Advent of the Archmage Chapter 503

Three in the afternoon, one hour after Link finished constructing the castle, a group came from the demon village in the distance . The leader was the elder from earlier .

Looking down from the balcony, Link could see that the demons were anxious and restless . Something incredible seemed to have happened .

When the group was around 100 feet away from the castle gates, they stopped . They paced before the door, wanting to approach it but seemingly stunned by the beautiful building looming over them .

They debated there, wondering if they should enter .

Standing on the balcony, Link wanted to laugh . White light flashed, and he appeared above the city walls . The demons below immediately noticed him . They fell silent and fell to their knees . Then the elder started yelling .

This time, Link could mostly understand .

"God's highest messenger in the mortal world, I have a very, very important thing that may pertain to your safety that I must tell you . "

Link already guessed what he was going to say . He purposely waited a few seconds, scaring the demons so much that they started sweating . Finally, he drawled, "Speak . "

His voice wasn't loud but sounded clear under the spell .

The elder started yelling again, "God's highest—"

"Enough, get to the point," Link interrupted .

"God…God's messenger, I must tell you that the forest is the territory of the one-eyed King Morophir . He is very strong and has a bad temper . He doesn't like it when people live in the forest…"

The one-eyed king actually had a name . That meant this guy really did exist . After thinking a bit, Link asked, "Have you seen him before?"

The elder and strong men beside him immediately nodded furiously . The elder even opened his arms wide in an exaggerated pose . "Yes, yes . He's as tall as the mountain . When you stand below him, you can't even see his head . His arms are many times thicker than the waist of the red elephant . His slap can turn you into minced meat . He uses the trees as weapons . He can just pull up ancient trees that a group of people can't even embrace with linking arms . Then he waves the tree and hits anyone he sees . No one is his match . He has a lot of powerful underlings too!"

His explanation was a bit exaggerated and filled with subjectively delusional descriptions . But when he spoke, the other demons all nodded in agreement . This meant that most of his words were objective . They probably really had seen Morophir before .

When Link heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but smile . Fighting with trees is such a primitive way of fighting . This is probably a giant with endless strength . Judging from the measurements of the trees, he should be around 100 to 150 feet tall . Indeed, he's unstoppable for regular people .

Thinking of this, he waved his hand . "I see," he said . "You can go back . "

Before the terrified townspeople could reply, Link waved his hand after speaking . He used the Dimensional Jump to send them back to the village .

Returning to the castle, he saw that Gretel was telling horror stories to the demon children . They trembled in fear, curling into balls, but they loved the stories . They ended up shaking like quails, making Gretel giggle .

Seeing that Link was back, the kids immediately stood and said in unison, "Housekeeper . "

Gretel didn't think Link could discipline children too . She couldn't help but laugh again . After her laughter subsided, she asked, "So there really is a one-eyed king?"

"Yes . He's probably like a Mountain Giant . It has a name too—Morophir," Link answered with a laugh .

Mountain Giants were giant earth-element creatures in Firuman . They were as big as a mountain and on average, above 120 feet tall . They also fought by pulling up trees and were terrifyingly strong . The earth-element power within them was usually above Level-8 .

To regular people, this was a god-like existence . But as strong as they were, it was still mortal power . A Legendary figure could still kill thousands with one attack .

In this case, Gretel didn't worry anymore . Chuckling, she said, "Then I'll hand it over to you, house…keeper . "

Link laughed awkwardly . After a pause, he said, "I'll go fortify the castle . "

This wasn't to defend the one-eyed king's direct attack . Rather, it was to protect against the shockwaves .

Link went to work . Gretel seemed to really like these demon children . She had them gather around and started telling the horror story again . They were so scared they kept shaking .

On the other hand, Link was outside the building .

The castle used regular magic runestones around Level-4 . If a Level-4 figure kicked the stones with all their might, it would cause quite some damage . This was naturally insufficient against someone in Level-8 . Link used the Void Walk to fly around the castle, continuously slapping on runes .

The walls were white-ish before . After he circled it with runes a few times, a 20-centimeter-thick, translucent, jade-like shield appeared on the walls . This was Level-9 material . Even if the one-eyed king attacked directly, it could last for a while .

After this, Link turned to go study the meteorite . But after flying for a bit, he looked up at the sky . It was four in the afternoon . It was getting late and was dinnertime .

Back in the day, before Gretel's power was sealed, this wouldn't be important . She could go one year without eating . Things were different now . She wasn't any stronger than the others; she needed three meals per day to replenish her energy .

With this in mind, Link flew into the forest . After a while, he carried back an animal like a wild goat .

He first went to the creek not too far from the castle and treated the body with a spell . He separated the meat, bones, and tendons . Thinking back to the delicacies he'd eaten before, he started making it with spells by the creek .

It was overly luxurious to cook meat with a fire spell, but it was fast . Within ten seconds, the taste would settle so Link could experiment quickly . He was a perfectionist too and had to make everything perfect .

The result was that Link tried 109 times within 15 minutes . He kept revising the recipe until he grasped the best fire and amount of spices for a rack of lamb .

When the final result came out, Link tasted what he'd made . He smacked his lips, very satisfied with the taste .

It wasn't enough to just eat meat though . Link then found some edible plants by the creek . He used small water and fire spells to experiment dozens of times before getting nice results too .

After finishing everything, Link flew back to the castle .

"Dinner time!"

As he spoke, Link waved his hand . Dozens of elegant plates appeared on the long dining table in the castle . They were filled with food that looked delicious, all made by Link .

Gretel brought the children over . She sat into the main seat and tasted Link's creation . Her eyes brightened and glanced at him, satisfied . Smiling, she said, "Mm, not bad . Keep working hard . "

Link smiled wryly . It felt like he'd doomed himself . However, he only had to wait until Gretel's power recovered . He didn't have to go for that long .

Turning to the children, Gretel said, "Kids, eat up . "

The five kids had been eyeing the food for a while . They wanted to just pounce onto the food, but with Link present, they didn't dare go too wild . They had to use the utensils and eat the delicious food bit by bit . They looked very careful .

Link also ate some food . It was a small snack for him . When everyone was done eating, he used a cleaning spell to clean everything . Then he finally went to a quiet room in the top level of the castle to study the meteorite .

The meteorite was dark purple and was room temperature to the touch . When he tapped it, it buzzed softly . It was very strange .

Link cast a small Void Destruction fireball; it exploded on the surface of the meteorite . After the flames disappeared, the meteorite remained unchanged . Even the temperature didn't change .

An interesting rock, but what's the maximum temperature you can withstand?

If it really could be used as a buffer, Link estimated that it must be able to withstand at least a Level-20 attack to create a sufficient buffer for the singularity explosion .

Level-20 was god-level power . Link couldn't do it by himself, but he could use a magic seal to demonstrate it . Of course, the magic seal would be complicated and consume many materials .

This was necessary to experiment though . Link put away the meteorite and took out all sorts of material . He started constructing the high-level magic seal in the room .

It was very, very difficult to create a Level-20 magic seal when he was at Level-11 . Link put in everything he knew while using up all the precious material he had . After spending five days, he finally created a large magic seal . 　

It took up most of the room . It contained more than 10,000 rune wheels, all sorts of techniques, all the magical knowledge Link had, and the thin piece of time .

Link placed the meteorite onto the experiment rune and then started feeding Dragon Power to the magic seal .

He couldn't accomplish it so easily . In reality, the magic seal would consolidate his Level-11 power to Level-20 . Even if he wanted a shred of Level-20 power, Link needed to add in a tremendous amount of Dragon Power .

Link kept inputting power . One hour, two hours, three… At ten hours, the large magic seal was still unresponsive . The only change was that the runes were a bit brighter .

I need at least two million Legendary Dragon Power points to get a bit of Level-20 power . I hope no accidents happen .

If the magic seal failed, and all that Dragon Power exploded at once, the castle would be demolished . That would suck .

The only good thing was that Gretel had taken the kids to pick medicinal herbs and weren't inside the castle . Link could experiment without concern .

This magic seal required two million Dragon Power points . However, this didn't mean that a shred of Level-20 power would equal two million Dragon Power points .

In reality, a true Level-20 figure would think that this magic seal was extremely crude . A lot of power was wasted during the entire process . Link himself estimated that 99 . 9% of power was wasted . Only 0 . 1% of Dragon Power would be converted into Level-20 power .

Link sighed . In the end, I'm still not knowledgeable enough .

After resting, he continued feeding in power for another five hours . When the five hours were close to an end, a tiny—almost insignificant—bit of power appeared at the end of the magic seal .

The power seemed solid and was as thin as a needle . It was white and not very bright, but glancing at it, it felt piercing to the eye . Link didn't dare to look for long . He quickly averted his eyes .

This bit of power was scattering as soon as it appeared . From Link's estimates, if it scattered one centimeter, it would completely degrade into regular power . This kind of power was useless in a battle; it could only be used for experiments .

It streaked across the meteorite . Then with a poof, the dark purple meteorite collapsed into a bunch of bubbling purple liquid . It couldn't resist the Level-20 power at all .

Link was greatly disappointed .

The meteorite wasn't strong enough at all . It was so far away, but this was the strongest material Link had . He couldn't replace it, so he had to improve it .

How? Alchemy and enchantments were the only options .

If he wanted alchemy, he'd have to ask Gretel, but she hadn't recovered yet… This was a bottleneck . Link thought some more and decided to find Gretel . He would help her recover first .

He had given Gretel a tracking rune, so he just teleported over . With a few flashes of light, he was beside Gretel .

She was in a forest a few miles away . When Link reached her, she was staring at a huge footprint .

Seeing Link come, Gretel said, "The footprint is fresh . From the looks of things, this guest is at least 300 tons . It's even bigger than a Mountain Giant . "

Link glanced over . The footprint was about two feet deep, 15 feet long, and six feet wide . There were two toes, and the two footprints were around 60 feet apart .

"Indeed very big . Should we go look?" Link asked .

Gretel shook her head quickly . "I don't want to keep you back . You go… Here, I drew all the herbs I need . If you see them along the way, take them for me . The more, the better . "

Link took the paper and skimmed it . The drawings were very realistic and detailed . It also came with specimens .

"I understand . Be careful while I go check it out . "

Chapter 503 Legend of the One eyed Giant 2 Translator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioThree in the afternoon, one hour after Link finished constructing the castle, a group came from the demon village in the distance . The leader was the elder from earlier . Looking down from the balcony, Link could see that the demons were anxious and restless . Something incredible seemed to have happened . When the group was around 100 feet away from the castle gates, they stopped . They paced before the door, wanting to approach it but seemingly stunned by the beautiful building looming over them . They debated there, wondering if they should enter . Standing on the balcony, Link wanted to laugh . White light flashed, and he appeared above the city walls . The demons below immediately noticed him . They fell silent and fell to their knees . Then the elder started yelling . This time, Link could mostly understand . God s highest messenger in the mortal world, I have a very, very important thing that may pertain to your safety that I must tell you . Link already guessed what he was going to say . He purposely waited a few seconds, scaring the demons so much that they started sweating . Finally, he drawled, Speak . His voice wasn t loud but sounded clear under the spell . The elder started yelling again, God s highest Enough, get to the point, Link interrupted . God God s messenger, I must tell you that the forest is the territory of the one eyed King Morophir . He is very strong and has a bad temper . He doesn t like it when people live in the forest The one eyed king actually had a name . That meant this guy really did exist . After thinking a bit, Link asked, Have you seen him before The elder and strong men beside him immediately nodded furiously . The elder even opened his arms wide in an exaggerated pose . Yes, yes . He s as tall as the mountain . When you stand below him, you can t even see his head . His arms are many times thicker than the waist of the red elephant . His slap can turn you into minced meat . He uses the trees as weapons . He can just pull up ancient trees that a group of people can t even embrace with linking arms . Then he waves the tree and hits anyone he sees . No one is his match . He has a lot of powerful underlings too His explanation was a bit exaggerated and filled with subjectively delusional descriptions . But when he spoke, the other demons all nodded in agreement . This meant that most of his words were objective . They probably really had seen Morophir before . When Link heard the last sentence, he couldn t help but smile . Fighting with trees is such a primitive way of fighting . This is probably a giant with endless strength . Judging from the measurements of the trees, he should be around 100 to 150 feet tall . Indeed, he s unstoppable for regular people . Thinking of this, he waved his hand . I see, he said . You can go back . Before the terrified townspeople could reply, Link waved his hand after speaking . He used the Dimensional Jump to send them back to the village . Returning to the castle, he saw that Gretel was telling horror stories to the demon children . They trembled in fear, curling into balls, but they loved the stories . They ended up shaking like quails, making Gretel giggle . Seeing that Link was back, the kids immediately stood and said in unison, Housekeeper . Gretel didn t think Link could discipline children too . She couldn t help but laugh again . After her laughter subsided, she asked, So there really is a one eyed king Yes . He s probably like a Mountain Giant . It has a name too Morophir, Link answered with a laugh . Mountain Giants were giant earth element creatures in Firuman . They were as big as a mountain and on average, above 120 feet tall . They also fought by pulling up trees and were terrifyingly strong . The earth element power within them was usually above Level 8 . To regular people, this was a god like existence . But as strong as they were, it was still mortal power . A Legendary figure could still kill thousands with one attack . In this case, Gretel didn t worry anymore . Chuckling, she said, Then I ll hand it over to you, house keeper . Link laughed awkwardly . After a pause, he said, I ll go fortify the castle . This wasn t to defend the one eyed king s direct attack . Rather, it was to protect against the shockwaves . Link went to work . Gretel seemed to really like these demon children . She had them gather around and started telling the horror story again . They were so scared they kept shaking . On the other hand, Link was outside the building . The castle used regular magic runestones around Level 4 . If a Level 4 figure kicked the stones with all their might, it would cause quite some damage . This was naturally insufficient against someone in Level 8 . Link used the Void Walk to fly around the castle, continuously slapping on runes . The walls were white ish before . After he circled it with runes a few times, a 20 centimeter thick, translucent, jade like shield appeared on the walls . This was Level 9 material . Even if the one eyed king attacked directly, it could last for a while . After this, Link turned to go study the meteorite . But after flying for a bit, he looked up at the sky . It was four in the afternoon . It was getting late and was dinnertime . Back in the day, before Gretel s power was sealed, this wouldn t be important . She could go one year without eating . Things were different now . She wasn t any stronger than the others she needed three meals per day to replenish her energy . With this in mind, Link flew into the forest . After a while, he carried back an animal like a wild goat . He first went to the creek not too far from the castle and treated the body with a spell . He separated the meat, bones, and tendons . Thinking back to the delicacies he d eaten before, he started making it with spells by the creek . It was overly luxurious to cook meat with a fire spell, but it was fast . Within ten seconds, the taste would settle so Link could experiment quickly . He was a perfectionist too and had to make everything perfect . The result was that Link tried 109 times within 15 minutes . He kept revising the recipe until he grasped the best fire and amount of spices for a rack of lamb . When the final result came out, Link tasted what he d made . He smacked his lips, very satisfied with the taste . It wasn t enough to just eat meat though . Link then found some edible plants by the creek . He used small water and fire spells to experiment dozens of times before getting nice results too . After finishing everything, Link flew back to the castle . Dinner time As he spoke, Link waved his hand . Dozens of elegant plates appeared on the long dining table in the castle . They were filled with food that looked delicious, all made by Link . Gretel brought the children over . She sat into the main seat and tasted Link s creation . Her eyes brightened and glanced at him, satisfied . Smiling, she said, Mm, not bad . Keep working hard . Link smiled wryly . It felt like he d doomed himself . However, he only had to wait until Gretel s power recovered . He didn t have to go for that long . Turning to the children, Gretel said, Kids, eat up . The five kids had been eyeing the food for a while . They wanted to just pounce onto the food, but with Link present, they didn t dare go too wild . They had to use the utensils and eat the delicious food bit by bit . They looked very careful . Link also ate some food . It was a small snack for him . When everyone was done eating, he used a cleaning spell to clean everything . Then he finally went to a quiet room in the top level of the castle to study the meteorite . The meteorite was dark purple and was room temperature to the touch . When he tapped it, it buzzed softly . It was very strange . Link cast a small Void Destruction fireball it exploded on the surface of the meteorite . After the flames disappeared, the meteorite remained unchanged . Even the temperature didn t change . An interesting rock, but what s the maximum temperature you can withstand If it really could be used as a buffer, Link estimated that it must be able to withstand at least a Level 20 attack to create a sufficient buffer for the singularity explosion . Level 20 was god level power . Link couldn t do it by himself, but he could use a magic seal to demonstrate it . Of course, the magic seal would be complicated and consume many materials . This was necessary to experiment though . Link put away the meteorite and took out all sorts of material . He started constructing the high level magic seal in the room . It was very, very difficult to create a Level 20 magic seal when he was at Level 11 . Link put in everything he knew while using up all the precious material he had . After spending five days, he finally created a large magic seal . It took up most of the room . It contained more than 10,000 rune wheels, all sorts of techniques, all the magical knowledge Link had, and the thin piece of time . Link placed the meteorite onto the experiment rune and then started feeding Dragon Power to the magic seal . He couldn t accomplish it so easily . In reality, the magic seal would consolidate his Level 11 power to Level 20 . Even if he wanted a shred of Level 20 power, Link needed to add in a tremendous amount of Dragon Power . Link kept inputting power . One hour, two hours, three At ten hours, the large magic seal was still unresponsive . The only change was that the runes were a bit brighter . I need at least two million Legendary Dragon Power points to get a bit of Level 20 power . I hope no accidents happen . If the magic seal failed, and all that Dragon Power exploded at once, the castle would be demolished . That would suck . The only good thing was that Gretel had taken the kids to pick medicinal herbs and weren t inside the castle . Link could experiment without concern . This magic seal required two million Dragon Power points . However, this didn t mean that a shred of Level 20 power would equal two million Dragon Power points . In reality, a true Level 20 figure would think that this magic seal was extremely crude . A lot of power was wasted during the entire process . Link himself estimated that 99 . 9 of power was wasted . Only 0 . 1 of Dragon Power would be converted into Level 20 power . Link sighed . In the end, I m still not knowledgeable enough . After resting, he continued feeding in power for another five hours . When the five hours were close to an end, a tiny almost insignificant bit of power appeared at the end of the magic seal . The power seemed solid and was as thin as a needle . It was white and not very bright, but glancing at it, it felt piercing to the eye . Link didn t dare to look for long . He quickly averted his eyes . This bit of power was scattering as soon as it appeared . From Link s estimates, if it scattered one centimeter, it would completely degrade into regular power . This kind of power was useless in a battle it could only be used for experiments . It streaked across the meteorite . Then with a poof, the dark purple meteorite collapsed into a bunch of bubbling purple liquid . It couldn t resist the Level 20 power at all . Link was greatly disappointed . The meteorite wasn t strong enough at all . It was so far away, but this was the strongest material Link had . He couldn t replace it, so he had to improve it . How Alchemy and enchantments were the only options . If he wanted alchemy, he d have to ask Gretel, but she hadn t recovered yet This was a bottleneck . Link thought some more and decided to find Gretel . He would help her recover first . He had given Gretel a tracking rune, so he just teleported over . With a few flashes of light, he was beside Gretel . She was in a forest a few miles away . When Link reached her, she was staring at a huge footprint . Seeing Link come, Gretel said, The footprint is fresh . From the looks of things, this guest is at least 300 tons . It s even bigger than a Mountain Giant . Link glanced over . The footprint was about two feet deep, 15 feet long, and six feet wide . There were two toes, and the two footprints were around 60 feet apart . Indeed very big . Should we go look Link asked . Gretel shook her head quickly . I don t want to keep you back . You go Here, I drew all the herbs I need . If you see them along the way, take them for me . The more, the better . Link took the paper and skimmed it . The drawings were very realistic and detailed . It also came with specimens . I understand . Be careful while I go check it out .

Chapter end