Volume 1: Stranger in a Strange Land Chapter 44 Letter
The Wald family's ancestor can be traced back to the ancient Blackwater King who triggered the Corrupted Moon Undead Tide a thousand years ago. Both the King's Bandit Ceremony and the Eternal Gift are the secret inheritances passed down by the Wald family over the years, in order to one day restore the former glory of the Blackwater Kingdom.
Relying on the King's Ritual to obtain the power and strength of the God King Oka in ancient mythology, and then relying on the Eternal Gift to create an army of the dead that never sleeps, never stops, and is absolutely loyal. This was the plan Simon proposed to Vincent in the Silver Mine more than 20 years ago to lay the foundation for the new Blackwater Kingdom.
In fact, this plan was originally planned to be implemented that year, but Simon and Vincent went down to the deepest part of the Holy Tomb and found seven seals that sealed the wraith of the Corrupted Moon. They also learned from the stone tablet in front of the seals that a thousand years ago, two members of the Trial Seat, the Black Swordsman and the Jackdaw, died there in order to seal the wraith of the Walder ancestor.
The inscription ends with a warning to future generations that the seal here cannot be opened within a thousand years, otherwise no one will be able to control that power.
The two people who felt the powerful force in the seal chose to leave and decided to take a long-term approach.
And until now, the deadline described on the stone tablet has arrived...
"So, help me like you used to, okay?"
Duke Simon asked Vincent.
Vincent reminded:
"But will it succeed? The King Bandit Ceremony arrangement under the Silver Stream Mine has been discovered, and the Chief Judge is likely to come and sabotage the ceremony halfway through."
In this regard, Duke Simon said confidently:
"The ritual arrangement under the Silver Stream Mine was just my secondary preparation. Now that it's been discovered, it's just a smokescreen. I've already prepared the real ritual."
"Where?"
Vincent asked in confusion, he had never heard of preparations for a second ceremony.
"It's in the deepest part of the Holy Tomb, in the tomb with seven seals."
Duke Simon answered frankly.
It was also the planned location for the Eternal Gift to be performed.
"Are you planning to conduct the Eternal Ceremony and the King's Ceremony together?"
Vincent asked incredulously.
Even a wizard apprentice knows that because magic powers of different natures will interfere with each other's conversion, large-scale magic above a certain scale cannot be performed at the same time.
But Duke Simon nodded and replied:
"Once the Eternal Ceremony begins, magic will be gathered from the millions of corpses in the Thorn City Cemetery, resonating into a miniature underworld. In this way, even without the energy provided by the Skull Temple, there will be enough magic fuel to complete the King's Ceremony. Believe me, I have made all the preparations."
"Then how are you going to balance the conflict between the two large-scale magics? You know, the main parts of their rituals are in the same tomb."
Vincent demanded.
"There is a way. With the help of the three goddesses, the magical properties of the Wang Kou ritual magic can be adjusted to a level similar to the Eternal Gift..."
Simon said this as he slowly removed the magic medium that had been blocking his connection with the Moon Spirit.
"Any questions?"
Vincent was silent for a while and then asked:
"Who is the sacrifice for the King's Ceremony? Is it the useless person you have been keeping in the dungeon?"
Ten years ago, Duke Simon secretly brought an unknown illegitimate child of the imperial family to the dungeon of the Rose Palace. At that time, Vincent thought that Simon was planning to use this illegitimate child as a wedge to participate in the intricate royal factional struggle in the Platinum Palace.
However, for many years, Duke Simon had never made any further moves except keeping the child in the dungeon. He had neither trained him as an heir nor used him to secretly contact the royal faction.
It was a long time before Vincent realized that this child with royal blood could barely meet the requirements of the Wang Kou ceremony as he had a very small chance of inheriting the throne of the empire.
But as the judge said before, ritual magic focuses on the degree of restoration of the myth. So if a bastard who has only a slight chance of becoming the emperor of the empire plays the role of the mythical god king, even if the ritual can eventually succeed, how much effect will it have?
“He’s part of the ritual.”
Simon answered briefly but did not explain much.
Seeing his confident look, Vincent hesitated for a while, and finally nodded slowly:
"So, what do you want me to do?"
"Time is running out. We need to complete the ritual before the Divine Realm Mage reacts. Go to the observatory of the Star Lighthouse now and don't worry about anything else. All the rituals will be completed tonight. After that, I will tell you how to unlock the authority of the Star Lighthouse's tower keeper. You need to be promoted to Legend before the Star Council reacts. It's that simple."
"So that means I don't need to do anything, I just need to go there and be a hostage?"
Vincent asked.
"If you don't do this, the old turtle won't dare to go to the Holy Tomb. After the ceremony begins, he won't have a chance to react, so you just need to wait there for my news."
Duke Simon replied.
Each star lighthouse needs a legendary level, or at least a near-legendary level magic caster as the tower keeper, responsible for the management of the magic network within the local area.
The authority of the tower keeper is granted by the Star Council and is adjusted every five years.
Because the observatory on the top of the tower leads directly to the star realm , it is the best holy place for magic casters to practice. The Star Council will also specially select magic casters close to the legendary realm as tower guards to help them break through to the legendary realm.
The tower keeper was allowed to leave the observatory for a short time in an emergency, but he had to find someone of the same realm to take his place. If an unauthorized person entered the observatory to manage the magic network on his behalf, the life and death of that person would be entirely up to the tower keeper with authority.
Vincent looked at Duke Simon, was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.
It was dangerous, but he had done many more dangerous things in the past twenty years.
"But this time I have one condition."
Vincent said.
In Duke Simon's memory, this was the first time he had proposed conditions to him, but Simon still nodded and said:
"You said, as long as it is possible, I will agree to it."
"Protect my daughter Liliana until this turmoil ends."
Duke Simon looked into Vincent's eyes and answered solemnly:
"I promise."
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Watching Vincent leave, the star that symbolized the nightmare maid in Simon's etheric domain asked him:
"Since you have promised him, why don't you give him the letter?"
"And tell him that his daughter's soul fell into the Nightmare Swamp?"
Simon shook his head.
"If he knew about this, do you think he would still go to the Star Lighthouse as I planned?"
"So you just lied to him like that? How cruel! Not long ago you said that his worth was far greater than others."
The laughter of the nightmare maid came over.
"It was your men who dragged his daughter's soul to the Nightmare Swamp. Did you do this on purpose?"
"How is that possible? It was just a coincidence that we met that day... And didn't you say that as long as his daughter was gone, he would become a warrior again? I'm helping you find the warrior you once were."
Simon closed his eyes after hearing this, and after a long while he said:
"No longer necessary... The Blackwater Kingdom will not need warriors like him in the future."
