The ti Arthur spent inside that Elven settlent was peaceful, as none of the other youths plotted against him after Giullis warned them not to.
Deep down, he wanted to take revenge on Kymil, but that would have to wait. The event that got most of Arthur’s attention was the trip they would do.
Giullis said an important step in their training would happen inside the Elven capital, and depending on how well they perform there, then joining the army was not a pipe dream anymore.
Arthur had teleported to his settlent back and forth during the past month, and the progress of it was astonishing. They could now live in the forest without a problem, and Arthur could not help but praise the adaptability from the desert people.
Now, the day he had to leave, the Elven settlent arrived. Arthur had already warned his people about it, but promised he would frequently return. In fact, in this past month, Arthur focused on learning more spacial-ti spells, and learned the Anchor.
Anchor was a powerful spell that allowed the caster to link two different places and teleport between them with just the thought. It had a large cool downti, but the distance from each location was infinite, which ant Arthur could teleport to both edges of the world if he wanted to..
He set the first anchor in his settlent near the river, and would set the second one inside the Elven capital so that he could travel between these two places with ease. It was a spell mixed with an array, which was sothing Arthur had never seen.
“The ancient mages were truly incredible.”
Giullis said that the capital wasn’t far, but it was. Maybe the elves had a different perspective of far? Arthur guessed the reason after spending the last month with the elves.
Elves had huge life spans, and so Elven kids had over 80 years of age. For them, the perspective of ti was ssed, as they lived a lot more than humans. The capital was far, yet for them, who had a lot of ti, it was close.
“All right, everyone, jump inside the carriage.”
The carriage Giullis prepared did not have horses in front of it, but strange creatures Arthur had never seen. These creatures had feathers, but were as tall as 3 ters, and had a peck that was intimidating. They reminded Arthur of the Chocobo from a ga he used to play when a kid.
These creatures were a lot faster than horses, and even though the carriage was moving fast, it still had stability, and barely moved around as they traveled.
All the youths that had trained with Giullis were there, and not a single one of them liked Arthur. He showed up out of nowhere, and was taking the sa test as them, but the difference was that they trained for it for years.
They hoped Giullis would separate from them once they reached the capital, and that would be their chance to plot against Arthur and make sure he wouldn’t pass the test.
Arthur was not dumb. He knew they would try sothing against him and was just waiting to see it happen. For him, these weak elves were nothing, and a plot by them would be easily demolished.
Another thing that happened during this last month was a change in his devouring skill. He had barely used it since he got it, as the attributes were only temporary, and Arthur did not see the need for it, but know it was different.
After his body gained a certain amount of celestial energy from his devotees, his devouring skill changed, and it fused with the celestial energy that granted him permanent attributes.
Now, every ti he ate a beast, or soone, he would get a portion of its strength, leading to a definitive increase in attributes. The only downside was that the stronger his attributes got, the lesser attributes the eaten prey would grant, and eventually he would gain 0.
When Arthur discovered that, he road around the Elven settlent, killing lots of beasts he found nearby and devouring them. At first, he got a few attribute points, but it quickly stopped, as the beasts around that area were too weak.
If he wanted to get more permanent attributes, he would have to find stronger beasts or people to devour. These opportunities would surely appear one day.
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After 28 days of travel, they reached the Elven capital. It was imnse, and the most beautiful city Arthur had ever seen.
The walls were tall, made of a green ore that reminded him of a jade. It also had magical vines growing in it, and with a quick glance, Arthur could tell these were there to protect the city, like a defensive array of so sort.
All the buildings inside the city were neatly arranged, and also made of precious materials that were only found inside the Elven forest. So were made of ancient wood from the trees in the forest, others were built using the sa stone as the wall, and so were of materials Arthur did not know.
What caught his attention the most was how clean the streets were, and how everything was perfect, as if soone had designed everything beforehand, and the citizens respected the laws and took care of the city.
If one compared that to the cities where humans tossed the trash all over the place, and tried to kill each other in the middle of the streets, it was worlds apart.
Not that it was a perfect place. It still had dirty in so alleys, holess people, and thugs, but these were low numbered, and the city guards would always catch these people before sothing bad happen.
The thugs were sent to jail constantly, and the king tried his best to help the holess people, building places that took children in, and shelter for the holess.
“This is it. We are here. Slyvian, the most prestigious city in the entire worldJoi!”
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