I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 176 - 114: The Fiona Knights Offer the Stone of Destiny

Chapter 176: Chapter 114: The Fiona Knights Offer the Stone of Destiny

Gu Shanhai entered the Royal Capital very stealthily, without notifying anyone, and without anyone noticing.

"There are quite a few spying scouts; the entire Royal Capital really had been fortified to the core," Gu Shanhai realized as some gazes swept over him the moment he entered.

"Not a Transcendent, nor possessing the corresponding means of detection. Right, it can’t be there are so many Transcendents."

It’s not that Gu Shanhai had no flaws; in fact, his flaw was quite significant. Because he had fixed a large number of spells on himself, as soon as someone used Detect Magic or a similar ability, they’d instantly notice there was something off about him, now dressed in the simple garb of an ordinary civilian.

This completely did not match up, as no ordinary civilian could possibly possess such an abundance of Transcendent aura.

And if one didn’t use detection abilities to investigate, it wouldn’t be apparent from the surface.

Gu Shanhai had thought about finding a way to hide it, but so far, he had not found the ability to do so; proper research would require a clue to begin with. Without relevant knowledge and the corresponding ideas, and with many more spells needing to be fixed, the corresponding abilities to conceal needed to be strong as well.

On his way, he had also managed to successfully condense the four natural sigils of the third layer of the Cloud Snow Thunder Forest, which meant his ten natural sigils of the first and second layers were enhanced again, acquiring additional abilities.

The six sigils of the first layer added an attribute difference deterrence in addition to the fixed and percentage values. If an opponent’s attribute was lower than Gu Shanhai’s, there was a chance to inflict anxiety, fear, and other emotions; the more attributes that could deter, the better the effect, and the larger the attribute difference, the greater the chance of causing deterrence.

The second layer’s Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, however, were more practical, adding new abilities such as increased physical response, enhanced attack strength, vitality, and adaptability. The Fire Sigil was rather rigid; points were all invested in attack, unlike the other three sigils, which varied.

Gu Shanhai was very satisfied with this; passive skills were indeed useful and trouble-free.

In addition, he had acquired a new talent—yes, the poison immunity he had long coveted.

Only three natural sigils remained for the fourth layer: Sun, Moon, Star.

The Sun Sigil provided an all-round increase to physical strength, the Moon Sigil to soul strength, and the Star Sigil to immunity strength, effectively raising the threshold for all damage, control, etc., that affected him. An attack that required 100 points to affect Gu Shanhai now needed 200 or even 300 points to be effective.

Gu Shanhai did intend to cultivate, but because the condensation process of the Cloud Snow Thunder Forest’s four natural sigils demanded special training, which delayed him on his way, and he managed to succeed only shortly before reaching the Royal Capital, he had to put aside his cultivation for the time being.

"It seems it’s not targeted at certain enemies; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so lax," Gu Shanhai thought after he entered the Royal Capital, took a stroll to check if there was any tail behind him, and thankfully not drawing attention, he then leisurely made his way toward the Royal Capital Church.

As he traveled, he hadn’t heard that Atilis had pulled out the Sword of the King that was stuck in the stone, so the sword was still sealed in the church.

The Archbishop, along with numerous priests, had followed Atilis on a campaign, so the church had long ceased to accept activities like prayers and mass.

A quick investigation by Gu Shanhai confirmed there was indeed no one there.

As for the Sword of the King, it remained there, next to the crucifix, not fearing theft, because apart from Atilis, no one else could pull it out.

Players had also tried, and no one could move it, so it was left there.

Gu Shanhai had no intentions of using the Golden Sword in the Stone; it chose its master. If one was not a King to pull out the sword, it would be nothing more than an ordinary sword in anyone else’s hands, or even less than an ordinary sword, as it was not unbreakable.

If a player got their hands on it, they would need numerous prerequisites and to complete a complicated series of tasks to unseal the sealed equipment. Gu Shanhai could guess what the final hoop of this unsealing task was: to conquer a world and become a true King, fundamentally because of the "First Epoch" making up for what was lacking afterward.

The actual conditions hadn’t changed at all.

After conducting a patrol and confirming no one was present, Gu Shanhai silently entered the church.

Looking at the square Stone of Destiny, he quickly found the gap.

Comparing the small Destiny Stone in his hand, he mainly worried the church might try to pass off a counterfeit.

"Now I just need to figure out how to blow this thing up; it’s a bit challenging," Gu Shanhai thought, having faced difficulty as he tried to cut, blast, and other such actions on the small Destiny Stone to avoid settling his debts by burying his fate.

The fact that it remained intact meant that Gu Shanhai simply didn’t have a solution.

"But speaking of that, I don’t remember this thing having so many cracks in it," Gu Shanhai observed, noting the Stone of Destiny full of fissures, something the information he had gathered in his previous life did not account for.

"Is it because I’ve destroyed too much destiny?"