That afternoon, Abel declined Viscount Ebenezer's request to send guards to protect him. Instead, he headed to the busiest commercial street in Annual City alone.
He walked out of the Lord's Palace and summoned Black Wind from his portal beast ring. Black Wind's ferocious appearance made the eyes of the Tauren guards outside the Lord's Palace sparkle.
The Central Continent had strict rules that forbade the use of "move in a flash" and all kinds of battle beasts in the city. Therefore, a mount like a mount wolf, which had a certain level of fighting power and great ability to travel across any terrain, had become everyone's dream.
Orcs were much heavier than humans, so normal human mounts would not be able to carry them. Therefore, Black Wind was the perfect mount in the eyes of the Taurens.
What Abel didn't know was that the Central Continent's Knight profession was banned, so real battle mounts were extremely rare. Knights had always been known for their training and coordination with their mounts.
Luckily, he was a rank 16 wizard. His status allowed him to ride Black Wind, but no one would think anything of it.
He arrived in front of a shop with the image of an open book on the signboard. He jumped off Black Wind and walked in alone.
"What do you need, Mr. Wizard?" The bookstore wasn't big. There was only a middle-aged man in a tattered noble robe inside. He quickly greeted Abel as he walked in.
"Do you have a map?" Abel asked.
"Yes, yes, I'll get it for you!" The middle-aged man quickly said.
"I want the best!" Abel requested again.
"Of course, I'll get the best for you!" The middle-aged man said and walked inside.
Abel stood on top of the shop and looked at the books around him. Most of the books here were biographies, poems, and so on. There were almost no books about real knowledge.
He wasn't surprised. It was the same in the Holy Continent. Knowledge was the privilege of the nobles.
However, he could still see that there were no knight novels in the bookstores of the Holy Continent. There was not a single one of those classic knight and princess stories. He did see a few books about knights, but they all described knights as demons, and the protagonists killed knights to become heroes.
It seemed like the Knight profession had completely declined on the Central Continent.
"Mr. Wizard, here's the map you wanted!" The middle-aged man walked out with a scroll of parchment and placed it on the table.
Abel reached out and opened the parchment. It was a hand-drawn map. It had the imprecision of this world, and the information in the map was incomplete. The most detailed information was the Stan Empire, and the other places only had names written on it.
"This is the best map?" Abel asked with a frown.
"Mr. Wizard, this is the best map we have. If you want a better one, you'll have to buy a magic map from the Wizard Union!" The middle-aged man quickly explained when he saw Abel's dissatisfaction.
Abel shook his head and asked, "Alright, how much is this?"
Although he only glanced at it, the information was already imprinted in his mind. However, he couldn't just look at it and not buy it.
"Five gold coins, Mr. Wizard!" The middle-aged man replied with a slight smile on his face.
He was a fallen noble. He didn't have any other abilities other than being able to read, so he took out the useless books in his house to open this bookstore. You could imagine how bad the business would be if you opened a bookstore in an adventurer's city like this.
He drew the map himself, so the price was only the parchment. The rest was earned.
Abel casually took out 5 gold coins from his portal bag and handed it over. The middle-aged man took a look at the gold coins and hesitated. He didn't dare to say anything.
"What's wrong?" Abel couldn't help but ask.
The middle-aged man pointed at the gold coins and said, "Mr. Wizard, these gold coins are not universal. I can't spend them even if you pay me!"
Abel was stunned. He just remembered that these gold coins were from the Holy Continent. He didn't think too much about it, but it seemed like the two continents' gold coins weren't universal.
He knew why the middle-aged man didn't want to accept them. Although his gold coins were also made of gold, they couldn't be circulated. Gold coins were different from the standard gold coins, and they were considered to be privately minted. That was a serious crime in the Holy Continent, so it should be the same here.
"Do you accept this?" Abel took back the gold coins and took out a beginner gem.
The middle-aged man looked at the beginner gem on the table. He was a noble, so of course, he knew what it was. It was the universal currency of wizards.
"Mr. Wizard, I don't have that many gold coins to give you!" The middle-aged man hesitated and said. He wanted to take the gem, but he didn't dare to.
"Why don't you take a look at what else you need in this bookstore!" He thought for a moment, but he still didn't want to give up this deal.
"None of your books are useful!" Abel scanned the books around him and said.
He wasn't going to give the beginner gem to the middle-aged man. This was a trade, not charity. Abel was about to take back the gem, but the middle-aged man suddenly gritted his teeth.
"Mr. Wizard, you can go in and see if there are any books you need!" The middle-aged man bowed and said.
Although he was a noble, he still had a lot of books in his house. It was just that those books could only be sold to nobles, not the public.
The reason why the middle-aged man didn't want to sell those books was that if he kept those books, his family could still recover once he made some money. However, if he sold his collection of knowledge books, then his family would truly become a normal family in the future.
Since he was greedy for beginner gems, he decided to sell his family's books.
Abel's interest was piqued when he heard the middle-aged man's words. Although he had heard a few people talking about the central continent, no matter how much they said, nothing was as comprehensive as a book.
"Mr. Wizard, my family's books are all here. Take a look and see if there's anything you need!" The middle-aged man looked at Abel with an expectant gaze.
Abel saw that the books in front of him were much more exquisite than those sold outside. Most of them were knowledge books, and most of them were books about architecture. Abel could tell that this middle-aged man's family used to be a noble family related to the city administration.
"Huh?" Abel saw a very thick book. He could feel a trace of mana wave coming from it.
He stepped up and picked up the book. The inside page was filled with messy handwriting. The content was messy. It was like a child's doodle.
After thinking for a while, he tried to channel a trace of magic power into the book. Soon, the magic power was absorbed by the book and the words in the book disappeared. Then, a hand-drawn herb appeared, with the name and function of the herb written on the side.
He flipped to the end of the book and saw a few potion recipes. Although they were just normal potion recipes, there were still some differences between them and the ones in the Holy Continent.
Abel could tell that this was an alchemy book. The most valuable thing to him was not the recipes, but the herbs from the 2 continents. With this book, he could replace the herbs from the Holy Continent with herbs from the Central Continent.
Abel didn't expect to find something so valuable as soon as he arrived in the Central Continent. He just didn't know how this middle-aged man's ancestors were related to alchemy. Why would there be an alchemy book in his family?
It was important to note that alchemy books, especially recipes, were difficult to obtain even for adepts, let alone ordinary people.
He was planning to go to the Alchemy Union to get his identity verified again and try to get the right to use the Alchemy Union's library, but it seemed like there was no need to rush.
He was not in the Holy Continent. A 20 years old elite wizard was already attracting a lot of attention. If he did something else, he didn't know what would happen.
Ever since he fought with his rank 18 wizard ancestor, the arrogance in his heart had long disappeared. The difference in power had completely suppressed him, and he began to fear this world.
Before he could establish himself in the Central Continent, he didn't want to reveal all of his abilities.
"I'll take this book!" Abel put the alchemy book in his portal bag and took out 2 beginner gems for the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took the 2 beginner gemstones and was stunned. He knew that the book he just read was an incredible book, but this Wizard in front of him was even more generous and gave him 2 beginner gemstones. He was a little shocked.
It wasn't that Abel didn't want to give more, but if he did, it would be troublesome for him and the middle-aged man.
When he came out of the bookstore, Abel was very happy, but the middle-aged man was even happier. If he used the 3 beginner gemstones well, it was not impossible for him to improve his standard of living. It was not impossible for him to go back to his old life.
Abel really wanted to find the Wizard Union, but there was no Wizard Union in this small city.
According to Wizard Giok, the Central Continent was very big, and there were a lot of wizards in the Wizard Union. The most powerful wizards had formed different wizard organizations, and these organizations had a very high status in the Wizard Union.
Annual City didn't have a Wizard Union, so he couldn't buy a magic map. With a magic map, things would be much easier.
Abel then went to the material store. Almost all of the material stores here were purchasing materials, and the materials they sold were disappointing. But then again, there were a lot of adventurers here, so of course, there would be more business to buy materials.
There weren't many wizards in this city, so the materials here were not very complete. Abel's plan to compare the materials with the alchemy book was ruined.
He then went to the blacksmith shop in the city. Listening to the familiar hammering sound and watching the blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop, he understood that the blacksmiths here were not low level. The blacksmiths in this small city were all Advanced Blacksmiths.
Although he couldn't tell the level of blacksmiths in the Central Continent just by looking at the blacksmith shop, Abel was still a little surprised that there were advanced blacksmiths in this small city.
However, Abel didn't expect that Annual City was a paradise for adventurers. It wasn't surprising that there was an advanced blacksmith here.
… …..
"Is this Abel Harry the wizard who killed Little Five, Little Six, and was involved in Little Seven's death?" Wizard Godwin of the Blizzards was looking at the latest news in a hall in Frost City. He couldn't help but ask when he saw Abel's message.
Wizard Godwin was a rank 18 wizard from the blizzard clan. He formed a small team with a few other wizards he was close with. Afterward, he sent Little Seventh Wizard Cliff to the Holy Continent, since he had no hope of becoming a rank 16 wizard. He wanted him to get more training resources for his team in the Holy Continent.
However, Wizard Cliff was killed a few years ago. For this, he sent Little Five and Little Six, two rank seventeen wizards, to the Holy Continent to investigate. Who would've thought that the Holy Continent, which was supposed to be a safe place, would have two rank seventeen wizards die at the same time?
When his team finished their mission and was ready to go to the Holy Continent for revenge, Wizard Dunn of the Lightning Clan came looking for them. He was afraid of the Lightning Clan, so he promised not to go to the Holy Continent.
Now that Abel had suddenly appeared in the Central Continent, Wizard Godwin couldn't believe his eyes.
"Yes, but don't go looking for trouble with him. He has the Lightning Clan behind him. I'm old. I don't have the energy to fight with the Lightning Clan!" Wizard Emir tried to persuade.
Wizard Emir might look old, but he was the captain of this team made up of advanced wizards. He was a rank nineteen advanced wizard, but since he had less than fifty years left to live, he was always working hard to level up. Therefore, he didn't really care much about the team's affairs.
"I promised the Lightning Clan that I wouldn't go to the Holy Continent to look for Abel," Wizard Godwin said coldly. "But now Abel has come to the Central Continent himself. He killed three wizards in our team. If he doesn't die, how am I supposed to explain this to my brothers?"
He was the vice-captain of the team. Since Wizard Emir no longer cared about the team's matters, he was the one leading the team. Wizard Godwin was different from Wizard Emir, who didn't care much about the outside world due to his lifespan. He always wanted the team to have more say in the Blizzard clan, so he needed the brothers in the team to be more united.
Since Wizard Dunn came to suppress their team last time, the attitude of the other advanced wizards towards them had changed a little.
This time, if they could kill Abel and avenge their three brothers, then the team's cohesiveness would be greatly increased.
Wizard Dunn was in the Holy Continent, and Abel was in the Central Continent. Most importantly, as long as Abel didn't join the Lightning Clan, even if they killed Abel, it would have nothing to do with the Lightning Clan.
He didn't know that Abel had the identity card of the Lightning Clan. If he did, he wouldn't have the courage to look for Abel.
"You're going now? Annual City is a small city, but it still has a big protection circle! "Wizard Emir reminded.
"A small city like that," Wizard Godwin lowered his voice, "Even with the big protection circle, killing a rank 16 wizard shouldn't be a problem!"
Wizard Emir shook his head, "It's up to you. Come back alive."
He was envious of Wizard Godwin's vigor. He didn't care about revenge anymore. Nothing was more important than his lifespan. He closed his eyes again and began to think about the wizard system.
"Ah, where did the captain go?" Wizard Godwin sighed and walked out of the hall.
He was very careful. Two of his brothers had already died at the hands of Abel, so he brought another rank 17 Wizard Masin with him to Annual City.
Wizard Masin was now the little five of the team. He replaced the little five that was killed by Abel. The other wizards in the team were all busy, and he was the only one who was free these days.
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Abel didn't know that he was going to be in big trouble. He was back in his courtyard in the city lord's mansion, and he was receiving an elite wizard of the same level as him in the guest hall.
"Wizard Abel," Wizard Julian said with a smile, "Since you came to the Central Continent from Annual City's super teleportation circle, you are now a member of the Stan Empire. The Land of Ice Frost has always been recruiting talents from the Stan Empire. If an elite wizard like you comes to the Land of Ice Frost, you will get the best resources and legacies!"
Abel didn't like what he said. If all the wizards from Annual City were from the Stan Empire, then all the wizards from the 18 continents in the west were from the Stan Empire.
"Wizard Julian," Abel didn't like the fake smile on Wizard Julian's face, "I'm sorry, Wizard Julian. I have my own considerations!"
"Wizard Abel, you may have grown up under the protection of the people in your previous continent, but this is the Central Continent. There are a lot of elite wizards here, and there are a lot of dangers. You better find an organization to join. Otherwise, your life will be in danger!" Wizard Julian still had the same smile on his face, but there was a hint of threat in his words.
Abel couldn't help but frown. Why were the wizards from the Land of Ice Frost acting like the hooligans on the streets?
"The Land of Ice Frost sure talks big. Our Flaming Valley also wants to invite Wizard Abel. Do we need your permission to do that?" An elite wizard walked in with a long magic staff in his hand.
Although this was the City Lord's Mansion, the guards and servants would not dare to stop an elite wizard. Therefore, the elite wizard walked straight in.
"Wizard Carnegie," Wizard Julian said coldly, "Why is the Flaming Valley trying to steal someone from our territory? You're looking down on the Land of Ice Frost!" The smile on Wizard Julian's face disappeared.
Wizard Carnegie said sarcastically, "So I'm one of your people in Annual City. Since I'm also in Annual City, does that mean I'm also one of your people?"
"Wizard Carnegie," Wizard Julian lowered his voice, "Your Flaming Valley's hands are too big. Wizard Abel is a wizard that the head of the Land of Ice Frost wants to take in. I suggest you don't cause trouble here!"
Wizard Carnegie replied, "Wizard Julian, it just so happens that the elders of the Flaming Valley have requested to take Wizard Abel in as well."
"Why don't we find a place to fight and then decide who Wizard Abel belongs to?" Wizard Julian said with a cold smile.
It didn't matter if it was Wizard Carnegie or Wizard Carnegie. Both of them had received a special request from the elders of the organization. They had to find a way to recruit Abel into the organization as much as possible. Based on the experience of becoming an advanced wizard at the age of 20, a genius like Abel could become a top-notch fighting force in the future.
"Wizards, I'm the owner of this place. If you want to fight, shouldn't you go outside and fight?" Abel said with a displeased look.
It didn't matter what kind of wizard organization they were, he couldn't accept the fact that they didn't respect him at all.
Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie stopped arguing and looked at Abel. They didn't expect a wizard that just came from a subcontinent to have the guts to talk back to them.
"Wizard Abel, do you really think you're a treasure? You know, if we can't have you, no one else can! "Wizard Carnegie, with his fiery temper, was even more arrogant than Wizard Julian.
As soon as he finished speaking, a white light appeared on Abel's body. It rose from his feet to the top of his head, and a golden spell ball appeared on top of his head.
Afterward, the "chain of lightning" spell pattern appeared on both of Abel's hands. It was already in an activated state.
This was the city lord's mansion. The city lord allowed Abel to live in this courtyard, so he was allowed to use spells in his own room under the protection of the big circle. This was especially true for wizards, who often needed to practice spells.
"Lightning talent!" Wizard Carnegie gasped.
He didn't even dare to use a defensive spell. He was too close to Abel. There was no way he could escape from the "chain of lightning" at this distance.
As long as he was hit by the "chain of lightning," he wouldn't even have the chance to fight back unless he used his life-saving items.
He was regretting it in his heart. If he knew Abel had the "lightning talent" and mastered advanced lightning spells, he wouldn't have dared to threaten an advanced wizard with lightning talent.
He was the same rank as Abel. They were both rank sixteen. In most wizard organizations, rank sixteen wizards had the most time. Therefore, most of the time, rank sixteen wizards would be the ones to take care of everything.
If a rank sixteen wizard couldn't take care of a problem, a higher rank wizard would be sent to take care of it.
The most important reason was that rank sixteen wizards couldn't participate in the mission of killing the evil Knight. Therefore, they had a lot of time to take care of the affairs of the wizard organization. Wizard Carnegie and Wizard Julian were the same.
"Wizard Abel, please stop the spell. It's a misunderstanding!" Wizard Carnegie quickly waved his hand.
Originally, the Flaming Valley sent him here to make friends with Abel. It would be best if he could attract Abel to his wizard organization. However, he was angered by Abel's eviction. After he saw the golden spell ball flashing on Abel's body, the anger in his heart disappeared.
Wizard Julian was also shocked. According to the information he had on Abel, he was a genius. He was an advanced wizard under the age of twenty. If a wizard like this didn't come from a subcontinent, the leader of the wizard organization would've come personally to invite him.
Since Abel came from a subcontinent, the two organizations sent wizards of the same rank to talk to him. They wanted to persuade Abel to join their wizard organization.
However, the two of them had been using the same method for a long time, which was to entice. If it was a normal elite wizard from a subcontinent, they might really join their wizard organization if they were scared. They had been doing this for a long time, and the success rate was not low.
If an advanced wizard from a subcontinent came to the Central Continent and had no one to help them, they wouldn't be able to go against a wizard organization. On top of that, the benefits of these wizard organizations were quite good. Therefore, under normal circumstances, independent wizards would've chosen to join them.
However, this time was different. Abel's power was far beyond their imagination. On top of that, Abel was an advanced wizard with the gift of lightning.
"Wizard Abel, you have the gift of lightning, and you are very powerful. But are you really going to make an enemy out of our two wizard organizations as soon as you come to the Central Continent?" Wizard Julian lowered his voice.
As soon as he saw Wizard Carnegie's reaction, he dragged Wizard Carnegie and the Flaming Valley back into the fray with a single sentence.
Unlike Wizard Carnegie, Wizard Carnegie was afraid of Abel's talent and power. Wizard Carnegie, on the other hand, was worried that if a genius like Abel didn't stay in the Land of Frost, he would become a powerful opponent for the Land of Frost once he grew up.
"Wizard Julian, you can only represent the Land of Ice Frost. You can't represent the Flaming Valley!" Wizard Carnegie was a hot-tempered man, but he wasn't an idiot. He didn't hesitate to cut himself off.
Wizard Carnegie then turned to Abel and bowed, "Wizard Abel, I apologize for my attitude just now. It doesn't matter if you want to join the Flaming Valley or not. The Flaming Valley still wants to be friends with you!"
Wizard Julian's face turned sour when he heard this. Originally, he wanted to drag Wizard Carnegie into this. He wanted to use the two wizard organizations to suppress Abel. At the same time, he wanted to have two wizards of the same rank to go against Abel. That way, it would be safer.
He was afraid of Abel's lightning spells, of course. He just said some tough words, but now that he was facing Abel alone, his confidence quickly disappeared.
"Wizard Carnegie, I accept your apology. I also want to be friends with the Flaming Valley!" Wizard Carnegie bowed as the "chain of lightning" spell pattern on his left and right hands began to dissipate.
He wasn't afraid of enemies, but it was better to have fewer enemies. Wizard Carnegie's attitude was terrible, but he didn't have to hold on to it.
"Wizard Julian, I just came to the Central Continent. I don't want to be enemies with any organization, but if anyone dares to threaten me, then they will be my enemy. My methods will make them tremble in fear!" Abel's voice was a little cold.
He didn't expect a wizard organization on the Central Continent to be this powerful. An elite wizard of the same rank as him could threaten him.
"Wizard Abel, you better think about the Land of Frost's offer!" Wizard Julian no longer dared to threaten Abel. If he really pushed Abel too far, he wouldn't be able to stop an elite wizard with lightning talent. So he stood up and said, "Okay, let's do it.
By this point, he was starting to regret. It wasn't because he threatened Abel, but because he didn't complete the recruitment mission given to him by the Land of Frost.
The Land of Frost didn't care about the process. They only cared about the result. If he couldn't complete this mission, there would be another one, and the credit points of the organization would be deducted.
The two elite wizards left, but Abel's face didn't get any better. He felt a sense of pressure that he hadn't felt in a long time in the Holy Continent.
As a matter of fact, he shouldn't have stayed in Annual City. It was because of this that all the organizations thought that he didn't want to join any wizard organization, which was why they sent him an invitation.
Most importantly, his actions made the wizards who came to invite him think that he was a wizard with no background. On top of that, he was a wizard from a subcontinent, so his status as a wizard was one level lower than the wizards from the Central Continent.
Of course, if the wizard badge could record more information, even if the identity of a Grandmaster Blacksmith was recorded in his data, then his treatment would be completely different.
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