The process of the reception was very boring. Because of Abel's identity, even the ladies present wanted to talk to him, but they did not dare to get too close because of the identity gap, because the people around him were all the most distinguished people in the Holy Continent. people.
Abel also discovered that no one from the royal family of the Kingdom of St. Alice came to attend the reception. In normal times, it would be normal for a prince from another kingdom to have a wedding without the royal family of the Kingdom of St. Alice.
But today was different. The other two empires had dignitaries coming to attend the reception, but the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not send any members of the royal family, which was a bit special.
Important matters would not be discussed during the cocktail party. Abel, Duke Chesterton and His Majesty Emperor Aldous were all talking about insignificant matters.
Halfway through the reception, His Majesty Emperor Aldous invited Abel and Duke of Chesterton. The three of them came to a living room, where the servants had already prepared their dinner. The better red wine.
When Abel sat down, a servant brought a glass of fruit juice and carefully placed it on the coffee table next to him.
Abel picked up the juice, smiled and bowed slightly to His Majesty Emperor Aldous. In any case, this small gesture showed that His Majesty Emperor Aldous valued him.
As Wizard Abel's practice deepened, he rarely came into contact with alcohol. Although his strong physical fitness was enough to offset the effects of alcohol, keeping a clear mind was the most basic rule for a wizard.
It's not that wizards don't drink red wine, but they need to be in an extremely safe place, because once wizards fight, there may be only a very small gap in spell casting time between the enemies, and this gap determines the life or death of the wizard's battle.
A glass of red wine may slow down the spell casting time, so wizards rarely come into contact with alcohol.
Abel likes juice, especially after returning from the elves, he has a special interest in the juice of water spirit fruits. For this reason, the elves specially use the teleportation circle to provide him with water spirit fruits regularly.
Of course, Abel also paid for the 'Rabbit Spirit' dish, but this was not an equal exchange, but a symbol of friendship.
"I learned about Grandmaster Abel's hobbies from Landseer, so I specially prepared this juice. It seems that Grandmaster Abel is very satisfied!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said with a smile.
With an identity like his, there are many things that don't need to be hidden, and speaking them directly makes people feel more sincere.
Abel was very sympathetic to him. Although the Kingdom of St. An'ervo was one of the three great empires, the water spirit fruit produced by the elves was not so easy to obtain. He knew how troublesome it was. Without the channels of the elves, each of these water spirit fruits would be worth a sky-high price.
Among the elves, the water spirit fruit is only a fruit that can only be eaten by the nobles with high status. The output is very small, especially the recent crop reduction, which has also affected the production of the water spirit fruit, which has greatly increased the value of the water spirit fruit.
So His Majesty Emperor Aldous narrowed the distance between him and Abel with just a glass of juice. Looking at the satisfied smile on Abel's face, he thought that this glass of juice worth nearly a hundred intermediate magic stones was really worth it.
"Your Majesty Aldous, I have a presumptuous request. There is a Gisin family in the empire. I dislike them very much!" Abel said with a smile as he took a sip of juice.
If there hadn't been Prince Landseer's cocktail party, he would have taken time to come to His Majesty Emperor Aldous to discuss the Gissing family. This family is the family of Kilmer's senior wizard. Kilmer's senior wizard had threatened his family. As well as the principality, even if the senior wizard Kilmer is dead, he still wants to fulfill what he said to the senior wizard Kilmer that day.
"Gising family, Viscount Gissing heraldic family?" His Majesty Emperor Aldous still remembered the existence of this family, he confirmed.
"Yes, it's this family!" Abel nodded and said.
A viscount family is still a heraldic family. A few years ago, it would have been troublesome for His Majesty Emperor Aldous to touch such a heraldic family, but it is different now. The crisis of crop yield reduction has focused all attention on food. , some of his small actions will not attract too much attention.
"This will take a few years, and I will let this family slowly disappear!" After speaking, His Majesty Emperor Aldous picked up the wine glass and gestured, and then took a sip with Abel.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of St. Peter, Duke of Chesterton, looked on with a smile as Abel reached a small deal with His Majesty Emperor Aldous. This was indeed a deal. Abel paid a favor, and Aldous His Majesty, Emperor Des, wants to get rid of a viscount heraldry family.
Abel also knew that releasing a favor would further deepen the relationship between His Majesty Emperor Aldous and him.
"Grandmaster Abel, the Principality of Camai is now very powerful, and there is a strong man like you on the battlefield. I hope that the Kingdom of St. Paul can sign a peace contract with the Principality of Camai and form an alliance!" Chesterton The Duke looked at Abel and said sincerely.
As the actual ruler of the Kingdom of St. Paul, Duke Chesterton's request naturally represents the request of the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Paul.
"This peace contract also includes the Kingdom of St. Angelva. During this extraordinary period, I hope to maintain a good relationship with the Principality of Kamai!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said.
Abel had heard of this kind of peace contract, because there was such a contract between the three empires. The binding force of the contract came from the strength and reputation of each empire.
Different from those on Earth in the previous life who had signed contracts and could tear them up at any time, the contracts in this world are more binding. A country's reputation is linked to the contract. Those who want to break the contract must first consider the moral pressure from their own country.
The reason why knights can protect the country is because of their faith, humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, compassion, spirit, honesty, and justice. Among them, honesty and justice are the embodiment of trustworthiness.
Once a country loses its credibility, the country's knights also lose their own faith.
"If this contract is signed with your two empires, I can sign it!" Abel nodded.
However, his words made Duke Chesterton and His Majesty Emperor Aldous's eyes flash, because the meaning of his words was already obvious, that is, there was a problem between the Kingdom of St. Ellis and the Principality of Camai.
And this must not be a small issue, but something big enough to make Abel an enemy of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
And Abel's signing of the peace contract also showed that he had no ambitions. On this point, both the Duke of Chesterton and His Majesty Emperor Aldous believed it.
Because Abel is a wizard, and wizards need a lot of time and energy to meditate and practice. The information obtained from the intelligence alone can let the two empires know that unless there is trouble in the Principality of Camai, Abel usually rarely Come to manage the principality.
The Principality of Kamai has actually always been managed by the ministers in the principality. Abel's desire for power is very low, and he is more interested in counterattacking the enemy.
It was Abel's attitude towards his enemies that made the Duke of Chesterton and His Majesty the Emperor Aldous think of signing a peace contract with him.
This is also the reason why the two empires regard the newly born Kamai Principality as an equal existence and place it on the same level. Maybe the current Kamai Principality is not as powerful as the two empires, but coupled with the unknown strength of Abel, then The situation is very different.
"For peace!" Duke Chesterton raised the red wine in his hand and said with a smile.
"For peace!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous responded with a smile and raised the wine glass in his hand.
"For peace!" Abel said, holding up the juice.
The simple ceremony is just a preliminary statement. In the following time, the respective ministers will make corresponding contacts, and finally a contract will be drawn up and signed by the three.
His Majesty Emperor Ambrose of the Kingdom of St. Alice did not expect that a small prince's wedding reception would lead to the signing of a far-reaching peace contract. If the royal family of the Kingdom of St. Alice came to this reception, , then the signing of the peace contract will not be so simple.
Because as long as the royal family of the Kingdom of St. Ellis appears, Abel will never sign a peace contract with the empire that wants to assassinate him. He is not a qualified politician, but he is a powerful wizard and knight.
The two professions of wizard and knight taught him that killing all enemies is the best choice.
At the end of the reception, Prince Landseer sent Abel to the teleportation circle. Abel's arrival made his wedding reception a hit. Although halfway through the reception, Abel was with the Duke of Chesterton and His Majesty the Emperor Aldous. Went for a private meeting.
"Abel, thank you!" Prince Landseer bowed his thanks.
"Landseer, this is what you want most. It can be regarded as a wedding gift!" Abel took out a passive defense magic item and handed it to Prince Landseer and said.
Abel did not take out the gift at the reception. Firstly, because his status no longer required him to attract attention by giving expensive gifts in public. Secondly, it was also because of the privacy and preciousness of passive defense magic items. degree.
Passive defense magic items are the last line of defense for wizards. Although their own defense is not strong, they can play a life-saving role. One can imagine their preciousness.
In the past, Abel would not have given such a precious item as a gift. Now that he has become a metallurgist among alchemists, he can exchange the metallurgical materials for the desired passive defense magic. thing.
Because of the preciousness of passive defense magic items, in addition to the difficulty in making them, the most important thing is that the materials are difficult to obtain.
In the entire Holy Continent, only the dwarves can cultivate alchemists who specialize in metallurgy. As a master alchemist who specializes in metallurgy, Abel's materials are sought-after materials for all magic jewelry makers.
"This is my favorite gift, even though it is old!" Prince Landseer quipped with a smile.
"Don't pay me back!" Abel said angrily.
"No, this is a wedding gift, how can you take it back!" Prince Landseer quickly put the passive defense magic item back into the space bag.
"Goodbye!" Abel waved and said with a smile.
"Goodbye!" Prince Landseer also said with a smile. He watched Abel's figure disappear into the teleportation circle, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart. Although they are friends, if he wants to see Abel again next time, just I don’t know how long it has been.
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In the ancient tomb of Tarasha in the dark world, Abel finally saw the place he was looking for. It was a very large tomb. There was a platform in the middle of the tomb, and eight patterns formed a circle on the platform. Circle with a slot in the center.
It's just that at this time, the tomb is filled with bloody beasts with red bodies that have turned into giants, the ghoul king wearing a black robe and holding a staff, and immortal corpse monsters wandering around.
The bloody beast is the king of physical attacks. It can stun the target during the attack. It is a melee creature among the hell creatures.
The Ghoul King is a long-range hell creature with two fire spells: fireball and fire wall.
Two hellish creatures, one far away and one close, one with physical attack and one with spell attack, together form a complete coordination system.
Immortal corpse monsters are the most troublesome hell creatures for melee combatants, because they are not difficult to kill, but their bodies explode at the moment of death, forming a poisonous mist that causes poisonous damage to all surrounding creatures.
However, for Abel, who is a wizard, the immortal corpse monster is not a big threat.
When they saw Abel appear, the bloody beasts roared loudly, and nearly a hundred bloody beasts rushed in his direction at the same time, with an extremely shocking momentum.
However, Abel would not wait for the arrival of the bloody beast. His figure disappeared instantly from the place with eight ghost guardian knights and the 'Clay Stone Demon', and then appeared in the middle of the Ghoul King.
The eight ghost guardian knights began to freely search for targets to attack. The 'Clay Stone Demon' also rushed forward and attacked a ghoul king.
Because the attack power of the 'Clay Stone Demon' is too weak, the Ghoul King suffered very little damage, but the Ghoul King was also unable to cause much damage to the 'Clay Stone Demon' because the Ghoul King The king is from the magic system, so he can only hit with a staff when he is close.
When the bloody beasts saw the target in front of them disappear, they looked around and found that Abel had appeared behind them. They couldn't help but roared and turned back, rushing towards Abel.
Abel seized this opportunity and cast 'Fire Wall' with both hands at the feet of the Ghoul King, and constantly used 'Teleportation' to avoid the attacks of fire balls and fire walls.
His 'Fire Wall' is much more powerful than the Ghoul King's 'Fire Wall' spell. A 'Fire Wall' can continuously burn, and a 'Chain Lightning' can kill several Ghoul Kings.
After killing a dozen ghoul kings, the bloody beast rushed to Abel again, but Abel would not get too close to this melee hell creature. The stun effect was very troublesome. status.
In that state, his life was entirely up to his own defense, which made him extremely uneasy.
So his choice was to 'teleport' alone to distance the bloody beast. Because there were eight ghost guardian knights and 'clay stone demons' in place, so after he disappeared, the eight ghost guardian knights and 'clay stone demons' 'It has become the target of all hell creatures.
This is exactly what Abel needs. His characteristic is that his output is very high, but his defense is not strong.
He kept throwing the 'wall of fire' at the feet of the hell creatures with both hands. At the same time, the druid soul was always paying attention to the changes in the vitality of the summoned creatures.
During the duration of the 'Fire Wall', Abel's 'Chain Lightning' began to show its power. The advantage of lightning spells is that the paralysis effect after use can make the attacked unable to resist, which also reduces the chance of his summons being attacked. frequency.
The battle ended quickly. Nearly a hundred bloody beasts and nearly a hundred ghoul kings continued to die under the effects of the 'fire wall' and 'chain lightning'.
And just when the last Ghoul King died, the dozen immortal corpse monsters came grunting and swaying.
Waiting for them were the constant attacks of 'Fire Wall' and 'Chain Lightning', while the eight Ghost Guardian Knights and 'Clay Stone Demon' were moved aside by him and did not participate in the battle.
While the immortal corpse monsters continued to explode and formed poisonous mist in the air, Abel was also picking up the corpses of dead hell creatures one by one and putting them into his personal storage box.
Because the corpses of hell creatures are not equipment recognized by the dark world, a hundred corpses of hell creatures only occupy one grid, and all the corpses of hell creatures here only occupy more than two grids.
However, he had prepared ten squares for the next battle, and now the ten squares are basically full.
The requirement of the 'Skeleton Resurrection' spell is that the creature must be a newly dead creature and still have vitality in its body. If the corpse is stored for too long, the corpse that has lost its vitality cannot be used as a material for 'Skeleton Resurrection'.
However, time in the personal storage box stands still, which keeps the corpses of hell creatures in a just-dead state. This is a qualified 'skeleton resurrection' material.
Because the Duriel that Abel will face next is a hell demon like Andariel. Thinking about Andariel's attack method, he still feels a little creepy until now.
But before that, the passage into Duriel's room must be opened first. The eight symbolic patterns on the ground are the magic circle that opens the passage, and the key to activate the magic circle has long been synthesized by him using the Horadric Cube.
Abel took out the 'Horadik Staff' from the space bracelet and inserted it into the slot among the eight symbol patterns.
Just after inserting the 'Horadik Staff', the eight symbol patterns seemed to be suddenly charged, emitting a faint blue light, and then the eight symbol patterns separated from the ground and rose to ten meters above the ground. About centimeters.
The faint blue light became stronger and stronger above the eight symbols, so strong that Abel could not look directly at them.
At this moment, the eight suspended symbol patterns simultaneously emitted a faint blue light towards the 'Horadik Staff' in the center. After receiving the eight faint blue lights, the 'Horadik Staff' From the tip of the 'Horadik's Staff', a more powerful energy concentrated by eight rays of blue light rushed out from the tip of the staff.
Powerful energy hit the wall of the tomb, and Abel felt the entire tomb tremble, and dust continued to fall from the wall.
With a "boom", the energy passed through the wall and opened a hole in the wall for one person to pass through.
Abel looked at the hole in front of him, knowing that the next battle would not be easy. His mental power entered the space bracelet and replenished bottles of 'comprehensive vitality rejuvenation potion' into the belt space.
Then he released the 'crow' that had not been used for a long time from the space beast ring. The enemy he was about to face might be extremely powerful, and he needed to make all preparations and use all available power.
Then he released the 'Oak Wise Man'. The 'Oak Wise Man' could greatly enhance the vitality of him and his summons.
He blessed himself with the 'Broken Ice Armor' and Douqi Armor again.
Finally, he took out the corpse of a hell creature from his personal storage box and performed 'Skeleton Resurrection', and the ninth skeleton crawled out from the exploded corpse.
Yes, when he put on the skin of the snake magician, the effect of increasing all spells by one level gave him a ninth skeleton.
At present, he is not planning to train this skeleton into a ghost guardian knight, but to use it as a real cannon fodder.
With everything ready, Abel jumped into the hole in the wall with his summons.
What appeared in front of him was a huge tomb. This tomb was in dilapidated condition. Except for the exquisite murals on the walls, the magnificence of this tomb could be seen. All the original luxurious decorations were buried in the mud.
Abel's feet were stepping on the mud at this time, which made him very uncomfortable.
Just as he was sizing up the situation in the tomb, a terrible roar came, and then he felt the changes on the ground. The original mud became hard, and bursts of cold air hit him.
When Abel looked towards the sound, he saw a huge insect rushing towards him quickly.
As the bug was traveling, blue ice mist kept appearing in the air around it, and in the bug's eyes, he saw a look like Andariel's, a look without consciousness. Like a dead thing.
This kind of look can make people feel cold when they see it. It is a kind of look that is indifferent to life.
Abel followed the original plan and let the skeleton come forward first, and the five 'crows' also flew out.
The 'Crow' is an immortal existence, so he doesn't have to worry, but now it depends on how many times the skeleton can withstand Duriel's attacks, which determines the difficulty of the next battle.
Just when Abel was thinking about it, the skeleton had already blocked Durrell's forward charge, but a piece of blue ice crystal suddenly appeared on the skeleton, and then the skeleton's whole body shook.
After this shock, the skeleton's speed and movement slowed down, and with just a tap of Durrell's front paw, the skeleton turned into broken bones on the ground.
Abel felt a slight shock to his spirit, but because of his strong mental power, this shock did not have much impact.
"Holy Freeze!" Abel had long guessed that Duriel might have mastered this ability, but actually seeing this 'Holy Freeze' ability still made him particularly frightened. The skeleton just now was level 20. Skeletons summoned by "Skeleton Resurrection" and level 22 "Skeleton Dominance".
Such a powerful skeleton was only struck by a 'Holy Freeze', and then died with a light blow from Duriel. So how high is the attack power of this 'Holy Freeze', and how much can he himself withstand? Second-rate.
At this moment, Abel knew that his best way to deal with it was to fight from a distance, and it was best not to get close to Duriel.
After Duriel killed the skeleton, the 'crow' had already reached its head and pecked at its lifeless eyes. Before it could peck, another piece of blue ice mist suddenly appeared in Duriel's eyes. All around.
The bodies of the two closest 'crows' were within the scope of the blue ice mist. At this time, their bodies were suddenly wrapped in ice crystals, and then fell from the air to the ground like stones. While they were still in the air, the one on Duriel's head The fangs turned slightly as its head hit the two crows at the same time.
The two 'crows' hit the mural heavily like flying stones.
If the 'crows' themselves were not immortal, then these two blows could directly kill the 'crows', but even so, these two 'crows' would no longer be able to participate in the battle in a short period of time.
Abel screamed in his heart that something bad happened. What he least expected to happen happened. Just now, the 'Crow' was hit by the 'Holy Freeze' in the air, and then fell from the air. This happened in an instant.
But even so, Duriel can still easily use its fangs to knock away two 'crows' at the same time. The calculation ability in this shows one thing.
That is, Duriel should also have a fragment of the World Stone in his body. Abel also has a fragment of the World Stone. He deeply knows the horror of this fragment of the World Stone.
Abel's fragment of the World Stone gave him dynamic vision and digital perspective capabilities, allowing him to see objects moving at extremely fast speeds. In his eyes, objects moving at extremely fast speeds were moving slowly.
And everything in sight can be converted into data, which makes it easier to control accurately.
Abel was thinking about it, but without stopping, another corpse was taken out of the personal storage box and thrown on the ground, and then another skeleton crawled out of the corpse.
In his other hand, a 'Fire Wall' spell pattern appeared, and then a 'Fire Wall' appeared at Duriel's feet.
Just when the 'Fire Wall' appeared at Duriel's feet, Duriel's ten short legs slid hard on the frozen ground, and he had already escaped the 'Fire Wall' before the power of the 'Fire Wall' could be exerted. attack.
Then the 'Holy Freeze' appeared again, slowing down the skeleton that had just rushed up again, but Duriel seemed to have no interest in the skeleton, but continued to rush towards Abel.
The decelerated skeleton was still thinking about pursuing Duriel, but was directly hit by a 'Holy Freeze' that turned it into ice shards on the ground.
Abel has already seen that with the help of the World Stone, Duriel is almost unafraid of slightly slower spells.
He took out another corpse from his personal storage box and summoned a skeleton again. Just when the skeleton blocked Duriel, he struck with a 'lightning' in his hand.
The 'Lightning' spell is extremely fast and almost impossible to defend against. Duriel's body is huge and his speed is not very fast, and it is even more difficult to dodge the 'Lightning' spell.
Just when Abel thought that this 'lightning' would definitely give Duriel some color, a piece of ice mist flashed around Duriel's body. The 'lightning' hit the ice mist and instantly transformed into Countless small arcs occurred.
These small electric arcs climbed up Durrell's body, but could not do any harm to it.
Abel couldn't help being shocked. He repeatedly took out the corpses of the hell creatures. After Duriel killed the skeleton in front of him, he summoned the skeleton again. At the same time, he commanded the eight ghost guardian knights to put on the Rune Word Bow and Arrow Zephyr. '.
Eight arrows and a 'lightning' flew towards Duriel. Blue ice mist appeared instantly around Duriel. The speed of the eight arrows suddenly slowed down because the arrows were covered with ice crystals. Then he was swiped by Duriel's front paw.
Because it was wrapped in ice crystals, the lightning power given to the arrow by the rune language 'Zeifeng' could not be stimulated, so it was knocked away.
Abel's 'Lightning' spell was also resolved by 'Holy Freeze'. Abel discovered that the time when the 'Holy Freeze' was activated was exactly the moment when the 'Lightning' was just struck, and only the 'Holy Freeze' that was just activated was It takes a moment of power to dissolve the 'lightning'.
An unprecedented sense of failure rose from Abel's heart. The huge target was right in front of him, and the speed was not very fast. Instead, he used the fastest spell 'Lightning', and added eight ghost guardian knights using runic words. The 'Wind' bows and arrows attacked together, and these attacks did not cause any damage to Duriel.
At this moment, Duriel's front paws once again shattered the approaching skeleton. At this time, the distance between it and Abel had already made Abel feel threatened. Without too much consideration, Abel immediately used 'Instant' The mobile body disappeared into a corner of the tomb with a group of summons, and then appeared in the opposite corner.