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Chapter 109 107. Promoted to Sixth Order
in the throat's bloody vortex, countless shattered golden runes assembled into a book with a black cover studded with innumerable golden specks. the previously invasive life force, akin to toxic poison, had quieted down, allowing charles to manipulate bloody glory to assimilate it.half an hour later, charles finally digested the life force of this blood servant, and the sixth bloody vortex in his throat stabilized. sensing the book within this vortex, adorned with a black cover and countless golden specks, he recalled that mysterious voice, that supreme will, and felt a bone-chilling cold in his heart.
he knew what it was.
because it was not the first time he had seen it.
it was a blood clan evil god.
charles couldn't help but think, "do i possess some trait that attracts evil gods specifically?"
"why can't i be blessed by a true god for once? even if not by the nine great true gods, their attendant gods or subordinate gods would do!"
charles looked up to the sky, though of course, he could see nothing.
a mere sixth order transcendent, yet lacking the ability to cross the void and discern anything.
the sixth bloody vortex he had opened, an undocumented one in bloody glory, had formally advanced charles to the sixth order. discover stories with empire
most remarkably, he had also refined the runes of the bloodline mantra, obtaining his fifth special ability.
however, each spell of the arthur clan required arduous practice, and he had just perfected the bloody rune of the bloodline mantra. he hadn't yet started to practice any specific secret technique and couldn't deploy any of the bloodline mantra spells.
despite this, charles was quite satisfied. he buried the body of lord leo's servant and went in
whether they were prisoners, gang members, or even adventurers, there were women among them. after departing, taoles asked charles for over a hundred people to form an all-female team, which she led quite successfully, having received a formal university education.
the villages of the old continent usually had small populations and not much stored grain. machu picchu was a ruin of the ancient orc kingdom, with hardly any villages nearby. under charles' stubborn leadership, the knighthood quickly fell on hard times and had no choice but to implement a rationing system, where everyone could only eat a small piece of dark bread. at least water was plentiful; there was a water source inside the machu picchu fortress.
the worst part was that charles often disappeared. apart from the daily foraging parties, anyone else who tried to escape would often end up lost within the fortress. sometimes they were merely steps away from the main gate, yet within a few paces would find themselves in bizarre locations. complaints within the knighthood grew louder by the day.
dobin, yellow bear, taoles, and philedrica, bearing the face of "big sister doll" from the orc assassin alliance, were all forced to participate in placating the crowds. everyone was running around, exhausted, as handling an uprising from a three-thousand-member knighthood could lead to severe consequences.
the only ones who remained fairly calm were charles' earliest subordinates, the adventurers he had tricked. these experienced individuals, having returned to machu picchu, communicated tacitly and had stealthily hidden some food in the first few days.
as days passed, the westwind knights resembled a powder keg about to explode, which could be set off at any moment by an accidental spark, suddenly exploding and blasting everyone to smithereens.
then, one morning, even the foraging party couldn't leave the machu picchu fortress. the knighthood exploded completely, as countless people shouted loudly, demanding that charles come out and explain himself. even though dobin, yellow bear, taoles, and philedrica did their utmost to calm the situation, it was to no avail.
soon, some began to fight. though dobin had brought along former colleagues from the patrolling army and suppressed over a dozen disputes, three thousand people were just too many, and he soon couldn't hold them back any longer.
this ragtag knighthood was finally ignited; they blamed and cursed each other, and some even surrounded several leaders, ready to resort to violence at any moment.
though taoles was a third order card magician, she couldn't cope with so many people. she squeezed a "magic card·open door," which could open a door on any wall to slip away, yet she was still making a last-ditch effort.
suddenly, someone shouted, "these bastards deceived us, let's catch them and force them to reveal the way out." immediately, several others echoed the call, and the situation deteriorated to the point that it was just short of becoming irredeemable.