Star Forge Titan

However, considering that the second stage ceremony of the foundation of the original world requires increasing the awakening degree of blood, then going to the Great Wilderness Forest Tribal Union composed of many sub-human or non-human tribes also needs to be included in the travel plan.

The Great Wilderness Forest itself is a vast ancient forest and mountain area, inhabited by many various sub-human or non-human intelligent races. They do not have close contacts with outside countries, and mainly use caravans to transport various specialties, such as spices, condiments, silk, fur, etc., to various countries for sale.

Apart from this, other people did not know much about the Great Wild Forest until a major event called "Black Forest Evil Birth" broke out there, which once again attracted the attention of the world.

Thinking of this, Ivan couldn't help but recall the demihuman friends he'd made in the game in the past. Despite their strange appearances, they possessed simple hearts and noble character. He also cast his gaze over the attribute panel, which had changed again after the ritual.

Charisma 22, another attribute that enters the extraordinary realm.

Normally, he wore a mithril mask, so outsiders naturally couldn't sense anything. People who were familiar with him, like Afrediya, only felt that he had changed slightly. However, the new talents he gained due to the improvement of his attributes surprised Ivan.

[Majesty of Strength] A special attraction unique to the strong, directed towards those with strong compatibility, regardless of race or gender. Even Earth Elementals will actively wrestle with you if their compatibility reaches a certain level (wrestling until you're covered in dirt and close contact with the earth is Earth Elemental's unique way of expressing friendship).

What the hell is this! Ivan held his forehead in silence. This description only reminded him of some burly man with a mohawk or some other strange creature, bowing his head in worship with a fanatical look on his face, shouting nonsense like "Brother Saint Emperor, please accept my worship!" or "Please lead us to conquer the end of the sea!"

The black-haired boy remained speechless and choked up until Afrediya returned home.

"What's wrong? Why are you acting like that?" The red-haired princess' voice came from behind.

"Nothing." Ivan's expression changed as if he had thought of something. He quickly broke off the head of the cat-headed and animal-eared girl figurine and re-molded it into shapeless clay together with the other parts.

"I'm so tired." Afrediya fell on the bed and made a tired sound.

"Thank you for your hard work, but why did you go there in person?" Ivan stood up and washed the clay off his hands, then sat down next to Afrediya and casually wrapped a strand of red hair around his fingertips.

"Because no matter whether it is cruel or not, it is my judgment." The red-haired princess's voice came from the pillow, with some discomfort and helplessness, but also seemed particularly firm.

"I see. Thank you for your hard work." Alvin sighed.

"By the way, I have some information to give you."

"Hey? Are there any new books?" Frey sounded interested.

When she looked up, she saw Alvin placing a thick stack of manuscripts in front of her. The contents on the manuscripts made her face become extremely solemn.

Tonight, the black-haired boy had made a crucial decision. Because of the immense threats lurking in the darkness, before leaving Elrond, he would hand over the complete set of Space Marine transformation rituals and blueprints to Afrediya.

Considering that the people of Palladio might find it difficult to understand the meaning of this name, he chose another one.

"Angel of Death..." Afrediya slowly read out the sharp handwriting written on the manuscript.

"There is too much darkness and danger hidden behind this world. We, Elrond and the entire world need enough power." Ivan whispered.

"I agreed to let you use it, so it's not a breach of promise." The black-haired boy smiled slightly, recalling the scene when they met.

"..." Afrediya remained silent for a long time.

Then, she suddenly looked up and looked at Ivan with burning eyes.

"No matter how terrifying the darkness may be, when you return, I will have everything ready for you—" The red-haired princess, the future Demon King, solemnly made a new promise:

"Legion!"

Chapter 96: The New King Ascends the Throne

All information was marked as top secret and was temporarily carried by Afrediya.

The third-level transcendents are the backbone of this era, but the Death Angel Mystery can mass-produce beings with physical qualities close to theirs.

Even though the requirements for the recipient are relatively high, this technology is definitely enough to change the fate of a country, and there is a high probability that it will have an impact on the entire continent.

Logically speaking, as a time traveler who knew the future, Ivan should have tried his best to avoid such events that would drastically change the future. However, he had already made his decision long before he was sure that everything had turned from a game into reality.

As a game plot, a dark, profound, and hopeless future might offer players a unique challenge, shock, and intense sensory stimulation. But when the unbearable tragedy actually unfolds before their eyes, at least Ivan feels he can't remain indifferent.

Instead, he wanted to change all these wrong things from the bottom of his heart!

So, I don’t care!

The future will change starting now!

Even if he lost his foresight, Alvin didn't think he would become a useless person.

At least when it comes to playing games, he still has some confidence. Oh, and maybe also in dealing with the exam-oriented education or something.

Therefore, the tall black-haired boy immediately decided to stop the skeleton frenzy after confirming that he was in Elrond.

It was also because of this that after handing over the information, Alvin felt relaxed.

"What? You sometimes seem to have no idea what you're doing."

Afrediya supported her chin with both hands, slightly raised her legs, and the red-haired princess with a rosy glow on her cheeks looked at the black-haired boy with an eager gaze. Although the latter's face was slightly red, he did not look away as quickly as usual.

The two looked at each other, and an unspoken atmosphere gradually became thicker, and even the light of the alchemical lamps seemed ambiguous.

But the next moment, there was a knock on the door, and a team of maids carrying snacks and hot drinks came in one after another. They all had a suppressed smile on their faces, and the leader looked at them with an undisguised smirk.

"Your Highness, it's time to rest. You have very important things to do in two days." Deputy Captain Maria, who was dressed in a maid outfit but was not a maid at all, said with a smile.

"Maria, you will be hated by the future ruler of Elrond if you do this." Afrediya jumped up from the bed, and the soft 'fat' on her body bounced up and down because of this 'angry' action.

"Oh, but if I don't do this, I will immediately be hated by these two stupid old men." Maria raised her hand to cover the corner of her mouth and couldn't suppress the evil smile. She raised her hand and pointed, and the shadow under her feet quickly connected with the other person's shadow, and the latter froze in place.

It’s not that she can’t break free, but Afrediya is not a truly willful princess after all.

She understood that the other party's words made sense, so she could only sulk and let Maria and another maid grab her arms at the same time and drag her out of the room like a sullen child.

Witnessing all this, Ivan stretched out his right hand in vain with a dull expression, but could only watch Afrediya being dragged out of the room by two maids. Although he felt a little regretful, he could also understand why the maids did this.

After all, in three days, the 43rd Demon King will ascend the throne. The parade a few days ago was not only to celebrate the reform, but also to warm up for this major event.

No matter what, it would be unacceptable for His Majesty the Demon King to attend the ceremony with dark circles under his eyes and a tired look on his face.

But, but I'm still angry...

Therefore, I could only turn my grief and anger into energy and devote myself to work and training.

At the Silver Knights' training ground, the sound of counting echoed through the sky.

"1! 2! 3...8! Drag him away! Next one!" Alvin raised his right arm and shouted loudly. In front of him was a silver knight lying unconscious on the ground.

Just now, Alvin used a series of punches, including a left and right straight punch, a fake hook, and a headlock swing punch to knock his opponent to the ground in the first round, and was directly counted out.

Similar scenes have occurred many times today.

At this moment, the boy's naked upper body showed streamlined muscles with golden ratios, and sweat slid down along the undulating muscle contours, showing the perfect fusion of strength and beauty.

After completing daily muscle training in the training ground, someone suggested playing boxing. So this group of extraordinary people, who each threw more than twelve punches per second and the force of each punch was measured in thousands of pounds, began to perform a show of tearing the atmosphere with their fists.

The Lind army also reportedly boxed, but they often wore boxing gloves made of multiple layers of cotton and tanned, softened leather to protect their knuckles and reduce the risk of injury. In contrast, Elrond's side was much more direct; boxing gloves were only used by women; we fought with our bare hands.

In contrast, Alvin didn't know much about boxing. In the game, everyone would just draw their swords and knives when practicing. At worst, they would go back to the city to meet the Maiden of Death. Who would use fists?

However, he has also experienced many situations where he needed to use his fists in actual combat. After his thinking ability was further improved, he could recall every detail of the boxing match videos he had watched in the past with great clarity, and they could be used as reference materials.

So, after becoming roughly familiar with the rules, Alvin began to show signs of becoming the king of the ring.

The Silver Knights appeared one by one. Most of them were considered excellent among the second-level transcendents, but they were all knocked down by Ivan's high-speed combination punches.

When the tenth and eleventh men fell at the same time, the knights looked at the prospective prince wearing a mithril mask and raising his fists to the sky, and fanatical expressions appeared in their eyes.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning passed through the sky. The black and white silhouette created by the instantaneous flash made Ivan's figure appear even taller. There was no doubt that the somewhat subtle attribute bonus feature of [Power] was taking effect.

This Excellency is worth following to the ends of the earth!

This thought, which should have been unbearable to complain about, now naturally surfaced in the minds of every Silver Knight and their squires who were Silver Knight candidates.

In contrast, Alvin, who was watching the scene silently, was cursing in his heart, feeling that this reward talent was really a deception.

In the past two days, in addition to various trainings, he was invited by the Blood Order to serve as a consultant.

Although he had little knowledge of biotechnology, Alvin was able to draw upon modern military weaponry to offer some new design ideas. Some of these concepts were ahead of their time, earning the mages within the order greater respect for the young man before them.

However, as Ivan himself learned more about the biological secret ritual transformation system mastered by Elrond, he couldn't help but have a question.

It is hard to believe that such a strict and complete system was established by a country with a social background close to the Middle Ages, even if there are magical elements involved.

After all, although magic can help conduct experiments, it cannot help people come up with conjectures, construct theories, or even establish systems.

In comparison, although Lind's magical engineering system was ahead of its time, the reason for this was very simple.

Through the mission plots in the game, players will understand the real situation hidden behind the magic technology.

One hundred years ago, not long after the war between humans and demons ended, a group of exceptionally well-preserved artifacts of an ancient civilization were accidentally unearthed from ruins somewhere in Linde.

The alchemists and mages of the time quickly gathered together to reverse-engineer the unfamiliar technology used. This research project had a profound impact and can even be said to have directly led to the establishment of Linde's modern magical engineering system.

Therefore, Alvin also raised related questions to President Claudia.

But the green-haired androgynous beauty said that he would know the reason when he truly became His Royal Highness the Prince.

Really, there are two things that I, Alvin, hate most in my life.

One is to speak only half of the words.

Chapter 97: The New King Ascends the Throne

In addition to boxing and charades, Alvin has been familiarizing himself with the heritage from the giant Akkad.

It is not easy to get started with the extraordinary combat skill called 'Elemental Shell'. It requires the user to have a very deep understanding of the elements.

This almost blocks out most ordinary combat professionals, but spellcasters can quickly cross this threshold. However, the subsequent basic use requires them to rely on their own strength to bear the load brought by the shell, which in turn eliminates a large number of mainstream spellcasters.

In other words, this extraordinary combat skill requires the user to have the mind of a wizard and the body of a warrior, but its power is also at an extremely high level that far exceeds ordinary combat skills and magic.

Ivan, who summoned rock arms to wrestle with himself, now understood this deeply.

The rock arm is over thirty centimeters in diameter and two and a half meters long. It looks like a gorilla arm carved from white granite and enlarged a full circle.

At this moment, this thick arm was being pressed down to the ground driven by magic, while the tall black-haired boy raised one hand to support it. Even though the ground under his feet had cracks, the boy's movements were still as steady as before, as if all the muscles in his body were made of molten steel and were as indestructible. Well, even if you just look at the literal meaning, this description is not wrong at all.

"It's okay. It's probably equivalent to or slightly higher than the output power of about 18 points of the character's strength attribute. It should continue to rise after the volume is expanded, but the magic power consumption will also increase." Even though he was under a huge force that could deform a piece of iron, Alvin still made a very calm judgment.

"Sir, the ceremony will begin in two hours. Please change your clothes." The maid, who was a court lady, reminded softly.

They were all reliable personnel who had served the Gusmith family for many years, usually the second or third daughters from lower-class noble families, but this generation of the Demon King was very bold in recruiting personnel from among the common people and students of the Royal Academy.

As young people who had received a modern education, the maids did not seem to be panicked even when they saw the noble man who had no aristocratic airs wrestling with a huge rock arm.

"Thank you, I understand." Alvin nodded, then dissipated the released magic power, and the elemental body constructed with rock quickly turned into pieces of broken rock.

Today, the capital city of Avonmore has completely entered a sea of ​​joy.

Joyful crowds could be seen everywhere in the city, with large numbers of artists performing various shows on the streets, such as breathing fire, juggling balls, and stepping on blades. All of these amazed the onlookers, who burst into applause and cheers from time to time.

In addition to the large number of urban residents who already lived in the capital, many young people from surrounding villages and towns also participated.

The impact of the Princess Reform has begun to spread outward, and more and more young people who want to change their own destiny are choosing to leave the land and go to big cities to find more promising new paths.

In fact, they can indeed find completely new paths.

According to the future deduced by Alvin and Afrediya, the great development of agriculture will inevitably lead to the liberation of the working population in villages and towns. Farming that previously required the entire family's labor force can now be undertaken by one or two people for the new demons who have accepted the improved Elrond secret ritual.

As a result, young people such as the eldest son or the second son, who were originally the family labor force, become idle.

In the subsequent resettlement plan that cooperates with the reform policy, these surplus labor force will complete their job transformation under the guidance of the state.

Young people who are free will enter elementary colleges to receive various short-term training. The future of Elrond will require a brand new workforce. In a sense, they will be the first individuals to become a working class after this arcane technological revolution.

The large-scale use of arcane monsters will inevitably lead to the emergence and prosperity of new professions such as monster riders, monster breeders, and monster keepers. After all, even the cleaning of the animal pens requires the recruitment of a large number of cleaners.

In addition, factories that cooperate with arcane monsters for industrial production will also absorb a large number of people, especially production-type arcane monsters such as metallurgical fish schools that require human care and assistance.

In a sense, this generation of young Elrond will have more choices than any generation in the past thousand years.

However, Ivan also informed Afrediya of the potential chaos in the early stages of industrialization; he didn't want to see anything like the "sheep-eating-man" incident. Moreover, subsequent developments had proven that blind exploitation was the most foolish and short-sighted behavior. Maintaining a win-win situation, to a certain extent, could actually maximize productivity.

In this regard, Ivan trusted Afrediya deeply. Besides her being a sweetly naive idealist, the Gusmith family's status as rulers also meant they wouldn't pursue extreme commercial interests. Ultimately, there was a fundamental difference between a king and a businessman.

Soon the real parade began on Avonmore's widest central avenue.

People stood in a very neat line on both sides, leaving the wide street in the middle empty, with anticipation on their faces.

This was because this place would soon become the only route for the large-scale military parade before the 43rd Demon King ascended the throne.

Just like the military parade held by Emperor Lind a year ago, this time the Elrond people will also show the countries on the continent their accumulated mystical power!

An army of 30,000 entered the city from the east side of Elrond. At the front were new demons who had undergone the improved Elrond secret ritual. Most of them retained human appearance, but their bodies were exceptionally tall, averaging about 1.9 meters.

These new demon warriors wore a complete breastplate on their chests, and brand new leather armor and chain mail on their arms and legs. They held heavy axes and spears in their hands, with the sharp spearheads pointing straight to the sky, like a forest of spears.

"We are still lagging behind as always. This is no longer the old era where you can gain an advantage simply by relying on muscle power." Ambassador Lind couldn't help but curl his lips and muttered softly on the Guanli platform.

"You might as well continue to look, Viscount Palmston." The subhuman woman wearing strange ethnic costumes beside him said with a smile.