Chapter 160: Tamerlane: Everyone gets a treasure from the Sun Church

Starfire Hall.

Under the towering crystal dome, twelve prisms stood on the cold bronze earth, with torches burning endlessly upon them, as if to illuminate until the end of time.

Tamerlane, Hagek Kesi, and Dorovai waited quietly in front of the hall until the figure wrapped in torchlight slowly appeared, and these geniuses, each of whom had enough talent to dominate an era, bowed in unison and said:

"Good evening, Your Highness."

"Good evening," the black-haired young man smiled slightly.

"Dorovai, after I left, did the Pale Witch harm you?"

After everyone sat down at the bronze long table in turn, Xia Mingyu first asked about Dorovai's recent situation with concern.

After all, that witch of the Radiant Moon Rank with a nasty personality was a troublesome person from any angle.

"Your Highness, she did not harm me; on the contrary, I attacked her because of a misunderstanding," the young girl shook her head, her expression appearing somewhat embarrassed.

"What misunderstanding?" Xia Mingyu's expression was stunned, and he asked subconsciously.

"After you left, I heard a sound in the middle of the night and went out, and then I saw..." Dorovai told everyone about the villagers of that village praying together for the Pale Witch to transform them into Ice Men.

After listening to her, especially knowing that those villagers in the Northern Region were willing to become non-human monsters just to be able to eat ice to survive, the people at the long table had different expressions—some sighed in dismay, some felt sorrowful, and some clenched their fists in silence.

Finally, it was Xia Mingyu who summarized it in a heavy tone.

"Strict and poisonous politics are even more terrifying than not being human!"

Everyone was silent for a time; through this sentence, they seemed to see the countless civilians floating in the hell of the human world under the dark rule of the Gluttony King, Lorn Sossia.

No one knew what kind of painful despair they had experienced to make a living person willingly become a monster.

"Dorovai, after I wake up, I will put more grain into the Connection Space; please help me send them to every village you saw in the Northern Region that is trapped in famine."

After a long time, Xia Mingyu spoke slowly.

Although the feeling of draining his magic every time was as painful as having his brain split open, if his own pain could be exchanged for the happiness of millions, then it was worth him persisting.

"Your Highness, thank you for your kindness, but you have already given me a lot of grain; giving more might affect the people of the Southern Region..." Dorovai said with hesitation.

Although the Southern Region, which was exempted from the grain tax, had more abundant grain than the other three regions, it had its limits.

Although she dreamed of saving those hungry, gaunt Northern Region people, this was definitely not based on sacrificing the peace of the Southern Region people.

After all, no matter where they were, people were people; they would cry because of sadness and show smiles because of happiness.

"Don't worry, actually, all the grain I put into the Connection Space before was not collected from the Southern Region, but created by myself," Xia Mingyu told the truth.

Created grain out of thin air?!

Hall members: "???"

"You mean, the thousands of bags of wheat you gave me before were all created by you out of thin air!"

Dorovai was full of disbelief, and her tone even carried a trace of trembling.

After all, the ability to create a huge amount of food out of thin air was beyond the scope of humans, and she even began to suspect whether His Highness was a real Food Fairy.

Thinking about it this way... fourteen hundred million citizens, could it be that they refer to fourteen hundred million fairies, and His Highness is actually a prince of the Fairy Kingdom?

"Not out of thin air; I have an ability similar to a Harvester, but slightly stronger; as long as I provide magic, I can accelerate the growth of crops." Fortunately, Xia Mingyu opened his mouth in time to interrupt the young girl's wild imagination.

To demonstrate to everyone, he conjured a green wheat seedling on the bronze floor.

"Five Grains Abundant," Xia Mingyu said softly; he bent down and extended his finger wrapped in pitch-black flame clouds, tapping lightly on the green branches and leaves of the wheat seedling.

The next moment, this wheat seedling began to grow wildly as if it had eaten an enhanced version of fertilizer.

In just a few seconds, it became a mature wheat plant with a height of over one meter.

The golden, heavy, and full wheat ears looked exceptionally beautiful and tempting under the light of the torches above.

This god-like scene made the other three hold their breath in shock.

This ability to pull a seedling into a mature crop in a few seconds was no different from creating grain out of thin air!

"Your Highness, you are truly humble! Possessing such miraculous power, even if you didn't have the identity of fourteen hundred million citizens, I think you would be regarded as an honored guest by any kingdom," Tamerlane sighed sincerely.

He believed more and more in his intuition: His Highness would definitely bring glorious redemption to the people of the entire Western Continent in the future.

And his mission was undoubtedly to do everything to protect His Highness's ideals, and at critical moments, even if it meant sacrificing his life, he had to protect His Highness, who was the most important person in this world.

"Dorovai, I need you to do me a favor."

"Please speak." The young girl's expression became solemn immediately.

She secretly swore in her heart that after receiving so much grace from His Highness, no matter how difficult the task His Highness proposed, she would accomplish it perfectly; otherwise, she would not be worthy of carrying the honor of the Mason name.

"Just as I said before, creating grain requires magic, and relying only on my own magic is still insufficient. For this reason, an alchemist friend of mine prepared a potion that can accelerate the recovery of magic, but it still needs a kind of herb from the Northern Region."

Xia Mingyu spread his palm, and a flower with petals resembling ice crystals floated slowly in his palm.

"Ice Crystal Flower?" Dorovai's expression was stunned; this flower was rare in the Northern Region, but it couldn't be called precious, and sometimes it was even eaten by people who were starving to fill their stomachs.

"Yes, although the Southern Region can also buy Ice Crystal Flowers, their medicinal properties are lost too much, and if I use the Connection Space, I can get Ice Crystal Flowers with complete medicinal properties in the Southern Region and prepare magic potions with effects increased several times," Xia Mingyu explained patiently.

"So I need you to help me collect as many Ice Crystal Flowers as possible."

"Please rest assured, after I go back, I will immediately mobilize the knights under my command to find Ice Crystal Flowers for you," Dorovai said solemnly.

"How many knights do you have?"

Xia Mingyu was somewhat curious; after all, Dorovai was the descendant of Grand Duke Mason. With that Grand Duke's personality charm, even if the young girl was currently in exile, he thought she should have some loyal knights by her side.

"Those who can be called combat power are just dozens of Morning Stars and a few Crescent Moon knights, and two Crescent Moon knights, making you laugh, Your Highness," the young girl said embarrassedly.

She felt that her manpower was really too small; compared to the huge kingdom of fourteen hundred million citizens behind His Highness, it was just like a drop of water in the ocean.

Dozens of Morning Stars?!

A few Crescent Moons and even two Crescent Moon knights?

Heavens, the knights under her command were more capable than the entire Southern Region!

Hiss!

Xia Mingyu gasped, doubting life for a moment.

He felt that compared to him, perhaps Dorovai was more suitable for the title of Highness.

At the same time, Tamerlane, who was listening to the conversation between the two and mentioned using the Connection Space to transmit Ice Crystal Flowers to maintain complete medicinal properties, lowered his head and thought.

He felt that he might send a small gift to his companions.

"Your Highness, can you allow me to give a gift to each of the companions in the hall? Including you."

Tamerlane walked to Xia Mingyu, knelt on one knee slowly, and said respectfully.

"Of course... what kind of gift is it?"

Hearing this, curiosity and anticipation flashed in everyone's eyes.

"There is a Blazing Sun Treasury in the Sun Church, which is open to all internal members of the church, containing the church's treasures accumulated over thousands of years—magic potions, ores, magic tools, magic weapons, knowledge, everything."

"Anyone who makes a contribution will receive merit, and with the accumulated merit points, they can exchange for treasures from the treasury. I happen to have a little bit of merit in my hand, which I can use to exchange for a treasure needed by each of you, and send it to your hands with the help of the Connection Space."

"I hope to contribute to our shared ideal with this," Tamerlane said sincerely, his blue eyes full of hope.

Clearly, he was the one giving the gift, but he gave people the feeling of asking others for help.

This guy... he is a good person to the point of being completely hopeless.

Xia Mingyu sighed silently in his heart; he hurriedly helped Tamerlane up, and then spoke:

"Then I won't be polite; please give me... a magic book?"

Xia Mingyu thought for a long time, and between the two choices of magic crystal and magic book, he finally chose the magic book.

After all, what he lacked most now was a means of attack, and the core magic he had finally awakened, Heavenly Punishment Dragon Thunder, was a pitfall that would drain his magic once used.

Compared to simply increasing magic capacity, learning a new magic was more valuable.

After all, how could there be a magician in this world who only knows one magic!

"Can, Your Highness, what attribute of magic book do you need?"

"Ice attribute," Xia Mingyu thought for a while and said.

He remembered that Lise had mentioned that his compatibility with ice magic was very high, and he also felt a very smooth feeling when he released ice magic himself.

"Hagek Kesi, Miss Dorovai, what about you?"

"I need a treasure that can better hone the body; it can be knowledge or a prop."

"Lord Tamerlane, I need a sword technique. As for what type of sword technique, I think you, who often guide my swordsmanship, should know better than me."

Driven by Xia Mingyu, Hagek Kesi and Dorovai also put forward their own demands, and Tamerlane readily agreed.

Crack, crack, crack.

With the arrival of the waking moment, the prisms of the hall gradually turned into phantoms.

"It's really great to meet everyone," at the last moment, the young girl suddenly said.

"I think so too!" x3

"Hahahaha."

Finally, when the members woke up from their dreams, they only remembered everyone's smiles.

Northern Region, Snow Sheep Village.

In the morning, the young girl on the bed slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of beautiful emerald-like eyes.

Without any hesitation, Dorovai, who had just woken up, quickly put on her clothes, picked up her Lionheart Sword, and ran out of the door in a hurry.

This time, she did not run to the open space at the village entrance to practice swordsmanship as usual, but knocked on the doors of the houses one by one.

Not long after, a group of Eastern Region knights were summoned together by her.

Although these knights were still somewhat sleepy, they still held their heads high and puffed out their chests, making a spirited appearance.

After all, this was the first time they had been summoned uniformly by their Lord, and it was in such a rush; there must be some incomparably difficult task to be announced, right?

For example, completely destroying the Frost Tooth Knight Order that came to capture their Lord? Or simply directly raiding the Polar City, killing that villain Mo Wen, and then supporting a new puppet to unify the Northern Region.

Just as the knights were letting their imaginations run wild, Dorovai said solemnly:

"Everyone, please set off immediately and collect as many Ice Crystal Flowers as possible for a benefactor of mine."

A group of knights: "???"

Just this?

My old bones are all burning, and you tell me it's just to pick flowers?

A moment later.

Streams of light left Snow Sheep Village from all directions, breaking into the boundless snowfield.

Although they were slightly disappointed in their hearts, these knights still loyally executed their Lord's orders.

Until the sunset sank toward the distant mountains, dyeing the sky into a burning golden red, the knights who returned with a full load arrived late with bags full of Ice Crystal Flowers.

They compared with each other who picked more Ice Crystal Flowers to prove who was more loyal, while following the young girl's instructions to put bags of Ice Crystal Flowers into the emerald-green light hole.

"Dorovai, the Ice Crystal Flowers within a few kilometers have basically been picked by us. If you want to pick more Ice Crystal Flowers for your benefactor, you can only go to more distant areas," Lansen instructed.

Although he had many doubts he wanted to ask the young girl, such as who that benefactor was and how her space prop came about, since the Lord had not spoken, he, as a servant, would never ask actively.

"I hope these Ice Crystal Flowers can temporarily satisfy His Highness," Dorovai thought with worry.

This was the first time His Highness had assigned her a task, and it was such a simple and safe task; she naturally hoped to satisfy His Highness.

Otherwise, it would be too sorry for His Highness's grace toward her.

Red Fox Castle, evening.

Xia Mingyu, who noticed the change in the Connection Space, summoned Youde.

Because he often needed to ask Youde to make medicine, he had built another pharmaceutical workshop for him in Red Fox Castle.

The red light hole opened downward.

Clatter, clatter, under Youde's incomparably astonished gaze, bags of Ice Crystal Flowers fell to the ground, actually piling up into a small mountain taller than him!

He walked over and roughly checked and counted, only to find that there were actually hundreds of Ice Crystal Flowers in the bags!

"Your... Your Highness, with so many Ice Crystal Flowers, even if I stay up for ten nights without sleeping, I won't be able to finish making them!"

Youde was so nervous that his legs began to tremble.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't let you finish making them all at once," Xia Mingyu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After appeasing Youde, he looked at the mountain of Ice Crystal Flowers on the ground and fell into thought.

With so many Ice Crystal Flowers, apart from him squandering them, there must be quite a lot left; perhaps he could sell magic potions to earn some foreign exchange.

However, was it really necessary to sell such strategic materials in Sossia? After all, it would be too dangerous if his future enemies used them.

Xia Mingyu fell into deep thought.

On the other side.

Sun City.

Tamerlane dressed up under the service of a group of maids, and after holding his sword and going out to complete the routine patrol in the morning, he rushed to the location of the Blazing Sun Treasury without stopping.

That was the building closest to the first ray of dawn on the entire continent, located at the peak of the highest peak of Mount Taiyang—the Dawn Church.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 161 =====