Black Moon.

The humanization ritual went smoothly. Afterward, my physique became entirely human, weakening significantly, and my qi dropped to one-fifth of its usual level, reaching the third level of a human sword master. However, my Nine Yin Manual cultivation and Golden Bell Shield skills remained intact, making them even more flexible to control, maintaining much of my combat power. My face, though still handsome, became softer and more delicate, and I lost two inches in height, becoming slightly shorter than Catherine. A crescent moon mark appeared on my forehead, resembling the famous Song Dynasty minister Bao Zheng. Fortunately, there were no changes in skin color. I also confirmed that during the monthly alignment of the red, blue, and white moons, I could transform between human and orc without any trouble.

The Radiant Temple's "Holy Ice Thorn Halo" belongs to the realm of divine arts and naturally produces magical fluctuations, distinct from lunar effects. Catherine used this difference to identify it. However, "Battle Saint" Leimen, who had dealt with the Radiant Temple for a century, had a way to deceive. By sacrificing a "rare-grade" light artifact, he permanently fixed a trigger-based primary divine art, "Purification," to my "Holy Ice Thorn Halo." Whenever I activated the halo, the divine art would trigger simultaneously, making it impossible even for the Pope to detect any discrepancies.

For the following month, I returned to Fontainebleau to carefully arrange the division of responsibilities and positions after my departure, appointing Catherine as my proxy. The reason for leaving was that I was taken as Leimen's disciple and needed to train in "Heavenly Martial Palace." To avoid suspicion, I couldn't openly enter the human world via the main roads. Even the secret passages used for orc-human transformations were avoided. Instead, I rode my companion, the ninth-level magical beast Ice Wind, using its newly acquired flight ability, traveling by night and hiding by day, directly crossing several human countries to reach the Xixite Mountains in Fasin Kingdom, where Leimen had slain the Holy Grail Knight.

Although Ice Wind gained wings, it lacked the constitution of birds and couldn't match the flying prowess of eagle clan experts. Its speed and endurance were limited, managing only about five hundred miles per night. It took ten days to reach the destination, including navigating the route. In a hidden valley, I built a tomb using treated armor from the Holy Grail Knight, making it appear as if it had existed for over a decade with magic scrolls. I eliminated any remaining signs of tampering, leveraging my experience from handling corpses in our previous lives as the Black Wind Duo.