The only thing that wasn't tainted by blood was a red glowing orb. It was the Force Orb. It was placed on a shelf with a magic circle drawn on it.
According to the legends, the Force Orb was indestructible. Abel was curious. He didn't take out Khalim's will first. Instead, he slashed at the Force Orb with his steel sword.
Clang! He felt a strong rebound from the 'steel' sword in his hand, but when he looked at the Forced Sphere again, there was no damage at all. It was still the same as before.
However, just as he was about to hit the ball, he saw a rune pattern flash for a second.
In order to explore the mystery, he activated the dynamic vision and data analysis abilities of the world stone fragment. Then, he slashed the "steel" sword in his right hand at the sphere again.
This time, everything in front of his eyes was in slow motion. When the 'steel' sword landed heavily on the sphere, a rune pattern appeared on the surface of the sphere. Then, it turned into a white light that enveloped the entire sphere.
The Forced-Force Sphere was still undamaged. He stepped forward and examined the Forced-Force Sphere carefully. He found that the Forced-Force Sphere was made of crystal and not some special material.
The steel sword in his hand was a rune word sword. It was made out of fine iron, so it could leave a mark on a piece of steel.
"Did that rune block my attack?" Abel mumbled.
Since he had turned on his world stone's vision and data analyzing ability, he could see the full image of the rune in his head.
The rune was more complicated than any rune Abel had ever seen. If it weren't for the world stone, he wouldn't have been able to remember every detail of the rune.
Soon, a rune appeared in his head. Since it was just a shape, he didn't know what it was used for.
Seeing that it was safe, he took out a full set of rune crafting tools from Valaya's ring. He also took out a dark gold rune crafting crystal core.
Although it was his first time seeing a rune like this, with the help of the world stone and the rune that appeared in his mind, he was able to draw the rune in 20 seconds.
The rune that was drawn stabilized for less than five seconds before the crystal core violently exploded in a white light.
The "ancient pledge" shield appeared in his left hand, and he placed it in front of him. The explosion of the crystal core was not that powerful. The energy it contained was too different from a perfect gemstone, and the intensity of the energy was also very different.
The energy inside the crystal core was very gentle, which was why wizards could absorb it when it was still fresh.
Abel checked the rune with his power of the will. He didn't know what it was used for, but the world stone still gave him a name.
Thad.
This was 33 #.
The Thad rune's only function was that it would never wear out. Even if it was the most common iron sword, it would still be able to withstand the 33 #.
The Thad rune would become indestructible.
"No wonder it exploded," Abel sighed as he put away the Ancient's Pledge shield. "It's impossible for a dark gold crystal core to withstand such high-level runes!"
However, he still found the most ordinary iron sword. This was the first magic sword that was made for the family's sacrificial warriors. There was already a groove on it.
He took out another dark gold crystal core and quickly drew the 33 #.
Twenty seconds later, he finished drawing the rune. At the moment he finished, he quickly embedded the rune into the groove of the light longsword.
Abel knew the rune wouldn't last for long, so he took out Hradik Malus and smashed it down on the iron sword.
Hradik Malus was a holy weapon made for forging. Abel adjusted its weight to a few thousand pounds. Its destructive power was greater than any other weapon, so it landed on the iron sword in an instant.
"33 #" inlaid on the light longsword
The Thad rune appeared on the iron sword the moment it was hit. Afterward, all the energy inside the dark gold crystal core rushed out and supported the rune. It turned into a white light that protected the iron sword.
At the same time, the 33 #.
In less than five seconds, the Thad rune turned into pieces and fell out of the groove.
Abel couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the light longsword that was not damaged at all. This 33 #
Thad rune was indeed indestructible, but what was the point of that?
The five seconds minus the embedding time could only make each item indestructible for three to four seconds. Also, the rune had to be drawn on the spot. It couldn't be used in battle.
Whether it was his weapon or shield, they were all Rune Word Equipment, and they were so sturdy that no one had been able to break them.
"Useless!" Abel was speechless.
However, knowledge was priceless. At the very least, he had obtained 33 #
The knowledge of the Thad rune was also a kind of accumulation.
He casually put away the light longsword and the rune crafting tools. He looked at the 33 #.
He put down his research on the 33 #.
He changed the weapon in his hand to Khalim's Will and slammed it towards the sphere. Something strange happened. The Khalim's Will kept going until the crystal surface of the sphere was shattered, and a 33 # was formed.
The Thad rune didn't appear.
It seemed like Khalim's Will could suppress the iron sphere's self-protection.
The Thad rune couldn't be activated, so it couldn't protect the iron sphere.
After the iron sphere was destroyed, a large number of broken souls flew out. They were the evil souls of the Zakarum Church controlled by Mephistopheles. They dashed towards the altar.
Afterward, the altar began to emit a mechanical sound. It slowly descended, revealing a tunnel that led downwards.
Abel led the nine spirit guardian Knight into the tunnel first. Afterward, he and the mud monster went in together.
… …..
While Abel was in retreat, the situation in the Holy Continent took a strange turn. The duchy of Thunder and the other five duchies under the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had become peaceful.
Of course, this peace came with a price. The duchies had to sign a strict vassal treaty with the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
At this point, only the Kingdom of Saint Ellis and the other five duchies were peaceful. There were tens of thousands of Knights protecting the peace of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Anyone who dared to offend them would be punished.
On the other hand, the Kingdom of St Pierrt and the Kingdom of St Anwall were powerless. They could only maintain the peace within their own kingdoms. They couldn't care less about the chaos in their duchies.
Due to the food shortage, there were even conflicts between the two kingdoms. These conflicts were like underground fires. They were hidden on the surface, but they could erupt at any time.
The appearance of large amounts of fish in the Kingdom of St Ellis made those who had power but couldn't secure enough food to migrate.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis's parliament reacted almost immediately. They came up with a series of restrictions. Only the nobles with a heritage or the best of their profession could be allowed to migrate to the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
Although the other duchies wanted to keep these talents, they couldn't use material resources to keep them. The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was so powerful that they had no choice but to let go.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was like the Duchy of Carmel in the past. With Abel's arrival, a large number of nobles and talents from different professions entered the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. The Kingdom of Saint Ellis had become exceptionally prosperous.
The situation of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was very tempting to the other two kingdoms. They also tried to reach out to the sea, but they ended up losing all their men.
After the other two kingdoms found out that the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had bought these fish from the dwarfs, they immediately contacted the dwarfs and wanted to buy fish from them.
What they didn't expect was that the dwarfs wanted to catch all the fish around the Titan Temple in exchange for more master wine and grandmaster wine from Abel. They didn't have any spare fish to trade with them.
Since the food habits of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had slowly changed, the ratio of fish consumption to regular food consumption had slowly reached a balance. The food produced in Harvest City was enough to sustain the Kingdom of Saint Ellis's food consumption.
Unbeknownst to most people, Abel was already influencing the development of the Holy Continent.
He had provided the dwarfs with an irrigation system, which allowed them to grow more land with fewer farmers. On top of that, the rise of the fishing industry had given the dwarfs more food in this era of low food production.
Abel's fruit base in the elves' Orwell Valley had been providing large amounts of fresh fruit to Angstrom City every month.
The elves had also changed their food habits. Small amounts of meat had been added to their diet. This passive change had made the elves the second race to completely overcome the food shortage.
The Double Moon Forest was the largest habitat for wild animals in the Holy Continent. The number of beasts here was enough for the elves to survive this difficult period.
As for the human world, the Kingdom of St Ellis was able to guarantee a steady supply of food. This was the best way to preserve the strength of the humans. This disaster wouldn't take too much of a toll on the humans.
One day in December, Abel dragged his tired body back from the Dark World. The exploration of the Prison of Hatred was much more difficult than he had imagined.
He had been injured many times in the past few months. The probability of getting injured was much higher than before.
The hell creatures in the Prison of Hatred were fast, and there were large amounts of long-range attacking hell creatures. On top of that, the Prison of Hatred suppressed his power of the will. He almost didn't dare to use the 'move in a flash' to explore.
Therefore, in the past few months, he had only explored more than half of the first level of the Prison of Hatred. The high frequency of daily battles had caused his mind to be in a constant state of tension.
He had been fighting in the Dark World for a few months. Today, he decided to take a break and check on the operation of the kingdom.
The third goddess spring water produced by the third goddess statue outside the magic tower would be transferred by tower spirit Flora to other containers every day. This way, the statue could produce more spring water.
The third goddess spring water was very important. Tower spirit Flora's puppets were operating inside Abel's magic tower every day.
A part of the spring water was sent to various fields in Harvest City by the watering system. The rest was waiting for Abel to synthesize with the Hradik Cube. This way, he could use it to grow wheat that could help the Knight's training in a mana rich environment.
The entire Harvest City had a closed automatic planting system. It was just that the sowing and harvesting still required a large number of farmers, but the watering system had been completely automated. The crops would ripen once a month. On top of that, the third goddess spring water's strange energy had allowed Harvest City to have a high harvest every month.
After these crops were harvested and processed, they would be sent to the entire kingdom to supply the kingdom's needs.
"Flora, is everything okay in Harvest City?" Abel raised his head and asked.
"Master, everything is fine in Harvest City, but the third goddess statue's mana gems are about to run out. We need you to replenish them!" Tower spirit Flora's voice emerged from the magic tower's sound transmission circle.
"That fast?" Abel was caught off guard. The third goddess statue's mana gems were all perfect gems. It had only been a few years, and they were about to run out.
The third goddess statue had been in the Dark World for tens of thousands of years, and they never needed to replenish their energy.
But then again, the mana environment in the Dark World was a lot denser than the Holy Continent. Even if the third goddess statue didn't have mana gems as energy, it could still activate some of its functions with the surrounding mana.
On the other hand, the frequency at which he used the statues of the three goddesses was almost at full capacity. All the energy consumed was provided by the perfect gemstones, which increased the consumption rate by a lot.
Today, tower spirit Flora's reminder reminded him of the problem of energy supply. He needed to store a large amount of perfect gems in case he needed them in the future.
Abel handed over a large amount of perfect gems to tower spirit Flora. It could use its puppets to replace the gems in all kinds of devices. Even the Orwell Palace could be supplied with gems through the teleportation circle there.
Soon, Abel's figure appeared in the palace of the kingdom. His appearance made the kingdom's parliament, which had not seen the emperor for many days, very happy. Although the parliament had been established, and most of the government was done by them, there were still some things that required the emperor's participation, so they still needed Abel to make the decision.
"Steward Burbage, tell the kingdom's magic gem mines to send all the damaged ones to me. I need them!" Abel lowered his voice to Burbage.
"Yes, your Majesty!" Steward Burbage bowed.
"Your Majesty, chairman Bennett of the parliament is waiting for you outside. General Bodley also wants to see you!" Steward Burbage did not leave immediately. Instead, he continued to report.
"Let my father in. Tell General Bodley to wait for a bit!" Abel hesitated for a moment and said.
Soon, chairman Bennett walked in. By that point, he was no longer as depressed as he was a few months ago. Instead, he was in high spirits. Power gave people confidence.
"Emperor Abel!" Said chairman Bennett with a bow.
"Father, long time no see!" Abel said with a slight bow. He no longer tried to persuade chairman Bennett. The stubborn chairman would not listen to him anyway.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to ask you?" Said chairman Bennett as he handed over a parchment in his hand. He then continued, "The duchy of Rensi, the duchy of Pomo, and the duchy of Schien want to become a vassal state of our kingdom. They are willing to sign the same treaty as the duchy of Thunder. The parliament has been arguing about this for a long time, but no consensus has been reached!"
Abel had heard about these duchies before. They were not far from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, but they were vassal states of the Kingdom of St Pierrt.
Although the Kingdom of St Pierrt had no control over their vassal states, once the Kingdom of Saint Ellis took them into their sphere of influence, it might cause some negative effects.
On one hand, the Kingdom of St Pierrt would be hostile to them. On the other hand, once the door was opened, more duchies would follow suit. This was not what Abel wanted.
"Father, what do you mean?" Abel thought for a moment and asked.
"Your Majesty, I don't think the kingdom can take this step. If we do, the other 2 kingdoms will be hostile to us, and our current stable environment will be gone. You know, the food shortage crisis will be over in a few years!" Said chairman Bennett.
Abel smiled. This was what he thought as well. The reason he took over the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was not only because of his own power, but also because of the food shortage crisis. Even if the other duchies and kingdoms knew about his military operations, they would not have enough food to support them in the war.
More than half of the food shortage crisis had passed. If he was an ambitious emperor, he would use this opportunity to destroy the other two empires, but the problem was that he wasn't.
The 3 duchies became vassal states, but the benefits were not big. It was not enough to make up for the loss of being hostile to the other kingdoms.
In the original 3 kingdoms structure, each kingdom had more or less vassal states, but their land was roughly the same. It was a kind of balance.
Although Abel had the power to break this balance, he didn't even want to manage the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Even if he took over the entire Holy Continent, what was the point?
Most importantly, if there were no enemies, his descendants would not be able to survive on this land, and it would not be good for their growth.
"Father, send down the order. The kingdom will not accept any vassal states!" Abel made the decision.
"Yes, your Majesty!" Chairman Bennett said in joy. With Abel's support, his prestige in the parliament grew.
"The Kingdom of St Anwall invited you to Emperor Aldous's 70th birthday celebration!" Chairman Bennett continued.
"No, you will represent me in these events from now on!" Abel rejected.
"Then I will take care of the Kingdom of St Pierrt's invitation as well?" Chairman Bennett nodded and asked.
"Father, I'm not far from becoming an elite wizard. I might go into retreat for a long time. You are the Duke of the kingdom. You can represent me!" Abel replied.
For example, the prime minister of the Kingdom of St Pierrt, Duke Chesterton, was also a Duke, but no one would think of him as a mere Duke. No matter where he was, everyone treated him as the head of the Empire.
Speaker Bennett's position was almost the same as Duke Chesterton's. They both had a lot of power, but the only difference was that the power was given to him by Abel.
"Wizard Allenby of the Liante City Wizard Union couldn't contact you, so he sent a message to me. He wants you to help him make a magic staff!" Chairman Bennett added.
"Father, if you have any wizard matters in the future, you can contact my tower spirit Flora. I will contact Wizard Allenby personally!" Abel smiled.
Abel had to help Wizard Allenby. He already owed this elite wizard a favor, so he felt a lot more relaxed now that Wizard Allenby was willing to make a request.
It was hard to return a favor, so making a magic staff was the easiest way for him to do so.
Abel had been in a high-stress retreat for the past few months. He had almost lost contact with the outside world. Every time he returned to the magic tower from the Dark World, he would be studying.
"Your Majesty, the old man's magic tower has been found. What do you think we should do?" Chairman Bennett asked.
"The old man's magic tower has been found? Where is it? " Abel was surprised. Although the old man was dead, his magic tower had become a mystery. No one in the Kingdom of Saint Ellis knew where it was.
"Your Majesty, two months ago, the guards smelled the stench of corpses in one of the emperor's gardens, so they went there to search. In the end, they found ten royal death warriors who had starved to death in a secret room." Bennett said with a sigh.
Abel shook his head. Warriors of death were the foundation of a family. His Family Harry was nothing compared to Chairman Bennett's Family Bennett.
Without hundreds of years, it would be impossible to truly form a complete Death Warrior training structure.
Thinking back to the old kingdom, there were many warriors of death. Even the entire Griffin Knight Squad was made up of warriors of death.
However, after Abel took over the kingdom, the magic contract he used was not any worse than the warriors of death. Or rather, it was more economical and safer.
"When I was cleaning up the secret room, I found a giant space hidden underground. It was surrounded by a shielding circle, and there was an 18 story magic tower and its mana environment inside. Originally, I asked Wizard Dyna and the other 3 guardian wizards to go in, but they couldn't open it." Chairman Bennett explained.
"Build a shielding circle under the ground and place the magic tower underground!" Abel was shocked. Luckily the old man was the one who came looking for trouble. Otherwise, he would've entered the palace of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis, and that would've been dangerous.
If a rank 18 old man was inside a magic tower, the power of his spells would increase by quite a bit. Also, shielding circles were extremely rare. They could completely isolate the mana environment.
Even Abel didn't have a magic circle like this, so you could imagine how precious it was. He had to use the elves to isolate the mana environment.
At least he didn't dare to mix a magic environment with a normal person's residence. There should be at least 10 meters between them, but the old man's magic tower was right under the palace.
"Father, is there anything else? If not, I want to see what this 18 story magic tower looks like! "Abel was immediately interested. He stood up and said.
Abel didn't invite Chairman Bennett. Unless you were a wizard, you would be eroded by the mana environment.
"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave, your majesty!" Chairman Bennett bowed and left.
"Steward Burbage, lead the way!" Abel said to Burbage.
With Steward Burbage leading the way, Abel arrived at the back garden of the palace. The environment here was very elegant. There was no other space under the ground at all.
The entrance to the underground space was at the bottom of a statue. Steward Burbage pressed a button on the statue, and the statue automatically moved aside, revealing the entrance.
Abel knew this mechanism was for normal people to enter the underground space. As a rank 18 wizard, he could teleport into his magic tower as long as he was within a certain distance.
However, this was not Abel's magic tower. If he wanted to enter the underground space, he would have to go through this entrance.
Walking through the entrance, there was an underground building. He saw a food storage room, which had been emptied. Only empty food bags were left on the ground. It could be seen that those men of sacrifice had persevered here for several months until they starved to death.
There was also a kitchen, a Knight's quarters, a training room, a weapon room, and so on. This underground building was a small living area. It seemed like the men of sacrifice here were here to serve the magic tower.
Just like when Abel was studying in the magic tower outside of Bakong City, there were people in Bakong City who served the wizards in the magic tower every day. All the delicious food and training materials had to be delivered by these people.
It should be the same here. The only difference was that the old man had always used men of sacrifice to keep it a secret.
This explained why no one in the palace knew about the old man's magic tower. It seemed like the old man's magic tower was the last trump card of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
"Your majesty, this is where the magic tower is!" Steward Burbage pulled open a bookcase in a room and revealed the underground space behind it.
Abel saw a giant underground space. It was about 100 meters deep, and it was almost the size of the back garden above.
In order to stabilize this underground space, Abel saw the magic circle patterns on the walls. These magic circle patterns strengthened the walls. On top of that, there was only a garden above him. There were no large buildings like the palace, so it shouldn't be too heavy.
The most eye-catching thing in the underground space was the 18-story magic tower. Unlike ordinary magic towers, the tower was densely covered with runes of mana gathering circles. Unlike ordinary magic towers, which were made of the toughest materials for fear of being damaged, the tower was not built with the toughest materials.
Outside the Magic Tower, using magic array materials to draw the mana gathering array pattern would be damaged after a long period of exposure to the elements, or if it was destroyed by humans.
Therefore, you wouldn't see this kind of construction in the outside world. However, this underground space was different. There was no wind or sun, and no one would damage it.
The shielding magic circle outside of this underground space was the best way to hide. Also, this was the palace of the Kingdom, so it was very safe. There was no need to worry about people damaging it.
After leaving Steward Burbage outside, Abel disappeared from the room and reappeared in the underground space.
As soon as he stepped on the ground, he sensed a steady flow of mana from the ground. It was a strange feeling.
"Commander spirit, scan the underground!" Abel said to the commander spirit in his headmaster identity card.
"Yes headmaster, scanning now!" The commander spirit replied through his power of the will, "Yes, headmaster, scanning now!"
After 10 seconds, the commander spirit reported back to Abel, "Headmaster, I've found a vein of magic gems. Preliminary analysis shows that it is a high-grade ore!"
Abel mumbled to himself, "Just as I thought, this old man is too extravagant. He has a high-grade ore mine for himself. No wonder he could become a rank 18 wizard, no wonder he didn't announce his wizard rank, and no wonder he built his magic tower here!"
Abel muttered to himself. Almost everything could be explained. Perhaps even Denan City was built after he found out about this high-grade ore mine.
If the wizards knew there was such a high-grade ore mine here, the Wizard Union would not let it go. They would even start a wizard war to take over this place.
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