Han Shuo's name spread throughout Ossen City in just a few days. Thanks to his identity as the Archmage Necromancer and his deed of killing Leah Cain, this proved his strength. Uhtred used the fact that Han Shuo had recovered the blueprint to grant him the title of Count.
Uhtred also gave him a magnificent mansion in the northern part of the city, complete with guards, maids, servants, and everything else one could want. The mansion had over a hundred rooms of various sizes.
Even though Han Shuo had not yet officially received the title of Count, this did not stop others from admiring him and wanting to make friends with him. The magnificent mansion had belonged to him from the moment he had left the Garden House.
Over the next few days, dignitaries from various noble houses came to pay their respects. Unfortunately, the steward kept saying that the owner had not yet moved in. Those who came to visit could only leave their gifts.
Although he was the centre of attention at the moment, Han Shuo himself was actually unaware of the situation outside. After leaving the Garden House, he flew alone to the mountain behind the Babylon Academy of Magic and Strength. There, he opened the Transportation Matrix and returned to the Cemetery of Death.
Han Shuo had gained much from his battle with Leah Cain. He was slowly digesting the experience from that battle as he gradually regained his magical yuan and mental strength. By evening, Han Shuo's body had reached its peak condition. He immersed himself in the bloodlust realm, his deep red pupils furiously circulating magical yuan.
After a few days like this, Han Shuo's deep red eyes gradually returned to normal. He sighed softly, "Just one more step. It's a pity that this step seems to be an unbreakable bottleneck. I really don't know what's going on."
Han Shuo could faintly sense that he was about to break out of the Bloodlust Realm. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bridge the gap. Breakthroughs in magical cultivation required opportunity and understanding. Perhaps the day Han Shuo spontaneously awakened, he would break through directly to the next realm. He could succeed instantly once he firmly grasped that step.
Practicing blindly and stubbornly wasn't a good idea. When Han Shuo felt that he could no longer progress by relying on arduous training, he immediately stopped practicing demonic magic. After some thought, he took out the tricoloured bone staff.
At this point, Han Shuo was certain that this bone staff was the result of the transformation of the Eye of Darkness, as the top of the staff and the Eye of Darkness gave off the same feeling. When Han Shuo focused his mental power into the bone staff, he was able to use it to successfully open the Cemetery of Death.
This bone staff was much more intricate and ancient compared to the white bone staff Han Shuo had taken from the Church of Calamity. The three different skulls seemed to contain three different kinds of power. Han Shuo could subtly feel this every time he picked up the bone staff.
The bone staff was undoubtedly a treasure that belonged to the Cemetery of Death. Shaking the staff a little, Han Shuo muttered, "Let's try this bone staff.
"Souls of the fallen soldiers, heed the call of the dark herald and reveal your existence!" Han Shuo waved the bone staff and chanted an elemental skeleton summoning spell. The tricoloured skulls on the bone staff suddenly glowed brightly as they were infused with his mental power. A row of sixteen skeleton warriors appeared out of nowhere.
Han Shuo was momentarily dazed, even shocked, as he looked at the sixteen skeleton warriors. With Grand Magus level mental power, using the White Bone Staff, only eight skeleton warriors would be summoned. However, when he cast the spell with this bone staff, he'd unexpectedly reached the highest level of the skeleton summoning spell - level five. The number of summoned dark creatures had just doubled.
"This is too amazing!" Han Shuo exclaimed involuntarily. He began to chant the incantation to summon evil knights. When he finished, two evil knights appeared on the ground.
"Twice the results!" Han Shuo was overjoyed. He then tried to summon the Hate Warriors and the Zombie Warriors and got the same results. The number of summoned creatures had doubled when he used this bone staff while chanting the incantations.
After a successful experiment, Han Shuo couldn't help but continue and try the incantations for Canopy of Necromancy and Acid Bog. He discovered that the area of effect for both spells was now twice as wide.
"Good stuff! This is really good stuff!" Han Shuo stroked the bone staff, not wanting to let it go. He hadn't expected this bone staff to be so magical. It had doubled the potential of the spells and increased his power by another level.
The bone staff was designed in a strange way and seemed quite ancient. In addition to doubling the power of necromancy magic, Han Shuo had a subtle feeling that this staff also contained several other secrets. It was a pity that he had no other way to test it other than using it to release necromancy magic.
A white light flashed in the Transportation Matrix in the Cemetery. Emily's figure appeared in the light. She opened her mouth to speak as soon as she saw Han Shuo, "I knew you'd be here!"
The transportation matrix that led to this place was stationed in a corner of the graveyard. Han Shuo was accustomed to arriving at the Cemetery of Death using the hidden location in the mountains behind the Babylon Academy of Magic and Strength. Only Emily knew of this habit of his. When she went there and saw the magic staffs in the corner of the tomb, She knew immediately that Han Shuo must have gone to the cemetery.
"Oh, what brings you here?" Han Shuo smiled when he saw Emily appear and pulled her into his embrace.
"Hurry and return to Ossen City. His Majesty the King has prepared to bestow upon you the title of Count. Everything is ready and waiting for you to return to Ossen City. Who knew you'd disappear for a few days? Even the Dark Mantle couldn't find a trace of you. Master Candide is very worried, so he asked me to help him find a way to contact you. I suspected you were in the Cemetery , and it seems I wasn't wrong!" Emily rolled her eyes at Han Shuo in explanation.
"So that's the case!" Han Shuo replied, then asked with a strange chuckle, "So His Majesty intends to grant me the title of Count?"
"Yes. In addition to the title, he's also bequeathing you a mansion in the northern part of the city and ten thousand gold coins. Candide seems to have prepared everything for you, and it is only waiting for you to take it!" Emily said.
"Fantastic. I didn't think that beating up Leah Cain could bring such great benefits. Hehehe, it seems that noble titles really aren't that hard to get!" Han Shuo said with a smile before activating the transportation matrix and returning to Ossen City with Emily.
Mt. Ordas, the headquarters of the Dark Mantle.
"Stinking brat, why don't you disappear for another ten days, huh?" Candide scolded with a dark face when he saw Han Shuo appear.
"I was slightly injured after my fight with Leah Cain, so I had no choice but to recover first, so I returned a little late." Han Shuo lied and smiled at Candide and congratulated his mentor. "Congratulations Master Candide, I heard that His Majesty the King awarded you the Medal of Merit two days ago. Congratulations!"
Candide's sombre face finally showed a hint of a smile when Han Shuo mentioned this, but he quickly recovered and said with a stern expression, "Alright, let's not talk about it anymore. Give me your badge. His Majesty has ordered me to promote you to the rank of Dark Sun Ambassador. Little brat, your luck is really too good!"
"Let's go, come with me to meet His Majesty. His Majesty will give you a noble title and grant you a territory!" Candide said before leading Han Shuo through the secret transportation matrix in the Dark Mantle headquarters that led directly to the Imperial Palace.
Not long after, King Uhtred summoned the various nobles of Ossen City to gather in the centre of the spacious Lancelot Imperial Palace. He granted Han Shuo an audience and read the proclamation to begin the ceremony: "Bryan has often helped the Lancelot Empire defend itself against foreign enemies... I bestow upon you the title of Count, a mansion in the northern of the city, and ten thousand gold coins. I hope you will continue to make great contributions to the Empire!
"My thanks to Your Majesty!" Candide had reminded Han Shuo of what to do and say earlier, Han Shuo expressed his gratitude sincerely at that moment.
"Mhm, Brettel City in the far east shall be your territory. Brettel City is huge, but extremely chaotic. I hope it will soon be brought to order under your leadership!" Uhtred raised his voice to speak loudly.
Several nobles wore surprised expressions when they heard that the territory would be Brettel City. It seemed that the city was very famous.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely take good care of Brettel City and help restore the city to the order it should have in the empire!" Han Shuo replied respectfully.
"Good. That will be all for today. You are all dismissed!" Uhtred glanced at Han Shuo several times before waving his arm to signify the end of the meeting. Everyone left one by one.