The Curse of Time

When Kronos left the underground Small Church, his mind was filled with these wonderful thoughts.

But as soon as they stepped out, the Butler delivered a bolt from the blue.

The Argel Family's support for each Scroll Professor is limited, a rule established thousands of years ago and cannot be changed.

Each Scroll Professor has a quota of 300,000 Pound Sterling, the heir has a quota of 500,000, and if they are already the head of the family, then the quota is 1 million gold pounds.

This means that Kronos only has 500,000 pounds of resources at his disposal.

It has to be said, the affluent capitalist lifestyle is truly corrupting; Kronos now even adds the words "only" before "500,000 pounds."

Imagine being a "poor god" with not even five pounds in his pocket, and then looking at Kronos, who now has a net worth of three million pounds. It's truly infuriating to compare yourself to others.

That's right, Kronos's market value has reached a new high.

During his time at sea, the Air Pollution Act was fully passed.

Backlund and several other heavily polluted major cities are no longer permitted to use conventional coal; they are now only allowed to use anthracite.

Anthracite has lower combustion efficiency and provides less heat energy than conventional coal, so it is cheap and no one wants to use it.

As a result, once the bill was passed, the price of anthracite increased several times over.

Kronos's order for the family to stockpile coal brought them enormous profits, and the entire Backlund anthracite coal market was instantly seized by the Coim Company.

Moreover, while selling anthracite, Coim Company also launched Smokeless Charcoal, which had been produced at the Walter Factory for some time.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it swept through the entire Backlund for a time.

Beyond the sale of anthracite and Smokeless Charcoal, Ansel Company's ongoing trading of coal futures has also made Kronos a fortune.

This is because of the war; the Bowen Trading Company's Fleet is still stationed in the Southern Continent. Once they return, Kronos's net worth may soar to four million pounds.

Kronos couldn't even imagine how many Intis ambassadors he could kill right now.

"Fine, fine, five hundred thousand it is. We can't let our father abdicate for a million in resources," Kronos muttered, completely ignoring the old Butler's twitching face.

"Send a few sets of materials to my room tomorrow, and then prepare more to send to the city, to the West Borough. I'll be leaving the Manor and returning to the city in a few days," Kronos said to the old Butler.

The old Butler politely refrained from continuing to twitch his face in front of Kronos, and then replied, "Yes, sir."

After Kronos returned to his room, it was time for the much-anticipated test of his new skills.

First, there was the Scroll Professor's Eyes of Mystery Prying, which was further enhanced, covering a wider area and allowing for more detailed observation.

The Scroll Professor's unique skill is solidification; he can solidify an Beyonder Ability he has thoroughly researched onto Skill Scroll, and using it ten or more times a day is no problem.

That's about all the changes Scroll Professor has undergone; the next changes come from the Time Stone.

Let's talk about the enhancement of old skills first:

The Concealment of Time was increased tenfold once again, reaching a length of three thousand days.

The Eye of Time has been enhanced once again, allowing it to read into even longer stretches of the past and to see several different future Timeline, implying a multitude of possibilities.

With a few more enhancements, Kronos will likely be able to encompass the past and the future.

Time Reload is a life-saving skill, Kronos believes that if this skill could be used without limit, then it would truly be invincible.

Unfortunately, this skill hasn't received any enhancements and is still only available once a week.

But thinking about it, it's understandable; such a divine skill can't be enhanced so easily.

Finally, there's the newly introduced ability.

"Time Stone Sequence 6 Ability: Curse of Time, which can Endowment a powerful negative effect on the opponent, representing the state when their Timeline has come to an end and their life is on the verge of decay. The effect lasts for one second and can be used once a week."

Kronos quickly understood the power and significance of this skill.

There is only one Curse of Time: time is constantly slipping away, and no one can resist the power of life to wither away when time comes to an end.

This skill allows him to bring that moment to life on his opponent. Although the power of time travel is too advanced for Kronos to achieve at his current level, he can recreate that state.

Those hit by this skill will be on the verge of life and death, as if they are about to die, for a second. This one second is enough for Kronos to turn the tide in any situation.

Therefore, this skill, like Time Reload, is a divine skill that can save people from dire straits.

Kronos was very happy. Although it was a support skill, he now had a time-based skill that he could use in battle.

Unlike before, when Concealment of Time and the Eye of Time were completely useless in battle.

The Concealment of Time is alright; it doesn't require too much Spirituality.

But the Eye of Time is a huge consumer of Spirituality.

If you use it against an enemy, especially one of the same or higher Sequence, it will drain their Spirituality on the spot. Their legs will go weak and their vision will go black, making it impossible for them to fight.

Therefore, Kronos never dared to try this move; his Spirituality is too low now. Perhaps he can use it properly after becoming Demigod.

Now that he has such a powerful skill, Kronos can finally put up a fight against a Sequence 5 opponent.

The only weakness in their attack methods can be compensated for by using a large number of Skill Scroll.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Kronos was summoned to the Study by the Marquis Argel.

"Well? Interested in taking a look at the second part of our Family Secret Manual? The first part corresponds to Sequence 7, and the second part corresponds to Sequence 6," Marquis Argel asked with a smile, looking at Kronos.

When Kronos saw his father's smile, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Think about it, the fact that you were so strong at Sequence 7 was largely due to our Family Secret Manual. If you had just read the second part, you could have been just as strong at Sequence 6. Otherwise, you would have had to start researching those Beyonder Ability from scratch."

The Marquis Argel now resembles a Big Bad Wolf sheep's clothing tempting Little Red Riding Hood, his smile sending chills down Kronos's spine.

"Marquis lord, don't scare me. What good will it do you to frighten me?"

"How could I be scaring you? I'm just offering you a suggestion, after all, it could elevate your strength to the very top of Sequence 6 in one go," Marquis Argel continued with a smile.

It was only then that Kronos Consciousness that the Marquis was teasing him.

"Is this funny? Are you trying to amuse me?"

"Hahaha, silly boy, you actually took it seriously. Even if you wanted to see it, I wouldn't let you. You're different from us." Marquis Argel's tone was full of stories.

From the very beginning, the Family Secret Manual existed only as a Record and a foundation; it was not meant for everyone to read in its entirety, but only to be consulted when needed.

However, in order to prevent the Royal Family from continuing to be wary, they decided to use this self-destructive method to slow down the digestion of the Potion.

But precisely because this tactic is so effective, it directly slows down the progress of those who have read the secret manual, making each Potion take several years or even more than ten years to prepare.

This has led to many people completely losing their future after passing Sequence 7. Since that's the case, they calmly read the second part of the Family Secret Manual.

Marquis Argel is a prime example of this, and now that Kronos has broken through this constraint through his own efforts, this is an excellent opportunity.

The Royal Family has confirmed that Kronos has seen the secret text, so Kronos can now completely hide himself and secretly develop his power.

Therefore, Marquis Argel would absolutely not allow Kronos to see the second part of this secret text. He had finally found such a glimmer of hope, and he couldn't possibly let it be extinguished.

"I called you here to give you this." With that, Marquis Argel pushed a box in front of him toward Kronos.

Kronos looked at the box in front of him, slightly suspicious, after all, the Family Secret Manual had been delivered to him so harmlessly last time.

Seeing the suspicious look in Kronos's eyes, Marquis Argel laughed and scolded, "Would I trick you a second time? The second part of the secret manual is meant to be viewed voluntarily anyway."

Hearing this, Kronos opened the box in front of him with some skepticism, and then he saw what was inside: a Quill and a small booklet.

After taking out the two items, Kronos looked up at Marquis Argel once again.

This time, Kronos's eyes clearly conveyed one message: "If you don't explain to me what this is, I'll never open it, even if it kills me."

Having grasped Kronos's meaning, Marquis Argel laughed.

"Don't worry, I said I wouldn't cheat you, and I absolutely won't. This isn't some explanation of Beyonder Ability; it's just a manual of experience."

"The core skill of the Scroll Professor is Scroll making. It's a skill that comes with practice, but the experience of our predecessors can also be a great help to you. This is what our family's ancestors have gradually summarized."

"With this, you'll be able to get started and become more proficient at making Scroll much faster, and your success rate will be higher. It was originally in the Family Secret Manual, but I copied it down specifically for you."