The disputes between Kingdoms are the undercurrents hidden under the peaceful life. Ordinary people know nothing about it. They can only wait for the great changes to come and go with the flow.
The arrival of the God's Birthday has made the city of Sino flourish.
The two consecutive cleansing of the "big rats" in the city, coupled with the intensive patrols of the night watchmen, have also made the public security much better during this period.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Karl.
He has been busy moving and cleaning up the new house recently, and he also has to thank others for the gifts sent by others for the relocation. Even Adolf's manor outside the city has rarely been visited.
There are also breathing methods, martial arts, meditation methods, witchcraft, brewing potions...
All cannot be delayed.
The daily schedule is full, and he declined all the gatherings of colleagues on the God's Birthday.
Fragment of the Divine Domain.
Karl took the secret medicine, twisted his body into a weird posture, and began to practice the poisonous wolf breathing method.
Not long after, a layer of fine sweat appeared on the surface of his skin, veins on his forehead and neck were bulging, and his breathing became rapid.
The blood in his body seemed to be boiling, and the heartbeat seemed to be about to break through the chest cavity, thumping.
For a long time.
"Huh..."
Karl stopped his movements, exhaled lightly, and waved his hand to call for the data panel.
Name: Karl (Lord of the Divine Domain Fragment)
Constitution: 0.82
Mental Power: 1.43
Source: 0
Occupation: Knight Squire, Junior Wizard Apprentice
Mental power increased steadily, approaching the intermediate wizard apprentice, and even the original 0.79 constitution has risen to 0.82 after this period of tempering.
The change in data made Karl smile.
"Exotic beast meat is still useful."
That's right.
Thanks to Karl's continuous funding, Aya's team has now established a firm foothold in Black City.
He even used his connections to buy several portions of exotic beast meat.
For Karl, who had never taken exotic beast meat before, the effect of taking it for the first time was comparable to the first time he took the Light of Wisdom, and his physical fitness increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"If the seal hadn't taken away half of my blood qi, my current physical fitness would probably be 0.84."
Don't underestimate this 0.02 increase.
Physical fitness data includes strength, burst, speed, recovery, etc. It is an overall value, and a slight difference will make a big difference in external performance.
And it will be more difficult to increase as time goes by. Some knights and squires may not make any progress in months of training.
Picking up the broadsword beside him, Karl stepped forward and slashed down suddenly.
Furious attack!
The sword wind whistled.
The strength has obviously increased a lot.
In the past, when performing the combat skill Fierce Wind Slash, there would be a clear sense of exhaustion, but now it is much better, and there is no need to worry about not having the strength to fight again after performing the combat skill.
If the physical fitness exceeds 0.9, then as a man, his pure strength may be stronger than Dinah.
"But what Old Lev said is true. The existence of the seal will seriously hinder the practice of the Knight's Path."
"Unless there is a steady supply of exotic beast meat, it is almost impossible for a knight's Squire with a seal to condense a life seed and be promoted to a knight."
Karl stopped and thought.
"Maybe..."
"It is still necessary to build a spell model of the fire seal in the inner sea of the spirit, and then temper the body after removing the seal."
This has two advantages.
First, he can continue to walk the path of knights, but this is not important. After all, it seems that the upper limit of the wizard's path is higher.
Second, there is no need to buy spell models from Adolf to avoid exposing his strength.
If he can get a few more seals from the other world, he doesn't have to worry about the lack of witchcraft and spells in the future.
It is not impossible for him to secretly be promoted to an intermediate wizard apprentice or a senior wizard apprentice one day.
"That's it!"
Shaking his head, Karl stopped daydreaming: "It's useless to think about these things now. Let's first replicate the spell model of the Fire Seal. That's the real thing."
…
A few days later, in the Black City.
"The biggest force in Black City is the City Guard. This team of hundreds of people is personally managed by the City Lord."
"The ten captains of the City Guard are all knights, and the captain-in-chief Hal is a peak knight with two seals, second only to the City Lord in strength."
Aya explained.
"Some people are gifted and can have two seals, but there are very few of them."
Karl nodded.
According to his analysis, seals consume physical fitness and mental strength.
People in this world have not practiced meditation, and their mental strength is insufficient, so they can usually only have one seal.
But it cannot be ruled out that some people are gifted and can have two seals.
As for the City Lord...this person is very mysterious. No one knows his true strength, and even very few have seen his true face, but everyone knows that he is the number one master in Black City. He is very likely a great knight.
"The City Guards are very strong, but it is impossible for them to manage the entire Black City, especially after so many years of excavation and mining. The underground secret passages are like a maze, and there are many half-dead creatures and strange beasts entrenched. They don't have so much energy." Aya said.
"So except for a few large rich mines, other mines are controlled by different forces. The City Guards will ask them for black stones at a fixed time and quantity every month."
"As long as they give enough black stones, the other City Guards will not care about them at all, and there will even be rewards. If the black stones handed over are not enough, they will be severely punished."
"In addition to the City Guards, there are a total of four forces in Black City that have knights, namely the Betty Family, the Whisperers of the Wind, the Brotherhood, and the Shadow Alliance. They will also compete with each other for the black stones."
"Hmm..."
"The group of people we met a few days ago was the Brotherhood chasing the big boss of the Scythe Society. Now there is no Scythe Society."
Karl touched his chin and asked: "How many knights are there in these four forces?"
"How many?" Aya shook her head: "The Betty Family has the most knights, only three, and the others seem to have only one as far as I know."
"But these are Knights we are talking about, how can there be so many?"
Hearing this, Karl's heart was relieved.
As long as they were not Peak knights, there would not be much pressure for him.
As for the forces without knights, there was no need to care too much. Not to mention whether the peak knight squire was his opponent, he could escape even if he could not beat him.
Then the group of people separated.
The broken crimson moon still hung in the sky.
The dark night enveloped the city, and there was silence all around.
Karl's figure appeared in the ruins again, looking at the corner where the goods were originally placed, his face changing back and forth.
He bent down and picked up a handful of soil, looked at it for a while and hummed lightly, took out some white powder from his body and sprinkled it around.
Revealing powder!
This is a powder commonly used by wizard apprentices, which can reveal the traces left by living things in the past period of time.
As the powder fell, some footprints that should not appear here appeared in front of him.
"Investigating my identity?"
"Or do you want to know where the goods I sent are from? Or probably where did I go during the few days I disappeared?"
"Is it Aya? Or someone else?"
Although Karl deliberately purchased low-quality black bread, milk, and meat strips, the rich food was enough to arouse the curiosity of others, and interests always drive people's hearts.
It's not surprising that someone is secretly investigating.
It's just that world hopping is his biggest secret, and it's also his weak spot. He will never allow any outsider to know it, even if it's just prying.
"I hope it's not Aya..."
"Otherwise, I can only change the agent."
At the beginning of the transaction, Karl told Aya not to ask about his secrets, otherwise don't blame him for being rude.