- Fantasy Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence
- FLDI Chapter 192
“Peak of the Grand Knight!”
Thor murmured to himself, feeling a wave of emotion stirring within. He hadn’t expected that just a few days into entering the God’s Ruins, he would break through to the peak of Grand Knight, and be only one step away from Earth Knight.
He even had a feeling that if the God’s Ruins hadn’t isolated the entire world and lacked sufficient elemental energy for replenishment, he might have already broken through to Earth Knight here.
At this very moment, he felt as though if he wanted to, he could step into Earth Knight at any time.
Taking a deep breath, Thor forcibly suppressed the excitement building inside him.
It would be too ostentatious to have a breakthrough right after leaving the God’s Ruins.
It was fine in the Northern Province, but here, on the northern defense line, it was better to stay cautious.
After all, before this, experts from the Holy Domain, the Behemoth King, and the kings of the three great kingdoms had appeared one after another.
Each of them was leagues ahead of him, and drawing attention to himself right now would be a poor choice.
Gradually calming the fluctuations in his heart, Thor glanced around and prepared to head back toward the distant city walls.
But just then, a flash of white light appeared.
Rayne.
“Rayne?”
Thor raised an eyebrow, then smiled slightly.
“My Lord!”
Seeing Thor, Rayne was momentarily stunned, instinctively calling out.
“Let’s go. We’ll head back first.”
Thor gestured, and then started walking toward the distance.
Rayne, not having time to reflect on his current condition, quickly followed.
The appearance of the two undoubtedly drew the attention of many, especially the Holy Domain experts.
“Which family are these from, to have lasted so long?”
An elderly woman spoke with surprise, glancing around at the others in the vicinity.
“This emblem… it seems to belong to one of the count families in our kingdom.”
Karenina raised an eyebrow, speaking with some surprise.
“A count?”
Hearing her words, many were taken aback.
This was the first time they had seen a member of a count’s family enter the ruins.
“Yes, it looks like a member of the Dressrosa family. Seems lucky, they must have been on the defense line this time.”
Karenina spoke with a smile, not particularly bothered by it. After all, a member of their family was also inside, almost at the same time as the Seventh Prince.
Though Thor and the others surprised him, it was just that—surprise.
“Truly a lucky kid, I wonder how much he gained?”
As Karenina spoke, many others couldn’t help but voice their thoughts.
Some Holy Domain experts’ eyes flickered, and an idea appeared in their minds.
“Hey, Anubi, that kid seems pretty familiar with your family. Why don’t you let him marry into the Anubi family?”
Amidst the swirling thoughts, some figures looked at Isabelle and Thor, teasing the elderly woman who had been mentioned earlier.
“Pul, if you’re interested, you can go for it, though I wonder if the King will send you straight into the Abyss Canyon!”
The elderly woman’s mind shifted slightly, but she quickly understood what was being implied and snorted coldly.
“Ridiculous. A potential breakthrough to the Divine Domain, as a great noble of the Purple Golden Flower Kingdom, if I were to steal someone from the Tulip Kingdom, it would be suicidal.”
Even the Purple Golden Flower King wouldn’t be able to protect her in that case.
“Hahaha, our family has no suitable young ladies, unlike your Anubis family.”
The teasing figure froze for a moment, but quickly let out a light laugh.
“Hmph!”
Anubi responded with a cold snort, but her gaze shifted toward the distant city walls, her mind wandering to a certain figure.
Ripples started forming in her heart.
Thor and Rayne had been inside for over seven days, and though others might not realize it, she knew that typically, reaching five days inside the ruins had a high probability of breaking through to the Holy Domain, and anything over seven days even had a chance of breaking into the Divine Domain.
Though the possibility was nearly negligible, it still guaranteed at least one Holy Domain expert.
For families like theirs, even a single Holy Domain expert was immensely important.
Of course, it wasn’t just her with such thoughts; many others shared similar ideas.
Especially the Holy Domain knights from the three great noble families of the Tulip Kingdom, whose eyes grew brighter as they looked at Thor.
But Thor was oblivious to all of this.
His figure returned to the city walls.
Isabelle and the others quickly greeted him.
“Lord Thor, you’re amazing!”
Aisha couldn’t help but exclaim.
From her initial indifference to gradually becoming more cautious during the orc wars, Aisha’s remaining feelings were now pure admiration.
Having entered the God’s Ruins herself, also only a Grand Knight, she understood how difficult it was to survive there.
She had been eliminated on the third day, whereas Thor had lasted until the eighth day—longer than even her older sister.
“Lord Thor!”
Joz also couldn’t help but speak up.
At this moment, he didn’t know what to say.
“Thor, your gains must have been considerable. It looks like, decades from now, the Tulip Kingdom will see its fourth Duke.”
Isabelle was even more direct.
For others, the three Dukes of the Tulip Kingdom were most often born because of Sky Knights, but only the top-tier people understood that the reason a Duke could be born in the kingdom was because of a Holy Domain expert.
Only someone from the Holy Domain could fundamentally determine whether a Duke would exist.
The replacements between Dukes were usually due to the death of a Holy Domain knight.
Thor had lasted close to eight days, which essentially guaranteed that he would be a Holy Domain knight in the future.
“Miss Isabelle, you flatter me.”
Thor smiled lightly and shook his head.
“It seems you all have also made quite a bit of progress.”
After speaking, Thor looked around at everyone. Sensing their auras, he couldn’t help but speak with some emotion.
“Not quite as much as Lord Thor.”
Joz shook his head.
“Indeed!”
“We’re nowhere near Lord Thor.”
Aisha also spoke.
As they conversed, they slowly entered the city walls.
Looking at them, especially Thor, many inside the walls, though unsure of what eight days meant, couldn’t help but gnash their teeth upon seeing Thor walk out alive.
“Damn it, this guy really didn’t die.”
Sieg Spencer couldn’t help but punch the wall, his voice tinged with frustration.
“This guy’s talent isn’t weak. The odds of him dying inside the ruins were never high.”
A knight named Water shook his head with a soft sigh.
“He must have gained quite a lot.”
“He’ll probably have a chance to break through to Sky Knight.”
“Damn it, why hasn’t the second batch of the God’s Ruins been opened yet?”
Sieg Spencer grew more frustrated, speaking out.
Water sighed again.
They had indeed missed a huge opportunity. They had arrived early, but they hadn’t made it into the first batch.
Even though they didn’t know much, they could vaguely understand that the first group had the biggest rewards.
Of course, it wasn’t just them who sighed; many others shared the same sentiment.
As these thoughts intertwined, the eighth day quickly passed.
Thor and the others did not return but stayed at the city wall for a while.
As soon as the ninth day arrived, two beams of light finally appeared.
Two young men emerged.
As soon as they appeared, their figures instantly vanished from the spot.
When they reappeared, they were already standing before the ten Saint Domain knights.
The sudden flashing made the two of them, who were still a bit dazed, stop for a moment, but soon they reacted.
Because now standing in front of them were their family’s Saint Domain knights.
“Grandfather!” one of them quickly greeted Count Kalinina.
The other young man, a blonde youth, curiously looked at one of the Saint Domain knights.
“Your Highness the Seventh Prince, how was it? Did you manage to capture the traces of the law?”
The Saint Domain knight, facing the gaze of the blonde youth, spoke with a mixture of nervousness and urgency.
“No!”
The blonde youth paused, then hesitated before furrowing his brows and answering.
“Traces of the law, damn traces of the law. Even the law power I gathered is barely noticeable.”
“Ferren, what about you?”
Hearing the Seventh Prince’s question, everyone let out a sigh of relief, but Count Kalinina’s eyes brightened as he quickly looked at his descendant.
The traces of the law that could be gathered were always very few. If the Seventh Prince had gathered them, his descendant might find it hard to gather them again.
At that moment, Count Kalinina, breathing heavily, stared at the youth in front of him.
It wasn’t just him; everyone else felt the same way.
“I didn’t either!”
The young man awkwardly spoke, but he still gritted his teeth and answered.
“Not bad, not bad. Truly worthy of being a descendant of our Kalinina family,” Count Kalinina commented, his tone pleased. But midway through his words, he suddenly realized something and froze, his eyes widening as he turned to look at the young man.
“Grandfather, I don’t know why, but around three to four days ago, the law power inside the ruins noticeably decreased. The phantom wolves also suddenly dropped in number.”
The young man forced a smile, his expression tinged with helplessness.
“Indeed. I don’t know if something happened in the ruins, but the law power doesn’t seem as dense as recorded.”
The blonde youth glanced at Count Kalinina’s side in surprise, then nodded in agreement.
“What’s going on?”
Count Kalinina muttered to himself, looking around at the others.
At that moment, the other nine knights exchanged puzzled glances.
“Three or four days ago? That’s impossible!”
“How could the power in the ruins be depleted three or four days ago?”
One of them murmured, his expression showing confusion.
Others shared the same reaction. They had never anticipated such a result.
“Speaking of which, don’t you think this time the arrival of the ruins has been a bit too smooth? We never encountered the God Anubis, not even its projection.”
“Anubis, although only a lesser god, is one of the most important gods of death.”
Suddenly, someone couldn’t help but speak up.
“Fite, what do you mean by that?”
Count Kalinina couldn’t help but respond, his eyes turning toward the speaker.
“Return and resurrection are not the same!”
Facing the gaze from Count Kalinina, the person who spoke only lightly uttered a phrase.
“Do you mean that the God Anubis might have already perished?”
Someone couldn’t help but speak up.
No one answered him, but everyone’s expressions started changing.
After a brief pause, someone couldn’t hold back and spoke again.
“But the previous elimination didn’t seem like a lack of law power.”
Upon hearing this, it was clear that they had remembered something from earlier.
“No, you should know that chaotic law power is far more dangerous than orderly law power.”
“This also explains why there were so many eliminations early on. It’s not necessarily because the ruins had more power, but because it was chaotic law power.”
The voice that spoke shook its head.
“This!”
Hearing this explanation, the remaining people couldn’t help but exchange glances.
It seemed that their expectations for the rewards were a bit too high.
If it was indeed chaotic law power, then forget about the Saint Domain. It would be a struggle for anyone to even break into the Saint Domain.
At best, Anubis, as the god of death, would have merely enhanced the soul power of those entering.
It seemed that the rewards weren’t as great as they thought.
As if to confirm their thoughts, the entire ruins began to shake violently. Waves of ripples spread through the entire world.
“What is this?”
The ten Saint Domain knights were initially stunned, but soon their faces changed.
“Crash!”
The illusory River of the Underworld swayed, then suddenly shattered.
Then, the entire ruins began to collapse.
“Seal off the world!”
A voice called out, and in the next moment, the Saint Domain power of the speaker spread out, covering the city walls.
With his command, other Saint Domain knights also quickly reacted.
The collapsing power of the ruins was immense, and the previous formations were unlikely to withstand it.
“Buzz!”
The Saint Domains of the ten knights descended, instantly blocking off the surrounding world from the city walls.
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Explanation: In the context of the ruins, typically, it helps people gather traces of law imprints. But, the number of law imprints that a single ruin can form is limited. Thor and Rayne gathered three imprints, which drained the law power of the ruins, leading to its collapse.
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