Chapter 91: Studying
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The morning sun cast upon the side castle of Harry castle. Early in the morning, Abel had already finished his basic knight training and ate his breakfast. He lazily sat next to the tree in front of the front gate with a bottle of fruit juice in his hand. Meanwhile, little mount wolf Black Wind was laying on his leg.
Little mount wolf Black Wind's relationship with Abel had grown closer and closer. As long as Abel was in the castle, Black Wind could lean against him, run around in a circle, and wiggling its tail to beg for Abel to pat it. If Black Wind had not grown so fast, it would look just like a big dog. However, it was now a lot bigger than a big dog.
In front of Abel stood the second inhabitants of the side castle of Harry castle, a young female elf. After multiple hand signal exchanges, Abel had confirmed her name. However, the name was way too long. It sounded like the ultimate tongue twister. Abel decided to call her only by the first two syllables, Loraine.
Abel not only did not make Loraine his female servant, but he also treated as a guest to the castle. He gave her one of the guest rooms in the side castle of Harry castle and appointed a female servant to help take care of her.
Moreover, Abel did not force Loraine to learn the human language. Instead, he was happy to learn the elf language from Loraine. It was Loraine herself who suggested to Abel that she wants to learn human language. Such a studious elf!
"Fruit juice!" Said Abel as he picked up another bottle of fruit juice and gave it to Loraine.
Loraine's eyes were like sparkling gems. Her pupil was like a jet black, yet translucent ceramic. She no longer had that frightened look in her gaze. Instead, she was thankful for Abel. She was very satisfied with her current lifestyle, and she softly repeated after Abel, "fruit juice!"
Afterward, a string of mysterious yet majestic sound came out of the mouth of Lauren. Then, Abel tried to repeat after her. Both Abel and Loraine were very smart people. They could learn and remember the words they had said to each other in one take. Next time when they had encountered these words again, they could use it.
Abel had set fixed time every day for language learning, which was from after he had completed his knight's training, to lunchtime. Abel had also designed a detailed learning plan, influenced by how he had learned English, first learning individual words, then grammar.
Abel took out a piece of sheepskin cardboard with the drawing of everyday objects, plants, and animals. Of course, every single drawing was extremely small, but they were very detailed. Abel had hired the best painter in Harvest city to draw this educational tool according to his will.
Abel pointed at a certain object on the board, and the individual word learning lesson with Loraine had begun. Other than then naughty Black Wind, no one in the castle had disturbed them.
Although learning a new language was a bit dry and dull, Abel was very pleased to have a beautiful elf lady to learn with him. Until now, Abel never really had any friends with similar age. Since he had adopted the body of a 13-year-old boy after he came to this world, Abel's mindset had also gotten younger. He always wanted some friends that were of similar age with him, and with the presence of Loraine, this gap within Abel's heart had been fulfilled.
These past few days, the Lord of Marshall noticed that Abel seemed to be deep in thoughts. Every time he had the chance during lunchtime, he would mutter to Abel, "Abel, you really had grown up!"
Abel couldn't care less about the Lord of Marshall trying to mine his business. Both Abel and Loraine were still very young, especially since an elf's childhood years often last for a very long time. Abel always just treated Loraine as a younger sister. Once he had the chance, he would let Loraine back home.
Abel fully understood what it feels like to live without a family and the pain of missing them. Abel had already decided to help Loraine the moment he saw her gaze in the auction stand.
During lunchtime, Abel brought Loraine along to have lunch with the Lord of Marshall. With an extra elf sitting behind the table, the atmosphere felt more like a family than if Abel was to have lunch with only the Lord of Marshall. Abel liked this atmosphere quite a lot, even the Lord of Marshall's appetite had gotten better.
Loraine did not eat anything other than a few pieces of fruit and a cup of fruit juice for lunch. She did not show any interest in the meat and the wine. Abel began to worry about her nutrition, so he placed a large chunk of meat on to her plate and softly said: "Loraine, eat some more meat !"
Loraine was stunned by the piece of lean meat, and she did not know what to do with it. It was almost as big as her plate. Loraine put down her cutlery and opened her mouth. She wanted to say something, but since she had only started to learn the human language not long ago, she couldn't find the correct words to express her feelings.
"Abel, don't throw random food at her. Elves don't eat meat," said the Lord of Marshall. He found it very amusing to watch Abel interacting with Loraine.
"How can you grow if you don't eat meat…" Abel muttered as he retrieved the meat from Loraine and placed it on to his own plate. Then, he took out a new plate and put it in front of Loraine.
"Loraine had learned very quickly, how's it going learning the elf language, Abel." Said the Lord of Marshall, he took a sip of the wine and stared at Abel.
"It's going well, a few words are hard to pronounce, but once I grasp the formula, it should be easy," Abel replied.
"It's easy? That's the most arrogant thing I had ever heard. The scholar of Harvest city might cough blood if they heard these words from you. The elf language was the most difficult language in the holy continent." Said the Lord of Marshall as he pointed at Abel and laughed.
"That's because they don't have a good teacher." Said Abel. Although Loraine couldn't understand Abel, she sensed that Abel was complimenting her, so her smile began to grow even wider.
The lunch had ended in this heart-warming atmosphere. As the three was getting ready to leave, suddenly steward Lindsey had approached them in a slightly rushed manner.
"Master, young master, Ms. Loraine, Viscount Dickens is here for a visit and….." steward Lindsey paused for a bit and proceeded to say, " the two other people that arrived with him seem to have equal, if not higher status than him."
The Lord of Marshall and Abel exchanged gaze. It was an odd timing for Viscount Dickens to visit Harry Castle. A few weeks ago, Harry Castle was attacked by the worgens of the Woolf family, but Viscount Dickens didn't even send anyone here to help, so why did he suddenly decide to come for a visit?
But no matter what, Viscount Dickens had personally came here for a visit. Both the Lord of Marshall and Abel had to go outside and welcome him. Abel then turned to Loraine and said a few simple yet elegant words from the elf language. "You, your self, rest."
Although Abel could not form a complete sentence with the elf language. Smart Loraine could understand what Abel had meant with these three words. She then replied with human language to Abel "ok," and then she walked off towards the direction of her room.
"Welcome, the honorable Viscount Dickens! I am very sorry for the wait!" When the Lord of Marshall had arrived at the living room in the castle, Viscount Dickens and the other two guests had already sat down and began to chat with a cup of coffee in their hands.
Abel followed closely behind the Lord of Marshall. He bowed towards the three guests and asked them how they were doing.
"The Lord of Marshall, Master Abel, I hope I didn't disturb you." Said Viscount Dickens as he stood up and bowed back. He then introduced the two guests beside him to the Lord of Marshall and Abel. " these two men are, head commander Lowell, and head commander Hopkin!".
Suddenly Abel's gaze tensed. These two men were head commanders. In order to know how significant this was, one had to understand that in a big city such as Harvest city, Viscount Dickens was the only head commander in charge. All of a sudden, there were three head commanders appearing in Harry Castle. This information had deeply shocked both the Lord of Marshall and Abel.
"The honorable head commander Lowell, The honorable head commander Hopkins, welcome to Harry Castle!" The Lord of Marshall replied immediately and quickly, followed by a bow.
"Haha, no need to be so polite. I am not Viscount Dickens. I am not used to it," said head commander Lowell straightforwardly.
"What brought you three honorable superiors to Harry castle?" The Lord of Marshall said carefully.
"Hopkins and I want Dickens to bring us here to pay a visit to Master Abel. Also, we heard that your castle had driven off a bunch of wolf riders, so we just want to come here to take a look." These words by head commander Lowell showed his respect for Abel as a Black Smith Master. At that point, the Lord of Marshall felt a big rock had lifted off his chest. These two head commander did not come here with bad intent.
"I also could not believe it. How could Harry Castle withstand so many elite wolf riders!" said head commander of Hopkins. His voice was a bit raspy when he was speaking. It sent a sturdy and serious tone.
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Chapter 92
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Chapter 92: A Favour
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After head commander Hopkins had spoken, he immediately stepped forward a wave of charging impose pressure shot out from his body. It looked like a fountain of water, sending shock waves in mid-air and the surroundings.
Almost at the exact same moment when head commander Hopkins shot out his impose pressure, Abel had also stepped forward, blocking The Lord Of Marshall with his body. An enormous impose pressure dashing towards Abel's body, but he did not budge a bit. He used the five qi main pressure point of his body, and the qi pressure point in his palm to unleash the pale gold combat qi. Although normal people could not see Abel's combat qi, since it was under his skin, the three head commanders had extremely sharp senses.
"An Intermediate knight?!" The three commanders were immediately shocked as they cried in confusion together. Abel's age wasn't a secret. He was a 13 years old teenager. However, he had already become a master blacksmith, as well as an intermediate knight. For a genius like Abel, his future would be far beyond the commander's wildest imagination as long as he takes the right step in his future.
At that moment, Viscount Dickens began to regret not sending any reinforcements to protect Harry's castle. Whilst head commander Hopkins was also regretful for his impose. He might have caused an awkward situation, and it was not his intent to cause harm to the two intermediate knights in front of him with his impose pressure. All he wanted to do was to test Harry castle's true strength.
Due to head commander Hopkins's impose, Abel's power as an intermediate knight was exposed. No one had expected something like this to happen. Just as head commander Hopkins was considering a resolution for this behavior, a low "woo-woo" sound was coming from somewhere.
Black Wind, who was already half a man's height, had just been playing with Loraine. Though it was impossible for a normal person to perceive what was going on from the other side of the castle, a mount wolf, however, could detect any situation easily. When Black Wind realized that something was happening to his master, it dashed desperately to protect its master.
"Black Wind, come here! "Cried Abel, fearing that the three commanders might hurt Black Wind.
"Dear me, is this a mount wolf or a mount wolf with an owner?" Exclaimed Viscount Dickens.
Due to the appearance of the Black Wind, the tension began to ease. Head commander Hopkins had also disregarded his dignity and said to Abel, "Master Abel, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean any harm!"
The head commander's apology was too much for Abel to refuse, Abel then suppressed his anger and said, "Dear head commander Hopkins. It's alright. You have not harmed anyone."
"Don't take these little things into your heart. That's how head commander Hopkins does things. He's even more impulsive than me. Haha." Said head commander Lowell, laughing.
As the Lord of Marshall stared directly at Abel, his heart seemed to be in a perilous situation. How many days ago since this boy had become an intermediate knight? Abel did not reply. He was too embarrassed.
"Such a good mount wolf, they are considered as the best mounts in the entire Holy Continent, Master Abel, you are a lucky man!" Lord Lowell sighed, looking at the Black Wind, which had quieted down.
"To gain any reward, you must pay the price. In order for me to obtain this Black Wind, I fought a wolf rider that was far beyond my strength!" Abel remembered that battle clearly in his head; it was the most dangerous fight he had ever had since he came to this world.
The atmosphere in the guest lounge seemed to grow more and more harmonious. Any professionals would've had great respect for a blacksmith of Abel's level because you would never know, one day, you might also need the help of a blacksmith Master. Just like today, these two commanders were actually visiting Abel with their own purposes in mind.
"I'm not like either of them, just blurb out whatever that is in mind," Said head commander Lowell bluntly "Hopkin and I have come at the request of the Duchy to assist Viscount Dickens in defending Harvest City as well as searching for the wolf riders who had attacked the prince. We heard that Harry castle had also been attacked, so we decided to come over to have a look."
"If you want, we can give you the dead body of the Wolf rider!" Said Abel directly. At first, he wanted to hide the strength of Harry's castle, but since the head commanders had found out all about it, there was no point in hiding it anymore.
"The investigation is only a small matter. Actually Hopkin and I wanted to purchase a magic sword from you!" Commander Lowell immediately lowered his voice in embarrassment whilst head commander Hopkins saluted Abel, still trying to apologize for the earlier event.
"No problem, the forging process of a magic sword is very troublesome, but since the two head commanders are in need, I am able to provide it for you both!" Abel was very open to people coming to his door to purchase magic weapons, since the best magic weapons were only for his own family to use anyways. His second-tier magic weapons were able to sell at a high price.
"Thank you so much! Head commander Lowell then took out his magic gold card from his pocket and transferred Abel 50,000 gold pieces with a simple stroke on his hand. Whilst head commander Hopkins was also very excited to take out his magic gold card. He also transferred Abel 50,000 gold.
Looking at the balance of 111,250 gold coins on his magic gold card, it was the first 6 figure savings Abel had, he then put away his magic gold card with satisfaction, then turned towards the operations room and picked out 2 120 skills magic sword and quickly returned to the guest lounge.
The lone figure of head commander Lowell and head commander kelvin flashed, and the two magic swords in Abel's hands had disappeared. Abel then looked at the two knights silently and thought to himself, "You don't need to be in that much of a hurry, do you?".
As a master blacksmith, Abel never had to worry about his own weapons. He had too many weapons, and sometimes he doesn't even know which one to choose. Therefore, how could he understand the feelings of other knights wanting a good piece of magic weapon. Presently in the human world, only Abel was able to forge a magic sword. Though the two head commanders possessed a noble title, they still had to obtain a magic weapon from the dwarf blacksmith Master. Since they were coming to Harvest city, how could they pass out on an opportunity to get a magic weapon from Abel.
"If you ever come over to Sidor City, find me, and I'll welcome you with the best wine we have. Also, if you need me, just get someone to notify me!" Said bead commander Lowell with a laugh while he stroked his magic sword.
"Master Abel, if you have any trouble in Marva, just use my name, and you should receive all the help you need. If you need to find me, come over to Marva's castle!" Head commander Hopkins said tightly following Lowell.
"Both commanders are too kind!" Abel was also very happy after he got the favor from the two. Both Sidor and Marva were the closest cities to Harvest City. With the favor of the two head commanders, if in the future Abel had a strong enemy, it would be easy to get a helping hand.
"If there's anything happening to Master Abel, you guys don't need to help. I'm the closest to Harry's castle so I should be in charge of assisting them." Said Viscount Dickens, who was trying to fix the tension between them as he quickly took up the subject.
After sending off the three commanders, both Abel and Lord Marshall breathed with a sigh of relief. Even though Abel had become an intermediate knight and had a powerful pale gold combat qi, the pressure of facing these three commanders was still very high, not to mention even The Lord Of Marshall felt it too.
This trade had resulted in an allied relationship between the two commanders, with Viscount Dicken's relations have also been eased. Maybe it was because of Abel's ranking up speed, from novice knight to an intermediate knight required a long time to train. Every bit of combat qi was made through the dedication and hardship of a knight. Although it could be increased by potions, they often have side effects, which could make ranking up harder in the future.
No one could have guessed that the pale gold combat qi of Abel could absorb the combat qi of another knight. Through his ranking up from a beginner knight to an intermediate knight, Abel's pale gold combat qi had to sucked up all the combat qi of an elite knight. Now, Abel had realized, if he wanted to rank up again with only master's potion, the quality could be a lot higher than he had imagined.
Abel had a lot of potions on him, but the Horadric cube was taken up by three exploding swords and a super exploding sword. So the first thing he had to do was destroy the four exploding swords.
In the afternoon, Abel did not go back to the operation room to continue forging. Instead, he sat on the White Cloud and flew to Ansa valley, where the last big sword was destroyed. The aftermath of the explosion last time was still there, it made a 10 meters hole in the valley. That's the destructive power these exploding big swords could
Abel then took the armor out of the portal bag, one by one, fully dressed, holding the shield in his hand, leaving only his right arm without armor, exposing the Horadric cube marking.
Abel allowed White Cloud to fly above him as he stood alone near the edge of the valley. He first threw out the 3 exploding big swords. Just as expected, these upgraded exploding big swords were a lot more powerful than the previous version. However, when he threw them down the valley, the explosion only shook off some rocks on the edge of the valley.
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Chapter 93
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Chapter 93: Preparation
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The last one was the super exploding big sword. An exploding big sword made with the 120 skills iron base while drawing energy from a perfect red gem. As soon as it left the Horadric cube, it began to start making cracking sounds relentlessly. Abel used all his might to throw it down the valley. He did not look back; he turned and immediately started running off his life. A thunderous sound of "bang" followed, the ground under Abel's feet began to vibrate. Abel had already been running for around 20 meters, yet he could still feel this vibration. He immediately jumped, his power had increased massively since last time, so this jump had sent another 10 meters further. The timing was just right, the moment he landed, the ground 10 meters behind had completely collapsed and disappeared.
Abel whipped the cold sweat off his head. He would never have guessed, by only by changing from ice magic to fire magic, the destruction of the explosion would be doubled. Luckily he didn't actually get to use this super exploding big sword in the battlefield. Or else, this thing could kill every single person, including himself.
I must find a good method to control such a powerful weapon, Abel thought to himself in somewhat of an evil manner.
If only I could extend the time, it takes for it to explode. That way, I could escape. These types of super exploding big swords could whip out a small area of construction. In I take its power of it into the calculation, a single super exploding could whip out the defense of a castle. If he had 4 of these in his Horadric cube, it should be able to turn a castle into a pile of ash.
If Abel understood the true value of these perfect gems, he would definitely not be surprised by how much power it could make. There were a handful of people in this world who were aware of the exploding power of these perfect gems. However, since these gems were some of the rarest things around, no one would use it without being a hundred percent certain. Moreover, one Abel had something similar to the Horadric cube, that could freeze time.
As Abel took off his armor, he realized the shield in front of him was filled with small holes that were made by the strikes of small rocks. He had to go repair this magic weapon, or else, it could no longer be used. He then examined the armor in his body, and it was the same. If he did not jump, no matter how strong his body was, there would be no way he could withstand defense against the fragments of the explosion while wearing this armor.
In the following month, the lifestyle of Abel became frenetic. His secluded was tightly packed to the brim.
As soon as he woke up he would do his Knight training, then continue to practice with the Lord of Marshall, at last, he would end his training by practicing the Woolf Family no 11 long spear skills.
After breakfast, he would exchange and learn language from Loraine. After a month, Abel could almost perfectly grasp the pronunciation of the elf language and could normally communicate with Loraine. Loraine had also grasped the human language; she could communicate fluently with other people in the castle.
After lunch was forging time, as Abel's strength continued to increase, he had mastered the adequate amount of strength required to forge a 120 skills iron base. He had forged a massive amount of 120 skills iron base. It seemed like Abel would never need to worry the amount the shortage of iron base ever again.
After dinner, Abel dedicated time to do the mount enhancement massage for Black Wind. Black Wind had continued to grow massively in the past month. It seemed like it didn't even need to take six months until Abel's dream of riding Black Wind could come into reality.
After massaging Black Wind, Abel began to do the Knight's breathing technique to take in all the qi he had developed throughout the day into his qi pressuring points.
The day of the Lord awarding ceremony in Bakong City was getting closer. It was decided that two days before they went to Bakong City, steward Lindsey would bring back the extremely high purity crystals from Edmound's boutique shop. These highest purity crystals were transferred by Ms. Yvette from the headquarters, and they were cut according to the dimensions Abel had provided.
In the operation room, Abel used the foot paddle polisher he had created to process these crystals further. The wind protection goggles were easy; it only needed flattering, installing an outer and neck strap. When it came to the making of the telescope, it was a little challenging.Read the next chapter on our vipnovel.com
Telescopes were made out of all kinds of uneven crystals to create the zooming effect of the lenses. It took Abel a lot of millstone and time until he could form the uneven shape he desires from the crystals. After countless tests and fine-tuning, the first telescope in this world was created by the hands of Abel.
Abel took out the Portal bag. It felt like the Woolf family were giving him presents, one by one, the things from the Woolf family continued to come to him. This Portal was his favorite. He always stressed that the storage capacity of the Horadric cube was way too small. There were too many things he wanted to bring with him every day, so the room size storage of the Portal bag was the perfect solution to this problem.
The Portal bag was filled with the things he had gained from the worgen garden and Calgary potion store. Abel could not take these things out anytime soon. His power of the will could sense that he was already attracting too much attention in Harry Castle. It seemed like these things might never see the light of day.
Abel took out all the blood fusing potion, replenishing potion and essence condensing potion from the Portal bag. These were all potions that Abel could use for himself. He got parts from it from the Calgary potion store in Harvest City, and a large amount of it the Worgen Garden. Afterward, he threw all of it into the Horadric Cube.
Abel could never guess that one day he would be combining potion until his hands became sore. Boxes and boxes of potions were taken out from the Portal Bag and combined into Master's potion. There were fewer and fewer boxes in the bag, and there was more and more master's potion on the ground.
Abel spent the afternoon, locked in his operation room, madly combining potion like a machine. Every combat qi occupation in the holy continent would go crazy for a bottle of Master's combat qi increasing potion. Now, a pile of them were just carelessly lying on the floor of Abel's operation room, glistening in dark gold color.
The last box of the potion had been combined, Abel carefully examined the Portal bag; it was clear. Finally, Abel let out a sigh of relief. These long periods of machine-like movement were a lot more energy-draining than Knights training.
Abel counted the number of Master's combat qi increasing potion on the ground. It was enough for him to use for three months. No matter if they were from Calgary Potion store, or the one Calgary exchanged with the worgen. They were all made according to the demand. That's why not much was leftover.
Abel's favorite out of all of these Master's combat qi increasing potions was the Master's essence condensing potion. This type of potion could help compact the combat qi and make it denser. Those ones that had been enhanced into a Master's level had almost no side effects at all after its effects wear off, you could directly drink another one.
Since the effects of these Master's essence condensing potion generally lasts for an hour, Abel decided to drink one bottle every hour. There were 200 bottles altogether if Abel drank 15 bottles per day, he should be able to finish it before he set off the Bakong City.
As Abel was thinking about this, he had already poured a bottle of Master's essence condensing potion into his mouth. He enjoyed the potion unleash its effects in his body. Strings of combat qi solidified and began to condense. Abel could only feel the effects of a Master's essence condensing potion. Those normal ones would be like water to him. It would not achieve this combat qi solidify effects no matter how many bottles he drank.
Abel then began to clean up, he neatly packed all the potions back into the boxes and threw it in the Portal bag. Afterward, he turned to the 1000 pounds meteoroid. It only makes sense to store this treasure somewhere safe such as the Portal bag. Abel placed his hand on the meteoroid. In a move of his spirit, the meteoroid had been thrown into the portal bag.
He also shoved the five ice magic sword and five fire magic sword into the Portal bag. During his trip to Bakong city, he would most likely meet someone with an extremely high status who wants to buy his weapons. Abel could not refuse if a situation like that happened, so it was better not to risk it.
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Chapter 94
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Chapter 94: Mawa City
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"Master, within 10 miles, we will arrive at Mawa city," said Steward Ken said to Abel from the carriage.
"Already?" Abel stuck out his head. The carriage that Abel was riding was specifically designed for this trip. It was exactly the same as the one as Lord of Marshall's at the front.
Originally, Abel was planning to travel in the same carriage with the Lord of Marshall during this trip to Bakong city. However, when Loraine heard that Abel would need to go on a long trip, her big sparkly eyes began to water up and stared at Abel, begging him to bring her along. After an entire morning of staring, Abel surrendered. Now, the carriage had to acquire one more passenger.
Not only Loraine, but Black Wind also noticed that Abel was backing up for a long trip. So that clever mount wolf had been making "woo-woo" sounds nonstop. So, the soft hearted Abel decided to bring it along as well. It might not be an entirely bad idea since he could continue to help Black Wind do the mount enhancing spell during this trip. Just like that, the carriage was jammed with another passenger.
According to steward Lindsey, a single medal Lord such as Abel must bring his own steward to the Lord awarding ceremony to take care of the documents. Therefore, with more and more passengers going on this journey, Abel had decided to make another carriage.
Seeing the gigantic city emerge from a distance, Abel couldn't wait to go inside and have a rest. Not because he was tired, but Loraine had not washed her face in days. Even Black Wind would relentlessly rub himself against the sides of the carriage.
They brought along three carriages during this trip. The one at the front was the Lord of Marshall's super bull carriage. Abel also had the same carriage, which was following closely behind. Both of these carriages were each pulled by two inferno bulls. The carriage at the end was just a normal carriage holding the armor of Abel and the Lord of Marshall, and everyone's luggage.
There were 20 Knight servants guarding these three carriages. Abel had treated them very well. They were all given some beginner combat qi enhancing potion. Abel had more than enough in his portal bag anyway. Bakong city was not a peaceful place. It was where big nobles gathered. The conflicts between nobles and royal were also non stop. Therefore these 20 knights servants must increase their power to fight off anyone with bad intent.
"Loraine, soon we will be able to wash our faces and have a rest," Abel said to Loraine, as her eyes seemed like she wanted to ask Abel a question.
After hearing that they would soon be able to wash their faces, Loraine was so happy even her eyes could not be seen. Then she gently said, "that's great. Even Black Wind is dirty."
Black Wind was lethargically laying on the center of the carriage. However, after it heard someone say its name, it suddenly jumped up with excitement, wiggling its tail towards the direction of Loraine.
Seeing the half a human tall Black Wind pretending to be cute by wiggling its tail, Abel lightly padded it's head and said with a laugh, "you are a mount wolf, not a dog!"
Ignoring the rub of Black Wind, Abel turned towards Steward Ken and repeated, "Ken, come seat inside. It's outside was way too hot."
Steward Ken replied, "Master, don't worry about me. I belong in this spot!" Ken was a stubborn steward. Every time they went on a trip, steward Ken would always care about how Harry castle come across to others. To him, sitting in the same carriage with his master was a very undignified thing to do for Harry castle. No matter how hot it was outside, steward Ken wouldn't come inside to enjoy the air conditioner within the carriage.
Abel lightly shook his head and turned the air conditioner in level 10. He then opened the window of the carriage and let some of the cool air blew onto the back of steward Ken.
Originally, this type of long journey under the summer heat, going through these bumpy roads, was a thing of torture. However, these two super bull carriage which Abel had created not only had an air conditioner powered by ice runes, it also had springs as shock absorbers. Therefore, the five days journey had become somewhat tolerable for Abel and the passenger within the carriage. Only the steward, carriage driver, and underling had to withstand these harsh conditions.
At the moment, the white unicorn with a red background coat of arms on the carriage had come in handy again. The carriage did not stop for the guard and directly entered Mawa City through the noble entrance. Abel, thankfully, looked at the ordinary citizens waiting in line under the blazing summer heat on his left, suffering this torture just to get into Mawa city.
Loraine stuck out her head, curiously stared at those people waiting in line. She asked gently, "we don't have to wait in line on this side, why don't they come here?"
"Their status was not high enough, so they can't use this entrance for nobles!" Abel explained. Loraine then followed up, "the elves don't have different status separating the nobles from ordinary people."
"All elves are sons and daughters of the goddess of nature. No matter if the elf is a noble or an ordinary citizen, we are all members of the elf species, there are no status differences." Said Loraine, sounding like a saint.
Abel looked at Loraine like she had been brainwashed, but he didn't say much. Everyone had their own religion and beliefs in this world. Even the Lord of Marshall and Abel would pray before eating.
Their team of the carriage had stopped in front of a huge hotel. After the two stewards had booked a level of rooms, Abel led Loraine off the carriage. The moment they left the carriage, they felt a wave of heat rushed towards them. He could not help but step back. At the same time, the Lord of Marshall was also stepping out of his carriage and made the same motion. The two exchanged gazes and began to laugh at each other.
Black Wind followed it's master off the carriage. The moment it felt the heatwave, it almost jumped up and immediately want to return to the carriage. Abel had a quick eye, he reached his hand and grabbed Black Wind back. Black Wind had no choice. He could only stick out its tongue and follow behind its master. Even his often energetic tail was dragging along the floor.
"Abel, 'this is your greatest invention!" Exclaimed the Lord of Marshall, pointing towards the carriage.
"Do you think anyone else can even afford this carriage?" Abel had seen many very wealthy nobles in Harvest City. However, despite Marshall Castle having hundreds of years of history, the value of all of its collection adds up would definitely not exceed 10000 old coins. Therefore, Abel didn't really believe anyone could afford this super bull carriage he had built.
"You need to travel more. Harvest City is only a small city on the edge of the human world. It had only become famous because of agriculture." Said the Lord of Marshall as he walked alongside Abel.
When entering the hotel, Abel felt a sudden breeze of cool air. It was a lot cooler inside than outside. In the corner of the hotel was a copper bucket. Abel sensed the cool air was coming from there.
"What is that?" Abel asked the Lord of Marshall curiously.
A plump middle-aged man wearing a luxurious suit was just walking by. When he heard these words from Abel, he turned and looked at Abel and gave him and his group a look of despise. From that look, the man realized there were an elf and a half human sized mount wolf in their ground.
"That is a bucket full of ice," said the Lord of Marshall. He finally had the chance to teach Abel something. The moment when he was about to explain to Abel in detail about how to store ice blocks. Abel began to say "How could I never think of that idea. We should dig an ice chamber in the winter to store ice, then we can use it in the summer."
The Lord of Marshall tiredly waved his hand. He no longer cared about Abel's education, but as the step father of a genius, it was very time-consuming in preparation for this trip to Bakong city. He spent a lot of time thinking about how he would answer his family when the topic of parenting came up–especially those old bastards. They thought since he had chosen the remote Harvest City as his knight estate, he was no longer useful. They just threw him a bit of money and pretended he never existed. This time, when the Lord of Marshall came back to Bakong City, he would need to have a good chat with them about parenting.
That middle age men with a luxurious suit continued to stare at the elf and the mount wolf with a hint of greediness. He did not leave straight away. Instead, he found a space in the guest lounge and sat down.
Abel's power of the will was very sensitive to gazes with bad intent. He turned his head around and noticed that middle age men's gaze. That middle age man, did not expect anyone to notice him, so he was caught off guard and swiftly turned his gaze away.
"Just another noble" after Abel had given out this definition, he began to move on. These nobodies didn't deserve his attention.
"You, go ask them what status are they," Said the middle age men to his servant next to him.
After a while, the servant returned and said: "master, that is a coat of arms knight and his family."
The middle age men stunned for a while. Although he was also the title of a lord, only an insignificant one, he doesn't even have a coat of arms or estate. How could he offend one of those coat of arms Knights.
The middle age man could not reconcile, he said, "although I might not be able to offend them, someone might. Go spread the news that a knight with an elf and a mount wolf entered Mawa city."
The Lord of Marshall still had not officially declared by the king as a lord. Therefore, he could only use the title of a coat of arms knight. If the middle age men knew that he was facing a coat of arms lord. He would never do this.
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Chapter 95
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Chapter 95: A Gift From the Commander
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
"Did you hear the rumors? There's an intermediate knight that appeared in Mawa City with an elf and a mount wolf. The cost of that insane!" As the news began to spread in Mawa City, it spread like wildfire, and it became more exaggerated.
There was a mercenary group that occupied Mawa City. They were considered as a legal group of mercenaries. However, sometimes they would join up with a group of thieves to do immoral businesses. Whilst this group of mercenaries had also received the news of Abel, many of them had lost their interest when they heard that there was an intermediate knight. They were also no match against an intermediate knight, and they didn't dare to attack a noble motorcade. At the end of the day, there was always someone inside a group who was daring and greedy. Those individuals would be willing to attack nobles as long as they were able to earn gold from it.
"Master, an intermediate knight has appeared in Mawa City journeying with an elf and a mount wolf, as well as plenty of valuables." This news had traveled to the ears of the leader of the Sandstorm mercenary gang in Mawa city
The elite soldier of Hume was calculating if they were able to pull off the attack on the noble carriages… "An elf is worth tens of thousands of gold. Legends claimed that after mount wolf had identified its master, it can't find another. There's also a large number of valuables that's immeasurable."
If you were to kill a noble knight, you must do it cleanly. There cannot be any evidence left behind. Otherwise, if the noble tribunal found out, they would endlessly hunt whoever had killed that noble. Furthermore, with the recent task, the mercenary group had lost some of its men. Just paying off that compensation had already given a lot of financial pressure to Hume, but this one-off business would generate tens of thousands of gold income for them, which also made him extremely eager to take the risk.
It was only an intermediate knight. For an Elite soldier like Hume, he didn't think an intermediate Knight's fighting power would be that much better than his. Along with the help of other mercenaries, dealing with an intermediate knight shouldn't be too much of a problem.
"Alright, we are doing it!" The Elite Soldiers of Hume began to organize his soldiers, preparing.
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Unlike Harvest City, where the military and political powers were all in the hands of Viscount Dickens, Mawa City had only about half of the military power in the hands of head commander Hopkins, and the other half was controlled by the ruler of the city.
Head commander Hopkins was listening to reports from his subordinates regarding the recent rumors in his residence in Mawa City. When he heard there was a mount wolf , he immediately laughed and said, "My dear friends came to Mawa City and did not even visit me, such a shame."
Head commander Hopkins then turned towards his steward, he said, "Steward, let send someone to investigate who had spread these rumors, and find who dared harm against my precious guests"
During their conversation, the room flashed with a sense of chilliness in the air. When the steward bowed their underling couldn't help feel a shiver running down their spin. The steward understood head commander Hopkins. The head commander already had a desire to kill. He wondered who these friends of the head commander were–a mere rumor was enough to trigger a desire to kill within the head commander.
On one hand, Head commander Hopkins really wanted to befriend Abel, having a friend that was a master blacksmith as well as a genius knight would be beneficial to him and his family in both the present and future.
Moreover, head commander Hopkins had also promised in front of Viscount Dickens in Harvest City that he would provide Abel a warm welcome if he ever visited Mawa City. If Abel was attacked in Mawa City, no matter if he was harmed or not, it would result in a loss of dignity for him. When the two head commanders meet in the future, he would certainly be mocked for his lack of effort in protecting Abel.
"Yes, my master." The housekeeper bowed back.
In the seemingly calm town of Mawa City, a storm was brewing, triggered by the whim of a Lord, and the intelligence systems used for the military presence. Channels that the magistrates would not normally have been able to obtain were quietly amassing information to the military intelligence service.
At the same time, Abel was leisurely drinking master's essence condensing potion. He had already drunk nearly 70 bottles along the way, any drinks that taste incredible would taste like rubbish after drinking so much of it, not to mention the potion was a medicine too. Though the potions were upgraded to the master's level, it certainly did not cause any big of a change to the taste.
Abel was now very experienced in drinking potions, poured directly into his throat to minimize the irritation of his tongue.
He slowly enjoyed the potion spread in his body. After five days of nonstop master's essence condensing potion drinking, the pale gold combat qi within Abel had gotten thicker and more compressed. Every time the pale gold combat qi had rushed through Abel's body, his body composition would get stronger. In these past five days, Abel could clearly felt that he had gotten stronger. Although he could not precisely measure how much strength he had gained, Abel was sure he had gained at least 10 percent more.
Loraine, who was sitting beside Abel, was a little curious about what he was drinking all the way, but since Abel didn't explain it to her, the intelligent elf wasn't going to ask him what it was. She quietly looked out the window to the streets outside.
Feeling that the potion in his body began to exert its power calmly, Abel opened his eyes and looked at Loraine, who looked longingly at the street. He could not help laughing. Even a fairy girl like Loraine had a strong desire to go shopping.
"Loraine, would you like to accompany me on a tour of Mawa City?" Abel said to Loraine.
Loraine's mouth curved slightly as she nodded with great pleasure and excitement.
When Abel came out of the hotel, he not only took Loraine with him, but Black wind also stuck tightly beside him. With a mischievous mount wolf like Black wind, god knows what would happen if no one was watching it. Since Abel had brought Black wind, he decided to take 6 knights servants alongside with him.
It was getting late and it wasn't too hot. It was a perfect time to go out since Mawa City became lively.
Abel thought that Loraine could not ride a horse, so originally he was planning to get on a carriage. However, when Abel asked Loraine, he immediately realized that as an elf, she was naturally able to communicate with most animals.
During their tour in Mawa City, Abel discovered something strange when leaving the hotel. He noticed that there was someone following him, but the person following them was quickly dragged out with force by someone. Abel was unfamiliar with how things work in Mawa City, and he was getting too powerful nowadays anyway, so he didn't think too much.
By dinner time, Abel and Loraine had already returned to the hotel. It was a short tour, but Loraine had laughed a lot. During dinner, she could not help talking to The Lord Of Marshall about what she had seen in Mawa City.
Early the next morning, just as Abel and Lord Marshall were getting ready to leave, a loud voice came from the hotel door. "Master Abel, you came to Mawa City without notifying me!"
There was a reproach in the voice, but everyone knew it sounded like a conversation between friends. Abel then quickly realized it was the voice of head commander Hopkins, but he felt a little strange, how did he realize that he was visiting Mawa City without even telling him about it?
"Commander Hopkins, what are you doing here?" Abel hurried a few steps to the door of the hotel, where the head commander Hopkins was waiting for him.
The busy street in front of the hotel should have been busy in the morning, but now the whole street was silent except for head commander Hopkins. and a dozen guards standing behind him in the middle of the street.
"Master Abel, I've come to say goodbye to you!" 'laughed commander Kelvin, as he directly pointed to something that covered in cloth on the ground behind him, he said, "These are some of the troubles I've solved for you."
With a wave of his hand, several attendants pulled the cloth apart, and on the ground there were piles of human heads.
Loraine, who was behind Abel was immediately shocked from what she had witnessed, she started moving closer towards Abel as he gently pulled Loraine behind him.
Black wind gave a low whine to the skull on the ground, showing his teeth, which were already sharp.
Abel looked at the head commander Hopkins with a sense of confusion. Head commander Hopkins then pointed to the first head and explained, "This is Lord Tuttle, he was planning to murder a coat of arms knight. After being captured, he was killed when he tried to resist ."
Abel recognized the head of Lord Tuttle at a glance. It was the noble who had revealed a sense of malicious intention yesterday when Abel had just entered the hotel,
Abel would have never have guessed that men would be killed the next day. In regards to "killed when he tried to resist. Abel would gamble on his life that. No way that a noble, without any fighting power, would be dumb enough to resist the capture of a head commander. This was probably just an excuse head commander Hopkins had made
Pointing to the second pile of a dozen heads, he said, "These are Lord Tuttle's men who were spreading the words that you have came with great wealth."
Pointing to the last pile of heads, up to a hundred of them, he said, "This is the Elite soldier of Hume with his Berserkers' mercenaries."