Chapter 985 - 489: Martial Extreme Trial

Chapter 985: Chapter 489: Martial Extreme Trial

"Mr. Li Ang might not know what the ’Martial Extreme Trial’ is." "Elaphia" said, covering her mouth.

"That guy just mentioned it, I was about to ask." Li Ang looked at Urbian, who was being taken away by the Order Knight.

"It’s a very important tradition of their Weapon Race, involving ancient glory, beliefs, personal training, and tests, among other things," she said.

"Is it a traditional ceremony?" Li Ang nodded.

"It’s a ceremony, yet not just a ceremony, because it’s indeed tied with ancient legacy and family treasures," the Douding in front of Li Ang smiled and said.

Li Ang paused at her smiling face and sighed: "What are you guys up to, I really can’t take it."

"How can Mr. Li Ang speak rudely to a lady?"

"Let’s find a place to sit and talk first."

The Elaphia who was found was not the real thing, this matter would take half a day to explain, so Li Ang found Murein and asked him to find a luxurious guest room, which also had a suite used as a tea room to enjoy the aerial view.

The five people sat together, and Li Ang first introduced everyone to each other.

"These are my companions whom I met during my recent adventures." Li Ang briefly described the nature of the powers of Diao, Inanna, and Liluliss to Farlonio, summarizing them as a Druid, Earth Element Manipulator, and Holy Servant.

This merchant was mysterious, and the more he knew, the more he was uncertain about her true intentions, so he didn’t plan to say much. Besides, the elements with the three of them, if elaborated upon, could take an entire afternoon.

"Hello."

Diao nodded politely, while Inanna stared at Farlonio, examining him. Li Ang didn’t know what she was looking at, and Lily simply waved with a smile.

"This is the owner of the ’Treasury’, a cunning merchant."

"Oh, Mr. Li Ang, how rude." Falo used Aifei’s face and puffed out her cheeks.

"Speak, why are you pretending to be her, is it also related to the Martial Extreme Trial?" Li Ang tapped the tea table.

"Yes, it is."

With a nodding motion, the outer layer of the blondie Douding of Farlonio shattered like glass into points of light, disappearing, revealing her original appearance with short brown hair and dressed as a merchant.

"Oh, so this is the true appearance of the Miss from the Haven Race." Lily curiously examined Falo, her gaze eventually landing on the little green dragon on her shoulder.

If not mistaken, her disguise was created by that little dragon’s spell, the magic-formed outer layer was like a special "gemstone", resembling when it shattered.

Li Ang noted that Inanna was looking at the little dragon, while the green dragon didn’t follow Falo’s lead this time by exclaiming "yes", but instead hid in the hood behind her neck.

Because of the dragon’s peculiar action, Falo glanced at Inanna twice.

"Let’s talk about the Martial Extreme Trial, it’s a grand ceremony for the Weapon Race held every twenty years, but to understand it, we have to start from the beginnings of their race." Farlonio seemed to deliberately obscure the green dragon, starting the formal topic hurriedly.

The Weapon Race is a collective term for the Haven Race, capable of wielding metal in various ways, especially weapons. It not only includes "Alma" but also the families of "Gladius", "Pugio", "Bapnis", among others.

All members of these families are descendants of the "God of Weapons."

"Aifei once told me that the God of Weapons raised an island in the Sea of Blood of the red sea of chaos and established the homeland for the Weapon Race," Li Ang said.

"Indeed, their creation myth says it’s over ten thousand years old," Falo nodded repeatedly.

"Ten thousand years is just about the age of ’Nebis’. They should have inherited that metal-controlling power at that time," Inanna said.

The Earth Dragon spoke with certainty, catching Farlonio’s attention.

How many years had Nebis existed, and how was it formed? These questions have always been subjects for scholars to study and discuss, but when it involves millennia and legends, they are usually regarded as unreal.

However, Inanna’s confident tone aroused Farlonio’s doubt.

Li Ang naturally knew that the Earth Dragon was correct. Even he, after seeing those Ancient Douding Race who served Zosia in the Illusion Realm of the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, could roughly guess that the power of the Weapon Race must have been inherited from them through various means.

And the God of Weapons, perhaps like the Horned Race’s "Powerful God", was a Haven Race leader who rebelled against the Primordial Being. The imagery in their mythology seems very much like describing this powerful being raising a sky island from the Curse of the Bloody Red Land amid the calamity of a fragmented world.

With blood like mercury, a body like steel, possessing such power, even in a chaotic world, this Haven Race could easily establish itself and begin to develop.

Over the years, perhaps including remnants of the ancient era, the Weapon Race naturally accumulated substantial wealth and developed branches.

Eventually, various families formed within the race, with occasional intermarriages with other parts of the Haven Race, but the Weapon Race consistently preserved similar traditions and shared the same belief in a common ancestor.

"Our Haven Race always possesses various secret techniques related to talents, so many of our people gradually get involved in industries like alchemy and casting, gradually becoming advanced representatives, but the Weapon Race is different."

Farlonio revealed a subtly intriguing expression: "The Haven Race is known for being shrewd, agile, and intelligent, while the Horned Race is often seen as savage, unrefined, and stubborn. But if you truly understand the Weapon Race, you will find they are closer to the latter."