Chapter 13: Breeze and Debris
By the time Duke was completely free, it was already late at night.
He stretched and hammered his somewhat tired back.
Under the effect of marrow washing and bone cutting, his physique has improved greatly, but he still can't stand to sit in one place and work all day.
He continued to sit quietly for a while, and then picked up the legal instrument he had been abridged and revised with some satisfaction.
He had to take into account the acceptance of the lords and other nobles, and for the time being, he could not stir their sensitive nerves. You also have to think carefully about the words and make sure that you can convey the real content of the decree well.
These are really quite difficult for him, who was not good at writing before.
However, now I finally have a more satisfactory work.
Duke put down the paper in his hand and walked to the open-air balcony behind him.
The North's fortress in the middle of the night is a world of darkness and silence, with the occasional glimmer of fire being nothing more than the torches of patrolling soldiers, and barely the barking of dogs.
Although there is magic in this world and some magic props that are already developed in his opinion, they are basically used by high-class people.
Therefore, the whole social ecology here is still at the level of the Middle Ages.
At night, the common people have little entertainment, and they have no spare money to buy expensive oil for lighting.
He slowly stretched out his right hand, emitting a glimmer of white light, followed by a ball of light that seemed to be composed of countless entanglements of information streams.
It was the wind of wisdom that had been obtained before.
Duke concentrated his mental power and slowly established contact with this ball of light, wanting to activate its effects.
For a moment, he felt as if his spirit had risen to infinity, countless messages were clearing his mind, and the entire northern fortress seemed to be encapsulated in his spiritual world.
When this feeling dissipated, a virtual control panel appeared in front of his eyes.
This panel is bisected in the middle, and the left side is densely packed with parameter choices. On the right, there is only a single energy bar, and the energy bar is still full.
Failure to select a parameter and injecting knowledge into oneself will consume the energy that comes with the Wind of Wisdom, and once the energy bar is depleted, it is impossible to instill more knowledge or choose other effects.
When he ticked the range of effect to all Territorial Humans, he found that the energy bar had decreased by nearly one-third, and as he continued to inject knowledge, the exponential value of the energy bar was rapidly decreasing.
He felt that the knowledge he wanted to instill in the people was not half injected, and the energy gauge on the right bottomed out, and it was no longer effective to continue to enter more knowledge.
Can't you do it all in one step?
Duke sighed softly and reset all the parameters, and the energy bar returned to its full state.
This time he just put some basic grammar knowledge and most of the knowledge of common words into the panel.
Just by doing so, the energy gauge on the right is also rapidly decreasing, and finally only a little excess energy remains.
Duke was quite satisfied with this result, after all, it had exceeded some of his expectations by allowing nearly 10,000 people to master basic grammar knowledge and literacy skills at one time.
Looking at the little bit of energy that was left, he fed the last and most important knowledge into it, which was the seed of self-awakening.
With the input of this last thought, the energy is completely exhausted.
With a wave of his hand, the ball of light in his hand began to disperse into a cloud of white smoke.
Immediately after that, this cloud of smoke and dust soared upward, turning into a gust of fresh wind that swept through the entire northern dukedom, penetrating into the sea of consciousness of the various lords.
Duke exhaled softly.
Then he pulled the big star fragment out of his pocket.
This fragment is even more mysterious against the backdrop of the night sky, as if countless stars are converging on its surface.
He gently turned the fragment in his hand, thinking about what this little thing had to do with his own system, and how it could be used as a key material to upgrade the system.
He stared intently for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head.
It seems that I don't need to think about it so much, what I have to do is to keep upgrading and strengthening, and the origin and essence of this system are still too far away from my current self.
After making up his mind, he held the fragment in his right hand and used his mental power to connect with it.
With a bang, Duke felt as if his spirit had broken into an infinite starry sky, and he was like a speck of dust in the universe, and at the same time, a majestic force was being injected into his body.
And he didn't feel a trace of pain and trance, but felt warmth.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the first phase of the system upgrade]
[Rewards: God-level Magic Equipment - Guardian Ring, Divine Revelation Charm, Advanced Enchantment Set X1]
[The system mall unlocks the second-level authority, and the price of some products is reduced]
Under the impact of this upgrade force, Duke felt that the bottleneck of his strength had loosened, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through to the level 3 apprentice mage, and climbed all the way, and he could stop at the port of promotion to level 4, and almost entered the sequence of level 5 in one step.
He enjoyed stretching his body, although the previous Bone Cleansing Pill had improved his physique, but it did not bring him an increase in strength.
Now he has finally taken a big step forward in his own strength, although there are still some dishes.
But after knowing the method of system upgrade and the accompanying strength improvement rewards, he believes that his strength problem is not too much to worry about.
And now the most important thing is to check out the upgrade rewards.
He raised his right hand and looked at the extra silver ring on his index finger, which was the Ring of Guardian for the upgraded prize this time.
Its function is to provide a divine shield equivalent to the release of a level 5 light deacon once per charge day, which can withstand the full force of Lenia, a level 5 knight, and can be stored up to three times, which can be activated by itself or controlled by mind.
This means that you can physically resist the Chief Knight's three full attacks and continue to cast spells.
And this can be said to be an extremely powerful life-saving prop for a physically weak magician.
As for the high-level enchantment suit, it was indeed a set of bright white armor, with a magical light flowing on it, and many complicated magic symbols engraved on it, which looked strange from a distance.
But this is a bit of a chicken rib for him, as a mage, he simply does not have that much physical strength to put on bulky armor, and the phenomenon of magic resistance may occur, affecting the casting of spells.
So Duke decided to give this set of magic armor as a gift to the Chief Knight, to thank her for her recent help and to inspire her by the way.
Finally, there was a flash of light in his hand, and a stone tablet that emitted a white jade glow appeared in his hand.