Chapter 192 - Edda Chronicles 1 (2/2)

“I’ve indeed heard the rumors. They say you've captured the notorious pirates this time.”

The members of the Blackbeard Pirates and the Golden Rose Society were currently held in Blackburn's dungeons.

It was a zone where escaping was impossible for them since they had demonic energy.

In addition, Blackburn had defenders and protective barriers all over the place, so it was difficult for their allies of the Demon Faction to help them.

As Liberto praised him, Woohyuk reached out his hand.

”I was just lucky. In any case, they are valuable prisoners we could use for our benefits, so I kept them alive.”

“I’ve heard that Your Majesty has the ability to rehabilitate criminals and evil beings. I hope those ferocious pirates become good citizens of the kingdom in the future.”

The rumor Liberto was mentioning was about the clan masters recently released from Blackburn’s dungeon.

Liberto was using a fancy word like ‘rehabilitate’ since he was in front of Woohyuk.

But in truth, he was an excellent magician who knew about Woohyuk’s innate attribute.

He was just pretending not to know about it.

Although he had never revealed himself, Liberto was a member of the divine lineage like Helena.

“In any case, how are the disciples doing? I especially want to hear about Song Anna’s performance.

“… She possesses innate talents in communicating with elementals. Moreover, she’s an excellent hard-worker. Thanks to that, she has recently obtained her fourth ability.”

The Child Blessed by the Seven Stars was able to acquire a total of seven abilities.

She abilities she had obtained until now were:

One: Giving a physical body to elementals.

Two: Directly possessing natural beings such as animals and plants.

Three: Transforming animals and plants into anthropomorphic entities.

Four: Creating a new elemental.

“As I thought, they’re all related to nature and elementals.”

“No, it's hard to say that because of the fourth ability. Not all elementals necessarily have natural properties.”

A prime example was Agnes, who was of the darkness property.

Woohyuk nodded and then asked a question again.

“What about the others?”

“Silvia is also an excellent soul enchanter. She will become a prominent figure in the future. Yoo Kayoung and Undine are also far above average.”

They were all growing rapidly, just as he had planned

As Woohyuk received additional reports regarding the operation of the academy, Irene appeared in the distance and approached them.

She was also wearing the school uniform.

As she was a hidden reward from the Twilight Tower, Woohyuk had a lot of expectations for Irene.

”It has been a long time, Your Majesty.”

“… Since when do you talk like that, Irene?”

“I learned to speak like a lady from Lady Joanna. Do you not like it?”

Irene tilted her head and stared at Woohyuk in confusion.

The men in the royal palace had responded favorably when she had talked like this.

Woohyuk shook his head, grasping the situation.

“No, it’s much better now. It's just that your behavior was so different from before that I was taken off guard.”

“Lady Joanna said that a woman's transformation is innocent, and that it isn’t gentlemanly to point it out and reproach her.”

… It seemed that Joanna had taught her some useless things.

Woohyuk sighed and headed to the basement of the academy with the others.

“The preparations are all over. We have enough food and household goods to be self-sufficient, and we have resting facilities.”

Liberto took the lead and continued reporting to Woohyuk.

The contents were mostly about the training center.

Since they would live in a confined space for a long period of time, they needed a lot of items and goods.

They not only had dormitories, but also various places such as restaurants, libraries, sports facilities, and artificial gardens on each floor.

He had taken this idea from the Valkyrie’s ruins.

As long as it was a sealed space, the Hourglass of Time’s effect would be applied no matter how large the space was, so Woohyuk had deliberately placed the training center underground.

As Liberto's report ended, a huge bronze door emerged beyond the dark passage.

It was the boundary between the training center and the outside.

Creak.

As Liberto approached it, Aiden opened the door himself as his soldiers stood next to him.

Woohyuk said some words of encouragement to him.

“Good work until now, Aiden.”

“Compared to when I was at the Northeastern Guard Camp, this is nothing.”

Aiden was previously the corps commander whose mission was to defend the capital city Heidelberg.

Tennan, his former lieutenant, had taken over his position as the commander during Aiden’s absence.

“No matter what happens, this door mustn’t be opened from outside without my permission.”

“I will make sure to check the perimeter thoroughly so that it never happens.”

This time, the training period was one month long.

However, within the training center, time would be accelerated by ×500.

Therefore, the internal time would be around 41 years.

For reference, the reason the efficiency had improved compared to last time was because the Dark Magician Maester Liberto would operate the Hourglass of Time.

Since he was an excellent magician, he was able to draw out the full potential of artifacts better than the current Woohyuk.

“Dad, give me a kiss. I won’t see you for 41 years from now on.”

Lia grabbed onto Woohyuk's arm while he said goodbye to the others.

Woohyuk gave her a peck on the lips.

“Listen to your mom, alright? Don't cause any accidents as well.”

”Yeah! I'll be good!”

Lia ran towards Leifina with a satisfied expression.

Afterwards, Woohyuk's gaze turned to Carnelian, who was hesitantly approaching him.

“Do you want one too?”

“...”

Carnelian blushed and couldn't respond.

Because she had been under Ivanov’s control for a long time, she could not express her emotions clearly.

Woohyuk stared at her with a lonely look and repeated the same action he had done to Lia.

“If something happens that requires you to come out before the month ends, open the door first, Leifina. I can’t have telepathic conversations with you unless you do so.”

“I understand, My Lord.”

The space where the Hourglass of Time operated would be completely disconnected from the outside world.

In other words, unless the enclosed space was open, those outside would not know what was going on inside it.

However, Woohyuk was somewhat relieved because Leifina was going inside together with the others.

She was a vassal who would never betray him under any circumstances.

In time, the bronze door closed shut, and Woohyuk turned to head back to Blackburn.