novelraw Chapter 665. Piqued
Chapter 665. Piqued
The videos of Professor Darkhaven’s first lecture were not only the talk of the academy, but also the talk of the empire. What set the lecture apart—especially in the Secondary Carrier Alliance community—was the Lleo Sruge array he constructed during the session.
Kailen Darkhaven had once again done the impossible.
Apart from that, word had spread by mouth from the students concerning his ability to bring deep clarity to runic concepts with basic explanations and profound demonstrations that seemed strangely easy to grasp. It was all a testament to one fact: his understanding of runesmithery was simply so high that he could break complex concepts down effortlessly for the students to understand.
The next day arrived. The alchemy lecture showed similar results. It was an outstanding success.
Then, the day for the Advanced Military Tactics course came. The principles taught were basic—things they already knew. However, Professor Darkhaven made their applications so practical to the students. Although he didn’t touch on anything philosophical during the lecture, he opened their eyes in different ways concerning how to utilize such principles ingeniously.
Many were awed once again at Professor Darkhaven’s intellect. He was really exceptional.
Professor Darkhaven even helped the academy to make several Lleo Sruge arrays at various regions of the campus at the humble suggestion of the Principal, further reinforcing the protection of the academy from several threats.
In just a single day, regions of the academy already reinforced with several protective arrays were further strengthened with the Lleo Sruge arrays made by Professor Darkhaven. Kailen didn’t really see this act as a big deal. To him, it was not an act of charity; it was simply something that would not inconvenience him in any way. Plus, the academy was in the territory of Legoland, the Emperor, whom Kailen had come to see as a friend. It was not a big deal doing a favor for the Emperor.
This act, however, deepened the level of respect people had in the academy and the empire for Professor Darkhaven.
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RiverBlood Empire.
Imperial Capital
Royal Palace.
A man with a regal demeanor, radiating an air of noble authority, stood in a garden working on some crops. Suddenly, a figure was spat out of space.
"If it isn’t Professor Darkhaven himself," Legoland almost courtesied.
"Oh, please..." Kailen replied with a light chuckle. "You said we needed to talk about something?"
The two sat on some benches in the garden. Legoland replied, "Yeah. I won’t waste much of your time, so let’s just get straight to it. It’s about the Inter-Empire Secondary Carrier Alliance conference."
A glint flashed through Kailen’s eyes. "Would you like it if I represented the empire?"
"Yeah. I would be very grateful," Legoland said. "But I know the Astral and Arman Empires are there and you could represent any of them, so I won’t be disappointed if you rejected the suggestion."
Kailen nodded. "The Astral and Arman Empires are literally neighboring empires of the RiverBlood Empire now. I know full well that the benefits achieved for representing the RiverBlood Empire will be shared with them, considering your personality."
Legoland replied, "Naturally, we are brothers now. Although I know the benefits of the competition will mean nothing to you, I won’t be selfish to keep the rewards for the RiverBlood Empire when the empires your loved ones preside over receive nothing. I can even hand all the rewards over to them for all I care. It’s not even because of the benefits that we wanted to participate in the competition with your help this time. The RiverBlood Empire has lost on three consecutive occasions."
Legoland sighed at his last words.
Kailen realized where he was coming from. "It’s a matter of reputation for the empire. I get you. As for the rewards, you can keep them for the RiverBlood Empire, share them with the Arman and Astral Empires, give them all to them, or divide them equally—it literally doesn’t mean much to me."
Legoland nodded. "I knew you’d say this. But I won’t be selfish with the rewards."
Kailen nodded, not caring about it. Legoland said, "I suppose you already know the rewards, right?"
Kailen replied, "Yeah. Doesn’t catch my attention. But I will participate on your behalf."
"Thank you, Kailen. But there’s something you don’t know. The representative who wins first place in any of the competitions for any of the empires will become a core member of the General Headquarters of the Secondary Carrier Alliance," Legoland said.
"Oh," Kailen said, slightly surprised. He didn’t know this. Legoland had probably secured this with his intelligence network.
"What does joining the Secondary Carrier Alliance HQ as a core member mean?" Kailen asked.
"Let’s just say you will have access to expert-tier natural secret realms and expert-tier cultivation mountains without doing much. According to the intel I got, you will just have to make a certain amount of products for the Alliance every month. That’s all—no missions, nothing."
A glint flashed through Kailen’s eyes. Definitely, being a core member of the General Headquarters of the Secondary Carrier Alliance was not an ordinary position, and it came with exceptional advantages.
Expert-tier natural secret realms had denser universe energy than regular natural secret realms. Expert-tier cultivation mountains were the next level above high-tier cultivation mountains; the universe energy on them was significantly denser.
As for making a few products for the General HQ of the SCA every month, Kailen could just let his shadow creatures do that while he focused on cultivation. He would literally be enjoying better benefits than being a professor of the RiverBlood Empire Academy by doing almost nothing.
"It seems if at first you wanted to participate in the competition because you wanted to do me a favor, you now want to do it because you want to become a core member of the General HQ of the SCA," Legoland chuckled.
Kailen nodded. "It’s two months from now, right?"
Legoland nodded. "Yeah."
"You’ve bagged the runesmith and alchemy competition," Kailen said.
"Show off," Legoland shook his head.
"By the way, when are you getting married?" Kailen changed the topic. He had been hearing some things about Legoland and a certain lady recently.
"I don’t know what you are talking about," Legoland acted innocent.
"Look, my good friend," Kailen placed his hand on Legoland’s shoulder. His face looked like some old sage giving sage advice; it was very comical. "You are an emperor now. If you don’t settle with that lady, people will start calling you a pervert."
After that, Kailen melded with the void before Legoland could respond and disappeared.
"That bastard," Legoland laughed. "He’s right. I should meet her parents and settle down with her soon," Legoland muttered. "Anyway, Theodora will be very happy that he decided to represent us. It’s a good thing she came to me with it first. I would love to see the look on the faces of the Asura Corrugation Empire and the Helio Empire bastards when Kailen appears suddenly on the competition day as our representative." A cunning glint flashed through Legoland’s eyes.