Abel sat alone on the platform of the Iron Fort. Today was a special day. It was his 20th birthday.
In the Holy Continent, his birthday was celebrated in the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Every time it was his birthday, the entire empire would celebrate it.
However, today, he could only watch the sky of Bay Law City and drink his juice.
At that moment, he really missed his foster father, Duke Marshall. He was like a father to him. He didn't know if Duke Marshall had been training hard. If he hadn't become a head commander yet, he wouldn't be able to use the orc god blood he left for him.
The lifespan of a normal person was limited. Even if Abel had given him the "full recovery potion," which was an overpowered potion, his lifespan would only be around a hundred years.
He then thought about his father, Duke Bennett. Did he lose himself in power and forget about the path of the Knight?
Although there was no future for the path of the Knight, he didn't stay idle in the Central Continent. He was always looking for a way forward for the path of the Knight.
He thought about his mother, Nora. He didn't know if she was doing well. He thought about his family.
At this time today, he thought of many things in the past. Scenes of memories flowed through his mind.
He almost had the urge to go back to the Holy Continent, but he knew he needed to grow as fast as he could. He needed to become powerful enough to protect his family.
Perhaps he should send someone over and guide them into the Adept's training.
With the resources in his hands, he could completely change the aptitude of all the family members he cared about. With the aptitude of a wizard and the resources of the empire, it would be enough for his family members to raise their wizard ranks and live longer.
He didn't do anything after he came out of the Dark World. He just sat there and watched the scenery.
There were already 16 sky ships in the sky. 8 of them belonged to his subordinate family, the Judson Family.
These 8 sky ships were mainly patrolling the potion maker camp and the surrounding areas. The 8 sky ships of the Royal Family were responsible for patrolling a larger area.
Recently, the potion maker camp had begun to expand. With the protection of the 8 sky ships, this area became much safer. Therefore, the elves outside of Bay Law City began to gather around the potion maker camp.
Abel's mood improved as he looked at the lively scene on the ground from a kilometer in the sky. He couldn't help but smile.
Under his influence, this originally peaceful land, after the baptism of war, once again returned to its original tranquility.
"Frankenstein, how's your study of the law of fire going?" Abel turned to Frankenstein, who was silent on the side, and asked.
"Still … still …" Frankenstein was still learning how to speak. On one hand, the ancient puppet's pronunciation was special. On the other hand, he didn't inherit Wizard Malon's language ability, so he had to learn slowly.
The newborn soul also slowly grew after this period of time, especially the soul that resided in the brain of such intelligent life forms. The growth rate was extremely shocking.
Abel did not wait for him to organize his words. Instead, he used his power of the Will to enter the wizard's soul. He saw that a law of fire had been formed, and it was just waiting to be activated.
"Not bad, Frankenstein. I'll take you to the tree of life later. We'll activate the law of fire together!" Abel smiled in satisfaction.
Although it had only been a few months in the Central Continent, it had been a few years in the Dark World. Abel had already formed the law of fire a long time ago and was just waiting for the final activation process.
Frankenstein was a bit slower, but since there were less distractions in his soul, his speed was only a bit slower than Abel's.
Abel had been talking to Frankenstein a lot recently to train his speaking ability. Other than Abel, Frankenstein almost never talked to anyone, including Abel's followers.
In Abel's battle team, only Frankenstein had the ability to speak. The others like Johnson, Dawson, Flying Flame, and the other summons did not have the ability to speak.
Frankenstein knew what Abel meant, but he did not say anything this time. Instead, he nodded heavily.
Frankenstein was a special existence. His body was left behind by Wizard Maron, but his soul was new. He had a strong sense of intimacy with Abel. It was not only because of the soul contract, but also because his soul was created by Abel.
The first thing he saw when his soul was formed was Abel. He would never go against Abel's will, even in private training like this.
"Let's go. Today is a very meaningful day. We'll activate the law of fire today!" Abel looked at Frankenstein, who was becoming more and more like a human. He couldn't help but throw away all his worries and laughed.
Frankenstein dropped Doff, who was standing on the platform of the iron castle, and teleported Abel to the large-sized teleportation circle in the basement.
Afterward, they directly connected to the tree of life valley through the large-sized teleportation circle. In a flash of white light, Abel and Frankenstein appeared in the tree of life valley.
After a few months, the tree of life valley was no longer the same as before. Abel and Frankenstein appeared in the same tunnel as before, but they were no longer in the forest outside the valley.
There was a giant castle blocking the way into the tree of life valley, so this tunnel became the second checkpoint to enter the tree of life valley from the outside.
If there were any invaders, they would first have to break through the castle outside before they could enter this tunnel.
"Master Bennett!" A big Druil walked out from a hidden corner and bowed.
"Why are you the only one here? Shouldn't there be 2 big Druil here?" Abel scanned with his power of the Will, but he did not see a second big Druil.
"There are 3 big Druil guarding here. The other 2 are in the castle!" The big druil quickly explained.
"Can I have a look at the castle?" Abel asked curiously.
"Of course, Master Bennett. You have the right to enter and exit this place as you wish!" The big Druil replied respectfully.
The reason why this castle could be built in such a short time was because of the friendship between Master Bennett and the dwarves. The dwarves sent out their best construction team, and the construction puppets worked day and night non-stop. That was how this castle came to be.
Abel led Frankenstein to the castle. It was a castle built entirely with giant rocks. These were not made by the elves. Instead, they were a special kind of hard rock.
Just by looking at how every boulder of this huge castle was brought by the dwarves, it could be seen how much importance the dwarves attached to this project.
Abel saw a short-distance teleportation circle that was not there before at the entrance of the tree of life valley.
He stood on the teleportation circle with Frankenstein and ignited it with his power of the Will. Just like the big Druil said, he had the right to enter and exit this place as he wished.
In a flash of white light, he and Frankenstein disappeared from the teleportation circle and reappeared in the hall of the castle.
"Greetings, Master Bennett! Greetings, Wizard Frankenstein! " As soon as he appeared in the hall, he heard greetings from the guards of the castle. There were 15 of them, and most of them were intermediate Druil.
"You guys continue. I'm just here to take a look!" Abel smiled and said.
The 15 Druil didn't want to disturb him, so they quickly left.
Abel noticed that his arrival seemed to have interrupted the meeting of the Druil, so he turned around and looked at the hall of the castle again.
The walls of the hall were not decorated with carvings. Instead, they were filled with all kinds of magic circles and precious materials. The entire hall was a giant magic circle.
He was very familiar with this layout. This was how the battle castles in the front line were built.
Although the materials used here were not as much as those used in the front line, Abel could see that the dwarves had invested a lot of precious materials in this castle. Although this castle didn't look like much, you could tell how expensive it was just by looking at this hall.
"Master Bennett, you finally came to see this battle castle!" The big Druil Conrad appeared from the short distance teleportation circle beside the hall and immediately bowed to Abel with a smile.
"Big Druil Conrad, nice to meet you. You call this a battle castle?" Abel smiled and bowed back.
He was very familiar with this big Druil Conrad. They had talked before.
"Master Bennett, we didn't expect the dwarves to turn this into a battle castle. The difference is huge. It's all because of you!" The big Druil Conrad smiled.
"How long has it been since this battle castle was built?" Abel asked.
"It's been 10 days. We tried to contact you as soon as it was built, but you were already in retreat!" The big Druil Conrad said apologetically.
Abel should've been invited to the completion ceremony of this battle fort. After all, this battle fort was Abel's idea, and Abel discussed it with the dwarves before it was finally built.
"Don't worry, I've been in retreat recently. I don't have much contact with the outside world!" Abel smiled.
As a matter of fact, other than a few friends he recognized, his followers, steward, and research spirit didn't need to contact him. They didn't want to disturb his training.
If it wasn't for the fact that today was his birthday and he needed to come out and relax, as well as the fact that he needed to find the Tree of Life to activate the law of fire, he wouldn't have left the steel castle.
"Master Bennett, Wizard Frankenstein, please follow me. I'll show you around the battle castle!" The big Druil Conrad smiled and bowed.
After leaving the hall, they arrived at an empty square in front of the battle castle. There were no decorations or beautiful plants. It didn't look like an elven castle at all.
However, there were 10 small war puppets standing in the middle of the square. They were ready to fight at any time. There were also large wooden boxes beside them.
"These are the war puppets the dwarves gave us together with the battle castle. They are not for sale!" The big Druil Conrad looked at the small war puppets and sighed.
"Over here are some war supplies, including the dwarves' armor-piercing crossbows and special projectiles for the catapults. These are all given together, and you'll have to buy them again after you use them up!" He pointed at the big wooden box and introduced.
With the big Druil Conrad leading the way, Abel and Frankenstein walked up the wall of the battle castle. All the trees within 100 meters of the wall were transplanted. There was nothing that was more than a meter tall. The Druil guarding the castle could clearly see if there were any enemies approaching.
Abel saw 20 bursting crossbows and 10 catapults on the wall. There were also some light war weapons. As long as there were enough people, the battle castle could unleash a terrifying attack with just these weapons.
"Master Bennett, these are just the normal defenses. The real power of this battle castle is over there!" The big Druil Conrad pointed at the 4 tall towers and said.
Afterward, he took Abel and Frankenstein to a short distance teleportation circle and arrived at one of the towers.
As soon as they entered, Abel felt a sense of familiarity. The structure of this tower was an imitation of a magic tower. Whether it was the material or the circle pattern, it was all the same.
"Master Bennett, this is the most powerful part of this battle castle. The 4 towers can hold 4 big Druil. With the powerful magic circle of this battle castle and the consumption of mana gems, our elemental big Druil can unleash a few times more power here!" The big Druil Conrad excitedly explained the function of the towers.
Abel nodded. This design must have taken a lot of effort. The elves had the most elemental big Druil. This design could unleash the full power of the big Druil.
"The scanning circle of this battle castle was created by us elves. With the help of the magic circle of this battle castle, it can scan within 2 miles!" The big Druil Conrad continued.
Of course, Abel knew how difficult it was to scan within 2 miles. It required a large amount of precious materials.
On the frontline battlefield, the scanning formations of those battle fortresses could reach a range of five miles or even ten miles. However, that was built on the condition that precious materials were used casually. They were completely built with precious materials.
Although the big Druil Conrad said the elves were involved in this, Abel knew it wasn't about how skilled the circle maker was. It was about how precious the materials were.
From the design and construction of this battle castle, Abel could see how much effort the dwarves had put into this. These were all favors. Although he could repay some of them through potions and metallurgy materials, this battle castle was built because of him.
These were all favors, and he needed to repay them in the future.
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