Chapter 1026 - Animated Castle
Chapter 1026 Animated Castle
Kerslin Castle was a castle in name, but in truth, it was a massive living area stretching for thousands of kilometers.
Many beautiful villas and exquisite mansions were everywhere.
Farmers in linen garments could be seen everywhere, with their heads lowered as they worked in the fields. Happy and satisfied smiles could also be seen on the faces of the cart-drivers as they rode down the road with their wagons full of cargo.
It was a land that had not experienced the fires of war in several thousand years after all. Any adept clan war that broke out would make sure to steer clear of Kerslin Castle, making sure that they would not affect the civilians of this land. Most of the time, life here was bliss!
The black carriage that Greem and Laurent rode appeared to have the insignia of the Zhentarim Association. As such, all carts and carriages along the way moved aside and let them pass by before returning to the road.
The pedestrians that saw the black carriage bowed and paid their respects and admiration, with reverence written all over their faces.
Judging from the longbows on their backs and the longswords at their waists, these were mercenaries that made a living through adventure. Some apprentice adepts in gray robes could also be seen amongst these mercenaries, holding magic tomes or short wands in their hands.
What Laurent didn’t know was that Greem was even more shocked and stunned at the moment.
This place was not an ordinary noble’s castle, after all! It was a massive structure several square kilometers in size, which contained tons of massive stones. To animate a gigantic structure such as this and make it awaken to thought and intelligence akin to that of humans– this was far beyond Greem’s expectations.
He had been slightly suspicious even after seeing the conclusion provided by the Chip’s scan and analysis, but he was certain of the truth when he saw Laurent’s expression.
What a bold move, what a strange trick; those Fourth Grade adepts truly couldn’t be underestimated!
Perhaps because the identity of the castle had been seen through, the calm and mysterious energy around Greem suddenly started resonating. The energy then spoke with a humming voice that only Greem could hear, “Welcome, human adept. You are the 3,276th visitor I have had since my consciousness was born. Yet, you are also the only person who managed to see through my identity. I seem to smell the scent of a compatriot similar to myself on you!”
The voice was deep and clamorous, almost like the sound that would be created from the vibrations of two stones rubbing against each other.
“Setting aside any external factors, I like you very much, human adept. To express my favor, I have decided to give you First Class status authority. Said directive has been opposed by 27 people and approved by 0 people. Kerslin’s directive has been rejected. Kerslin has decided to give you Second Class status authority. There are 119 people opposed, 0 people have approved. However, Second Class status authority bestowal is within Kerslin’s autonomy. Opposition ineffective. Directive will be executed immediately!”
The mysterious energy surrounding Greem started to boil like water as this strange animated lifeform spoke to itself.
[Beep. Detecting foreign energy connection. Said connection is an open, no-attribute energy channel. No Spirit attachments or safety hazards have been detected upon examination. Requesting instructions from host. Connect?]
“Connect!”
Upon sending the order to connect, Greem’s Spirit that had been suppressed within three meters of himself abruptly loosened. His spiritual senses could once again freely take in everything within a hundred meters of himself.
There was also some scattered information contained within the strange energy. Some of this information seemed to contain the internal magical messages of the Association.
“…has Kerslin gone mad? Why is he giving an outsider Third Class status authority?”
“I am making an emergency call to Master Klinsmann. He will give us an explanation.”
“Stop using the low-density channel already. That guy already has Third Class authority. He might be able to hear what we are saying.”
“Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! If that’s the case, then that bastard’s authority is already higher than my own!”