A Demon's Journey

The first inheritance was an outstanding Body Cultivation Technique designed by a human expert in the past.

This cultivation technique absorbed the Ardor in his surroundings and infused it into his body. This strengthened his physique permanently.

This cultivation technique's most astounding aspect was its ability to enhance William's body by infusing it with his Gold and Metal elements. There were only a few cultivation techniques that permitted someone to infuse their body with two different elements simultaneously. Furthermore, because these two were variant elements, developing a skill that could integrate them was significantly more challenging.

Not just anyone could cultivate this body cultivation technique. The requirement for this body cultivation technique was to possess a Divine Strength Body so that it could endure being fused to multiple elements.

The second inheritance William gained was a lost skill and blood essence. The name of this skill was Golden Dragon's Claw! The blood essence he inherited belonged to a Golden Drake. This Drake most likely possessed a trace of the Golden Dragon Clan's Bloodline.

As William inherited this blood essence and lost skill, he underwent a transformation. This Blood Essence dramatically boosted his Spiritual Energy, transformed his physique, and significantly enhanced his Gold Ardor.

After fusing with the Golden Drake's Blood Essence, William could no longer be compared to before. He could use his Bloodline Pressure to suppress the beasts with bloodlines weaker than that of Golden Drake.

He had changed a bit physically. His height had grown by three inches, and he was now 5 feet 10 inches tall. His facial structure had changed slightly, and he could be considered a bit more handsome now.

Moreover, his body released Draconic Aura that would intimidate most warriors. This Draconic Aura also acted as Pheromones for women. Women instantly reacted to this Draconic Aura and would become very horny.

And this was only the second inheritance. The final inheritance was where he discovered a massive stockpile of resources, pellets, and weapons. 90% of the treasures in this vast collection were only for metal attribute cultivators, while the rest were for everyone else.

Few persons possessed the metal attribute since it was a variant element. This, in turn, caused there to be rather few metal attribute resources in the market.

As a result, it was extremely difficult for a Metal Attribute cultivator to grow. The other variant elements were similar, except for the Wood or Gold Attributes. The cultivators with Gold or Wood Attributes could utilize their attributes to dramatically boost their absorption speed. This increased their cultivation pace significantly, leaving metal attribute cultivators in the dust.

In any case, William had secured his path to an Emperor Ranked Expert through these three inheritances. He hadn't just inherited techniques, resources, and blood essence. He had also forged strong bonds with the hidden clans in the Eastern Mountains of the Glerian Kingdom.

These deep ties weren't merely friendship ties. It was a familial relationship because William was now engaged to three ladies, each of whom belonged to their respective hidden clan.

Azaroth was rather amused to find out that William was engaged. He believed that William was probably forced into this engagement and couldn't find it in himself to refuse the hidden clans.

Azaroth pondered whether William's allegiance had been influenced by his extraordinary experiences. Due to his extraordinary experiences, William was bound to grow conceited.

Through the spiritual imprint within William's Mystic Spiritual Connection Ring, Azaroth activated his Mystic Eyes of Perception and gazed at William's body.

Azaroth suddenly spoke out, startling William, "I have a task for you."

William was startled but immediately responded, "Give your order, master!"

Through his Mystic Eyes of Perception, Azaroth could see that William was still very loyal to him.

'Having retainers with a decent disposition was a perfect decision. Their conscience won't let them betray me,' Azaroth smiled internally.

Anyway, he contacted William for a specific task. It was to prepare a countermeasure in case the worst situation occurred!

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In the meantime, the Monarch of the Sinyalian Kingdom was utterly distraught as he heard of his army's defeat!

King Valliadis was despondent for two days before declaring an emergency in the Sinyalian Kingdom.

This meant that the kingdom would soon go to war. The taxes on the citizens would increase by 30%, and the merchants had to sell all the surplus supplies to the Kingdom.

All the citizens older than 16 and younger than 60 years old with no occupation could join the army in the castle nearest to their location. Commanders had begun their recruitment in those castles!

The Noble Families were to contribute a portion of their earnings to the army's upkeep that arose from a castle in their region.

Finally, all Noble Families were to follow the King's commands throughout this period. If they ventured to defy the king's edict, their whole Noble House would be uprooted.

During this time, no one could spread bad rumors about the King. Anyone who spoke against the king or even the Royal Family would have their entire family killed.

Within Mesenana City, Shun was staying in a typical cottage in a rather crowded community. He wasn't shocked to hear the King declare an emergency. He had managed to guess the right timing.

He picked up his Voice Transmission Array Stone and asked, "Ellen, is it ready?"

On the other side, Ellen Valliadis responded with a sweet tone, "Yes, my dear. I managed to complete the task you gave me."

"Good. Inform me when an army is planning to attack the Glerian Kingdom," Shun instructed her.

"I will," Ellen affirmatively replied.

Shun was about to cut off the connection when suddenly Ellen added, "…I feel lonely, Shun. I want to meet you. Let's have a date today."

Those remarks rendered Shun speechless. He responded exasperatedly, "We had a date just two days ago. And don't you remember that the two of us were nearly caught by that guard? What if something like that happens again?"

Ellen responded with an apologetic tone, "I-I apologize, Shun. Something like that won't happen again." However, she added with a melancholic tone, "B-But I really want you with me. I have no friend here, and you have banned me from meeting Sophie."

Shun heavily sighed upon hearing her words. His heart softened a great deal and thought '…I am merely using her to get what I want. She knows that. Yet she is willing to go to any lengths for me. She doesn't question me when I give her an instruction. I should at least be willing to do this for her.'

"…Alright. Let's meet in the evening," Shun responded softly.

"Really?! Yay! Thank you! I love you!" Ellen excitedly spoke before cutting off the connection. She summoned her maids to assist her in dressing for her date with Shun.

Shun shook his head, a small smile on his face. Interacting with Ellen alleviated Shun's boredom and eased his stress. He truly loved Ellen's company.

However, his expression soon turned serious as he thought 'All the followers secretly trained by Ellen have now infiltrated the armies led by the Great Generals of the Sinyalian Kingdom. I can know the precise movement of these armies and deduce their aim by observing their movements.'

Deducing the aim of an army wasn't a very challenging task for Shun. The truly arduous task was to figure out how the Glerian Kingdom would counter them.

Shun still lacked crucial information regarding the Glerian Kingdom, so it was hard for him to deduce their reactions.

'Ah well, hit and trial it will be,' Shun thought.