Chapter 159: Journey to the Fortress (Medium)

"I need it!" As the supreme power of the entire fortress, Count Shippening's words were very simple, and could even be said to be full of unquestionable firmness. In the face of this king of swords who stood at the pinnacle of legendary power, even if Nero Eru fully recovered his strength, he had to maintain enough respect, not only because of his strength, but also because of his status.

It's just that just one sentence makes Nero Eru offer the hard-won demigod fire with both hands, which is impossible, so when Count Shippening's words fell, Nero Eru looked at this person in a daze, and the gaze revealed in his eyes meant that you and I were idiots.

"I need it! Whether you agree with it or not, from now on it's mine! Ignoring this gaze completely, Shippening shoved the secret crystal containing a wisp of divine fire into his pocket like a robber, and pressed his hand on it like a child protecting food. Because this divine fire is too important to Count Shippening, maybe for others this divine fire is their ladder to advance to the demigods, but for this earl it is his life.

If this divine fire does not appear, then in a few years, Shippening will turn into a bomb, and maybe he will rush to the demon gate before he dies and blow himself up, taking the lives of some demon lords or great lords with his own life. But he definitely didn't want to die, as a legendary powerhouse who was only over a hundred years old, he still had a long lifespan, and he wasn't even married yet, so he didn't want to die. So he had to get this wisp of divine fire no matter what, if it weren't for the inability to use his strength, he would have rushed into the wasteland to find the fallen body of the demigod. Therefore, even if he acted as a robber once, he would not let this divine fire disappear from under his nose.

"Equivalent exchange!" Look at Count Shippening like a robber. In the end, Nero Eru spat out four words that made her extremely helpless, to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't have the strength to keep this divine fire now, it would not have been placed on the table at all.

"......" Hearing Nero Alu's words, Count Shippening's face became quite ugly, and he even had the urge to punch the old elven mage Zell not far away, because the words that this legendary powerhouse hated the most were the words of equivalent exchange. It was precisely because of these words that he was bound by this fortress in the first place. When he was a small soldier, he was appreciated by the earl who presided over the fortress at that time, and obtained immeasurable resources for training, and the earl only said four words to him. Equivalent exchange, when you feel that what you have paid for the fortress is enough to compensate for the resources you cultivate, then you can leave the fortress and live the life you want. But the problem is that more than 100 years have passed. Count Shippening still did not feel that he had repaid his debt. On the contrary, as his strength grew, he felt as if he owed more.

"Another request!" Count Shippening felt uncomfortable for a moment at the thought of the confusion that the words of equivalent exchange had caused him, so he waved his hand towards Nero Aelo. It's just that his words made Nero Eru feel very uncomfortable, because she felt that the other party had a plan to force a deal.

"......" for a moment, Nero Eru stared at Count Shippening with her beautiful eyes. Even if this legendary powerhouse is thick-skinned enough. He also felt a bit of dryness, but his thick skin still allowed him to keep his face.

"Your Excellency! I guess it's better for you to choose the equivalent exchange. After all, this wisp of divine fire is valuable! According to the price sold at a certain exchange in the previous era, you only need to pay about 500 million ancient gold coins! The elven old mage Zell coughed a few times, and then said a price that made Count Shippening furious.

"Five hundred million ancient gold coins? Why don't you say a billion empire gold coins!! Shippening's voice roared, of course, he was definitely shocked by the price. Ancient gold coins refer to the gold coins used by the largest empires of the previous era. Although the five empires such as Hansting inherited the rich legacy of the huge empire of the previous era, the value of the imperial gold coins was definitely not comparable to the purchasing power of the gold coins of that era.

"Don't be angry! Your Excellency! You should understand what this thing means to you? A demigod who is about to be born, not to mention 500 million gold coins, 1 billion imperial gold coins, I don't think His Majesty the Emperor will be stingy about this, and he won't even frown about it! "Master Zell is very aware of the importance of this divine fire to Count Shippening, and of course he is even more aware of the importance of a demigod powerhouse to the Hansting Empire. In fact, it was precisely because of the special status of Count Shippening that the old elven mage would not worry that His Majesty, the emperor of the Hansting Empire, would not agree to this deal because of those noble councils.

Among the people in the entire Hansting Empire who could not betray the Emperor of the Hansting Empire, Count Shippening was definitely the top three, although he could not be said to be the first. Because the so-called earl who appreciated Count Shippening at the beginning was actually the father of the previous emperor of the Hansting Empire, that is, the current emperor. As for why the previous emperor was the commander of this fortress, that is not something that the elven mage Zell can know.

"But I don't think she's going to ask for gold!" Count Shippening was not a fool, and although the old elven mage's words were true, it did not mean that he would stupidly agree with the other party's words. If he had really agreed, then he would not have presided over this fortress for a hundred years.

"Indeed!" The old mage didn't want to deny it, but admitted it very decisively, and then slowly took out another secret crystal from his pocket, which contained the same thing as the divine fire that Count Shippening held in his hand.

"Although I would love to say that the demigod's divine fire can only be separated from so many wisps, but unfortunately I was lucky enough to get two wisps, but I think His Excellency the Earl also felt the violent and crazy spiritual power full of despair in the divine fire! Therefore, the content of the first transaction is to hope that His Excellency the Earl can use his strength to help remove the negative part of this divine fire, how about this favor worth 100 million gold coins? The elven mage's words fell, and the old mage Fleur, who was lying on the chaise longue, let out a cough, and then muttered and continued to pull up the blanket and sleep.

"Okay!!" Although Count Shippening was eager to snatch the secret crystal. But the old mage's cough made the earl restrain his impulse, and he knew very well that if he really did that, he would definitely touch the elven mage's bottom line. Although this elven mage swore allegiance to the Hansting Empire, he was still an elf all along, so he had to think about the elves. There is no doubt that the divine fire in this arcane crystal was not for Zell himself, but for Nero Alu.

"Then trouble Your Excellency!" Slowly handed over the secret magic crystal in his hand to Count Shippening, although the old mage could dispose of the demigod will attached to the fragments of those realm worlds, but there was no way to deal with the consciousness attached to the divine fire. No matter how strong the spiritual power of a legendary mage is, there are things that cannot be done, but this is not a problem for Shippening, the only troublesome thing is that he has to use his own strength.

But in fact, such a thing is also a good thing for Count Shippening, because he has not shown his strength for a long time. So long that perhaps many people in the fortress have forgotten his horror. So when the void suddenly appears like a real coercion. The Elven Old Mage's only thought was that he seemed to be in trouble. When the sword in the void that resembled the realm of substance was slashed, the old mage quickly used the shapeshifting spell to stand in front of Nero Aru and Bartley, spreading his own realm and enveloping the two of them.

"Click!" The sound of glass shattering appeared not only on the two arcane crystals, but also on the periphery of the old mage's realm, and even more in the entire mage tower. All glassware fragile porcelain. Even the windows on the mage tower shattered in an instant. Shattered window shards shot out like bullets. It fell to the ground with a thud. Before falling to the ground, of course. The glass has been completely turned into powder, and it will not cause any harm to the people on the ground at all.

When the old mage gasped and dispersed into the realm, his face was very ugly. Also ugly was Count Shippening. Using his domain power to smash the remaining demigod will in the two wisps of divine fire, the consumption was far greater than Count Shippening imagined. However, even after such a consumption, after only a few seconds, Count Shippening felt some power appear in his empty body, and this situation made him grab a secret magic crystal and crush it and integrate it into his body. Because he knew how terrifying the growth of power in his body was, and if he couldn't suppress it in a short period of time, the result would be that he would be blown up by the surging power in an instant.

The golden divine fire directly merged into Count Shippening's body, and at the same time, the terrifying power in his body was growing at an alarming rate. When the legendary sword king needed to mobilize all his forces to fuse the divine fire, these increased powers began to escape without his control. The terrifying fluctuations of the Dou Qi produced an extremely terrifying coercion, and a large dark cloud even appeared in the sky above the Mage Tower in an instant. Shining silver snakes are constantly dancing in the sky, and they may fall at any time.

"! It's a big loss! My Mage's Tower! The old mage looked at his surroundings with a bitter face, and then quickly used a spell to pack up all the materials, preparing to run away with Nero Eru and the others. If they don't run away, then they may be blown into scum by Count Shippening's promotion to demigod and terrible heavenly punishment. If the power of the Heavenly Punishment encountered by the advanced legend of the ordinary Sanctuary powerhouse is one, then the power of the Heavenly Punishment encountered by the Legend becoming a demigod is at least ten, and the power of the Heavenly Punishment encountered by the demigod holding up the realm world becoming a god is 100. Although the Heavenly Punishment of becoming a demigod is only one-tenth of the power of the world of the Lifting Realm, this kind of power is enough to turn the elven old mage's mage tower into ruins in an instant, and even the entire fortress will suffer losses.

Fortunately, just as the old mage was about to run away with Nero Aru and the others, Count Shippening's eyes opened. The terrifying power was forcibly suppressed by him again, and slowly gathered towards his body, and the silver snakes flying in the sky and the gradually spreading dark clouds slowly dispersed as if they had never appeared. As Count Shippening exhaled breathlessly, a terrifying flame erupted from his mouth, instantly burning his beard. After a beating, the earl managed to keep his beautiful beard, but only half of it.

"Congratulations! Your Excellency! Your demigod path is about to begin! The elven old mage saluted respectfully to Count Shippening, who was gathering power, although the caster was a Being, who stood at the top of the world. Legendary mages are synonymous with knowledge and power. But even the most powerful Legendary Spellcaster is only a legend, and he must have enough respect for a would-be demigod. The most important thing is that this strong man withstood the temptation to become a demigod immediately, and did not directly rely on that wisp of divine fire to achieve the position of a demigod, but relied on the divine fire to ignite his own seed.

Although you can become a demigod immediately by relying on divine fire, such a demigod loses the possibility of becoming a god, and even her power will always stop at the moment when you become a demigod. Relying on that wisp of divine fire to ignite his own seeds is not, although it is also a tricky means, but in terms of growth possibilities, it is much higher than the former, and the most important thing is that if possible, Shippening still has a chance to become a real god, rather than a pseudo-demigod powerhouse who is only a little stronger than the combat power of ordinary legendary powerhouses.

"Congratulations! I feel like I've lost a lot! Are you sure that transaction just now can only cover 100 million gold coins? The feeling of being in control of his power again made Count Shippening feel very good, so he dragged the old elven mage's arm around the elven mage's neck and pulled him in front of him. This posture made the two look like a pair of partners who had a very good relationship, but only the old mage knew that as long as the legendary powerhouse who was about to become a demigod next to him used a little force. His neck would snap off with a click.

"That's it! Shippening! I think we should talk about the next thing. The sun here is a bit harsh and I can't sleep, so let's change places! With a cough, the old mage Fussler slowly appeared behind the two of them, he groped as if he was a blind man, but no one dared to call him in such words. Because people who dare to use the word blind will basically spend the rest of their lives in fear. Although the old mage Fursler is very generous. But his students would not allow others to insult their teachers. Hundreds of archmages plus legendary spellcasters who can be counted on at least two hands. It's enough to form an incomparably powerful army of mages to farm any big family's manor dungeon, and even the emperor of an empire will have enough respect for this blind old mage.

When a new portal appeared at the top of the Mage Tower, Chen Kai was looking up at the disappearing dark clouds. There was no doubt that he had noticed the terrible lightning and dark clouds. Although it took less than a minute for these dark clouds and lightning to form and disappear, the terrifying power still deeply shocked Chen Kai. At that moment, Chen Kai felt as if he had returned to Adolik. He still remembers the scene when Count Adolic was promoted to a legendary powerhouse, and the scene of the fall of the demigods he saw in the Great Western Wasteland was even more impressive.

At the moment when he saw the dark clouds and lightning, Chen Kai thought that there was a Sacred Domain powerhouse on the Mage Tower who was being promoted to a legend, but after careful comparison, he found that it was not. Because the number of dark clouds and lightning was obviously much more than when Count Adolic was promoted, and the most important thing was that these dark clouds and lightning suddenly dissipated, giving people the feeling that the thunder that was about to be set off was suddenly held back.

"What the hell is going on?" This question was entangled in Chen Kai's heart, but he knew very well that he was not familiar with life in this fortress, and there were some things that he could not touch at all. So after buying some items, he hurried back to the hotel.

In fact, the powerful people in the entire fortress felt the terrifying aura, and even they felt far more than Chen Kai, the player. Whether it was the power used by Count Shippening to crush the demigod will in the Divine Fire before, or the subsequent outbreak caused by the Earl's fusion of the Divine Fire, all of them were recorded by those who had a heart. There is no doubt that Count Shippening's terrifying Realm Sword instantly shocked many who thought that his strength was weak, because the attack that crushed the will of the demigods was enough to kill any legendary being in an instant. This is only the domain power unleashed by Count Shippening, and if he takes up arms, the effect will be even more terrifying.

Undefeated Juggernaut? Shippening? The weapon in Delong's hand is definitely not a tabula rasa, in order to arm this powerful legendary powerhouse, the Hansting Empire's royal inner library is completely open for him to choose, and the weapon in Shippening's hand is also from the collection of the Hansting Empire's royal family.

When Chen Kai returned to the inn, it happened to be the best time for business in the inn, and there were not many people dining in this inn at noon, and there were more than a dozen soldiers in armor sitting in the large hall. They held a glass of low-alcohol ale in their hands as a reward for themselves at the end of the patrol. When Chen Kai pushed open the door of the hotel, he unexpectedly got the expected gaze again, there was no way that his huge body was too eye-catching. Chen Kai had to keep his head down to avoid touching the ceiling of the inn, and the innkeeper had obviously known enough about Chen Kai's large, half-giant guest, because Chen Kai had almost frightened him when he appeared in front of him in the morning. (To be continued......)