The Goff family only asked Bernie to ask Abel to make 2 gold curing materials for the main magic circle, but it was Bernie's idea to ask Abel if he could help the dwarfs find a small island in the middle of the ocean.
Abel hesitated for a moment. Bai Yun's ability could hide her scent and fly for a very long time, but he couldn't leave the Duchy of Carmel under the current situation.
Although the Assassins Guild had become the sword of the Duchy of Carmel, many people were eyeing the Duchy of Carmel for various reasons, especially Emperor Ambrose of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
"No way, Abel, you really have a way?" Bernie's voice was a lot louder. He just wanted to give it a try, and he didn't have any hope.
Abel nodded and explained, "Bernie, I have some confidence that I can reach the target on the ocean, but I can only go alone. Also, with the current situation of the Duchy of Carmel, I can't leave for too long!"
"Who is your enemy? The Goff family can send an army of puppets to help you wipe them out!" Bernie heard Abel could really help them find the target on the ocean, and his heart was filled with joy. He couldn't help but take on everything.
It was no wonder that Bernie would say something like this. The puppet army was the most powerful army of the dwarfs. They were all 5 meters tall, and each one of them was controlled by a trained dwarf.
As long as there were no elite wizards in the battle, the puppet army was basically invincible.
However, the problem was that Abel had no problem buying war machines from the dwarfs. Every country was buying war machines. It was your ability to buy better ones, and no one would say anything about it.
However, if the dwarfs were to join the battle, then it would be a different story. If there were other races in the human war, then it would most likely be seen as an invasion by the dwarfs.
This was also a direct violation of the agreement between the humans and the dwarves, and Abel didn't want to bear this name.
Although the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was powerful, they were not invincible. However, Abel still needed to wait for an opportunity. Due to the lack of food in the Holy Continent, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis could not escape.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was weakened due to the lack of food, but the Duchy of Carmel was the opposite. Due to the abundance of food, the Duchy of Carmel was able to gather a large number of talents. These talents would allow the Duchy of Carmel to develop rapidly.
The strength of the Duchy of Carmel had also been increasing as time passed. Abel was a master alchemist, and a large amount of Knight Training Potions had been injected into the Knight Corps. Some of the most elite Knight Corps even had bread that could increase combat qi. This had allowed the strength of the Knight Corps of the Duchy of Carmel to increase rapidly.
Therefore, Abel didn't need Bernie to help him and cause problems between the dwarves and the humans.
The situation in the Holy Continent was very delicate. The Orc Empire had closed its borders, and the humans had begun to attack each other. However, if the dwarves were to enter the human world at this time, there was no guarantee that the humans would stop attacking each other. All the attacks would be directed at the dwarves and the Duchy of Carmel.
"I'll take care of my enemies myself. I don't want the dwarves to get involved in the human's war!" Abel shook his head and rejected.
"Abel, when will you be free?" Bernie saw Abel rejecting his good intentions, so he knew it was not a good idea to send the dwarves into the war.
"Wait a while. I just leveled up, so I need some time to stabilize my mana!" Abel said as he looked at Bernie, who was getting a little anxious.
"Ok, I'll wait for your news. I also need to go back and report!" Bernie replied.
"Bernie, you need to know that I can only go there by myself. Is there a problem with that?" Again, Abel focused on the problem of only being able to go alone.
Of course, he couldn't bring the dwarves with him. Bai Yun's ability was his most important defense. It was because of Bai Yun's invisible flying ability that he could escape from his enemies so many times and reach places without a teleportation circle.
"Don't worry, you just need to bring a teleportation circle to that island and activate it!" Bernie said with a smile. He already had an idea.
"You can use a teleportation circle on the ocean?" Abel asked in confusion.
The ocean in this world was a little strange. Normal teleportation circles could not be connected across the ocean.
"As long as you use a special enhanced version of a large-sized teleportation circle, you can teleport several people!" Bernie explained.
Abel could sense the rich energy in Bernie's voice. Large-sized teleportation circles were very rare in the human world. Only the Wizard Union in the 3 big empires had a teleportation circle of this level.
However, the special enhanced version of a large-sized teleportation circle that Bernie was talking about was just like a normal item.
In 3 months, if the country was not busy and the wizard's mana had stabilized, Abel would make this trip for the dwarves. After sending Bernie away, he returned to his peaceful life.
Winter slowly came, and the human world became even more chaotic. Another duchy was destroyed. This one was not part of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Although many other duchies were eyeing the 5 duchies of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, no one wanted to make an enemy out of the powerful Duchy of Carmel.
The 5 duchies of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were all connected to the Duchy of Carmel. Conquering any one of them would make the Duchy of Carmel a neighboring duchy, which was not a good thing for any of the duchies.
Because of this, the weakest 5 duchies became duchies that no one dared to invade. The Duchy of Anyen in the Kingdom of Saint Anwall was divided by 3 neighboring duchies. It became the first duchy to be destroyed by force.
Although the Duchy of Keyen had the same experience, it was still merged into the Duchy of Carmel. Although the king of the Duchy of Keyen lost his title, his title did not change.
However, the Duchy of Anyen was different. The royal family of this duchy was destroyed because they did not want to surrender. When the 3 duchies sent out their troops, the Kingdom of Saint Anwall did not intervene. Or perhaps, this powerful empire did not have the power to intervene.
No one was an idiot. Ever since the Kingdom of St Ellis got involved in the invasion of the duchy of Keyen, the duchy of Keyen and the duchy of Keyen had long been prepared for this. The 3 duchies had already finished their battle before the Kingdom of St Anwall even had time to decide if they should send out their troops.
In just 10 days, a duchy was destroyed. This was something that no one could have imagined before, but now it was happening in a duchy of the Kingdom of Saint Anwall.
With the Duchy of Anyen as an example, more and more wars were happening in the human world. Winter was the worst time to send out troops, but now it had become the season of chaos.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with the Duchy of Carmel. With more than 10,000 Knights, as well as the fame of the Sky Ships and the Griffin Knight, the Duchy of Carmel used an unparalleled victory to prevent any duchies from touching it.
After signing a peace treaty with the Kingdom of St Pierrt and the Kingdom of Saint Anwall, the Duchy of Carmel had the ability to protect itself.
A month later, the 2nd duchy was destroyed. This time, it was a duchy under the Kingdom of St Pierrt. Again, the Kingdom of St Pierrt did not help, and almost half of the population of that duchy died in the war.
In 2 months, other than the 3 big empires and the Duchy of Carmel, all the other duchies in the human world had participated in various wars.
The 5 duchies under the Kingdom of Saint Ellis were too weak, but because of the Duchy of Carmel, they were the least attacked. Most of them were just small scale robberies. There were no wars that could wipe them out.
Facing the situation in the Holy Continent, there was nothing Abel could do. The 3 goddess statue's spring water had been used to its limit, and it could only guarantee the Duchy of Carmel's needs.
Due to the large influx of people, the Duchy of Carmel could not guarantee its own development without backup food.
The Duchy of Keyen, which was originally empty, was slowly being filled with all kinds of people who wanted to join the Duchy of Carmel.
Everyone in the duchy of Carmel was very busy, but other than the king, Abel didn't care about politics anymore. Everything had been handed over to someone else.
He did not need to worry about anyone rebelling against him. First of all, his prestige was there. As the first generation king, plus the annexation of the Duchy of Keyen, his prestige in the Duchy of Carmel had reached the peak. No one could compete with him.
Second of all, this power came from his own strength. With the record of killing many elite wizards and priests, anyone who wanted to go against him would have to think about the consequences.
Of course, there was also the power he represented. Abel had the wizard circle in the Duchy of Carmel, so he did not need to worry about the common world's rebellion. As long as the wizards supported him, no rebellion would succeed.
Then there were the large number of people who had signed magic contracts. These people were active among the Knight and nobles. They were everywhere in the Duchy of Carmel.
Then there were the large number of foreign aid. Whether it was the elves or the dwarves, they all supported him.
It could be said that Abel was now a god-like existence in the Duchy of Carmel. In private, many people called him the "great king."
The word "great" was not used casually. Normally, it was only used for the gods and the emperors of the 3 big kingdoms, but now more and more people were calling Abel "great."
A small meeting was being held in the meeting room of Harry Castle.
There were not many people in this meeting. Earl Bennett, Earl Marshall, the head of the Hari family of Gamba, Earl Brook, Earl Benson, Earl Marlow, Earl Elmer, Earl Enoch, the head of the Knight legion, Chief Grand Knight Of The Bodley, and Abel.
"Everyone here is the pillar of the Duchy of Carmel. Today, I have invited you here to make an announcement." Abel glanced at everyone in the meeting room. His adoptive father, his biological father, and the most important families in the Duchy of Carmel. They were very important to the Duchy of Carmel.
Abel continued, "I will leave the duchy to everyone here. In the future, other than war, I will not get involved in the affairs of the duchy. All political affairs will be discussed by everyone here and decided by Earl Bennett and Earl Brook. All military affairs will be decided by the Chief Grand Knight Of The Bodley."
"Your Majesty, are you going to retreat?" Earl Bennett asked in confusion.
In the past, Abel had never announced his closed-door training in such a serious manner. This time, he had gathered so many people, which made everyone feel very strange.
This was because it was normal for Abel to ignore political affairs. Most of the political affairs were handled by the people in the room. As long as it wasn't something major, he would rarely be bothered.
"I'm just giving them a heads up. I'll be leaving the duchy of Carmel for a visit to the dwarves. I'll go into retreat as soon as I get back. I hope the duchy can get used to my absence. Everything will go on as usual!"
"Don't worry, your Majesty. Earl Brook and I will work together sincerely. You don't have to worry about political affairs!" Earl Bennett said.
"Your Majesty, I will make the Duchy of Carmel's Knight Legion the most powerful Knight Legion in the Holy Continent!" The Chief Grand Knight Of The Bodley lowered his voice.
"Uncle Marshall, can you replace me as the King of the Duchy of Carmel?" Abel turned to Earl Marshall and asked.
His words made everyone's face change. They looked at each other with shock in their eyes.
"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Carmel can't do without you!" Earl Bennett said first.
"Your Majesty, if you don't become the King, it will be hard to keep the Knight Legion's morale!" The Chief Grand Knight Of The Bodley added.
Abel saw that someone else was about to speak, so he gently waved his hand and stopped them.
"Uncle Marshall, what do you think?" He looked at Earl Marshall again and asked.
"Abel, although I have received the noble inheritance of the Hari family of Gamba, I have to admit that I am not a good student. My father knows this." Earl Marshall said with a smile as he looked at his father, Earl Brook.
In this place, only Earl Marshall would directly call Abel by his name. In terms of status, he was Abel's real elder. Abel's father, Earl Abel, was not really a member of the same clan.
On top of that, Earl Marshall had never asked for anything. The only thing he cared about was Abel and Harry Castle.
"I don't have enough noble knowledge to become a King. Also, I will not leave Harry Castle. I will spend the rest of my life here. This is my home. Besides, I can't take over my son's throne!" Although Earl Marshall was explaining, his tone was very firm.
"Your Majesty, what is going on? Why do you suddenly want to give up the throne?" Earl Bennett asked in confusion.
"Father, Uncle Marshall, I am rank 15!" Abel said calmly.
Abel's words made Earl Bennett's eyes widen. Everyone else's expression was not much better than his.
Everyone here was a noble in the Duchy of Carmel, so they knew a lot more about wizards than normal nobles. Of course, they knew what a rank 15 wizard was talking about.
"Your Majesty, you're saying you've reached rank 15?" Lord Bennett calmed himself down a little and asked.
"Yes, father. I became a rank 15 wizard 3 months ago. In a few years, I will become an elite wizard. Once I become an elite wizard, I will leave the Holy Continent!" Abel replied and explained why he wanted to give up the throne.
"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Carmel is your territory. It is the territory of Family Harry in Harvest City. There are only 2 direct descendants of Family Harry. I know Marshall. He will not leave Harry Castle, so the only one who can become the King of Family Harry is you. You cannot give up the throne!" Earl Bennett said.
"Abel, how about you find a queen before you leave? You can leave the Holy Continent after you have a child. I can help you take care of your child!" Earl Marshall said with hope.
Abel couldn't help but smile bitterly. Lorraine still had 10 years before she came out of retreat. For a wizard like him, finding an elven girl with a long life was much better than finding a human girl.
Wizards had a long life, especially for someone like him who had reached the peak of intermediate wizard at such a young age. If he invested his feelings in a human girl, the only thing he would get was a sad farewell.
"Uncle Marshall, I'm still young!" Abel said softly.
"You are not young, right? If you were not a wizard, not a king, and just a normal noble child, you would have a coming-of-age ceremony this year!" Earl Marshall lowered his voice.
The new year had just passed, and Abel was just 18 years old. 18 was the age for nobles to have coming-of-age ceremonies.
However, there was no way he could have a coming-of-age ceremony with his status. When he became the King of the Duchy of Carmel, his status no longer had anything to do with his age. He was the most prestigious person in the Duchy of Carmel, and he was one of the few people in the Holy Continent who had a very prestigious status.
Although many nobles had already started looking for women when they were young, marriage could only be held after coming-of-age ceremonies. This was the unspoken rule among nobles.
"Your Majesty, will you come back after leaving the Holy Continent?" Earl Bennett asked the question everyone wanted to ask.
"Of course, I will come back. This is my home. I just want to see the world outside of the Holy Continent. I've pretty much traveled everywhere in the Holy Continent!" Abel nodded.
"Then your Majesty, you are a wizard with a long life. Why would the Duchy of Carmel want to change a king? What kind of king is better than a Grandmaster Blacksmith and a powerful wizard? The Duchy of Carmel is used to having ministers and Knights to protect the territory. All you need to do is to deter those who want to steal the Duchy! "Earl Bennett suggested.
"I agree with Earl Bennett. You can always be the king of the Duchy of Carmel. Even if you leave the Holy Continent, you will come back one day. When you have children, you can let your children inherit the throne!" The head of the Grand Knight Of The Bodley agreed.
"Ok, we'll talk about it when I have children. But even if I leave the Holy Continent, I will still leave my steward Bartoli behind. She will contact you on behalf of me!" Abel nodded helplessly.
2 days after the meeting, the 3 months that Abel and Bernie agreed on was up. Bernie arrived at Harry Castle on time this morning.
Wizard Cyril from the dwarves also came with Bernie, and they arrived just before breakfast.
Abel had breakfast with Bernie and Wizard Cyril in the dining hall. They began to talk about the island.
"Guru Abel, this is a copy of the sea map!" Bernie took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Abel as he ate.
Bernie didn't dare to call Abel by his name in front of Wizard Cyril, so he could only call Abel by his title. His tone was much more polite.
Abel took the parchment and realized it was a sea map drawn with the dwarves' Earth Dividing Basin as a reference. If he wanted to use this map accurately, he would have to start from the Earth Dividing Basin.
Moreover, judging from the crudeness of this map, the errors of this map would be extremely shocking. It would be extremely difficult to find the marked island on the surface of the sea.
Even with the world stone fragment's data analysis ability, there was no way he could fix the errors in the sea chart itself.
"Bernie, this map is going to be very troublesome!" Abel complained as he looked at it.
"It's already hard to find the location in the sea, and there's no reference point on the sea, so it's even more troublesome. The senior dwarf who drew this map is always outside, so he's very good at drawing maps. Although this map is rough, it's not very accurate!" Bernie said in embarrassment.
No one in the Holy Continent had ever been to the sea, so they didn't know how big the difference would be on the sea. But Abel was different. In his past life, there was an explosion of knowledge, so this information could be found anywhere.
"I'll try my best!" Abel put the map back into his portal bracelet, but he had already memorized the entire map in his head.
Just like last time, Wizard Cyril was here to escort the goods, "Grandmaster, the headmaster asked me to give this to you."
He took out a new portal ring and handed it to Abel. Abel took the portal ring and poured his power of the will in. There was no power of the will in the portal ring, so his power of the will went in easily.
The portal ring was the best container for portal items in the Holy Continent. If you wanted to make a portal item into a ring, you had to make it from a precious material.
Just like how a portal bracelet was bigger than a portal bag, the space inside a portal ring was way bigger than a portal bracelet.
After Abel's power of the will entered the portal ring, he realized it was a special portal ring that was 10 meters wide, 10 meters long, and 1 meter tall.
Although the size of the portal ring was not small, its value dropped drastically. A portal ring of 100 square meters was huge, but 1 meter tall was too short. It couldn't fit anything bigger.
Of course, this was just Abel's idea. Abel wasn't unhappy with this portal ring. Although a 100 square meter portal ring was a little lacking, it was enough to make most wizards jealous.
A normal portal bag used by a wizard had a space of 1 square meter. Even a wizard with a high status would only have a space of 5 to 10 square meters. This just showed how precious a portal ring was.
However, there was only one thing inside the Spatial Ring. It was a huge formation plate. There were all kinds of runes drawn on it, and a large amount of materials were used on it.
This was the biggest circle board he had ever seen. It was almost 10 meters long and wide. It almost filled up the entire portal ring.
There were hundreds of intermediate gems installed on this circle board. All he needed to do was to put it down and ignite it with his power of the will. The dwarves were very considerate of Abel.
He wore the Space Ring on his hand. This ring could replace the Space Bracelet he was currently using. Most importantly, the Space Ring and the Space Bracelet had the same function, which was to instantly change equipment.
This was why portal bracelets and portal rings were so expensive in the Holy Continent.
"Grandmaster Abel, I know the duchy of Carmel's enemies are very powerful, so I've made a request to the family. Once you come back from that island, the family will give you the two sky ships that are still being repaired!" Bernie said after he saw Abel put away the teleportation circle.
Although the 2 sky ships were repaired, they were still very valuable. Bernie only brought this up after Abel agreed to help the dwarves find the island and accept the teleportation circle board. He wanted to deepen his friendship with Abel.
The materials for the sky ships were precious, but even if they couldn't find them in the Holy Continent, the dwarves could find them from other continents. The only reason they didn't look for them before was because they didn't have the confidence to make a sky ship.
But things were different now. Abel could make the metallurgical material for the main magic circle, which was the most important material for building a sky ship. As long as they were still friends with Abel, they could make as many sky ships as they wanted.
Abel was also very satisfied. The combination of the sky ships and the lightning helix gave the Duchy of Carmel an advantage in the air. Also, the sky ships were one of the few weapons that could fight against wizards.
With the increase of land in the Duchy of Carmel, the 3 sky ships could no longer satisfy the needs of the duchy, and Abel couldn't just ask the dwarves to buy them.
The materials for the sky ships were too precious. He had seen the blueprints and had the real thing, so he could accurately calculate the value of the sky ships.
The Duchy of Carmel was rich, but the Duchy of Carmel couldn't even afford one sky ship. If Abel wasn't the only one who could make the metallurgical material for the main magic circle, the dwarves wouldn't have given him 3 sky ships.
Although this mission was extremely difficult for the dwarves, it was only a matter of time for Abel.
With Bai Yun and Flying Flame's dragon vigor, the search for the island was more like a vacation.
Abel picked up his juice and raised it with a smile, "Bernie, thank the Goff headmaster for me. My friendship with the dwarves will last forever!"
Bernie and Wizard Cyril also raised their grandmaster's wine and said loudly, "Our friendship will last forever!"
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In the middle of January, Abel set off from Harry Castle alone. He sat on Bai Yun and all his summons, crossed the Earth-Dividing Mountain Range, and entered the Earth-Dividing Basin.
Bai Yun was invisible the entire time, so the dwarves and the humans didn't notice.
Other than a few managers in the Duchy of Carmel, Abel announced to the public that he had entered retreat training again.
Ever since Bai Yun gained the "teleportation" ability, its speed had increased by a lot. It was almost like it could move in a flash.
The "teleportation" ability that hell gave to hell creatures was extracted by the Horadric Cube, and the "teleportation" ability was fixed on White Cloud.
It used to take 10 days to reach the border between the Earth-Dividing Basin and the ocean, but now it only took a day.
It wasn't the first time Abel saw the ocean, but it was the first time he entered it. The ocean was the most mysterious place in the Holy Continent. It was also the most dangerous place.
It was a place that humans had yet to conquer, and it was also the place with the most spiritual beasts in the world.
Not long after Bai Yun flew into the ocean, the commander spirit had already sent out two warnings.
For the commander spirit to send out a warning, the opponent had to be at least as powerful as an elite wizard. In other words, it had to be at least an elite spiritual beast or even a top-level spiritual beast.
Abel gently patted Flying Flame next to him and asked it to be quiet. He also asked it to hide its dragon essence. Abel could feel a faint pressure as soon as he entered the ocean.
Although this pressure was very vague, it was real. But when he tried to find it, he couldn't find where it came from.
There were no records of the ocean in the Holy Continent's libraries, so humans basically knew nothing about the ocean.
Of course, the other races might know something about it, but he had only seen alchemy books in the elves' library and forging books in the dwarves' library. He had never seen anything that was more secretive about the entire world.
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