Chapter 351: Back To The Capital
Chapter 351: Back To The Capital
Another week passed by since Angus successfully opened the second Gate of Life. Apparently, the technique Gate of Life is one of the most secret techniques practiced by the dwarf race.
Angus hears from Elder Forgus not everyone could practice such a technique and manages to open the second gate. Depending on the person, opening the Gate of Life has various effects on their surroundings.
Among all the recorded effects, Angus's gate opening effect is the rarest one. It is called the Soul Fire phenomenon. The person who opens the gate of life will release strong hot energy.
Like a fire made of soul, this hot energy is very destructive, wild, and could never be extinguished. In ancient times, many cases of Dwarf strongholds were famous for their defense getting destroyed by this phenomenon.
Angus also learns some superstitious myths that say that only a dwarf that can manifest soul fire could become the Dwarf King.
Hence, there is a law that whenever the Soul Fire phenomenon occurs, all the dwarf needs to help contain it. Moreover, the person will also be respected among the dwarves for eternity.
Gaining the respect of this hard rock stubborn race is very hard. Some even needed to help and donate many times before they could become a dwarf's friend. But, to earn the respect of all over the race is a different matter. It is akin to being their hero.
After Angus' matter is settled down, Elder Forgus and his people stay for a few days before returning home, leaving Angus to adapt to his new strength. Currently, Angus is training hard to regain control over his body.
After opening the gate of life, his control is very messed up. He couldn't even move without breaking things. Even the hardened stone floor cracked under his careless step. After checking his status panel, he finally knows why his control over his body is very messed up.
Host: Angus Victory
Age: 17 Years Old
MP: 618/618
Chi: 386
Heritage chi: ???
Strength: 53
Dexterity: 52
Intelligence: 51
Vitality: 50
Soul Point: 389.142
Soul Reserve: 724
After opening the second Gate of Life, Angus's strength increased by three points and dexterity by two points. The increase of three points is huge and really messes up his control. Angus guesses it will take months to get back into his previous perfect control.
Until then, he couldn't even increase his strength and dexterity anymore. At least until Angus regains some basic control over his body. Now, Angus is sweating, trying to lift a peanut using chopsticks.
In his surroundings, there are thousands of broken chopstick marks for his hard training. This training may seem simple, but for the current Angus situation, it is very hard to lift a peanut with chopsticks without breaking it or crushing the chopstick.
Not only does it need control over his strength, but it also requires a precise power to lift the peanut, or it will fall. Angus also stopped his research and experiment in making Magic Guns.
With his current body condition, let alone making Magic Guns, even making a single piece of throwing dagger is already hard for him, much less such a finest product like Magic Gun.
*Crack* "Damn it!! Another failure!!" said Angus as he also started getting frustrated after a thousand times of breaking chopsticks.
After calming his mind and shaking hands, Angus continued his training. If he wants to have basic control over his body, he needs to be able to pass this training.
Otherwise, it will take more time to gain his superb control like before. While Angus is training, Jayna and Anna are also training on their own beside him.
Looking at Angus training with chopsticks to lift peanuts, "Big sis.. Big sis… Why is Angus playing the chopstick?" asked Anna while still wearing full metal armor.
"Anna, Angus is not playing with the chopstick. He is training to control his body." said Jayna.
"Ehh… Did Angus's body going to explode like a bubble?" asked Anna weirdly.
"Err.. I don't think so. Anna, why don't you go back to your training now." said Anna.
At this moment, Anna comes towards Angus' side and picks up the chopstick while lifting the peanut easily.
"Ehh.. What's so fun playing with chopsticks and peanuts?? Weird Angus." remarked Anna.
Hearing Anna's remark combined with his pent-up frustration, "That's it!! *Bonk* Come with me, I will burst you like a bubble!!" said Angus while hitting Anna's head.
"Ouch.. It hurts.. It hurts!!" cried Anna while getting dragged by Angus towards the training ground.
Later everyone could hear Anna's cry from getting beaten up by Angus. After being satisfied, punishing the little troublemaker Angus back to his frustrated training.
"Well, at least my mana control is also not getting messed up or I really don't know what to do." said Angus while having a long sigh.
At the same time, Jayna could only shake her head at Angus and Anna's interaction. She is already getting used to their rough interaction.
Another week passed by uneventfully. Currently, both Angus, Jayna, and Anna are leaving the Black Fortress and returning to the capital city. As much as they do not want to go back and separate, they still need to go back to the academy and report about their mission.
The journey towards the capital is quite long and takes about a few weeks with their current carriage speed. Since they are not in a hurry, they decide to enjoy their time while looking around the surroundings.
This is also one of Angus' opportunities to enjoy his time with Jayna while traveling. They feel like a small family having a trip without worrying about anything.
However, during the war, Angus often heard rumors about some diplomatic failure launched by the Heart Kingdom towards the surrounding nation. This shows the nearby nation is neither want to get involved with the Heart Kingdom nor even want the Heart Kingdom itself.
Knowing this, Angus begins to feel that more headache is going to come after he arrives at the capital. But, no matter what happens, he will never surrender Jayna to anyone, even if he is going to destroy the other kingdom by himself.
As a high noble, Angus knows the true strength of the Heart Kingdom. Currently, if they are going all out, they could even raze the Nergal Kingdom to the ground in only a few days. However, they couldn't do that since the world alliance would never allow such an act.
Although the world alliance with the elf kingdom as its head never interferes with the kingdom's affair, they really condemn the act of completely eradicating a kingdom as it could decrease the overall power of the civilian society.
Destroying a big nation and kingdom as big as the Nergal Kingdom is a no-go from the start. Hence, it makes the Heart Kingdom passive since it also couldn't launch the attack first.
However, if the war breaks out, the other country will definitely not stay still and try to get a piece of juicy meat from the Heart Kingdom. Even in the end, they couldn't destroy the Heart Kingdom. They could still weaken the Heart Kingdom and get some of their resources.
This is why Angus always tries not to get involved with the war itself. But, after hearing that, even Jayna needs to be used as a political tool. Angus feels like razing all this kingdom to know their place.
Thinking about this, Angus gave a long sigh, "Haa… In the worst case, I will go towards the front line and kill all those that stand in my way." muttered Angus.
Soon, they finally arrive at the capital city. To their surprise, everyone besides Angus, Jayna, and Anna has already arrived at the capital city and finished their graduation mission.
They decide to go back to their respective places first before going towards the Royal Academy separately tomorrow. The next day, Angus goes towards the Royal Academy after wearing his noble attire and the academy uniform.
Entering the royal academy, Angus immediately goes towards Spring Dorm to find his friend and Jayna. Arriving at the Spring Dorm, he finds some people inside the Spring Dorm perimeter.
"Ehh.. why are there some outsiders here?" muttered Angus before going to the garden where everyone is currently at.
"What are you suddenly launching an attack on Anna? " yelled Jayna.
"Shut up, kid!! You should be glad that I killed that monster in human skin for you before she became trouble." said a man wearing armor.
Hearing the person remark, Angus couldn't help but hide his presence and observe the man.
"Umm.. Sir Sid, please stop this. Anna is only a child." said Millie.
"Child!! Don't be fooled by her appearance. She may look like a child, but she is a monster inside." said Sid, the armored man.
"Anna is the guarantee by His Majesty that she will not cause trouble. Do you doubt His Majesty King Leon's order?" said Jayna coldly.
"Tch.. Who cares about a king from the nation. You are nothing in front of the Temple of Death. Now, move aside, or I will kill you too for concluding with that monster.." rebuked Sid.