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Chapter 421 The Path of the Knight

Abel took out the book that Hoover wrote . It was meant to be a recollection of his journey towards becoming a knight’s head commander . Since only a handful could be the very best, he needed a lot of guidance was needed .

For a knight’s commander to become a head commander, there were a lot of obstacles that must be overcome . First up, Abel must learn to combine his combat qi with a specific type of energy . More specifically, by combining his physical attacks with a specific type of, say, an element, his regular attacks would be much stronger than before .

It’s much harder than it sounded, though . While the knights could learn such techniques from the scrolls they found, they never found out how to control their own mana to perform these moves .

Yes, a knight’s head commander had to learn to use his own mana . Throughout history, many knights have gone through some insane lengths to attempt this . One solution they found was that, with the help of wizards, they could attempt to drown themselves in areas that were highly-concentrated with mana .

It was a daredevil move, of course . It was the equivalent to exposing your entire body to poisonous gas . Many have died whilst trying to do this, but some did end up gaining the ability to control a very slight amount of mana .

Again, even those who survived had to bear the negative consequences for the rest of their lives . The loss of physicality was the easy part . Once the body was corroded with mana, the damage could end up being irreversible, detrimental, chronic, and potentially end up causing all sorts of other lifelong issues .

Once a knight’s commander had (miraculously) learned to control his mana, things would start to become easier . He would have to learn to combine his combat qi with his knight’s techniques . Some time was needed for this, obviously, but it really wasn’t a concern for the genius that was Abel .

After flicking through some of the pages, Abel realized that he was already a step ahead . He didn’t need to learn to control his mana all over again . Right now, his biggest problem was with combining his combat qi with his knight’s techniques .

The element he chose was the “power of dimension . ” It was an overpowering element, needless to say . The problem was that he couldn’t activate it with his knight’s techniques . Also, since he could only unleash this power with a quick hit, he couldn’t really make a correct assessment of where he should be .

So, what was his “real” level? He was technically a knight’s commander, but he was so much stronger than just that . If he was against any other knight’s commanders, he could easily dominate them with his dark-golden combat qi threads . Even without his combat qi, he could take on most of them with his max level strength and agility points .

If he really wanted to know where his current level was at, he could try to take on a knight’s head commander . He had never done that before, actually . He didn’t even know much about the knight’s head commanders . There weren’t many of them on the Holy Continent . In fact, apart from the “charge” technique that Hoover wrote in his book (and it wasn’t even the complete version), there didn’t seem to be a lot of knowledge that had been passed down .

Abel was different . He was learning both from the Holy Continent and the dark world . He could be promoted to a knight’s head commander anytime, and it wasn’t like he had to sacrifice his health for it . It was a shame that there wasn’t a lot that Hoover could teach him .

So, he chose the power of dimension as his base element . While this choice made his training a lot more difficult for him, he didn’t regret it in the least . There wasn’t anyone that could guard against the power of the dimension . As seen in his fight with Cliff; as much as he had to prepare for his one-time-only attack, once he was all set, there was literally nothing that could stop him .

For the next few days, Abel went to the prison’s first floor during the day and went back to the Rogue’s Encampment for his meditation session during the night . After he was satisfied with the progress he was making . He went back to his room in Liante City .

He was back in his room . When he closed down the seclusion circle, he saw that Bartoli had prepared breakfast for him . It was a fairly simple meal . There was some white bread, honey, and a little bit of fruit .

Bartoli said in an apologetic tone, “Good morning, Master! ah… . I’m so sorry . This was all I could get with my magic gemstones . The better ingredients can only be bought with points…”

“No, no, it’s fine . This is great!” Abel smiled as he began to dig in, “Can you boil some water for me?”

“Yes, Master!”

Bartoli went out to get some water from the well . Once she did, she came back and placed a full bucket on the table . Then, with a wave of her wrist, a butterfly made of flame emerged from her hand . It flew around, rested on the bucket, and the water in the bucket immediately started boiling .

Abel enjoyed the show . It was something that he invented himself, but Bartoli did it much better than him . Unlike him, she could command a fire element without activating any spells . Not only did that require a lot more control, but the resulting flame was also very different .

“The water is ready, Master,” Bartoli said after she made the butterfly disappear .

Abel took out a crystal bottle from his portal bracelet . It contained the “super blue howling rabbit soup” that was used to flavor up his “ration potion . ” It was a secret recipe of his . Even if he told the others how to cook it, they wouldn’t have the skills required to mimic what he did .

There’s a special name that he gave to his blue howling rabbit stock . “Rabbit essence . ” After one drop of it was placed into the bucket of boiling water, a strong, pleasing smell quickly diffused throughout the room . It almost smelled like a whole roasted rabbit .

“Have some of this, Bartoli,” Abel said, then poured some soup into a wooden bow .

“Thank you, Master,” Bartoli thanked him . She didn’t have a lot of faith in her master’s unconventional cooking methods, but she sure liked what she was smelling . After a gentle sip, her eyes started sparkling . She had eaten a blue howling rabbit before, and this solution, whatever it was, tasted almost exactly the same as that . In fact, unlike the time when she was actually eating the rabbit’s meat, there was something about this “soup” that she couldn’t help but keep drinking .

Yes, she felt like she was getting addicted . If Abel wasn’t so strong, mentality and spirituality, he would’ve warned Bartoli about it a lot earlier .

Bartoli pointed towards the crystal bottle that Abel was holding . She only had one drop of the liquid . It was one drop . There were so many more drops in the bottle her master had .

“Master, what… . ” Bartoli couldn’t help but smile from the extreme satisfaction she was feeling .

Abel replied with a smile, “Rabbit essence, Bartoli . It’s something I’ve made by extracting the richest parts of a blue howling rabbit . ”

“Can you use it on other foods?” Bartoli asked .

“Yeah, sure . Try it on anything . I haven’t done a lot of experiments with it yet, but if you’re interested…”

Abel proceeded to hand the entire bottle to Bartoli . He didn’t mind giving it away to her . After all, it wasn’t even that hard to make . If he wanted to, he could make a tankful of it at any time .

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