Kayden was the only one assigned to stay with the white-haired, red-eyed woman. Her beauty was stunning, and she was in the sixth realm. Two fangs were evident in his dental arches, indicating his vampire race. Of what mixture or purity, Kayden had no idea, he just felt like she was constantly trying to influence him with those eyes.
"Our division is the weakest. Our salary is the lowest and we have the least resources, but we are also the place for beginners, those at the low levels of the fifth kingdom. Your job is to stay on the walls ready to face any problem. You can cultivate or talk; attacks will be warned." After this explanation, the woman showed other places and their basic functions.
The wall was mostly made up of people with strong fighting skills but had no real group organization. In case of attacks, everyone just had to do their best to defend the wall. Kayden quickly understood why. When someone reaches the fifth realm, they become unique in the entire universe, and finding people who can complement each other is extremely difficult. Only on the upper levels of the wall were there organized groups.
They were offered a few days to familiarize themselves with the city and learn everything they could. Out of everyone, Kayden was the only one who refused and was placed directly on the wall. He met a few people and then completely isolated himself. Kayden just sat down and began studying his domain and expanding his abilities. He didn’t even see time pass, only being woken up by a strong pulse of mana that passed through everyone on the wall.
"An attack is on the way," a voice shouted. In a few seconds, Kayden saw thousands of horses appearing on the horizon. He stood up and stretched his body a little; It had been a long time since he fought. The horses were all in the fifth realm, with several different levels, but most were at the base of the fifth realm. Despite their high numbers, they had nothing to make Kayden fear.
The horses had fire in their legs and their mouths constantly released waves of fire. As soon as they got closer, its nearly four-meter size was revealed. Kayden had to admit that the flaming white fur was impressive. He was one of the first to jump from the wall and start attacking. Kayden activated his domain and began to launch several aura circles, beams, and slashes, which passed through each of them.
Kayden chose not to utilize his conversion skill and just pulled mana from nearly 500 kilometers around toward him. This range was far superior to anyone there, and so Kayden distributed the mana to those who needed it. His attacks were accurate, eliminating each opponent easily. Although his strength in a one-on-one fight might falter against one of these horses, he had room to move and choose the best moments to attack, which allowed him to make surgical strikes.
His attention across the entire battlefield was impressive. Whenever someone was about to get hurt, he would step in and save the person from a major injury. At no point did he enter directly into the confrontation.
That wasn’t necessary either. Every person on that wall was terrifyingly strong. Only a few displaced people, who were likely to give up, were considered weak. The rest were carrying out a real massacre against animals.
The battle seemed endless. Days passed, and Kayden finally understood why this was so exhausting. When the time reached two weeks, most had already left to rest and returned. Only Kayden continued without any hesitation.
Finally, after a month of fighting, the battle ended. The field was destroyed, with thousands of carcasses. Some humans died, but they were all those who didn’t measure their strength correctly. Kayden saved many of them over time, but eventually grew tired and let nature take its course. Kayden had never spent so long in a battle, and yet he didn’t feel worn out at all.
As soon as he stepped back onto the wall and tried to return to cultivation, he was stopped several times by dozens of people wanting to thank him for his help. This angered him, and he put up a sign saying he appreciated the thanks but was busy.
A week after the attack, the division leader appeared in front of Kayden. He wasn’t crazy enough to lose track of space in an unfamiliar environment and received her with a nod.
"You did a great job. What do you think about leveling up and going to the next division?" Kayden expected to receive this proposal at some point. He didn’t have great fighting capabilities in solo combat at the time, but in big battles, he was a huge help.
"No thanks. I’m still a few decades away from something I’m studying," Kayden replied. The woman tried to convince him, but her words didn’t change. He just thanked her and refused.
After the fourth realm, the ranks decreased. In the fifth realm, there were only five levels. Laypeople could still go through nine levels, but newer methods demonstrated that they could compress the leaps in quality to five levels. At each level, he should condense and increase the density of divine mana in his body. The problem was that this would take a lot of time, and its focus was completely different. His path was a priority.
Time began to pass quickly. Normally, anyone would leave this area of the wall in just a decade or two, either because they got a promotion or because they couldn’t take the wear and tear. Kayden didn’t leave. Slowly, he began to be recognized as a legend among defenders. The oldest wizard on the first wall was only three decades old, and Kayden was quickly approaching that level.
The worst part was that he had no intention of leaving. It had been a few years since anyone had bothered him about it. His repeated refusals made something clear to everyone. Kayden was unable to solve the excess mana problem; its only success was to increase the conversion area. Almost a century later, he managed to achieve an average of 70 meters of conversion. His speed was not the same as before as he was focused on two things at once.
This entire period made it considered one of the pillars of the first wall. Practically every defender knew about him or had already been saved by him. Kayden decreased the death rate on the first wall by a few folds. Furthermore, everyone understood that he was not to be disturbed. Kayden didn’t respond or talk to anyone else. He was one of the most antisocial beings on the walls.
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He got up from where he was and began looking for anyone of authority on the wall. It didn’t take long and he was facing the vampire who welcomed him years ago.
"How can I help you, Kayden?" The woman was surprised by the appearance of this hermit; they hadn’t exchanged a single word for centuries.
"I wanted to use all the money I got over the years to buy some techniques on excess mana in spells and how to scale mana with strength," Kayden was blunt.
He spent a lot of time on these walls and received a large amount of money from his salaries, but even more from the spoils he acquired over the years. There were dozens of battles.
"Because of all the service you’ve done for the wall, we’ll arrange this for you. Just return to your position and wait until the end of the day," the woman replied. Kayden nodded his thanks and returned.
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