Chapter 651: Chapter 370: Return to the Tulip Kingdom
However, when he was about to make contact, he quickly furrowed his brows. Two Canaan Academy mentors he was familiar with were both absent.
"What’s going on?"
Thor frowned, his expression full of confusion.
Neil Morton being absent was understandable.
But with that one also not being there, it puzzled him.
Thinking it over, Thor gritted his teeth and then reached out to the dean of Soul Academy.
On that day, after conversing with the Soul Academy’s dean, they exchanged contact information.
And at the moment he linked up.
"Buzz!"
A ripple spread, and the next moment a beam of white light descended from the sky.
"Little fellow, long time no see!"
Ryze’s voice, full of laughter, echoed.
"Dean Ryze, long time no see."
Thor bowed respectfully as he spoke.
"Little fellow, has something happened?"
"Shouldn’t you be participating in the academy competition now?"
Ryze asked curiously.
"It’s like this!"
"Dean Ryze!"
Thor pondered slightly, then recounted the entire sequence of events.
Of course, this sequence didn’t involve daily intelligence; he only mentioned how he occasionally encountered the Empire’s Seventh Princess Catherine and rescued her.
At the moment, she was still unconscious, and he wanted to ask Canaan Academy about what should be done.
Listening to Thor’s words, even though Thor hadn’t spoken all the details, Ryze couldn’t help but furrow his brows. He naturally sensed the unusualness of the situation since the Seventh Princess Catherine of the Empire, a powerful Lower-Rank God, had been severely injured to this extent.
Clearly, something major had occurred.
His expression kept changing.
"Please wait a moment!"
Amidst the constant changes, Ryze spoke.
The next moment, the light disappeared.
Ryze’s figure vanished as well.
Thor began to wait.
Time slowly passed.
This so-called short wait was obviously not brief.
Thor wandered around the entire Canaan Academy, even perusing some books in the library.
Ryze still hadn’t reached out to him.
Just as Thor was considering whether to wait until tomorrow to come back.
The screen before him lit up again.
The light screen brightened.
Ryze’s figure reappeared.
"Little fellow, things might be a bit troublesome now. The Empire and the academy still have important matters to attend to, and cannot spare the resources at the moment. Could you please protect Her Highness, the Seventh Princess for a while?"
Ryze pondered briefly, speaking with a note of apology.
"Protect?"
"Dean Ryze, it’s not that I refuse, but do you truly think I qualify to protect Her Highness, the Seventh Princess?"
Listening to Ryze’s words, Thor was taken aback, instinctively pointing at himself, speaking repulsively.
What a joke.
Asking a Low-tier Divine Domain to guard a Lower-Rank God.
He wondered if there was something wrong with his ears or mind.
"This is the best we can do."
"But rest assured, I’ve already investigated. Her Highness, the Seventh Princess should have been attacked by the Flattery God Church, and now the Flattery God Church has collapsed. They won’t trouble Her Highness, the Seventh Princess anymore."
"As compensation, if you can protect the Seventh Princess for three months, the Empire is willing to pay a hundred thousand merit points, and additionally, allow you early qualification for an outland war, what do you think?"
Ryze chuckled bitterly, explaining helplessly.
"A hundred thousand merit points, early qualification for an outland war?"
Hearing Ryze’s proposal, his eyes couldn’t help but brighten.
At this moment, he was certainly no novice.
He was well aware of what a hundred thousand merit points represented.
Additionally, he understood what early qualification for an outland war symbolized.
One hundred thousand merit points were enough to rapidly elevate his cultivation to the Peak of the Divine Domain.
As for the outland war qualification.
It could be viewed like the Sundown Empire’s certificate of maritime plundering during the age of great maritime exploration.
In this world, Chaos was boundless and filled with countless worlds.
Also, it held innumerable resources.
The Two Great Empires were like Spain and Holland during the great maritime era, setting off a new era.
This was a world of plundering.
Seizing more resources, more worlds, to promote self-growth.
This kind of looting was termed outland wars.
Generally, there are two ways to participate in outland wars.
The first is forced conscription.
Everyone must obey the Empire’s arrangements and join the industry of outland wars.
This form of outland war often entails high casualties, with returns not necessarily as significant as imagined.
After all, the best resources have long been divided by the upper echelons.
The rest can only be imagined in terms of rarity.
The second way is the outbreak qualification for outland wars.
Once you obtain the outland war qualification, you can actively embark on outland wars. If you are lucky enough to find a new world and even conquer it, that world belongs to you.
The Giant Dragon Race, the Dressrosa Family from back then, along with many other families did precisely this.
Of course, if you can’t conquer it, you can always offer it to the Empire.
The Empire will offer you a very generous reward in return.
But acquiring outland war qualification is no easy feat.
Usually, even a Kingdom struggles to obtain such a qualification.
Only a Kingdom with ample merit points and sufficient strength can secure this qualification.
In Thor’s understanding, among Kingdoms, the ones possessing this kind of qualification include Sela Kingdom, Macedonian Kingdom, Sarca Kingdom, Purple Gold Flower Kingdom, and a scarce few others, even counting the other Great Empire, the total doesn’t exceed twenty.
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