Chapter 1149: Promotion
As a matter of fact, there weren’t a lot of requirements to promote into a grandmaster alchemist. All that was needed were plenty of alchemy items to withdraw the alchemy energy that was within the person of the target. When the master alchemist rune was broken, the alchemy energy that was transpired was enough to be turned into something that was more advanced. The energy was not meant to be done with the power of the Will. Sometimes, the energy could only accomplish it with its own vitality energy.
This was very similar to how divine spirits generate wors.h.i.+p power for themselves. To increase the amount of wors.h.i.+p power for themselves, the divine spirits would often increase the number of followers so they could transform the energy to themselves to use. This was what’s happening to Abel as well. The alchemy rune inside him required much more alchemy items nearby to allow it to activate itself. This was very similar to the procedure of lifeform breeding on its own. Able’s alchemy energy continued to flash. He realized that the energy seemed to be forming a will of its own.
On the outside, the entire golden castle, along with the super-sized teleportation circle, was starting to flash on and off. It wasn’t just the entire castle, actually. The alchemy potions inside the warehouse were also starting to do the same. Everyone inside the golden castle stopped doing whatever it was that they were doing. The servants also left whatever it was that they were doing. The chefs forgot about the dishes that they were making. Butler Meyer forgot to invite the guests over. The guests dropped their jaws and watched, despite how each and every one of them had all seen their fair share of unusual things.
The conscience that was formed out of the alchemy energy was quite simple. From what Abel could sense, it was basically a simple calculator. He went ahead and transferred his alchemy energy towards the grandmaster rune. The complicated pattern made him worried that it would be a collapse very quickly. As a matter of fact, the simple conscience of the alchemy energy was much more complicated than he had originally imagined. As the grandmaster alchemy rune was inserted, the alchemy items flashed on their own in response. At the same time, they turned into their own shape. Every time they flashed, they would be changing their own power on their own. If Abel was promoting himself inside the dark world, none of this would’ve happened.
Again, it was all thanks to his own intuition. He trusted his own intuition, which was why he was so quick to return to the golden castle. As a matter of fact, without the right heritage, most wouldn’t have access to structures that were as densely packed with alchemy materials as the castle. The other alchemists could reach a maximum threshold as much as they would’ve wanted, but they would still fail due to their lack of required materials.
Abel just watched the alchemy energy inside of him moving on its own. He could clearly see the grandmaster rune forming on its own. The process was very slow. Of course, The promotion qi inside of him was not weakened. Before, the promotion qi of the cla.s.s holders would only last for one or two hours before they disappeared. As for him, however, the total activation lasted for six hours. It went from morning all the way till noon, but there had been no signs of weakening whatsoever.
Eventually, more and more people knew about the phenomenon taking place at the golden castle. Everyone that Abel had shown acknowledgment before was starting to come. Many arrived at his teleportation circle and were petrified inside the teleportation room. Because of how many there were, Butler Meyer had to remind them not to take up too much s.p.a.ce.
Among them were Master Muir, Master Balfour, and Master Nolan. Master Balfour, who was the oldest, had tears in his eyes when he sensed this promotion qi.
Master Balfour touched the light that was nearby, “Yes! Master Bennett is promoted to become a grandmaster!”
In front of him, the road that was originally closed was turned into something new because of Master Bennett. The other two also cried because what they were looking at was something that the Potionmaster Guild would have a lot of fun celebrating.
Butler Meyer reminded them, “Masters! Would you please move to the hallroom?”
Master Balfour nodded, “Yes! We’ll wait for Mater Bennett inside the hallroom!”
Master Nolan laughed, “We’ll be calling him Grandmaster Bennett soon, I can imagine. Ha ha!”
The three masters were teleported to the hallroom under the help of the circle spirit. In the midst of this process, all the guests were sure that Master Bennett was promoted to become a potion master. They’ve made a guess before, but the guess became a confirmed fact as soon as the three potion masters made sure.
Meanwhile, Wizard Clemens was just sorting through the information that was sent to him from all his men. One piece of information, in particular, caught his attention. Usually, every information that was marked would usually be of something especially important. He needed to be the very first one to inspect and deal with this. He opened the information and was shocked by what he was looking at. He then became very pleased because of this. To demonstrate how happy he was for Master Bennett, he even took the risk of blocking information from the intel a.n.a.lysis spirit and made a secret arrangement with some legendary wizards that were good with Master Bennett.
As a matter of fact, he’s already become a traitor of the Wizard Union. If he was exposed later, he would’ve been in a lot of trouble. However, if Master Bennett was to become the very first, one, and only grandmaster potion master in the entire history of the continent, there wouldn’t be anything to worry about any longer. The divine potions Master Bennett would be able to craft would make anyone forgive anything underhanded that might’ve happened.
Wizard Clemens stood up and disappeared, “I’ve got to go to the golden castle! I’ll be the first one to congratulate Grandmaster Bennett!”
WIzard Dolan also received this information. He didn’t care too much about information, but he did care a lot about things related to Master Bennett. The staff members would naturally do everything they could to provide service to the grandmaster wizard. They knew that Wizard Dolan was interested in Master Bennett, so as long as they could receive the information, they immediately made haste towards where WIzard Dolan lived.
Wizard Dolan said in awe, “I didn’t know that Master Bennet was promoting to be a grandmaster! Actually, why do I even need to inform him anything about it? When’s the last time anyone was going to try to go against a grandmaster alchemist?”
It appeared that they’d have to go again, however. Wizard Dolan decided to teleport towards the golden castle.
Inside the Iron Furnace Fort, the dwarven king Gunther was just holding a piece of information in his hand. His expression was full of joy.
The dwarven king cried, “Quick! Bring Wizard Hutton here! Send out the word and send the 15 floating forts straight towards the golden castle. I want them as a gift to Master, no, Grandmaster Bennett!”
Originally, the 15 battle forts were only meant to be trading items, but after hearing that Abel was promoted into a grandmaster alchemist, the dwarven king decided that he must show his goodwill to Abel to the fullest extent. Also, yes, unlike the other people on the central continent, the dwarves knew that the legendary Master Bennett was not only a potion master but also a very prominent forgery master. It was why they’ve always wanted to form a good relations.h.i.+p with him. All the master-level forgery items that they needed were meant to be manufactured by Master Bennett, and Master Bennett was never the type to create any waste. He’d also create the finest pieces with the least amount of materials gone to waste.
As long as Abel could become a grandmaster alchemist, it’d be the best thing there was for the dwarves. The super war machines were the basis of the power that the dwarves needed to survive in this world. However, due to the influence of time, there have been quite a lot of problems. The dwarves could try to find alternatives for many other problems, but for the grandmaster-level items, they’ve never been able to solve them on their own.
Wizard Hutton appeared inside the palace and bowed, “You were looking for me, your Majesty?”
The dwarven king pa.s.sed a parchment paper over, “You head over to the golden castle immediately, Wizard Hutton. I want you to bring the most sincere congratulations we dwarves had to offer.”
Wizard Hutton took the paper over and saw the content writing on it. He couldn’t help but widen his eyes. He didn’t think that it was possible for there to ever be a grandmaster alchemist. Actually, the next thing he thought about was his student, Bernie. As Master Bennett’s good friend, Bernie just became much more prestigious amongst the dwarves.
Wizard Hutton quickly bowed, “Yes, your Majesty! I’ll bring the greetings of the dwarves very quickly!”
The dwarven king spoke, “How about you bring the 15 floating fort bases over?”
On the entire central continent, everyone that was good with Abel was doing one thing. They were sending their own representatives over to the golden castle. Abel never thought that one promotion would last this long. It had been ten hours already, and the grandmaster rune inside of him was only starting to take a complete shape. When the last rune was formed, the promotion qi quickly withdrew. Instead of changing his physique in any shape or form, it went straight towards his soul. Very quickly, Abel could feel that his soul was like it was soaked in warm water. His power of the Will was becoming more focused than before.
The power of the Will was extended to a distance of 1500 meters. This was an extension of more than half of his maximum range. This would make sense for an alchemist because although they were not required to be as mentally as tough as wizards, they would have to possess a power of the Will that was better than most.
After promoting his own strength, since all the brewing difficulty was increased, more power of the Will was required for putting this to work. All the promotion qi gained must be used for growing the power of the Will. The growth was meant to be subtle, but for a wizard like Abel, this boost in his power of the Will was much, much more than anything he’s seen before. It could be said that everything within his 1500 meter range would be open for his spell attack. That’s already much more than the maximum range of 800 meters for law-defying wizards.
In situations such as this, the first thing that Abel could do was to unleash his first spell attacks. He thought that he needed to run when he was facing danger, but his teleportation was just not capable of being matched by other law-defying wizards. The last promotion qi entered into his soul, and he could, at least, feel that his grandmaster rune was becoming more secure.
Just when Abel thought that his promotion ended, a dark golden light was emitted inside his rune. The strength of the light was so strong that it just pa.s.sed through his body, and his body was becoming something of a giant light-emitting object. It wasn’t just his body, actually. The defensive circle he set up, his training room, the walls, and other things couldn’t block this dark golden light. The dark golden light was almost the same as the promotion qi he was under the influence of just then. Every alchemy item within this range was affected. The influence was towards a positive direction, of course. For example, all the cores of the circles inside the golden castle were elevated by one small level. It’s almost like his rune was starting to be buffed.
Of course, the only thing that was elevated was not just the circle core. Every alchemy item that remained on everyone was also buffed. Take the example of the magic ring on Druid Conrad’s finger. The ring could generate two self-defense barriers every day, but that limit was pushed to three times with higher st.u.r.diness. Even the materials that were used to build the ring were strengthened such that they could influence the effect of the ring in a much more p.r.o.nounced manner.