Chapter 98: History of the Empires IIArden alone followed the Merfolk guard into the Merfolk royal chamber to meet with Laurein the king of the Merfolk kingdom.Upon arriving in the royal chamber, Arden saw several excited Merfolk elders who lined up on both sides and Laurein himself who sat on a throne made up of blue crystals.Beside Laurein sat a very charming Merfolk woman dressed in an article of dignified clothing. This woman was undoubtedly Laurein's wife, the queen of the Merfolk empire.Step by step, Arden walked towards the throne until he was five meters away from it, facing Laurein who gazed at him calmly."thank you for saving me and my kingdom," Arden said as he bowed his head in gratitude."come on my friend you need not bow, we are fellow kings after all" Laurein stated with a smile."but even so I must offer my gratitude, if you hadn't appeared and saved us, there's a possibility that I and my people would be no more," Arden remarked.Upon hearing Arden's words, Laure
Chapter99: History of the EmpiresArden sat in front of the old sage and listened carefully to what he was about to say."A long time ago, the Merfolk kingdom used to be the Merfolk empire, it was the first, oldest, and only empire which existed from the island territories, the supreme continent, and even the blue hail continent""Other small kingdoms like the Fire Salamander Kingdom, Blood Soul Kingdom, Cyclops Kingdom, Frost Kingdom, Drake Kingdom, and Werewolf Kingdom existed in the supreme continent adjacent to the blue Hail continent where the Merfolk empire was based."" The small kingdoms in the supreme continent waged war against each other every time for the resources of the supreme continent, as a result of these battles their people only knew hate, greed, and bloodshed but the Merfolk empire lived in peace as the only ruler of the blue hail continent, even though we had the strength to cross over and defeat the six kingdoms in the supreme continent and conquer the supreme co
Chapter 100: into the dark forest."the Merfolk emperor and his strongest subordinates have been killed and the empire has been reduced to a remnant known as the Merfolk kingdom which they still wish to exterminate up until now, this is the history and the grudge between the two empires""the fire salamander empire had taken the position of the strongest nation from the Merfolk kingdom after nearly destroying it.""They do not wish for another strong empire like them to rise again and battle with them for the resources of the spiral space or worse, overthrow them the very same way they did to the Merfolk empire.""the five super kingdoms under the rule of the fire Salamander empire had already fallen under its complete command but the same could not be said for a newly founded empire beyond the shores of the supreme continent""This is exactly why they send their people to destroy any newly founded kingdom for that very fear of someone growing and overthrowing them after finding a hidd
Chapter 101: True power of the Enhancement abilityUpon remembering about the system's reward Arden quickly logged into the system's status bar.Instantly, a list outlining his stats, accessories and abilities appeared before him and the Enlightenment sign which glittered with blinkng greenlight.[Enlightenment]StatusRace : HumanSpecies: Homo sapienExp: 2000/4000Existence: Rank C (Lev 2)Coins: 13000StatsStrength: ×100Speed: ×150Endurance: ×90Recovery: ×90Mind: ×90[System Shop]Host AccessoriesWeapons: (2) Lazonian swift blade : Serpent suppression pole : Golden chain Flying gauruda (first lock)Skills (2): Copy and Enhancement."let's check it out" Arden tapped on Enlightenment on status screen causing it to shimmer even brighter nearly blinding his eyes before it suddenly vanished.Though it vanished Arden didn't take his eyes away from the spot which it used to be, that was because in it's place was now some written words which filled him with shock."Enlightenment of E
Chapter 102: first day in the dark forest IArden went to the royal palace of the Merfolk to meet with Laurein who brought him to the old sage after having a little discussion with him."Young friend are you ready to leave?" the old sage inquired when Arden stepped in."yes, of course, I'm ready" Arden answered as he gave the old sage a determined glare."in that case, I'll have to trouble you to take him to the dark forest," the old sage said to Laurein who stood behind Arden.Laurein said nothing but only nodded his head solemnly."before you go there young friend I'll like to offer you some things" As the old sage said this, he flicked his hand and a blue bottle appeared on his palm."What is that?" Arden couldn't help but ask."it's a bottle filled with healing pills, it'll come in handy during turbulent times, or do you think that it's not useful for you?" the old sage said."of course it is, I'll need all the help I can get." Arden said as he snatched the bottle out of the old sa
Chapter103: First Day in the Dark Forest II"Ouch, that hurts." Arden exclaimed as he rubbed his legs, though he wasn't much inflicted by the landing, his legs went numb due to the harsh landing.Thanks to the serpent king fortification, Arden wasn't injured like he should have been.When he dispelled the serpent king fortification Arden peered at his surroundings in shock.Considering how powerful and sturdy his physical body was, normally, he would leave a huge crater whenever he fell into the ground from a high altitude but the ground below him only had some cracks."just how sturdy is this ground?" Arden blurted as he started examining his surroundings with his system's life force sensory ability.As he examined, he became aware of some important things about the place he was in."Not only was the space here more solid, and gravity more intense, everything from the trees to the grasses and even the ground was more solid" Arden speculated."This dark forest is extremely strange, it'
Chapter 104: First day in the dark forest."Bzzz!" "Bzzz!" "Bzzz!" "Bzzz!"Accompanied by a buzzing sound, an orange cloud of insects gushed out from every direction and swarmed Arden.In a haste to defend himself, Arden quickly put the scrolls away and channeled his Astro energy to create the serpent king fortification to defend himself from the swarm."bang!" "bang!" "bang!" "bang!" "bang!"As Arden constructed the serpent king fortification, Arden heard a lot of banging sounds as the seemingly small insects collided with the serpent king fortification."what the hell are these things?" Arden questioned as he focused his life sensory ability to examine the insects.After his examination, Arden found out that he had been surrounded by a swarm of orange Bees who had red bloodthirsty eyes as they heavily slammed themselves unto the serpent king fortification to penetrate it and get to him.The shocking discovery was the fact that each and every one of those Bees radiated a powerful pres
Chapter 105: Level up."It's the Queen Bee, quickly run out of here, you can't fight it!" Evshelf's voice rang out loudly in Arden's ears filled with concern and worry.Without thinking, Arden suddenly turned towards the direction of the coast and started running with all his might.He didn't dare to delay or hesitate for even a second, from the first clash alone, Arden knew that he wasn't capable enough to fight the Queen Bee.It was only thanks to the sixth-grade silver shield that he was able to fend it off, and even then, he still ended up with some minor injuries on his body.As he ran, Arden made sure to channel his Astro energy into the serpent king fortification still surrounding his body to impede the attacks of the Orang grim Bees which kept attacking him up until now.Though the collision between the Queen Bee and the silver shield resulted in an explosion of Astro energy inflicted upon their surroundings, these minion Bees seemed unaffected by it, they kept banging on Arden