Chapter 71
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"Worgen!" One of the Elite knights shouted when he saw Abel's transformation. During this shout, fresh blood spilled quickly from his wound, but he didn't seem to care. Instead, he turned to another knight and shouted again, "Take the prince and leave!"
This Elite knight then immediately rushed towards Abel with a flash of combat qi. He knew that if he didn't strike now, he wouldn't be able to fight back as his injuries worsened.
This was Abel's first encounter with an Elite knight. Although the Wolf rider long spear technique of the Woolf royal family, can achieve maximum power without a mount wolf, it could still double the strength.
Suddenly, there was a strange orc howl coming from Abel's mouth, and by howling, the spell of the wolf rider was added to his Long spear. With technique number 11, Abel charged forward with the thrust of his spear. Within seconds, he was up close with the advancing knight.
Abel didn't know the strength of an Elite knight. But according to the Lord of Marshall's Intermediate knight interpretations, the Elite knight's strength would not exceed 1,000 pounds and the combat qi would at most increase it to 2,000 pounds. This meant that it would destroy almost everything in front of him.
Abel's strength was about 2,000 pounds, with an incomplete bonus of 3,000 pounds using the wolf rider's rifle. Alongside with the Elite Knight being already wounded, he doubted the knight could even reach 2000 pounds.
When the spear and the sword collided, the Elite knight's sword directly flew off, but Abel's long spear did not stop. The long spear flashed a green light as it pierced through the Elite Knight's armor. It was like a thin piece of cloth, being poked with a blade of green light. Soon, it had penetrated the Elite Knight's body and went out from the other side.
With an ear-piercing shout, Abel threw the Elite knight out of his spear directly to the directions where prince Wyatt was running towards.
Another Elite knight was covering prince Wyatt as he ran towards the horse, heard a sound and looked back. To his surprise, he saw the dead body of his fellow knight come flying over.
The other Elite knight couldn't think of how was this possible, it all took place in just in a few blinks of an eye
Even an injured elite knight could not be killed in such a short period of time. That elite knight did not use his sword to block the body as it would risk damaging it, so he just used his let it fly directly towards him.
The moment the corpse came in contact with him, he finally understood why his fellow knight was killed in seconds. The force was so great that the high knight's body flew nearly a dozen meters flat, smashing prince Wyatt to the ground as he limped toward the horse.
Abel moved closer and closer to prince Wyatt with his long spear, which sparkled in green light as he howled.
The Elite knight who had risen on his feet did not get any more injuries as the attack was blocked by prince Wyatt, who was knocked to the ground and immediately fainted.
The Elite knight's eyes twinkled and his mouth whispered, "Are you a wolf rider from the Woolf family?"
The Woolf family's wolf rider spear skill was a secret that was not allowed to be spread other than their family members. If any other orcs had learned these skills they will be hunted by them.
The Woolf family's number 11 long spear technique was infamous in the orcs and human world. Countless enemies had died in the face of this technique during battles. That flash of green light in the long spear along with the howl was their signature
Abel didn't listen and didn't want to say anything. No matter orc or human, he did not want to stop the spell. With Abel being 2 ranks lower than the elite knight, his only advantage was his tremendous strength. When it comes to fighting techniques, he was still miles behind.
In terms of knight training, Abel had less than 1 year of experience. His time of becoming an actual knight was even shorter than that. For a rookie like him, a small mistake in these kinds of battles would lead to the death of Abel.
The Elite knight felt that his strength was draining away as he continued to lose blood and he couldn't wait anymore.
A swirl of combat qi flew out from his big sword. This was the elite knight's long-distance combat qi attack. Abel couldn't help but quickly step back. In the face of an attack like this, Abel had no choice but to keep stepping back and try his best to slash away the combat wi with his green long spear. Luckily, this Royal worgen technique lived up to its name. Every time the combat qi had gotten near him, he could always slash it away, which allowed him to keep stepping away.
The attacks of the Elite knight were getting weaker and weaker. With his vicious use of combat qi, the blood spilled even quicker out of his body. He made a final long-distance combat qi attack to Abel, and his combat qi was drained
This was a chance that Abel would not let go. The horizontally swept with his green long spear, sending the elite knight flying off his feet. However, instead of following up with the knight, Abel walked up to prince Wyatt.
At that time, Prince Wyatt began to slowly wake up from the concussion. When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the terrifying face of a worgen.
"No, no, don't kill me." Prince Wyatt did not care about anything else but preserving his life at this point. He would even embarrass himself just to beg for mercy to live.
Abel was a wolf rider. In the human world, the orcs were every human's enemy. Abel had never heard of a human begging for mercy to an orc.
Prince Wyatt was a knight, and as a knight who was begging to the orcs for mercy, Abel couldn't help but mutter in his mind, "Traitor". He had betrayed the dignity of being a human.
"Dear Prince, your majesty, everything you have done to my uncle, I will now take your life in return." The human language suddenly came out from worgen Abel's mouth.
"You, you, you are a human! Prince Wyatt suddenly realized, which he proceeded to promptly exclaimed, "You are Abel, The Abel, I recognize your voice!"
"Looks like I can't leave any evidence behind!" Abel had a murderous look on his face. Then he took the spear out of his hand and aimed at the prince Wyatt's throat.
"No, please, don't kill me." Prince Wyatt, stunned by the cold from the tip of the rifle. As he pleaded softly for mercy, then screamed, "I don't know you, I don't know you."
"Be a good man next life!" There was a flash of green light from the tip of the gun, and prince Wyatt's throat was pierced. The pleading look on his face was suddenly gone.
Looking coldly at prince Wyatt on the ground, Abel shook off the blood on the tip of the gun. He then went over to the Elite knight who was shot ten meters away to investigate if he was still breathing. Shortly after, Abel called White Cloud once he observed that he was still alive.
When Abel was returning to the castle, he asked White Cloud to fly as high as possible. After an hour, Abel appeared back in Harry's castle as he made a rare trip to the blacksmith guild to exchange some forging knowledge with Master Bentham.
The news of prince Wyatt's death was quickly sent back to him by the knight that Abel spared. When the king heard about Wyatt's accident, he immediately fainted due to sadness.
The appearance of the wolf rider also frightened several nearby towns. Due to the high demand for guards, it made the mercenary in a few cities very rich.
When the nobles were talking about what had happened to prince Wyatt, many of them thought he deserved what had happened to him. However, the noble court of honor did give in due to the death of the Prince, according to the words of the spirit, if a convict did not eliminate their crime, their spirit could not return to the holy continent.
As for the Lord of Marshall's assassination attempt. A villa in Bakong city with the value of 100,000 gold coins was taken from the deceased Prince Wyatt and given to The Lord Of Marshall for compensation.
"I hope his soul can return to heaven!" Said the Lord of Marshall respectfully when he received the documents for the villa. it seemed that he had already forgiven what Prince Wyatt had done to him.
Not only that, but he could even say these words of honor hoping the Prince's soul may Rest In Peace. This action deeply touched the few royal secretaries who delivered the documents. The Lord of Marshall legendary modesty, bravery, and justice was really not just in vain.
Abel knew personally that Lord Marshall was very pleased with the villa he revived was worth 100,000 gold coins. He knew that it would produce an annual income for Harry's castle.
After this event, their lives seemed to go back to normal, and everything was calm once again.
This event had intensified the tension between the royal family and the nobles. Alongside with King's health recovering, the conflict on the surface of the kingdom sank to the bottom again.
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Chapter 72
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In Abel's room other than doing knight training, Abel had spent all his time dwelling his table, drawing sketches of all kinds of armors from this world and his previous world. He had used up almost 10 sheets of lambskin.
Lambskin was very expensive. They were all made by young lambs and cost around half a gold coin each. Therefore, everyone who could afford one would use it very carefully. Of course, you can get cheaper ones, but those had been mixed with the skin of rabbits, and nobles would not use them. Nothing could match the softness and ease of use of these skins from a young lamb. Moreover, the most important thing to a noble was their face, so they would never use a fake lamb skin no matter how poor they were.
Their ink pens were normally made by the single thickest strand of feathers from the wings of a mature swan. After the feather had been plucked from the swan, it was steamed to melt off the fat within. Then, the heated feather would be plunged into a bow of sand. After it had been cooled down naturally, it would be installed with an ink tube and pen tip. At last, a small hole would be open around 1 mm at the tip of the pen, and that's how these swan feather ink pens were made.
Abel was getting used to the writing equipment of this world. He fully understood what could happen if writing paper was invented, and as an enthusiast of ancient history, Abel would never try to invent such a thing and try to change this world. The invention of paper was spread from the east to the west, which made almost an unlimited amount of information accessible to normal citizens and allowed society to rapidly develop.
This world had already gone through tens of thousands of years of holy continent history, but Abel never heard of anyone coming up with any inventions similar to paper. Therefore, through his speculation, this world rarely changed, and their culture was almost in a stale state.
Abel was very satisfied with his current status in this world. The only thing that he cared about was his family and friends. With the secret he possessed, he would not try to change its culture.
The only reason he had locked himself up in his room for 3 days was to come up with armor for his Lord Award with the king in 2 months. In a significant event like this, the quality of the armor was very important to every knight who was about to be awarded. It was a way to show their wealth and power to the citizens, fighting ability to the nobles, and bravery to the king.
The 10 sheets of land were filled with sketches of the armors which Abel had learned to make. However, he was not satisfied. He wanted something more special.
Since Abel was still very young, his body has not been fully developed. With the training of Knights and his increase in strength since he had become an official knight, He was already a lot taller than most kids his age. He was 1.7 meters, which was the normal height of a normal adult. However, it was different for Knights. Since all the food they ate was the best of quality, and the training they undergo was the most well rounded, normally their height would reach at least 1.9 meters. So, normal knight armors were made according to the height of 1.9 meters.
Since Abel was only 13 years old, he would be fine with just a simple armor for temporary use. For the Lord of Marshall, his favorite armor was that blazing sunset armor. Although, he would often take it out from the storage to polish it, and it was considered as very flashy in Harvest City. If he wore it to Bakong City the capital of the Duchy of Carmel, it might seem a bit out of date.
Abel wanted the Lord of Marshall to wear the most perfect armor in the time of his life, in front of his friends and family in Bakong City.
The design of armors of his previous world used to be similar to the ones in this world. However, due to modernizations, and the influence of movies and anime. The armor design of his previous world had become extraordinary. Countless Cosplayers had tried to replicate those armors with different materials. They released countless design sketches, some had even designed a CAD model.
Since Abel's power of the will had increased, if he tried to quiet down, he could remember all of those designs from his previous world very clearly. As a person he had been bombarded with information from the internet, countless armor designs appeared in his mind.
The elves' armor in "The Lord of the Rings" seemed to look good. It could fully express the slim and androgynous body of the elves. The elve's style engraving also seemed to look luxurious, but there was one big problem. It was not very productive, so Abel scrapped this idea.
Then, the Warrior of light's blue armor from "Final Fantasy" popped into Abel's mind. The armor had spikes on its shoulder blade, which looked very cool. However, it's skin-tight design was a bit hard to achieve. How could he go to the Lord of Marshall and tell him to take off his clothes to let him measure his body?
When the other Black Smith had already begun to construct their armors, Abel was still trying to choose one from his sea of designs.
Suddenly, another armor had popped into Abel's mind, he could clearly remember the measurements and the CAD model of it, which was the armor of Saint Seiya: Knight of the Zodiac's golden armor. In total there were 12 parts to this armor.
This was the armor of the Taurus. It was that it has 2 forms; one was in the form of a Taurus standing on all fours, and the other form was an on a bodysuit, which also looked like Taurus.
This Taurus armor consisted of a cow horn helmet, sharp shoulder pads, chest protector, back protector, waist protector, arm guards, leg guards, and shoes.
Abel built the armor entirely out of 120 skills iron base. Since he had the blueprint memorized, the forging process went very smooth. He thickened the front of the helmet and the back protection of the armor. At last, a pile of grey iron armor parts was scattered on the floor of the operating room.
As Abel stared at these grey iron parts of the armor, he couldn't help but feel like it looked very different from the shiny gold one he had imagined. Grey was the natural color of iron, although the quality was top-notch, the color looked quite ugly.
There was other interesting equipment in Abel's operation room. For example, he was about to use the foot pedal polisher, which he often uses to polish his finest work. This thing held rapid spinning power, by attaching a conveyor belt to the turntable.
During the polishing process, whetstone was placed on the turntable as burnish, which was secured by straps of leather.
Abel had created this machine so he didn't have to do hand polish. This machine could save him a lot of time and the result was a lot better as well.
Abel picked up the parts of the armor one by one and placed them on the machine to polish, and then burnish. Soon the surface of the parts was completely smoothed, shining in cold lights. Although the color was still not perfect, it was much better than before.
The material he was about to use had toxic mercury inside them. Therefore, Abel had worn a face mask for safety.
He took out the gold leafs steward Lindsey had brought and cut them into long thin strips. Afterward, he threw them into the furnace and added some mercury. Abel then used a gold rod to stir. After the gold leafs had completed dissolved into the mercury, he put them into a bowl of cold water for cooling, soon the mercury had become a silvery gold paste.
As Abel looked at the silvery gold paste, Suddenly, he was struck with an idea. Could these gold paste count as a liquid? What if I combine them, will I get better ones?
Since Abel was spoiled with money, he decided to shove the 3 chunks of silvery gold paste into the Horadric Cube. After he pressed the start button, the 3 chunks of paste disappeared, and soon a dark style crystal glass appeared inside the cube, within the glass was some dark gold paste.
Abel took out the dark gold paste from the Horadric cube and closely examined it. Although he didn't know how the Horadric cube rank different liquid, he knew this dark gold paste he was holding was the most perfect and their highest quality.
He mixed the gold paste with salt and alum until it became liquid. Then, he painted it on top of the parts of the armor.
Afterward, he placed these parts of the armor on top of the furnace. He continued to spin them until their surface began to shine in gold, and soon, the mercury had been expelled.
He continued to heat the armor parts on top of the furnace, as more and more mercury had been expelled, the gold of the parts became even shinier. Not sure if it's because this gold paste was combined into Horadric cube, it was shining in a unique, yet eye-catching tone. The surface looked perfect, it was flawless even without any touch-ups.
Abel did not care about the manufacturing cost. He continued with this gold paste formula for 3 more times. At least all the parts of the armor were shining in gold.
Abel put the leftover gold paste into a jar, so he could use it for repairing the armor in the future.
The armor had been forged. Afterward, he installed a diamond and began to draw the "12# Thor" rune with his rune pen on to the armor.
The only step left was to ask the tailor and cobbler of the castle to design the lining of this armor. It took Abel 10 days of harsh labor to complete this armor. It was the longest time he had ever spent on making any equipment.
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In the next 3 days, Abel had forged himself a full-body worth of equipment. They included armor, a shield, and a knights spear.
The armor was forged according to the traditional formula of this world. It was painted with blue on the outer layer, which suited Abel's age. He also drew the 12# Thor rune on top of it and installed a diamond into a gap of the armor. Although the orcs had taken the blame for the prince's assassination, he was still worried that the royals would give him trouble for what he had done to the prince previously. Therefore, he must have adequate protection.
After the process of becoming a lord had completed, Abel could demand his coat of arms. That way he could wear 2 medals when he attended any official events, his own coat of arm medal, and the Black Smith Master Medal.
The knight spear was an exaggeration big sword. It has a length of 5 meters. It looked like a long square pyramid, sharp at the top thick at the bottom, which was equipped with a large surrounding handguard, inside was the handle. This was not those ordinary one-time-use wooden knight spear, it was made entirely out of 120 skills iron base with Abel enormous strength. This knight spear weighs more than 300 pounds, on top of that, it was equipped with the "4#Nef" rune, which could rumble off an enemy. This knight spear could be a nightmare for any opponent.
Just imagine, if someone was fighting against Abel in a battlefield. They would be continuously knockback by this knight spear's special ability along with Abel's enormous strength. Every time they got knocked backward, Abel would have more time to execute his "knight charging technique" and "knight acceleration technique". The power of these techniques would just more powerful with each strike. Therefore, under these conditions, Abel's opponents would be continuously knocked backward while being strike until their life had come to an end.
Although Abel had already simplified his armor, and could only equip himself with his original ice magic sword. If anyone was to purchase this equipment in the market, it's value would still be an astronomical number.
At this point, Abel just wished his mount wolf Black Wind could grow up faster. If he could ride Black Wind while equipped with this equipment, it would be perfect. The little mount wolf Black wind had entered its rapid growth phase after it has been cast with the mount strengthening spell. Now it's difference in size could be seen every day.
During the morning, Abel brought 2 ice magic swords and two fire magic swords to Harvest City on his carriage. The Lord of Marshall was concerned about the orcs attack, so he strongly demanded Abel to bring at least a brigade of 6 beginner warriors along with him. Although the beginner warriors fighting ability were not as great as knights, they could still use combat qi. Every single one of these 6 warriors was personally recruited by the Lord of Marshall from the battle force. They were all around the age of 40, which was the prime time of warriors.
Abel couldn't explain to The Lord of Marshall that there wasn't actually any orc attack. However, he felt that the fewer people who knew about the attack on the royal family the better. The blame had been pushed to the worgens anyways. Therefore from now on, every time he goes outside he would need to bring a brigade of warriors with him.
When Abel was approaching Edmond's auction house, the shop assistant immediately noticed the Harry castle coat of arms on the carriage from a distance. As soon as Abel got off the carriage, Ms. Yvette was already standing in front of the carriage waiting for him.
"Edmond's auction house welcomes you, Lord Abel!" Ms. Yvette then bent her knee and gave a quick salute. She was treating Abel with more and more respect. This miraculous teenager had become one of the most well-known people in Harvest City and was a godly role model for the child of every family. Abel felt very fortunate he could take on this role.
"Thank you for the welcoming, Ms. Yvette!" Abel then waved at the guards to take out the 4 magical weapons from the carriage trunk, which were wrapped in orc skin.
When lady Yvette saw the package, her eyes were filled with excitement. Since the attack on The Lord Of Marshall as well as the killing of prince Wyatt, the value of Abel's magic weapon would increase. Now, they had become the focus of all nobles, auctioning around the price of fifty thousand gold coins.
"Lord Abel, please come into the VIP lounge!" Ms. Yvette saluted to Abel and led him into the VIP lounge. A guard was following closely behind carrying the package. When they entered the lounge the guard quickly placed the package on the table and left.
Though she was extremely eager to see the magical weapons that Abel brought, she still poured a cup of coffee for Abel very politely. She waited patiently until he took a few sips before asking, "May I know why you are stopping by at our boutique shop today?"
"I was very pleased with the last business with your boutique shop. This time I brought my latest batch of the magic weapon," Said Abel, opening the package on the table and revealing two ice magic swords and two fire magic swords.
"Was it prince Wyatt who bought the magic sword identified by master Thorin Oakenshield?" Asked Yvette in a very concerned tone, the headquarters had repeatedly urged her to close another deal with Abel, hoping they would sell his magic weapons in Edmound's boutique shop. Moreover, Abel's magic weapon was a hot topic recently which meant nobles will try to spend a large sum of money just to get their hands on one of them. Even if a knight didn't buy it, someone would probably buy it for their reputation.
"Yes, these four magic swords, two ice magic, and two fire magic. They are all made with the 120 skills iron base." Abel replied.
"Lord Abel, you may rest assured that none of them will be below Master Thorin Oakenshield's estimate when they were in the hands of Edmond". We at Edmond's can assure you of that, and your sale will be free of charge."
Ms. Yvette didn't have that authority, but the message from headquarters demanded that she had to close a deal with Abel at all costs. So they gave her the most power in the matter.
Edmond's boutique shop didn't really need to make any money off this auction. The attention they could attract from the fame of Abel was more than enough to bring profits to their shop. Since Master would only become even more famous in the future, if they would maintain Abel as their supplier, their boutique shop would be famous too.
"I'm very pleased with your service, Ms. Yvette!" Abel accepted Ms. Yvette's offer with a smile.
As it was the first time this kind of ice magic sword had been offered for auction, Abel explained to Ms. Yvette the power of the ice magic sword. He flicked the blade of the sword with his finger, it flashed a blue light and soon his finger was filled with a layer of frost.
Abel then proceeded to say, "the ice sword can attack enemies with two effects. One is to slow them down, with the frosting power of the sword. The other is the damage caused by the ice magic, although it was not too powerful, if this ice magic was injected into the body of a person, it would be even more difficult to remove than combat qi."
"What a powerful weapon! Ms. Yvette, who is not a professional but she worked at a boutique shop. Therefore, she understood the properties of many weapons, and what slowing an opponent down in a battle could do.
"Ms. Yvette, I need to buy some more potions. Please give me 27 blood fusing potions, 270 replenishing potions, and 162 essence condensing potions." Abel was going to buy another month's worth of potion, which was a lot for any person.
'Lord Abel, I'll send you these potions immediately. It will cost twenty thousand two hundred and fifty gold coins.'
At first, there were some doubts about the fact of Ms. Yvette, but it had quickly disappeared. At that moment Abel felt a sense of relief in his heart again. Sure enough, his large purchases of knight potions were very notable. It's enough for a normal knight to use more than two years, although it was a lot, luckily it didn't send too much shock to Ms. Yvette.
Soon more than 400 bottles of the potion were brought out in a leather-domed box. When Abe finished paying with his magic gold card, the figure was cut in half again. The card showed a number of 31,500 gold coins. Until his next auction, he could another month worth of potion.
Of course, although this amount of potion was enough for more than 2 years of consumption for normal knights, Abel could finish it in 1 day. However, Abel was no longer in a hurry. His speed of development had already been very impressive. So Abel decided to take it slow, only use the potions in large doses when the necessary time arrived.
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Chapter 74
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As Abel was coming out from the VIP lounge, he overheard the sound of various voices chatting. When he looked over, businessmen were chatting in the resting room of the boutique shop.
"Have you seen The Lord of Marshall's golden armor?"
"Not at all, but I've heard people talked about."
"Well I saw him yesterday and it completely dazzled my eyes. He came to Harvest City with his golden armor. When he got off his inferno bull carriage, a ray of sunlight reflected off his armor, it was shining so brightly that I could barely even see his figure."
"Weren't the armor of prince Wyatt's guards also gold some time ago?"
"It's nothing compared to that. The materials of that armors were like brass compared to the armor of Lord Marshall."
When Abel heard the conversation, he knew that his beloved uncle Marshall had taken his carriage and the Taurus armor to Harvest City to show off. However, what these businessmen were saying was true, the royal guards' golden armor was mixed with a lot of brass to display a golden color. Although this lowered their armor protection, their dignity was more important, so a little loss of defense didn't matter to them.
'Lord Abel, it would be extremely popular if you put up for sale the same armor that The Lord Of Marshall was wearing!" Ms. Yvette suggested to Abel whispering towards him.
Abel chuckled, waved his hand and said, "That suit of armor took too long and took too much effort to forge. I don't think I will be making another one for a while."
Abel had decided not to sell any items that were identified as golden rank by Master Sorin, Oakshield. From Master Sorin's speech, he felt that these golden rank equipment were extremely valuable. People would've doubted the person who was selling, where they had acquired their materials from. Furthermore, the costs of this equipment were extremely expensive and not many people could even afford them.
Hearing Abel's excuses, Ms. Yvette didn't attempt to persuade him anymore.
Amid the enthusiastic sound of Ms. Yvette's farewell, Abel left Edmond's boutique shop to regroup with the guards.
Abel then went to all the stores selling potions in Harvest City and bought a second group of potions that could be combined into a single dose. When he was finished, there was only 11,250 gold left in his magic card.
"Young Master, the Lord has been searching everywhere for you to see him. He is waiting for you at another courtyard." Elliot, one of the knight brigades of Harry's castle, galloped over and dismounted his horse to salute to Abel.
"Elliot, how did you find me?" "Abel asked strangely, bowing slightly.
"The Lord's guard and knight brigade are all out looking for you. I'm just the first one who found." "Explained the knight of Elliot.
Looking at the Knight of Elliot's worried facial expression, Abel immediately began to wonder why The Lord of Marshall was in such a hurry to find him. So he hurried back into his carriage and, under the protection of the guards, rushed back to Harry castle's courtyard in Harvest City.
"Abel, here you are." "Said The Lord Of Marshall, taking a few steps with a gloomy face, as he pulled Abel out of the carriage.
"Uncle Marshall, what happened?" "Abel asked quickly.
"Do you remember the Elite Knight of Saroyan?" Lord Marshall asked, without answering Abel.
"Yes, of course. He led the campaign against the orcs and won the battle. He gained a knight's estate afterward too." Although they had met only once, Abel was impressed by the Elite knight of Saroyan and his modesty.
"Well, something has happened to him." Lord Marshall said quietly, his eyes showing a hint of sadness. Since the last time we met at the Lord's house, the 2 have been hanging out with each other several times which they became close friends.
Though the Knight of Saroyan was only an Elite knight, there weren't many Elite knights within Harvest City, as well as Saroyan being the commander of a 1000 elite troops. How could he be in any trouble? Abel then looked doubtful at Marshall.
"The Elite knight of Saroyan had been busy with the construction of his domain recently. The moment that his castle was restored, he was attacked by wolf riders which meant no one was able to get out of the castle, A servant who went to the city to purchase food discovered the attack and quickly reported to Harvest City. But when the reinforcements have arrived, the battle was already over. The knight of Saroyan was dead, and his head was taken away by the wolf riders. Lord Marshall gritted his teeth as he struggled in recounting the situation to Abel."
"Would this be the wolf rider's revenge?" Abel was a little surprised, he suddenly thought of the Woolf family's wolf riders. Did it happen because of Fowler's death?
"From what remains of the castle, it seemed that there was only one orc there, with the majority of them being wolf riders. They weren't ordinary wolf riders because they were able to kill an Elite knight. The Lord of Marshall then looked over at Abel and said, "This must be the revenge of the wolf riders. The last campaign probably meant a noble wolf rider was killed. With Saroyan being the commander of the battle, he and all his men in the castle were slaughtered for revenge."
"So does this mean our castle is in danger?" Abel finally realized why Marshall was so eager to find him.
"Let's get back to the castle. We need to strengthen its defense and get ready to fight against the wolf riders." Lord Marshall's voice sounded very calm. However, since Abel had been through life and death battles, he could feel the murderous spirit hidden within the Lord of Marshall's voice.
"Can the ruler of the city send some knights to help us defend? " Abel felt it would've been extremely dangerous if the wolf riders were able to attack a castle and kill an Elite knight. Although he was not afraid of the wolf riders, the civilians of the castle weren't able to defend themselves against them. It was best to have as many guards as possible.
"When the Ruler of the City heard about this attack, he immediately summoned all the knights he had available, alongside with elite ranking mercenaries from the mercenary Union, to defend Harvest City. The Lord was extremely anxious about wolf riders making Harvest city as their main target. That's why they can't send anyone to help us." The Lord Of Marshall understood the City Ruler's arrangement, but he was not pleased that he was not able to send any help at all.
Sending a few knights from Harvest City wouldn't have much effect on the defense of Harvest City anyways. Moreover, Lord Marshall was certain that the wolf riders would never send a large number of their elite troops to the depth of the human world because if their campaign had failed, the loss of these elite troops would cause a massive blow to the status of the wolf rider race in the orc empire.
No matter orcs or humans, they were both very valuable for highly trained soldiers. It was extremely difficult and required a lot of resources to train every single one of them. It would've depleted all of their families' resources even for middle-class families.
This was why the orcs were throwing so many new orc warriors into the human world, but so few elite warriors into the human world.
Although the fertility of the orcs was very strong, the resources of the orc empire were very limited. Every year, there would be a large number of orc warriors participating in the life and trial of death in hopes of attaining resources. The orc empire used this test to eliminate the weaker orcs. By doing so, not only would reduce the consumption of resources, but it also helped in selecting elite soldiers to expand the army.
As the Lord of Marshall had speculated, there shouldn't be too many elite wolf riders traveling to the human world this time. The reason why the Elite Knight of Saroya had failed, was probably because he was trapped in his castle, unable to get on his war horse. Although his fighting ability might still be a bit stronger than normal warriors since the knights training was so much better, he still could not fully express the knight techniques he was expertise in. The wolf riders had some of the strongest mounts around, maybe only 2 elite wolf rider could take down the trapped knight of Saroya.
The strength of these knights relied mostly on their superior numbers, the power they unleash would be multiplied if there were more knights. A knight could face a Wolf rider, and 10 knights would've easily defeat 50 Wolf riders as long as they are given time to charge. The survival ability of a lone knight was much lower.
Preparing for a possible battle, Abel said to the knight brigade, "Elliot, please help me buy small gems in bulk and send it back to Harry's castle as soon as possible."
As he spoke, Abel placed his hands on the Horadric cube inside his coat and took five hundred gold coins, and placed them into a money bag to give to Elliot.
"Yes, master." Eliot did not inquire about the purpose of the gems, but quickly took the coins and rode away.
When The Lord of Marshall and Abel returned to Harry's castle, they found it safe and looked at each other with a sigh of relief.
In regards to Abel Castle, there shouldn't be any worries since it was mostly empty. Moreover, very few people knew that the previous Marshall Castle had now become the Abel Castle. Before Abel's Lord title was officially declared by the King, no outsider would even know that he had gained a fiefdom.
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Chapter 75
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As Abel went back to his room, he began to think about what he could do to prevent these wolf riders from taking revenge. He knew that even if he decided to hand them back the Holy Wolf's treasure, it still wouldn't guarantee that they would stop seeking their revenge.
The reason why Abel had sent the Knight of Elliot to purchase those small gems, was because he was planning to replenish all the used up exploding big sword in the Horadric Cube. For the worst scenario, he was also planning to prepare a super exploding big sword made with a perfect gem, which would unleash mutual destruction if necessary.
Of course, that was only Abel's worst-case scenario, but it was only a matter of time. Some while ago, Abel had an idea about that exploding big sword. He wanted to test whether if it was possible to extend the duration of the explosion. However, as Abel was busy with other things, this project seemed to have drifted off his mind.
Suddenly, a faint sound of knocking came from outside the door, "Dong dong dong." Abel could tell it was the maid who was outside. The maids were professionally trained, and there was a fixed rule about their knocks. On weekdays, two knocks meant an ordinary matter, however, three knocks means there was an urgent matter for Abel.
"Come in," Abel said while looking at the door.
"The Lord of Marshall is waiting for you downstairs, young master!" said the maid, bending her knees while saluting towards Abel.
When Abel heard the news, he walked straight past the maid and directly down the stairs, although he felt a bit disrespectful afterward.
As soon as Abel had walked down the stairs, he heard a group of voices said in unison "Hello, young master Abel". To his surprise, there was a team of 20 knight servants with the Harry family coat of arm standing behind the Lord of Marshall. They were all equipped with full-body armor.
Abel carefully examined these knight servants, each of them was at least 40 years old or older. From their imposing manner, they seemed to be the most kick-ass group of beginner warriors. Abel never knew that Harry's castle had a team of knight servants like this. He could only recognize around 3 to 4 faces. Other than that, Abel had never seen any of them in his life before.
Knight servants were also known as reserve knights. They were generally no more than 20 years old. They would often learn by the side of a knight while serving them, maintaining the weapons as well as taking care of the warhorse.
Since Knight servants were considered much nobler than ordinary people, a large number of soldiers decided to become a knight servant for the status. Furthermore, knights required someone that knows how to fight to assist them, which meant that these knight servants were ranked higher than the noble bodyguards.
"Abel, all the knight servants here are the ones I have brought back from the war against the orcs. We are all brothers who would live and die together. Since they have given everything to me, I will trust them with all my will. Today, the castle is in danger and I will put this team in your hand, I hope you can arm them as much as possible." The Lord of Marshall said in a serious tone.
The Lord of Marshall was afraid that Abel would not have the leadership skills to control Harry's castle, so he warned him in advance now.
Abel then turned to the 20 knights and asked softly, "Can I trust you?"
While Abel didn't speak loudly, these knights in the castle hall were able to hear every word of Abel clearly. They then bent down on their knees and shouted in unison, "Lord Abel, we dare to die for the Harry family!"
From calling him master Abel to Lord Abel, these 20 knight servants had sworn their allegiance to the heir of the family.
The oath of allegiance was considered as a very big decision in this world, and very few people would break it.
Afterward, Abel quickly pointed towards Elliot, whom he knew well. "Elliot, come here and take off all your gear. Let me check them first."
The knight servant, Elliot, took a step forward and saluted to Abel, "Yes, my lord."
With that, Elliot stripped off his gear one by one and placed it in front of Abel.
Abel first picked up the helmet. He looked and gently tapped its surface. The bowler hat, also known as the skull cap, was made from three pieces of iron. The helmet's craftsmanship was very average as Abel examined it carefully.
Then he picked up the leather armor, which was on the heavier side. Its surface was covered with small pieces of iron. This was typical armor, and it seemed to have a decent defense.
The right-hand weapon was a one-handed long sword with 80 skills. When Abel held it on his hands, he quickly realized that it was the work of Gedon, who was one of Master Bentham's apprentice. It was carefully crafted and the quality was very good as well.
The left-hand weapon was a round shield, which was also made of 80 skills iron base, and also the work of Gedon. it didn't seem to be very big. It would not only not get in the way during attacks, but it could also effectively protect the important positions on the body.
"Everybody put down your swords and shields. Elliot, get two men to bring the sword and shield to my operation room." Abel ordered.
The quality of the weapons and shields that these Knight servants used were good enough. They meet the basic requirements for rune drafting, so Abel decided to convert them into magic weapons.
After saying goodbye to The Lord Of Marshall, Abel took out his rune pen and ink from upstairs, as well as the large bag of broken gems that was brought back by Elliot. He then took all of these stuff into his operations room.
In the operations room, Knight servant Elliot had already placed his sword and shield in the empty space of the operations room. He then stood on the side with his hands bound, as he waited for Abel's orders.
"Don't let anyone bother me while I'm making magic weapons." "Said, Abel.
"Yes, Lord Abel!"
When Elliot went out, he immediately called the other nineteen knights to the door of the operations room. They did not know whether Abel's process of making magic weapons was dangerous or not, so knight servants would not let anyone get anywhere close to Abel. They basically blocked the entire operating room entirely. One could only access it if all 19 knights died.
In the operations room, Abel first combined a bunch of small broken stones into ordinary stones. He realized the price the Knight of Elliott had paid was much cheaper than the price he normally pay. It seemed like buying things with the noble title was a scam.
He then combined a bunch of red gem into a piece of perfect red gem. This was in preparation for the super exploding big sword.
The next step was to make magic weapons. Abel was about to draw a rune on a non-self-made weapon for the first time. Previously, he had full control over every single process of making his magic weapons, from forging the iron base to the rune drawing.
Abel picked up a single-handed long sword made by Gedon with his hand. He used his power of will to carefully inspect for any small mistakes. There was a minor flaw, but it shouldn't matter too much. After inspecting the weapon, Abel realized the items that were leftover from the previous days had made quite a mess on the operations table. Abel then flicked his hand and threw the single-handed long sword into the Horadric Cube.
After tidying up the mess on the operations table, Abel's spirit sank into the Horadric cube, he was about to retrieve the one-handed long sword. However, a startling scene stopped him
When Abel's power of the will rested on the one-handed long sword in the Horadric cube, a set of characters appeared on its surface. It was in Chinese. At this moment, Abel almost shed tears, such a familiar language… For so long, he almost seemed to forget about his previous world.
There was a fear in Abel's heart, that he would forget about his past. He was afraid of forgetting about his original parents, friends and everything about his old world. He had already forgotten the faces of some of his old friends, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to remember his parents' faces one day.
The Horadric cube that came with him into this world was his only hope in remembering his past. It was the foundation of his peaceful existence in this world, with the cube beside him, he felt that his previous world was almost supporting him.
Since Chinese characters had appeared once again, his doubt has been confirmed. The Horadric cube really did come from his previous world
The Chinese characters were all white and read:
One-handed sword [normal]
Single hand damage: 2-3
Durability: 21 x 24
Abel was shocked to realize that the Horadric cube was able to display the properties of a weapon. Although not as fully equipped as Diablo 2. This world was a real world, and it made sense that it was completely different from the world of a game. Nevertheless, Abel was very happy to see that the statistics of these weapons were being displayed.
But how come the weapons he put in the Horadric cube before never displayed any properties. No one could answer Abel. After careful speculation, there could only be 2 reasons. One reason might be that every weapon he had shoved in the Horadric cube before was forged by himself. Another reason might be that since his Power of the will had increased tremendously, it unlocked more features within the Horadric cube.