Chapter 613: Good News Year After Year
Different races have different lifespans. Take humans, Feathered Tribe, Dark Scale Tribe, Centaurs, and Night Elves for example. Night elves have the longest lifespan, with an average night elf living about 350 years.
Ordinary humans only have 120 years, ranking last among the five races.
It was not until the birth of wizards that this disadvantage was reversed. A first-level wizard can live to be 300 years old, a second-level wizard to be 400, a third-level wizard to be 500, an arcane wizard to be years old, and a Void King to be around years old.
Compared with the way of the wizard, the way of the knight is far inferior.
The life span of a third-level flying knight can be extended to 200 years at best.
Knight King, according to the remaining records of the Centaurs and Ivan's own calculations, the lifespan of a human Knight King should be between 500 and 600 years old, and this is even if he possesses the power inherited from the Star Ancestor of Justice.
Over the years, Ivan has taken great pains to help Jiushi and avoid seeing this beautiful woman who has always been by his side die early.
He used a series of formations successively, including the Black Demon Wind and Fire Formation, the Black Demon Fire Silk Formation, and the Black Demon Nirvana Fire Formation.
Jiushi was promoted from an apprentice to a formal wizard, and then to a second-level wizard several years later, and then to a third-level wizard. After barely reaching this step, there was no possibility for her to move forward on the path of wizardry.
Following Ivan's advice, she focused her training on the way of the knight. Now she is also a flying knight, but she is still a long way from the pinnacle of flying knighthood.
In the year 3163 of the Berta calendar, Jiushiti became pregnant with Ivan's child, and she simply forgot about her cultivation.
In her spare time, Jiushi would always find other women to show off her unborn baby, and even Lulucia, the Queen of Comor, was no exception.
"Jiusiti, I heard that you and the Black Flame King have known each other since you were very young?"
“Of course, we were born in the same small town, on a tidal island far away from the main continent. It is the ancestral land of mankind. At that time, he was not even a knight, but just a small knight squire.
In order to learn how to make medicine, he and I entered a medical clinic one after another. At first, I blamed him for stealing my opportunity, and we had a small conflict—"
"Oh, who learns better, you or him?"
"What do you think?"
"That's right. How could you possibly be comparable to the Black Flame King? What happened next?"
"Queen Lulucia, I have to correct you. I studied very hard in the beginning. If you don't believe me, go ask the King of Black Flame.
Later, we were bewitched and sent to a small island.
There lived a wizard with bad intentions on the island. We started to learn the wizard's meditation method. You don't know how scary it is there. Fortunately, I was smart and chose to ask the King of Black Flame for help—"
Through Jushiti's statement, Lulucia learned about the past of several people. It turned out that Jushiti and Pernia had already become friends with the Black Flame King.
What surprised her even more was that someone actually started out as a knight's squire, went through hardships all the way, and walked step by step to where he is today, and finally became the famous King of Black Flame.
She was speechless and felt an inexplicable envy towards Jiushiti's path of cultivation.
This woman was completely helped by the King of Black Flame. It is undeniable that Jiushi also tried her best, but her contribution was very small and could be ignored.
"What's that look in your eyes? I'm not as good as you, Queen Komori, in other aspects, but I'm definitely better than you in one aspect."
Seeing the obvious abnormality on Lulucia's face, Jiushi said it confidently.
"Which aspect? I don't believe it." Lulucia shook her head decisively.
"I have a good vision. There are so many people on the entire Tidal Island, but I chose the Black Flame King at first sight. I took the initiative and attacked decisively, and took the position of Madam Malichaton first. This is unique. Don't you think it's amazing?"
Jiushi replied with a big smile.
Hearing this, Lulucia was stunned for a moment, and finally had to pinch her nose and nodded.
Just as what she meant, no one can compare to her in this respect, not even Pernie who is from the same Tidal Island. It is precisely for this reason that Jushiti's position in the heart of the Black Flame King is probably unique and no one can replace her in the future.
Seeing Queen Komor in a daze, Jiushi walked away with her head held high and her big belly bulging, as if she had won a battle, leaving everyone else stunned.
In the year 3165 of the Berta calendar, Jiushi gave birth to two children after a pregnancy period of nearly fourteen months.
"Ivan, a son and a daughter."
"Thanks a lot."
"What about the name? Have you thought of it yet?"
"The girl will be named Betty Marichatton, and the boy will be named Belen Marichatton. What do you think?"
"Simple and nice, I'll listen to you."
This day must be the happiest day for Jiushiti in recent years. She successfully gave birth to a son and a daughter, satisfying her long-cherished expectations.
In her opinion, this was not enough. She would have to give birth to more children for Ivan in the future, leaving Lulucia, Penny and others behind.
In the following days, Jiushiti focused her attention on taking care of her daughter and starting a new round of pregnancy plan. Cultivation became secondary.
As the King of Black Flame, Ivan was helpless about her somewhat 'unprofessional' attitude.
Speaking of which, Jiushiti is not the only one like this around Ivan. Danlin and Queen Can are also lazy, but they don't show it as obviously as Jiushiti.
In the first half of the 3166th year of the Berta calendar, Locke broke through and was successfully promoted to the lord level.
As a special spiritual creature, Locke's main power is the power of the mind. Under the influence of Ivan, he can easily transform the power into the fire of the mind.
This kind of fire specifically targets the state of mind of living beings, causing them to become unbalanced and their emotions to be unconsciously influenced, resulting in anger, irritability, jealousy, resentment, etc.
The fire of the mind also has the ability to strongly restrain spirits.
The second power that Locke controls is more spatial.
By combining the two, he has understood the essence of 'spiritual teleportation', and instant movement and long-distance space teleportation are no longer a luxury.
This undoubtedly brought Ivan a lot of inspiration, which made his spatial attainments grow day by day, and he also began to further explore the power of the mind.
He had a hunch that the day when he would develop a teleportation array was not far away.
In the second half of the year 3166 of the Berta calendar, Ivan's first guard, Ze Yi, entered the promotion period to the lord level.
A few months later, Ivan made a major breakthrough in his research.
With the assistance of Tanya, Sailang, Angela, and Morris, after a long period of exploration, combined with the cultivation methods of the Six-Eyed Golden Wolf Clan and other lights of life, he finally deduced the way of knight to the Knight King in one fell swoop.
The new knight training method successfully bypassed the inherited power of the Justice Star Ancestor.
In other words, without the inherited power of the Justice Star Ancestor, one can become a pseudo-lord or even a real lord.
In the past few years, through the imperfect new knight training method, Angela and Morris successively comprehended different field auras, which is actually a very strong proof.
However, further confirmation is needed from pseudo-lord to lord.
Regarding the last step, neither Angela nor Morris backed down, and each accumulated their own strength.
When the time comes, the two will continue along the path deduced by Ivan and pursue the level of Knight King which is equivalent to the lord.
Time flies.
It was the year 3168 in the Berta calendar.
"Angela, are you ready?"
“Yes.” “I still say that. I have reserved a place for you in the Black Star Army. If it doesn’t work this time, you can try again. You don’t need to feel any burden.”
"No way! Wait until I come out, my dear King of Black Flame."
Angela, the eldest princess of the Centaur tribe, decided to take the crucial step on the path of knighthood and go into seclusion to challenge the Knight King. She has been waiting for this day for many years.
At the beginning, she, Tanya and Morris went to the Seven God Mountains in the underground world to obtain the inheritance of the Star of Justice, but they failed in the inheritance assessment.
From then on, Angela became more motivated and worked even harder, never slacking off for a single day.
Of course, the careful teaching of the King of Black Flame and Tanya’s tireless help were indispensable.
A few months later, another loser, Morris, could not wait to start his career advancement, and he was also feeling a little frustrated.
As for the path of an arcane wizard, he had already laid it out to his family long ago, telling them that he was really not cut out for it. This made Guild President Doradoli, who was in charge of the Hollow Valley, very angry.
The knight's mission is to move forward courageously.
Both Angela and Morris have made the best preparations, waiting for the day when they will make a big splash.
In this regard, Ivan can only express his blessing.
Again, as long as they are alive, at worst they can use the secret method of 'Three Lives, All Things' to bring them into the growing Black Star Army.
Mid-October of the year 3168 in the Bertal calendar.
Ivan has created new achievements, which is an innovation that will benefit the wizarding world.
On this day, the King of the Sky and the King of the Trees were invited to visit Rainbow Territory, specifically to witness the new creation.
"Ivan, what kind of secret method makes you, the King of Black Flame, so serious? If you don't satisfy me, I will have to nag you more."
"You, the King of the Sky, have seen everything. Your vision must be higher than others. I can't guarantee that."
"Alright, alright, stop bragging to each other and show us your stuff. This wizard is busy and has no time to chat with you."
"The King of All Trees has spoken, who dares not to obey?"
As they were talking, three Void King wizards came to the core control room of a wizard tower. Ivan's new initiative this time was related to the wizard tower.
Towers built by wizards can generally be divided into two types.
One is a simplified version of the tower, which is not outstanding in any aspect and is usually inhabited by wizards below level four. Only a small number of level three wizards do not have to live in the tower due to their status or contributions, such as those who are conferred the title of "Great Scholar".
The other type is a real wizard tower, which has three, five, seven or nine floors, with all the necessary functions. The interior has been completely expanded, and the entire wizard fortress is like a city.
The three of them were currently in a real wizard tower. The tower was five stories high and of medium quality. It was obvious that it had not been built for a long time.
'Construct Activation'
'Wisdom Enlightenment'
Under the gaze of the other two Void King wizards, Ivan quickly cast two spells. The magic light spread in all directions in an orderly manner, penetrating into every inch of the wizard tower.
Under the reflection of the magic halo, the wizard tower suddenly came alive.
Upon seeing this, the King of the Sky and the King of All Trees became cautious. Even if they did not deliberately investigate, they could sense that some wonderful changes were taking place in the entire wizard tower.
It is related to soul power, and seems to be related to some kind of predictive power.
Then, the two saw that the Wu Tower had undergone even more miraculous changes.
A little bit of fluorescence was fed back from all directions of the wizard tower. The special fluorescence gathered together, gathering more and more, and finally condensed into a tiny elemental creature.
Elemental creatures are ever-changing.
At this time, Ivan stretched out a finger at the right time and touched the elemental creature. The elemental creature then had a complete shape and turned into a little man with wings in the blink of an eye.
"Giggle."
The little humanoid elemental creature seemed to have just woken up. When it opened its eyes, it saw Ivan. Its watery eyes suddenly became extremely bright. It flapped its delicate wings, moved closer to him, rubbed his cheek, and laughed exceptionally crisply.
Ivan reached out casually, and the small humanoid elemental creature fell into his palm.
"Your name from now on will be 'Flower Fairy'."
"Flower Fairy pays homage to the King of Black Flame."
Ivan's finger just now not only left a mark of his own power, but also passed on a lot of knowledge, allowing the flower fairy to understand most of the common sense, understand herself, and understand her innate mission.
"Flower Fairy, please give us a detailed introduction to the interior layout of the wizard tower."
"No problem. This wizard tower has five floors. I will start from the bottom floor. The first floor has a warning passage, elemental traps, a fantasy maze, and 212 alchemical puppet guards--"
"Flower Fairy, this wizard is going to Laboratory No. 9 to conduct a biological exploration."
"Understood. I will immediately arrange the test bench, experimental equipment, and energy preparation. Do you have any special requirements?"
“——”
In the following period, Ivan made a series of requests.
As a newly born creature, the flower fairy arranged all these requirements one by one in an orderly manner, just like the capable housekeeper of the wizard tower.
"Ivan, what is this?"
Seeing him stop, the King of Trees couldn't wait to ask.
"You are right. The flower fairy is the embodiment of wisdom in this wizard tower. She possesses extraordinary wisdom and calculation ability. She knows every aspect of the wizard tower very well. She can also assist wizards in the daily management of the wizard tower and serve as a research assistant for wizards."
Ivan didn't hide anything and said whatever he wanted to say.
Regarding the 'Spirit of the Tower', he had this idea a long time ago, which can be traced back to when he was researching the return tower project in Kongliu Valley.
Due to his limited abilities at that time, he did not explore this aspect in depth, but just kept it in mind.
Now, through his control over soul power and wisdom power, he has finally turned his original vision into reality. In his opinion, the tower spirit has gone beyond the scope of ordinary elemental creatures and is equivalent to an alternative artificial intelligence.
"Flower Fairy, move the wizard tower to the position closest to the right."
"Understood, I'll arrange it for you right away."
Then, Ivan issued an important instruction.
Under the control of the tower's spirit flower fairy, the wizard tower began to change with a rumble. After a short while, it turned into a mobile fortress. With the support of the rune wizard formation, it rose from the ground and quickly landed at the designated location.
The entire process does not rely on any external traction, and the moving speed is quite impressive.
This scene moved the king of the sky and the king of trees.
In this way, the wizard tower truly turned into a mobile war fortress, and it was intelligent, with greatly enhanced flexibility. If such a secret method had been used in the previous war, the course of the war would have been different.
There is no doubt that the new initiative of the Black Flame King will help enhance the strength and foundation of the wizarding world. (End of this chapter)