Chapter 967: Coming Out
3 days pa.s.sed. During this time, Abel stayed in the Dark world to practice spells. Since this time were all top-level spells, it had taken him a little longer.
On the morning of the 4th day, he could not finish his practice, but he knew he couldn’t stay much longer. There were businesses to take care of in the potion maker union, so he walked out of the metal castle transformed by the metal fort. The first person he saw was Steward Myer.
“Master, the royal’s Steward, Hardy is waiting for you. He has been here for a day!” Steward Myer bowed. He was speaking a little quicker than usual, which just showed his desperation.
Luckily he was well trained, so he didn’t come across as too desperate.
“Steward Myer, what happened?” Abel couldn’t help but wonder why Steward Hardy had waited for him for a day. He was the grand steward of the royal palace. He would only wait for a day if a major event had occurred.
“Master, it’s nothing bad. Perhaps your rewards are here!” Steward Myer looked at Abel with admiration.
“Invite Steward Hardy to the lounge!” Abel waved and said.
As Steward Hardy bowed and left, he caught a glimpse at Frankenstein in a hooded cloak behind Abel. He was a little puzzled, but he kept his mouth shut.
In the lounge of the main building, Abel met up with Steward Hardy.
“The prestigious Master Bennett, I am here to bring you an invitation from the queen. Her majesty will organize a big druid ceremony for you in the next 2 days. All big druids, members in the temple, the potion maker union, and other big organizations will be invited!” Steward Hardy deepened the respect in his tone. Abel was no longer a famous master potion maker, but he was a big druid as well, a rare dragon druid.
“What’s a big druid ceremony?” Abel just couldn’t understand.
‘The prestigious Master Bennett, the big druid ceremony is tradition for the elves. It is a ceremony made to celebrate the birth of a new big druid and introduce them to the rest of the powerful forces of the continent.” Steward Hardy explained.
“Ok, I’ll be there!” Abel nodded.
Steward Hardy let out a breath of relief. Abel’s big druid ident.i.ty was a special one. He was not cultivated by the royal, nor was he born out of a n.o.ble elf family. He was from a subcontinent, so he didn’t know much about the Central Continent elves. If Abel didn’t show up to the ceremony, it would be a huge embarra.s.sment for the royal family.
Since Abel had agreed, it meant that he still had faith in the royal palace.
“The prestigious Master Bennett, the royal palace, also organized 2 tailors for you. If you have time, do you think you can let them take some measurements from you?” Steward Hard asked carefully again.
He knew Abel did not have many n.o.ble connections and servants in his place at the potion maker camp. He might not have any clothes that suit that kind of ceremony, so he decided to organize 2 tailors for Master Bennett.
“Steward Hardy, thanks for your care!” Abel smiled.
Since Abel learned n.o.ble manners, he knew the formality of a ceremony like this, and preparing suits for a guest was a show of respect.
Although he did not lack in suits, they were all made for his human form. He had nothing in his elf form.
Therefore, he was very grateful for the care of the palace.
Although Abel knew how prestigious he was, he still didn’t expect this much care.
But the royal palace had no choice but to treat him with the highest respect anyway. Just his number 1 Master potion maker in the Central Continent ident.i.ty was enough for him to attract powerful figures.
Since he was also a big druid, a special dragon druid, he truly became the elite of the elves. Even if he just leveled up, no big druid would disregard his power.
At least 5 big druids had witnessed how Abel was dominating 4 mad knights after transforming into a dragon.
Also, he was recognized by the G.o.ddess, the potential lover of a Sainte, and an equal contractor with the tree of life. The royal family had to increase their respect for him.
The 2 tailors from the palace spent half an hour carefully marked down Abel’s body measurements and asked Abel for some preference. Afterward, they left with Steward Hardy. The ceremony was in 2 days, so they had a lot of work to do.
“Master Bennett!” Suddenly, Druid Poly stepped up from a side and bowed.
She has had a lot of anxiety lately. Originally her rank 20 druid status was more than enough to complement Master Bennett as his follower. Still, ever since the rumors about master Bennett becoming a big druid began to spread, her status as a rank 20 druid was no longer impressive, especially with Abel being a dragon druid. She felt no longer qualified for the job.
“How’s the Teleportation circle going?” Abel asked, seeing Druid Poly stepping up.
“Master Bennett, circle maker Alisha invited a few more circle makers to double down on the work. It should be ready in 10 days!” Druid Poly bowed.
Master Bennett’s name had been a hot topic these past few days. He was the hero for saving the Kingdom’s City and the tree of life, so many elf circle makers immediately requested to help when the circle maker Alisha asked.
The holy knights caused a lot of destruction, so many magic circle makers were hard at work.
“Poly, there’s no need to follow me these days. Just keep your eyes on the teleportation circle!” Abel lowered his voice.
Druid Poly also knew she couldn’t do much to protect Master Bennett. He was a big druid, after all. But still, she was happy that Master Bennett had given her something to do. It meant that he was still treating her as a follower.
“Right, this is Frankenstein, my a.s.sistant!” Abel suddenly remembered he forgot to introduce Frankenstein.
“h.e.l.lo, Frankenstein!” Druid Poly bowed.
Frankenstein had no reaction. He acted as though druid Poly was invisible.
There were only enemies and his master in his eyes. His mission was to protect his master and kill enemies. It was the battle instinct of the soul contract.
However, his att.i.tude irritated Druid Poly. Both of them were serving Master Bennett, and he was clearly looking down on her.
However, as soon as she felt irritated, vicious energy sifted out from Frankenstein’s body. Frankenstein sensed a bad intention for her, so he did what was needed.
“Frankenstein, enough. She is my follower!” Abel couldn’t help felt but roll his eyes and yell. Frankenstein was basically a war machine. Even a small bit of ill intentions could trigger it.
Frankenstein immediately retracted its energy and once again returned to being Abel’s unnoticeable a.s.sistant in a hooded cloak.
However, Druid Poly could no longer underestimate Frankenstein. Her full body was suppressed and restricted, even down to her fingers.
Through her experience in battle, she knew for certain this Frankenstein in a hooded cloak was a law-defying wizard. That energy was exclusive to a law-defying wizard.
Druid Poly was stunned that master Bennett somehow found a law-defying wizard to work for him. After all, Law Defying wizards were the core fighting power of the wizard union. They were extremely prestigious in any organization.
“Poly, you can get to work now!” Abel didn’t want to explain much. Since Frankenstein needed to follow him around anyway, he couldn’t care too much about others’ thoughts.
Afterward, he turned and said, “Frankenstein, take me to the potion maker union!”
Frankenstein placed his hand on Abel’s shoulder, and the 2 vanished in a flash, leaving Druid poly on the spot. Seeing that move, Druid poly was 100% certain that Frankenstein was a law-defying wizard.
If the knights did not destroy the teleportation circle to the potion maker union, Abel would have used that instead.
Still, bringing Frankenstein with him was a way to move in a flash without exposing his human wizard ident.i.ty.
After all, he was too used to moving in a flash, and he could not do that ever since he became an elf.
Besides that, he needed to make sure that Frankenstein wouldn’t lose control without him. For a war machine without emotion on top of its powerful puppet body and ice law-defying wizard ability, no one could stop Frankenstein.
“The prestigious Master Bennett!” Every elf bowed with respect when they saw Abel. Their voices were filled with admiration. It was admiration for a hero, a hero who saved their lives.
Abel had encountered the G.o.ddess of the moon, summoned the tree men, and becoming a big druid in one day. Each of these events was enough to become a legend.
A legendary person like this had saved their city. How could they not give him the highest respect?
The potion maker union was still in reconstruction, and the whole place was like a construction site.
Abel’s office did not escape the Evil knights’ attack as well, so he found Master Muir. The teleportation circles within the union were also damaged, but he still had to complete the 300 light healing potions mission the wizard union gave him.
Looking at the union’s conditions, maybe it would take at least half a month for it to fully repair. He didn’t have this much time to wait. His big druid ceremony was in 2 days, and he would need to go into retreat again after all.
“Master Muir, I have a question to ask!” Abel opened the door to Master Muir’s office. Unlike Abel’s office, Master Muir’s office was still in good condition.
“Master Bennett, please speak up!” Master Muir replied with a smile. He looked a little tired. His eyes were red and seemed like he needed more sleep, but his spirit was still quite good.
“Master Muir, the union’s teleportation circles, was damaged, and I can’t connect with the Wizard Union’s exchange system. Is there any other way I can contact them? I have 300 light healing potions I need to submit today!” Abel said helplessly.
“Oh, that’s easy. I’ll send some workers to the palace and use the teleportation circle there to connect with the wizard union!” Master Muir laughed.
He was very pleased that Abel was standing true to his contract. With his current status, he could easily request a late submission to the wizard union.
Afterward, he called in some workers and commanded them to head to the palace to take care of this.
“Master Bennett, I heard you are gathering light gems. Here are some light gems. Please accept them!” Master Muir then took out a wooden box from his portal bag and placed it on the table.
He always wanted to thank Abel for saving his life, but there was nothing he could help Abel with. Abel’s potion-making skills were superior to his at the end of the day.
He then remembered Abel was always looking for light gems, so he gathered from through his connections.
“Thank you. They are very useful to me!” Abel smiled and accepted them.
He scanned the wooden box. There were a few hundred beginner light gems and some intermediate ones. Afterward, he put the box in his portal bag.
He knew Master Muir was just trying to express his grat.i.tude. If he rejected him, it might damage their relations.h.i.+p.
Also, those light gems could speed up his training even as a law-defying wizard. The only thing was that he needed top-level ones.
But still, he could combine those low-level ones into top-level ones with his Horadric cube.
As his training progressed, the light gem he needed would grow to be astronomical in number.
“That’s great!’ Master Muir also smiled. He was happy that his efforts did not go to waste.
They hung out in the potion maker union for a moment. Soon, the workers returned with the words from the wizard union. The wizard union would complete the deal with Abel when his big druid ceremony takes place in 2 days.