Led by Natasha, Ian went inside the castle. He began to appreciate the brilliant engineers who had made the castle. There are canes lined up on a wall near a ticking clock. Various items, such as oil lamps, chamber pots, and cast-iron shovels, are being tended to by dark elves.
It was a bustling place with dark-skinned beauties talking and laughing about various topics. As Ian walked beside Natasha, almost every dark elf they passed would shut up and give Ian a look of admiration. Some elves cast water magic to clean the wall. Ian even saw one flying using a broom and conjuring a mini water tornado to clean up Mahogany furniture, basins, and coal scuttles.
Ian really felt that he was transported to the Victorian era due to the theme. ’Such a magical place. This world is indeed beautiful. If for the various dangers that lurk beneath the surface, I would have thought that I am in a paradise.’
He wasn’t deluded into thinking so. Mere appearances didn’t fool him. If he’s not the king of the blood realm. Would he enjoy such a treatment? Would they treat him the same? If not for the strength that he had shown them. They wouldn’t even spare glances. Ian understood the truth. It requires enjoying this world!
’That’s why I won’t stop. Thousand years of training or something. As long as there’s room for growth. I won’t stop.’ Ian reaffirmed his conviction as he nodded with the dark elves, with a gentle smile on his face.
To be honest, everyone here was a weakling. Even the top powerhouses couldn’t force him to use 5% of his strength. Maybe only the queen could do so? Honestly, Ian had no expectations now...
Among the dark races, the dark elves are within the top 20. Specifically, they’re the top 19 dark races. Most of their strength comes from the amount of magical reserves they have, along with comprehension ability.
The stronger one’s comprehension, they would be able to master higher-tier dark magics. As for dark magic, they’re not like those sinister or devious magics. It’s just those spells that utilize the dark attribute. Some control shadows defend, attack, and escape. Some conjure terrifying miasma. Some summons dark beasts, etc... Certainly, the dark elves might not be the strongest, but they’re top-tier in terms of versatility and all-aroundness.
After all, they could even use dark magic and simple magic in their daily life. In terms of the elites, there was only the Queen and the Rose Black team under the Queen’s direct command. They are the strongest line-up that the Dark Elves could offer and there are only five members.
As for how strong they are specifically, Ian have defeated them with a single strike. In his judgement, each of them are equivalent to ten Elder due to their large-scale tier 6 dark spells.
Yes, the spells are ranked from tier 10 to tier 0, with tier 0 as the most destructive and even having touched the laws. Even the Queen had only touched the threshold of tier 3 spells. For dark elves, it was everyone’s dream to master even a single tier 2, not to mention a tier 0?
"What brought you here, King Ian? Are you perhaps leaving?"
At this time, Ian woke up from his daze. ’Uhh, we’re here?’
When he looked up, he saw Natasha already near the wall, side to side with a brown vase that has red-white rose with a blue stem. Then, at the center of the hall, a throne made of thorns with red roses as embellishment caught Ian’s attention. Sitting on it was no other but the Queen of the Blood Realm. She exudes an aura of majesty, as if untainted by the world.
The Queen wore a purple dress with bright blue gems as embellishment. It has white stripes that accentuate the Queen’s curves.
Ian had to admit that Anisha was one of the most beautiful, pure faces he had seen in this life and his past life. She had a small face with natural pink blush and bony cheeks, along with a well-developed jawline, which gave her a feminine, angular face. Her black hair reached her waist. Currently, her dark eyes and lush eyebrows faced Ian.
"You’re captivating as ever, Queen Anisha." Ian looked at the brown-skinned Queen with an easy-going smile. "Yes, my goal here is done, and I want to test my strength. What I’m about to do might turn the Curtained Imperium upside down, though..."
"Very well. I’m glad that our territory has become of use to you. According to our original agreement, you’ll let Natasha use the Chamber of your empire, right? I hope you’ll honor the terms." Anisha smiled slightly, her rosy lips as pink as a cherry.
Ian smiled teasingly. "Uhh... There’s such a thing."
Indeed, to use the special forest as his training ground, it wasn’t free. The Grand Elder had negotiated in his stead for this opportunity. In this matter, Ian had to thank the Grand Elder, who was relentlessly trying to use every channel he had to get an opportunity for him. Ian didn’t know the reason why the Grand Elder was so eager to make him stronger.
Why? He had asked this in his mind countless times, but he couldn’t come up with an answer. Could it be, the Grand Elder wants to turn him into a nourishment like a blood pill to break through?
To do that, the premise is Grand Elder must be stronger than him, right? However, Ian’s strength had now reached a terrifying level! He had two transformations with potent multipliers. Also, he doesn’t sense ill intentions from him. All in all, in the face of absolute strength, trickery is useless. Ian could crush any plans against him with his fist alone.
"Let Natasha accompany me back to my empire. Instead of the original level 1, I’ll let him use the level 2 chamber, it’ll surely increase her master over her spells more effectively."
"Are you sure about that?" One could see the surprised on Queen Anisha’s eyes.
’What!?’ Natasha’s eyes widened into an O-shape as she couldn’t believe what she heard.