Chapter 839: 839

Chapter 839: Unexpected Discovery (Three in one)

The only thing not contaminated in the cathedral was a red glowing orb, the compelling orb . It was safely placed on a shelf with magic circles .

According to the legends, the orb was indestructible, so Abel did not immediately take out Khalim’s will . Instead, his curiosity got the best of him, and he struck it with his iron sword .

Dong! He sensed a strong rebound force from his sword . He quickly turned his gaze towards the compelling orb that was still in perfect condition .

However, he seemed to notice a rune flash when he struck his sword on the orb .

To investigate this mystery, he ignited the world stone and struck the orb again .

Everything turned slow motion, and he clearly saw a rune flashed on the surface of the orb . The rune turned into a white light and wrapped around the orb .

Then orb was still in perfect condition . Abel stepped up to examine its material . There was nothing special . The thing was made out of normal crystal .

The sword on his hand was a rune world iron sword . It was made out of condensed iron . It could leave a mark even if he was striking on pure iron .

“That rune counteracted my attack?” Abel mumbled .

Since he had the World Stone, the structure of the rune was clearly memorized in his mind .

That rune was more complicated than anything Abel had ever seen . Without the world’s ability, he wouldn’t have remembered every stroke so clearly .

The entire rune was clearly depicted in his mind, but he couldn’t figure out the purpose .

He looked around to make sure he was safe and took out a full set of rune making equipment and a dark gold crystal core from his ring .

Altering it was the first time he saw this rune, with the World Stone’s help, the drawing was complete in 20 minutes .

That rune took less than 5 seconds to settle before the crystal core violently blast open .

Abel swung the ancient pledge shield forward . The blast was not big . It was nothing compared to the viciousness of a perfect gem .

The energy in a crystal core was calm . That was why wizards could absorb the energy of a fresh one .

During that 5 seconds, Abel examined with his power of the will . Although he didn’t discover much, the world stone had given him a name, ’33#Zod’ .

The rune was indestructible . As long as it was installed, even the cheapest metal sword would be indestructible .

“No wonder it shattered . There’s no way a dark gold crystal core can support such a high-level rune!” Abel put away his shield and sighed .

Still, he took out a lightweight knight sword . It was the ones with a socket he made long ago for his family knights .

He then took out another dark gold crystal core and quickly drew the 33#zod rune . It was done in 20 seconds, and he quickly jammed the rune into the socket of the sword .

Abel knew that rune couldn’t last long . Just before the flash emerged from the sword, he took out the Horadric Malus and heavily struck down .

The Horadric Malus was a Holy forgery gear . It had a force of 1000 pounds, and it was more destructive than a weapon .

However, the moment they made contact, all the rune’s energy was unleashed from the crystal core . It turned into a white glow and wrapped around the sword .

After 5 seconds, the 33#zod rune turned into pieces and fell out of the socket .

Abel looked at the lightweight knight sword . It was in perfect condition . Abel shook his head . The rune could really make something indestructible . Both his sword and shield were rune words, and they still couldn’t do anything to the rune . The main problem was sustainability .

It could only last for 5 seconds, around 3 or 4 seconds after it was installed . Unless Abel drew the rune on the spot, there were not many uses for it .

“Damn!” Abel was speechless .

Still, knowledge was priceless . At least he found out something about the 33#zod Rune .

He put away his light sword and rune making equipment . The investigation had come to an end .

He then took out Khalim’s will and struck it towards the compelling orb . A strange thing happened . When they made contact, the 33#zod rune did not appear, and the orb was shattered .

Khalim’s will could suppress the self-defense ability of the compelling orb, making it impossible to ignite the 33#zod rune .

Countless souls flew out from the damaged orb towards the shrine . They were all evil souls from Zakarum’s cathedral controlled by Mephisto .

Afterward, a trigger was ignited . The shrine slowly lowered, exposing an underground passage .

Abel lined the 9 spirit guardian knights up in a row and let them enter with the mud monster following behind .

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Meanwhile, a strange thing had happened in the Holy Continent . Originally, Duchy of Thunder was like a big chunk of meat up for grab to the other duchies in the Kingdom of St Ellis, but suddenly there was peace .

This peace did not happen without sacrifice . It was only possible since all 5 duchies had signed a strict treaty with the kingdom .

The kingdom had enforced peace upon the duchies with tens of thousands of knights, turning their sovereignty into the Holy Continent’s only peaceful place . Anyone who refused would be met with serious punishment .

The kingdom of St Anwell and Kingdom of St Pierrt also wanted to do the same, but the most they could do was maintain peace within their main territory . There was nothing they could do when it came to their duchies .

Due to the shortage of food, tension continued to build with those kingdoms . It was like a volcano, peaceful on the surface, but it could explode at any moment .

The kingdom of St Ellis, on the other hand, had obtained large amounts of ocean fish . This caused another round of immigration .

However, the immigration policy of the kingdom of St Ellis had always been strict . Only nobles with inheritance or powerful businessmen could do so .

Although all duchies wanted to keep their gifted men, it was impossible under the current condition . The kingdom of St Ellis was too powerful .

The kingdom of St Ellis was just like the duchy of Carmel . Its development had exploded under Abel’s rule . Large amounts of powerful nobles and businessmen joined, painting a path to glory for the kingdom .

The other kingdoms were jealous of what the kingdom of St Ellis had managed to achieve . They also tried to fish in the ocean but failed miserably .

In the end, they got a report from their investigation department that the dwarfs were the ones supplying fish to the kingdom of St Ellis . Therefore, they immediately contacted the dwarfs and asked to purchase fish .

However, they did not expect the dwarfs to exchange fish with Abel’s wine . If they caught more fish, they would just exchange more with Abel . There was none leftover for the other kingdoms .

As the diet of the kingdom of St Ellis changed, the fish had freed up many crops, and the food shortage was slowly stabilized .

Most people did not notice, but Abel was dramatically influencing the development of the Holy Continent .

Ever since he gave the dwarfs the sprinkling system, the dwarfs’ crops had dramatically increased . On top of the supply of fish, the dwarfs no food problem even during this crisis .

On the other hand, Abel was supplying endless fruits to the elves from the Orwell valley .

This dramatically changed the diet of elves as well, and small amounts of meat had entered their dining table . This allowed the elves to become the second species to overcome the crisis .

There were many beasts in the Double moon forest, more than enough for the elves to consume .

Since Abel had stabilized the supply of food in his kingdom, the power of the human world was not impacted too deeply during this crisis .

December 1st, Abel dragged his tired body back to the human world . Exploring that underground chamber was a lot more difficult than he imagined .

They had gotten himself hurt way too much during the past few months, a lot more than in the past .

He hated the speed of those hell creatures as well as the power of the will suppression of the underground chamber . It was hard to move in a flash .

He had only explored a chunk of the first level during the past few months . He battled almost endlessly and was always tense .

A few months passed in the Holy Continent, but a few years passed in the Dark world . He really needed to take a good rest and see how his kingdom was doing .

Tower Spirit Flora had been pouring the spring water produced from the third goddess statue into water storage boxes every day, allowing the statue to fill up again .

Its spring water was too important; only the puppets controlled by tower spirit Flora could operate within Abel’s magic tower .

Those water boxes were then transferred to Harvest City . A part of it needed Abel to combine with his Horadric Cube to grow the wheat that helps the knights grow .

The locked-down Harvest City had become an almost industrial agricultural land . The only thing that was done manually was planting and harvesting . Watering was entirely automatic . Each crop could be harvested every month, and with the help of the spring water, the volume of harvest each month was extraordinary .

After processing, those crops would be transferred throughout the kingdom to support each person’s needs .

“Flora, is everything in Harvest City ok?” Abel turned his head towards the sky and asked .

“Master, everything is going well, but the gems on the third goddess statue are about to run out of charge up . Please replenish it!” Flora resounded from the sound circles of the magic tower .

“Already?” Abel was caught off guard . They were all perfect gems . They should have lasted for years .

The statue has been operating in the Dark World for tens of thousands of years, and no one had ever exchange its power source .

But the mana in the Dark World was a lot denser than the Holy Continent . Even without mana gems, the statue could sustain itself .

In the Holy Continent, the third God’s statue was operating in full demand, so it was drained quickly, even with perfect gems as energy sources .

Tower spirit Flora’s reminder had made him realize he had a gem problem . He needed to start storing up large amounts of perfect gems again .

Abel took out some perfect gems and gave them to Tower Spirit Flora . It could use the puppets to carry the gems to different facilities . They could even teleport them to the Orwell palace .

Abel then emerged in the Royal Palace . It had been months since he showed up, and the state members became excited when they saw him . Although the state was established and many things have been taken care of, there were still certain decisions that needed to go through the emperor .

“Steward Burbridge, gather all the unnecessary iron ore from our mines and send them to me . I need them!” Abel commanded .

“Yes, your majesty!” the steward bowed and continued, “The head of state, Chair Bennett, and head commander Bodley wants to see you . They are waiting outside!”

“Let my father in, tell head commander Bodley to wait for a bit!” Abel paused and said .

Chair Bennett quickly stepped in . He was no longer beaten up by the stress like a few months ago . Instead, he had regained his vigor . It was the magic of being in power .

“Emperor Abel!” He bowed .

“Father, long time no see!” Abel bowed back . He had given up trying to get his stubborn father to stop calling him emperor .

“Your Majesty, I have an important report!” Chair Bennett continued as he handed a lambskin parchment to Abel . “The Duchy of Lindsey, Duchy of Puma, and Duchy Scorn want to become duchies of the kingdom . They agreed to sign the same treaty as the Duchy of Thunder . The state has been debating for a long time but still couldn’t make a decision!”

Abel heard of these duchies, they were not far from the Kingdom of St Ellis, but they belonged to the kingdom of St Pierrt .

Although the Kingdom of St Pierrt was no longer powerful enough to manage its own duchies, taking their duchies would still cause some unnecessary tension .

He wanted to maintain a good relationship with the other Kingdoms . Once he opened this floodgate, more duchies would try to do the same . This was not in line with Abel’s desire for peace and stability .

“Father, what do you think?” Abel thought for a bit and asked .

“I don’t think the kingdom should take this step . If we do, the other 2 kingdoms will not be happy . It is not good for our stability once the food shortage is resolved .

Abel smiled . This was what he thought as well . Other than his own power, the main reason he had gotten the throne was that the food shortage had limited the other kingdoms’ troops .

The food shortage had been going on for a while . If Abel was a greedy king, he would have wiped out those other kingdoms already, but that was not him .

Gaining 3 extra duchies would not bring many benefits anyway . It was not worth it to disrupt their relationship .

Although Abel had the power to take down the other kingdoms, he would only do so if they attacked him . He was too lazy to even manage the kingdom of St Ellis .

His men would also grow weak if he had taken over the Holy Continent and wiped out all the potential enemies . It was not good for the future of his sovereignty .

“Father, under my command, don’t let the duchies join the kingdom!” Abel said in certainty .

“Yes, your majesty!” Chair Bennett was very surprised that the emperor had accepted his suggestion . This boosted his confidence in the state .

He then continued to report, “The kingdom of St Anwell’s Emperor Aldous wants to invite you to his 70th birthday!”

“I won’t go; you can represent me in events like this!” Abel rejected immediately .

“Do I represent your majesty for the kingdom of St Pierrt as well?” Chair Bennett nodded asked again .

“Father, I am very close to being an elite wizard . I might go on a retreat for a long time . You are the duke of a kingdom . You can take care of everything for me!” Abel replied .

Just think of the Kingdom of St Pierrt’s Duke Chesterton . He was a duke as well, but everyone knew he was the back brain of the kingdom .

“Wizard Allenby from the Wizard Union in Liante City also wants to contact you, so he left a message to me . He wants you to make a magic staff for him!” CHair Bennett spoke again .

“Father, from now on, any things in regards to wizards, you can tell tower spirit Flora . It will contact me!” Abel smiled .

Abel had to return a favor to Wizard Allenby . He owed him too much, so this was a great opportunity .

Returning a favor was not easy . If a magic staff could do so, it would be the simplest thing to Abel .

Abel had been locked up in Kurast for a month straight . He had cut off all the connection he had with the outer world . Even when he returned from the Dark World, he would spend most of his time training . It was no wonder no one could contact him .

“Majesty, there is another thing . The old man’s magic tower has been found . What do you want to do?”

“The old man’s magic tower?” Where is it?” Abel was surprised to hear this news . Although the old man had died, his magic tower was a mystery . No one in the Holy Continent knew where it was .

“Majesty, 2 months ago, a royal guard in the guards smelled the rotten smell of dead bodies, so he began to investigate . In the end, he discovered 10 royal dead knights starved to death in a royal secret chamber . ” Chair Bennett sighed .

Abel also shook his head . Death knights were the foundation of a family . This was initially the case with both the Harry Family and the Bennett Family .

Without hundreds of years, you could not cultivate a full team of dead knights .

The kingdom had cultivated many dead knights in the past, and most of them were turned into Griffin knights .

However, Abel switched to a magic contract ever since he took the throne, and being a death knight was no longer necessary . Magic contracts were a lot more effective when it came to loyalty guarantee .

“He discovered a large hidden space under the chamber . It was surrounded by hidden circles and within them was an 18th stories magic tower . I’ve invited Wizard Dyna and the other elite wizards in the kingdom to try and break it, but they couldn’t do so . ” Chair Bennett continued .

“Installing hidden circles underground and hiding an entire magic tower within it!” Even Abel was shocked . Luckily the old man was the one who attacked . If Abel was the one who came to the royal palace, he would be the one in danger .

The old man’s power would definitely increase by a lot if he stayed in his magic tower . Hidden magic circles were rare . It could fully isolate mana from the surrounding environment .

Abel had never come in contact with magic circles like that . You could just guess how valuable they were . Only the elves had something that could isolate mana .

Abel never allowed his magic tower to mix up with the places of normal people . He would have created a ten-meter barrier at least, but the old man’s magic tower was right underneath the royal palace .

“Father, do you have anything else to report? If not, I’ll go have a look at that magic tower !” Abel stood up . His heart was filled with interest .

Abel did not invite his father to come along . Mana was very damaging to normal people other than wizards .

“No, I’ll be on my way, your majesty!” Chair Bennett bowed and left .

“Steward Burbridge, Lead the way!” Abel turned and said .

Steward Burbridge led Abel to the back garden of the royal palace . It was a peaceful place . No one would guess there was a magic tower under it .

The entrance was located under a statue . Steward Burbridge pressed a trigger, and the statue lifted open .

Abel knew those triggers were made for normal people . As a rank 18 wizard, the old man could just move in a flashback to his magic tower .

However, Abel was not the owner of that magic tower, so he should not risk it and just go the conventional way .

The first thing he saw was a bunch of underground structures, including an empty food inventory . There were also empty food bags on the ground . It seemed like those dead knights had been struggling for months before starving to death .

Just like when Abel was studying in the Bakong city magic tower, he had wizard followers deliver food and training resources to him .

This place should be the same . The only thing was that the old man was hidden so only dead knights could serve him .

Maybe this was why no one in the royal palace knew about the old man’s magic tower . He was the final card of the kingdom .

“Majesty, this is the entrance to the magic tower!” Steward Burbridge pulled on a bookshelf in a room and exposed an open space .

It was a huge place . There were hundreds of meters underground with the side of the garden above .

The walls were filled with magic patterns and magic circles, which allowed them to hold up the garden above . There were not any huge structures such as a palace in the garden, so it shouldn’t be too heavy .

The most eye-catching thing was the 18 stories magic tower, of course . It was unlike any other magic towers . Its surface was filled with mana gathering circles, and it was built with materials stronger than any conventional material .

The reason why drawing mana gathering circles on the surface was never seen on other magic towers was that nature’s force could easily damage them .

However, this thing was located underground, and no one would try to damage it .

The hidden magic circles of this place were the best hiding method . This thing was also located under the royal palace, so there was no need for safety concerns .

Steward Burbridge stayed outside as Abel disappeared from the room . He then re-emerged in the underground space .

He felt endless mana rushing up from his feet as soon as he landed . It was a strange sensation .

“Commander spirit . Scan the ground!” Abel said to his headmaster card .

“Yes . Headmaster, scanning begins!” The commander’s spirit replied through the power of the will .

After around 10 seconds, the commander spirit replied, “Headmaster, the mana stream has been spotted . Initial analysis suggests it is from a high-level gem mine!”

“Just as expected, that old man is too spoiled . He took a high-level gem mine all for himself . It’s no wonder he could maintain as a rank 18 wizard, no wonder he didn’t have to make his wizard rank public, no wonder he had built his magic tower here!” Abel mumbled .

Almost everything was explained . Maybe the entire Denan City was built on this high-level gem mine .

Every wizard would die for a mine like this . Even the wizard union would not let it go . A high-level gem mine was enough to cause a wizard war .

A kingdom could not stop the wizard union . Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, could there be other people in the royal family who knew about this?

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