Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 5: Skill Points? The Blood Emperor's Most Hated Woman

Suppressing the surge of excitement within, Tang Zheng looked at the ability panel in the attribute screen: 

[Ability Table] 

Innate Power: [Player] 

Overall Level: 1Lv 

Experience Bar: 0/100 

Profession: 

Basic Profession: Genius 1LV 

Skill Points: 3 

Passive Skills: Item Box 

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Having taken on the "Genius" profession, the overall level had already risen from the original zero to level one. 

Besides that, there were three new skill points. 

This caused Tang Zheng’s heart to skip a beat. 

Sure enough, his innate power "Player" was somewhat different from the players in "YGGDRASIL." 

In the game, players could choose three skills from the skill list of the related profession every time they leveled up. By the time they reached level 100, normal players would typically have about 300 skills. 

Of course, monsters like Bone King, who mastered 718 skills, were rare even in the game. And because of the special skill "Dark Wisdom," 

theoretically, Bone King could keep learning new magic continuously. 

“Only getting skill points without a skill list is bad news.” 

“That means obtaining skills should be done through other methods.” 

Tang Zheng’s expression remained unchanged as he thought silently. 

His following thoughts became much clearer! 

Crunch! 

Tang Zheng’s teeth bit into the crust of the rye bread, producing a crisp sound. He ate in big bites, finishing more than half a loaf in less than half a minute. 

“Cough!” 

His throat felt a bit dry. 

Eating this quickly did make choking easy. 

Tang Zheng picked up the black waterskin Enfirea had just given him, tilted his head back, and took a large gulp. He exhaled softly, a comfortable expression appearing on his face. 

If this waterskin had been given by someone else, Tang Zheng wouldn’t have dared to drink the water inside. 

He stood up! 

Tang Zheng hung the black waterskin at his waist and walked onto the street, moving with the flow of the crowd toward the city center. 

There were too many people and eyes around now; it wasn’t suitable to store the waterskin in the item box. 

“Since I ran into this, I might as well watch the peak duel.” 

Tang Zheng showed a hint of anticipation on his face. 

The Great Cataclysm would not arrive for more than four years, so the remaining time was tight but not impossible to spare. 

Sharpening the axe won’t delay the cutting of firewood. 

Although their powers weren’t as strong as they would be in four years, the two should be above level 20 now. 

This was basically the threshold for human experts in this world. Watching their fight could also yield some valuable information. 

Before gaining the "Genius" profession, Tang Zheng truly had no mood for this, but now, he already had some ideas about future profession builds. 

The duel between the Captain of the Warriors and Nail Clipper was widely discussed among many strong experts of various countries even in the future. This battle didn’t just attract the attention of the Li Yestige Kingdom’s own people. 

Gejiefu and Brian were already famous geniuses before this match. 

If Tang Zheng remembered correctly, Brian also possessed the "Warrior (Genius)" talent. 

Within the crowd, various discussions about the match kept coming from all directions. 

Most were guesses about who would ultimately win! 

Such intense discussions and excitement suddenly made Tang Zheng’s eyes light up. 

Others didn’t know who would win, but he did. 

This kind of contest that attracted the entire kingdom’s people surely had betting pools. 

If he bet on Gejiefu early, even if the odds were low, he should still make some money. He was currently very poor; both meals and lodging required spending. 

Thinking of this, 

Tang Zheng looked at a young man walking past him. The youth wore lightweight leather armor and looked like an adventurer. 

“Hello, could you tell me where the recent betting pools are?” Tang Zheng kept his voice calm and asked somewhat directly. 

From his past life experience, 

Tang Zheng knew that in this lively atmosphere, a straightforward question between strangers was better; overly polite and vague approaches could irritate people. 

The leather-armored youth was somewhat surprised to hear this question and turned to look at Tang Zheng. 

He sized him up from head to toe. 

A look of disdain flashed in the youth’s eyes: “Outsider?” 

Tang Zheng was dressed in gray-black clothes, with a short sword hanging at his left waist and a waterskin on his right. He looked hardly different from the locals. 

But his facial features and black short hair were obviously not the mainstream appearance of the kingdom! 

“That’s right. I just arrived here yesterday.” 

Tang Zheng didn’t show any displeasure at this somewhat condescending response and kept his tone soft as he spoke. 

“Hah, as expected.” 

“There is no betting pool at all.” The leather-armored youth waved his hand and said with his head held high. 

“No?” Tang Zheng was a bit surprised. 

Such a grand event with so many people flooding the capital—betting pools would definitely be a guaranteed profitable business for the house. 

Not to mention the ever-greedy nobles. 

“Of course, it’s because of Princess Rana’s foresight.” 

Seeing the surprise on Tang Zheng’s face, the youth spoke boastfully, with undisguised admiration in his tone: 

“Even if you are an outsider, you should have heard of Princess Rana, right? She is called the kingdom’s pearl, the one with the ‘radiance of a gem.’” 

“When the Imperial Trial began, Princess Rana proposed to His Majesty the King to forbid gambling on such contests representing the nation’s image.” 

“This dishonors the kingdom’s prestige and disrespects the strong participants in this competition.” 

The youth became somewhat excited as he spoke, crossing his arms: “Although some nobles opposed this proposal, it was ultimately recognized by His Majesty the King.” 

“Princess Rana is both farsighted and gentle-hearted…” 

Tang Zheng, seeing the overly enthusiastic youth, expressionless, took a step back and quickly moved along with the crowd. 

He roughly understood the situation. 

“Princess Rana, huh?” 

Tang Zheng recalled the youth’s infatuated state and was speechless. 

It seemed the Golden Princess had quite a high reputation among commoners. 

Banning betting pools? 

Tang Zheng believed this proposal might have been approved officially, but secretly it couldn’t be stopped; there must be nobles who continued regardless. 

Only ordinary people would have no chance to join. 

So, the plan to get rich was busted! 

“Gentle and kind? Using these words to describe the Golden Princess is really…” Tang Zheng shook his head slightly. 

On the surface, Princess Rana appeared gentle, kind, innocent, and considerate of the country and its people—possessing a golden personality. 

In reality, she was a monster no ordinary person could understand. Even Yalberd described her as a “spiritually different species.” 

She was undoubtedly the woman the Blood Emperor hated the most! 

Even the queen of the Dragon Kingdom, who lived for hundreds of years and liked to pretend to be a loli dragon princess, only ranked second in the Blood Emperor’s hatred.