Of course, Abel wouldn't really practice in the training room. After he learned the 'move in a flash' spell, he took the rune word 'insight' back to his magic tower and headed to the Dark World. He had plenty of time to practice there.
A lot of things had happened in the Holy Continent while Abel was in retreat. The most important thing was the appearance of the first master alchemist in thousands of years. That master alchemist was an elf, but no one was surprised by this.
In the Holy Continent, only an elven alchemist was qualified to become a Master Alchemist, and those who knew the truth did not say it out loud.
Bernie had been staying in Harry Castle for the past few days, but since Abel was in retreat, the people in the castle couldn't contact him.
This retreat was going to take a long time. Abel needed to practice all of his intermediate wizard spells. With the meditation aura of the rune word 'insight' and the fact that all of his spells were instantaneous, his training speed was much faster than any other wizard.
Other wizards would need at least 3 months to practice the "move in a flash" spell in the training room, but Abel was confident that he could use the time difference in the Dark World to max out all of his intermediate spells in the Holy Continent within 3 months.
Therefore, Abel disappeared. He did not appear in the Duchy of Carmel.
As the winter wheat began to grow, all the human countries in the Holy Continent realized something important. Winter wheat and all other crops were not growing well.
If this was only a small area, it wouldn't have much of an impact. However, all the countries found that this situation was happening everywhere. All the land that grew food was experiencing the same situation with all kinds of crops.
At the same time, the 3 big empires also realized that the elves and dwarves had also experienced a similar thing a year ago. Actually, they already knew about it, but since the human world had only experienced a year of crop loss, they didn't pay much attention to it.
After combining the information from the Orc Empire, the dwarves, and the elves, the human empires realized that the legendary crop loss that happened once in thousands of years had already happened.
All of a sudden, the price of food in the human world began to fluctuate. Food had become the most important resource, and all the powerful countries were trying to get more food through all kinds of methods.
The situation in the human world had suddenly changed. Due to the suppression of the 3 big empires and the powerful external threat of the Orc Empire, the human duchies were very united.
Even if there were conflicts between duchies, there would only be small conflicts. There would never be a real war.
However, ever since the Orc Empire began to weaken, the conflicts between the human duchies began to surface. What really made the conflict worse was the crop loss.
In the human world, there was a special phenomenon. Principalities that mainly produced food were generally weaker. This was because food was a cheap commodity in the past. Aside from providing food for their own citizens, they did not have much income from the outside world.
On the other hand, duchies that mainly produced minerals or other specialties were stronger. This was because these duchies had more income to maintain the existence of a powerful military force.
Of course, although the conflict had intensified, the 3 big empires had been forcefully suppressing it to prevent it from completely exploding.
However, in the human world, conflicts were like underground lava. The more they were suppressed, the more power they accumulated. Everything was waiting for an opportunity to completely explode.
Among these duchies, the Duchy of Carmel was different. Although it was an agricultural duchy, no other duchies were willing to be enemies with it. This was because the Duchy of Carmel had an extremely powerful king.
Among the dwarves, the dwarves had worked hard. As early as last year, they had installed a lot of irrigation systems. The lack of water could no longer restrict the dwarves' cultivation.
Once the Dwarves decided to do something, the entire tribe would participate in it. With a large increase in land, they were able to make up for the negative effects caused by the production of food. Last year, they were able to produce enough food for themselves.
Guru Abel's status among the humans had been strengthened once again. This time, it wasn't because of his identity as a blacksmith, but because of the irrigation system he had designed. It wasn't complicated, but no one had thought of it before.
In the dwarves' territory, water towers were built one after another. Abel had designed a drip irrigation system according to the dwarves' environment. He had only made some slight changes to the original irrigation system, and it had completely solved the dwarves' water shortage problem.
In the past, Abel had more contact with the Goff family and the dwarves' Blacksmith's Guild. He had a very good relationship with these dwarves. Now, almost every dwarf was extremely grateful to Abel.
Therefore, with the powerful dwarves behind the Duchy of Carmel, no other duchies would dare to be enemies with them.
Within the Duchy of Carmel, all the food stores had a new source of supply. Harvest City was the Duchy of Carmel. This city had been completely locked down, but there was an endless supply of food coming out from Harvest City. It was a fixed amount for the entire Duchy of Carmel.
After supplying the entire Harvest City with the 3rd goddess spring water from the fruit trees in Orwell Valley, the 3rd goddess spring water from the 3rd goddess statue had reached a balance.
This was because Abel had a duchy. Harvest City was in a very special position. It was at the southernmost tip of the Holy Continent. It was not connected to any duchy, so it was very safe to use the 3rd goddess spring water in Harvest City.
Of course, everyone in Harvest City had signed a magic contract with the 3rd goddess spring water. This was why it could be kept a secret.
The Orwell Valley was completely sealed off by a defensive circle, so it was even more secure.
Therefore, Harvest City and the Orwell Valley began to produce large amounts of food without anyone noticing. Abel was not the savior of the world. All he could do was to protect his own duchy and help some of his friends if necessary.
Abel did not know about this. After 3 months, he came out of his closed-door training and came to the Moreton magic tower. After returning the rune word 'insight' to the spell training room, he teleported to the Bakong City palace.
"Your Majesty, the investigation department has sent in an important report!" Burbage bowed as soon as he saw Abel.
He had been very anxious recently. Although the Duchy of Carmel was very peaceful, the situation outside was very dangerous. The duchies had never stopped fighting, so many ministers had already come to him and asked him to contact Abel.
However, even he could not get in touch with Abel. The only reply he got was that he was in closed-door training and did not want to be disturbed.
Only now did he realise that it was quite troublesome for a Sorcerer to become a King. This was because the matters that all of the ministers and nobles were worried about were only mundane matters to a Sorcerer. Mundane matters were not as important as one's own strength.
"Tell me, what is it?" Abel nodded and asked. He had not shown himself for a few months, so information was very important to him.
"Your Majesty, the most important report is that all the duchies have been experiencing a continuous decrease in their food production. This year's crop production is already a reality. A huge conflict is going to happen between the duchies!" Burbage reported first.
"It won't affect the Duchy of Carmel, right?" Abel lowered his voice.
"Yes, although the Duchy of Carmel has also experienced a decrease in their food production, your former territory, Harvest City, has been supplying food. With enough food, everything is very stable!" Burbage bowed and replied.
"That's good. Don't worry about the other duchies. We are not afraid of any of them. If anyone dares to mess with us, just tell Hoover and Bodley, the two head Knight commanders, to fight back. If you need help from wizards, just tell my teacher, Wizard Moreton. He will arrange for wizards to help!" Abel said calmly.
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