Free Web NovelChapter 147: Chapter 138: Legendary Sanctuary
The silk felt delicate and smooth to the touch. While he couldn’t identify the material, it was undoubtedly a luxury item.
The script was written in the latest version of the common tongue, the handwriting neat and elegant. As they say, you can judge a person by their penmanship.
Levi surmised that this Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual was likely copied by the Saintess herself.
Honestly, Levi had no idea why they hadn’t used perfectly good parchment, insisting instead on the old-fashioned use of silk.
’Could it be that this Saintess isn’t the eighteen-year-old girl I imagined, but an old woman who could be my grandmother, hence her nostalgia?’
Tucking it away, Levi planned to study it carefully later.
In truth, there was one thing he really didn’t understand. Many schools and professions had vanished throughout history because of the Magic Tide.
But by now, the concentration of Magic Elements in the air had become countless times denser. The very fact that Sophia could use the Transformation Technique was proof enough.
Although the Transformation Technique couldn’t compare to Legendary Magic, which consumed immense amounts of Magic Power, the ambient magic it required was still far from trivial.
Magic was now growing more concentrated, so why were Holy Knights—a class that once dominated an era—still in decline?
"By the way, why did the Radiant Paladins, who once defined an era, fall into their current state?" Levi asked curiously.
Unlike him—a complete ignoramus when it came to history—Liya had received a noble’s education from a young age and clearly knew more about these past secrets.
"The effect of the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual is to make the strong stronger and the weak weaker. And in that age when Holy Knights were plentiful, why do you suppose their basic physical power was so far beyond that of ordinary people?"
Liya said, leaving them in suspense.
Si Kai, who usually faded into the background, took the rare opportunity to speak up. "Was it because the Gods still revealed themselves back then? Did the Holy Knights’ devout prayers to the Holy Light Goddess earn them divine favor, boosting their physical power?"
"No, that’s only part of the reason."
Liya shook her head and revealed a secret unknown to everyone present:
"Back then, the Holy Light Church controlled a mine that produced a rare Magic Material called Dawn Blue Crystal. It only needed to be combined with other common Magic Materials and refined by Alchemists to create the famous Magic Potion—the Physical Limit Potion."
"This potion has almost no side effects, yet it can increase the physical power of the most ordinary human by at least sixfold."
"And Knights whose bodies had been tempered through relentless training often saw even more staggering improvements."
"Do you have any idea how many times the famous Legendary Holy Knight Diaylot boosted his power with this potion alone?"
Before anyone could answer, Liya held up both her hands, an emotional look on her face.
"Tenfold? That’s not that much."
The Lord pursed his lips. His own strength had increased by more than ten times, so it seemed he had a shot at becoming a Legendary Powerhouse as well.
"A hundred times! A full one hundred times!" Liya let out a long sigh. "Coupled with the boosts from mastering the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual and various Divine Magics, after he ascended to the Legendary realm, he single-handedly slaughtered a Thunder Giant."
The Lord silently took back his earlier words. It seemed he still had a long way to go before he could become a Legendary Powerhouse.
"I’ve heard some stories about the Holy Knight Diaylot, but I never knew about these hidden legends," Si Kai said with a look of utter admiration.
Diaylot had lived nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, an era when Magic flourished. Giants, who were born with control over the sky, the earth, and the thunder, occupied Thunder Cliff.
Giant Dragons didn’t just breathe Dragon Breath; they were also masters of all sorts of incredibly powerful Magic.
All kinds of powerhouses emerged in an endless stream. Epic-level powerhouses were hailed as Demigods, while Legendary Powerhouses were strong enough to fight the Gods of legend.
However, as the Magic Tide receded, these powerful beings gradually vanished into the river of history.
"Once the Dawn Blue Crystal was completely mined out, the Holy Light Church couldn’t find a substitute. The Holy Knights, naturally, began their inevitable decline."
"After all, even if an ordinary person painstakingly mastered the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual, they would ’only’ get about a twelvefold boost," Liya said with a shrug.
One could only chalk it up to fate. The Holy Knight class had almost become the mainstream of an era; it wasn’t without its advantages, but its limitations were also significant.
Unlike Magic, which was timeless.
Everyone lamented that the Holy Knights shouldn’t have declined so quickly, but the Lord felt the most regret, constantly pounding the table and sighing in dismay.
’If I drank that so-called Physical Limit Potion... forget a hundredfold increase; even a boost of just a few times would make my base strength far greater than Diaylot’s.’
’Add mastering the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual to that, and voila, another Legendary Powerhouse would be born.’
’Expand my territory my ass! What couldn’t I get just by opening my mouth?’
’Princesses, Saintesses... even those Kings would probably be desperate to offer me their own Queens.’
’Dammit, I was born in the wrong era!’
The Lord was a classic case of never being satisfied: eating from his bowl while eyeing the pot and thinking about what was still in the kitchen.
He had clearly gotten the Radiant Holy Word Treasure Manual for free, yet he was still thinking how much better it would be if he also had the Magic Potion, sighing dramatically as if he’d just lost a hundred million.
After a brief discussion on magical history with the room full of what she considered, to a man, illiterates and brutes, Liya turned the topic with some curiosity. "By the way, Levi, I heard that High Cliff Castle went to slay a dragon. What’s the story there?"
There were many stories about High Cliff Castle in Bailiu City, but the one about slaying the dragon was by far the most popular.
After all, the very mention of dragon-slaying was enough to draw in listeners from every street and alley.
You could say humanity’s passion for dragon-slaying was practically etched into their very bones.
"Hah! It was just like something out of a Knightly Novel. I led my band of good-for-nothing subordinates to crush the Giant Dragon’s minions, then traveled day and night to reach the Dragon’s Nest. After an unimaginably fierce battle, we finally defeated the Evil Dragon."
The moment this topic came up, the Lord launched into his explanation with great enthusiasm.
Combined with his bewitching tone, he was the spitting image of a proselytizing cultist.
Si Kai, who had been trying his best to remain invisible, finally couldn’t hold back any longer. He felt compelled to poke holes in the Lord’s story.
"My Lord, pardon my impertinence, but where is the Giant Dragon, then?"
Whether you killed the Giant Dragon or just defeated it, there should be some evidence left behind, not just stories circulating like now.
A Giant Dragon’s entire body is made of rare Magic Materials. If the Lord had killed it, it would be impossible for there to be no trace, whether he used the materials himself or sold them.
And as for defeating it? To defeat a Giant Dragon, you’d have to at least injure it, right? So where is the Dragon Blood? The Dragon Scales? freeweɓnøvel.com
Si Kai refused to believe this Lord was so wealthy he would simply ignore Magic Materials that could easily fetch hundreds or even thousands of Gold Coins.
