Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226 (End)
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Completed, Fantasy, Seinen Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 226
Estimated words: 331215 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1656(@200wpm)___ 1325(@250wpm)___ 1104(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 331215 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1656(@200wpm)___ 1325(@250wpm)___ 1104(@300wpm)
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Chapter 156: Coronation
Commoners were always curious about one thing. Who ranked the nobles?
There was no definite standard, but higher-rank nobles would know when they saw it. A Viscount could see if one was Baron or a Viscount, and a Count could see who was Count and a Viscount.
Then who knew if one was a Duke?
Only a Duke could do that.
All the nobles on the continent were excited.
It was a rare moment when a Duke appeared. There was only one way to decide. It was to fight another Duke. There was no need to do this, but it was a continued transition. The last Duke that reached the rank went to fight the new one.
Everyone was excited to see this fight. The most recent coronation of Conrad was done in secrecy, so it was even more interesting.
Karltonheim and Conrad openly announced it and invited people to come.
But no nobles were scared enough. In fact, no one wanted to be considered a chicken so everyone was on their way now. Besides, it was a great honor to see a fight between Dukes.
Viscount Cocul was one of them.
Sian, Stiel, and Viscount Cocul were now on their way, crossing the great plains at an incredible speed.
“So are those Barons not coming together?”
“Unlike Karltonheim Estate, Our land has a lot of Narijas around, so it’s better that they stay behind.”
“Karltonheim’s place is safe?”
“Yes, they eradicated most of the hostile races about 300 years ago when some Alpha appeared. There are only weak or friendly races left there.”
“I see.”
“That’s interesting. Did people have experience with such things?”
Nobles were afraid of the birth of a Rotan level race. The Swarm, or Murakan disaster was about 3000 years ago and since even Dukes only lived for 1000 years, it was weird that people were so scared about those races when they had no firsthand experience seeing them.
Then Cocul shivered at some bad memory.
“Ugh…”
“huh?”
“No, it’s nothing. I just remembered…”
Cocul then explained everything.
“What… so you experience that when you become a noble?”
“It’s when we go to get the Ciculus Tree… Yes.”
All nobles, except new Barons, wanted a Ciculus Tree to help grow their estate. This tree was now being distributed by the Lorvall family. It was developed by the Ciculus family, but Marquis Ciculus passed the duty onto Lorvall after becoming a Duke.
Nobles then went to the Lorvall family to get the tree, but they were all forced to pay a huge price.
Nobles spoke of the same thing after coming back from the Lorvall family.
Then they dragged the noble into Murakan territory. And then they taught the nobles the terror of Rotans.
After pushing them back in a few more times, they were finally given the tree.
“Wow, they are hardcore too.”
Lorvall family enforced very primitive ways to enforce things upon nobles, but it worked very well. It was what helped the human race prosper on this land.
“And… they force us in there when we go up a rank.”
“…”
The higher the rank, a longer the captive of Lorvall family. But they always spoke of the same thing.
They did become much stronger as they stayed in Rotan territory, but nobody loved coming back from a life-threatening fight.
“So, it’s like the Great North Wall, but a forced one.”
Three of them kept moving while they talked. Cocul seemed to know which way they need to head toward so they didn’t need to stop by any other estates on the way. He was a bit slow, but Sian wasn’t in any hurry and it was good to talk with a person who knew a lot about this world.
After a long journey, they now saw something appearing over the horizon.
Stiel was confused. The resonance seemed to be too far to be close.
“Is that…?”
“Yes, that’s the Ciculus of Karltonheim Estate.”
“Whoa…”
Stiel was in awe. It was huge. There was no word to describe its sheer size. The tree back at the Locke Estate was nothing like it. It was as big as a mountain.
“Haha, well we call it
“It even has a name?”
“Yeah, there aren’t many Ciculuses that are owned by Marquises. Beside, Karltonheim’s tree is unique.”
“Why?”
“Did you remember that all nobles get their trees from the Lorvall family?”
“Yeah.”
“But some Marquis Ciculuses are different.”
“Why is that?” Stiel asked.
Cocul grinned. “Please guess the age of that tree.”
“I guess it’s much more than tens of years.”
“Right. That tree was born since the founding of Ciculus. It was planted when the noble numbers went down drastically after the Murakan and Swarm disaster.”
“Doesn’t it need the energy of nobles?”
“Correct. It was a time when the human race dwindled and other Rotan races came into power. All nobles and commoners had to join forces around the Marquis. There were twenty-one Ciculus Trees planted at that time while the Lorvall family held the Swarm and Murakans back.”
“Hmph.”
“After that, Counts or Viscounts went on to create their own land with different trees. So that
“Twenty-one… so only the strongest Marquis had them?”
“Yes. Not all the Ciculuses of the Marquis are the same. And there is a name for those twenty-one Ciculus Trees.”
“What is it?”
“It’s called the
“A nest…”
“Marquises who owned those trees usually became Dukes in the end. It also means you need that kind of a tree to provide you its Akra to become a Duke. Another Marquis takes over when the previous Marquis leaves after becoming a Duke.”
“I see. So it was raised by many nobles then.”
“Yes. We can safely assume that the tree raises a Marquis in that case. I heard that the Dukes who trained under those Ciculuses came to have special powers.”
They talked more about it and were now by the Vladek’s roots.
“Where are we going to stay?”
“Nobles can stay within the trunk. There should be a lot of nobles that have gathered already.”
“Already?”
“Yeah, we heard Duke Conrad will be coming soon. Please, this way.”
Cocul then took Sian and Stiel inside.
“Which tree did he train upon?”
Karltonheim thought as he read through information about Duke Conrad. He thought Conrad came to power without training by a tree, but he seemed to have a lot of magic to be considered as such.
“I’ll see once I fight him,” Karltonheim mumbled, smiling for the upcoming battle.
Total Chapters in book: 226
Estimated words: 331215 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1656(@200wpm)___ 1325(@250wpm)___ 1104(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 331215 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1656(@200wpm)___ 1325(@250wpm)___ 1104(@300wpm)
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