Chapter 300: Progress
The Kingdom of Gando was engulfed in war, with the battle lines steadily contracting inward towards the royal city. The city’s resistance was particularly fierce, and for nearly three years, armies from various regions had held onto the city like a nail, steadfastly defending it.
Of course,
other places inevitably fell into defeat.
It wasn’t just the remaining Gando army that wanted to defend the royal city, but also the deities from the Divine Domain.
Unfortunately,
the Gando nobles had already scattered and fled, and other deities in the Divine Domain were also eyeing the Lord of the Morning Sun with hostility.
The situation did not improve with the passage of time, but instead became increasingly dire.
As for Karl…
“Finally mastered the third-circle spell—Annihilating Flames, it actually took so long,” he muttered to himself, his gaze turning to the status panel.
He spoke in a low voice, his gaze fixed on the status panel.
Name: Karl
Constitution: 94
Mental Power: 60.8
Source Essence: 0
Cultivation: Third-Circle Wizard, Forbidden Knight
Bloodline: Abyssal Giant Squid（100%）, Lich（30%）, Pale Wing（Remnant）…
After several years of arduous training, he had once again mastered a third-circle spell, and this was after using a large amount of Source Essence to increase his mental power.
If he had cultivated normally, constructing spell models, it would have taken at least ten years to master a third-circle spell.
Or even several decades!
“Fortunately, there are other gains besides magic.”
Calming himself, Karl smiled, flexing his wrist, and a series of cracking sounds came from his joints.
Each crack sounded like a cannon firing, and when the sounds came together, it was like the endless roar of the ocean.
If someone without a Grand Knight’s level of constitution was near him, just the sound alone would kill them on the spot.
With a constitution of over ninety points, the progress of the Holy Demon Transformation was rapid, and even though he had focused on magic in recent years, this martial technique had reached the peak of the eighth level and could break through to the ninth level at any time.
And once he advanced to the ninth level, it would mean that Karl possessed a physical body comparable to a demigod.
The Holy Demon Transformation also had a tenth level.
But even the creator of this technique had not reached the tenth level, because this realm was comparable to that of a god.
Besides the Holy Demon Transformation, the Ten Thousand Buddha Hands had also advanced again.
Heart Buddha Hand!
If the Thousand Buddha Hands was a fourth-order martial technique, then the Ten Thousand Buddha Hands was fifth-order, and although the Heart Buddha Hand was not quite sixth-order, it was close.
“Gaining insights from the God-Given Object is equivalent to having a fourth-order, fifth-order, or even sixth-order expert impart their knowledge, and with the blessing of the God of Wisdom’s divinity, this is how the Ten Thousand Buddha Hands advanced, but mastering it will take time.”
Karl sighed helplessly.
Time was limited.
Although the Ten Thousand Buddha Hands had advanced, his realm was still the Hundred Hand Realm, and it had not changed.
“It’s enough!”
“The Holy Demon Transformation has reached the peak of the eighth level, I’ve mastered four third-circle spells, and there’s the Pale Wing arm…”
Karl flexed his wrist:
“It’s time to go back and take a look.”
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The Other World.
As usual.
The newly promoted Legendary Knights at the base would gather at a certain time to pay their respects to the ‘Divine Envoy’ Connie, also known as Karl.
This time was no exception.
Josie and Hume led seven newly promoted Legendaries into the main hall, bowing one by one according to the rules of the Holy Sanctuary.
“Rise.”
Karl’s voice was deep and his expression solemn.
He now represented not only himself but also the ‘Moon Goddess’s’ spokesperson in the mortal realm, and he needed to have a certain degree of authority.
“Josie.”
Looking down, Karl smiled:
“You’ve done well, not only have you trained so many loyal knights for the Holy Sanctuary, but your own cultivation has not fallen behind, you’ve actually become a second-order Holy Knight.”
“It’s all thanks to the Divine Envoy’s guidance, otherwise, if I wanted to advance, I’m afraid it would still take some time.” Josie said respectfully:
“As for the newly promoted Legendaries…”
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“It’s their own hard work and piety, and Old Fran, Nicole, and the others’ proper management, it has little to do with me.”
“Mm.” Karl nodded slowly:
“Very good.”
This kind of attitude, neither arrogant nor impatient, and with the ability to get things done, was something any leader would like.
“According to the Holy Sanctuary’s previous rules, becoming a second-order would allow you to be promoted to Elder, but things are different now,” Karl said:
“We have not completely taken control of the Holy Sanctuary, and this is only one of its bases, so the matter of Elders will have to wait.”
“Yes.” Josie replied:
“Divine Envoy, the Sixth Elder sent a message, she seems to be planning to join forces with us to resist the Holy Sanctuary.”
“The Sixth Elder?” Karl stroked his chin:
“I remember she had already defected to the Dark Night.”
The Sixth Elder, Doris, was once a Holy Knight loyal to the Moon Goddess, but had defected to the Goddess of the Dark Night years ago.
No one knew where the Goddess of the Dark Night came from, but she was most likely an Outer Evil God, but Doris had always believed that she was the soul of the Moon Goddess after her death. After all, when the sky lost its moon, it was eternal darkness.
And Doris, who had received the blessing of the deity, had also advanced to become a Forbidden Knight and possessed extremely powerful abilities.
“Yes.”
Josie replied:
“She doesn’t believe she betrayed the Goddess, and you, Divine Envoy, have received the Goddess’s blessing before.”
“So she thinks we can join forces.”
“Heh…” Karl chuckled:
“Did you tell the people over there that I do not agree with the Sixth Elder’s ideas?”
“I did.” Josie nodded:
“But the Sixth Elder believes that we can try to make contact slowly. Perhaps when you truly feel the presence of the Dark Night, you will agree with her views, and compared to the sinners who are now occupying the Holy Sanctuary, you are the most suitable person to join forces with.”
“It seems that the Sixth Elder has not lost her mind just because she believes in an evil god.” Karl narrowed his eyes:
“Joining forces is possible, but she needs to show her sincerity.”
“Sincerity?” Josie raised her head, thoughtfully:
“The Sixth Elder has the heart of the Pale Wing, and she has a good relationship with Duke Olaf.”
“Oh!” Karl’s eyes flickered, this was news he didn’t know:
“The demigod Olaf?”
“Yes.”
The hall fell silent.
“The Divine Domain has collapsed, and the rules of the world are loosening, but as long as the barrier is still there, this world cannot accommodate the entry of deities,” Karl said slowly:
“Demigods are the most powerful beings!”
“Divine Envoy.” Josie suddenly spoke:
“If the barrier doesn’t allow other deities to enter, then can new deities be born in our world?”
“This…” Karl frowned, his eyes flashing:
“Perhaps.”
He didn’t have much confidence in this, but if it was possible, then the demigods here would go crazy.
No wonder the dukes have been acting frequently recently.
“Becoming a god is not that easy, you need to spread faith, ignite the Divine Fire, and master divinity,” Karl whispered:
“Perhaps…”
“They have the methods to become gods.”
The things he had obtained from Alfred could not make a Forbidden Knight into a deity, it only pointed out such a path.
As for how to do it, he still needed to find another way.
There were several dukes in this world, and they were demigods, some even had parents who were deities.
It didn’t seem impossible to understand that they had mastered the methods to become a god.
“Besides…”
Josie said in a low voice:
“The Holy Sanctuary has also sent an envoy.”
“Is that so?” Karl raised his head:
“Let them in.”
