It was not only Lucas, but the rest of the men in the caravan, Zeke, and Zenoah were also stunned.
If silver-tier equipment was trash, what about those who did not even have any bronze-tier equipment? Was their equipment worse than trash?
Plus, why did those people say? They were all silver warriors. How was that possible? There were not that many silver-tier elites at the entire border, right?
“Did those guys brag because they saw us coming?”
Lucas could not help but mutter in his heart. He had heard that some noblemen would deliberately show off their best side when they had guests. Some of the poor noblemen would even borrow money to hold a banquet to regain their dignity.
Lucas thought that it might be the same situation with Blackmoon Castle. Then, he noticed that the guard who had said that silver-tier weapons were trash had left the training field. A moment later, he returned with a box of weapons.
The box was filled with longswords; there were at least dozens of them. They looked shiny and eye-catching. With Lucas’ years of experience as a merchant’s guard, he could tell at a glance that the longswords were all silver-tier weapons.
Then, he saw the guard stabbed another person with the silver-tier longsword. However, his opponent managed to block that attack with his combat aura wings.
“Combat aura wings—the symbol of a silver-tier warrior! There are also the silver-tier longswords. Had they been telling the truth?” Lucas was shocked.
At that moment, he saw that the castle gate opened. A few people dressed as mages rode out on the two-winged ligers and flew into the sky.
There were both male and female mages, and they looked excited as they were in a discussion.
“Nindy, Brother Watson told me that I’m particularly talented in learning water-elemental magic. As long as I keep eating a Rainbow Phoenix Chicken egg every day, then I’ll be able to learn gold-tier magic in a few years to advance as a gold-tier mage! He also told me that he would recruit new mages to form the Sky Magic Knights soon. When the time comes, I’ll be the vice-leader!”
The one who spoke was a girl with green hair. Her face had a youthful smile, but her riding skills were not very good. The two-winged liger flew unsteadily under her bottom.
“Indix, don’t be happy just yet. The new mages will have to wait until after the winter! Before that, you’d better practice your riding skills. Otherwise, a person who can’t fly freely will not be able to become the vice-leader,” a man with chestnut hair chimed in; he looked like the leader of the team.
“What can we do? She’s afraid of heights.”
The mages rode their mounts and flew high into the sky. Soon, the sky exploded with a brilliant magical light show. It was even more glorious than the biggest fireworks in the kingdom.
“One, two… five! A total of five mages! I can’t believe that aside from the fully armed silver-tier warriors, there are also silver-tier mages in Blackmoon Castle!”
One of the caravan guards raised his head to look at the sky as he said that.
Everyone knew that mages were the profession that needed the most wealth. One mage’s cost could support dozens of warriors of the same tier. Since they could afford to train so many silver-tier mages, it was also no wonder why Blackmoon Castle would also have so many silver-tier warriors and equipment.
Just when everyone thought that they had reached the end of their shock, the cry of a monster suddenly echoed from the sky above Blackmoon Castle. A golden lion with twelve enormous wings had flown into the air. A young child who looked like he was about ten years old sat on the beast’s back. He wore a black shirt and held a sky-blue magic staff in his hand.
He swung the magic staff downward gently.
Suddenly, the magical elements in the sky became violent. A dark cloud had gathered in the clear sky as thick water columns fell from the clouds and assembled on the ground to form a tall water-elemental giant. Its body was ten meters tall, and its two hands were in the shape of two cannon barrels. The thick front section could fit an entire person.
“This… What is this?”
One of the caravan guards sat on the ground as his legs trembled. He did not dare to move at all; a water-elemental giant was next to him, and its tall body was like a mountain. He was afraid that he would be trampled if the giant were to move its feet.
“Is it a gold-tier spell?”
Lucas shook his head; he felt a little dizzy. He could not think because of the successive surprises.
Allen stood behind him, and he had been watching coldly from the beginning. Then, he finally revealed a smile.
What a bunch of country bumpkins! How could they possibly know Blackmoon Castle’s greatness? They did not show their new guests everything yet!
Allen waved his hand toward the sky. “Young Master Watson, we are here.”
Ten minutes later…
Watson wiped the sweat on his forehead as he deactivated the gold-tier spell, Humanoid Auto Mine Giant, and put the Heart of the Sea staff back into his bag on his waist.
He had been practicing that spell every day for two months, and he could finally control the spell like when he fused it. He had learned it daily, and his magical capacity had increased; he had officially reached the gold tier.
Watson patted the Golden Flash’s head as he got down from its back. The magical beast shrank its body size and contracted its wings immediately. Then, it became an ordinary kitten and climbed onto Watson’s shoulder.
“Third Brother, Fourth Brother, why didn’t you tell me that you are coming back today? I was thinking of sending someone to pick you up if you aren’t back in two days.”
“We had wanted to give you a surprise, Watson,” Zeke and Zenoah said in unison.
However, it seemed like Watson had given them a surprise instead.
“Young Master Watson, they had encountered a bandit group called The Bloodied-hand Bandit Gang on their way back. But, don’t worry, I have exterminated all those bandits! I’ve also seized more than 300 sets of equipment from them, plus a few thousand gold coins. Please take a look, Young Master.”
Allen waved his hand. Some of the caravan guards reacted; they pushed a carriage forward. The coach was full of equipment and gold coins; it looked like a small treasure room.
Some of the Blackmoon Knights on the field immediately looked at the crowd before they glanced away again. They did not think it was anything special.
“Young Master Watson, it’s all my fault for being incompetent and scaring the two young masters. If I were a little stronger, I would have been able to eliminate the enemy faster. As the captain of the guards, why am I so weak? I’m so ashamed.”
As Allen spoke, he looked at Watson and wiped the tears from his eyes.
Watson thought it was funny; he knew that Allen wanted a reward. Even though the man did not say anything about how his brothers were robbed, he could guess that it was a dangerous situation. So there was no harm in rewarding him.
“Allen, since you brought this carriage back, I’ll give it to you as a reward.”
Watson stood in front of the carriage and glanced into it. Hundreds of iron-tier weapons and more than ten pieces of bronze=tier equipment were in front of him. Then he saw the pair of gloves.
[Bronze-tier Blood-red Thorny Gloves]
[Effect: Can break the defense of bronze-tier opponents.]
[Additional effect: Can inflict severe injuries to the enemy. Wounds from this weapon will not heal.]
“This is the only piece of equipment in this carriage that looks pretty good.”
Watson muttered as he looked at his brothers’ guards. Then, he had an idea in his mind.
“Fuse, activate!”
He extended his hand toward the carriage. With a light shout, the equipment in the carriage immediately transformed into a stream of light and collided to cover the Blood-red Thorny Gloves.
After a moment, the entire carriage of equipment disappeared; the only thing left behind were gold coins and a glittering one-handed glove. The glove was engraved with blood-red patterns, and it had a faint glow as if it was breathing. There were thorny-like patterns on the fingers, and the tips were as sharp as swords.
The information about the glove appeared in Watson’s eyesight.
[Gold-tier Endless Sea of Blood Black Thorny Gloves]
[Effect: Can break the defense of gold-tier opponents]
[Additional effects: Can cause serious injury, break armor (ignores 50% of the enemy’s defense), transfiguration, lifesteal (absorbs the enemy’s blood, the more blood you drain, the more powerful it is)]
[Additional skills: Endless sea of blood (releases all the blood it absorbs, causing a large-scale magic attack, up to gold-tier)]
