Abel's confident answer did not give Steward Burbage too much confidence. From what Steward Burbage knew, Abel was a powerful wizard, and he was very famous in the Holy Continent.
Although the Duchy of Carmel had gained a Grand Knight Of The Bodley, they were still very weak. Even with a Grand Knight Commander, they could only close the gap between them and the other duchies.
Steward Burbage didn't know that there were 4 Griffin Grand Knight Commanders in Harvest City, and there were many other Knights that were growing rapidly.
However, he knew one thing. As long as Abel was there, no one would dare to mess with the Duchy of Carmel.
"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Thunder, the Duchy of Koror, and the Duchy of Laka have sent people to contact us. They're willing to buy food at a high price. You're the one who's in charge of the food, so the matter has been delayed until now," Burbridge reported again.
"Cut off all contact with the other duchies. Tell everyone that I am in retreat. Our Duchy will not have any official contact with the other duchies for the next few years." Abel lowered his voice.
Although he had some food on hand, it was not a lot. If he sold it now, it would give the other duchies the impression that the Duchy of Carmel had a lot of food. In that case, the Duchy of Carmel would be a fat piece of meat.
If the other duchies were in a tight spot, they might take the risk and do something to the Duchy of Carmel.
"Yes, your Majesty!" Steward Burbage bowed.
Afterward, Abel spent a few days meeting with the officials of Bakong City. He wanted to stabilize the situation that was caused by his absence for a long time.
Soon, all the duchies that wanted to trade with the duchy of Carmel realized that all the communication channels with the duchy of Carmel had been shut down. The only reply they got was that King Abel was going into a long period of retreat. He wouldn't have time to participate in national affairs, so all foreign affairs would have to wait until his retreat was over.
Outside of Lut Gholein City in the Dark World, Abel arrived at the oasis through a small teleportation station. His power had increased by a lot. After 3 months in the Holy Continent, he had maxed out all the spells that he could use with his "insight" rune.
Although he was still a rank 11 intermediate wizard, his strength was almost at the top of the intermediate wizards, apart from the fact that he was suppressed by more advanced wizards.
This was the effect of the meditation spiritual qi of the rune word "insight." A Dark World rune word weapon with spiritual qi was not just a little bit of help to a wizard.
Some intermediate wizards would not be able to train their spells to the maximum level even when they reached rank 15, but Abel was only a rank 11 wizard, and he had already trained all of them to the maximum level.
This was why Abel had asked Wizard Morton to only allow the core members of the wizard circle in Harry City to use the spell training room. The effect of the spell training room on a wizard's strength was too obvious.
At the same time, when he maxed out all his spells, he was surprised to find that his most powerful spell was the fire spell "firewall." Even if he didn't use the rune word "leaf," he could still deal more than 1,300 fire damage per second.
If he had the rune word 'Leaf' in his hand, his fire damage could reach up to 1600 points. This would allow his wizard power to truly surpass his knight power, and it would become his most powerful attack.
He finally understood why most wizards in the Holy Continent were fire elemental wizards. Fire elemental spells were much more powerful than ice and lightning elemental spells, and there was a limit to a wizard's energy. Once you became an intermediate wizard, you could even choose to practice 2 elemental spells at the same time.
However, when you reached an advanced level, you would need a large number of spells every time you cast an advanced level spell. The higher the level of the spell, the more mana you would need. On top of that, to increase the power of the spell, you would need to train the prerequisite spells to a very high level.
Therefore, most advanced wizards would focus on training in one element and use the other as a supplement. It was very rare for them to train in 2 elements at the same time.
Lightning spells, on the other hand, were a special type of spell. Because of its special effect, wizards had a love-hate relationship with it. They loved its attack speed and numbing effect, but they hated it because if you didn't have the talent for lightning spells, the result of casting a spell would be a little bit of force damage.
Also, this little bit of force damage would not cause any numbing effect. Therefore, if a wizard without the talent for lightning spells learned, there was a high chance that their attacks would be ineffective.
In a battle of life and death, you could imagine what would happen if your attacks were ineffective.
Therefore, even though Abel had given the "insight" rune word to the core members of the wizard circle, other than Wizard Moreton, the rest of the wizards could only train in 2 elements at most.
Abel thought as he used the "instantaneous movement." The oasis in the distance looked very desolate. Other than some coniferous plants, there were almost no other types of plants. Perhaps only those plants could survive in an extremely dry place like this.
Abel no longer needed Black Wind's help to move in a flash. Instead, he was helping Black Wind with his "instantaneous movement," so Black Wind's 5 "instantaneous movements" were basically useless.
However, since Black Wind had the ability to "move in a flash," it might be able to bring Abel out of danger on its own if it was in a particularly dangerous situation.
Abel had already arrived outside of the maggot nest. Since he had explored this place before and left a mark on the outside, he could easily find it this time.
As soon as he entered the maggot nest, he smelled a horrible stench. It was the unique smell of hell creatures. It had been a long time since he dealt with hell creatures, so he was not used to this smell.
He summoned all 8 of his spirit guardian Knight. When he used the "instantaneous movement," he realized there was a fundamental difference between the "instantaneous movement" he learned and the "instantaneous movement" he used with Black Wind or a spell scroll.
When he used Black Wind or a spell scroll, it was a passive "instantaneous movement," even if he could pinpoint the location in advance.
However, when he used the "instantaneous movement," he could include all of his summons in the "instantaneous movement," as long as they were within the range of his power of the will.
Just like now, when he used the "instantaneous movement," the 8 spirit guardian Knight automatically followed him to the location he wanted them to be.
At this point, his power of the will had already been fully restored. Since he had become an intermediate wizard, his power of the will had increased by a little. Now, it had reached 350 points.
His "instantaneous movement" range was now 350 meters, which allowed him to move quickly in the maggot nest.
Soon, he encountered his first batch of hell creatures, death beetles. They were a type of hell beetle that would automatically attack with lightning.
The spirit guardian Knight flashed in front of Abel. He first gave each of them a "fire enchantment," so they could attack with fire elements and increase their attack by 140 points.
Since the environment in the maggot nest was a little special, it was a narrow tunnel that could only allow one worm to pass through at a time. Therefore, both the spirit guardian Knight and the death beetles could only fight one at a time.
This greatly reduced the speed of the battle. Stone worms that could drill into the ground would appear from time to time. These stone worms that could drill into the ground would attack with poison elements. Even if Abel had poison resistance, he could not completely avoid the poison elements.
This was why he had to learn how to move in a flash before exploring the underground cave. There were too many unknown dangers in the Dark World. There was no second chance in the Dark World. Everyone only had one life. Even if he had to slow down his exploration of the Dark World, he would have to wait until his strength increased before continuing his exploration.
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