Origin Paradise!

Jiang He clearly sensed the distance between himself and the Overlord realm. As long as he completed the advancement of the Overlord Martial Saint Body and then advanced to the Elite realm, becoming the Overlord of the Golden Age would be no problem at all.

"This time, no one can stop me from settling down."

A resolute look appeared in Jiang He's eyes. In fact, his time away from home had inevitably affected his understanding of the Holy Martial Arts Ceremony to some extent, but it was nothing serious. He simply stopped sleeping for a while to make up for the lost time.

It's worth mentioning that this time, the number of Immortal-grade items required for Dragon Lance to advance to the Sub-Legendary level has increased to seven.

Meanwhile, the missions of conquering the vampire city and rescuing the hostages had been completed. Jiang He casually used a time ring to remove Pei Xuanran's petrified state; it was just a minor matter.

[Hint: You have obtained an Epic Skill Enhancement Scroll]

[Hint: You have received an invitation card to the Divine Court World. Initial identity: The sole true disciple of the Intercepting Sword Sect]

[Note: Due to failure in the assassination of the Night Ancestor, the acquisition of the Ancient Serpent God's Eye, and the thwarting of the Ancestor's conspiracy, and loss of personal freedom (judged as having no hope of escape), player Pei Xuanran has lost her Executor qualification.]

Jiang He used the scroll, this time to improve his self-control so that he could awaken his martial arts internal energy sooner.

Within moments, the three animal companions sent messages almost simultaneously.

Old Black upgraded his Diamond Body to Epic level. With the recent internal strife within the Wolf King, he felt he needed to improve his survival chances.

As always, Wuhe chose the escape specialization and upgraded his ability, "Fleeting Time," to epic level.

Zhuang Ya hesitated between the sword skill "Slash Explosion" and the superpower "Power to Uproot Mountains," but ultimately chose the latter. He now had the foundation to create epic-level skills, but he was not yet proficient. However, he would definitely not lack offensive power in the future.

"Aya, you should be considered to have firmly reached the level of Gold Mastery. In addition, when I return, there will be the enhancement from the Eye of the Ancient Serpent God and the blood."

Jiang He thought to himself that the chances of the powerful were still slim. The growth of one's character after birth is related to battles and training, but he did not expect the other party to be able to stand alone. As the leader of the team, if he could not even guarantee the members' freedom of choice in the future, then he would be too derelict in his duty.

That's true, but you absolutely can't leave the team.

Jiang He felt a rare sense of dilemma. He was willing to respect his animal partners' choices, but he did not want the team to disband. If he had to choose, he simply couldn't decide.

"Why would you even think about this question?"

"I'm still too idle."

"Lilith."

A gentle female voice rang out, "It has nothing to do with me. I don't take the blame for everything. The more I care, the more difficult it is for me, just like how I'm increasingly reluctant to hurt you."

"A colossal lie," Jiang He calmly remarked.

"Hey." Lilith sighed inwardly, the stereotypes about her by the only favored one were too strong.

Chapter 524 School Festival

April 19, 47th year of the Last Calendar, morning.

After the four-person vehicle picked up Silverblade, it began to head towards Tokyo Fortress.

After contacting the Magic Department, the school relayed a message from Taiko: in recognition of their performance and contributions in the battle to reclaim the vampire city, the Taiko Nine Clan invited someone to the building to receive a military merit reward, without the need to bring weapons or equipment.

"What are military merit awards usually?"

In the passenger seat of the vehicle, Jiang He casually flipped through a page of the Sacred Martial Codex and asked a question without looking up.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Mirai Kamishiro, who was driving, replied, "It's basically controlled by resource-based groups. In this era, survival resources are the most important. If you're looking for some powerful items, you might be disappointed. After all, before the End Times and the Age of Exploration, this was still a Bronze Age."

Jiang He nodded, then he would ignore Taige, since he wouldn't be the one in a hurry anyway.

The near-encrypted dialogue of wills was on a different channel for Silverblade in the back seat, who was busy remotely taking over the operations department.

After the recapture war ended, Nanase Maki, who chose to betray the war due to the influence of the Shadow Ancestor, was concluded by the Taiko and the Magic Department to be a sacrifice. The extent of the Nanase family's contribution behind the scenes is unknown, but at least in terms of the result, they saved face.

The vehicle sped across the wilderness.

Jiang He rested for a while and began to examine herself.

"There seems to be a lot of redundancy in the combat power system."

Jiang He took out the skeleton assembly battle flag and the dinosaur cube. The former was perfect and the latter was ultimate. The two items were no longer up to par with his combat power and needed to be enhanced through gluttony.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang He took out another supernatural crystal, "Sun and Moon Like a Shuttle." He couldn't quite remember how he got it, but it was in perfect condition and related to speed.

Inside the portable imperial city, all sorts of miscellaneous alien blood crystals, wild beast corpses, alchemical bullets, source energy weapons, and so on were emptied out and refined by the Gluttonous Black Light into the most basic extraordinary factors.

Finally, Jiang He casually discarded the perfect-grade skill, Dragon Turtle Sword and Shield, leaving behind a bunch of junk items, and created a brand-new Undying-grade item, which looked like a white bone ring.

"The eighth ring."

[Name: Bone Dragon Rider Ring]

[Category: Production]

[Quality: Unfading]

[Effect: By combining high-quality flesh and bones, create a warhorse-like undead creature—the Bone Dragon Rider. Its overall combat strength is roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary creature from the Golden Age, and it specializes in speed.]

[Note: Produced by BingeEating]

Jiang He nodded slightly. The Skeleton Dragon Rider was expected to serve as the vehicle mount for the Evil Guards, and he himself did not need the Undying-level combat power enhancement.

Next, he completely integrated the Wilderness Hunting Armor that he no longer wore with the Dawn AI currently mounted on the Saint Lilith, enhancing its hardware functionality.

The item "Hidden Weapon Chapter" is currently divided into two volumes: the epic volume and the dungeon volume. In the epic volume, Pei Xuanran is in a state similar to being asleep and frozen. As for the dungeon volume, it contains some beautiful women gifted by the Yong'an family. They have been raised since childhood and are skilled in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they are not of much value. They can be used as paintings of ladies to decorate the residence in the future.

Jiang He continued to examine himself. In the battle with the True Ancestor of the Night, the aftershocks of the two caused a large number of casualties among vampires and humans, but the title of Karma Slayer did not overflow.

"Is the essence of the butcher's business symbolized by killing, rather than death?" Jiang He pondered. This point was quite important, implying that, to some extent, killing and death were equal.

Nevertheless, upgrading once shouldn't be a big problem, and since he founded a hospice, given the special nature of the post-apocalyptic world, he will be able to upgrade his title across the board very soon.

[Note: Your Undying Title - First Emperor has been upgraded to Epic level]

[Name: First Emperor]

[Category: Titles]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect ①: Emperor - When war begins, the four basic attributes of the emperor's entire group and animal companions are temporarily increased by 10 points.]

[Effect ②: Divine Retribution - Targets that kill a large group of members are cursed by the heavens, each curse dealing 5 points of true damage (to those of the same or lower rank)]

[Effect 3: Reign (All land under heaven belongs to the king) - When activated, it allows you to return to a location you were in or passed through, consuming 400 points of gold energy each time (within the same world/current location and border)]

[Effect 4: Royal Subject (All Under Heaven Are Royal Subjects) - The holder gains the five senses of a large group of members or followers. When their mental will is not lower than Gold, they can perform the Descent of the Will of the World/Present Realm and Border]

[Effect 5: Boundless - Vision-related abilities grant a full, three-dimensional view of the area actually controlled by the subordinate forces.]

[Effect 6: Monarch's Shadow - Gain a fully controllable phantom of a monarch, which can activate a large-scale protection over the target area. The defense strength is the same as the title rank, and the range is equal to the area of ​​the domain.]

[Note: This title represents the highest honor in the world of ancient martial arts]

……

The next morning, the three arrived at the fortress.

The weathered, heavy doorway rose, and on the lookout platform inside the wall, a young man gripped the railing tightly with both hands, leaned forward, and stared intently at a passing vehicle, his eyes filled with hatred.

"Nanase Mitsukuri".

Not far away, the gray-haired military commander spoke up: "Control yourself. The death of your sister was ultimately caused by the True Ancestor."

"What a joke!" Nanase Mitsuteru slammed his fist on the railing, angrily saying, "Do you think you can prove that guy's innocence with such a pitiful amount of information?"

"It doesn't prove his guilt, and besides, the wilderness outside the wall is a lawless zone. Given the cost, we don't support legal prosecution. Do you know how much time and effort it takes to send a professional team to investigate on-site? And there's the added danger..."

"I don't care!"

Nanase Mitsuteru turned around, his eyes wide with anger, "The Jumonji family, and your Ichihai family, will definitely not mind lending me their strength and manpower. I will definitely take revenge!"

“He is an uncrowned monarch,” the gray-haired commander said.

The Coffin Prince has confirmed that he killed the True Ancestor of Shadows, but because the battle took place outside the fortress's controlled area and the high intensity of the battle resulted in a large number of deaths and destruction, the various spies lurking in the vampire city were unable to obtain much useful intelligence.

In fact, even tactical-level personnel have to be extremely careful to observe the game, so it's easy to imagine how many tactical-level personnel are acting as undercover agents, or to be more certain, there are none at all.

“I know.” Nanase Mitsuki calmed down and said resolutely, “But his follower can’t possibly have the combat power of a monarch. Besides, he has fought against two True Ancestors one after another. It’s impossible for this guy to be unscathed. Let’s wait and see.”

The gray-haired commander couldn't help but sigh. Just as the other party had said, no one would shy away from taking action against the Coffin Prince. The only difference was whether it would be done openly or covertly, and whether it would be forceful or not. A new monarch would be a huge shock to the existing structure of the fortress.

"The school festival was originally intended to be a tool for you guys to realize your ambitions."

……

"School Festival?"

It was clearly a question, but the tone was as indifferent as a statement.

Inside the vehicle, Mirai Kamishiro muttered to herself for a moment before replying, "The school festival is just a kind of celebration. The post-apocalyptic world basically starts on April 30th and lasts for three or four days."

"Competitive clubs will organize competitions, while cultural clubs will host programs, including food, games, and bonfire parties. Someone will definitely be in charge of the haunted house, which is a familiar topic, and every club will have to contribute."

"Moreover, during the school festival, the four high schools will hold a magic tournament, but most students just watch for fun. It's much more worthwhile to dance with someone you like at the bonfire dance."

Mirai Kamishiro reminisces about her youthful days. Before she reached the extraordinary level, she was a top student and the leader of the kendo club. However, due to her innate power, she did not continue to develop in this area for a long time.

"Haven't you participated in similar celebrations before, senior?"

"What are you showing off?"

Jiang He glanced sideways at the tea-haired girl.

In the back seat, Silver Blade suddenly looked up at the sky.

"how could be."

"Obviously I came first."

After waiting for a while and no one asked, Silverblade couldn't help but say, "Gentlemen, the new minister is coming, and he has a well-established team. The three of us need to stick together."

"Aren't you an agent?" Jiang He frowned slightly. He was planning to expand the hospice care center once Yin Ren was promoted. As the head of the department, Yin Ren could theoretically trick students into working for free and just give them some letters of praise occasionally.

"The White Dragon Group is a magical organization that only emerged half a year ago. After a meeting, the school decided to recruit the White Dragon Group as school workers. According to some cryptic information, the school board members are quite dissatisfied with Nanase Maki's behavior of abandoning the students of Class A and ordering them to infiltrate the vampire city without her consent."

Clearly, Silverblade shifted all the blame onto the dead. The battle to retake the vampire city was essentially a desperate attempt by Nanase Maki to salvage the situation, and the three of them were trying to turn the tide.

Silverblade shared information about the White Dragon Group with the two of them.

The group has a small membership, just over a hundred, but all of them are mages who possess a power called Dragon Magic. The seven top leaders are all tactical-level mages, and the others are all at the military-level.

The group's leader is named Dragon Queen, who survived a lesson taught by the Red Monarch and possesses formidable strength.

"Senior..." Mirai Kamishiro said meaningfully.

A hint of ferocity flashed in Jiang He's eyes.

Violence +4.

As expected, the White Dragon Group should be some kind of End Adventurer Group. He wouldn't mind wiping them all out when the time is right, since the power of dragon magic sounds very suitable for Aya.

Moreover, even if we don't kill them in the near future, the two sides will inevitably become enemies when the End Coordinates are destroyed, so it's better to strike first to avoid trouble.

"Silver Blade, what's meant to be yours will be yours sooner or later."

"Thank you for your kind words, Your Highness."

……

Shortly after, the vehicle arrived at the Magic High School.

The security guard checked the student name tags of the three students, and his expression turned slightly strange when he saw that one of them had a name tag that recorded the position of the combat section chief and information about a second-class student.

For the magic department, students who fail to awaken basic magic or only have one basic magic spell are considered to lack potential and are defective among magic talents. However, the combat director must be outstanding in combat, which is quite contradictory.

“Senior, it seems I’ll have to take you to the computer class.” Mirai Kamishiro said, holding a glass of juice. “When you first enrolled, you were still an experimental subject and ranked second according to the rules, but now you’ve mastered great magic.”

"For His Highness's talent, being second-rate seems to have little meaning," Silverblade commented objectively.

"Information about the Colorless Monarch," Jiang He said. "Is Principal Jujian playing dead lately?"

Silverblade smiled helplessly and replied, "The colorless sword is in the exploration company. Your intimidation of Director Longchuan was the only way to advance the investigation. However, the colorless sword is indeed a very special monarchical power."

Silverblade gave a brief introduction, stating that there are seven human monarchs in total. Among them, the Silver Monarch holds the power of space, the Gold Monarch holds the power of protection, the Red Monarch holds the power of destruction, the Blue Monarch holds the power of order, and the Blue Monarch and the Gray Monarch hold the power of purification and curse, respectively.

In a sense, the power of monarchs is relative and passed down in an orderly manner, like the Blue Monarch who has continued for three generations.

However, to date, the Colorless Monarch has never truly been born. Its power of destiny is relatively mysterious, and for decades, countless magicians have been vying to find it, but have always missed it.

"It is said that when a monarch is made, the corresponding Sword of Damocles will send a message to his instincts."

"Once the colorless monarch, symbolizing destiny, is born, the sword of Damocles will begin to reassemble, giving birth to the complete hero who will end the apocalypse."

"But before the end, there will inevitably be bloody growing pains."