741 The Way to Polish the Blood Power (2/2)

Looking at the lights in the district of nobles that were as brilliant as a river of stars, John suddenly sighed. ”Ever since you were implicated by the witches, I have been feeling that I'm in a dream that I never woke up from. All my hopes for the future have come true, but the future is not exactly what I had in mind.”

”Me too.” Looking out of the window, Lucien's eyes became thoughtful and deep. He spoke calmly, but he did mean it. It was not entirely impossible that his current life was a dream.

Although Lucien had basically ruled out the possibility of a dream during his exploration and research on the world, he was still short of the conclusive proof to disprove it. Even though he already had basic speculation about this world, it was impossible for him to declare that ”brain in a vat”, ”virtual world”, or ”experimental facility” was impossible.

John naturally could not tell what was on Lucien's mind. After a sip of the wine, he said, ”My original dream was to become a real knight so that my father, my mother, Elvin, and you could live an opulent noble life, but you realized the dream earlier than I did by turning into a musician…

”After I became a knight, I was ready to be sacrificed in the North Fortress or the Dark Mountain Range as was destined for every knight. However, you told me that you were a sorcerer, which cast me into confusion for a long time…

”When I thought that we would never meet again, and after I began to serve the duchy and the Church wholeheartedly, Her Majesty brought me to Rentato…”

As he spoke, he smiled, ”When I was used to the peaceful life that was defended by many experts who prevented me from meeting real dangers, incidents of demon worship, devil worship, and abyss corruption happened in the kingdom frequently, which kept me occupied in battles again.”

He was not complaining. Instead, he was more or less excited. A peaceful, risk-free life would stagnate him and stop him from turning into a radiant knight.

”Life is full of surprises. It never goes as you planned.” Lucien clinked with John's wine cup. ”Also, it is very difficult for you to become a radiant knight with your blood power of 'Elimination'. There are not enough files in the kingdom for you to learn.”

The bloodline nobles, after their generations of inheritance, or thanks to the tests of a certain legendary knight, had their own ways to polish their blood powers and improve their willpower. Therefore, the nobles with heritages were more likely to advance than the newly-promoted nobles even though they were all knights. They allowed the Congress of Magic to publicize the training methods before knighthood in order to raise more talents to deal with the Church and develop more alternate dimensions because the methods to hone their blood powers were their real capital and the secrets that they had to keep.

The people of the blood power of ”Elimination” were few, and they had mostly been absorbed into the Church as divine knights or night watchers. None of the nobles of Holm were of such a bloodline. Naturally, there was no corresponding method of polishing that they could offer to John.

Before this, Lucien did not think that it was a big deal since blood power was the creation of the ancient sorcerers and the files of different bloodlines had been preserved in the Congress of Magic. He believed that he would devise an appropriate way of polishing for John by studying the cases of the ”Elimination” blood power. However, none of the files that the Congress of Magic collected were about the ”Elimination” blood power, which made Lucien suspicious of the origin of the bloodline. He wondered if it was a product of Viken's research.

John smiled, not thinking that it was a big deal. ”All the previous methods of polishing were figured out by knights too. I am no more stupid, lazy, or cowardly as they were. Can't I figure it out on my own? Also, didn't you always say that we should not be restrained by our experience? It is possible that this is actually a good thing for me.”

He made a joke humorously.

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After he left Joel's house, Lucien roamed inside Rentato City casually with his hands in his pockets and his black top hat lowered. Watching a city evolve according to his ideas filled him with a sense of achievement.

When he passed the quarters of the alchemical works, Lucien suddenly saw a dwarf walking to him. The stranger covered his eyes with his right hand and paid respect. ”Steam Above.”

Then, he smiled. ”Mister, would you like to join our steam church?”

Preaching in daylight? That was completely against his instruction given to the dwarfs! His eyes turned grave as Lucien asked solemnly, ”Who are you?”

”Hehe.” The dwarf smiled. ”Although we never really met, we sort of met before.”

He spoke in a strange way, but Lucien narrowed his eyes all of a sudden. ”Viken?”