Abel was accompanying Earl Marshall today. Tomorrow would be a new year, so he did not attend the Bakong City Palace dinner. Instead, he was represented by Earl Bennett.
The chefs had prepared a lot of dishes for tonight's dinner, including some of Bartoli's new dishes.
There were quite a lot of people at the dinner table on the last day of the year. The 4 Griffin Grand Knight commanders were there. Although Bartoli was a steward, Abel still allowed her to be there as part of his family. The Grand Knight Of The Bodley, who was helping to train the Knight Battle Team in Harry Castle, was also invited.
Earl Marshall raised his glass and smiled, "I'm very happy that Abel is here with you in Harry Castle. The happiest thing in my life is adopting Abel. I remember when he was still a child, he was wearing a set of simple knight's armor given to him by his father!" Said Earl Marshall with a smile as he raised his glass, "I'm very happy that Abel is with me in Harry Castle.
Abel also remembered the past. At that time, he had just started to train as a Knight. It was also at that time that he came to Harry Castle.
Earl Marshall gave him all the love and care he could. He treated him like his own child and did his best to help him grow up.
"Every time I see Abel, I think he is the best gift the heavens have given me. Now he is a king!" Earl Marshall turned to Abel and said, "I am so proud of you!"
In Earl Marshall's heart, no matter if it was an intermediate wizard or a Grandmaster Blacksmith, they were not as good as the king of the Duchy of Carmel.
This was also the normal way of thinking of nobles. Nobles worked hard all their lives for a higher title. For this, they could charge into the battlefield and take the enemy's head to show off their meritorious service, using their meritorious service to exchange for a title.
"Drink up!" Earl Marshall raised his wine glass and said loudly.
"Drink up!" Everyone raised their wine glasses and said loudly.
Abel felt the atmosphere in the restaurant. A sense of home emerged from his heart. This was his home in this world.
He had already consciously forgotten his home on Earth that was hidden in the depths of his memories, and treated Harcheng Castle as his only home.
Familial love was like the red wine in his hand, intoxicating him. His soul was already immersed in this atmosphere, and he was incomparably relaxed. It was as if all his worries had been thrown to the back of his mind.
Just as he was relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere of the house, a strange aura was emitted from his body.
Bartoli was the first to sense his master's promotion qi. Afterward, a white light flashed, and Wizard Moreton appeared in the dining hall.
Wizard Moreton had not socialized with normal people for a long time. Therefore, although he was invited to dinner today, he still declined.
"Abel, what is this?" As soon as Wizard Moreton sensed the energy of leveling up, he immediately flashed over. When he realized that it was Abel who was leveling up, he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy. Abel leveled up again in such a short time!
However, Abel's promotion qi was suddenly emitted, and there was no mana here. If he didn't help, this promotion opportunity would be wasted.
While Wizard Moreton was thinking, Abel's Druil soul had already taken over control of his body. Of course, the Druil soul didn't want to make too big of a movement. It might affect his promotion later on.
The Druil soul borrowed a strand of power of the will to ignite the "move in a flash" on the skill tree in Hradik's cube. Under the shocked gaze of Wizard Moreton and Wizard Bartoli, Abel's body disappeared from the spot.
After a few "moves in a flash," he had returned to the top floor of the magic tower. This was the best place for training.
Wizard Moreton couldn't understand how Abel could do a "move in a flash" when he already had the energy of leveling up. Bartoli was also shocked. This had never happened before in the Dark World.
"What happened to Abel?" Earl Marshall quickly asked.
"Don't worry, Marshall. It's a good thing!" Wizard Moreton replied with a smile.
Abel's sudden performance had made Earl Marshall very worried, but after hearing what Wizard Moreton said, he calmed down. As far as he was concerned, Wizard Moreton was a lot more powerful than Abel as a teacher.
However, the 4 Griffin Knight captains and the Grand Knight Of The Bodley were not paying attention to this. They noticed that Abel had taken the initiative to use the "move in a flash" spell. Everyone in the Holy Continent knew what a "move in a flash" spell meant.
Intermediate wizard. Abel was an intermediate wizard.
Abel's age was not a secret in the Holy Continent. A 16 year old intermediate wizard. How scary was that?
Of course, they were more excited about the benefits of Abel's power to the Duchy of Carmel and Family Harry. If Abel continued to train at this speed, perhaps in the next 1000 years, the Duchy of Carmel and Family Harry would have a powerful wizard to rely on.
The reason why the 3 big kingdoms were so powerful was not only because of the countless Knights, but also because they had their own family members who had become elite wizards. They had always been protecting their families and kingdoms.
As Abel's leveling up energy slowly disappeared, he had reached rank 12. He had caught up with his teacher, Wizard Moreton.
At that moment, the castle bell rang, and a new year had arrived. Abel had used his wizard leveling up to welcome a new year.
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The east of the Duchy of Carmel was the most dangerous part of the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range. There were no roads here, and the entire Earth-Dividing Mountain Range was the territory of the dwarfs. Therefore, other than the dwarfs, there was almost no one else in this mountain range.
Of course, there were also some adventurers who would sneak into the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range for the spiritual beasts and elves that lived in the Double Moon Forest behind the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range.
On one hand, these adventurers had to fight against the spiritual beasts in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range. On the other hand, they had to avoid being discovered by the dwarfs. There was only one result if they were discovered in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range, and that was to be killed by the terrifying traps of the dwarfs.
The Raymond adventurer team was a small team of 7 people. There were 2 Knight captains, 1 beginner wizard, and 4 elite warriors. Although they were not strong, they had great teamwork. Dealing with normal spiritual beasts was not a problem.
They liked to hunt in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range. Adventuring here was not as chaotic as it was in the Budapest Mountains. In the Budapest Mountains, you had to pay attention to spiritual beasts, human adventurers, and orcs.
Since there were very few adventurers in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range, all you had to do was pay attention to the movements of the dwarfs. This greatly increased their safety.
Of course, the most important reason was that the Raymond adventurer team was too weak. In the Budapest Mountains, they would be easily torn apart by any creature they encountered. There were no powerful spiritual beasts in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range. There were only a few spiritual beasts that came from the Double Moon Forest.
The Raymond adventurer team had a good harvest today. They got a crystal core from a wind spirit deer. This crystal core was immediately given to the beginner wizard. The rest of the adventurer team carefully protected the beginner wizard and let him meditate on the spot to absorb this fresh crystal core.
This was also the reason why wizards would go on adventures with adventurers. Fresh crystal cores were the best tonic for wizards, as they could greatly increase the magic power in their bodies.
As the Raymond adventurer team was meditating, a warrior in the team suddenly pointed at the sky and yelled in shock, "What is that?"
The Raymond adventurer team raised their heads and saw 3 giant boat-shaped objects flying towards them from a few hundred meters above the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range.
Even the most experienced captain had never seen what was flying towards them, but they couldn't leave at that moment. Their teammates were meditating.
"Shields!" The captain yelled.
2 Knight shields and 4 warrior shields formed a semicircle around the team. Through the gaps between the shields, the Raymond adventurer team carefully looked at the monsters in the sky.
"Young master Bernie, there are adventurers below. Please give the order!" A dwarf bowed to Bernie.
"Do you even need to ask? The Earth-Dividing Mountain Range is the territory of the dwarves. Kill these thieves!" Bernie waved his hand and said.
The Earth-Dividing Mountain Range was the territory of the dwarves. It was also the border between the humans and the elves. The dwarves were most famous in this area, the Moon Guardian City. It was a city that guarded the Double Moon Forest.
The Earth-Dividing Mountain Range was a gate for the dwarves to protect the elves. If they found any adventurers here, they would kill them on the spot.
"Combat team, aim!" The dwarf yelled into a communication device in front of him.
"Combat team, copy! Aiming!" A voice came from the teleportation device, and then the voice sounded again, "Aiming, requesting attack!"
"Attack!" The dwarf lowered his voice and yelled.
On the side of the giant ship in the sky, there were 10 windows. You could see the bursting crossbow from each window, but only the first one had a team of dwarves operating it.
By that point, the dwarves had already turned on the trigger. A series of arrows shot out from the bursting crossbow and pierced through the 7 adventurers on the ground.
The Thunder adventurers didn't even know what they had encountered. The moment the arrows pierced through their bodies, they guessed it was a new weapon of the dwarves. The most pitiful one was that beginner wizard. He didn't even know how he died.
"Target destroyed!" The communication device reported the result of the battle to the command room.
"Abel should be very happy with this!" Bernie smiled and muttered to himself as he took out a spatial wine flask from his bosom and gently took a sip of the grandmaster wine.
These 3 big guys were the Sky Ships that had just been completed. The Goff family had given the first 3 Sky Ships to Abel as a trade item. Of course, Abel didn't know about this trade yet.
Bernie thought it should be a surprise, a surprise between friends.
The Sky Ships would continue to fly in the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range until they reached Harvest City and Harry Castle.
After a day of flying, the sky ship finally left the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range. When Bernie looked down from the sky ship, he saw that there were fields of wheat that were about to ripen.
"I think I did something stupid!" Bernie murmured as he looked at the ground.
He had heard about Abel shutting down the entire Harvest City, but he didn't expect to see a scene like this.
It was winter, and the temperature was much colder than usual. Wheat was about to ripen in this kind of weather. This news would probably make all the races in the Holy Continent go crazy.
No wonder Abel promised him that if the Goff Family needed food, Abel could help them.
"Tell them to keep their eyes and mouths shut. Everything here is confidential. If they dare to say a word, kick them out of the family!" Bernie turned to the dwarf beside him and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Young Master!" The dwarf immediately turned and left the command room.
Since they were already here, Bernie ordered the Sky Ships to continue flying towards Harry Castle.
The people in Harry Castle didn't expect anyone to enter Harvest City from an impossible direction. When they were about 10 miles away from Harry Castle, the Sky Ships were finally discovered.
"Intruders! Identify yourselves, or we will attack!" The Griffin Knight was the first to arrive. Other than the 4 patrolling Griffin Knights, the other 10 Griffin Knight immediately took off. Griffin Knight no.24 pointed his attribute Harry bow at the Sky Ships and yelled.
Although Abel had ordered them to attack as soon as they saw an intruder, the Sky Ships in front of them were too strange. They didn't even try to hide their intentions, so they were most likely friends.
"Young Master, they are pointing their weapons at us. Should we give them a shot?" The dwarf next to Bernie looked at the griffin riders in the sky. The attribute Harry bow in their hands gave him a big sense of threat, so he asked Bernie to show him what to do.
"What are you thinking? If I kill one of Abel's Griffins, do you think he will kill me?" Bernie slapped his head. He couldn't imagine what was going on in his subordinate's head.
Most of the people that came with Bernie this time were researchers. Since the sky ship was just built, there was no time to train people to use it. Therefore, the people that came to Harry Castle were the ones that Bernie directly pulled over from the research institute to help with the transportation.
Only researchers from the research institute could operate the Sky Ships without training. Of course, the researchers didn't know what their mission was, and they never expected that the Griffin Knight they wanted to kill was one of Guru Abel's men.
Suddenly, Bernie remembered something. According to the report, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis' Griffin Squadron was attacked, and 10 of their Griffins were captured to Niyan City in the Orc Empire.
In Niyan City, 6 elite orc priests were killed, tens of head Knight commanders were killed, and tens of thousands of elite orc warriors were turned into dried corpses.
Although some people suspected that this was Abel's doing, they didn't have any proof.
After the powerful Orc Empire was defeated, they were hit hard once again. They directly closed their country to rest. This was the result of the battle in Niyan City.
With so many Griffin Knights in front of them, it was clear that all of this was Abel's doing. This was big news.
Bernie walked out of the command room, "I'm Bernie from the dwarfs' Goff family. Is Grandmaster Abel here?" He yelled as he walked out of the command room.
Griffin knight no.24 knew Bernie. He knew he was Abel's friend, so he quickly put his Harry bow back into his portal bag. Afterward, he made a hand gesture to the other griffin knights, and all of them put away their Harry bows as well.
"Young Master Bernie, please explain to His Majesty alone why you are here. The 3 you brought with you, please stay where they are!" Gryphon 24 didn't know what to call the Sky Ship, so he stopped his Gryphon on the deck of the Sky Ship and made an inviting gesture.
The Griffin's body was the size of a war horse. It could carry 2 people in a short period of time, and Bernie wasn't that heavy.
Bernie also knew it was a little reckless to sneak into the Harvest City area, so it was better to explain to Abel first. He jumped on the back of the griffin, and griffin no.24 stood on its back. He controlled the griffin to fly towards Harry Castle.
Abel had been taking care of business in Harry Castle during the day, so he knew when the 3 Sky Ships arrived.
The sky had always been his advantage, but when he saw the Sky Ships in the distance, he was still shocked. A blueprint and a real thing were two different things.
The Sky Ships looked extra big with those giant air bags. It looked like a Bai Yun in the sky. The bottom of the ship looked a little small compared to the air bags.
However, just by looking at the ten windows on that side of the ship, one could tell how big the Sky Ship was.
24 Griffin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Young Master Bernie is here!"
Bernie was a little embarrassed as he followed behind him. He was blaming himself. It was rare to see someone like him giving gifts.
"Thank you for your hard work. You can leave now!" Abel nodded and said to Griffin 24.
Griffin 24 bowed and retreated, then disappeared from the door.
"Abel, you can't blame me. I just wanted to give you a surprise!" Bernie saw there was no one around, so he quickly stepped up and said.
"Bernie, I don't have anything to say to you. Ok, just think of a way to keep it a secret!" Abel looked at Bernie helplessly and shook his head.
"Don't worry about that. This time, I've brought the most secretive dwarves in the family. I've already told them that no one will say anything about what happened in Harvest City!" Bernie said as he patted his chest.
"You made the Sky Ships just like that?" Abel was very curious about the Sky Ships. He looked at the 3 Sky Ships in the sky and asked.
"Of course, we did our best to make 3 Sky Ships for you. Don't think it's too little. We can only give you 3 out of the 10 Sky Ships!" Bernie said proudly.
In the beginning, no one in the Goff family expected Abel to be able to make 10 Metallurgy materials out of 10 sets of materials, and the quality was so high.
Although the metallurgy materials were the most important, the other materials weren't easy to find. After countless years, the dwarves had only managed to gather less than 20 of the materials needed to build the Sky Ships.
Of course, there were only 10 sets of Metallurgy materials for magic circles, which was why there were 10 sets of Metallurgy materials for magic circles.
Because of this, the cost of each Skyship was astronomical. Aside from the dwarves, no other race would be able to get their hands on these materials. The value of these materials was unimaginable.
Giving 3 Sky Ships to Abel was a trade between Abel and the Goff family. Only a few people in the Goff family knew the secret.
Since Master Bennett and Guru Abel were the same person, this was still a secret.
There was very little opposition from the dwarves when it came to giving the sky ships to Abel. This was because Abel's wine was already the biggest hobby of the dwarves, from the Master Wine to the Grandmaster Wine.
The second reason was that Abel was a Grandmaster Blacksmith. There weren't many humans who could gain the recognition of the dwarves, and the status of a Grandmaster Blacksmith was enough for the dwarves to treat Abel as one of their own.
Third, it was the irrigation system. Abel didn't care about this system, but the effect it had on the dwarves was beyond Abel's expectations.
While the entire Holy Continent was suffering from a food shortage, the dwarfs were still able to maintain their basic self-sufficiency due to the increase in land they could plant.
It could be said that Abel's reputation among the dwarves had reached its peak. From his survival, his hobbies, and his noble status, his name had penetrated deeply into every single detail of the dwarves' lives.
"Thank you. Can you let these 3 big guys come down? I've only seen the blueprints. I've never seen a real Sky Ship!" Abel was very happy to hear that these Sky Ships belonged to him.
The Duchy of Carmel was facing a great threat. With these 3 Sky Ships, many countries would be deterred.
Abel sometimes wondered if it was because he had been too low-key. He was an intermediate wizard, a Grandmaster Blacksmith, a Master Alchemist, and a Head Knight, but his country was being threatened by the common world.
For example, the 3 big empires had a lot of guesses about Abel's power. Although Abel's power was always hidden in the fog, and all his achievements were just rumors, those rumors were enough to make the big organizations and empires not dare to touch Abel.
Only those duchies that were not that powerful would have the courage to test his power.
Abel didn't want to use his power to deal with threats. With his current training speed, he might become an elite wizard in a few years and leave the Holy Continent.
He needed to establish a strong image for his family's territory, so that all the other duchies would be afraid of him, and not because they were strong because of him.
He was very satisfied with the Sky Ships. It was the easiest way to directly increase the power of the Duchy of Carmel.
It would take at least five to ten years to train a large number of knights, and it would take tens to hundreds of years to train a single wizard. The Sky Ship, on the other hand, could greatly increase the power of the duchy of Carmel in a short amount of time.
Bernie used a small communication card to contact the Sky Ships. Harry Castle didn't have a place big enough for them to dock, so they could only dock at a Knight training ground outside of the castle.
Although the Knight and wizards in the castle were very curious about the 3 Sky Ships, no one came to watch. With Abel's influence, all of Harvest City's rules were enforced.
Confidentiality was one of the most important rules. Everything you see and hear must be kept secret. Don't ask about things that have nothing to do with you.
"Abel, please come on board and have a look!" Bernie made an inviting gesture with a smile.
His smile was full of pride. This was the greatest miracle of the dwarfs. It was a flying machine that could fly in the sky.
The Sky Ships didn't touch the ground completely. They were about 1 meter off the ground. Abel was shocked by the precision of their control.
These Sky Ships were similar to the airships on Earth, but their control was much better than the airships on Earth. Because of the control problem of airships on Earth, they couldn't really be used.
The 3 Sky Ships in front of him were almost the same height off the ground, which showed how good their control was.
A door opened on the side of the Sky Ships, and a ladder extended downwards.
The ladder was made of metal, the same material as the body of the Sky Ship.
Abel immediately thought of the complicated design. He remembered the records about the material used to make the Sky Ships. It was an alloy made of fine iron, light iron, and other precious metals.
Although it didn't look like much, the materials used to make the Sky Ships were strong enough to withstand crossbow bolts. It was a combination of materials that didn't care about the cost.
Perhaps in ancient times, these materials were not precious, but now, the materials of the entire hull were many times more valuable than gold.
Under Bernie's guidance, Abel followed him onto the Sky Ships. When he entered, the ladder behind him automatically retracted, and the door closed.
"Who's controlling it, Bernie?" Abel asked casually.
"Spirits. Every Sky Ship has a spirit. Although it's just a normal spirit, it's enough to coordinate everything on the Sky Ships. I'll give you the authority to control the three spirits later!" Bernie said with a smile.
"You guys are really generous. But I don't remember any spirits on the design. How did you guys come up with them?" Abel asked curiously.
"Abel, we dwarves didn't just copy the design of the Sky Ships. We've had the design for many years. We've made some improvements to the Sky Ships and added some unique dwarven technology into them." Bernie replied with a smile.
"It's good to have spirits. At least no one will be able to drive the Sky Ships away!" Abel nodded with a smile.
He had come in contact with spirits many times. He had many of them himself, so he knew a lot about them. For example, after he got the authority to control spirits, he became the one with the most authority.
If he wanted to appoint a captain, he could set the captain's authority to control the Sky Ships. There was no authority to give or transfer authority. This meant that the captain could only control the Sky Ships by himself.
The existence of spirits also made it so that if anyone wanted to rebel, the rebels would be attacked by spirits immediately.
"Bernie, aren't Sky Ships supposed to be transport ships? Why are there so many Bursting Crossbows? " Abel couldn't help but ask when he saw the 10 Bursting Crossbows on each side of the Sky Ship.
These Bursting Ballistas weren't wielded by small war puppets. These Bursting Ballistas were mounted on racks. These racks could rotate up and down, left and right, and attack enemies outside through special windows.
As a result, the 20 Bursting Ballistae took up more than half of the space in the ship. The remaining space was enough to carry some people, but it was impossible to transport goods.
"Abel, things have been a bit messy lately. This is my idea. I've installed 20 Bursting Crossbows on both sides of the Sky Ship. There are 4 Bursting Crossbows at the front and back of the Sky Ship. There are 28 Bursting Crossbows on the Sky Ship. With this kind of attack power, as long as you don't run into a dragon, you should be able to shoot it down!" Bernie explained as he pointed at the Bursting Crossbows.
"Thanks, Bernie!" Abel thanked him.
Bernie's help saved him a lot of trouble. These Bursting Crossbows were more than enough for a small battle.
"Of course, of course. How could the great dwarves not consider the problem of transporting goods!" Bernie raised his head and laughed.
As he spoke, he brought Abel to the back of the Sky Ship. There was a room there. As soon as they got close to the door, Abel felt the ripples of dimensional force.
Bernie stepped forward and opened the door. Inside was a space that was five times bigger than the ship. On the walls and floor of the room, countless patterns were drawn. These were the spatial magic circles. When the room was built, spatial materials were mixed together to turn the room into a huge spatial warehouse.
"How generous!" Abel had lost count of the number of times he was amazed.
A dimensional warehouse like this could be used by normal people. It didn't matter if it was for transporting goods or people.
"When the Goff family was building the Sky Ship, they ordered us to not care about the cost. We don't care about the cost. We only want the best!" Bernie saw Abel's shock and laughed.
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