Chapter 311: The Oriole
The huge palm of the black shadow stroked the white wolf’s belly. A dreamlike song seemed to rise, and the white wolf gradually turned pitch-black, finally transforming into a black wolf. It followed the black shadow and entered Ace’s dream.
Inside the dream within the right eye, the black wolf exhaled a breath onto Ace. The wolf became somewhat listless, but after Ace absorbed this breath, he felt that not only was his Mana replenished, but his own Mental Power also seemed to have improved.
It must be noted that the Ace in the dream was actually a clone; theoretically, it was impossible for a clone to improve.
He immediately communicated this situation to his main body through the special lock of the Magic Array.
“This is the so-called Tribal Qi. If the human tribes can be unified, this Tribal Qi will definitely become stronger, and the benefits it brings me will be even greater.”
Ace assigned a corner of the dream world to the black wolf and then paid it no further mind.
After this, the King-Chosen Tribal Alliance, which had been somewhat united in appearance but divided in heart, became a tightly knit entity. Chief Duan was addressed by the tribe members as “The Great One,” while no one dared to speak the name of the Witch Zi. Finally, Duan, representing the tribal alliance, bestowed the title “Dwelling of God” upon the noblest Witch, Zi.
In the following years, a cruel war unfolded between the primitive nomadic civilization represented by the King-Chosen Tribal Alliance and the primitive agricultural civilization represented by the Buri Tribal Alliance.
Due to the inherent mobility, flexibility, and predatory nature of nomads, the King-Chosen Tribal Alliance held the initiative from the start. Under Duan’s wise leadership, they constantly plundered population and grain, expanding their advantage, until finally, they reached the final battle on this day.
Over a thousand fire arrows were launched into the city under Duan’s command. They had besieged the city for two years. The people of the Buri Tribal Alliance inside the city had run out of food. Desperate, they sent out a messenger, hoping to achieve peace.
“Peace?”
“When you slaughtered and intercepted the Luca Tribe, why didn’t you speak of peace? When you killed Deer, the outstanding chief of the Luca Tribe, why didn’t you speak of peace?”
Duan, holding a short sword made of ground obsidian, pointed it at the messenger’s neck and roared.
The messenger gave a miserable smile, his face fearless as he calmly said:
“Great One, I am here to beg for your forgiveness. Not for myself, nor for the people in the city, but for us humans.
“We are treated as prey, as food, and as pets by the giant beasts. Who knows how long we have lived like this? The King-Chosen Tribal Alliance and the Buri Tribal Alliance are the two strongest human tribal alliances in the giant beast hunting zone. We should preserve a spark for humanity, preserve a future!
“If there is still anger and hatred in your heart, I am willing to die to appease it.”
As soon as his voice fell, the messenger pushed his neck forward, actually allowing Duan to pierce his throat directly, leaving behind a miserable smile.
Duan was somewhat shocked. He looked at the city, which had already been scorched black by flames. Finally, he ordered his clansmen to shout into the city, allowing the people inside to lay down their weapons and walk out, but the leader of the Buri Tribal Alliance had to commit suicide.
About half an hour later, a head was sent out of the city. Duan ordered the former members of the Buri Tribal Alliance to come forward one by one to identify it. After confirming it was the leader, he accepted the surrenderers.
With this, the Buri Tribal Alliance perished, and the King-Chosen Tribal Alliance unified the northern great prairie and the area around Buri Lake.
Standing on the broken walls and ruins, Zi, the noblest Witch and “Dwelling of God,” crowned Duan under the whispered blessings of Ace.
Zi wore a white mink robe and was barefoot. More than ten years had passed, and the young girl from back then had grown into a young woman, yet time seemed to have left no trace on Zi.
She became increasingly ethereal; every move she made carried mystery and elegance, fitting the title “Dwelling of God” more and more.
Zi held up the laurel wreath and said in a loud voice: “In the name of the supreme Invisible King, I bestow upon Duan the position of Human Sovereign of Humans in the Northern Great Prairie and Buri Lake Region! Gratitude for the King’s grace, praise the King’s choice!”
Duan, dressed in tiger-skin battle gear, knelt on both knees. Zi slowly placed the laurel wreath on Duan’s head.
Boom!
In that instant, intense light erupted from the two of them. A black wolf ran out from the light, opened its huge mouth to devour the scattered Tribal Qi of the Buri Tribal Alliance, and gave an anthropomorphic burp of satisfaction.
Zi’s eyepatch fell off naturally. Pitch-black shadows spread from her right eye, quickly pulling the black wolf into the shadows and retreating back into the right eye. After the ringed hexagram pattern rotated once, tears of blood flowed from Zi’s right eye as it slowly closed.
Inside the Right Eye Dream World, the Kingdom of the Invisible King Ace, infinite dreams were born and destroyed. The black wolf, having integrated the human Tribal Qi of the two regions, became dark and translucent. It opened its mouth and exhaled a continuous breath, nourishing Ace.
Ace felt his power increase again. Just then, he received a reply from his main body.
“So that’s it. The moment I am nourished by the breath, the main body is synchronously nourished. Both the body and soul become stronger. In fact, it is precisely because the main body becomes stronger that I become stronger.
“There is only one explanation: this strengthening acts directly on the True Spirit, and then radiates to the flesh and soul.”
The Invisible King Ace continued to browse the information from the main body while thinking.
Regarding the shackles of Blood Qi, the main body proposed an idea: emotions can generate terrifying flames possessing unique power, similar to Mana.
Could the sublimation of a certain emotion—that is, a certain Will—be transformed into a tinder, using Blood Qi as fuel, to form a unique Path of Flames?
Over these years, the King-Chosen Tribal Alliance killed enemies and sacrificed themselves in blood, accumulating countless emotional forces. Ignited by Ace using the tribe’s power of faith as fuel, after removing the ashes, a plasma-like existence was extracted.
This existence was different from faith and different from emotion. It was a very pure mental existence, providing immense nourishment and improvement to Mental Power.
It was just a pity that too little was extracted. Over so many years, Ace had only extracted a plasma flow the size of a fingernail.
Wearing the laurel wreath, Duan announced the establishment of a human kingdom on the ruins—a kingdom believing in the great “Invisible King,” the Kingdom of the King-Chosen.
Just as he announced it loudly, the earth trembled. The vibration of countless footsteps caused panic among the tribe members.
“It’s giant beasts! A huge, huge number of giant beasts are coming!”
The clansmen on scout duty seemed somewhat panic-stricken. Duan dared not delay; he quickly organized his men and horses, preparing to flee. However, the movement of the giant beasts was extremely swift. They seemed well-prepared, surrounding the humans from four directions.
Huge banners were waving, painted with a pattern of thorny flowers. It was the Royal Guard of the Mundo Kingdom, the greatest nation of the Giant Beast Civilization!
A Mundo beast, dressed exquisitely and wearing metal-rimmed glass spectacles, spoke to a Mundo beast clad in full plate armor:
“Respected General, this is why I invited you. In recent years, two large human tribes have risen in the hunting zone. They fought each other, and today is the perfect opportunity to completely wipe out the victor.
“In this world, one civilized race is enough!”
(End of this chapter)
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