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With his knights outnumbered, Bjorn activates Transcendence and Gigantification to fight back.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor. He is approached by Hans of House Aifreia, whom he finds suspicious and dangerous. Later, after absorbing Bayon's Essence, his carriage is ambushed on a main street by over thirty assassins. With his knights outnumbered, Bjorn activates Transcendence and Gigantification to fight back.","key_events":["Bayon's Essence is absorbed granting stat increases to soul and body","Conferment ceremony resumes after confrontation and elevation is granted","Barbarian meets Hans of baronial family and feels instinctive danger","Transcendence-enhanced Gigantification is activated growing to about five meters","Carriage is ambushed on main street by over thirty assassins with smoke and magic","Celebratory banquet begins but guest of honor is isolated by nobles"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOU WERE SO EXCITED TO RECEIVE A TITLE THAT YOU WANTED TO ROLL AROUND A BIT!\n...WHAT?\nI UNDERSTAND! HOW COULD ANYONE HOLD THAT IN?!\nDON'T TELL ME YOU'RE STILL PLANNING TO HIDE HOW HAPPY YOU ARE!\n\n...WHAT? WAS I WRONG ABOUT HIM?\nIF HE REALLY WAS THAT MAN, THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULD'VE HANDLED IT LIKE THIS...\nNot over a little hazing from the nobles.\nCOME ON! SHOUT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL!\nJUST NOW!\n\nI FELT LIKE!\nROOOOOLLING-!\nTHIS IDIOT...\n\n...IS FROM THE MODERN WORLD?\n...ENOUGH.\n...KARIOT KUDO. TELL ME, IS THAT TRUE?\nW-WELL...\n\nOF COURSE NOT!\nTHAT BARBARIAN FORGOT HIS PLACE AND DARED TO PUSH-\nKUDO.\n...?!\n\nPARDON? WELL... WHAT...?\nYES, IT'S TRUE... YOUR EXCELLENCY.\nTHEN COME UP HERE AT ONCE. WE SHALL RESUME THE CEREMONY.\n\nELEVATION\nDAMN...\n\nTHE CELEBRATORY BANQUET BEGAN AFTER THE CONFERMENT CEREMONY.\nI'M SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE GUESTS OF HONOR...\n\n...BUT I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY ISOLATED.\n...SHOULD I JUST GO HOME?\nMAYBE AFTER ONE MORE PLATE.\nANOTHER PLATE HERE. PILE IT HIGH WITH MEAT. NOTHING ELSE.\n\nY-YES, SIR!\nAH?!\nM-MY APOLOGIES!\n\nHUH? WHO'S THAT? I'VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT HIM.\nFOR SOME REASON, MY BARBARIAN INSTINCTS KICKED IN.\nSOMETHING WAS OFF.\nA PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, BARONET JANDEL.\n\nI'M HANS, OF HOUSE AIFREIA, THE BARONIAL FAMILY.\n...WHAT?!\nA \"HANS\" WITH THE NOBLE TRAIT...!\n\nTHIS MAN IS DANGEROUS.\n...YOU'RE QUIETER THAN I EXPECTED.\nI AM BJORN, SON OF JANDEL.\nI NEARLY RELEASED MY BLOODLUST.\n\nI NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT-\nHERE'S THE MEAT YOU REQUESTED.\nYOU'RE STILL EATING, I SEE.\nIF YOU DON'T MIND, MAY I SIT BESIDE YOU?\n\nWHAT TERRIBLE TIMING...\nWELL, I'D RATHER YOU DIDN'T.\nHMM. YOU'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD.\n...DIFFERENT HOW?\n\nAH, HOW THOUGHTLESS OF ME.\nI DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE THE SORT TO MIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS.\nWHAT'S WITH THIS BASTARD? HE'S ODDLY COMPOSED.\n...FOR SOME REASON, MY BARBARIAN STUBBORNNESS BEGAN TO STIR.\nYOU'RE JUST A HANS...\n\nDON'T JUST STAND THERE. HAVE A PLATE YOURSELF.\nI FEEL A BIT AWKWARD EATING ALONE.\nDon't be shy!\nPARDON? AH... SO THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT...\n\nHALF AN HOUR LATER.\nWHEW. FINALLY GOT AWAY.\nHOME! AS FAST AS YOU CAN!\n\nMY HEART'S STILL POUNDING.\nIF I CAN'T GET RID OF HIM, I'LL HAVE TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE.\nOH!\nALMOST FORGOT. FIRST, THE ESSENCE.\n\n[BAYON'S ESSENCE] PERMEATES THE CHARACTER'S SOUL.\nULTIMATELY, THERE WAS ONLY ONE REASON WHY I DECIDED TO CHOOSE THIS ONE.\nOUTPUT H INCREASED BY\nSOUL REGENERATION INCREASES BY +30.\nSTRENGTH INCREASES BY +25.\nPAIN TOLERANCE INCREASES BY +30.\nMANA RESISTANCE INCREASES BY +20.\nBONE STRENGTH INCREASES BY +30.\nVISION INCREASES BY +25.\nACTUALLY, TAKING THE “VOL-HERCHAN” ESSENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE BENEFICIAL IN THE SHORT TERM...\nBUT IT MADE SENSE TO TAKE \"BAYON\" WHILE I HAD THE CHANCE, SINCE IT'S BY FAR THE HARDEST TO OBTAIN.\n\nIt also synergizes well with my next Spirit Seal.\nI'D LIKE TO TRY IT OUT...\nBUT IT'S LATE, SO I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO HEAD TO THE TRAINING GROUNDS TOMORROW.\n...THE CARRIAGE STOPPED?\n\nTHERE'S MANA BENEATH US...\nGET OUT OF THE WAY, MY LORD--!\nAMBUSH!\n\nASSASSINS!\nA LITTLE EARLIER\n...IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I FELT THIS DISGUSTED.\nRIGHT! HANS AIFREIA, WAS IT?\nI LIKE YOU! LET'S BE FRIENDS!\nHAHAHA\n\n...YES, SIR.\n...I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED APPROACHING HIM.\nFROM NOW ON, I'LL JUST WATCH FROM A DISTANCE...\nThe baronet?\n\nBARONET JANDEL HAS ALREADY LEFT.\nI REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING BACK TO THE MAGIC TOWER JUST YET.\nSHOULD I FOLLOW HIM?\nAH, THERE HE IS.\n\nIS HE HEADING HOME?\nHONESTLY, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT BARBARIAN IS THE MAN I'M LOOKING FOR ANYMORE...\nBUT CONSIDERING HIS PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME, WHO KNOWS?\nIt could all be an act.\n\nFOR NOW, I'LL FOLLOW HIM HOME AND OBSERVE HIM A LITTLE MORE-\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, DIDN'T I HEAR THAT HE'S LIVING WITH THREE WOMEN?\nNot that I'm jealous at all.\nEVEN THAT MIGHT BE A COVER TO MAKE HIS ACT FLAWLESS.\nNot that I'm jealous at all.\n\nWHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING?!\nTH-THE CARRIAGE EXPLODED...!\nTHE CHARACTER'S HP IS BELOW 50%.\n\nALL RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE STATS INCREASE DUE TO THE PASSIVE SKILL [HERO'S PATH].\nFUCK, WHAT THE...\nHAVE THOSE NOARK BASTARDS COMPLETELY LOST THEIR MINDS...?\nTHEY ACTUALLY LAUNCHED A TERRORIST ATTACK RIGHT ON A MAIN STREET...\n\nSMOKE BOMBS?! EVERYONE, STAY ALERT!\nKNIGHTS! PROTECT BARONET JANDEL FIRST—!\n...Push them back!\nI SHOULD HAVE PUT ON MY GEAR AS SOON AS I LEFT THE PALACE.\n\nNGH...!\nLOOKS LIKE THESE BASTARDS CAN SEE ME EVEN THROUGH THE SMOKE.\nTHEN THERE'S NO POINT KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT.\nKEPLER! ARE YOU ALIVE?!\n\nIS HE DEAD? OR JUST UNCONSCIOUS?\n?!\n\nTHERE YOU ARE!\nGAH-!\nTH-THE SMOKE?!\n\nMAGIC? WHO WAS THAT?\nWe don't have a mage with us.\nLORD JANDEL! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?!\n\nFOR STARTERS, ONLY FOUR KNIGHTS LOOK FIT TO FIGHT.\nAS FOR THE ASSASSINS—\nI'D SAY THERE ARE OVER THIRTY.\n\nAMELIA...\n...IS SHE NOT HERE?\nHEY! YOU NEVER SAID THERE'D BE A MAGE!\nSHUT UP! WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW?!\nB-BUT—\n\nWHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!\nKILL HIM!\nHURRY UP AND KILL HIM!\nPROTECT LORD JANDEL!\n\nWATCHING THE KNIGHTS LOYALLY THROW THEMSELVES INTO DANGER,\nI THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY NOBLES ARE SO OBSESSED WITH TRAINING THEM.\nSTILL, THAT WON'T BUY ME ENOUGH TIME TO PUT ON MY ARMOR.\n\nBUT NO ONE CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT ME USING MY ABILITIES IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, RIGHT?\nHow could I resist?\nI'D ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO TEST THIS 3RD-RANK ESSENCE AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS.\nTHE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [TRANSCENDENCE].\nTHE NEXT SKILL USED WILL BE ENHANCED.\n\nOF COURSE, THIS IS THE FIRST SKILL I HAVE TO TRY.\nTHE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [GIGANTIFICATION].\nTHE POWER OF THE TRANSCENDENT BEING UNLOCKS THE SKILL'S LATENT ABILITIES.\nSTAMINA INCREASES IN PROPORTION TO STRENGTH.\nALSO KNOWN AS GIGANTIFICATION [TRANSCENDENCE] MODE.\n\nABOUT FIVE METERS TALL, MAYBE?\nM-my lord?!\nTHAT'D MAKE ME ABOUT AS BIG AS I WAS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RIAKIS.\n\nFOR THE RECORD, MY BUILD ISN'T FINISHED YET, SO THIS ISN'T QUITE ENOUGH TO SATISFY ME.\nSTILL...\nTHE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [GIGANTIFICATION].\n\nTHE CHARACTER'S THREAT STAT TEMPORARILY TRIPLES, AND PHYSICAL STATS INCREASE IN PROPORTION TO THAT VALUE.\nTHERE'S NO DENYING THAT I'VE GOTTEN A LOT STRONGER.","bubble_count":166,"pages_count":43,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor.","spoiler_summary":"After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor. 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