From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 429 Badge
The Iron Crown, to which all authority in the Central Kingdom belongs, is the symbol of Donnar's eternal kingship.

As the emperor's crown, the Iron Crown has symbolized sacredness and greatness since its birth. Whether it is worn by the emperor or placed on the throne, the Iron Crown enjoys the kneeling worship of countless people throughout Donnar.

Over the years, the Iron Crown has continued to evolve and has become the faith of countless Donnar people.

In terms of effect alone, the Iron Crown is the strongest piece of legendary equipment Roland has ever come into contact with, but it is also the most useless.

The requirements for wearing the Iron Crown are very strict. Only the Emperor of the Central Kingdom who nominally rules the entire Donar, or the leader who actually rules the entire Donar can wear it.

Its effect is to increase the Donnar people's awe and submission to the user, and give the user a circle of royal aura. Of course, it is not limited to this effect. When activated, it can also give the user the power to command and force the Donnar people, and it will be easier for the user to mobilize elements within the territory of Donnar.

However, these effects are rather useless. Forced orders can at best only be used to command ordinary people or low-level transcendents. It is difficult to force orders on mid-level and high-level transcendents. As for the blessing of mobilizing elements, although it is a great improvement, for Roland, who is already good at mobilizing elements, it can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

In addition, the Iron Crown still has some incomplete heritage, which was originally supposed to preserve the ruling knowledge of every emperor of the Central Kingdom, but now it has been filled with a lot of useless information and has been damaged.

It can only be said that the Iron Crown is only of some use to the user who inherits the status of the Central Kingdom. It can help the new emperor quickly get through the early stage, but for any extraordinary person who can unify Donnar, it is useless.

At least that's how it is for Roland.

Since the green-skinned orcs are not considered human in the eyes of the Iron Crown, Roland, who only rules half of Donnar, also meets the equipment requirements. However, Roland does not need the Iron Crown.

On the contrary, Roland valued his body more. It had been used for thousands of years, worshipped by countless Donnar people, and baptized by countless beliefs. This was top-quality material.

In the furnace, the former Iron Crown had been broken into pieces by Roland, and under the burning of the silver flame, it gradually melted into liquid metal. Under Roland's control, the liquid metal gathered together to form a metal ball.

Roland took out various precious and extraordinary materials including Mithril and Tears of the Moon Goddess from his space bracelet. Without any hesitation or regret, Roland threw these priceless materials into the furnace.

A fist-sized piece of refined Moon Goddess's Tears was first integrated into the metal ball. Incredible magic power instantly exploded in the metal ball, but under the constraints of the surrounding magic array, the magic power was locked inside.

The highly compressed magic power was spinning wildly in the limited space, and the originally calm metal ball began to boil, and the liquid on the surface was spinning wildly.

Roland guided the magic power in the metal ball, making it rotate in a certain pattern. At the same time, he also continuously created spell runes and injected them into the metal ball.

While continuously entering spell runes, Roland also methodically incorporated the extraordinary materials he had prepared in advance.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but Roland's speed in making spell runes had slowed down, and almost all of the extraordinary materials he had taken out of the space bracelet had been integrated into the metal ball.

After the last piece of extraordinary material was integrated, Roland spent several more days neutralizing and adjusting the internal situation of the metal ball.

After completing the adjustments, Roland breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was the most critical one.

Roland took a deep breath and looked at the vague containers that had been prepared in advance in the space bracelet. These containers flickered, existing in the last second, disappearing in the next second, and then reappearing.

He first took out a magnificent gate model. On the gate, various fascinating epic legends and delicate and vivid reliefs were carefully carved. As the gate disappeared and emerged, the epic legends and reliefs on it were constantly changing.

But no matter how things change, the brave warriors are still wearing armor, holding swords, charging into the most dangerous battlefields. Their eyes reveal fearlessness and determination, and every movement demonstrates the courage and honor of fighting.

The Gate of Honor forged by justice and glory.

Roland pushed it into the furnace, and then took out a second container from his space bracelet.

A bright blue, constantly rotating Möbius strip. On top of the Möbius strip, countless words and human figures are densely recorded. The words and human figures on it are constantly changing as the Möbius strip disappears and appears.

Unlike the Gate of Honor, the words and figures on the Möbius strip are blurry, making it difficult to see the specific situation.

A Möbius strip made of wisdom and change.

Roland pushed it into the furnace as well. As the Möbius strip entered, the Gate of Honor also responded, and red and blue lights illuminated the entire furnace.

Ignoring it, Roland took out the third container.

A cradle garden that is bright green and full of vitality. In the garden, the vegetation sways slowly, repeating growth and decay. A light mist permeates the garden, and black shadows can be vaguely seen in it.

A cradle garden of life and abundance.

Roland pushed it into the furnace, and the light emitted by the furnace became red, blue, and green.

Then, Roland took out the fourth container.

A world composed of seven interconnected rings emitting purple light. Through each ring, one can vaguely see seven different worlds: a bright church, neat farmland, a gentle town, an awarding square, a dense crowd, an endless golden mountain and the cool shade of trees.

The seven rings of the world are forged from inspiration and emotion.

Roland also pushed the Seventh Ring of the World into the furnace.

Finally, Roland looked at the last container. Although he was a little hesitant about whether to add the last container, since it had already been made, Roland had nothing to hesitate about. He took out the last container and threw it into the furnace.

A bright golden transparent crystal.

The four containers, the Gate of Honor, the Möbius Strip, the Cradle Garden, and the Seven Rings of the World, rotated around the metal ball. The four colors of red, blue, green, and purple each occupied and illuminated a quarter of the furnace.

As the transparent crystal slowly floated beside the metal ball, the four containers also moved slightly downwards by a few centimeters, and the light that was released wantonly also slowly converged.

These are the five containers that Roland created with the power of the Four Saints' faith to contain faith.

Among them, the four containers of the Gate of Honor, the Möbius Strip, the Cradle Garden, and the Seven Rings of the World were all created based on the four beliefs that make up the Four Saints and One Church. The golden transparent crystal was created by Roland with positive energy as the foundation and the power of the four beliefs. It was used to harmonize and control the other four containers.

Under Roland's control, the power of the five containers began to slowly flow into the metal ball, and the silver flame continued to burn it.

The matter and power inside the metal ball merged with each other, and as the fusion occurred, an extraordinary aura once again emerged from the metal ball.

Seeing that the casting was almost done, Roland began to reshape it.

Since they had all been shattered and recast, Roland naturally would not want to create a crown-type equipment. However, he had never really considered what its specific appearance would be.

The more suitable ones would be flags, stone pillars or badges. Roland thought about it briefly and decided to take them all.

As a legendary equipment of the new era, how could it be like those antiques that only grow bigger or smaller?

Roland injected a few more spell runes into the metal ball, adjusted it and added new functions, and then, under his operation, the metal ball began to take shape. The metal liquid slowly formed a round blank badge, and the silver flame gradually weakened and finally went out completely.

A shiny metal badge with a metallic texture floats in the center of the furnace.

After checking and confirming that there were no problems, Roland also slightly pushed the five containers closer to the metal badge.

The golden transparent crystal was the first to merge. It quickly shrank and flew into the badge, leaving a golden crystal mark in the center of the front of the badge.

Then, the remaining four containers merged into it together, and their marks surrounded the golden crystal and distributed on both sides.

With all the containers fused, the badge was completed successfully.

Roland stretched out his right hand, and the badge shrank and fell into his hand. Looking at the badge in his hand, the marks on it from left to right were: Cradle Garden, Gate of Honor, Golden Crystal, Möbius Ring, and Seven Rings of the World.

He clenched his right fist and put the badge away.

Finally, Roland reduced the efficiency of the silver forge and removed the shield that covered the entire area.

After removing the shield, Roland did not stay at the Silver Forge for long. He directly returned to Apocalypse through space teleportation.

As soon as he returned to Apocalypse, Roland noticed that the atmosphere in Apocalypse seemed a little weird and depressing.

what's the situation?
Roland frowned slightly, feeling the strange atmosphere, and glanced at the communication device in his hand that had been motionless.

If any emergency occurs to the committee member, he should be notified immediately.

This was the order he left before going to the Silver Forge. With Roland's trust in the committee, he still believed that they could carry out Roland's order.

Thinking of this, Roland turned on the communication device, took a quick glance, and after finding no emergency, he made a direct choice: no matter what.

Since no one mentioned it, it shouldn't be a big deal. I can just deal with it later. It shouldn't be a big deal.

Roland didn't hesitate. He located the military camp outside Apocalypse City and teleported there directly.

Following a wave of spatial fluctuations, Roland's figure appeared a hundred meters away from the military camp.

Roland stepped gently onto the stone road leading to the military camp and walked slowly towards the direction of the military camp.

The status of the Apocalypse Camp is very special, not because it is the first line of defense to protect the capital and is stationed with a guard selected from various legions, but because in the center of the Apocalypse Camp stands a special building: the Fountain of Life.

Although the War Committee has built twenty Fountains of Life in various places, the Fountain of Life in the Apocalypse Barracks, as the first Fountain of Life, is not only of great significance, but also has the strongest effect. It is the core of all Fountains of Life. In terms of resurrection ability alone, the Apocalypse Fountain of Life accounts for nearly two-thirds of the War Committee's current resurrection power.

Moreover, among the twenty fountains of life, ten are branches of this fountain of life. Therefore, the importance of the Apocalypse Fountain of Life can be imagined.

Therefore, in order to protect the Fountain of Life of Apocalypse from destruction, the real duty of the Guards, who are nominally guarding the capital, is to protect the Fountain of Life. As the first line of defense for their security measures, the Guards will never be mobilized even if the capital Apocalypse comes under direct attack.

The second line of defense was that Roland personally set up a space blockade. With the Fountain of Life as the center, Roland mobilized a large amount of resources and built a permanent magic position here, completely locking down the military camp and the surrounding space.

Even if Roland came in person, he couldn't teleport directly into the military camp. At best, he could only teleport to a place one or two hundred meters away from the military camp and then walk over slowly.

The moment Roland appeared, more than a dozen eyes turned to look at Roland at the same time. Then, when Roland was walking, several guards ran out of the barracks and blocked Roland's way.

"Chairman, please show me the proof."

As the military force guarding the Fountain of Life, they naturally knew the importance of the Fountain of Life. Therefore, after Roland emphasized it countless times, even if Roland came, he had to prove his identity, otherwise he would not be able to enter.

Even Roland was like this, let alone the others. Even if it was Roland, if it were anyone else, even if the executive committee came, they would have to stand still and wait for the guards to confirm their identities.

Facing the guards whose serious eyes concealed fanatical admiration, Roland also cooperated very well and assisted them in completing the identity verification.

After four certifications from the Executive Committee, the Administrative Department, the Military Department, and Hela, Roland was able to successfully enter the military camp.

There are not only Guards in the barracks. As the largest barracks of the War Council, there are also many legion soldiers studying and training here.

Without disturbing their daily routine, Roland arrived at the Fountain of Life of Apocalypse with ease.

Standing at the gate of the Fountain of Life, Roland raised his head slightly and looked at the closed door in front of him.

As the main spring, the Apocalypse Fountain of Life is rarely responsible for direct resurrection anymore. Since the establishment of the first branch spring, all dead soldiers have basically been resurrected in other branch springs.

Roland gently pushed open the door and walked in.

Facing the warm holy light, Roland walked to the front of the Fountain of Life. Looking at the blood pool in front of him that was shining brightly under the golden light ball, Roland took out the badge that was made in the silver forge with the iron crown as the main material.

Roland stretched out his right hand holding the badge.

Then, the badge slowly floated up. Under Roland's gaze, the badge slowly grew larger and rose. When it touched the top, it merged silently into the ceiling at the top.

Finally, the five dim marks on the badge slowly brightened.

Under Roland's gaze, the power of the badge was injected into the Fountain of Life, and the entire Fountain of Life began to undergo a qualitative sublimation.

The Gate of Honor replaces the blessing of the dark elemental world, giving the soul a safer and more stable shelter, ensuring the stability and safety of the mark of life.

The Möbius Strip replaces the Crown of Domination, granting spiritual enlightenment, increasing the upper limit and speed of resurrection from the Fountain of Life, while also reducing the duration of the weak period after resurrection.

The Cradle Garden was integrated into the Blood Pool, granting eternity to life, lowering restrictions on the use of the Fountain of Life, and reducing the cost of soul and body rebirth.

The Seven Rings of the World replaced the filtering device, endowed with creative inspiration, and greatly reduced or even eliminated the impact of leaving life marks on ordinary people and extraordinary people.

The golden transparent crystal took over the necromancy circle at the core of the Fountain of Life. All negative effects and hidden dangers were dispelled, and the elements tainted with the aura of blessing and the Crown of Domination were replaced by pure elemental power.

Roland calmly watched and guided the evolution of the Fountain of Life.

(End of this chapter)