Chapter 114: Master of Pie-Painting
As dusk settled and the sun began to set, the remnants of the day bathed the bustling royal city in a warm glow. Kailson had delivered the five hundred thousand gold coins and a cartload of scrolls before nightfall, such a grand gesture practically draining the family’s foundation. Watching Kailun’s people count his family’s assets, Kailson felt a pain in his heart that made it difficult to breathe.
His family’s accumulation of hundreds of years had reached its peak in his generation, and the eighth-rank’s support had made the family even more prosperous. However, this prosperity ceased to exist after encountering Kailun.
“Are you feeling very unwilling?” Kailun asked, standing at the manor’s gate, watching as batch after batch of gold coins were brought into the manor.
“Sigh, of course I’m unwilling, but what can I do? I lost, I have no complaints.” Kailson sighed softly, his face filled with sorrow, all his pride gone.
“How mundane, you only see the immediate defeat, but not the future possibilities. As an eighth-rank, don’t you realize where you’re standing now?”
Kailun skillfully painted a pie for him, he called this mobilizing the enthusiasm of employees.
Kailson: “At the gate of the manor?”
“Ignorant, the place you’re standing is the center of the world. The Kingdom of Xiya connects to many powerful countries to the west, and to several main veins of the abyss to the east. Backed by the important trade route of the Kingdom of Malaga, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the Rose Kingdom and the others. Finally, considering the war between the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss, haven’t you seen the situation of the world yet?”
Using the calmest words to depict the grandest blueprint, Kailun called this the best pie-painting technique.
“What do you mean?” Kailson frowned in thought.
Kailun: “You’re really stupid, we’re in an important location, we declare absolute neutrality, we don’t participate in the war, but we reap the benefits of their war. No matter how long the war between the Temple of the Heavenly God and the abyss lasts, we can gain huge benefits during this period. And don’t forget, Saint Chrissy is my person, with her, I can monitor every move of the Temple of the Heavenly God and guard against their sudden attacks.”
“Please forgive my ignorance, I still can’t understand how you will reap their benefits.” Kailson shook his head.
He hated riddle masters. Although Kailun had told him some key information, it still didn’t stop Kailun from being a riddle master.
Glancing at the caravan that had almost finished unloading, Kailun stretched and said, “I don’t participate in the war, but we will do business with them. We will sell whatever they need. We are the existence that breaks the barrier between humans and the abyss. As the middleman connecting the two, we have the initiative.”
Kailson was still confused, this method was clearly very different from the grand blueprint Kailun had just depicted.
Could they really reach that point just by relying on trade?
“But as far as I know, the abyss hates humans very much. Even if there is contact and trade, it’s only superficial, it’s generally difficult to go deeper.”
Halfway through his words, Kailson suddenly thought of something and widened his eyes: “Could it be that you are a traitor to the human race, a spy for the abyss?”
“….”
Kailun clenched his fist: “You’re the spy, your whole family are spies. The abyss does hate humans, but not all races hate humans, I can contact them naturally because I have acquaintances. Although I’ve only met this acquaintance once.”
The so-called acquaintance naturally referred to the Fox Spirit. Originally, Kailun had thought about contacting the Fox Spirit when attacking the Kingdom of Malaga, but because of his own strength improvement, he postponed this decision.
If he didn’t have the strength to negotiate with the Fox Spirit on an equal footing, contacting her too early would put him in a weak position.
But now Kailun could completely talk to the Fox Spirit as equals, which meant that he now had the ability to talk to the abyss.
He knew what the abyss wanted, and he could also satisfy their appetite. As long as he could mediate the scale properly, he could get the maximum benefit.
The chamber of commerce was just a process, not the ultimate goal.
Since his rebirth, Kailun’s plan had been constantly changing, from initially scheming for one country to now aiming for the whole world, this process only took half a month.
It was undeniable that as his strength increased, his plan also became more and more crazy.
If he revealed everything, everyone would probably think he was crazy.
Having said that, Kailun added: “Don’t doubt my relationship with the abyss, I just have a deep understanding of a certain important leader there, and we have a mutual connection.”
Kailson: “…”
He really wanted to ask if Kailun really wasn’t a spy for the abyss?
This was clearly a spy, how could a human be so close to the abyss?
Also saying that he would do business with the abyss, it sounded strange no matter how he thought about it.
But thinking about it carefully, if Kailun really succeeded, wouldn’t the Kingdom of Xiya have the abyss as its backing?
Thinking further, combined with the special geographical location of the Kingdom of Xiya, this not only divided the world into two parts, but also became a new center and buffer zone.
This was a man-made buffer zone. If it succeeded and the abyss could come to the surface, then Kailun’s importance to the abyss would increase accordingly.
On the other side, with the existence of Saint Chrissy, every move of the Temple of the Heavenly God would be exposed to Kailun, he could always react one step ahead.
Not to mention anything else, this could at least allow Kailun to gain a foothold and become the third pole of the world.
His current weakness was also a natural camouflage.
However, Kailson always felt that something was missing, like the last step that determined victory, but the current plan couldn’t see the final dawn.
Once this model collapsed, Kailun would definitely be the first target to be eliminated by both sides at the same time.
Kailson raised his head and followed Kailun’s gaze, he saw a white-haired girl in a neat maid outfit counting batches of gold coins. He glanced at her briefly and automatically ignored Carol.
In his opinion, she was just a pretty little maid.
Anyway, as a slave, he could only listen to Kailun’s opinion and gamble with him.
The new possibility swept away Kailson’s dejection. If Kailun could really become the third pole of the world, wouldn’t he be considered a meritorious official?
So wouldn’t it mean that he had a chance to get rid of his slave status?
“I may not be able to understand your plan, but I want to know if there’s anything I can do to help you?”
Kailson put his hands in front of his chest and bowed solemnly: “I want to do something for my family, I want to add a meritorious deed to your glory.”
“Your attitude is barely passable, but it’s enough, I do have a job for you and your family, listen carefully.”
Kailun turned around and looked at Kailson seriously.
The role of an eighth-rank couldn’t be underestimated. Besides throwing him on the battlefield, Kailun had a better way to squeeze his value dry.
Kailson said respectfully: “Please speak, as long as it’s something I can do, I will definitely do my best.”
Since yesterday, he had been wandering around the city, inquiring about all kinds of information about Kailun, the more he inquired, the deeper his understanding of Kailun became.
He saw something called a miracle in Kailun.
“You need to take the members of your family above the sixth rank and become mentors in the newly established academy. I need you to selflessly spread the knowledge you have learned to the kingdom, to the world. You will mainly be responsible for teaching mages above the sixth rank, teaching them new magic circles and how to advance. In the new academy, your students will not be restricted by kingdom, race, or faction, as long as they are recognized, they can enroll.”
Kailun smiled devilishly, he was once again breaking the rules at the bottom of the world.
He emphasized the words “recognized”.
“Are you crazy?!” Kailson looked at Kailun in astonishment: “Whether it’s for humans or the abyss, knowledge is a luxury, a pride and glory that only a few people can touch. You demoting everyone’s pride to the mortal world will make everyone hate you, this is an absolute bottom line that cannot be touched.”
In this world, knowledge about strength was the most expensive luxury, and magic was the most typical example.
Knowledge restricted the strength of the lower class, made it difficult to cross class boundaries, and stabilized the basic pattern of the world where one class exploited another.
The Temple of the Heavenly God exploited the world, the royal family exploited the nobles, and the nobles exploited the commoners. In Kailson’s view, this was how the world should be.
Strength was their pride, and the strength of their families was because they relied on powerful strength.
Sharing knowledge was equivalent to sharing their pride with the lowest class of commoners, Kailson found this behavior very repulsive.
“Kailson, do you really think everyone will hate me? This includes you, right?”
Kailun’s smile widened.
Although he didn’t know why Kailun was laughing, Kailson still bit the bullet and asked:
“Sorry, even I can’t accept it, the knowledge we possess is the glory won by our ancestors, why should ordinary people get this glory?”
Kailson’s thoughts represented the thoughts of many people.
“Then, if there was someone who could teach you how to break through to the ninth-rank, would you still hate this model?”
Kailun’s smile became even more obvious, he seemed to be about to burst into laughter.
“You mean?”
Kailson clutched his heart, his old face showing an excitement that hadn’t been seen for countless years.
Hearing Kailun’s words, he had a terrifying guess, this guess made his heart pound, as if he had returned to his youth.
The Temple of the Heavenly God had blocked the key information about breaking through to the ninth-rank, he wanted to break through entirely by relying on his own exploration.
Strictly speaking, if he only relied on himself to try to break through, he would most likely die.
But as a mage who pursued the peak, death was originally his destination.
But one day, someone suddenly said that he would tell you the method to break through to the ninth-rank, share with you the pride of embracing the whole world, then what kind of mood would this person have?
Kailson stared at Kailun intently, in his eyes, Kailun’s figure was constantly growing taller.
Kailun narrowed his eyes slightly and spread his hands: “As you can see, now there is such a person who will tell you the method to break through to the ninth-rank, and that person is me.”
“Boom!”
A violent surge of magic power poured out from Kailun’s body, the entire royal city trembled.
From Kailun’s body, a torrent of black magic power soared into the sky, piercing the clouds, adding a dark stroke to the afterglow of the setting sun, as if tearing apart the entire world.
Kailun’s magic power was released without restraint, the extremely pure magic power made people’s scalps tingle.
Kailson, who was the first to be hit by the torrent of magic power, retreated continuously, only escaping the terrifying magic storm after retreating dozens of meters.
He stared at Kailun intently, his eyes filled with ecstasy, the magic power in front of him had completely reached the ninth-rank.
Moreover, it was extremely pure, without any impurities at all, something that couldn’t be found anywhere else in the world.
Perhaps because Kailun’s magic power was too violent and unrestrained, it made him think that Kailun was much stronger than the Pope, at least the Pope didn’t have such a terrifying amount of magic power.
At this moment, except for Kailun who was venting himself, the whole world seemed to have fallen silent.
Carol clutched the bills tightly in her arms, she saw his confidence and pride in Kailun.
Her master was moving towards his goal step by step, and his light always enveloped her during this process.
Carol regarded Kailun’s pride as her own pride.
In the manor, Afra, who was training the three little knights, Eve and the others, looked at the soaring torrent of magic power.
Covering her chest with her hand, she felt a special kind of emotion, as if a dream from the past had come true.
This was her emotion, but it didn’t seem like her emotion, it was complex and sincere.
Anna and Ella poked their heads out of the window and looked towards the gate of the manor. Although they couldn’t see clearly, the name Kailun came to their minds first.
The two looked at each other, Anna was proud, and Ella was pitiful.
Ella was wondering if she still had a chance to surrender now.
Isabella, who was playing chess with Vivian, quickly stood up and threw away the chess pieces. She left Vivian and ran towards the gate of the manor. Just now, she felt that the fate of the world had undergone an unexpected change, and it was a huge change.
She regretted it very much, she missed the key scene, she should have stuck to Kailun’s side.
Kailun’s actions alarmed the entire royal city. The passersby who looked up at the sky couldn’t understand what level this magic power had reached, but they felt an inexplicable sense of security.
Phils, who was returning in Kailun’s carriage after finishing her work, lifted the curtain. Feeling the familiar aura, she hummed proudly, her choice was indeed correct.
The entire magic power outburst lasted for a full minute, even Kailun himself was immersed in the feeling of venting.
He seemed to have awakened some strange attribute, this feeling of venting magic power seemed to be only slightly weaker than venting on Chrissy.
It was over, he actually wanted to switch to being a mage.
Oh, he was originally a mage, so it was fine.
Feeling that his magic circuits were being torn apart by the huge torrent of magic power, Kailun quickly transferred all his attribute points from magic power to physique, he had to stabilize his state and not let others see anything unusual.
“Whew~”
With a deep breath, all the magic power dissipated, the clouds in the sky gradually closed, and the world returned to its hustle and bustle.
Kailun opened his eyes and saw Kailson pounce and kneel in front of him. To show his piety, Kailson even chose to kneel on both knees.
He couldn’t help but say excitedly: “Please forgive my rudeness just now, from now on, I will do my best to fulfill any of your orders.”
Kailson saw the hope of breaking through to the ninth-rank in Kailun, perhaps only Kailun in front of him dared to break the rules of the world.
“I said, this model wouldn’t make people hate it. Just like I teach you to break through to the ninth-rank, you teach others to break through to the eighth and seventh ranks. Everyone will benefit from it, except for those who have already reached the ninth-rank. However, those who have reached the ninth-rank don’t have time to deal with us, this is the opportunity we have.”
Kailun spoke as he waved to Carol, signaling her to come over.
He put his arm around Carol’s shoulder, barely stabilizing himself. It would be too embarrassing to expose his weakness to outsiders.
“I understand, I was shortsighted just now and couldn’t understand your decision. Under your guidance, I have seen a glorious future.”
In order to reach the ninth-rank, Kailson transformed into Kailun’s fanatical believer.
This was the ninth-rank!
This was a ninth-rank who was willing to teach him how to break through to the ninth-rank!
This was a ninth-rank who was only in his teens!
Now, let alone asking Kailson to work hard, even if Kailun asked Kailson to take out the entire family’s foundation, he wouldn’t even blink.
The method to become a ninth-rank was difficult to replicate, but Kailun, this ninth-rank who was only in his teens, represented a miracle in itself. From today onwards, Kailson also became a believer in miracles.
“Your attitude is good, but you should give before you receive, you have to let me see your worth. Don’t forget that you’re just a slave now, when you work hard enough to get rid of this identity, I will seriously teach you. So before that, you should teach others with the same attitude.”
Kailun nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that his attempt just now was correct.
In fact, he couldn’t teach others how to break through to the ninth-rank now, but this didn’t prevent him from painting a pie.
If Kailson’s work could match the pie he painted, then Kailun wouldn’t mind really giving him this important knowledge when the time was right.
Others regarded it as pride, but Kailun didn’t care.
He knew very well that his actions would definitely throw the entire world into chaos, and the existing order would be completely broken.
Perhaps many bad things would happen, perhaps future generations would call him a devil.
But Kailun didn’t care, he had said that he would turn the Kingdom of Xiya into the center of the world, he would conquer everyone with his crazy plan.
This was the tide of the times, Kailun, who had already lost to fate once, wouldn’t lose again.
Kailson looked up at Kailun: “I will definitely follow your teachings, for your glory, I will dedicate all my glory.”
Through his imagination, Kailun’s image had become immensely grand, he felt that he was doing a great undertaking.
Even if this undertaking failed, he still had a chance to touch the ninth-rank.
For a mage who pursued the peak, change was often simpler than imagined, just a promise could make them fight for it.
For Kailson, he was already a slave, he had nothing more to lose, it was better to gamble again than to give up.
However, he didn’t know what purpose was hidden behind Kailun’s greatness.
Perhaps there really were people who were selfless, but that person would never be Kailun.
He would only sow some seeds called hope while reaping benefits. This casual act was his greatest kindness.
“Go down, bring those above the sixth rank in your family to see me tomorrow, I will make more detailed arrangements.” Kailun waved to Kailson, he wondered if he had overdone it a little.
If there was a favorability rating, then Kailson’s favorability must be quite high now.
After expressing his respect to Kailun again, Kailson left Kailun’s manor with his caravan.
It wasn’t until the caravan disappeared from sight that Kailun hugged Carol’s delicate body tightly and complained: “I’m in so much pain, I should have added some physique points.”
Although he was complaining, Kailun didn’t regret it. If the magic power just now had been lower, it might not have had such an outstanding effect.
As for the price, he could accept it. With full physique points, it might only hurt for a day or two, the only problem was that he couldn’t bully Ella tonight.
His current state of soreness, back pain, and swollen magic circuits was exactly like how he looked after overexertion.
Carol held Kailun’s arm, turned her head to look at his profile, and said with distress: “Sorry, I can’t help you with anything now.”
She often couldn’t understand the strange things Kailun said, but she could clearly sense his emotions.
She wanted to share Kailun’s burden, but she was still too weak now.
Hearing this, Kailun scraped Carol’s nose with his finger and said: “What are you thinking about, little fool? I told you, you only need to take care of my food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Now I prefer you to be a personal maid, leave the other things to me. After all, the world has become more and more interesting, I, who likes pleasure, don’t want to miss out. If you really want to do something for me, then I’ll leave the task of massaging me tonight to you.”
Because he couldn’t bully Ella now, Kailun planned to sleep in Carol’s room tonight to avoid her.
At least his current physical condition couldn’t support him participating in any high-intensity battles, maybe even Afra could single-handedly kill him.
Kailun didn’t want to be single-handedly killed by Afra, he planned to hide in Carol’s bed.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Master, I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.” Carol nodded obediently.
Kailun was her savior, she would fulfill all his requests, whether they were right or wrong.
Supporting Kailun and walking towards the manor, passing through the quiet tree-lined avenue, Carol’s heart became extremely calm. If possible, she hoped this road could be longer.
……
“Bang!”
A clear explosion sounded from the secret room of the Temple of the Heavenly God. The destiny calculation device, which had been used intensively by the Pope, finally malfunctioned and exploded.
“What’s going on? What’s going on!”
The Pope clutched her head in distress: “Why did the fate lines suddenly become erratic, what happened?”
The suddenly fluctuating fate lines exceeded the processing threshold of the calculation device, and one of the main components directly exploded. It would take at least a month to repair it.
However, the Temple of the Heavenly God had almost used up all the Fate Stones they had stored, so the Pope could barely accept a month’s time.
But what she couldn’t accept was that this damned Kingdom of Xiya kept messing with her mind. If it weren’t for the imminent war with the abyss, she might have gone there personally to find out the reason.
“No, I can’t waste any more time, I have to go ask the Empress if she has any discoveries.”
As she muttered to herself, the Pope cast a teleportation spell and left the secret room.
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