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Chapter 692 - 370 Knight Competition and the King of Mango Tooth Kingdom’s Investment_2

Chapter 692: Chapter 370 Knight Competition and the King of Mango Tooth Kingdom’s Investment_2

Wilson bowed deeply to Ivita. "Yes, m’lord."

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For the following week, Ivita was engrossed in learning the Skeleton King Transformation Skill. It took him an entire week, but he managed to complete the spell via a magic ceremony.

Simultaneously, Ivita dispatched a dozen agents to gather intel regarding the Upper City.

As it happened, Earl Rozlof and Earl Hilker had engaged in a colossal naval battle just three days ago. This battle in the Mediterranean Sea was tantamount to a large-scale war.

Both sides’ fleets consisted of over 500 ships each, with at least 100 being heavy warships, loaded with three types of pirate equipment.

The intense clash resulted in a sea covered in pirates’ corpses and fragments of wood—debris from the damaged ships.

Ivita’s spies reported that the historic naval battle ended when the Sea Spirit Witch and the Tide Witch conjured enormous sea cyclones and giant whirlpools from the ocean depths, respectively, further decimating the opposing fleets.

This led to a temporary retreat from both sides as they sought to avoid nature’s calamity.

The formidable magical power of the Witch Marquises was evident.

In the secret chamber of Joseph Castle, Ivita, standing beside a Hearthstone Witch illuminated by candlelight, whispered, "The Sea Spirit Witch and the Tide Witch were once one entity. Yet they now serve opposite factions, and even use their spells against each other. It’s hard to tell what game those two are playing. They are quite the drama queens."

The Hearthstone Witch replied, "The idiot captains of the Black Light and Nightmare may not be unaware of the peculiar behaviors of the Witch Marquises. It’s just they dare not question them outright."

Ivita shook his head. "It might not be fear that restrains them from speaking up. They might have underestimated the power of the Witch Marquises, believing they could manipulate them for their own ends. The Moonlight Great Witch speculated that they are some unique lifeforms brought by meteorites. But I think it’s not that simple. When they are separated, each is powerful enough to be a Witch Marquis. But if they were to unite..."

"You think they might possess the power of the Witch Queen?"

The Hearthstone Witch looked curiously at Ivita, who was now transformed into a Skeleton King through his spell. His entire body sported a skeletal form, with robust and dense bones. A natural bone crown adorned his head, adding a royal aura to his deep red cloak. He exuded the presence of an undying monarch, the ruler of all skeletons.

In his Skeleton King form, Ivita was able to employ some basic necromancy techniques innately linked to the Skeleton King.

With a single gesture, he could extinguish a candle. This was the skill naturally possessed by the Skeleton King—Soul Point.

Besides, Ivita also had the power to command low-level skeletons.

Indeed, among all level three transformation spells, the Skeleton King Transformation was indisputably one of the most practical.

As time elapsed, Ivita’s magic repertoire kept increasing. He was now more like a grandmaster of dark magic.

The Hearthstone Witch said to Ivita, "The Witch Queen is practically a deity. I’m not convinced that the merging of several Witch Marquises could reach the level of the Witch Queen."

Ivita looked at the Hearthstone Witch, puzzled.

The Hearthstone Witch sighed. "The Witch Kings, their essence is on par with the Divine King. As for Witch Queens...A number of god-slaying records in the Magic Black Forest were their masterpieces. Aside from immortality, they can essentially equate to deities."

"Even if they are merely Witch Marquises, they are indistinguishable from gods to the common people." Ivita stated, "They can control weather over the sea, call forth extreme weather, inducing the rise and fall of a region’s fishing industry. Their magical powers are already formidable."

The Hearthstone Witch blinked.

From her perspective, when taking all aspects into consideration, Ivita’s magic power was inching remarkably close to the realm of Witch Marquises.

He was just a hair’s breadth away.

Ivita undid the transformation spell and returned to his human form. At this moment, the door to the study was pushed open, and the Blue Illusion Witch walked in, handing Ivita an invitation.

Ivita frowned. "Blue Illusion Witch, I don’t like banquets."

The Blue Illusion Witch gave a slight nod to the Hearthstone Witch, then bowed her head to Ivita and said, "My Lord, I know you don’t like banquets, but this is not a banquet, this is an invitation to a knight tournament."

Ivita looked at the Blue Illition Witch in confusion, then glanced down. This was actually a knight tournament jointly organised by Earl Hilker, the captain of the Black Light, Captain Rozlof of the Nightmare, the Sea Spirit Witch, and the Tide Witch. According to the description on the invitation, it was a great battle a few days ago that left both sides in a very awkward position, with heavy losses.

So the two sides actually set up a knight championship for the whole Cross Island and invited all the local earl lords to watch the battle as witnesses, because they agreed that whichever side’s knight won the championship would have the right to occupy the Upper City first.

Ivita laughed coldly, he perceived that this was more of a land war than a knight tournament.

I guess the two sides decided to settle the matter in this knight tournament.

The Blue Illusion Grand Witch seemed to be eager to compete. "Lord, what shall we do about this knight tournament?"

Ivita shook his head. "It’s best not to do anything at this time. They’ll start fighting themselves, what worries me is something else."

Ivita scanned the location on the invitation and found that the venue was in the north of Cross Island, less than fifty kilometers from the Upper City. However, according to the map he had memorised from the lotus in the hands of the Moonlight Great Witch, it was only ten kilometers from the location marked on the treasure map.

Is this a coincidence?

No, this couldn’t be a coincidence, it could only be a meticulous plan by the Sea Spirit Witch and others.

Ivita tapped the tabletop of the desk. "What are those two witches up to?"

"This knight tournament is also our opportunity, but to avoid alarming the enemy, we can’t lead the army over. We should keep the army twenty kilometers behind us at all times. I plan to lead a group of elite soldiers over to observe the situation. Let Knight Kelmu and Chino Kennedy lead the troops and follow us while I lead the high-level professionals on the ground over."

The Blue illusion Witch said to Ivita, "My lord’s arrangement is very comprehensive, but there is one more thing. Half an hour ago, two groups of envoys came to our castle. I’ve had Joe Joseph, the butler, entertain them. One group is from the Church, claiming to be people from Ferrara Duchy."

"The other group, claiming they are trusted pigeons of the King of Mango Tooth, says they will establish a communication channel between you and His Majesty of the Mango Tooth."

Ivita had a strange look on his face.

"What are they here for?"

"No, I see. These guys are far too well informed."

Ivita quickly left the study and headed to the main hall.

He saw the envoys from Mango Tooth first, because he knew that the Church seemed to be leaning towards him, while he did not know the attitude of the Mango Tooth Kingdom.

In a side hall on the first floor, Ivita looked at the two men dressed in lantern trousers and dressed like court jesters, waiting for the two envoys to start speaking.

The two envoys didn’t sit in front of Ivita, but stood up instead.

After all, no matter what, Ivita was now an actual Earl of the empire, while they were just court jesters in the Kingdom of Mango Tooth.

An envoy very solemnly and carefully took out a parchment scroll from his bag and said, "Dear Lord Ivita, if it weren’t for your cousin’s recommendation, I might not even be aware that your identity is so noble. My King Alfonso III of Mango Tooth might seem to be in a steady position, but he shares the same concerns as you. Mango Tooth is a very narrow strip-shaped country, but we have a lot of overseas territories, which has led to neighbouring countries coveting us. Therefore, we have to be good at investment, only a successful investment can bring hope to our country."

The envoy continued reading the letter, "Now I want to ask you, as the monarch of the Alsace dynasty in the Kingdom of Mango Tooth, your uncle, I want to ask, if we provide you with military support, what kind of return can you give us? What do you plan to do to win Cross Island and even the country that you should have inherited? For some reason, our Alsace dynasty has become very vulnerable and has become a thorn in the eyes of many countries."