Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
It was June.
The harsh and dry weather slowly remerged once again in the Kingdom of St Ellis. Everything from the old kingdom had been taken over by the new one. Its foot was firmly placed on the Holy Continent.
Abel sat on his throne in the palace with the members of parliament and important members of the state standing below. Things like this didn’t happen often.
“When I have my offspring, I will personally send them back to inherit the throne. But until then, I hope all of you can take good care of the kingdom. The reason I established the state is so that the kingdom can be run smoothly even if my offspring need to focus on their training!” Abel looked down at his men and lowered his voice.
Most of the people in the palace had already expected this. Abel did not have any children, and there were not many members in the Harry Family, so transferring power to another was unlikely.
Luckily he had established the state, and it was already taking care of everything in the kingdom. So there wouldn’t be a problem even when the emperor was not around.
This finally allowed the other 2 kingdoms to take a breath of relief. It seemed like Abel was not someone who cared too much about political power. He was not even 20 years old, and he had become an elite wizard. He was crazy for his training.
They were not worried that Abel would attack them. The investigation department of both kingdoms had arrived at the same conclusion.
If the kingdom of St Ellis did not attack the duchy of Carmel first, Abel would not have taken over the kingdom of St Ellis. He would have just killed emperor Ambrose at most.
The investigation department of the 2 kingdoms also emphasized, never attack Abel. He was no ordinary man. He was a true war wizard. He would only do one thing to his enemies, kill them!
“The great Emperor Abel. When will you leave the Holy Continent?” Chair Bennett asked.
Everyone wanted to ask him, but only Chair Bennett could be this direct.
“Father, I will go on a retreat in my magic tower for another few months, and after that, I will leave the Holy Continent!” Abel replied bluntly. He had already decided long ago.
“Your Majesty, you are still young, why rush it?” Chair Bennett felt like Abel was leaving too soon. Although the kingdom was stable, there were still too many people eyeing the kingdom’s wealth. The kingdom might be in some trouble once Abel left.
“The kingdom is on the right track, and the state is taking care of everything smoothly, as for the safety… ” Abel paused and continued with a smile, “I will make sure everyone in the Holy Continent knows the Kingdom of St Ellis is not good to mess with before I leave!”
Chair Bennett didn’t know why Abel was so confident. How could he still guarantee the safety of the kingdom after he left?
As the chair of the council, he knew how wealthy the kingdom was. It would be almost impossible for some to resist.
Just those tens of restaurants in Linate City was enough to generate more than enough credit points for their wizards to live lavishly.
A rumor was also going around that Harvest city had mastered a special harvesting technique to help the kingdom make it through the food shortage crisis.
The most powerful wizard in the Harry castle wizard circle was intermediate wizard Morton. That place had the best training resource, so there were also many wizards with their eyes on it.
The reason they did not make a move was because of Abel. Chair Bennett could just imagine how many wizards would try to invade as soon as Abel left.
Such vast amounts of resources with only one intermediate wizard as a guard was certainly a risk worth taking.
“Your Majesty. Should we add some more guardian wizards in Harry castle?” Chair Bennett added.
He looked towards the 3 rank 17 wizards in the palace to suggest that he wanted one of them to guard that place.
Abel did not reply, and the 3 rank 17 wizards let out an awkward smile. That place was their nightmare.
They were not worried about the safety of Harry Castle. There was a monster in that place.
“Chair Bennett, there is no need to worry about the safety of Harry Castle. No one will get hurt even if all elite wizards decide to head to that place!” Wizard Dyna, the leader of 3 rank 17 wizards, replied.
He still felt chill thinking about the magic forbidden power of that place. If Abel didn’t want him, he would be a soul beam already.
“Father, don’t worry. I will make sure everything is set before I leave!” He knew the only one in the palace who truly cared for him was Chair Bennett. All the others were only serving him for the magic contracts.
Chair Bennett did not reply. He bowed and stepped aside.
“Head Commander Bodley. I hope you can keep taking good care of the Kingdom’s troops!” Abel looked around and smiled.
“The great Emperor Abel, I definitely will not disappoint you!’ Head Commander Bodley bowed. He was the number one commander of the kingdom.
He used to be a small noble, but ever since he started following, Abel quickly became the leader of a powerful army. Most of it was because of the trust Abel placed in him.
He was not only granted a title and domain from Abel but also received the orc god blood, which could increase his lifespan for a hundred years.
What Abel just said had confirmed that his role in the military would not change after Abel left. Even the state could not do anything about it.
Most importantly, he knew the true power of the kingdom was not those 30,000 knights. It was those 5 Sky Ships and those 3 rank 17 wizards in the palace.
Those 30,000 knights were more for show. According to the data of the past battles, those Sky Ships and elite wizards could basically guarantee victory.
“My wizards, you are the guardians of the kingdom. I hope you keep doing your best after I left!” Abel looked at the 3 rank 17 wizards and said.
“The great Emperor Abel. Please don’t worry. We will make sure no other wizards can attack the kingdom!” Said Wizard Dyna, and the 3 wizards bowed.
Their lives were in the hands of Abel’s female servant. She was an immortal wizard. She was only an intermediate wizard but becoming an elite wizard was almost certain for an immortal.
Those elite wizards’ condition would not change even when Abel was not around, so it was best to give everything they got to serve the kingdom when they were still alive.
The kingdom was treating them quite well. Just their training resource alone was enough for them and their offsprings, which made them more comfortable serving the kingdom.
“I put my trust in all of you!” Abel smiled. He then looked to everyone in the palace and said, “I am not leaving the Holy Continent forever. I will come back every few years, to maybe every ten years. I hope the kingdom can be more powerful each time I come back!”
Abel didn’t have too much to worry about for the kingdom of St Ellis. He had strong allies in the Holy Continent. Even if he wasn’t the friend of the dwarfs or the brother of the Goff Family, just his wizard loved grandmaster wine was enough to make the dwarfs die for the Kingdom of St Ellis.
The elves would also make sure nothing happened to the kingdom for Abel’s alchemy products.
Therefore, Abel left Denan City after he said his words. The kingdom was already operating smoothly without him, and he would not stop that.
He teleported to Harry Castle and went into the training room in Morton magic tower once again.
He took the rune word Insight into the Dark World and began exploring Durance of Hate while practicing the lite wizard spells.
There were not many elite wizard spells, but each of them was extremely powerful. They were the pinnacle of spells.
The elite fire spell ‘meteoroid’ could summon fallen stars from the sky to attack their enemies. It was one of the most powerful fire spells, and it could burn large areas of enemies into ash.
However, there was a big downside to this spell, the 1.2-second delay. Therefore, the full potential of this powerful spell could not be unleashed unless you get the time right.
The elite ice spell ‘blizzard’ could create a blizzard storm and froze your enemies to death.
It was a powerful mass attack spell. Most importantly, it had a slow down effect, so it was very hard for the enemies to escape in the face of it.
However, the delay time was 1.8 seconds.
The elite ice spell ‘frozen armor’ was a defense spell. It was best for defending long-distance attacks such as arrows, and it could shoot ice bolts automatically to the enemy, no matter the distance.
It was a passive defense spell but also one of the most powerful ones.
The elite lightning spell ‘lightning storm’ was one of the most attractive spells for lightning wizards. It could control the watcher and summon a lightning cloud and drag the enemy into the vicious storm.
This spell would automatically attack any nearby enemy as soon as it was cast. No matter how fast you were, you would be attacked as soon as you get near a wizard with this spell.
Finally, the elite lightning spell ‘energy shield’ could use scattered mana as energy to defense. As long as a wizard could support this shield with their power of the will, they could use their mana to counteract physical or magical attacks. It could almost make a wizard fearless on a battlefield.
It was basically trading mana for health points, and you would be fine as long as you had enough mana.
3 attack spells and 2 defense spells. That was 5 spells in total. Abel would definitely have tremendous growth in power if he mastered all of them.
He took the Insight in the Kurast Dock. He ignited the quick recovery ability and began practicing the spells like a mad man.
When he got tired, he would make some alchemy products, master wine, and rabbit essence.
He needed hundreds of years of supply.
If the dwarfs didn’t trade so much fish for the wine, there was no way they would have so many crops freed up to make so many wines. Still, the production was limited.
Just like that, Abel had disappeared for another 5 months. The news of Abel leaving the Holy Continent began to spread, and all the big organizations began to speculate.
Since Liante City did not give out an official confirmation that Abel would use the super teleportation circle and no one would do so until Abel came back, all the powerful forces could only wait. What would happen to the kingdom of St Ellis without Abel? Would their power fall? Many powerful forces had their eyes fixed on the wealth of that kingdom.
In October, Abel returned to Morton magic tower with the rune word Insight, a tremendous amount of alchemy products, master wine, Grandmaster wine, and rabbit essence. He dumped them in his magic tower for Tower Spirit Flora to organize.
It would distribute the alchemy products to the elves, wines for the dwarfs, and rabbit essence for chefs in Harry castle each month so they could cook for the elves and the 6 dragons.
Of course, it would also distribute the rabbit essence to the restaurants in Liante City, but those were diluted ones.
Abel was not planning to take the original rabbit essence beyond Harry Castle. It was the safest place.
The wealth of Harry Castle’s wizard was also unimaginable for people in the common world.
Top-level mana gems would be a big budget for any wizard, and they had an ocean amount of it.
Large amounts of alchemy products were also enough to supply all knights in the kingdom for hundreds of years. The elves’ portion was the same.
There were also some special live preserving potions such as the Dark World’s ‘antidote,’ 10 ‘full recovery potion,’ ‘dragon blood wall breaking potion,’ and ‘longevity potion.’
The Dark World’s Antidote could cure any poison in this world. Abel had tested this out on all poisons in the Holy Continent. Even the priests’ poison could be diffused easily.
As for the Full recovery potions, Abel would only allow it with Tower Spirit Flora or Bartoli’s approval. It had the power to heal any injuries, including chronic ones. If a normal person had used it, it could also bring them back to their youth as well as pushing their life span to the limit of humans.
Therefore, Abel only left enough for his family to use in the most crucial times.
The ‘dragon blood wall breaking potion’ was for the commanders in his kingdom to level up, and Abel had put down large amounts of them. Ever since Abel met Blue Dragon Emmanuel, he could get as much pseudo dragon as he wanted. Therefore he no longer needed the blood of Flying Flame to make those potions.
As long as the state didn’t self-destruct, the Kingdom of St Ellis would have the most glorious knights.
The ‘Longevity potion’ was for the kingdom to give out as rewards to the most outstanding ones. Since Abel could easily get the ingredients for them in the Dark World, they were no longer valuable to him.
Any one of those potions was enough to attract the most talented people.
Abel had given the right to distribute the ‘dragon blood wall breaking potion’ and ‘longevity potion’ to his most trusted family members. The Lord of Marshall and Chair Bennett.
As for the ‘Dark World Antidote’ and ‘Full recovery potion,’ Abel had given them to Tower Spirit Flora and Bartoli to regulate.
Abel had given Tower Spirit Flora a list of people. If they needed those potions, they could directly ask Tower Spirit Flora for them.
Under special circumstances, people can ask Bartoli. She was connected to Abel by the soul chain no matter where Abel was.
It was just a matter of time that people would find out that most of these resources were sent out from Harry Castle. It was expected of Abel, and he was not worried. That place had Barbra on guard.
As long as Barbra was around, that place would be the safest place in the Holy Continent. Any wizard or knights who seek trouble would turn into Barbra’s food.
Abel then went to Harry Castle and found The Lord of Marshall. He lowered his voice and said, “Uncle Marshall. I’m here to say goodbye. I’ve decided to leave the Holy Continent and explore other continents!”
“Abel, I know you are a special kid the moment you stepped into Harry Castle. I just never guess you would grow this fast. You are now beyond anything I can imagine!” The Lord of Marshall smiled and added, “At first, I was just expecting you to be a knight and inherit the castle!”
Abel also smiled. He remembered he was doing knight training like crazy back in the days, and most of it was taught by The Lord of Marshall.
“How could I ever guess that your growth would be so tremendous. I thought you should know more about your sword, so I asked Master Bentham to teach you forgery. But you then became a master blacksmith. Now you became a Grandmaster Blacksmith.
You wanted to become a wizard, so I’ve introduced you to novice wizard Sam, but now you became an elite wizard.
You never told me your knight rank, but I know you are at the top of the Holy Continent.
The Holy Continent is too small for you. So small that you have become an emperor, Grandmaster Blacksmith, Elite Wizard, and a powerful knight. I know you will spread your wings and fly one day. I knew this ever since you became the emperor. Now that you want to leave the Holy Continent, your journey has just begun.
Go for it, my boy. I will wait for your good news. No matter how much you grow, please remember to come back. This place is your home!” The Lord of Marshall was beginning to tear up, but he held his fist tight and tried his best to hold back.
Abel was his child. Abel had overcome all his expectations. He could no longer imagine what Abel could achieve.
“Uncle Marshall, I will come back quite often. I will pass down our family’s coat of arms!” Abel said in certainty.
“When you come back, make sure to bring your wife. You are not young. Zach was already married when he was your age!” The Lord of Marshall said, pointing at Abel.
Abel never expected The Lord of Marshall to say something like this. Zach was a knight. Getting married early was normal for him. Abel was a wizard, an elite wizard.
“Uncle Marshall, I-I’ll try my best!” Abel said, stuttering.
The Lord of Marshall knew what Abel was thinking, but Chair Bennett had asked him for a favor to persuade Abel to have a child In the Holy Continent before leaving. He couldn’t help but sigh, he also wanted the same, but he knew that was impossible.
The Lord of Marshall was not desperate. He has taken the full recovery potion and longevity potion. He had more than enough time to see the birth of Abel’s child.
Abel didn’t really want to leave The Lord of Marshall. He knew the Lord of Marshall always loved shiny things, but he was not greedy for power.
He had stayed in Harry Castle for most of his life for his wife. This love and loyalty had touched Abel deeply.
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Abel cherished his family relationships. He had given his father, Chair Bennett, the most powerful position in the kingdom and turned the Bennett family into a true, noble family.
As for The Lord of Marshall, the most he could do was to protect Harry Castle. It was the only The Lord of Marshall lived for. Abel couldn’t even imagine what The Lord of Marshall would do without Harry Castle.
Therefore Abel had put a lot of effort into ensuring its safety. He had set up his wizard circle and placed his Battle fortress there. With Tower Spirit Flora operating the protection circle, it could teleport The Lord of Marshall to a safe place during danger and move hundreds of little war puppets.
As his power grew, his enemies also grew. Therefore Harry castle was the first place that came to mind when he obtained the ancient guardian beast, Barbra.
Abel and The Lord of Marshall chatted till noon, talking about the big things like the birth of the Harry Castle and the little things of Abel’s childhood.
The Lord of Marshall was a man of manners, and he normally wouldn’t talk during a meal, but that day was an exception. During lunch, they kept going.
After lunch, they returned to the office and kept chatting while enjoying a glass of juice.
Abel listened attentively. He could sense The Lord of Marshall’s love for him through his words.
The Lord of Marshall was a conserved person, but that day he poured out all his emotions. He wanted to let Abel know everything that was in his mind before leaving.
The Lord of Marshall continued until the sun went down. He looked at Abel with eyes full of reluctance.
“Abel, make sure you take care of yourself. Don’t make too many enemies!” The Lord of Marshall stood up and said his last words.
“Father, I will definitely come back safely!” Abel called.
The Lord of Marshall was caught off guard. It was the first time Abel called him father. Since Abel was adopted by The Lord of Marshall and his real father, Chair Bennett was still alive, Abel called him uncle according to the noble traditions.
The Lord of Marshall was shocked that Abel had suddenly changed the way he addressed him. His wife did not have a child with him before she passed away. It was Abel who gave him a ray of hope. However, Abel had grown too fast. He had just gotten a taste of family warmth, and Abel needed to leave.
“My child, I never thought I would have the chance to hear you call me father in my life!” The Lord of Marshall reached his hands out and hugged Abel tight. He couldn’t hold his tears back any longer.
Abel felt a little regret that he did not realize how important an address was to The Lord of Marshall. He was not a man of the common world.
He was a wizard. He shouldn’t care too much about the command world.
He was also an emperor. The common world was fully under his control.
“Father, make sure you take care of yourself. I will leave you some knight potions. Make sure to use them. I hope you can soon become one. I will definitely find a path to go after head commanders in other continents!” Abel mumbled. He also felt his eyes watering up.
Abel had made a full set of Dragon Blood wall breaking potion specific for The Lord of Marshall. It included the ones from intermediate knight to elite knight, elite knight to commander, and commander to head commander.
Using dragon blood and valuable resources to make low ranking potions were a waste, but Abel couldn’t care less for the good of The Lord of Marshall.
The Lord of Marshall was not an extraordinarily gifted knight. In fact, he was actually quite bad. Even with the best training resources, his progress was slow. If Abel did not give him those knights leveling up potions, there was no way he could become a head commander. Even a commander would be hard.
“Ok, ok, I will give it all I got in my training!” Abel let go of Abel and smiled.
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At that moment, Abel realized talking too much was contagious, especially within a family.