Chapter 51
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The transformation necklace was a treasure from the Woolf royal family. Back in the old days, it was a magical item made to facilitate the family's members to travel through the Holy Continent. It was said that the orc god had to sacrifice a large amount to invite Great Druid, from the elves to complete the necklace together. Therefore it could only be used by the most important members of the Woolf family's younger generation.
The recovering spell of the transformation necklace was also inherited only by the Woolf family. Suddenly, Abel had realized that he didn't know the spell of how to recover back into a human. He only knew the spell of how to transform into a worgen. Luckily, these magic items would often contain information about it's using instructions within it. Therefore Abel could find the recovering spell by injecting his power of the Will.
He told himself, he must be sure to pay closer attention to these spell casts next time. If he really couldn't transform back into a human, the only option he would have left was to go and live in the orc empire.
Once again, Abel picked up the sign with the symbols saying Sky Sparrow and connected to it with his power of the Will. He immediately felt the detective wave that occurred from the last test, he felt like he was having a body scan again. When the sign scanned Abel's power of the Will, it passed and questioned Abel whether he was the owner.
Abel looked directly at the dead worgen on the floor. He knew that it was the owner of the sign. If it was still alive, no one other than him should be able to use it.
"Obey, I am the owner!" Abel answered with his power of the Will.
Then there was a flash of white light. Abel immediately felt a sense of connection between the sign and himself. It felt much like the connection between him and the mount wolf Black Wind that he adopted. A bundle of messages was coming to him through his power of the Will.
The sign was called the sky sparrow control no. 36, and it was under the command of the orc military of the heavy flying beast transportation brigade. Each sign was able to control one unique sky sparrow and only the owner of the sign was able to command the bird.
According to the control information from the sign, these sky sparrows were very easy to feed and it ate mostly everything edible as its' digestive ability was extremely strong. In normal circumstances, it was able to find itself food. The bird also had no enemies in the skies due to its enormous size and back in the orc kingdom, these birds were generally placed in the forest area. Whenever there was a transportation mission, they were directly recalled through this control sign.
Abel then carefully inspected the no. 36 bird control signs and found diamonds on it. There was a very faint wave of soul. When Abel had connected with the wave of the soul with the power of the Will. Suddenly, the sky sparrow was awakened.
When the sky sparrow was awakened, it ignored its original owner who was lying dead on the ground. Instead, it was looking directly at Abel nervously along with a sense of curiosity. Abel then used his power of the Will again to connect with the soul of the sky sparrow, he felt that it was curiosity yet nervousness. Abel couldn't help but want to pat the sky sparrow on its head, but it was too big and tall. Although Abel wasn't able to reach the bird's head, the bird seemed to be able to read Abel's mind. It slowly lowered it's head towards Abel and closed its eyes, waiting for Abel to pat him.
Abel gently patted the head of the bird and at that moment, the bird's heart immediately felt a sense of joy. The bird seemed to have a lot of things that it wanted to share with Abel. Abel then continued to use the control sign no. 36 to communicate with it.
The bird expressed how painful it's wound was, how hungry he was, as well as it's anger of being attacked. Although it wasn't able to express the words clearly, through the power of the Will, Abel was able to understand most of the things it was saying.
All sky sparrows had a master who was able to control them through a special control sign?. However, these birds were still animals, and they had their ways of thinking, emotions and needed their owners to care for them. Normally, worgen could not understand or able to directly communicate with these birds.
Only a man like Abel was able to mentally connect to the soul it's soul through the control sign. By being able to communicate with each other, the bird seemed to have developed a sense of good impression towards Abel.
"You are so gigantic and pale" When you're in the sky, you're like a white cloud. From now on I am going to call you White Cloud!" Said Abel.
When the bird heard the name, it seemed to like it very much. A sense of joy and approval was passed to Abel through the control sign.
Looking at White Cloud, Abel couldn't imagine the feeling of riding a bird-like this in the skies. In his past life, he had flown in an airplane and glided. But flying on a large bird was something that he had never thought of before.
"It looks like we'll be staying here for two more days. When you've recovered, we'll be on our way home."
White Cloud nodded back to Abel. It seemed to be very happy to share his feelings with his owner. It had never been more excited in its life.
"Wait for me. I'll go down the mountain and get the horses."
The control sign revealed that the bird seemed to be not willing to separate from its' owner. When Abel noticed its reaction, he couldn't control himself but smile to appease the bird for a little longer. He only went down the mountain when the bird was quietly resting.
When Abel saw his two warhorses as he was arriving at the foot of the mountain. The warhorses were immediately alerted and transitioned into a guarding position. Abel felt a little surprised, then he realized that he was in a worgen's body. Luckily, he was only seen by his warhorses, not humans.
Abel then quickly took out his necklace and cast the recovering spell. After a flash of green light, he transformed back into his human form.
The two horses still slowly approached Abel though wondering how the strange man had just suddenly transformed into their master.
When Abel traveled back to the top of the mountain with the two horses, he saw the big head of White Cloud rolling around. When White Cloud saw Abel's returned, it was moving its mouth rapidly as it was extremely exciting and was in joy.
White Cloud didn't seem to care what Abel had looked like as it felt Abel's presence through his soul.
The horses seemed to have been frightened by the size of the bird. However, they had been trained so well that they had only stopped and did not run away, only kicking their front hooves a little impatiently.
Abel then patted the two horses, and took out some of the fine horse food and fed some to both the horses. When the horses felt Abel's presence, they were calmed again.
They were here to stay here for two days. Luckily, the worgens had already set up their tents earlier. There were 2 tents. One was very ordinary which probably belonged to the worgen with leather armor. The smell inside was horrible. However, the other tent was very luxurious. It's interior was very clean, though not too big, it was enough for three people to sleep side by side, Abel was not too clear what material was used, but it was for sure very expensive.
While Abel was lying in the tent, he was thinking for an excuse on why he had gone for two days. No one could find out about White Cloud. Abel decided to leave his bird in the forest behind the Harry castle. He could summon it anytime anyways. Abel had gotten way too used to being in the blacksmith guild every day. Since he did not bring his rune brush or rune ink on this journey, he was bored out of his mind.
Maybe it was time for Abel to be promoted to a beginner knight. He had already been a level 5 novice knight for quite a while. Abel pondered as he stares at the 6 bottles of the master's 'qi condensing option' in the Horadric Cube.
When he recalled what The Knight of Bennett and The Knight of Marshall said, to be promoted, it required to fill the qi in the meridian completely. The more qi you had, the higher the chance you would be promoted. The best way to maximize your chances was to prepare a bottle of greater "qi condensing potions", conditional equipped with a bottle of greatest "qi condensing potion", and drink them together.
Being promoted to an official knight was not easy. That's why so many knights were stuck at the novice rank. It was said that the younger the novice knight, the more likely he would be promoted. With the older the novice knights, they were the hardest to get promoted.
As Abel touched his beardless chin. Was 13 young enough? Since all the "qi condensing potion" do was to fill up the qi in the meridian. Normally novice knights only need 1 greater and 1 greatest one. He got 6 master's ones, so it should be more than enough.
Abel thought about all of these conditions. He realized he had met, or even exceeded all of them. He then took the level 6 bottle of the master's "qi condensing potion" out from the Horadric cube.
After thinking for a while, Abel took out the control sign and sent a do not disturb to White Cloud. If anything appears, he could just retract the message. Finally, Abel was prepared to level up.
With White Cloud being such huge and terrifying creatures, even the largest of beasts would not dare to approach them. Furthermore, it was also a long way from the nearest road, Abel thought he should not be so unlucky that other humans would be here to disturb his leveling up.
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Chapter 52
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Abel took a deep breath and thought about the 2 knight's experiences again. Since he wanted his body to gain more and more qi, he decided to drink all of the qi condensing potions.
Abel picked up a master's qi condensing potion shining in dark gold and drank it without any hesitation. He poured more and more bottles of the qi condensing potion and emptied it all into his mouth. Altogether, he had drunk around 6 bottles of the potion. When he was finished drinking, he did a large burp. Only someone like Abel could be able to drink something as powerful as these and still be able to do burps.
At this time, the "condensing potion" in Abel's stomach began to resist the huge amount of qi rushing through his meridian. Abel had no choice but began to use the knight's breathing techniques to continuously compress the qi in his meridian. But how was he supposed to keep up his compression speed with the large amount of qi rushing through his meridian?
At that moment, Abel felt as if he had transformed into a pressure cooker as his stomach continued to bloat.
If it weren't for the strong physical restraint from Abel, his stomach would've exploded right away.
At this time, the five branches of the meridian in his body began to shrink due to the strong pressure. As the meridian was being continuously compressed with higher and higher density. Then, a large amount of air that was continuously being poured into the meridian, made the empty parts of the meridian after compression filled up again. Once again, the pressure began to constrain Abel's body.
Abel was now like a balloon, which would burst with the slightest poke of an external force. Feeling in danger, he had been playing with the knight's breathing techniques, and he had no other way but to rely on the knight's breathing technique now.
However, the effects of the knight's breathing were already utterly inadequate. As the strong pressure on the internal abdomen was starting to hurt Abel's internal organs with blood beginning to flow out from the corners of Abel's mouth.
The bones on Abel's entire body began trembling and were making squeaking and shaking noises. When Abel knew that there was nothing more he could've done, he decided to remain here and wait.
"No!"
Alongside with a roar from Abel, his mighty power of the will began to rush out of. Through his power of the will, he imagined his meridian as a rough piece of steel and his power of the will as a hammer. He began to command the hammer with his consciousness and powerfully struck a meridian out of the 5 he had. The qi within had compressed more than half of its initial size, but with the speed of light, his meridian began to fill up with qi again as soon as the hammer was lifted.
Abel did not care much about his meridians. Instead, he turned to his second meridian and continued to strike it without hesitation. By the time he finished striking his 5th meridian, the first meridian was filled with qi once again by the 6 master's potion.
As Abel continued to strike, this process of compressing and refilling the qi in his meridian created a strange sense of imbalance in his body.
At that moment Abel couldn't even felt his own body, all of his perceptions were fading away. This was because all his power of the will was focused on his meridian. This meridian was just a model of steels in his eyes. Also, he was not directly striking his meridian. He only struck the area where the qi was located, hoping to force it to the center where his 5 meridians were connected.
If there was anyone near Abel right now, they would've realized that he had already entered into a state of realization once again. In this state, people would generally rely on the most direct instinct of their bodies. They had no concerns about the consequences, and would not hesitate around anything. It was a fascinating ability passed down by the history of humanity.
After each stroke, the compressed part would rebound some strange energy back to Abel's body. This energy was known as increasing energy. When a novice knight became an official knight, their bodies would go through a lot of developments, largely caused by this increasing energy.
Not only could this increasing energy develop Abel's body, but it could also increase his power of the will. When Abel continued to strike, he was improving himself in all aspects, which he did not even realize as he was in the midst of this state realization.
As the increasing energy continued to rebound with every strike. Abel's power of the will hammer was also becoming stronger, as though as it was being compressed.
No one knew how much qi can be generated through 6 years of practice. However, when Abel was in his state of realization, he guesses maybe he could achieve it in 24 hours If he continued to revive the increasing energy rebound from each strike. So, it should ng be long.
This was the longest that Abel had ever been in an insight before. Now, his power of the will was becoming a golden hammer, and the qi inside the meridian was longer being recharged. The effects of the 6 potions were finally over. His meridian had now become a crystal stone that was as big as his fist. As his body was being developed with the energy, his skin was shining with a light gold color. If anyone had seen Abel at that time, they would've seen through his bone marrows, which was pure as jade and as hard as a stone.
Abel then opened his eyes and took in a breath of air. He thought that he wasn't going to, but luckily he made it through the process, and it felt good to be alive.
After Abel had woken up, the first thing he wanted to do was to find his father Bennett and uncle Marshall, to ask them what "the more qi the better" meant. He just drank all 6 bottles of master's 'qi condensing potion' without any problem. Therefore, according to the logic of the two knights, he should also be ok if he drank 60 bottles.
Standing up, Abel found a thick layer of black shell on his skin. It was the impurities generated from the increasing of rank through the energy in his body. As there was no one nearby, he stepped out of the tent and stripped off all his clothes.
When Abel continued to stretch his body in all kinds of positions, the black shell continued to fall from his body. When they were all shaken off, Abel's clear white skins were exposed. His training in becoming a knight and forging over the past two years had darkened his skin. However, his skins right now were the palest it had ever been. it was like a baby's skin, and when he pressed his hand onto it, it was soft yet firm. Furthermore, when you looked at his skin carefully, it was almost looked like it was flashing in light gold color from time to time.
To see how fast he could go, Abel tried to push and tread, he was so fast that he had already flown straight into a tree that was being held by a man.
"Bang" as Abel had hit the tree and the tree was torn from where he had hit it. The trees within 10 meters + trees fell to the ground.
White Cloud was immediately awakened from the sound. When it saw it's owner, it stood up happily. The wound on its body seemed to no longer prevent it from moving. As its' head gently approached Abel and wanted him to comfort it with his hands.
Abel was extremely amused by the way it looked. It was very funny for such a huge creature to make such an expression.
At this time, White Cloud saw the tree on the ground, could not help but brighten eyes. It looked at Abel, Abel couldn't feel the meaning of White Cloud from the control sign, was it asking if the tree was for it to eat?
Abel nodded, crying and laughing, and watched White Cloud happily eat the branches of the whole gigantic tree into his stomach. Not long after, what was a big tree had turned into only the tree trunk.
Abel had also realized that his power of the will was many times stronger, it could communicate with White Cloud directly. Although he did not know the specific value of this power, he was certain that it would be no problem to draw three runes at the same time.
Afterward, Abel continued to carefully move around, trying to get a hold of the drastic changes in his body. The first thing it noticed was that the Harry's bow had become a lot easier to pull, it almost required no effort at all. Secondly, his ice magic sword had also become a lot lighter, holding it felt like a toothpick. He decided, the first mission he had when he got back to the castle was to make a heavier one. A knight should have weapons that suited his power.
Abel could no longer use the tai chi from his previous to help him grasp the force of his own body.
The perspective of power was completely different in this world. If his force was not explosive and vicious, it could hold back a lot of his attacking power as a knight. He tried to use tai chi once when he was a novice knight, but it has messed up his form and use of power. It took a long while until he could correct it.
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Chapter 53
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Finally, Abel had become a beginner knight. He awkwardly stared at the area of his body where his meridian had disappeared. It was replaced with a fist-size light gold color core, glistening like a diamond. The problem was that this core looked very different from the ones the Knight of Bennett and the Knight of Marshall had described.
According to the 2 knights, the core of a beginner knight looked more like a peach size water ball. However, the core that Abel had, if we could take it out he could have very well be able to sell it off as a gem.
Once a beginner knight had a core, they could proceed to build a qi pressure point. A beginner knight could build 5 qi pressure points at most. Every time they built a new one, they would be raised by a rank. When they reached rank 10, or in other words, completed building their 5th qi pressure point. They would become an intermediate knight.
An intermediate knight could then start building qi pressure points on each of their limbs and skull. When their qi pressuring point had been formed on their left arm, they could directly deliver their combat qi on to their weapons. That's why this ability was exclusive to intermediate knights and above.
By that point, the intermediate knight would become very powerful. It could not only make his weapons sharper, but he could also more easily strike his combat qi directly into his opponent.
A unique property of combat qi was that it had a strong excluding tendency. If it was in its owner's body, it could make the person strong. However, it could be a disaster if it had got into another person's body. It could nightmarishly corrupt and destroy every single organ. The only way to stop this was to exclude the other person's combat qi from the body, which could be achieved by unleashing your own combat qi, using expensive drugs, or if you were lucky, a strong resistant body could also do the trick.
When the intermediate knight had built a qi pressure point in their skull and all 4 of their limbs. They would have 10 qi pressure points in total, each connecting to the core through a combat qi network. From then on, the core of the Knight would become stronger and more secure.
These network between the core and the qi pressure point was like a highway, allowing the much more combat qi to travel through the body. This allowed the elite knight to shoot out combat qi from his body. As these networks got stronger, the further he could shoot.
Abel continued to stare at the light gold core in his body. Suddenly, a wave of combat qi shot up from his body. He was shocked to discover that his combat qi was also a light gold color. When he got back to the castle, he had to ask the Knight of Marshall about this. The color of the combat qi couldn't be tricked. If he were to use it, it would attract a lot of people. Therefore, he needed to know what was going on first.
Abel retracted his combat qi and decided to test out his control power on a tree nearby. At first, he overused his power a bit and knocked down the tree. But as he practiced more, he gained more control over his exploding power.if
Abel took out the food off the war horse. Then, he started a bonfire and prepared some simple meals. It was funny how even if Abel had not eaten anything for two days, he had not felt a single bit of hunger during that time. Only, when he remembered it was time to eat, he realized his stomach was empty.
White Cloud was not afraid of fire. When he saw the bonfire, he sneaked his head in to see what Abel was eating.
Abel could not feed White Cloud directly, he only threw the food in its mouth. The food was gone before White Cloud could taste anything.
After the meal, Abel took a look at the condition of White Cloud's injury. Luckily it was not too badly injured by the combat qi. The only trouble was the attribute of the combat qi. However, since White Cloud's body was so huge, and with the assistance of special medicines, most of the combat qi had already been excluded from its body. Now, the wound was beginning to heal.
Abel thought White Cloud could fly again very soon. Just thinking about it gave Abel a burning excitement in his heart. White Cloud was also very happily making the sound of "goo.. gooo", it was so sick and tired of lying on the ground. Other than eating, these sky sparrows normally spend most of their time flying in the sky.
Abel discovered some seats specifically designed for orcs on White Cloud. The driver seat was located on the neck, secured with leather straps and equipped with a seat belt. There was a huge open carriage the back of White Cloud, within the carriage, there were 5 individual seats, each also equipped with a seat belt.
It took him a bit of effort to drive the 2 war horses on to the body of White Cloud. The war horses of the human world were less flexible than normal orc's mounts. Since Abel had already gained a lot of power, in the end, he just directly lifted the 2 war horses on to the back of White Cloud and secured them with seatbelts. Then Abel sat down at the driver's seat. The view was the best.
"Go on, fly. White Cloud", Abel commended in his heart.
White Cloud gave out a long shriek and stretched its wings. It's gigantic wings almost blocked out the entire sky. It then began to flock up and down. It produced a powerful amount of air steam, blowing all the dirt and small rocks on the ground to aside. Since Abel was so small compared to White Cloud, he did not feel much acceleration force upwards. Before he knew it, he was already in the sky.
After Abel had found his sense of direction. He decided to go to the Ansa valley, to get rid off the super exploding big sword in his Horadric cube first. As long as he has this toy in his Horadric cube, he could not combine any more rune inks.
"Destination, Ansa valley," said Abel as he pointed towards the direction of Ansa valley. Although White Cloud could not see where Abel's hand was pointing, it knew exactly what Abel was saying through the power of the will. They took a turn and flew directly towards the direction of Ansa valley.
White Cloud was flying very high. When Abel looked below him, he realized he could no longer see the small details on the ground. He could only make out large things such as rivers, large roads, and valleys. When he passed through the midst of the clouds, it was an interesting feeling.
Abel realized he wasn't feeling so well, his eyes were constantly irritated by the wind. On top of that, White cloud was flying very fast, which made the wind even stronger. Although the two war horses on the open carriage didn't have it as bad as Abel, they were so frightened that they had hid below the carriage seats, not willing to lift their heads.
The wind was the strongest on the driver seat. If Abel didn't try to block it out with his hand, he wouldn't be able to see a single thing.
Abel thought to himself, he must make flying goggles when he got back. Also, he should make a telescope, that way he could see all the details on the ground when we were flying with White Cloud.
As Abel was getting lost in his daydream, they had already arrived above Ansa valley. White Cloud tweeted lightly, reminding Abel that they had arrived at the destination.
Abel looked down with his head to investigate the condition below. From a bird's eye view, he saw the valley that was marked on the map. Abel was so grateful that he had White Cloud It would take much longer if he was to find this place himself.
When Abel patted the neck of White Cloud, it understood Abel's intention and began to land.
When he hopped off the body of White Cloud, he felt very embarrassed. His hair had been all messed up by the wind, scattering all over his face. He tried to fix it up for a while before he sent a signal to White Cloud, telling it that it to fly away as far as possible.
White Cloud began to flock his gigantic wings before Abel had even realized, it had already flown away. Leaving Abel with a face full of dust.
Abel had just fixed up his hair, now it was all covered in dust again. An irritated expression emerged from his face, but who could he blame?
As Abel saw that White Cloud had become a small white dot in the sky, he headed towards the cliff of the valley. He peeked his head out to look, the valley was so deep, even his incredible eyesight could not see the bottom.
Abel gives all his limbs a good stretch. It was going to be life and death in a minute, he needed to make sure he could run as fast as possible.
"3…2…1…" Abel counted in his heart. As soon as Abel he counted to 1, he took out that failed perfect gem super exploding sword from his Horadric cube, threw it, turned, and ran off immediately.
Abel thought to himself, he had never reacted this quick in his life. All he knew was to run as fast as possible. He didn't even count how long does it take for it to explode like he did with the exploding swords he made in the past.
Around 3 seconds later, the thundering noise of an explosion erupted under the cliff behind Abel. He fell to the ground by the temporary earthquakes that followed. The explosion had sent countless tree branches and rocks into the sky, and with the force of gravity, they began to rain back. scattering all over the ground.
As Abel was laying on the ground from the fall, he felt pieces of rocks continuously hitting his head. However, since he had become an official knight, his body had developed a lot. These little rocks felt like nothing to him.
The explosion had stopped, Abel got up from the ground. He was covered with dust once again. Seemed like the dust really likes him today, already been all over his body multiple times.
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Chapter 54
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As soon as the explosion stopped, Abel felt anxiety coming from the sky. White Cloud swooped down at almost full speed in the direction of the explosion. When he saw the ground was a little roundup, but Abel was safe and sound, White Cloud mood calmed down.
The sky sparrow was a very timid creature. That being said, White Cloud was able to rush towards the explosion because of how much it had cared for Abel's safety, which must've been very difficult for it to do due to its instincts.
Abel looked as White Cloud landed itself on the ground. He reached out his hands caress its feathers, and it also reached its head out to coordinate with his movements. The two seemed to be a great pair of partners together.
Back to the edge of the cliff. At this time, the cliff has collapsed for about nearly ten meters, which was more devastating that what Abel has imagined. That explosive sword was a bomb. It was just as deadly as an aerial bomb back on Earth.
If Abel could extend the explosion time to about 6 seconds or more, he could launch an aerial attack with it as he rode on top of White Cloud's back. Abel was in the mood of some research now.
"Go home!" Abel jumped to White Cloud back, sat down at the rider position and fastened his seat belt, White Cloud huge and lightweight body once again emptied, and the cliff was crushed into smaller and smaller pieces by every second.
While the same journey would take about six to seven hours by horse, Abel would only have to take half an hour if he were to ride on White Cloud's back.
Abel instructed White Cloud to land in the forest behind the castle and found a space in the forest. After it has made a landing, Abel instructed it to move around freely. In the meantime, he strapped two werewolf bodies to the backs of one of the horses, then led them back to the Harry Castle.
"Master Abel is back! "
When we arrived at the castle, the gate of the castle was open. It seemed that the panic caused by the orc attack had just ended. The village leaders had all returned to their homes, and the guards seemed to be quite energetic when they saw Abel's return.
"Abel, why did you come back so late?" the Knight of Marshall condemned as he walked out the door.
"Nothing. It, uh it just accidentally took more time. I didn't expect it to take so long for me to get promoted."
Abel had already figured out a reason on his way back. Although this reason wasn't sufficient, per se, he wasn't lying either.
"You? An official knight?"
An incredible look emerged from the face of the Knight of Marshall. This was not as simple as upgrading from a level 4 Novice knight to a level 5 Novice knight. Whenever there was a big promotion, the knights must be prepared physically, psychologically. They would need the aid of a large number of supplements, as well as an incredibly long time for them to ready themselves.
The Knight of Marshall felt embarrassed now. He thought about how old he was when he first became a Beginner knight. Being compared to a genius was hurting his self-esteem right now.
"What happened to the werewolf?" Knight Marshall asked, looking at the dead werewolves on the horse.
"Well, I saw them. Had to kill them before they got me"
Abel didn't explain it too much. He wasn't going to talk about how much of an advantage he had in that fight. The less information he gave, the more impressive the story would sound.
The Knight of Marshall waved to the butler Lindsay, "Send these two corpses to the city's mansion, and make it clear that Abel was the one who killed them."
"Yes, Master." Butler Lindsay directed the men to lift the two bodies off the horse.
Abel requested, "Can we please discuss your study? I have something I want to ask you, Uncle."
"Is it about your promotion?" the Knight of Marshall took Abel and hurried to the study room.
The Knight of Marshall's study room is the safest place in the whole castle. Since Abel proposed to talk in the study room, it must be said that he did not want to let others know.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Entering the study room, the Knight of Marshall said after closing the study door.
Abel remained silent and directly gather his combat qi. The pale golden combat qi burst out, reflecting the whole room into a golden color.
The Knight of Marshall was stunned by Abel's pale golden combat qi. He wanted to touch it with his hands, but his hands paused as they reached towards the air.
"The legend is true," the Knight of Marshall murmured, "there is such a thing as the golden combat qi"
Abel asked anxiously, "Is there a problem with my combat qi? Why is it this color?"
"What do you mean by "why is it this color?: This is a god-level combat qi. Gold is the color of the gods. Legend has it that the blood of the gods is golden, and only those who are favored by the gods will emit golden combat qi."
Having a god-level qi didn't seem to shock the Knight of Marshall now. He just heard about Abel's promotion a few minutes ago. Whatever talent this boy has yet to bring out, nothing seemed strange by this point.
"What good is this combat qi?" Abel asked. He wasn't sure if gold was a good color to have, but it sure sounded nice when the Knight of Marshall talked about how it was the color of the gods.
"What good, you ask? Well, you'll be invincible against anyone who's in the same class as you. Does that sound good enough to you?" the Knight of Marshall replied impatiently. As overpowered as he was born to be, Abel just always seemed to want more talents than what he already had.
"Was this good at all? I'm also invincible at the same level with the Harry bow." Abel said with some disappointment.
"You are way too greedy, boy. When you reach Elite knight, the current power of the Harry Bow is not enough. At the level of commander, Harry Bow will be useless. With the legendary power of the golden combat qi, you can increase the combat qi by four times. Seriously, how are you still not satisfied?"
"Wait, so how many power-ups can I get with my golden combat qi?" Abel asked vigorously.
"Just try it yourself. Don't use your combat qi, hit me with half of your strength, and let me know how much the half of your strength is. After that, hit me again with your combat qi activated."
"It should be fine here, right?"
Abel turned to look around the study room. The room was large, and the materials were placed in a bookcase on the wall. There was a huge space in the middle of the room.
"It's okay, give me all you got." the Knight of Marshall said with confidence.
"Here it comes," Abel reminded the Knight of Marshall.
Abel punched out with half of his strength. Within less than a second, the Knight of Marshall used half of his strength and blocked the hit with his body
The Knight of Marshall quickly increased his strength. Only 80% of the energy was urgently added, but it was completely useless against Abel's strike. For reasons he wasn't sure of, he felt like a ball that was being struck into the air.
Actually, he was flying for about ten meters back. The bookcase behind him made a huge crackling sound as his body crashed into it.
"Abel!" the Knight of Marshall shouted. Fortunately, Abel did not use his combat qi. His strength did not hurt the Knight of Marshall, but it was going to take a while for the books to be put back into their original spot. As some of them were family secrets that could not be touched by outsiders, the Knight of Marshall would have to clean them up themselves.
"I told you to use only half of your strength! Why did you do that for?" the Knight of Marshall growled.
"But I've only used half of my strength, Uncle Marshall," Abel said innocently as he rubbed his hands together.
"What? I know you do get power-ups when you release your combat qi, but are you kidding me? There's no way it's as ridiculous as what you just did!"
The Knight of Marshall looked unbelieving, and then asked, "How long have you upgraded your energy?
"I am not sure?" Abel really didn't know how long. He just knew that White Cloud was recovered after he got his promotion.
"How could you not know?" the Knight of Marshall was already a little mad at this moment, and Abel's innocent expression made him even angrier.
"I think I had a breakthrough when I was promoted. You know, you can't track the time you have a breakthrough," Abel explained.
The Knight of Marshall knew as soon as Abel brought up the word "breakthrough." He knew that he was doing Abel wrong, but he just couldn't stop being triggered when he heard the words "you know" coming from Abel's mouth. Abel has made it sound like he knew what a breakthrough was supposed to be like, but he has never had a breakthrough for his entire life.
"Take another punch with 10% strength. Remember, it's 10% strength. Don't get it wrong this time," Knight Marshall warned carefully.
"Rest assured, although I'm not too good in controlling my strength, it should not go wrong." Abel's tone was very serious.
When the Knight of Marshall heard Abel's statement, he silently increased the power he intended to use on defense from 60% to 100%.
Abel's fist seemed to be weak. Seriously, the strength of 10% was the strength to gently wave his hand. When his fist hit the Knight of Marshall, the Knight of Marshall's body shook slightly.
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Chapter 55
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The Knight of Marshall secretly rubbed his back with his hand, "Very strong. Abel. That was about 200 pounds of force right there."
After a long period of body transformation, all of Abel's skin, muscles and bones were now thicker and tighter than ever before. While 200 pound of force might not be a lot, it would hurt a lot more if it was released from an iron rod than if it was from a wooden stick.
And that's why the Knight of Marshall felt pain back there. Apart from the physical force that Abel used to hit him with, it had something to do with how tough Abel's body was.
"You monster," the Knight of Marshall murmured behind Abel's back, "That was just as strong as those giant beasts from the Orc Empire."
"Hit me once more with your combat qi," the Knight of Marshall ordered. Then, as Abel stared at him with a dropped jaw, he grabbed a shield from the corner and placed it in front of him.
As the golden combat qi started pouring out, Abel's punch landed right in the center of the shield. This time, the Knight of Marshall stood right where he was at. His body flinched for a bit, but that was about it.
Something was different, though. The Knight of Marshall was sure of that. The impact might've looked the same as the first punch, but something was different.
The difference was with the shield. The first punch was blocked with Marshall's bare hands, and no knights would fight with their bare hands. While the second punch didn't send the Knight of Marshall flying, it did manage to make him budge behind a standard knight's shield.
"700 pounds!" the Knight of Marshall said with certainty, "You just increased your power by three-and-a-half times."
The Knight of Marshall continued with a slightly admiring voice, "You've got muscles and you've got your combat qi. All that's missing is just a nice set of armor. If you've got yourself one, I don't know what can stop you."
"Wait?" Abel felt so content to hear that. For once, he's felt safe to be in this world.
"Too soon, my boy," the Knight of Marshall called Abel off, "I was comparing you with ordinary people. If you are facing a wizard right now, you'd wish that he's too exhausted to cast any spells on you."
Abel asserted as he looked at the Knight of Marshall in the eyes, "I'm going to become one, Uncle Marshall. I'm going to become a wizard."
Without interfering with Marshall to pick up his paperwork off the ground, Abel quickly left the study after saying goodbye. He went back to his bedroom and was quickly accompanied by the little Black Wind.
Poor Black Wind. It was worried sick because it hadn't seen Abel for the last few days. As Abel picked it up from the ground, it quickly licked his face as a puppy would to its parent.
Come to think of it, Abel was already a Beginner Knight. Since he could use the mount enhancement technique now, he could help Black Wind get stronger while it was still little.
Abel held Black Wind to the ground with its belly up. As it was wiggling its tiny body, Abel chanted out a spell that made him aware of everything about its physical condition. He then injected his golden combat qi into his hand, then started rubbing Black Wind's body with it. Black Wind closed its eyes as it enjoyed being massaged like this.
Combat qi was a very volatile substance. Because of how erosive and destructive it was, it was not advised to be injected into any living creature other than its creator. That being said, the negative effects of combat qi could be neutralized when the orcs prayed to their gods. How such methods worked was quite complicated in itself, but generally speaking, what the mount enhancement technique could do was to synchronize a mount with its rider. This would make it harder for the combat qi to have much of a rejecting effect on its intended target. While the effect of such a method was not effective in the short, the long-term effect would be irreversible for the mount itself.
The Knight of Marshall waved at Abel as he went to the dining room, "I forgot to tell you something. The Edmund's Boutique Shop just sold off all the weapons you've put up on auction. When you have the time, go collect the gold that you're supposed to receive."
"Yes, Uncle Marshall."
"Another thing. Viscount Dickens just asked us to visit his house. The intel we sent him was, well, it was very, very useful for us," the Knight of Marshall continued with a laugh, "I think he's inviting us over to talk about our rewards."
Abel asked in a worried tone, "Would that map be good enough to, say, be granted a Lord?"
In this world, if someone's war glory was falsely claimed by another, the act itself would be looked down upon and be punished by the state's law. Because of this, Abel's act of finding the parchment map was very clearly ruled out from the Knight of Marshall's war achievements. That being said, everything that happened after the discovery of the map was up to negotiation.
And that's what's so special about Abel. If he wasn't a Master Blacksmith, Viscount Dickens wouldn't have asked for his input on this matter. The Knight of Marshall would've been to collect all the rewards. The Knight of Marshall knew this, of course, and understood that Dickens was trying to avoid offending a prodigy like his foster son.
"It's okay, Abel," the Knight of Marshall said in a reassuring tone, "Viscount Dickens is a fair man. I'm sure that you will get the reward that you deserve."
"Let's go tomorrow, then. We'll go to Edmund's Boutique Shop on our way."
Speaking of the Edmund's Boutique Shop, Abel remembered that he needed some supplementary potions for his official knight's training. If drinking supplements could help him get through his novice knight's training a lot faster, the same method could be applied to helping him get through his current training.
Abel ate a lot that night. While he missed the diet inside Harry Castle, the Knight of Marshall was looking to change the family's menu. Now that Abel was a Beginner Knight, regular meat wasn't quite enough to help him advance to the next state.
Fortunately enough for them, Harry Castle had a lot of income from the weapon store and the blacksmith shop. Feeding two knights wasn't an issue here.
The biggest expenses for a knight were the weapons and equipment. Since Abel was a Master Blacksmith himself, he could pretty much make whatever that he wanted to use. As for armor, that was even less of a problem for him. Since he was still growing, a new armor would just be unwearable after a few months. Luckily for him, it was a relatively peaceful time now. He could wait until he couldn't grow any taller.
The Knight of Marshall thought about his weapon collection and started laughing out loud. Despite how much income Harry Castle was making, he didn't have to spend a cent to make his weapons. Technically speaking, he didn't even pay for his two magic weapons. Once Abel came back, he could even have him make a new set of magic armor for him. As for the Blazing Sun Armour, he didn't care if those old men in Bakong City kept it for themselves.
If Viscount Dicken gave Abel the title of a knight, Marshall would've loved it Abel was also granted his territory. The more successful Abel was, the further the Harry Family's influence would stretch.
Just thinking about it made the Knight of Marshall want to sing a song. Meanwhile, Abel had no idea what his foster father was thinking about. He just thought that Marshall was getting overly-excited for no apparent reasons. Maybe Uncle was still recovering from that hit in the study, or so he thought.
The two didn't say much during dinner. Instead, they just sort of drowned in their thoughts as they chewed on their food.
As Abel came back to his bedroom, he saw that the black armor that was on the war horse was delivered to him. He practiced his knight's breathing techniques for a bit, but the qi that he gained was not quite in the amount he was looking for.
Such progress was not uncommon amongst official knights. Once the rank of Beginner Knight was attained, it would take years and years of effort for one to move onto the next stage. It was like grinding a pin from a piece of rock, to put it simply.
While it was getting kind of hot the next morning, the Knight of Marshall and Abel decided to ride off a lot earlier than they normally would. They were right to do this, as the sun was starting to get hot when they had reached the Harry Castle's dacha inside Harvest City.
The Knight of Marshall decided to stop for some clean-up. As he took Viscount Dicken's invitation very seriously. He had already asked the butler Robin to prepare a bath for him. After he and Abel took a bath and changed into their suits, they then left off to the City Lord's estate.