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Chapter 191 - 121: The Return of the Red Dragon to its Lair at the 8th Ring - Part 2

Chapter 191: Chapter 121: The Return of the Red Dragon to its Lair at the 8th Ring - Part 2

For instance, the player known as the Green Knight on Amute Island is still there, completing daily quests and enhancing his corresponding talents and skills. It’s a long-term commitment, not something that can be sorted out in a day or two, and it likely cannot be interrupted regularly.

It’s somewhat tragic to think about, but after coming out of the mountains, it’s likely that he’ll achieve great mastery and start looping between courier quests for abilities and skills.

However, there are pathetically few players left in this world. In two years, Atilis became the authentic Red Dragon King, having conquered the entire world, and most of the original players have withdrawn, though the commercial district remains operative, handed over to NPCs for production after the players’ submission.

The Low Magic Era no longer offers them sufficient benefits. The higher-tier worlds now possess more professions, equipment, and skills, so this world is rather forsaken.

This life is not like his past life when the Dragon Vein Druid was glorified by players. Due to the butterfly effect caused by Gu Shanhai, both the trajectories of players and natives changed, resulting in this profession being overlooked.

His rebirth led him not to sustain the various developments of his past life but to disrupt the original course, naturally leading to entirely new circumstances. Thus, for him, being pre-emptively insightful had little utility.

"Atilis should be returning in a day or two, right? Merlin had mentioned before that he had conquered from where the sun rises to where it sets, and the entire Camelot Kingdom has now become an empire where the sun never sets."

"Tsk, the Red Dragon chases the sun, inspecting the world with his knights in tow. In the past life, he was never this dominant."

During the previous life, Atilis didn’t manage to destroy all the kingdoms and incorporate them into the Kalome Kingdom. Gu Shanhai speculated that soon, the Kalome Kingdom might need to be renamed.

So Gu Shanhai’s plan was straightforward—to seek the Holy Grail, not just by himself, but with the help of Atilis’s men.

He wanted to retrieve it alone, but the risks were significant, and it seemed necessary to have others bear those risks.

"Just that it would delay things by another ten days to half a month." Gu Shanhai knew that if he approached Atilis, the latter would surely agree, but he wouldn’t let him depart immediately. First, there would be the selection of Gu Shanhai’s team and the preparation of various logistical matters.

And these tasks could only commence after Atilis’s return and his actions like rewarding the troops and maybe appointing nobles and ministers.

Even at the fastest, it was unlikely that all these could be done within three days.

"Forget it, might as well wait a bit longer, might use these days to rest."

Gu Shanhai felt somewhat dazed; unwittingly, it seemed he had already spent nearly four years in this world. Nonetheless, in these four years, his progress in strength nearly matched what Mafas and others took most of their lifetimes to achieve.

"Now all talents and skills of the Green Knight have been learned, and for the Marked Druid, there are still some left, besides six natural marks and level 9 Prophetic Divination Magic, there are also the abilities ’eternal youth’ and ’ageless body.’"

"It’s a pity I haven’t acquired the transformation ability; otherwise, there would be ’Wild Transformation,’ ’Additional Wild Transformation,’ ’Thousand Faces,’ and other related abilities."

Gu Shanhai worried that transforming could affect himself—it’s not just about changing the outer layer; he studied it thoroughly, it’s about altering the entire bodily structure. He is so cautious even with a simple connection to natural channels, let alone such transformation abilities.

He would see if he could find a transformation system later to harmonize with before using it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t dare implant it easily.

Besides, Wild Transformation wasn’t of much use to Gu Shanhai; he wasn’t a true Druid, unbound by their limitations.

Though he did not study, he possessed all the necessary knowledge and was never at a loss.

By that time, he might even piece together a makeshift version of the "72 Transformations".

"Shanhai, His Majesty the King will be returning in a few days, are you prepared?" Merlin entered and saw Gu Shanhai idly whiling away his time. Unlike Kay who would have been furious, Merlin did not react similarly. Since Kay had found out that he had been deceived by Gu Shanhai, he demanded that Gu Shanhai come in to "clock in" daily.

Gu Shanhai did clock in, but he continued to slack off at his leisure, even at the center of power in the Kalome Dynasty, which made Kay helpless.

Over the past two years, Gu Shanhai had also thawed his previous animosity with Merlin and had even gained considerable expertise in the areas of prophetic divination from Merlin. Regrettably, he was just short of creating his own prophetic divination spell.

"Have you grown stronger again?" Merlin noticed something amiss with Gu Shanhai and asked.

"It’s not about getting stronger, but about making further progress in the fields of prophecy and divination." Gu Shanhai earnestly corrected him. He was not lying; having spells of prophetic magic from levels 1 to 8 fixed upon him was indeed progress in the fields of prophecy and divination.

He found that the more prophetic spells he had on him, the more significant his overall improvement in divination and prophecy became.

"Alright, but I suggest you conceal that transcendent aura of yours as soon as possible, it’s quite conspicuous," Merlin reminded him.

"I forgot about that, didn’t expect it to fail again, I’ll reinforce it when I have a moment." Every time he fixed a spell of one level, it caused the concealment on him to fail. Later on, he just stopped bothering with it, planning to deal with it all at once later, and he gradually forgot about the matter.

Moreover, he had always been in the Royal Capital, where his only destinations were his own mansion and the Imperial Palace, so there was essentially no danger, and it ceased to matter.

Upon hearing Merlin’s reminder today, Gu Shanhai could only upgrade his transcendent concealment, a universal spell he created himself, to level 8.

Gu Shanhai’s transcendent concealment, a universal spell he crafted with his own name, was perfected only after referencing a significant amount of materials to suit his needs.

In fact, he knew quite a number of universal spells, like magic tricks and secret technique marks, which were akin to parlour tricks and mostly useless, except for the secret technique marks which were somewhat useful for leaving his mark, essentially for showing off.

"I must say, you truly are a genius, and your contributions to the kingdom over the years are indelible. Although you haven’t taken to the battlefield, you have provided crucial support for our victories. His Majesty intends to make you a marquis," said Merlin.

"Isn’t that a bit hasty? That’s quite a leap." Gu Shanhai hadn’t expected to be directly promoted to marquis. Thinking back, it seemed he indeed had been quite helpful over the years with perfecting and developing various knightly inheritances and offering modern proposals among other things. Kay and others not only did not take credit for his achievements, but they actually praised him.

"Wait, does this mean that in His Majesty’s eyes, I am now seen as someone who diligently works every day and excels in handling both internal and external affairs?" Gu Shanhai suddenly realized this aspect, or else how could someone who slacks off and cultivates in secret be appointed a marquis?

Further up would be the duke, which roughly equated to a non-royal king. Since the rebellion led by Duke Snow Donia, the title of duke had not been conferred again, and now there were only a sparse few remaining, with the rest being downgraded to marquis through various means. These few likely followed suit.

It was essentially making room, waiting for Atilis to return and redistribute, where the older generation could hardly compare to those who shared life and death as Ministers of Dragon.

Since Gu Shanhai did not partake in battles and thus lacked military achievements, he could only reach the position of marquis, truly not meeting the criteria for duke, otherwise, he too would be a duke.

"It seems so, and with this impression, you are going to be quite busy in the future," Merlin also paused, then understanding the reason, he said with a smile.

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