In just a few days, Han Shuo's name had spread throughout Ossen City. Due to Han Shuo's identity as an archmage necromancer, as well as his killing of Leah Cain, he had proven his strength. Uhtred used the excuse of him finding the blueprint to confer the title of earl on Han Shuo.
There was a magnificent mansion in the north of the city, with guards, maids, servants, and housekeepers. There were more than a hundred rooms of various sizes. This was directly bestowed upon Han Shuo by Uhtred.
Although the title of earl hadn't been officially bestowed upon him, it still couldn't stop the admiration and deliberate befriending of Han Shuo. From the day Han Shuo left the Garden House, this magnificent mansion had officially belonged to Han Shuo.
In the past few days, many high officials and nobles came to visit. Unfortunately, the housekeeper kept saying that the master hadn't moved in yet, so all the visitors could only leave their gifts behind.
Han Shuo, who was the center of attention, didn't know what was going on outside. After leaving the Garden House, he flew alone to the mountain behind the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force. He directly activated the transportation matrix at the entrance of the mountain and returned to the cemetery of death.
After the battle with Leah Cain, Han Shuo felt that he had benefited greatly. He slowly comprehended what he had learned from the battle, slowly recovering his magical yuan and mental strength. After spending an entire night's time, Han Shuo's physical strength had reached its peak. He immersed himself in the bloodlust realm, his eyes bloodshot as he continuously circulated his magical yuan.
Just like this, a few more days passed. Han Shuo's crimson eyes gradually returned to normal. He lightly sighed, "I'm only one step away. Unfortunately, this step is like a bottleneck. I can't break through. I really don't know what's going on."
Han Shuo could faintly feel that he was about to break through to the bloodlust realm. Unfortunately, no matter how hard Han Shuo tried, he couldn't smoothly break through to this realm. Breaking through in demonic magic required opportunity and comprehension. Perhaps after one or two days of comprehension, Han Shuo would be able to directly break through to the next realm. Once he grasped this one step, he would be able to immediately advance.
Blindly wasting his energy on cultivation wasn't a good idea. When Han Shuo felt that he couldn't rely on bitter cultivation to advance, he couldn't help but temporarily give up on practicing demonic magic. After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo took out the skeletal staff with three skulls of three different colors.
Now, Han Shuo was certain that this skeletal staff was transformed from the Eye of Darkness. This was because the handle of the staff had the aura of the Eye of Darkness. When Han Shuo used the skeletal staff to gather mental strength to cast spells, he could successfully open the cemetery of death.
Compared to the white bone staff he'd obtained from the Calamity Church, this skeletal staff appeared to be much more exquisite and ancient. The three different skulls seemed to contain three different kinds of power. When Han Shuo held the skeletal staff in his hand, he could faintly sense a little bit of it.
Without a doubt, this skeletal staff was definitely a treasure that belonged to the cemetery of death. Holding the skeletal staff and shaking it, Han Shuo murmured, "Let's try this skeletal staff."
"Fallen undead warriors, answer the call of the dark emissary and reveal your existence!" An ordinary skeletal summoning spell was chanted by Han Shuo as he waved the skeletal staff. His mental strength poured into the skeletal staff, and the three skulls on the staff suddenly lit up. Then, a row of sixteen skeletal warriors appeared out of thin air.
Han Shuo was greatly shocked as he looked at the sixteen skeletal warriors that had appeared out of thin air. With Han Shuo's grand magus level mental strength, he could only summon eight skeletal warriors when he used the white bone staff to summon skeletal warriors. However, when he used the bone staff, he'd actually reached the highest level of summoning skeletal warriors, level five. The number of skeletal warriors had directly doubled.
"This is too miraculous!" Han Shuo couldn't help but exclaim. Then, he started chanting the evil knight summoning spell. When he finished chanting, two evil knights appeared out of thin air.
"Multiplied!" Han Shuo was overjoyed. He then tried summoning the hate warriors and zombie warriors, but the results were the same. With the skeletal staff in hand, Han Shuo only needed to use the skeletal staff as a medium to chant spells, and the number of creatures he could summon doubled.
After this experiment was successful, Han Shuo impatiently chanted another incantation, casting the "Canopy of Necromancy" and "Acid Bog". In the end, Han Shuo discovered that both the "Canopy of Necromancy" and "Acid Bog" covered an area that was twice as wide as before.
"Good stuff, this really is good stuff!" Caressing the skeletal staff, Han Shuo couldn't bear to part with it. He hadn't thought that this skeletal staff would be so miraculous. It could actually double the power of all necromancy magic, allowing Han Shuo's strength to increase once again.
The skeletal staff had a peculiar appearance and seemed to be quite old. Apart from doubling the power of necromancy magic, Han Shuo faintly felt that there were other secrets hidden within the skeletal staff. Unfortunately, apart from using the skeletal staff to cast necromancy magic, Han Shuo couldn't find any other way to test it.
A streak of white light flashed, and Emily's figure appeared in the transportation matrix at the center of the cemetery of death. Emily saw Han Shuo as soon as she appeared, and immediately said, "I knew you should be here!"
The transportation matrix that connected to this place was in a crevice in the cemetery of death. Normally, Han Shuo would travel to the cemetery of death from that secret location in the back mountains of the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force. Only Emily knew about this habit. Therefore, when Emily arrived there and saw the magic wands neatly arranged in the corner of the cemetery, she knew that Han Shuo was definitely in the cemetery of death.
"Eh, why have you come?" Han Shuo smiled when he saw Emily appear, and immediately pulled Emily into his arms.
"You should hurry back to Ossen City. His Majesty the King has prepared the title of Count for you. Everything has been taken care of, and we're just waiting for you to return to Ossen City to be conferred the title of Count for you. Who knew that you would disappear for several days, and even the Dark Mantle couldn't find any news about you. Lord Candide is burning with anxiety, and asked me to help him find a way to contact you. I guessed that you should be in the cemetery of death, and it looks like I've found the right person! "Emily rolled her eyes at Han Shuo and explained.
"So it's like that!" Han Shuo responded, then chuckled and asked, "Then, His Majesty the King is preparing to confer the title of Count on me?"
"That's right. Apart from the title of Count, there's also a mansion in the northern part of the city, and a thousand gold coins. In addition, Candide seems to have even asked about the matters of your territory, and is just waiting for you to take it over! "Emily said.
"Very good. I didn't think that the battle with Leah Cain would give me such great benefits. Heh heh, it looks like the title of nobility isn't that hard to obtain after all! " Han Shuo said with a smile, then stood in the transportation matrix with Emily. They activated the transportation matrix and directly returned to Ossen City.
Mount Ordas, Dark Mantle headquarters.
"Stinking brat, why did you disappear for ten days?" Candide immediately scolded when he saw Han Shuo appear.
"I suffered some minor injuries after the battle with Leah Cain. I had no choice but to hide and recuperate. That's why I was a bit late." Han Shuo lied, then looked at Candide with a smile and congratulated him, "Congratulations Lord Candide, I heard that His Majesty the King awarded you a medal of bravery two days ago. Heh heh, congratulations!"
When Han Shuo said this, Candide's gloomy face also revealed a bit of a smile. However, Candide quickly recovered and said with a straight face, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about this for now. Give me your Dark Mantle iron medallion. His Majesty has directly ordered you to advance to the rank of a Dark Sun Emissary. Your luck is really too good!"
"Let's go. Come with me to see His Majesty. Let His Majesty award you a noble title and bestow you with the territory you deserve!" Candide said this and brought Han Shuo directly to the imperial palace through the secret transportation matrix in the Dark Mantle headquarters.
Not long after, King Uhtred summoned all the nobles of Ossen City to see Han Shuo in the vast imperial palace of the Lancelot Empire. Uhtred, who was sitting sideways on the throne, looked at Han Shuo below and began to announce in a ceremonial manner, "Brian, for repeatedly helping the Lancelot Empire defend against foreign enemies … I bestow upon you the title of count, a mansion in the northern part of the city, and ten thousand gold coins. I hope that you will continue to work hard and make even greater contributions to the Empire!"
"Many thanks to Your Majesty!" Han Shuo, who had long since been warned by Candide, sincerely expressed his thanks.
"Yes, the easternmost Brettel City of the Empire will be your territory. This Brettel City occupies an enormous area, but it's also full of chaos. I hope that under your leadership, it will be restored to its rightful order! "Uhtred raised his voice.
When they heard that it was Brettel City, the nobles who were listening all revealed flabbergasted expressions, as if this Brettel City was very famous.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely take a good look at Brettel City and restore it to the Empire's rightful order!" Han Shuo replied respectfully.
"Alright, that's all for today. Everyone is dismissed!" Uhtred looked at Han Shuo a few more times, then waved his hand to indicate that the court meeting was over. Everyone left one after another.
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