Lord: Starting with Contract Half-Elf Twins

Three months later.

A hand covered in dust, scars, and calluses suddenly gripped the edge of the rock on the mountaintop.

"Hey!"

Allen exerted his strength and finally reached the summit.

Soon, with his help, Solina pulled the panting Viola up.

A strong wind blew from the mountaintop, carrying a strong, salty smell that was invigorating.

The three of them stopped and looked down together—the world suddenly opened up.

The azure sea merges seamlessly with the sky, shimmering and crystal clear under the sunlight, forming a vast bay surrounded by mountains, cliffs, and beaches.

If you look down from above, you'll see that the bay's edge, surrounded by mountains, forms exactly six sides, making the whole bay look like a carefully cut sapphire set on the edge of the continent.

"This is... Sapphire Bay?" Solina murmured.

Allen gazed at it and said softly, "Besides this place, there shouldn't be any other place that can be called 'Sapphire'."

"Finally found it." Viola had no desire to appreciate the scenery; she was only relieved to have found her destination.

"The silver moon shone three times in total!"

Viola plopped down on her stomach.

"We walked for three months! My legs are about to break!"

"But thankfully we chose the right direction a month ago, otherwise we would have to turn back now and travel for another three months." Allen was in a good mood.

Yes, there was no map, no one to guide us, we were just moving forward in the wilderness in a general direction.

In addition, they have to drastically change their route from time to time in order to avoid ferocious species, monsters, or even just a slight sense of danger.

Getting lost is almost inevitable.

It's quite lucky that they only deviated from their destination by a month and arrived alive without losing any limbs.

Actually, it doesn't matter if you start from somewhere else. With the existence of the "Lord's Handbook", even if you get lost and end up in the northern ice plains, Allen can still claim territory and establish power.

But development will be more difficult.

More scarce resources, more dangerous enemies, fewer followers.

But this bay is different.

Upon hearing the female thief's description of Sapphire Bay, Allen decided to start there.

If we can rebuild our own harbor, then the countless merchant ships coming and going will bring even more people.

To expand territory and power, people are key, whether it's selecting crucial followers or handling the most basic production and construction work.

A haven that can communicate with the outside world naturally possesses the foundation for "prosperity".

"Are we going to live here from now on?" Solina asked.

"It's not about surviving, it's about building your own haven," Allen corrected.

"Okay, the harbor, the harbor with only the three of us."

Allen saw Solina shrug and realized that she was actually somewhat indifferent.

In the past three months, the first thing she did after recovering from the fear of escaping the black-robed wizard was to focus on honing her newly acquired powers.

Her experiences from childhood to adulthood have instilled in her an intense desire to take control of her own destiny.

The prerequisite for taking control of one's destiny is power.

The fire gave her a greater sense of security than anything else, so she was obsessed with honing her control over the fire during all her rest time.

Her improved control over flames also caused changes to the control panel.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

【Name: Solina Starchaser】

[Race: Half-elf]

Age: 16

[Character Template: Elite]

[Rank: Red Dragon Blood Guard lv3]

Status: Normal

[Special: The Twins]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

【Name: Viola - Star Chaser】

[Race: Half-elf]

Age: 16

[Character Template: Elite]

[Rank: Fire Elementalist Lv1]

Status: Normal

[Special: The Twins]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

What surprised Allen the most was that, due to the special abilities of the "Twins of No Return," Viola learned the skill of "manipulating fire" at an astonishing speed.

To be precise, it is limited to the skills that Solina possesses.

Even without the support of the "Red Dragon Blood Guardian" class, Viola can still perform the most basic fire manipulation.

Having the [Elite] template indicates that the half-elf twins already possess considerable growth potential.

It's just that they didn't have the opportunity to grow before.

However, Allen knew that the full potential of the "Interdimensional Twins" had not yet been realized.

If Viola could also obtain a complementary profession through the [Training] interface, the twins would continuously learn from each other's professional abilities, leading to a true qualitative change!

To train Allen again, he needs to establish a territory as soon as possible and obtain the reward crystals from the "Lord's Handbook".

In addition, Allen was not in a hurry to have Viola take up her post immediately.

He had already seen the enhancement paths for the twins. While the paths of [Descendant of Ancient Trees] and [Moonblade Dancer] were both good, they could not fully utilize the unique value of [Boundless Twins].

One is a healing-oriented life-side enhancement, which inherently conflicts with the existing fire-side enhancement.

The other is that it is highly dependent on combat skills. Although it does not conflict with them, it is also impossible to combine fire manipulation ability with it too deeply.

There's no need to train another [Red Dragon Blood Guardian].

To maximize the talents of the "Inseparable Twins," the content that the twins learn from each other should ideally have a small degree of consistency and a large degree of complementarity.

Therefore, to cultivate Viola, he needs to slowly find suitable "resources".

Allen himself also grew during this period.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Name: Allen

Race: Human

Age: 13

[Character Template: Hero]

[Rank: Dragon Vein Warlock Lv3]

[Faction: Absolutely Neutral]

Status: Normal

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Although Allen only leveled up by 1 in the Lord's Handbook panel.

But don't forget, Allen is based on the "Hero" template, and each level is more difficult to improve than the "Elite" template. The increase in power after leveling up is also greater.

A small portion of this comes from the power feedback from Solina and Viola.

But more importantly, it's due to the growth that Allen experienced on his own after his red dragon bloodline awakened.

In the last three months, Allen's appetite has been increasing.

At first, a few wild rabbits were enough to feed them, but now one person can eat almost half a spiny beast!

Keep in mind that Allen's current body is only 13 years old, still in the form of a teenager.

An adult spiny beast is taller than Allen, and Allen can eat almost half his own weight in food in one sitting!

At the same time, he could feel his strength, reaction speed, speed, and magic power growing rapidly.

He even developed a certain degree of precognitive instinct, enabling him to vaguely sense the presence of danger.

This allowed them to avoid many dangerous places, making their journey much easier.

Of course, this growth is limited, as he only has a thin red dragon bloodline.

Once the potential within one's bloodline is fully realized, there won't be such rapid advancements.

"Let's find a place to settle down first."

Solina gazed into the distance for a while, then turned her gaze to the lush forest below the mountain, murmuring:

"I wonder if there are any spinybacks or similar prey around here."

Upon hearing this, Allen felt a little embarrassed, as his increasingly large appetite had made their journey much more difficult.

Although Allen himself has increased his strength and travels faster, Solina, and especially Viola, have not experienced such growth.

The marching speed of the team was based on the slowest person.

Therefore, in the final leg of the journey, the number of prey to hunt increased each time, the hunting time became longer, and the pace of travel slowed down.

"Okay, let's settle down first and find a cave or something."

Allen let out a long sigh of relief.

"It won't be long before we build a real place to live."