"It should be safe, right?"

Carl appeared on the high-back chair, looking thoughtful.

At the last moment, he looked back to confirm that someone had entered the fortress in Lim Canyon.

Aya should be among them.

The terrain of the canyon cannot accommodate the huge legendary creatures, and even if ordinary mermaids break in, they have the strength to resist.

What's more, there is a great knight in the group.

Across the Lim Canyon are large grasslands and forests, with plenty of space to hide.

"We have done what we should do. We will try our best and leave the rest to fate. I hope Aya and the others will be fine."

Shaking his head, Carl withdrew his thoughts.

He had hardly had a chance to breathe during this period, and now he finally had time to count his harvest.

He took out the items obtained from the home of Baird, the second elder of the Scythe Brotherhood, and placed them on the table and opened them one by one.

There are a total of six wooden boxes of different sizes.

"clatter……"

Two of the boxes contained processed meat of legendary creatures, which was of great benefit to the Great Knight's training.

It is nothing to blame as Baird's collection.

"pearl?"

Two bird egg-sized pearls were placed in the same box, with a thick plush pad to prevent them from colliding with each other.

The pearls are round in shape, like dewdrops condensed under the moonlight, exuding an elegant and mysterious luster.

No need to say more.

This quality is very rare.

However, pearls may be rare in other places. In the free port, pearls are good but not too precious.

After all, the sea is rich in pearls!

“Hmm…”

Carl picked up the pearl and looked at it before his eyes.

Under the reflection of light, it seems to have life, its color is pure and deep, like the water in the deep sea.

There is also a special atmosphere rippling inside.

Carl's eyes lit up:

"It turns out to be water-repellent beads!"

The water-repellent beads are produced from the body of a creature called Beinu in the Endless Sea and are a very rare magical material.

Holding the water-repellent beads, a person who cannot swim can dive into the deep sea without worrying about breathing problems.

If it is refined into a magic item, it can greatly enhance the power and resistance of water witchcraft.

"nice one!"

Carl admired it for a long time before carefully putting it back into the wooden box and then opening the fourth wooden box.

It is also the largest wooden box among them.

“Crack!”

There were some books and a few worn-out artworks in the wooden box.

Hmm? Carl raised his eyebrows.

No one has ever mentioned that Baird was also a scholar with a hobby of collecting art.

Moon Festival

Prayer Ritual

…

All the books are related to gods, various prayer rituals, and the corresponding blessings of gods.

Artwork is also necessary for rituals.

"What is this for?"

Carl shook his head and took out a book called "Blood Thorn Breathing Method" from the bottom of the box. He understood Baird's idea a little bit.

legend!

As a great knight, who doesn't want to be promoted to a legend?

Baird does not have the blood of a grand duke, so if he wants to be promoted to a legend, he can only pray for God's blessing.

pity,

Judging from the results, all his efforts were in vain.

Too.

Even the priests who serve the gods cannot sense the existence of the gods. How can Baird receive the blessing of the gods? "God?"

Karl touched his chin and said, "I am the Lord of the Fragment of the Divine Realm. I wonder if I am considered a god. Can I bless others?"

"if you can……"

"Is it possible to bless myself and advance to Legendary status?"

"Oh……"

With a light chuckle, he put his things back and closed the wooden box. Right now, he was still a long way from becoming a legend.

Besides, I may not necessarily follow the path of a knight in the future.

“Crack!”

Open a wooden box again.

Inside was a white feather.

The feathers are about one foot long, light and flowing, pure and translucent white, giving a sense of otherworldliness.

When I reached out and touched it, the ground felt soft and smooth, just like brushing against fine cashmere, very comfortable.

Just a slight shake...

“Crack!”

A flash of lightning appeared out of nowhere.

Carl's hand trembled, a feather fell to the ground, and his body was stiff for a long time before he came out of the numbing feeling.

"Magic materials?"

Looking at the feathers on the ground, there was still fear in his eyes: "What kind of creature is this feather from?"

He is a great knight, and his defense is far beyond that of ordinary great knights, but he was still electrocuted and unable to move.

This is just a feather that fell from some creature, so how powerful is the creature itself?

Legendary creature?

No! Legendary creatures can't do this at all! Carl gently held the feather in his hands as a secondary wizard and put it back into the wooden box. He carefully put the things away.

No one knows where Baird got this thing, and he cannot touch it now.

"Baird is really full of surprises. I can only say... you are worthy of controlling the finances of the Scythe Brotherhood for so many years. The things you collected are unexpectedly good. I should thank you very much."

The last box.

Great God's Grace! Five in total! Looking at the Great God's Grace in front of him, Carl couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that what Yas said is correct. Baird really has hidden five Great Divine Graces."

As compensation and the price to redeem a great knight, the Scythe Brotherhood only took out four.

Baird has five in his personal collection.

Shaking his head, Carl waved his hand and transformed the great divine grace in front of him into source essence.

In addition, there are three given by Poseidon Hawke, a total of eight Great Divine Graces, which is 0.8 source essences.

Plus the 0.2 source material obtained from killing the 'giant squid' previously.

1!

Unprecedented harvest.

Wave your hand to reveal the data panel.

Name: Carl

Constitution: 3.84 Mental Strength: 3.74 Source: 1 Carl lowered his chin, his eyes flickering back and forth, and then his gaze paused slightly on a column on the data panel.

Name: Carl

Constitution: 3.84 Mental Power: 4.24 Source Essence: 0 He converted all his source essence into mental power at a ratio of 2:1, and his mental power value directly rose to 4.24.

"Perhaps, I should construct some water-based zero-ring witchcraft that specializes in lethality."

Auxiliary witchcraft makes it difficult to convert the increase of mental power into attack power, and can only increase defense power.

This is also the reason why he did not come back to improve midway.

His defense is already strong enough that it is difficult for the Great Knight to break it, and even if he adds some points, it will not be of much use against the Legend.

If you add source quality to your physique, you can enhance your attack power, but it is not cost-effective in the long run.

If you practice offensive witchcraft, the increase in mental strength can be quickly converted into offensive power.

Even when facing legendary creatures, there is still a chance of winning.

certainly,

This is when your mental strength has been enhanced.

"A senior wizard apprentice has the ability to kill legendary knights. There have been many precedents for this."

"The time I spent as a senior wizard apprentice was too short, and my experience was too limited. Even the number of witchcrafts I mastered was not large."

Carl sighed:

"If it was Mentor Adolf, he would have an easier time dealing with the situation in Freeport than I do."

Shaking his head, he couldn't help but laugh.

Ordinary senior wizard apprentices are all old men in their sixties or seventies, with decades more experience than him.

This comparison is not normal.

"If I follow the normal path of a wizard, I should build the zero-ring magic multiple water arrows next, then spend 10 to 20 years to improve my mental strength to above level 5, and then try to build the first-ring magic tidal force."

"And while constructing the witchcraft, take the Grimm potion to sense the astral world and connect with it."

Carl took a deep breath:

"At the latest, when I am fifty, I will have the opportunity to become a formal wizard."

"but……"

"Compared to the path of a water wizard of the natural school, the path of bloodline witchcraft is obviously more suitable for me."

As he spoke, he looked towards the corpses of several legendary creatures in the field, and his gaze paused on the giant squid.

Among all the legendary creatures he had encountered, this one was the strongest.

“Hmm…”

"We still need to build the Zero Ring Witchcraft Multiple Water Arrows first to temporarily increase the attack power."

With the support of many buffs, the lethality of multiple water arrows should not be weaker than that of super-grade magic seals.

…………

A few days later.

In order to avoid being besieged by mermaids and legendary creatures, Carl did not travel back to Freeport during this period.

Stayed on Black Swamp Island.

Early morning.

Xibel opened her eyes, stretched out her slender arms from under the soft quilt, and stretched her muscles.

Then he turned around and pressed Carl's arm under his neck.

"Are you awake?"

"Um."

Carl looked at the rooftop, his eyes unfocused: "Woke up for a while."

"What are you thinking about?" Xibel shook his body:

"I have something on my mind early in the morning."

"Some questions about witchcraft." Carl said in a confused voice, "There are a few questions I can't figure out. I thought I had accumulated enough, but it seems I still have a long way to go."

In recent days, while analyzing legendary creatures, he was stuck with several new problems.

There has been no progress.

"Witchcraft?" Sibel asked, "Would you like to tell me about it? In consideration of what happened last night, I can help you solve the problem for free."

"You?" Carl shook his head: "Forget it."

"You look down on me?" Xibel raised an eyebrow and slid her hands back and forth on his body: "Junior brother, you have really become more capable. You should know that the witchcraft knowledge you first came into contact with was all taught by me."

Carl didn't respond.

What troubled him was blood witchcraft, for which Xibel had no experience.

When it comes to legendary creatures, it is impossible to communicate with other people and you can only figure it out on your own.

"Forget it."

Xibel curled his lips.

She was well aware of Carl's current state, which was what wizards always felt when they encountered problems they could not solve.

She herself had been stumped by several zero-ring spells.

Since Karl didn’t say it, she thought there must be some inconvenience, so she didn’t continue to ask.

"Junior brother."

After moving his body, Xibel sighed, "Women don't like men who don't take the initiative. You can't always let me move alone...right?"

?

Carl came back to his senses, turned over and pressed down.

The two of them ate breakfast very casually. Sibel cut the steak with a knife and looked over with a smile, obviously very satisfied with Carl's performance just now.

She thought for a moment and asked, "I will invite a few friends over in a while. Would it be convenient for you to meet them?"

"friend?"

Carl shook his head:

"I've been quite busy lately."

"Okay then." Sibel sighed:

“Sometimes you should not let the problem in front of you blind you. Maybe you can skip the problem or change your thinking. Then you will suddenly have the answer at some point.”

"I'm stuffed!"

She put down her knife and fork, stood up and left.

"Change your thinking?"

Carl stopped what he was doing and thought about it.

…………

Fragments of the divine domain.

Carl muttered something to himself, and the wizard's hand controlled the materials to be placed on the test bench in different categories.

The rapier swung.

A thin slice of meat is cut from the giant squid.

Its skin and flesh are very firm, and even though they have lost their vitality, it is not easy to cut the meat.

The piece of meat was supported by an invisible force and sank little by little into a bottle filled with a strange blue liquid.

"laugh!"

Thick white smoke came out.

"wrong."

Carl shook his head, mixed another bottle of liquid, and put the meat slices back in.

Try it little by little.

for a long time.

"really!"

Looking at the slices of meat soaked in the test bottle, Carl's eyes were complicated, with surprise, joy and some confusion.

"This 'giant squid' is not a legendary creature."

"But..."

"Second-level creature!"

Legendary creatures are just a general term, meaning they possess extraordinary powers and are different from ordinary creatures.

In the wizard's knowledge system, legendary creatures have another official name.

A first-level creature! The corresponding one is a first-ring wizard.

The second-level creature naturally corresponds to a second-ring wizard! "No wonder the initial experiments went wrong so many times. It turns out that this 'giant squid' is not a legendary creature at all."

"It's normal for the methods used on legendary creatures to lose their effect on this creature."

"Second-level creature!"

Carl took a deep breath, his eyes shining: "If I can analyze it and use it to practice blood witchcraft, I can not only become a formal wizard..."

"Even if I become a second-ring wizard, there will be no problem!"

If successful.

This means that before becoming a second-ring wizard, there will be almost no obstacles in Carl's path of cultivation.

When many senior wizard apprentices were worrying about how to become official wizards, he had already come into contact with the path of a second-ring wizard.

Of course I was ecstatic.

"strangeness!"

After the joy, Carl looked puzzled again:

"If it is really a second-level creature, its strength is too weak, only slightly stronger than an ordinary legendary creature."

He had never seen a true second-level creature.

But he had seen the power of a second-ring wizard.

The gray-robed wizard Addison is a second-ring wizard. With his strength, he can easily wipe out the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce.

Not to mention the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce.

Given enough time, a second-ring wizard could easily destroy the entire Freeport.

Even if a second-level creature is not as powerful as a second-ring wizard, it shouldn't be so weak.

"strangeness!"

Although there are many puzzles, it is indeed a second-level creature. The next step is to analyze its properties.

The quill pen with unlimited ink flew into the air and wrote and drew on the parchment to record data.

"Water bloodline!"

"Gravity characteristics!"

"Hmm..., there is also a part of nightmare bloodline..."

"Shadow system!"

Carl's eyes moved: "A living creature has so many blood characteristics. I seem to have seen it somewhere before."

Close your eyes.

A lot of knowledge flashed through his mind, especially some records in Adolf's collection of books, which gradually became clear.

"Abyss system!"

"Abyssal rank 2 creature!"

* * * The space rippled like the surface of water, and a figure stepped out from it, quickly looking around.

This is the plain in front of Lim Canyon.

The earth cracked,

The vegetation is sparse.

Many bodies were scattered on the ground.

The stench of the corpse filled the air, many flying insects buzzed around the corpse, and scavenger birds and beasts landed from time to time.

What comes into view is the scene after the war.

No one dealt with the bodies.

All of them became a feast for scavengers.

A withered towering tree stands on this barren land, as if telling a story of desolation.

Ahead.

The fortress at the entrance of Lim Canyon has collapsed, and countless rubble has blocked the entrance to the canyon.

rear.

The Free Port is still shrouded in thick fog, and if you look closely you can still see some mermaids moving around the periphery.

Almost a month has passed since Karl last left.

"Quack!"

There were strange noises coming from the sky above, and several birds were circling in the sky, occasionally flapping their wings and hiding in the low clouds.

Karl loosened his grip on the hilt of the sword and walked towards Lim Canyon.

The rubble blocked the entrance, but it could not stop a great knight from crossing the mountains and rivers, and he arrived at the other side of the canyon in less than half a day.

After walking for a while, a human stronghold came into view.

His appearance was spotted early on by the patrol officers with the Eagle Eye Seal, and someone came to greet him before he got close.

"Mr. Karl!"

“Karl!”

Susan and Connie waved from afar.

“Karl!”

Susan came up to him and looked Karl up and down, her eyes full of surprise: "You are okay, it's really..."

"Very good!"

That day, Carl used his secret skills, transformed into a giant, and rushed into the group of mermaids, buying them time to escape.

It never appeared again.

Everyone speculated that Carl had died. After all, even the great knight could not save his life in that situation.

Unexpectedly...

He is still alive!

"Mr. Karl."

Connie exclaimed:

"I thought I would never see you again. When they said it was you, I couldn't believe it."

"It was a stroke of luck." Carl said with a smile, "I practiced a martial art that can restrain my aura, so I survived. However, I was injured, so I didn't come here until now."

"That's good, that's good." Susan nodded repeatedly: "Let's go!"

"Go meet the others first. You don't know, that girl Aya has been crying for several days and she hasn't recovered yet. I don't know how happy she will be when she knows you're back."

"Yeah." Carl stepped forward: "How are the others?"

"Others..." Susan's face darkened: "The madam is dead, and Elder Crow used forbidden techniques to burn his vitality. I don't think he can last long."

"Odysseus is dead, too."

"Ms. Lula has changed a lot."

“…”

The familiar names meant that the familiar faces faded one after another, which made Carl sigh helplessly.

"The Poseidon Society also suffered heavy losses." Connie added: "Except for President Hawke, only Hunter survived among the Great Knights. Most of the people here escaped later."

"Freeport..."

"Something seems to be happening there. According to those who escaped, many people's bodies have undergone changes. They should have turned into mermaids."

Become a mermaid?

Carl frowned.

Freeport is a big city with hundreds of thousands of people. If all of them turned into mermaids...

"Why do you stay here?"

Carl said, "This place is too close to Freeport, and too dangerous."

"Even at the speed of the mermaids, it would take at least a day and a night to get here from Freeport," Connie explained.

"That's enough time for us to move to other places."

“There is no need to worry too much about safety for now.”

"Karl." Susan said, "The people of Freeport make a living by fishing and hunting. If they leave the Endless Sea, they will have no means of survival."

"Ms. Lula and President Hawke have discussed finding another coastal area similar to Freeport to rebuild the city."

"Besides..."

She lowered her voice and said, "We received a message from the Archduke's messenger, saying that he will come to suppress the evil god's will and asked us not to stray too far away."

"Next, we should build a city nearby, recruit people, and wait for the Grand Duke's army to reoccupy the Free Port."

Oh! Karl's eyes moved slightly.

If Archduke Ferdinand is really willing to take action, that would be great. No wonder everyone did not stay away.

"Uncle!"

Aya stood under the tree, her face full of tears.

…………

Autumn goes and winter comes.

Several days of heavy snow had covered the Black Swamp with a layer of white, and even the sky seemed much brighter.

“Crunch…Crunch…”

Several people stepped on the snow, making rhythmic noises.

“This way!”

Xibeier stretched out his hand: "This snow is falling at a perfect time. It's a good opportunity for us to take a rest. The captain can't say anything."

She joined the Swamp Alliance team to explore the interior, made a lot of friends, and made an appointment to gather on the island today.

Some people were on the island for the first time and their faces were full of curiosity.

And envy!

Most of them are mid-level wizard apprentices, not very old and not qualified to own an island.

Xibel's living environment is obviously better than others.

"Yes." Lawson from the hill hut nodded and subconsciously looked at the igloo on the island:

"Karl still busy?"

"Don't worry about him." Xibel shook his head:

"He has been absorbed in studying witchcraft lately and won't see anyone."

"Witchcraft?" A young man in gorgeous clothes chuckled when he heard this:

"I remember that Apprentice Carl's wizard talent is average. There is actually no need to spend so much time on witchcraft."

"Matt!" Sibel frowned:

"He is my junior fellow apprentice."

Matt shrugged.

The young man had a liking for Sibel and naturally felt hostility towards Carl, who was on the same island.

"Hehe..." A female wizard apprentice laughed and said, "Xibel, I heard that wizard apprentice Carl saved your life and there is an adventure story behind it."

"Matt, do you want to listen?"

Matt's face darkened.

"Come!"

Lawson waved:

"Let's go in and sit down. Heidi said that you, Sibel, bought a lot of good things for the party."

"Yes." Xibel nodded with a smile:

"Thanks to Xibel, the gold coins invested in her earned me a lot of profit."

"No less than exploring the Black Swamp."

Lawson's sister Hetty seems to be a business genius. The land she bought at a low price has now increased several times in value.

The upward trend in prices has not yet reached its peak.

As an investor.

Both Sibel and Carl made a lot of money, but her brother Lawson looked regretful because he did not invest.

"Come!"

"This is a fine wine from the Sac Royal Capital. It is said that the grapes there are of exceptional quality."

“Try them all!”

Everyone gathered in the hall. The long dining table was already filled with food, and the tempting aroma was floating in the air.

“Let us wish you a happy new year and a healthy life!”

“Live a healthy life!”

"cheers!"

On both sides of the island, there was great joy on one side and silence on the other.

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