Free Web NovelChapter 27: 100x Return: Rise of the Blackstone Legion
DING!
[LOVE AND POSSESSIVENESS Reward Granted]
[100x Return Triggered]
The reward has exceeded its original value.
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Path of Ascension Package ×100
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Obtained:
10,000 Body Tempering Breakthrough Potions
1,000 Iron Breakthrough Potions
100 Bronze Breakthrough Potions
1,000 Gold Coins
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A force capable of producing:
• 10,000 Iron Realm Knights
• 1,000 Bronze Realm Knights
• 100 Silver Realm Knights
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[Perfect Realm Stabilization Effect Preserved]
[All Breakthrough Potions Remain 100% Safe]
[Reward Upgraded Successfully]
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"Awesome" I blurted out after seeing the insane rewards. But as I remembered system words, my mood calmed down slightly.
"I hope next time stone will not come out" I prayed to goddess of luck, then told the maid to summon everyone in the territory to Time Chamber.
After that I also headed towards it.
As Luke was going alone while singing song, he didn’t know that his order had created mass panic among everyone.
"What’s happened?, will the lord punish us or gonna fire us?"
Many people thought about this, but they still obliged and moved toward the Time Chamber with worried face.
Aurielle, Margaret, Elmund and Osric got confused, still they also followed.
Only mages and Aurora were left alone outside.
Aurora, seeing all this, got down to ground and started drawing circle with a stick while muttering.
"Lord doesn’t want me anymore"
Elena and other mages gave her a weird look, then they settled down and awaited their master.
"Definitely that crazy wife has done something" They completely ignored Aurora’s complaints.
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Inside Time Chamber:
I looked toward everyone and nodded, then said with a loud voice.
"I have got some resources, which will allow everyone to reach next realm."
"....."
A pin drop silence, because I have said something incredible to all the people present, which is 142 of mansion remaining persons and others are my summon legions.
Even they got shocked.
I ignored their reactions and gave each of them the breakthrough potion.
THUD.
"Thank you lord, for you we are prepard to offer our lives" Everyone knelt together, even maids, then they shouted together to declare their faith.
I looked at everyone’s expressions and can see it. "It is sincere" I nodded, then also gave Elmund, who is still Body Tempering realm, and Osric, who is peak Bronze Knight.
After everyone took their potion, they moved to find suitable locations, as Mana Well has increased mana concentration in whole surrounding.
"I know, its definitely her" Aurielle suddenly came from behind and said in my ear.
"Haha" I laughed and also gave her an Iron Knight breakthrough potion.
She looked at the potion glass vial, which was shimmering with black-silver light, then she leaned and kissed me.
"ahhh" I got surprised, as there are many people, but after a moment she separated and gave me a small wink, before getting close to Mana Well.
"Sigh" I shook my head and headed in the same direction as well.
I settled after finding a good location.
GULP.
Then I gulped down the body temper breakthrough potion in one go.
At first... nothing.
Just a dull heaviness settling in my stomach.
But then—
A faint warmth stirred.
Like a single ember waking up in the depths of my body.
"ahhh."
The whisper escaped my lips without meaning to.
The warmth turned into heat.
Then into burning.
BOOM.
My eyes widened as the potion fully activated.
It isn’t just heat anymore—it is a raging current.
Aether and mana erupted inside me like a storm breaking loose from a sealed dam.
"Ugh—!"
I clenched my jaw as my body jerked forward. freēwebnovel.com
Veins across my arms and neck bulged violently, dark lines glowing faintly as mana flooded through channels that were never meant to handle this much pressure.
Crack... crack...
My bones responded first.
As they start *re-forging*.
Every fracture, every impurity I never knew existed was being forcefully crushed and rebuilt under the potion’s will.
My muscles tightened next.
Fibers twisting, compressing, expanding again—like steel being hammered in a furnace.
My heartbeat thundered in my ears.
THUMP—THUMP—THUMP.
Each pulse pushed more mana through my body.
Head → Heart → Limbs → Dantian.
The circulation instinct I had learned earlier activated on its own.
But this time... it was different.
More faster and more heavier.
Like something inside me was demanding to be come outside.
"My body... is reaching its limit..."
I gritted my teeth as sweat poured down my face.
Then—
Something inside my dantian *collapsed inward*.
The process of compression.
Everything—blood, mana, will, instinct, fighting spirit—was being pulled into a single point.
A tiny and fragile black-silver grain began to form.
But infinitely dense.
"Aether Seed..."
The words surfaced in my mind instinctively.
And the moment it appeared—
BOOM!!
A shockwave erupted through my body.
Every vein lit up.
Every muscle surged.
Every bone vibrated as if answering the Aether seed command.
Pain exploded for a brief instant—
then vanished instantly and replaced by absolute clarity.
My breathing slowed while my heartbeat stabilized.
And the pressure in my body... settled.
The Aether Seed rotated gently in my dantian, like a sleeping sun.
Then—
It pulsed.
WOOOOOM.
A wave of power swept through me, washing over every part of my body.
My skin shed a thin layer of black impurities instantly.
My senses sharpened as my strength multiplied.
My mana circulation stabilized at a completely different level. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
I slowly opened my eyes.
A faint silver-black aura flickered around my body before fading into my skin.
"...so this is Iron Knight."
I flexed my fingers. The air around them trembled slightly.
Not because I was releasing power—
but because my body could no longer contain it as before.
A faint smile formed on my lips.
"Finally... I’ve crossed the threshold."
I stood up slowly.
CRACK.
The ground beneath me cracked from a single step.
Again this short term power gain. I shook my head.
Then my gaze sharpened as I looked ahead.
The world felt... lighter and more clearer than before, as I could see the grass clearly and could even hear people’s pained voices as well.
"Seems like many are still in breakthrough process," I muttered as I surveyed my surroundings.
Then I felt somewhere deep inside my dantian—
the Aether Seed pulsed once more.
As if reminding me.
This is only the beginning.
"Good," I smiled.
"Though many people still call it mana, even after the Aether Seed formed," I said while releasing the energy around my body which felt in better control. "I will call it aether from now on."
After that I took a shower in the Healing Spring, as its water cleans itself very fast, then waited for others to complete their breakthrough as well.
BOOM BOOM BOOM.
One by one many auras released throughout the chamber, as finally everyone finished their breakthrough.
"Huh..., all maids have broken through to Iron Knight Realm," I said then calculated.
Now I have Blackstone Legion,
BLACKSTONE LEGION :
1,000 Early Iron Knights
100 Early Bronze Knights
10 Early Silver Knights
1 Peak Silver Knight (Aurora)
Plus those territory guards also ranked up, which will increase the security more.
"Ok everyone, take a short break, then we will clear some bandits who are stopping or harassing the people from coming into our territory."
I said to everyone.
"YES SIR!!!" they replied energetically.
[Chapter End]
