Chapter 131
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The young knight said, "It was nothing. I saw that he had a mount wolf, so I stepped up and asked him a few questions. Then, he took out a card to play with me, so I hit it on to the ground." His voice was beginning to sound very weak. He realized a person of Abel status might not take out a card to play with him after all.
"What card?" Commander Lowell turned and look on the ground, and there was an ordinary-looking card with an engraving of a big tree on top of it.
Commander Lowell's face began to grow horribly pale. He then turned and deeply bowed to Abel. He said, "the honorable baron Abel. Do not worry. I will give you and your teacher an explanation. He and his family will pay for what he had done."
When commander Lowell realized could have offended a Wizard to save one of his men, cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He thought, you definitely deserved to die.
The young knight was horrified by the words of commander Lowell. Hopelessness shadowed over him. This ordinary card must represent some with great power. Up to this point, he felt a giant hand grab him by the neck. With a clear snapping sound, the body of the young knight had already been thrown to the ground by commander Lowell. He died.
Commander Lowell carefully picked up the card on the floor, gently wipe the dust off, and handed it back to Abel with a bow. He said, "The honorable baron Abel, please take back your identity card. Do not worry. His family will also pay for what he had done.
If commander Lowell did not kill the young knight already, Abel would have done so himself. Abel said with a cold calming voice, "You better. If I am not satisfied, I will report this to my teacher and let him answer your questions."
"Do not worry. I will make sure you are satisfied!" Said commander Lowell with a shiver. If this had angered the wizard, not to mention that the young Knight's family, even himself would be in big trouble.
Abel reached out his hand, took his identity card, and strapped it back on his waist. He then lightly padded Black Wind on its neck, Black Wind immediately accelerate and disappeared into a small dot in the distance before the eyes of commander Lowell. Soon, even the small dot vanished from his sight.
"Big brother Abel, don't get angry," said Loraine as she gently patted the back of Abel.
"Loraine, I'm not angry," said Abel as he turned and carried Loraine back to the front. He felt like he was hit with some kind of emotion. With his increase in power and status, he noticed he had become a completely different person compared to himself when he first came to this world. He was no longer the peaceful and conflict-less person he used to be. That part of him had completely disappeared.
"But you just…?" Loraine asked curiously.
"That knight had insulted the possession of my teacher. He deserved it. I just feel like I had lost myself a bit!" Said Abel with an awkward smile.
"Big brother Abel, you lost yourself!" Loraine felt a little bit confused by the words of Abel.
Abel no longer wanted to talk about what just happened, so he changed the topic and asked Loraine with a caring tone, "Loraine, are you getting used to living here?"
"Yes, it reminds me of home." When Loraine mentioned home, a sad expression began to emerge.
"Don't worry, I will definitely send you home," Abel promised Loraine once again.
"Big brother Abel, that's impossible. My home is very far away. I sneaked out to play with a teleportation array but got captured by the capturing squad. Then the capturing squad carried me for a very long time and very far away. I don't think I can never go back home." As Loraine was speaking, tears endlessly rolled down from her eyes and shoulders continuously twitched.
"Don't worry Loraine, do you know big brother Abel has a very big secret?" Abel said as he gently hugged Loraine with his arms.
"What secret?" Loraine still had the nature of a kid. When she heard Abel said secret, she immediately paid attention.
"You'll know in a moment," said Abel as he signaled Black a Wind to Run faster with his heart, while simultaneously trying to use his soul chain to connect with White Cloud.
Ever since Abel had settled in Bakong City, Abel had ordered White Cloud to look for food for itself in a mountain range a few hundred miles away. He had always been in contact with White Cloud through the soul chain, but they had never seen each other in a very long time. When Abel requested that they should meet up with the soul chain, he felt excitement and joy coming from the other side of the soul chain.
Black Wind had been running for an hour, and they were around a hundred miles beyond Bakong City. Suddenly, a massive body landed in front of them from the sky. Black Wind alertly stared at White Cloud, and White Cloud stared back. A confused look then emerged from both of their faces. Both of them were connected by Abel's soul chain, and they could both scent the presence of their owner of each other.
"Black Wind, this is White Cloud." Abel introduced as he gently padded on the neck of Black Wind." He then turned to White Cloud and said, "This is Black Wind, you two can get to know each other a bit."
Black Wind made some "wooo wooo" sound, and White Cloud made some "ghoo ghoo" sounds as a way of saying hi to each other.
"My god, big brother Abel, you have a sky sparrow." Loraine had seemed a lot of things, she immediately recognized this creature in front of her.
"Did you see it. This is my secret" said Abel as he jumped down from Black Wind and helped Loraine come down as well.
"Big brother Abel, I will definitely keep this secret" as Loraine was speaking, she made a zipping motion with her hand in front of her lips, looking extremely serious.
"Loraine, now you can stop worrying. No matter how far away your home is when I become an official wizard, I will use White Cloud to send you home" when Abel saw the adorable look on Loraine's face, he couldn't help but laugh.
" I will wait for you, big brother Abel," Loraine said these words very softly as she began to look at White Cloud with an extremely curious expression. She no longer wanted to look at Abel as she turned her gaze towards White Cloud.
"My beautiful elf, may I invite you on a flight?" Asked Abel as he gave a majestic bow to Loraine and reached out his hand.
"Can I? Can I really?" Loraine immediately held grabbed Abel's hand with excitement like she doesn't care about anything else in the world.
"Let's go!" Abel jumped up on to the back of White Cloud, then he reached out his hand and pulled Loraine onto the back of White Cloud as well.
"Ghoo ghoo ghoo!" White Cloud was very happy that it could meet its owner again. It reached its head back so it could be closer to Abel. Abel reached out his hand and gently brushed on the feathers on White Cloud's neck.
"Big brother Abel, can I pat it as well?" Said Loraine standing behind Abel with admiration.
Abel moved to a side, allowing Loraine to go beside him and pad White Cloud. Loraine stuck out her hand and gently brushed on the feathers of White Cloud. It made White Cloud so happy that it laughed with sounds of "ghooo ghooo".
"Take a seat Loraine. Get ready." Abel gave half of the seat on White Cloud's neck to Loraine, and he then helped her secure the seatbelt, took out a wind goggle from his portal bag and help her put it on.
Seeing that Abel was getting busy because of her, Loraine couldn't help but let out a small giggle.
"Black Wind, come up," Abel shouted at Black Wind as he pointed towards a roofless leather carriage on the back of White Cloud. He then followed, "You can sit there."
Black Wind really liked White Cloud. When he heard the words of Abel, he immediately jumped on to the carriage on the back of White Cloud. Abel then stepped up and secured Black Wind with a seat belt as well. Black Wind was not used to seatbelts, and it continued to wiggle its body. It only quieted down a bit when Abel gently hit Black Wind on its big head.
Abel then returned to the side of Loraine and put on his own seatbelt and wind goggles. He then shouted, " White Cloud, Let's fly!"
The gigantic White Cloud lightly made the "ghoo ghoo" sound. It then stretched its wings and began to fly smoothly off the ground. Despite White Cloud's gigantic body, it maintained its balance very well. It did not feel like it was very heavy at all. Abel was filled with admiration, and the experience was not all too different than flying a plane in his past life.
According to Abel's demands, White Cloud directly fly up to the highest part of the sky. This was a human's world, and Abel would be in big trouble they were spotted. Although there were no other flying mounts in the Duchy of Carmel, wizards might have some unknown techniques to attack White Cloud. Therefore, Abel had always warned White Cloud to stay away from all magic towers.
White Cloud was a type of bird, and its eyes were a lot stronger than humans. It could spot tiny details on the ground from the sky. Other than serving the command of Abel and hunting for its own food, it was a Sky Sparrow's nature to fly high in the sky. Therefore, despite White Cloud had been living in the human world for a long time, he had never been spotted.
This was the first time Loraine had looked down on to the ground from the sky. She was filled with joy as she pointed towards the trees, houses, mountains, and rivers on the ground. She couldn't help but giggle and get Abel to look down with her. Seeing how happy Loraine was, Abel was 120 percent satisfied with his decision to take Loraine outside today. Therefore, he also laughed next to Loraine at the tiny landscape passing by.
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Chapter 132
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After looking at the landscape for a while, Abel remembered that he had made a telescope. He took it out from his portal bag said, "Here, use this," as he handed the telescope to Loraine.
Loraine curiously held the telescope on her hand, not knowing what to do with it. Abel let out a small laugh. Loraine suddenly put up an irritated look. She thought Abel was mocking her.
After seeing this charming irritated look on Loraine, Abel could only laugh. He taught Loraine how to use a telescope correctly. The moment Loraine had witnessed the magic of a telescope, she had completely forgotten what had just happened and began to giggle again.
It was October, and the temperature had turned cold after a while, especially when they were so high above in the sky. It was only after Loraine had settled down a little from her intense excitement. She realized the cold Wind blowing on her face was like a sharp knife. She automatically leaned against Abel.
Abel had a strong body, and the cold could do nothing to him. When he saw the look on Loraine's face, he realized the temperature must be very low in the sky. To a person without training such as Loraine, it must be torture. He began to regret his mistake.
"Let's go back!" Abel hugged Loraine tightly with his arms and said with a gentle voice.
"Ah!" Loraine just made a sound. She did not want to speak as she hid in the arms of Abel. At that moment, her face began to turn red within hug of Abel. The temperature in her body began to rise as well, as though the surrounding coldness had completely disappeared.
"White Cloud, let's go back!" Said Abel as he lightly tapped on the neck of White Cloud.
White Cloud did a 360 turn in mid-air and began to fly downward. Its descent was so fast, Loraine screamed.
When White Cloud had landed, Abel help Loraine to take off her seatbelt and carried her to the ground, he then turned to Black Wind. At that moment Black Wind was silent. It seemed like the flying did not affect it at all. Abel was very satisfied. If he needed to go somewhere far in the future, he could bring Black Wind with him. Its behavior was light years ahead of the war horses. Abel remembered the first time he took his warhorse flying on the back of White Cloud, and it took them a long time until they could recover and walk again.
The moment when Abel took off Black Wind's seatbelt, it could not help but begin to rub the seat belt mark on his neck with the soft hair on its head. Abel dodged and lightly padded on that massive skull of Black Wind. He then said to black Wind through the soul chain, "Ok, I know. I won't tide you up again, but you need to promise you can stay safe."
After black Wind heard the words of Abel, it lowered its head and made the woo woo sound. Meanwhile, he took out its claw and tightly hold on to the floor of the carriage, signaling to Abel that it had the full ability to stay safe.
"Ok, understand," said Abel with a laugh.
Up to this point, Abel jumped on to the back of Black Wind and called, "let's go down!"
Black Wind jumped out of the carriage, his leg slightly tipped on the body of White Cloud, and directly landed next to Loraine. Abel once again picked up Loraine and place her at the front. He then turned his head back to White Cloud and said, " White Cloud, You can go now. I'll call you when I need you!"
As White Cloud made that ghoo ghoo sound, Black Wind immediately backed off to avoid the hurricane of dust. A giant body lifted off the ground, and it's head sentimentally gazed at Abel one last time and viciously flapped its wings. Soon, White Cloud had disappeared into the cloudy sky.
"Black Wind, go full speed and bring us back!" Abel shouted, and Black Wind accelerated into full speed. Loraine sat in front of Abel suddenly found it a little hard to breathe, so she quickly turned to Abel and leaned against his chest comfortably. In this warm environment, on top of all the exhausting thing she had done today, Loraine had fallen asleep.
Abel hugged Loraine with his arm in a somewhat loving and pity way. As Black Wind run faster and faster, the ride also became more stable. In the South Gate of Bakong City, the guards saw a familiar black shadow rushing towards them at lightning speed. They immediately stopped everything they were doing and bowed among the line of ordinary citizens waiting to enter the city. The two guards responsible for opening the noble pathway also bowed.
In the eyes of many, the black shadow sped through the noble passage. After it was gone, the guards let out a breath of relief, and everything returned to normal.
"Who was that? They were so arrogant," Asked a noble angrily as he was blocked by a guard from entering the city.
The guard coldly gazed at that noble, pointing at a spot nearby and said, "Just there, a Royal defense force captain had stopped the man on his way earlier, he was then personally killed commander on the spot. Do you really want to know who that man was?"
"No worries, then!" The noble immediately got back on to his carriage and left. He no longer wanted to enter Bakong City.
Seeing the noble going away in embarrassment, the guard smirked. All the other people waiting to enter the gate nearby were looking at the spot where the black shadow had disappeared in terrifying shock.
"Master, welcome back!" When Abel had gotten back to his mansion, steward Ken was already waiting for him, and he stepped up and bowed.
"Shhh!" Abel whispered as he pointed towards Loraine on his chest with his finger.
Ken bowed again and opened the gate for Abel. Abel then carried Loraine off Black Wind and entered the mansion. Black Wind followed behind like a good boy.
"Master, you've grown up!" Ken mumbled softly.
Abel picked up Loraine and walked along the path in his courtyard. He realized many of his servants were looking at him in a somewhat surprising way. Some couldn't help but laugh. Any servants would be shocked if they saw their noble master caring a young elf, especially when Abel was not just an ordinary noble.
Abel gently lay Loraine on to her bed and said to a maid, "When Loraine wakes up, tell her I went to the magic tower."
"Yes, master." Said the maid as she bowed
Abel quickly walked out Loraine's room, but little did he know, as soon as he walked out, Loraine had sneakily opened her eyes. When she saw the maid about to ask something, she immediately reached out to her hand to stop her.
"Miss, you…?" When the maid was about to ask a question, she suddenly stopped as though she had realized something. She then gave a little smile to Loraine and did not ask the question again.
Loraine's face was still red as she tightly held the telescope that Abel had given her in her arms. She then whispered, "Now I have this, I can see brother Abel in the sky."
"Ken, I am very happy with Marcy's good work. I want to tip him 2000 gold coins," said Abel directly to Ken.
"Yes, Master. Since you have free time, I will report to you about your income lately." Said Ken with a bow.
"Let's see. How much did I make?" Abel's physical property was an excuse for him to spend money. The more income streams he has, the less suspension he will raise with his unknown wealth.
"Master, the two courtyards outside of Bakong City can give you 3000 gold coins every month." Although Ken had remembered all of this information, he still took out an accounting record to show his professionalism as he spoke to Abel.
"If the two courtyards can only generate that little amount of income, does it mean they are not good quality courtyard?" Abel asked he was not satisfied with the income.
"Master, they are already the best courtyards around Bakong City. They are all extremely high in demand." Ken explained.
If it was a good quality courtyard, that's all it mattered to Abel. The amount of income his property produced was like nothing compared to the six figures in his magic gold card.
"The two shops in Tain Jin avenue can bring you 20,000 gold coins of profit every month." Said Ken looking at his accounting records.
"The Benson family are still the least stingy, their compensations are actually decent," Abel exclaimed.
Ken did not respond. Courtyard and shops were actually two totally different types of assets. You could not compare them only based on profit. To a noble without an estate, a courtyard would be many times more valuable than a shop. Courtyards were land, and they were the true reflection of wealth and status.
"Also, the Cotter wine house. It is the most famous wine house for Cotter Wine. It can bring you 30,000 gold coins every month," Ken proceeded to say.
"The eldest prince, oh sorry, I mean the king majesty is such a nice guy." Abel was very happy when he heard the profit the wine house had brought. The eldest prince, Julien George, had become the King of the Duchy of Carmel a few days ago. However, at the time Abel was madly doing his training, he did not accept the palace's invitation.
"Master, the current spending on this courtyard, including the food and salary for the servants are 10,000 every month. The details are here, please take a look," said Ken as he flipped to a page in the accounting record and handed towards Abel.
"My dear steward, I trust you very much. You can look at it yourself." Said Abel waving his hand.
"We can make a total profit of 52,000 gold coins every month. This is a huge amount of wealth, " said Ken in excitement.
"Huge amount of wealth" Abel couldn't help but smiled as he said this. He was reminded of the white robe wizard on the teleportation circle the other day. Each time it cost 10,000 gold coins if a person wants to teleport, and it can often take multiple times until the person reaches their destination. That's a truly huge amount of wealth. His current income was nothing.
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Chapter 133
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On the 9th floor of Morton's magic tower, Abel was looking down at Bakong City under the mountain. He felt small. Then, the identity card on his waist began to vibrate lightly.
Abel then took out the identity card and placed it on his hands. From the card came the voice of wizard Morton, "Abel, I need to see you right now!"
"Yes, teacher! Abel then put away his identity card and headed towards the 11th floor.
Ever since Abel had entered the magic tower, he had only been sought out by wizard Morton once, which was only the first day. For the four months afterward, wizard Morton seemed to be particularly busy. He traveled out quite frequently. He only returned yesterday, and he immediately requested Abel to see him the next day.
Abel had teleported from the 10th floor to the living room on the 11th floor. Wizard Morton was reading a book in his hand as Abel bowed and said, "Teacher, I am coming over now! "
"You arrived!" Wizard Morton lifted his head and looked at Abel. Suddenly he asked in disbelief, "Are you already a level 2 novice wizard now?"
"Yes, teacher, I meditate every day to improve my magical ability as you required. Before I knew it, I completed the rank one novice wizard pattern, and now I am doing the rank 2. Did I do something wrong?" Abel knew his meditation practice speed was unusually fast, but there was nothing he could do about it. His level was still too low. Meditating in Rogue encampment with its 20 times meditation speed was already much quicker than the rate of ordinary wizard practice.
Wizard Morton paused for a moment and said, "It is said that some people are naturally superior in their abilities and in their constitution. They can learn everything much faster than others, but I am not expertise constitution, so I cannot tell what kind of constitution you have. What I can tell you is, your constitution does not match that of an ordinary human."
When Abel saw that Morton was helping him to find his reasons for why he was leveling up so quickly, he was glad that he was not suspecting anything of him. When he became a formal wizard, his strength would be so tremendous that no one could ever doubt him.
"You've only been in the tower for four months, and you've already become a rank two novice wizard. Originally, I wanted to examine your practice progress, but that doesn't seem to matter now." Wizard Morton said with a smile on his face and added, "Even if you had the best talent and constitution, you could not have become a rank two novice wizard so quickly if it weren't for your effort."
"Teacher, it was only because you are looking after me very well too." Said Abel, bowing gratefully to wizard Morton.
As Abel thought about how he was arranged to the best floor of the magic tower by Wizard Morton, he was moved. After entering the world of wizards, both Novice Wizard Sam or teacher Morton were all particularly concerned about him. Not only so, the two senior brothers and sisters in Morton magic towers were also very attentive to Abel upon his entry.
"You are really good at compliments, aren't you," Wizard Morton said in a reproachful tone, and the smile on Morton's face increased markedly. He went on to say, "I have been busy with some trifling things lately, and I had only finished yesterday. From today on, I will teach you the basic knowledge every morning. Here, take this book, if you can, memorize everything in it."
As Wizard Morton spoke, his right hand swiped in the air, and a spell pattern suddenly appeared. For a moment, a white light flashed on wizard Morton, and then it flashed on a book that was on the shelf not far from Wizard Morton. Shortly after, the book disappeared in the white light, and at the same time, Wizard Morton gained another book in his hands.
Abel recognized that this was the spell that Wizard Morton had used to destroy his "Firebomb" in his courtyard in Triumph boulevard.
"Here!" Wizard Morton then handed the book towards Abel, and said, "This book is a record of most of the things that are useful to wizards. I've put together a collection of books on these particular subjects, with my own ideas written on it too. It's a good book for people like you who had just entered the world of wizards since it can instruct you and motivate you too."
Afterward, Abel took the book that was handed over by wizard Morton with both his hands. It was a heavy book with a thick orc skin on the cover to protect the soft lambskin parchment pages inside. The book was called Morton's Observations Records, written by Wizard Morton.
As Abel opened the book cover, there were contents of a variety of flowers, grass, insects, beasts, and also introduced a variety of magic gems, crystal core, minerals, and so on. The book covered everything that was useful or can come into effect for the wizards.
"Thank you, teacher!" After a quick glimpse at the contents of the book, Abel knew the book was wizard Morton had taken meticulous care in writing this book. It would've taken so much effort and time to compile such a large volume of content, as well as dividing them into chapters.
"Abel, next time, when you go on an adventure, you will no longer have a problem identifying a treasure, and regret not taking it." Said Wizard Morton laughing loudly and followed, "Correct. You are my disciples. You also have givings in the Duchy of Carmel."
"Disciples also have givings?" Abel never knew the Duchy would pay him gold coins for studying at a magic tower. He couldn't help but admire his status as a wizard. The Duchy was very strict on its citizen's taxes. Other than the Duchy's guards, he never heard of the Duchy giving gold coins back."
"Of course, but you will first need to apply for a magic gold card first, then I will be able to use your identity card to apply for the application. Afterward, all you need to do is go to the bank of the holy continent" Morton smiled at Abel.
"Teacher, I actually already have a magic gold card." Abel then took out his magic gold card from his arms and showed it to Wizard Morton.
"You're doing pretty well amongst ordinary people. You already possess a gold magic card." Wizard Morton rarely cared about the lives of ordinary people, which was why he didn't bother to investigate Abel's previous identity. No matter how prestigious your titles were, it was nothing compared to a wizard. The only thing that was strange to Wizard Morton was Abel's young age. How could he already pass the application for a magic gold card at this age?
Abel felt a little embarrassed as he touched his head in embarrassment. He was unable to speak of his previous achievements in the presence of Morton.
Abel might be underestimating his previous status. Maybe a baron title didn't mean much for a wizard like Morton, but the identity of a master blacksmith was actually much more prestigious than what Abel thought it was. As it was from ancient times until now, a master blacksmith was still a very noble identity. If Morton knew Abel was a master blacksmith, he would surely look favorably on him.
"When you are free, go to the bank of the holy continent and get your givings." Laughed Morton, and added, "All of my disciples are offered 10,000 gold per month, and you've still haven't gotten yours for four months already."
The bank of the holy continent was the Holy Continent's chamber of commerce to the outside world. Although The Holy Continent chamber of commerce alliance did not belong to any country, people from different countries have held shares of the alliance, forming a wealth throughout the large financial institutions in the human world as all countries had joined up to supervise its' operations, as well as unifying the gold standard in the human world. This ultimately created magic gold through the use of magic.
"Yes, Teacher," Abel said. He bent down and marveled at the nobility of the wizard's identity, allowing a disciple to have 10,000 gold as consecration.
"I'm going to tell you about the two spell systems today. One is the pattern system, and the other is the rune system." said wizard Morton sternly.
As soon as Abel heard that Morton was giving a formal lecture, he straightened up, concentrated, and began to listen to him.
"Before the human conquered such a large amount of lands, the elite elves ruled the world. Both the orcs and humans were slaves to the elves until all the elite elves had vanished from this world. Although their descendants, the elves, had inherited some of their abilities, they were nowhere as powerful as the elite elves. Afterward, there were countless years of battles. At last, the world was divided into three territories. Humans, orcs, and elves." The eyes of Wizard Morton began to sparkle. He must have been reminded of the suffering the humans had gone through during those battles."
"We humans were good at learning. We learned patterns from the elite elves. Patterns bring us a new class, and that is us." Wizard Morton went on with a look of excitement. "Wizard!"
"The elite elves did not create patterns for professionals purposes; most of it was for the sake of pleasure. The elite elves really knew how to enjoy life. They created the teleportation array to save the struggle of walking. Illumination array for lights at night. Protection array for protecting personal belongings. All and all, they all just to enjoy life, and they rarely had any patterns for battles." Wizard Morton seemed to be extremely biased towards the elite elves, and his voice was full of sarcasm.
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Chapter 134
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Chapter 134: History
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After hearing what Morton said, Abel immediately thought of the teleportation circle and defensive that was on the first floor of the tower. These were all invented by the elite elves.
"Teacher, if humans have inherited the high elves' occupation, then what about the orcs?" Abel remembered that the orcs had fought with the humans before. If the humans had a share of the inheritance from the elite elves, then the orcs would've had similar kinds of inheritance too."
"The Orcs have also gotten a wizardry system, but what they got was the much more gruesome death wizardry inheritance. It evolved over the years, and due to their devotion to the orc gods, it gave rise to a cult and sacrifice." Wizard Morton knew all about the orcs, and he added, "They said that sacrifices were able to communicate with the orc gods, and hear their commands."
Wizard Morton then continued with a shameless look on his face, "The age of the gods ended long ago. Even if the orc gods were still alive, they would most likely be hiding and living in some deep hidden place, on their last breaths. How could they even have the energy to accept the sacrifice? It's all just an excuse for the priests to provide resources for the orcs in order to control them, which the orcs had found some sort of spiritual entrustment within it."
Abel was a little opposed to what wizard Morton had said. This was because he had used an orcs technique sign a few times before. These technique signs gave out an unparalleled impose pressure. Although only a small amount of impose pressure could be reflected through the technique sign, it was enough to shock Abel's soul. As a person possessing a high power of the will, Abel had never felt another person with that amount of impose pressure, even Wizard Morton was nowhere close. Therefore, Abel was afraid, using the orc's technique sign was actually the remaining way to connect with the power of the orc gods.
Abel, of course, was going to keep this (His orc skill cards) as his little secret. His "Mount enhancement" was certainly not an ordinary orc skill, which was evident in the physical changes of Black Wind. Black Wind possessed Abel's golden combat qi, no matter if it was a soul chain or an increase in body strength. Even Marcy, who served under the Orc empire with ten years worth of experience, had never heard of such skills. If the Orc kingdom had such skills, why didn't they use this control sign earlier to control the orcs species? He didn't know the answers, so the orc technique sign was Abel's absolute secret.
Although to Abel, the Woolf family's "no. 11 long spear technique" was only used by Abel to hide his identity while attacking his enemies. However, this technique was still capable of killing a royal member. Even though Abel was not afraid of anything, he still decided not to let anyone know about this technique.
Abel was very curious about the age of the gods, but he was able to tell that wizard Morton thought that the gods were a careless bunch. This was probably because the wizard's status nowadays was on par with the status of the gods. Therefore, Abel didn't ask about the age of the gods, but in the future, when he had more time, he wanted to read more books about the story of that era.
"Humans are good at learning. Humans have mastered three of the four wizard systems of the elite elves: fire, ice, and electricity." Continued Wizard Morton.
"Teacher, you mentioned about humans, orcs, and elves, but what about dwarves?" Abel thought that in addition to humans, orcs, and elves, there were dwarves who were closely related to him, and that race was clearly a powerful force in this world. But why didn't the wizard Morton mention about it?
"I was just about to talk about them. So, when it comes to the dwarves, they had existed together with the elite elves since the ancient period. As they were enthusiastic about forging, their relations between all other races were very good. Alongside their enjoyment in living on large mountain ranges filled piled rocks, they had absolutely no interest in conquering lands as they had built their houses underground. Hence, their race was able to survive for decades until now. They even lived with through dinosaur age. They truly witnessed the transformation of this world." Wizard Morton said, smiling.
"However, the dwarfs were not totally unaffected by the battle between the three races. There were a few times when they almost became extinct. Therefore, in order to save their lives, they had also lost some of their inheritance. Some of these inheritances were also picked up by humans. Now, they become the other part of our rune system. The rune sign and the magic weapons the dwarfs make are some direct results of this.
One of the most important things about the rune system was that it's a set of different runes that can be used in battle in a variety of ways. It would be a game-changer to turn any battle upside down."
Abel finally realized at this moment the magic weapons he had forged before used this part of the rune system. These runes were almost exactly identical to the runes in Diablo. Abel was not sure how much of it was grasp by the humans, and if he could string a few of these runes together with a rune language to create those dark gold equipment.
Abel then asked with doubt, "Teacher, how many of these kinds of runes do we possess?"
"Not even the dwarfs have a complete rune system. The only rune system we have is the lower tiers, and the higher tiers may be known by some dwarves due to their inheritance knowledge. However, not everyone can learn them," Wizard Morton said with a sigh.
"Further down the road, I will teach you the runes, I know. You need to know that these runes are one of the main means of survival for a wizard and one of the most important trading items. Every wizard good at runes is considered a wealthy wizard," Said Wizard Morton with a little smug on his face. From the teacher's tone, Abel could tell that he was a wizard who had already mastered the art of rune-drawing.
"Another important item for the wizards would be potions, potions are learned from the elves. As the elves lived in the forest, they had a strong depth of knowledge on natural growth and all kinds of minerals, as well as a strong study of different plants. They have thus invented potion studies. Humans further developed from the elves' study by incorporating resources from the human world. This is the human potion study we know today. A core component to the training of wizards was using potions to recover the body, and those portions were direct result this.
Obviously, in order to attain resources as well as some other reasons, wizards would also create some potions for other professional uses. Nowadays, potion study was not limited to wizards, as many ordinary people have mastered some simple potions production, but the more powerful potions required magic to be forged. Hence the study of potions was still a main part of the wizards."
"Potion study is not my specialty, so if you want to study potion, the only way you can learn is through studying it yourself. But remember, no matter how much you want to learn these different types of knowledge, don't let it affect your wizard practices. I've seen too many intelligent wizards spending too much time on potions and rune drawing, but in the end, they weren't able to progress further with their wizard levels.
"Yes, teacher! Abel bowed.
"Let's talk about spells. There are five types of spells you can learn during your novice wizardry period. In addition to the "fireball" you've already learned, there are other spells. For example, fire spells such as "Warmth." Ice spells such as "Iceball" and "Frozen armor" electric spell such as "Charging bolt."
The ice spell, "Iceball," is a spell that produces crystals with cold energy to form a large ice bomb, which then fires the bomb, damaging and slowing the target. This spell is considered extremely powerful too.
Frost spell "frozen armor" is a defensive skill. For a wizard who was in their beginner stages, this skill could effectively protect the body of their weak bodies. Moreover, it could produce an ice shield that would protect the wizard, preventing all close quarter attacks from their enemies. The effect of this skill was able to provide bonuses in defense as well as freezing all short-range enemy who had attacked you. For early-stage wizards, close combat had the highest chance of fatality in combat.
The electric spell "charging bolt" was a group attack spell, which involved a burst of lightning power. After being incited, multiple warheads would be fired. The leaping lightning energy will find and strike the target by itself. It relied on the ground to conduct, so it only works on ground targets.
The last one is the fire spell "warmth," which very few people learned this spell. This was because, although it can speed up the mana recovery time, the rate of recovery was not that great. On top of that, the pattern for this spell was extremely complicated, even more, complicated than the ones of the second and third layer spell. Therefore, very few wizards had actually studied this spell," Wizard Morton had explained to Abel every single spell he could learn currently.
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Chapter 135
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Chapter 135: Morton's Observation Records
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Abel was puzzled. His heart immediately began to ponder, what could be the connection between this world and the world of Diablo? Why are runes and the magic spells so similar between these two worlds?
"As for other novice wizards, my advice is to learn only a few spells that would be useful to you. But for you Abel, if you want to learn them, I can teach you all of them as I have almost the entire collection of spells for novice wizards." Wizard Morton had seen Abel casting the "Fireball" spell, and his instantaneous speed proved Abel's unmatched talent.
"Thank you, teacher! Abel thanked him sincerely.
"My condition is that I will not teach you another spell until you have mastered one. Also, if you don't complete your training and learning program, I will stop you from learning new spells." Wizard Morton looked at Abel gravely, then added, "Now choose one spell to learn for your second spell."
When it comes to choosing a spell, Abel thought of the four types of spells, and each spell had its use. The fire spell –"Warmth" could help regenerate magical ability. Although it could not regenerate a significant amount, mana was still extremely important to wizards and made Abel wanted to learn this spell. However, the magical power concentration in Rogue encampment was many times higher than the magic tower, which meant recovering magical ability through meditation was also much faster. Therefore, Abel wasn't in a rush to learn this spell.
In regards to the two ice spells, Iceball and Frozen armor, one was for attack and one for defense. Frozen armor was a way to turn your defense into an attack. If your opponent was attacking you from a close distance, they would be frozen by the ice magic power from frozen armor. Abel was very fond of this spell, and it fit too perfectly with the ability of a Knight. During a charging formation, the only thing you could do was an attack, making defense very hard. However, with the "frozen armor," an attack by an enemy would backfire on to the enemy himself.
The electric spell "lightning bomb" would also be very useful. It could attack a group of enemies. Once the spell reached an elite level, you could unleash strikes and strikes of lightning strikes, electrocuting patches, and patches of enemies. Therefore, choosing this spell was also a good idea.
For a while, Abel had some difficulty in choosing his next spell, but when he looked back, he decided it was his own safety that was the most important, as the defensive spell was able to defend against his enemies. Although it was only a close-range defense, it has greatly improved his ability to survive in combination with his abilities as an intermediate knight.
"Teacher, I have decided that I want to learn Frozen armor," Abel said to Wizard Morton.
"Haha, I knew you'd choose this one. Frozen armor is the only defensive spell a novice wizard possesses. The sooner you learn it, the sooner you'll gain its protection," Morton said with a laugh. He was very pleased with Abel's choice. Instead of focusing on the powerful attack spells, Abel chose a defensive spell. Throughout Wizard Morton's life, he understood that true wizards were the ones who could survive.
"I've got it ready for you. Here you are. There is the pattern and spell for the frozen armor. Wizard Morton took a parchment scroll from his pocket and handed it to over Abel.
"Teacher, I will learn it as soon as possible. I will be going now." Abel bowed to take the scroll, and with a wave of the wizard Morton's hand. Abel promptly disappeared from the eleventh floor and instantly reappeared on the stairs of the tenth floor.
As Abel returned to the ninth floor, he still had some time to kill before lunch on the first floor. He took out the Morton's Observation Records and began reading it.
"Wait, what is this? Abel saw something that was familiar. Wasn't this the jade from the wolf garden last time?
Morton's Observation Records wrote: Peace Jade. The wizards have a large power of the will, which makes evil fantasy easier to arise. Evil fantasy is an illusion created through the unlimited exaggeration of a person's innermost desire. It is the worst enemy to a Wizard's progress. Peace Jade has a soul calming effect, which could lower the chances of evil fantasy arising and makes a Wizard's progress smoother. Peace Jade is also commonly used in other elite occupations. It had a wide range of use, so it holds a high value. Especially the heart of the Jade, it is where most of its power is concentrated, it can lower the occurrence of evil fantasy to the max. Therefore, Peace Jade is a treasure that every occupation cherishes if they want to increase their abilities.
Then, it continued to describe the details of the Peace Jade and the heart of the Peace Jade, teaching people how to identify an authentic one.
According to the observation records, Abel learned that the jade floor tile he had taken from the room of the Wolf trooper on the wolf's garden was the Peace Jade. It was an important aid to the practice of the wizards, especially that jade pillow, which, as described in Morton's Observation Records, was made of a complete the heart of the Peace Jade.
Abel was lamenting the Wolf rider's large collection of treasures in the human world. From what Morton's Observation Records had stated, that wolf rider was preparing the big piece of a jade pillow to help his promotion as a wolf rider captain. This item was identified as a treasure by Wizard Morton in Morton's Observation Records, so it was probably extremely valuable. That was why Abel must not tell anyone about what he did in the wolf garden. Until the day he reached his full ability, he had to keep this secret far away from the public by all means necessary.
With that in mind, Abel quickly opened the Morton's Observation Records to search for clues, and sure enough, in the introduction to the trees in the book, he found some information about wood.
Dragon saliva wood is only produced in the dragon deep, made of dragon saliva from the dragon saliva tree. Anyone who came into long-term contact with the tree was able to strengthen the power of the will subtly.
Whilst it was only a short sentence, it showed the importance of the dragon saliva wood. Before, the only method that a wizard could use to strengthen their power of the will was through meditation practices. That took years to accumulate, little by little. But now, Abel had discovered this new method.
Abel couldn't help marveling at how much the Wolf rider had paid to acquire such good things. As far as Abel knew, the Dragon's Pool was located in the depths of the bi-monthly forest, protected by the elves on the outside, while on the inside lived the most powerful creature in the Holy Continent, the dragon.
According to the legend, the dragon was a creature created by the elite elves, to protect the elite elves' descendants from intrusions. Furthermore, if the elite elves needed back up, the dragon would send a powerful force to support them. However, if you wanted to turn the dragon's saliva into dragon saliva wood, it must be as hard as pulling a tooth out of a tiger.
Abel obviously didn't know what the crazy things the crazy wolf rider captain did in order to get a promotion to become a head wolf rider captain. The wolf rider captain had entered a forbidden place, the Double Moon forest with Wolf's treasure Kong Kong spirit portal bag. He then sneaked into the dragon cave and to acquire just enough dragon saliva wood. The wolf rider captain narrowly escaped the hunt from the dragon, and all of his allies ended up killed.
In regards to that pillow made entirely out of the heart of a Peace Jade, the wolf rider captain had stolen it from the fox clan's headmaster in the orc empire. As soon as he had gotten the information that the fox clan's headmaster possessed a pillow made entirely out of the heart of a Peace Jade.
The fox clan was the most sacrificial race among the orcs. Stealing things from the fox clan's headmaster was even crazier than entering the dragon's cave. Although the Wolf rider captain had hidden his identity, he was afraid of becoming a suspect. Therefore, under the protection of the Wolf clan, the wolf rider captain was driven to the human world, living a life of survival.
Abel's heart was burning. He had no idea that he had acquired so many treasures from a single act of revenge against the wolf riders and that the portal bag had been acquired during his previous attack too. Moreover, each item within the bag seemed to be very useful as well as extremely valuable too.
When Abel thought of the Kong Kong spirit portal bag, he immediately began searching for it on Morton's Observation Records. The record was like a Wikipedia for all things that were related to a wizard, as long as Morton had heard of it before, it would all be recorded on the chronicle. Not only so, looking for things on the record was also very simple. For example, if Abel was searching for a portal bag, all he needed to do was also find the section of the introduction of portal items, and he would be able to see everything related to it.