Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons
Chapter 938 - 811: Letting Go of All Authority
As the sightseeing train slowly pulled into the station, the guild members alighted.
The first thing that caught the eye was the enormous palace floating in the distance.
Bathed in sunlight, this object that reflected gleaming glimmers was truly attention-grabbing.
"Hahaha, you’re finally here."
Steel Armor, who had been waiting at the train station for a long time, walked over laughing when he saw all the guild members had disembarked.
Then he noticed everyone’s gaze fixed on the distant sky, and followed their line of sight.
"That is the palace of the King of Platinum, the Platinum Palace, where the president and others reside."
Shielding his eyes from the overhead sun, looking at the distant Platinum Palace, Raphael couldn’t help but complain.
"The president and the others really live lavishly here."
Afterward.
Steel Armor led everyone toward the City of Rebirth.
As everyone left the train station, they arrived at the city gate of the City of Rebirth and couldn’t help but stand in place as they gazed at the whole city.
Isn’t this city built a bit too grandly?
This was the first thought that came to their minds when they saw the city, and they couldn’t help but ask.
A massive decorative city gate, and in the distance, a place enveloped by something shaped like flying wings.
All were various colossal stone reliefs, integrated with the city as a whole.
Above the reliefs, there seemed to be water flowing upwards, then cascading straight down like a waterfall.
"The main framework of this city was created single-handedly by His Majesty, so it’s normal that it looks magnificent."
Can a city be created so effortlessly? To what extent has Kane’s power reached?
This was the curious question in everyone’s minds.
Because in the guild hall’s training grounds, Kane rarely made a move and seldom practiced with the guild members.
Generally, his practice partners were Kreya and the original team members.
Therefore, for many guild members, Kane’s strength remained a mystery.
They could only increasingly feel the growing pressure emanating from Kane.
Even those like Raphael, who had experienced duels with Kane, those were battles from long, long ago.
Even back then, the power disparity was so vast that they were thoroughly defeated.
Now, they have long ceased to know how vast that disparity has become.
Seeing everyone’s astonished expressions, Steel Armor laughed heartily and patted Raphael’s shoulder.
"Don’t be so surprised. If you knew what the president and others had been doing here, you’d realize this is nothing."
It must be known that except for when Kane first vanquished the Red King, Steel Armor witnessed many battles afterward.
In the eyes of the natives of the Platinum Country, Kane was like someone who extinguished the sun single-handedly.
That is, who shattered the Golden Bridge that hung in the sky.
Listening to his words, everyone nodded, following Steel Armor further into the city.
The city’s residents were diverse, and many were not races from the Mist World, appearing very novel.
A group of children then ran past them, leaving rainbow-colored trails behind.
A bunch of various cute animals followed behind them.
"Wait for us!"
These animals even spoke.
Watching the direction the group of children ran off to, everyone couldn’t help but turn to stare at Steel Armor, their curiosity palpable.
"About two years ago, many children in the inner realm began to display aptitude for fairy tales. This group of kids is the first batch of students at Fairy Tale Academy."
Steel Armor thought for a while and then answered.
"Is the profession of Fairy Tale Mage beginning to spread?"
Afterward, everyone continued wandering through the city. Indeed, many children could be seen, each carrying a fairy tale aura.
After all, since Lirulu often used fairy tale magic in the guild hall, everyone was quite adept at sensing this aura.
Watching these children ride various peculiar things, flying across the sky.
Then everyone arrived at the most majestic place in the City of Rebirth, Flying Wings Square.
On the square surrounded by gigantic stone-carved flying wings.
The most conspicuous in the center was a massive crack-ridden long spear, surrounded by golden particles.
It was slightly embedded in the ground, and one could feel the powerful aura emanating from the spear.
"This aura feels like it’s at least a golden-grade weapon, just stuck here in the square?"
Raphael asked Steel Armor beside him with some doubt.
Steel Armor shook his head and said, "This is a weapon His Majesty once used, and it represents his ties to this world. After he destroyed the Golden Bridge, this weapon was on the verge of breaking, so it’s left here as a memento."
Everyone could see the cracks on the long spear, with small sprouts beginning to grow from the gaps.
After all, the weapon itself was transformed from the body of the Giant Wood Elder.
And all the citizens who ever provided power to this long spear, even just looking at it, seemed to mentally return to that day.
Symbolizing the rebirth of the Platinum Country.
Around the plaza were statues of Kane and the princes during the final moments.
Standing on 5 gigantic stone columns around.
"Come on, let me take you to see other places. There’s so much to explore here, it won’t be finished in just one or two days."
After saying this, Steel Armor led everyone away from Flying Wings Square.
......
In the second-floor meeting room of the guild hall.
The upper echelons of the Platinum Country are engaged in mutual discussions.
"Have any of you gathered information on where races have been given the annihilation order?"
Kane sat at the head of the table, tapping on the surface beside him, and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have gathered that there are three locations where races have been given the annihilation order."
Upon hearing this officer’s report, Kane nodded: "Then let those who have waited long enough in the inner realm go; it’s time for them to step into the golden phase."
Many of the people here were close to gold in the past, including those Moon’s Children.
They are an invaluable combat force, and now that the realms have finally integrated, it’s time to let them come out and enhance their strength.
Helping the Mist to annihilate those marked enemies is the quickest choice.
"How is the refugee reception route planning going?" Kane asked the person responsible for this matter on the other side.
It is known that almost all forces are engaged in mutual warfare everywhere now.
The entire World Ring is engulfed in war flames, though everyone is restrained by the Mist’s rules from overly targeting these ordinary civilians.
Yet various conditions have still caused many civilians to lose their homes and their means of survival, becoming refugees.
While Kane and his team were laying out the sea routes and cooperating with various forces to conduct trade, they were also receiving these refugees.
In the process, they also built their reputation.
With the aid of sea and land, a continuous stream of people is being shipped into their country.
With such a vast territory, accommodating billions of people poses no issue at all.
After years of effort, the population has yet to surpass 10 million.
Thus they still need to continuously draw refugees from all over the world.
Explorers who wish to do this have no power.
And local forces with the power to do so see no benefit in it.
Hence, there’s simply no competitive force.
In Area One and surrounding regions, it is mostly Kane’s Platinum Country doing this on a large scale.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, all routes are nearly completely established, and the new ships specially designed to transport refugees have been fully completed."
"We have set up 6 fleets, spread over 8 routes, receiving refugees from around the world. With the reputation we have built over the past few years, I believe that from now on, a continuous stream of refugees will flock to us."
"But the issue of law enforcement and various civil conflicts could potentially erupt on a large scale, so these need to be proactively prevented."
After listening to this official’s report, Kane nodded.
"Rest assured, I have already assigned others to take care of the rest. You must cooperate well when the time comes."
They have long since prepared for issues arising from the furious acceptance of refugees.
There is no such thing as only receiving benefits without bearing the consequences.
A variety of topics needing resolution will arise due to the mutual access between the two realms.
Time passed.
"Alright, today’s meeting ends here."
The entire meeting room personnel were quickly exiting, except Bonona and Heideline who remained.
Kane looked at the two of them and slowly said: "From this moment, I will fully delegate most of the powers of the Platinum Country to you."
"From now on, the affairs of the Platinum Country will be completely decided by yourselves, I will only supervise and occasionally check."
The two were not surprised by Kane’s words, as this had been discussed with them multiple times before.
Due to the exploration beyond the Mist and the enhancement of strength, Kane intends to pass all these tedious Platinum Country affairs to others.
Doing them himself would be a complete waste of energy.
Even if he fully delegates his authority, Kane’s power remains supreme.
After all, the entire country continues to function because of him. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Since the power won’t be lost, fully delegating the power poses no issues.
Bonona and Heideline have proven their respective abilities over the years.
They are fully capable of leading the Platinum Country forward.
Even if they fail in the future, there will be new successors.
After all was done.
Kane finally returned to the Platinum Palace feeling truly relieved.
Inside the palace, Meizike was busy preparing Potions.
The three of Longbei were playing board games on the table.
Kane walked over, sat by them, and asked.
"How is the Synesthesia recovery? Approximately how long will it take to fully recover?"
Upon hearing Kane’s words, Kreya raised her head, took a moment to sense, and then said.
"It probably will take about a week more, calculating like this, doesn’t it mean that walking outside the Mist for a month will require half a month to recover Synesthesia?"
Hearing Kreya’s words, Kane nodded: "You could say that, but the longer you stay outside the Mist, the more you can endure, and relatively, the faster you recover, so there’s no need to worry about this."
Simply staying outside the Mist allows them to constantly deepen their understanding and mastery of the various rules.
This is why staying outside the Mist longer is advocated.
Perhaps, unknowingly, as their time outside the Mist increases, they will naturally step over the threshold and enter the multicolored phase.
Between the three-colored and multicolored phases, there’s no insurmountable chasm.
One with talent will naturally cross over.
Those without talent can only remain outside the Mist, relying on enduring time to lead themselves into the multicolored phase.
Regardless of whether one is a genius or talentless, in this phase, they can only rely on time to grind.
During this time, as much as possible, stay outside the Mist.