Abe the Wizard - Chapter 75

Chapter 75: The New Function of the Horadric Cube

As Abel went back to his room, he began to think about what he could do to prevent these wolf riders from taking revenge. He knew that even if he decided to hand them back the Holy Wolf’s treasure, it still wouldn’t guarantee that they would stop seeking their revenge.

The reason why Abel had sent the Knight of Elliot to purchase those small gems, was because he was planning to replenish all the used up exploding big sword in the Horadric Cube. For the worst scenario, he was also planning to prepare a super exploding big sword made with a perfect gem, which would unleash mutual destruction if necessary.

Of course, that was only Abel’s worst-case scenario, but it was only a matter of time. Some while ago, Abel had an idea about that exploding big sword. He wanted to test whether if it was possible to extend the duration of the explosion. However, as Abel was busy with other things, this project seemed to have drifted off his mind.

Suddenly, a faint sound of knocking came from outside the door, “Dong dong dong.” Abel could tell it was the maid who was outside. The maids were professionally trained, and there was a fixed rule about their knocks. On weekdays, two knocks meant an ordinary matter, however, three knocks means there was an urgent matter for Abel.

“Come in,” Abel said while looking at the door.

“The Lord of Marshall is waiting for you downstairs, young master!” said the maid, bending her knees while saluting towards Abel.

When Abel heard the news, he walked straight past the maid and directly down the stairs, although he felt a bit disrespectful afterward.

As soon as Abel had walked down the stairs, he heard a group of voices said in unison “Hello, young master Abel”. To his surprise, there was a team of 20 knight servants with the Harry family coat of arm standing behind the Lord of Marshall. They were all equipped with full-body armor.

Abel carefully examined these knight servants, each of them was at least 40 years old or older. From their imposing manner, they seemed to be the most kick-ass group of beginner warriors. Abel never knew that Harry’s castle had a team of knight servants like this. He could only recognize around 3 to 4 faces. Other than that, Abel had never seen any of them in his life before.

Knight servants were also known as reserve knights. They were generally no more than 20 years old. They would often learn by the side of a knight while serving them, maintaining the weapons as well as taking care of the warhorse.

Since Knight servants were considered much nobler than ordinary people, a large number of soldiers decided to become a knight servant for the status. Furthermore, knights required someone that knows how to fight to assist them, which meant that these knight servants were ranked higher than the noble bodyguards.

“Abel, all the knight servants here are the ones I have brought back from the war against the orcs. We are all brothers who would live and die together. Since they have given everything to me, I will trust them with all my will. Today, the castle is in danger and I will put this team in your hand, I hope you can arm them as much as possible.” The Lord of Marshall said in a serious tone.

The Lord of Marshall was afraid that Abel would not have the leadership skills to control Harry’s castle, so he warned him in advance now.

Abel then turned to the 20 knights and asked softly, “Can I trust you?”

While Abel didn’t speak loudly, these knights in the castle hall were able to hear every word of Abel clearly. They then bent down on their knees and shouted in unison, “Lord Abel, we dare to die for the Harry family!”

From calling him master Abel to Lord Abel, these 20 knight servants had sworn their allegiance to the heir of the family.

The oath of allegiance was considered as a very big decision in this world, and very few people would break it.

Afterward, Abel quickly pointed towards Elliot, whom he knew well. “Elliot, come here and take off all your gear. Let me check them first.”

The knight servant, Elliot, took a step forward and saluted to Abel, “Yes, my lord.”

With that, Elliot stripped off his gear one by one and placed it in front of Abel.

Abel first picked up the helmet. He looked and gently tapped its surface. The bowler hat, also known as the skull cap, was made from three pieces of iron. The helmet’s craftsmanship was very average as Abel examined it carefully.

Then he picked up the leather armor, which was on the heavier side. Its surface was covered with small pieces of iron. This was typical armor, and it seemed to have a decent defense.

The right-hand weapon was a one-handed long sword with 80 skills. When Abel held it on his hands, he quickly realized that it was the work of Gedon, who was one of Master Bentham’s apprentice. It was carefully crafted and the quality was very good as well.

The left-hand weapon was a round shield, which was also made of 80 skills iron base, and also the work of Gedon. it didn’t seem to be very big. It would not only not get in the way during attacks, but it could also effectively protect the important positions on the body.

“Everybody put down your swords and shields. Elliot, get two men to bring the sword and shield to my operation room.” Abel ordered.

The quality of the weapons and shields that these Knight servants used were good enough. They meet the basic requirements for rune drafting, so Abel decided to convert them into magic weapons.

After saying goodbye to The Lord Of Marshall, Abel took out his rune pen and ink from upstairs, as well as the large bag of broken gems that was brought back by Elliot. He then took all of these stuff into his operations room.

In the operations room, Knight servant Elliot had already placed his sword and shield in the empty space of the operations room. He then stood on the side with his hands bound, as he waited for Abel’s orders.

“Don’t let anyone bother me while I’m making magic weapons.” “Said, Abel.

“Yes, Lord Abel!”

When Elliot went out, he immediately called the other nineteen knights to the door of the operations room. They did not know whether Abel’s process of making magic weapons was dangerous or not, so knight servants would not let anyone get anywhere close to Abel. They basically blocked the entire operating room entirely. One could only access it if all 19 knights died.

In the operations room, Abel first combined a bunch of small broken stones into ordinary stones. He realized the price the Knight of Elliott had paid was much cheaper than the price he normally pay. It seemed like buying things with the noble title was a scam.

He then combined a bunch of red gem into a piece of perfect red gem. This was in preparation for the super exploding big sword.

The next step was to make magic weapons. Abel was about to draw a rune on a non-self-made weapon for the first time. Previously, he had full control over every single process of making his magic weapons, from forging the iron base to the rune drawing.

Abel picked up a single-handed long sword made by Gedon with his hand. He used his power of will to carefully inspect for any small mistakes. There was a minor flaw, but it shouldn’t matter too much. After inspecting the weapon, Abel realized the items that were leftover from the previous days had made quite a mess on the operations table. Abel then flicked his hand and threw the single-handed long sword into the Horadric Cube.

After tidying up the mess on the operations table, Abel’s spirit sank into the Horadric cube, he was about to retrieve the one-handed long sword. However, a startling scene stopped him

When Abel’s power of the will rested on the one-handed long sword in the Horadric cube, a set of characters appeared on its surface. It was in Chinese. At this moment, Abel almost shed tears, such a familiar language… For so long, he almost seemed to forget about his previous world.

There was a fear in Abel’s heart, that he would forget about his past. He was afraid of forgetting about his original parents, friends and everything about his old world. He had already forgotten the faces of some of his old friends, and he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to remember his parents’ faces one day.

The Horadric cube that came with him into this world was his only hope in remembering his past. It was the foundation of his peaceful existence in this world, with the cube beside him, he felt that his previous world was almost supporting him.

Since Chinese characters had appeared once again, his doubt has been confirmed. The Horadric cube really did come from his previous world

The Chinese characters were all white and read:

One-handed sword [normal]

Single hand damage: 2-3

Durability: 21 x 24

Abel was shocked to realize that the Horadric cube was able to display the properties of a weapon. Although not as fully equipped as Diablo 2. This world was a real world, and it made sense that it was completely different from the world of a game. Nevertheless, Abel was very happy to see that the statistics of these weapons were being displayed.

But how come the weapons he put in the Horadric cube before never displayed any properties. No one could answer Abel. After careful speculation, there could only be 2 reasons. One reason might be that every weapon he had shoved in the Horadric cube before was forged by himself. Another reason might be that since his Power of the will had increased tremendously, it unlocked more features within the Horadric cube.