Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014
It turned out that those three fifth-tier individuals really were the last strength of the Kingdom of Hanhai. Throughout the Imperial Palace, no other dangers were found. As for the members of the royal family, only a part were here, and they had already given up resistance.
Another portion had vanished without a trace, their whereabouts unknown.
As for the remaining people, Du You eventually decided to banish them after some thought, without killing them. It wasn’t that Du You didn’t want to kill them; it was because keeping them alive held no significance - they were mostly elderly, weak, and children. The youth had been sent away earlier, it was perhaps better to spare them to maintain a good reputation for himself.
As for the possibility of treasures on their person, Du You didn’t care at all. Seated on a world, with Earth at his back, would Du You care about such wealth? He was only interested in things that were useful to himself.
"Found it, there’s a secret chamber over here, with lots of research data and mages who specialize in research."
Eventually, a secret chamber was opened, and the people inside were immediately subdued. Under the suppression of Du You’s powerful experts, those present didn’t stand a chance to resist. The few die-hard individuals were now lying on the ground.
When Du You entered the secret chamber, the most conspicuous sight was a gigantic bone in the very center of the room. The bone measured hundreds of meters in length; the reason the underground secret chamber was so large was precisely due to this object. Above the bone, there was a piece of shriveled skin, sporadically adorned with a few scales. Yet, the imposing aura emanating from the bone was incredibly powerful.
Approaching it, Du You felt his scalp tingle, and even the flow of his Magic Power seemed to be affected.
"What is this?" Du You took a deep breath and inquired of the others.
One of the people who had just come in said, "The data shows that this is the spine of the sea god. The remains of the sea god were discovered in the great sea within the Kingdom of Hanhai, and through extracting the Divine Power from these remains, the kingdom was able to develop and grow powerful. This is the research material."
After looking through the research material, Du You confirmed that the Kingdom of Hanhai had become so powerful precisely because of this. Ever since they had acquired the remains of the sea god three hundred years ago, they had been conducting research on it.
It was only in the recent years that some results had been achieved. By infecting Murlocs with Divine Power and then extracting a mixed power from these infected Murlocs, the Murloc Potion was created. With a large number of high-tier Murlocs providing temporary increased power as cannon fodder, the Kingdom of Hanhai’s conquest was unstoppable.
In the end, they also used Divine Power for transplants, and after large losses, they finally succeeded once.
But the one who succeeded died not long after, and that was the fifth-tier expert the Kingdom of Hanhai had previously publicized. In fact, in the following years, there were actually no fifth-tier experts within the Kingdom of Hanhai at all.
This research was far from complete; otherwise, the Kingdom of Hanhai would not have been so low-profile. According to the records here, just two months ago, the Kingdom of Hanhai had just reached a new milestone in this research.
That’s why the king had himself transformed, gaining immense power without affecting his lifespan.
What he didn’t expect was that, while he obtained great power, he was directly damaged by its backlash in the process of its outbreak. This might have been the king’s first battle. It went smoothly, not because of his combat skills, but because his power was too strong. In fact, as a king, it was impossible for the King of Hanhai to possess great combat skills.
King Du You was a special case, entirely different from ordinary kings; he was a Professional.
"If they continued their research, perhaps it wouldn’t take long before they had their own sixth-tier experts, and it wouldn’t be a problem for them to establish an empire on par with the Divine Flame Empire," Lin Yucha commented.
To this, Du You retorted, "Have you not considered how many resources were consumed by studying this thing? Without expanding, the Kingdom of Hanhai would not have the resources to continue their research. Such expansion, even without us, would have led to a great conflict with the Divine Flame Empire, and they would have destroyed the Kingdom of Hanhai just the same."
Finally, Du You understood what the king had meant earlier; if he was victorious, this thing would be his spoils of war. He believed that anyone who saw the remains of the sea god would be tempted to continue the research and to grow stronger from it.
To conduct this research, based on the information left behind, one must preserve the royal lineage, as the initial study began with the bloodline of the royal family, which was the most crucial material.
Even if some had been moved, they believed that those remaining would not be harmed.
Unfortunately for them, Du You came from Earth; he was a Professional. To him, the Divine Spirits of this world were existences of the seventh tier, and once his own level was high enough, he would naturally qualify to deal with this substance.
This was due to asymmetric information, but Du You had no intention of explaining this. He planned to take the object back to his own territory, secretly hide it away, and wait for the day when he could use it.
"Look, that picture there, that must be the restored image of the sea god. It looks like a large whale."
"It’s big, but it looks more like a Kun. Look at this drawing; the sea god’s size is much more than just a few hundred meters—it’s at least a thousand meters. Could it be that this spine is only a part of it, or has it shrunk?" Du You was not sure, but he soon gave up thinking about it. Looking around, Du You’s expression shifted suddenly.
"What a find! I didn’t expect to discover my advancement material here," Du You said, looking at a jar.
According to the data, this jar contained spinal marrow from the sea god, which was then blended with some other substances, apparently without much use now, but it was entirely different for Du You. Fınd the newest release on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"Related to the Divine Spirit, and corresponding to my ’Eye of the Death God,’ it should have a significant effect."
"Master, I’ve found an advancement material," Lin Yucha suddenly said, holding a scale in hand.
It seemed that this scale was taken from the remains of the sea god, another artifact of the sea god’s. "Your skills are all advanced except for the whirlpool arrow and aura, this must correspond to whirlpool arrow, right?"
The Magic Arrow Aura was unique, and this scale didn’t seem to fit with it at all. Lin Yucha nodded vigorously at the words, affirming that Du You was absolutely correct. Two advancement materials caught at once was indeed a rewarding find.
"So annoying, I didn’t find anything," Lin Yushi complained somewhat depressed, as she too had one skill left that had not been advanced.
Du You and Lin Yucha chuckled, carefully stored their items, and then began directing the collection of the items in the area.