William's Request

After considering it, Falan decided to return to his territory tomorrow.

Even if the God of Nobility and Sovereignty had been left in the Abyss, he would not fall so easily.

He could probably still return to his Divine Kingdom after paying an enormous price. It was just that the Noble Temple would have a difficult time for a while.

As for Hephasaldo, judging by William's actions, it would probably be annexed.

The pontiffs of other temples would not dare claim that their will was the will of their God, but William absolutely would. The Noble Temple was the main force preventing wars between nations, and the Temple of Justice would also help suppress them.

But no one from either of those temples would likely dare step forward to stop William.

No Legendary was a fool. There were probably no Legendaries left in Haifa now, right?

With an Undead army, William could occupy several countries without any trouble. However, the God of Space-Time was still a deity firmly aligned with the Good Alignment. As long as a country had not attacked Salar, William could not make a move against it.

None of this affected Falan or Hill. Since Salar was safe, the Mage should return to the Mage Tower.

The next day, the Spencer Sky Knight found Falan. "Master Falan, could I ask you to help build a large floating ship?"

Falan was full of confusion. "The cost of building a floating ship is enough to construct a Grand Mage Tower. A large one would be even more expensive."

The Spencer Sky Knight said with a smile, "We will pay entirely in Spatial Crystals. As for the materials, we will have to ask Master Falan to find a solution."

Because the fundamental elements in this world were so dense, other elements were extremely scarce. Elements from beyond the world were all squeezed outside the world barrier.

Only when a God whose nature matched a certain law ascended the Divine Throne would large quantities of the same type of elements be drawn into the world.

For example, Mages had only begun researching Lightning Law spells after the God of Nobility and Sovereignty ascended. No one knew how many Legendaries had advanced because they established the system of Lightning Law spells.

Gods of order all belonged to the Lightning Law. That seemed somewhat reasonable.

The reason the Justice God and the Goddess of Love and Arts were both constrained by the God of Nobility and Sovereignty was because they, too, were Gods of Lightning Law rules.

But Hill had never understood how love and arts could fall under the Lightning Law.

Did noble love always need to be judged?

When the God of Space-Time condensed his divine body, vast quantities of time-space elements were drawn down from the Space-Time River beyond the world. Thus, Time Elements and spatial elements appeared in this world once more.

When elements gathered in great quantities, elemental mines naturally formed.

The elemental mine formed by the elements drawn in by a God would certainly be far larger than the one in old King Obastian's capital.

That was why the places where Gods ascended the Divine Throne were all home to Supreme God Temples.

Although Hill had not expected William to move the capital here as well, the establishment of the Main Temple of Space-Time had long been anticipated.

Time Elements apparently could not form crystals. As for what use they would have once gathered together, that was not something outsiders could know.

But Spatial Crystals were extremely valuable!

In the past, they had only been the scattered crystals Legendary Mages brought back when traveling through the Elemental Realm. Now Salar had an entire mineral bed!

William was using a massive quantity of Spatial Crystals to tempt Falan!

With the great increase of time-space elements in this world, Mages could now study spatial spells and time spells. If Falan could organize a system of spatial spells, he could become Legendary.

Moreover, as an Alchemy Grandmaster, how much spatial equipment could Falan make with so many Spatial Crystals?

Although he would have to make it himself, he could indeed make money by reselling it.

Hill had always wanted the sort of device that could expand the interior space of a Mage Tower.

He remembered that in the novels he had read before, powerful Mage Towers had their interiors expanded by spatial devices until they could house thousands of people.

But in this world, apart from Legendary Mages who could merge their Mage Towers with Demiplanes, no such Mage Tower had ever existed.

His own abilities were still far from sufficient. With Spatial Crystals of the same size, the storage space Falan made was three times larger than his.

His super Mage Tower could only rely on Falan.

Falan hesitated for only a few minutes before decisively agreeing.

Hill and Adrian looked at him eagerly.

Falan said directly, "The deposit is twenty million. Anything of equivalent value will do."

The Spencer Knight happily kept tossing Spatial Crystals from his ring.

Those enormous, uncut ores of varying sizes deeply shocked Falan.

"Who mined these?"

"His Majesty was in high spirits last night, so he dug a tunnel and went down to mine them himself!"

The elemental mine had only just formed. Even a Sky Knight entering it would be sliced into pieces by the chaotic spatial rifts inside.

Although the bodies of Legendary Knights gradually became elementalized as well, a Knight's bloodline could not be transformed.

That was also why Legendary Knights did not live as long as Mages.

William's body, however, had probably been completely assimilated by time-space elements.

Although he fought in the manner of a Knight, he was actually more like a Priest.

The power he used came from the God of Space-Time, no longer from the inherited bloodline power of the Salar Royal Family.

William could fully use holy power, but for now, he seemed to have no interest in becoming a Holy Knight. He only wanted to use the offensive power of time-space elements.

Therefore, William did not care at all about being injured by the chaotic and violent time-space elements. Only he could mine Spatial Crystal ore under such conditions.

Falan knew that as well, which was why he could not help asking who had mined them.

After all, it was truly impossible to imagine a king, a pontiff, and a future God refusing to sleep in the middle of the night just to go mining.

The Spencer Knight did not care at all. "His Majesty saw your ship and liked it very much. It was just that he could not spare the attention to ask you to build one at the time. Besides, he did not have that much money." Seeing Falan's confusion, he explained, "The Salar Royal Family's money was divided equally among the royal family members by His Majesty. His Majesty's treasury only contains what he earned from the Undead."

Seeing the Spencer Knight's smiling face, Hill became certain that the Spencer Family had known William's identity long ago and had pledged loyalty to him very early on.

Back then, although the Spencer Family had three Sky Knights, they were newly risen great nobles and lacked sufficient strength. Even when the lecherous king set his sights on the family's only jewel, they could only helplessly marry their daughter to the old king as his third queen.

After Queen Spencer married into the royal family, the old king was only fascinated with her for a short while. Then he returned to the embraces of women of every kind. He believed that granting Queen Spencer an official position was more than enough for the Spencer Family.

Queen Spencer had not expected anything from the king to begin with. She only wanted to live well with her child.

However, as her family grew stronger and produced another five Sky Knights, her son, who had received Knight training since childhood, died from an untreated cold.

Although William was still alive, he was not truly her son anymore. Thus, Queen Spencer passed away in depression ten years ago.

Before her death, she must have discussed everything with the Spencer Family, and the Spencer Family had made its choice as well. Between William, who had a future God supporting him, and Edward and Charles, who had caused the death of their family's jewel, they actually had no other choice.

The Spencer Knight said with a smile, "His Majesty cannot always spare time to mine either, and no one else can enter the mine within three years. So if we work quickly enough, all the Spatial Crystals might be handed over to Master Falan."

Falan stared sharply at him. "Do you want the one I have now? It has only been used during this period."

The Spencer Knight froze for a moment. "You do not need it anymore?"

"I am about to return to the Mage Tower, and building a large floating ship will take a long time.

"For me, the one I have now is no longer useful. If the price is right, I will certainly sell it."

The Spencer Knight nodded. "I will return and ask His Majesty at once. Before dinner today, I will come inform you of His Majesty's decision." After watching the Sky Knight leave, Adrian impatiently asked, "Teacher, why do you want to sell the Silver Ship?"

Falan pointed at the Spatial Crystals on the ground. "With these, I can make a floating ship with a large internal space. Why would I keep that one?"

He instructed Adrian and Hill, "Take out the small pieces and divide them between yourselves.

"After we return, study spatial magic arrays properly. You must practice more."

Falan could not help smiling. "With so many Spatial Crystals, I can continue down my path of alchemy.

"In a few years, when Salar can produce Spatial Crystals in large quantities, I hope the two of you will be able to independently complete the expansion of large spaces.

"There should be more Alchemists in the future as well. As long as one can independently make a storage ring, one can survive on the path of alchemy!"

Hill and Adrian both nodded obediently. Hill, who already liked making equipment, did not feel much about it, but Adrian, who only liked potion alchemy, looked miserable.

Seeing Adrian like that, Falan said angrily, "Look at the Undead! What is a Magus worth? And you are not even one yet! In the future, having stronger magic power will be useless! You can only find another path elsewhere. Otherwise, hide for the rest of your life! There are so many Undead! Where can you hide?"

Adrian hurriedly said, "Teacher, I understand. Please do not be angry. I am just feeling a little stifled. I will study hard!"

Falan shook his head and sighed. "Will anyone still dare oppose the Undead?"

Hill silently thought, They will find out in the future. They will fight among themselves. Siege warfare is where they truly shine.

At dusk, Spencer came to purchase the Silver Ship. Falan immediately removed the ship's core. "If His Majesty wishes to ride this ship, it would be best for him to set the core himself. Others can be permitted to use the ship, but he must be the master of the core.

"My core is rather ordinary. His Majesty would be better off using one like those in Advanced Mage Towers. It can designate more users."

Spencer nodded, left a ring for Falan, and departed.

Falan counted the crystals in the ring, then gave some to Adrian and Hill. "We are returning overnight.

"Hill will go directly home. Adrian must follow me to build the floating ship."

Hill nodded. "All right, Grandfather. Do not worry about me."

Holding Alice, he followed the two of them westward and returned to his territory.