From Baron to Lord

Currently, their main task is to gather souls to create mental bullets.

Previously, their mental power was insufficient, but yesterday's great battle resulted in countless casualties on the opposing Source World, providing a significant number of souls.

Boltzmann and the others were instantly swamped with work.

"Well, Boltzmann, I've come this time to ask you to make something for me."

"Your Majesty, please command," Boltzmann replied respectfully.

"During yesterday's battle, we captured many prisoners, you know?" Allen said to Boltzmann.

"Indeed, Your Grace is omnipotent, resolving them with little effort," Boltzmann flattered.

"Now, they're the ones causing me trouble.

Those Source beings are quite strong, and since they're our prisoners, I want you to design something to control them."

Boltzmann thought for a moment and asked Allen, "I don't know what requirements Your Majesty has."

"Requirements? The effect must be good, and I hope the size can be as small as possible, like a bracelet."

Allen stroked his chin, "The cost should also be low, as it's going to be a mass-produced item."

Unexpectedly, Boltzmann smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, that might be difficult."

"If it were to research an alchemical item to control them, I could create it, but the key is the cost."

"The cost of such products cannot be low.

If Your Majesty plans to make millions of them, it would be impossible."

Allen frowned, remaining silent.

"Do I have to keep suppressing them?"

Chapter 497: The Alchemist's Dilemma

Relying on force to suppress them isn't a good solution.

Although they aren't saying anything now, they're definitely not convinced in their hearts.

It's just that Allen sent the Golden Behemoths to guard them, and they became incredibly quiet upon seeing them.

If they misbehaved, they would have been slapped to death long ago.

But given the chance, they would at least try to escape, if not rebel.

However, Boltzmann's words made sense, and Allen felt that his idea was somewhat ill-considered.

"This matter isn't urgent, think about it slowly," Allen could only say.

Boltzmann scratched his head, unsure of what to say.

Suddenly, Boltzmann thought of something and took out three Philosopher's Stones.

"Your Majesty, these are the finished products of the souls we collected."

"There are so many?" Allen looked at Boltzmann with some surprise and took them.

This time, the Philosopher's Stones looked smaller than the previous one and were also somewhat gray.

"We knew that after the great battle, we would collect enough souls, so we made all the preparations and started collecting them immediately."

"However, due to the poor quality of the souls this time, most of them were from dead giant beasts.

The effect of this Philosopher's Stone is worse, and many useless souls can only be made into mental bullets."

"We already have ten thousand bullets, and Urfa and the others are still working hard," Boltzmann said to Allen.

Allen could understand this, as the previous ones, although skeletons, were essentially the soul fires of humans.

This time, those Source beings were inherently weaker, so it was understandable that the effect was slightly worse.

"And this," Boltzmann took out a white crystal.

"This is a magical item we created, and its main function is to collect souls."

"As long as the magic array on it is activated, the surrounding souls will be absorbed into it.

Hearing that Your Majesty is about to attack the Source World, this should be useful."

"Are there many of these finished products?" Allen asked, pointing at the crystal, with some excitement.

Boltzmann knew what Allen meant and smiled softly.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, any knight can use it, and the cost is very low."

"You said it absorbs all souls, does it also absorb the souls of our warriors?" Allen thought of this and asked Boltzmann.

Boltzmann was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Indeed, it will."

Allen didn't know what to say, as this was a taboo topic.

"Is there no way to solve it, such as only absorbing the souls of Source beings when absorbing, or separating those souls after absorption?" Allen was still unwilling to give up, looking at Boltzmann, as it was related to the Philosopher's Stone.

If others knew that they could successfully create the Philosopher's Stone just by relying on some souls, they would all go crazy.

Not to mention unintentionally absorbing the souls of their subordinates, they might even directly use the souls of warriors to refine it.

Allen wasn't that perverted; he still had some principles.

Boltzmann looked troubled, "Your Majesty, once the souls are absorbed into the crystal, they are already fused into one.

It's impossible to separate them."

"As for only absorbing the souls of Source beings... we only researched this magic based on some ancient books.

If we were to follow Your Majesty's idea, we would need to invent a magic ourselves."

Before he could finish speaking, Allen understood their difficulty.

Indeed, they had only seen this magic array in those books and had probably racked their brains to understand it.

Now, asking them to come up with an even more difficult magic array was probably too difficult.

"Then let's forget about it for now."

Boltzmann glanced at Allen, "Your Majesty, if we don't say anything, probably no one will know."

Allen shook his head, realizing he wasn't that kind of person after all, and said decisively to Boltzmann, "No."

"I will require them to only bring it out when they have no casualties themselves."

Boltzmann naturally didn't dare to say anything, "I will strive to fulfill His Majesty's request."

Boltzmann could only say that for now.

Meanwhile, the news of Allen's victory spread rapidly, bringing immense shock.

In the Radiant Empire, within a grand hall.

It was evident that a meeting was being held, but the number of people was not large, suggesting it was a secret meeting.

The old emperor of the Radiant Empire sat on the throne, no longer appearing as decrepit as Allen had seen him before, his eyes gleaming with vitality, looking very energetic.

The Radiant Empire's prince stood behind the emperor, displaying his extraordinary status.

Below stood twelve figures, each with an incredibly powerful aura, all having reached the Second Star of Legend realm.

Their identities were also clear: the Twelve Royal Dukes of the Radiant Empire!

At this moment, although they didn't know why His Majesty had summoned them, they all stood patiently.

Prince William, seeing His Majesty nod to him, stepped forward and addressed them.

"We just received news that a day ago, the Allen Kingdom and the Source World engaged in a great battle, resulting in a crushing defeat for the Source World, with a loss of over two million troops."

The people below were immediately shocked, not expecting the Allen Kingdom to go to war with the Source World so quickly.

"Their casualties should also be heavy, right?" A man said with a smile, looking more like a civil official than a nobleman.

This was Duke Orl of the Radiant Empire, appearing harmless, but his strength was among the top of the Royal Dukes.

Prince William shook his head with a solemn expression, "Not so, on the contrary, the Allen Kingdom's losses were only a few hundred people."

"How is that possible!"

Hearing this, Duke Orl's smile instantly froze on his face, looking utterly incredulous.

Was this some kind of joke? When did those Source Creatures become so weak?

They lost millions, and the Allen Kingdom only lost a few hundred?

Could it be that they were all standing still, letting the Allen Kingdom kill them, and those few hundred people died of exhaustion?

They had long known the power of the Source Creatures, after all, Duke Purgatory, a dignified Royal Duke, had been forced into this state.

Although they had mocked Duke Purgatory, they also knew in their hearts that this Source World was indeed a tough nut to crack, and Duke Purgatory was just unlucky.

Therefore, when the Radiant Empire's Emperor asked them who had the confidence to take over the Source World, they all unanimously gave up.

Instead, they contacted His Majesty to hand over this Source World to the recently famous Allen Kingdom.

They all planned to let the Allen Kingdom consume some of the Source World's strength, making it easier for them to deal with it later.

Chapter 498 Discussion

But they didn't expect such an unexpected situation to arise now.

If Duke Purgatory hadn't used his bloody lesson to tell them that those Source Creatures were indeed not to be trifled with, they probably would have thought that those Source Worlds were vulnerable.

Naturally, Duke Purgatory was also the most surprised.

"How is that possible? Two million troops?"

Duke Purgatory exclaimed, "Even with knights leading them, it would require almost double that to achieve victory, how could they?"

"Could it be because of that firearm weapon?" Duke Purgatory thought of the previous intelligence.

As soon as Harry returned, he told them about the Allen Kingdom's firearms and described what he had seen.

They were also very interested in this kind of weapon that could give ordinary people great power, and they turned their attention to the Allen Kingdom.

Subsequently, the Allen Kingdom indeed demonstrated the power of firearms, and they became increasingly amazed.

Prince William shook his head, hesitating to speak, and simply took out a piece of paper and walked down to hand it to them.

"This is the intelligence we just obtained, take a look for yourselves."

Duke Orl was closest to Prince William, and he didn't hesitate at all, taking it over.

Duke Orl silently read the contents of the paper, while the other Royal Dukes watched Duke Orl.

Before long, Duke Orl finished reading the message in his hand, without saying a word, his expression showing no abnormality, and handed the paper to Duke Purgatory, who was already anxiously waiting.

Duke Purgatory looked like a burly man with a full beard, and he was not as calm as Duke Orl.

Duke Purgatory glanced at the intelligence, his eyes widening instantly, his whole body stunned, and as he continued to read, Duke Purgatory's mouth opened wider and wider.

Seeing Duke Purgatory like this, the other Royal Dukes were even more excited, wondering what exactly was written inside.

Soon, Duke Purgatory finished reading and blankly handed the intelligence to the next Royal Duke.

This Royal Duke took a look, and his brow furrowed, and by the time he finished reading, his brow was almost tied in a knot, and he handed the intelligence to the next person.

In this way, after all the Royal Dukes had finished reading, the entire hall became silent.

Seeing this, Prince William didn't say anything and silently retreated behind the Emperor.

"You have all finished reading, what are your thoughts?"

The Emperor looked at the silent Royal Dukes below and slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the giant beasts mentioned inside should be Behemoths."

Finally, Duke Orl spoke first.

The Radiant Empire had existed for thousands of years, and its foundation was extremely profound. Naturally, it would not be like other countries, not even knowing what Behemoths were.

"It's just."

Duke Orl continued, "Previously, the Allen Kingdom's king also possessed more than a dozen Behemoths, which appeared during the attack on the Duchy of Shak."