Chapter 743: s.h.i.+ft In Authority
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
“There was a special room in the palace. The reason why so many warriors of death are here was to protect it!” Steward Derek bowed.
Abel followed Derek into the palace. Everything clearly reflected the extreme elven luxury. The style was graceful in nature, but those countless delicate patterns and art pieces had turned the palace’s entire interior into a giant art piece.
Most of the interior, including the walls, were also made with Hao Jad and some other luxury material mixed within.
The elf magic patterns were extremely powerful, so using large amounts of magic circles in this place was unavoidable. Illumination circles, teleportation circles, and protection circles were just some that Abel had noticed the moment he entered the palace.
Normally the use of Hao Jade in construction would freeze the place, but due to the warmth of the valley, its interior merely felt cool.
“It’s perfect for a vacation!” Abel said admiringly.
“Master Bennett, a Hao Jade mine, was discovered near the valley during the construction of this palace. The designer had completely changed plans and built the palace entirely out of Hao Jade. That was how this beautiful palace was born!” Steward Derek said proudly.
He couldn’t understand why the Grand Ducal palace had given the Orwell Palace to Abel. He was shocked at their generosity since this palace was an important a.s.set of the Grand Ducal Palace.
Although the warriors of death were not a high rank, they all had a lot of potential. According to elves’ lifespan, those warriors of death could all turn in to commanders in tens of years.
The Grand Ducal Palace wouldn’t grant Abel such a high-value a.s.set just for Lady Lorraine. There had to be something more, something Steward Derek didn’t know.
“I love this place!” Abel said with a smile as he stepped on the Hao Jade tiles and admired the luxury of the interior. He loved the style of this place.
“Master Bennett, do you want to change the name of Orwell Palace?” Steward Derek asked somewhat embarra.s.singly.
Only the royals could use the name palace in a place. Even a master alchemist by honor would be overstepping his status if he used this name.
“No need, Orwell Palace is a good name. I’m very happy with it!” Abel replied without thinking.
Steward Derek just asked out of kindness. He thought maybe changing the word palace would be less of a ha.s.sle for Abel since this place was now his domain. However, he didn’t know that Abel was allowed to use the name palace as well.
Grand Duke Edwina knew this as well. This was why she had granted Abel Orwell Palace without changing the name.
Seeing as Abel did not have any intentions to change the name, it did not bother them. Abel would marry Lady Lorraine, so he would soon become a royal anyway.
Afterward, he led Abel down a long corridor connected to the bas.e.m.e.nt of the palace.
The bas.e.m.e.nt was a huge open s.p.a.ce. Other than some columns, the place was almost 1000 square meters.
“Master Bennett, the warriors of death would normally do their training here while protecting the room in the far end!” Steward Derek explained.
Abel looked around this bas.e.m.e.nt. It must have taken ma.s.sive engineering skills to construct it. They said the dwarfs were engineering experts, but the elves were not bad either. It was just that they rarely build anything.
Abel ignited his data a.n.a.lyzing ability and quickly calculated the weight distribution of each column. They were all supported by a large amount of magic pattern, perfectly counteracting the weight above.
Heavyweight columns like these would be very outstanding even in his previous world, let alone a civilization like the Holy Continent.
He then made his way further into the bas.e.m.e.nt and came across a complicated protection circle. This thing had the ability to protect, identify, hide scent, and many more features. In the center of the circle was 3 stone doors engraved with patterns.
Steward Derek took out an ident.i.ty card and opened the circle. Abel followed closely behind and entered.
“Master Bennett, this is the core of Orwell Palace. I will transfer the full authority permission to you later!” Steward Derek said.
“What is this place protecting?” Abel asked in confusion.
“You will know soon!’ Steward Derek said with a smile.
He put the ident.i.ty card on the door on the far left. There was a blank s.p.a.ce on the engraving of that stone door. When the ident.i.ty card made contact with it, a white light flashed, and the door opened automatically with a crispy sound.
Abel followed Steward Derek into the door. As soon as Abel entered, he saw a spirit wrapped in an energy circle. That spirit was glowing in blue light. From Abel’s experience, he knew the rank of this spirit was not high; only a tower spirit.
At first, he thought no one in the Holy Continent would be crazy enough to put a spirit in a palace like he did to his royal palace, but it seemed like he had underestimated this world.
“Master Bennett, this is the control room and energy base of the Orwell Palace. I will now transfer the permission to command the Orwell Spirit to you!” Steward Derek said.
He took out an ident.i.ty card and said loudly to Orwell Spirit. “Orwell Spirit. The ruler of Orwell Palace will now be changed. The transferred Derek, the receiver Master Bennett!”
“Orwell Spirit accepted the request. Transfer in progress. Creating a new ident.i.ty card!” A robotic voice emerged from around the magic circle. Afterward, a white glow appeared in front of Abel.
A wooden ident.i.ty card appeared in his hand. This ident.i.ty card was a controller for the Orwell Palace as well as the Orwell Valley, and the Orwell Spirit had accepted his power of the will.
“Master Bennett, we will need you to open the next 2 doors with your ident.i.ty card. Mine is now useless!” Steward Derek said with a smile.
Abel walked out of the control room and arrived at the stone door in the middle. Abel placed his ident.i.ty card on the blank s.p.a.ce, and a white light flashed. The stone door opened.
When he entered the room, he was caught off guard a little. The room was completely empty other than a large teleportation circle in the middle.
He never expected to find a large teleportation circle like this in the Orwell Palace.
How valuable was a large teleportation circle? In the human world, only important wizard unions would have them. They could not be owned. Personally, they could only be open to the public.
The only reason why Abel had obtained a large teleportation circle was that he had taken advantage of Elite Wizard Cliff’s privilege and moved the Kingdom of St Ellis investigation department’s large teleportation circle into his own magic tower.
This large teleportation circle in front of him was definitely not public. Abel suddenly realized, maybe the most valuable thing in this Orwell Palace was this large teleportation circle.
This thing alone could be worth a few times more than the palace itself.
“Derek, why is there a giant teleportation circle here?” Abel asked after a bit of hesitation.
“Master Bennett, the Orwell Palace was an important escape route for the Grand Ducal Palace. If anything major occurs to Angstrom City, the Orwell Palace will act as a place of refuge for important grand-ducal palace members. Also, if anything major did happen, this place would become the commanding base for Angstrom City!” Steward Derek explained.