The first day after the New Year was a bustle in the Fergus family.
The feudal nobles and some acquaintances from nearby nobles came to visit one after another. On the square at the main entrance of the Fergus family, one luxury carriage after another competed with each other.
Earl Fergus and Bernal have been busy since the morning. Even Gray, who usually does not participate in such things, has been dragged into the "strong man".
There were really too many people, and Earl Fergus and Bernal were too busy to handle them. And when some heavyweight families came to visit, it would be disrespectful if the head of the family or the heir of the family did not personally greet them.
But Gray is different. As the Earl of the Kingdom, and his status in the Ziyue Kingdom is not worse than that of the head of the Duke family, it will naturally not be rude to be greeted by him. From the looks of flattery on the faces of the families being welcomed, Enough to see.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the busyness slowed down slightly.
With a strong body to support him, Gray was not tired physically but mentally. He was about to find a place to rest, but he met Bernal.
Next to him was a beautiful woman who was wearing a red winter skirt with black pantyhose underneath, revealing her long and graceful legs.
Seeing Gray, Bernal introduced him.
"Miss Ai Lei, this is my third brother Gray. Gray, this is Miss Ai Lei from the Dawn Chamber of Commerce."
"Hello."
Both sides gave a salute each.
Gray had heard of the Morningside Chamber of Commerce. When the Fergus family was in trouble due to the suppression of the Clover Chamber of Commerce, this chamber of commerce was the first to do business with the Fergus family.
Although there were some opportunistic elements, the time was chosen after he had intimidated the Nahum family, but because the other party's price was reasonable, the Fergus family is still doing medicinal materials business with this chamber of commerce, and is the largest partner of the Fergus family.
Looking at the other person's face, Gray felt vaguely familiar and couldn't help but ask.
"Miss Ai Lei, have we met before?"
"We did meet once. Although Lord Gray doesn't remember me very much anymore, I still remember the domineering way Lord Gray used to block the headquarters of the Clover Chamber of Commerce alone."
Elle Leander covered her mouth elegantly and said with a smile.
"I hope I didn't scare you then!"
Gray smiled and didn't feel embarrassed at all. After all, his goal at the time was the Clover Chamber of Commerce and he had no time to pay attention to anything else.
In the evening, after dinner.
Uh-huh!
Using space teleportation, Gray appeared in the Red Leaf Forest with Barnett Nahum and flew towards the place where the palace once appeared.
After flying for more than 10 minutes, we arrived at a wasteland covered by snow. The wasteland was surrounded by boulders standing one after another, ranging from a few tons to dozens or hundreds of tons.
There is a large open space in the center of the wasteland without any huge rocks, and that is where the mysterious palace once appeared, but now the mysterious palace has not appeared.
Snow was falling outside and the weather was quite cold. Gray and Barnett Nahum set up a tent on a boulder several meters high, waiting for the palace to appear.
With their physique, they would not be afraid of the cold, but snow was drifting in the sky outside, and Gray didn't want to become a snowman.
Time passed slowly, and just when Gray almost thought that his guess was wrong and the time when the palace appeared was not measured in years, a change occurred.
In the open space in the center of the palace, white light first lit up, then slowly, a palace-shaped building slowly rose up, and finally, an entire palace emitting hazy white light appeared.
This is a building full of roughness and simplicity. The buildings inside are all extremely tall. They look rough, but they have a sense of majesty. Compared with the exquisiteness of the buildings in the Empire period, this building pays more attention to the overall three-dimensionality. feel.
It is precisely for this reason that Gray judged that this building was not a building from the imperial period, but was left by another force.
Swish, swish, swish!
White rays of light appeared one after another, and ghosts rushed towards each other under invisible guidance. They gathered together and turned into torrents one after another, heading towards the building shrouded in white light, one after another.
The surrounding area with the palace as the center was completely white, and hundreds of thousands of ghosts gathered there. Even though he had seen them once, Gray still couldn't help but feel shocked.
I was amazed at the number of ghosts and the huge handiwork of the forces who arranged this rune mechanism. Especially now that I learned that this place was just one of the four places, the shock was even greater.
As the ghosts come one after another, the white light on the white building becomes more and more intense.
A few hours later, hundreds of thousands of ghosts gathered into the building. Now, there are fewer and fewer ghosts gathering, and the white light of the white building is getting stronger and stronger.
Bo—
Suddenly, a large number of golden lines appeared on the surface of the white building, some like ferocious beasts, some like ferocious birds, rising and falling on the surface of the building, emitting a strange golden light.
The golden lines flashed rapidly, and the frequency became faster and faster. When it reached a certain moment, it suddenly stopped and completely floated on the surface of the building, turning into a part of the architectural decoration.
By this time, the gathering ghosts had stopped.
"You can go in!"
Gray, who had already experienced it once, naturally understood that this meant that the building was completely stable and could be entered.
He led Barnet Nahum through the huge arched passage, walked inside, and went straight to the hundred-meter-high altar in the center of the building.
"I wonder if I can fly up!"
Looking at this majestic altar, Gray's heart moved slightly, and blue-black wings sprouted from his back, trying to fly directly to the altar without going through the steps.
But just when he flew up and approached the altar, his body suddenly fell.
No matter how hard it flaps its wings, it can't stabilize its figure and can't stop falling down. It's like the area around the altar is a no-fly zone, and even if it has wings, it can't fly here.
Canopy!
With a muffled sound, Gray successfully landed on the ground without being injured.
With his current physical condition, even if he fell from a height of 100 meters, it would be difficult for him to be injured.
"It seems we can only climb up one step at a time!"
Gray took Barnett Nahum and climbed up the steps. The gravity he had felt once suddenly appeared, and became heavier and heavier as he climbed up.
Level 100.
200 steps.
300 steps.
400 steps.
Very easily, Gray climbed to the 400-level limit he had reached at the beginning. When he came here, except for his slightly heavy breathing, he didn't even sweat.
Compared with that time, he is much stronger now. If he were to fight with his self at that time, he estimated that just one blow would be enough to kill dozens of his former self.
500 steps.
600 steps.
After climbing to the 600th step, Gray finally felt some pressure.
700 steps.
After climbing to the 700th step, Gray felt as if he was carrying a huge mountain on his back. Even someone as strong as him could not help but sweat.
800 steps.
900 steps.
Continuing to climb forward, the gravity was still increasing. When he climbed to the 900th step, Gray felt that he had reached his limit, and his whole body seemed to be stuck to the step, making it difficult to lift it anymore.
He has already used metallization on himself. Although in terms of physical strength, he can still withstand heavier pressure, the strength is no longer enough to support him to climb up.
Gray looked at Barnett Nahum beside him. There was sweat on his forehead, and he also felt the pressure, but it was obvious that he had not reached the limit.
"Go up and see if that sword has been repaired!"
Gray gave instructions to Barnet Nahum.
"Yes, sir!"
Barnet Nahum responded and climbed up.
Level 910.
Level 920.
Level 930.
…
Even though he is a king-level expert, Barnett Nahum's climbing speed has become very slow now. Under Gray's gaze, the opponent slowly climbed up, and his clothes were completely wet with sweat. .
However, although the climb was not very fast, it still climbed slowly but firmly towards the top of the altar.
Level 999.
Finally, the opponent stood on the 999th level, only one level away from the top of the altar.
He raised his right foot, his body trembling slightly, and placed it on the 1,000th step. His face turned red from suppressing the pain. After a burst of strength, the opponent finally stood on the 1,000th step.
"Go up!"
Gray breathed a sigh of relief. His original estimate was not wrong. As long as he could reach the king level, he could climb to the top of the altar.
"How's it going? Has it been repaired?"
He hurriedly asked the question he was most concerned about, and soon received a slightly breathless answer from Barnett Nahum.
"The sword blade... is intact, no damage visible!"
(End of chapter)