Abel sat alone on the platform of the Steel Fortress. Today was a special day, his birthday, his twentieth birthday.
In the past, his birthday in the Holy Continent was a festival in the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Every time it was his birthday, the entire empire would celebrate him.
But today he could only spend his time alone, looking at the sky of the Imperial City of Bay and drinking juice.
At this time, he missed his adoptive father, Duke Marshall, who was like a father. He didn't know if he had practiced hard. If he was not at the level of Grand Knight Commander, the blood of the beast god left for him would not be able to be used by him.
The lifespan of an ordinary person is limited. Even if Abel had given him the 'Comprehensive Rejuvenation Potion', which was a heaven-defying potion, his lifespan would only last more than a hundred years.
He thought about his father, Duke Bennett, and whether he was lost in power and forgot to practice the way of knighthood.
Although the way of knighthood has no way forward, he has not been idle in the Central Continent, and has been looking for a way forward for the way of knighthood.
He thought of his mother Nora, wondering if her health was okay, and he thought of more relatives.
At this time today, he thought of many of his past, and scenes of memories flowed through his heart.
He almost had the urge to return to the Holy Continent, but he knew that what he needed at this time was to grow quickly, grow to be extremely powerful, and be powerful enough to protect his relatives.
Perhaps someone should be sent there to introduce them all to the practice of wizards.
The resources in his hands now can completely change the qualifications of all the relatives he cares about, and have wizard qualifications, and become wizards. Coupled with the resources of the empire, it is enough for these relatives to upgrade to wizard levels and live longer.
After he came out of the dark world in the morning, he didn't do anything else. He just sat here and looked at the scenery quietly.
There are already sixteen airships in the sky, eight of which are owned by his subordinate family, the Judson family.
These eight sky airships mainly patrol the Apothecary Camp and the surrounding areas, while the eight royal airships are responsible for patrolling a larger area.
Recently, the Apothecary Camp has begun to expand. Because of the protection of eight sky airships, this area seems safer, so some elves outside the Royal City of Bay have deliberately gathered near the Apothecary Camp.
Abel looked at the lively scene on the ground from a thousand meters altitude, his mood became better, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.
Under his influence, this originally peaceful land regained its original peace after being baptized by war.
"Frankenstein, how are you learning the rules of the fire system?" Abel turned his head and asked Frankenstein, who was silent at the side.
"Still... still..." Frankenstein is beginning to learn to speak. On the one hand, because the pronunciation of the ancient puppet is quite special, and on the other hand, because he has not inherited the language ability of the Mullen Rule Wizard, all this is happening slowly. learning.
And the newly born souls have slowly grown up after this period of time, especially the souls that have settled in the brain of this kind of intelligent life, the growth rate is extremely astonishing.
Abel did not wait for him to slowly formulate his words to answer, but directly used his mental power to enter his soul. He saw that a fire system rule had been formed, just waiting to be activated into the wizard pattern.
"Yes, Frankenstein, I will take you to find the Tree of Life later, and we will activate the fire rules together!" Abel said to Frankenstein with a satisfied smile.
In fact, although only a few months have passed in the Central Continent, several years have passed in the Dark World. Abel has already condensed the fire system rules and is waiting for the final activation process.
Frankenstein, on the other hand, was a little slower, but it seemed that because there were few distracting thoughts in his soul, his condensation speed was only a little slower than Abel's.
Abel has been talking to Frankenstein a lot recently in order to practice his speaking skills. Frankenstein hardly talks to anyone except Abel, including several of Abel's followers.
Among Abel's combat team, only Frankenstein has the ability to speak. Others such as Johnson, Dawson, Feiyan and other summoned creatures do not have the ability to speak.
Frankenstein understood what Abel meant, but this time he did not speak, but nodded heavily.
Frankenstein is a special existence. His body was left by the wizard of Mullen Rules, but his soul is new. He has a strong sense of intimacy with Abel. This is not only due to the soul contract, but also Because his soul was created by Abel.
The first thing he saw from the formation of his soul was Abel. He would never go against any of Abel's will, and the same was true in this particularly private practice.
"Let's go, today's day is very meaningful. Let's activate the fire rules today!" Abel looked at Frankenstein who was becoming more and more humane, and couldn't help but put aside all his worries and said with a laugh.
Throwing down the Behemoth Behemoth Dolph standing on the platform of the steel castle, Frankenstein took Abel and teleported to the large teleportation circle in the basement.
Then he was directly connected to the Tree of Life Valley through a large teleportation circle. In a ray of white light, he and Frankenstein had appeared in the Tree of Life Valley.
A few months later, the Valley of the Tree of Life was completely different from before. The place where Abel and Frankenstein appeared was still the original passage into the valley, but outside the passage it was no longer the forest outside the valley.
There is a huge castle there blocking the passage into the Tree of Life Valley. This passage becomes the second level to enter the Tree of Life Valley from the outside.
If a foreign enemy invades again, the castle outside must first be breached before entering this passage.
"Master Bennett!" A great druid came out of the hiding place next to the passage and bowed.
"Why are you the only one here? Normally there are two great druids?" Abel couldn't help but ask after scanning his mental power and not finding the second great druid.
"There are three archdruids guarding here now, and the other two archdruids are in the castle!" The archdruid explained hurriedly.
"Can I go see this castle?" Abel asked curiously.
"Master Bennett, of course you can. You have the authority to enter and exit here at will!" the archdruid replied respectfully.
The reason why this castle was able to be built in such a short period of time was because of the friendship between Master Bennett and the dwarves. This allowed the dwarves to send out the best construction team to build the castle day and night. Only then did the current castle come into existence.
Abel took Frankenstein towards the castle. This was a castle built entirely with huge stones. These huge stones were not the giant stones produced by the elves, but special hard giant stones.
Just seeing that every boulder in this huge castle was brought by the dwarves, you can see how seriously the dwarves took this project.
At the position where the castle faced the Valley Passage of the Tree of Life, Abel saw a short-distance teleportation circle that had not existed before.
He and Frankenstein stood on the short-distance teleportation circle, and his mental power activated the short-distance teleportation circle. Sure enough, as the Arch Druid said just now, he had the authority to enter and exit freely here.
A flash of white light flashed, and he and Frankenstein disappeared into the short-distance teleportation circle. When they reappeared, they had already entered the hall of the castle.
"I've seen Master Bennett! I've seen the Frankenstein Rule Wizard!" As soon as he appeared in the hall, he heard greetings one after another. These were the guardians of the castle. There were fifteen of them, basically all of them. It is an intermediate to advanced druid.
"Go on, I'm here to visit the castle!" Abel said with a smile.
The fifteen druids did not dare to disturb him and hurriedly left.
Abel found that his arrival seemed to have affected the meeting of the druids. Watching the druids leave, he turned to look at the castle hall again.
The walls of the castle hall are not decorative reliefs, but various array patterns, and various precious materials are used in them. It can be said that the entire hall is a huge array.
He was very familiar with these arrangements, because this was the construction method used in the battle forts on the frontline battlefield.
Although there are not as many materials used here as on the frontline battlefield, Abel can tell that the dwarves have invested a lot of precious materials in this castle. Although this castle looks inconspicuous, you can tell just by looking at this hall. Its cost is high.
"Master Bennett, you finally came to see this battle fortress!" Conrad Archdruid appeared in the short-distance teleportation circle next to the hall. As soon as he appeared, he immediately bowed to Abel. smiled.
"Hello, Grand Druid Conrad, do you call this a battle fortress?" Abel returned the greeting with a smile.
He was very familiar with this Conrad Archdruid and had communicated with him before.
"Master Bennett, we did not expect that the dwarves would build this defensive castle into a battle fortress. The difference is huge. This is all for your sake!" Arch Druid Conrad said with a smile. .
"How long has this battle fortress been built?" Abel asked.
"It has been more than ten days. We tried our best to notify you after it was completed, but you have been in retreat!" Conrad Archdruid said apologetically.
When this battle fort was built, Abel should have been invited to attend the inauguration ceremony, because this battle fort was finally built after Abel's suggestion and negotiations with the dwarves.
"It doesn't matter, I have been in seclusion recently and basically have no contact with the outside world!" Abel said with a smile.
In fact, except for a few friends he recognized, no matter whether they were his followers, housekeepers or research souls, there was no need to notify him, so as not to disturb his cultivation.
If today wasn't his birthday and he needed to go out to relax, and he needed to find the Tree of Life to complete the activation of the fire rules, he wouldn't have left the Steel Castle.
"Master Bennett, Wizard of the Frankenstein Rules, please come with me, and I will show you around this battle fort!" Conrad Archdruid said with a smile and a hand gesture.
After leaving the hall, there is a square open space in front of the battle castle. This open space does not have any decorative sculptures or elegant and beautiful plants. It does not look like an elven castle at all.
But in this square, there are ten small war puppets standing in the middle of the square, capable of activating combat at any time. Next to them are large wooden boxes.
"This is a small war puppet delivered by the dwarves together with the War Fortress. This is generally not for sale by the dwarves!" Archdruid Conrad said as he looked at the small war puppet, his eyes filled with sighs.
"Here are some combat supplies, including armor-breaking crossbows for the dwarves and special projectiles for the trebuchets. These are all given together. You will need to buy more after they are used up!" He pointed to the side. Big wooden box introduced.
Following the guidance of Conrad Archdruid, Abel and Frankenstein walked up to the wall of the battle fort. All the big trees within a hundred meters outside the wall were transplanted, and even trees within a hundred meters were transplanted. There is nothing higher than a meter, allowing the druids guarding the castle to clearly see if any enemies are approaching.
On the city wall, Abel saw twenty continuous-fire crossbows and ten war-level trebuchets, plus some light war weapons. As long as there were enough manpower, this battle fortress only relied on these war weapons. , can burst out terrible attack power.
"Master Bennett, these are just conventional defense methods. The real power of this battle fort is there!" Conrad Archdruid said, pointing to the four tall spiers of the battle fort.
Then he took Abel and Frankenstein to a spire using a short-distance teleportation circle.
As soon as he entered it, Abel felt a familiar style. The structure of this steeple imitated the magic tower. Both the materials and the pattern of the magic circle were all in the style of the magic tower.
"Master Bennett, the most powerful thing about this battle fort is here. The four spiers can accommodate four archdruids. Through the powerful magic circle of the entire battle fort, we consume magic stones as energy to convert our spells. Amplifying the effect, the Archdruid of the elemental system can exert several times its strength here!" Conrad Archdruid excitedly introduced the role of the spire.
Abel nodded. This design definitely took a lot of thought, because there are the largest number of elemental druids among the elves. This design can fully utilize the combat power of the elemental druids.
"The scanning array of this battle fort is participated by the magic array masters of our elves. In cooperation with the array of this battle fort, it can scan within two miles!" Arch Druid Conrad introduced again road.
Abel certainly knew how difficult it was for these scanning arrays to scan a two-mile range, which required a large amount of precious materials to achieve.
On the frontline battlefield, the scanning arrays of those battle forts can reach a range of five or even ten miles, but that is based on the casual use of precious materials and is completely built with precious materials.
Although Archdruid Conrad was saying that the magic circle masters from the elves were involved, Abel knew that this was not about how high the level of the magic circle masters was, but how precious the materials were.
From the design and architecture of the entire battle fort, Abel saw the dwarves' intentions in this matter. These were all favors. Although it could be done through potions and the production of metallurgical materials for the dwarves, a battle fort like this, It was definitely for his sake that such a powerful thing was built.
These are all favors, and he will need to pay them back in the future.
At least among the many castles he had seen, apart from the frontline battlefield, this castle was the most powerful.