Another World’s Versatile Crafting Master c1-1074

by Zhuang Bifan

  "Tell us about your situation on Cage Island." Lin Li's words were tantamount to a confirmation. He didn't mention the conditions for giving help, not because he was truly selfless, but because he wanted to decide only after seeing the actual situation so that he could maximize his benefits.

  In fact, not to mention Lin Li, everyone in the hall knew the exact reason that Cantory decided to hide the Gilded Kingdom's agenda. However, they knew that even if the Gilded Kingdom eagerly needed help, there should be some buffer space. If the Gilded Kingdom was forced into a corner, and they decided to release the ancient evil dragon, none of them would benefit from it.

  Although the scouts of the various forces had been watching the situation on Cage Island, and constantly relaying the news back to their forces, a battle of such a scale was not something that those scouts could understand. Perhaps they would be ripped into shreds by the aftershock of that battle as long as they didn't pay attention to the edges of the battlefield.

  Besides, the horizons of those scouts were also limited by their strength, so they could only just watch the battle, and then relay news about it back to their forces. They were unable to see the essential problems of the battle. To them, there might be barely any difference between the power of a Sanctuary powerhouse and that of a Legendary powerhouse.

  However, Cantory was at the peak of the Legendary-level, and had an impressive teacher. Hence, his horizons were naturally broader than those scouts'. He could see the real essence of things from the fierce battle, such as why Elder Zumar lost the upper hand and the level of strength that the ancient evil dragon sealed under Cage Island was now displaying. Hence, Cantory, who had just left the battlefield, was the only one who truly knew the details of the situation.

  When Cantory began to tell them about the development of the battle on Cage Island from beginning to end, those in the conference hall also fell silent, and did not interrupt or mock him. Besides, they all knew that what Cantory was saying was important to Lin Li, and also concerned their future actions.

  They were impressed by Cantory's eloquence. Without it, he would not have become the special envoy that the Gilded Kingdom sent to the Breezy Plains. He talked about how they triggered the changes the moment the team arrived at Cage Island, followed by how Elder Zumar led the members of their team to retaliate and attack the bottom of Cage Island, all the way until the mysterious power counterattacked to send Elder Zumar out of the thrilling battlefield. At the same time, he didn't miss the various details that Lin Li was concerned about.

  After recounting everything, Cantory stopped and looked at the expression on Lin Li's face somewhat nervously, afraid that he would shake his head and refuse. Although he was rather confident about that matter, he would not be at ease until Lin Li expressed his stand.

  Lin Li sat still quietly, rubbing his chin gently while imagining the scenes that Cantory had described. After thinking carefully for a while as Cantory looked at him with anticipation and nervousness, Lin Li finally calmly said, "Okay, it will be up to me to arrange how to provide aid to you guys now."

  Hearing Lin Li's words, Cantory finally felt relieved. He couldn't be bothered to be restrained and frantically nodded. "Okay, I will follow your arrangements, President Felic."

  Lin Li stood up and glanced at everyone in the conference hall. Although they were all hidden powerhouses of various forces, there was still a significant difference in their strength. If no proper arrangements were made for such a team, even Lin Li might not be able to protect them. Hence, before setting off, Lin Li had to put them together and form a genuine team.

  Of course, Lin Li could not train them like they were his mages at this moment. After all, the Gilded Kingdom was still waiting for assistance. He planned according to Cantory's description of the situation on Cage Island, and allowed the pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses like Elvis and the others to lead a team. Each pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouse would have to lead a team of five Legendary powerhouses.

  Among the powerhouses of those forces, Elvis and the other pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses were probably the strongest. Although they had yet to become genuine Sanctuary powerhouses, they were much stronger than the Legendary powerhouses. However, so far, Lin Li only knew Elvis, Rojet, and Abrad. He didn't know the other three.

  However, Elvis was smart enough to know what to do. Before Lin Li asked, he went forward to introduce the other three pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses to Lin Li. The first to be introduced was a handsome middle-aged man, who looked like he was only in his forties, and stood out among the rest.

  He had shoulder-length blond hair which was l.u.s.trous and shinier than the hair of many beauties. His pointed ears were sticking out from his hair, resembling those of elves. However, though he had pointed ears and an incredibly handsome face, he was not an elf. He was tall and burly, unlike the lanky Elves. Besides, his eyes were turquoise blue in color, dazzling and shining bright like sapphires.

  He looked like a handsome middle-aged man who would be secretly admired by younger girls. He was handsome yet masculine, and had a personable temperament. He was truly a lady-killer.

  Chapter 1063 - Founder of Blood Moon Clan

  However, one should not be deceived by his appearance. Everyone around could tell that he was definitely a fierce and vicious figure of the Breezy Plains back in the day.

  Seeing that Lin Li was looking over, the middle-aged man who acted like a noble smiled ceremoniously and stood up to bow a little. His actions were natural, and he didn't seem to be pretentious at all.

  "This is the founder of the Blood Moon Clan, the first president Sangeria. We've had some ties with each other back in the past, and I thought that he died long ago. I didn't expect to see him here this time," Elvis said, looking at Sangeria with a complicated gaze.

  When the Blood Moon Clan and the Mithril Alliance were competing for interests in the Breezy Plains, they had gotten into plenty of conflicts, and the former even caused the Mithril Alliance to end up with only five families, though they originally had 13. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they had an intense feud. However, Elvis was already in the Sanctuary-realm now, and there were naturally drastic changes in his state of mind. Besides, they had been coexisting in peace with the Mithril Alliance for years, so the hatred was no longer as intense.

  The first president of the Blood Moon Clan, Sangeria, was said to have been the deputy head of the High Elves' Blood Moon Guards during the Dark Age, and carried the blood of humans and High Elves. Unlike the bloodline of those in the Rotterdam Kingdom which was a forced fusion, his was a perfect fusion of pure human and High Elven bloodlines, and could not be inherited.

  In fact, the entire Blood Moon Guards, or rather the current Blood Moon Clan, were simply an experiment conducted by the High Elven nobles. In addition to the fusion of the genetics of humans and High Elves, there were fusions of other bloodlines too. For example, the current president of the Blood Moon Clan, Mogadi, had genes fused with those of dragons.

  At the end of the Dark Age, the races formed an alliance to rebel against the rule of the High Elves, and under the leadership of Geresco, the God of Mages, and other major forces, the unbeatable High Elven army was defeated. At that time, the Blood Moon Guards, who were from the High Elves' side, and were called bastards by the rebels, naturally suffered heavy losses.

  After the leader of the Blood Moon Guards, who was a true High Elven noble, was killed by the rebellion forces in the battlefield, the deputy head Sangeria took over the command of the team, and led the survivors out of the battlefield to hide in an unknown place until the High Elves had been completely wiped out. They then quietly left the Blood Moon Guards, and renamed themselves as the Blood Moon Clan, thus becoming a major force in the Breezy Plains which could contend with the Mithril Alliance.

  Once Sangeria awakened the High Elven bloodline in his body, he would completely turn into a High Elf that possessed great magical talent. However, when not awakened, he would become purely human, though the
re were still traces of an elf in his appearance.

  Lin Li was a true Sanctuary powerhouse now, so he could tell at a glance that Sangeria possessed the blood of the High Elves. Once the bloodline was awakened, he would explode with great power. Sangeria's actual combat power was probably the strongest among the six pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses, and not inferior to that of a real peak level-25 Sanctuary powerhouse.

  In fact, Lin Li could tell that even in terms of human bloodline, Sangeria was rather talented. After all, he had been chosen by the High Elves to have his blood fused with that of the noble High Elves. Clearly, he was an elite among the humans. If not for the fusion, his accomplishments would have probably been beyond this.

  After arranging for Sangeria to be in charge of a few Legendary powerhouses, Lin Li turned to look at the two other pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses whose appearance was much less outstanding than Sangeria's. Just like the elderly men around them, they had white hair and wrinkled faces. One was tall and muscular, while the other was like a chubby meatball.

  The taller one was Gatana, who was an elder of a small family called the Reio Family. It was safe to say that no one in the conference hall knew who he was. In the Breezy Plains, the Reio Family was considered an extremely small family, and was probably inferior to the Malfa Family, let alone the five major families of the Mithril Alliance. Perhaps no one would have ever thought that such a small family would have a Sanctuary powerhouse. Although Gatana was only a pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouse, they could imagine that the Reio Family would soon develop.

  After trying his best to recall, Elvis finally remembered who Gatana was. Although the Reio Family was not very famous, Gatana's origin was definitely not small. Rumor had it that before the beginning of the Dark Age, there was a human kingdom in the Breezy Plains known as the Badillon Kingdom, and dominated half of the Breezy Plains, while Gatana was a royal of the kingdom.

  At the end of the Dark Age, Gatana also led a team in a war against the High Elves, hoping to overthrow the High Elves' rule and rebuild the Badillon Kingdom in the Breezy Plains. However, Gatana was only at the Legendary-level at that time. Unlike the Ledin Kingdom and Felan Kingdom which had the support of Sanctuary powerhouses, he did not command any authority in the rebellion alliance.

  Hence, after the end of the Dark Age, Gatana's dream of restoring the nation was unsurprisingly shattered by the resistance of the other factions. Afterwards, Gatana disappeared completely from the Breezy Plains, and the inconspicuous Reio Family was born.

  However, during the end of the Dark Age, the appearance of a Legendary powerhouse could not cause much of a storm in such a heroic environment. Elvis only remembered Gargas because he had once gone out to contact the various forces during the Retribution Knight Rodhart's rampage in the Breezy Plains in hopes of uniting everyone to retaliate against Retribution Knight and the Death Knights. The Mithril Alliance was also one of those he contacted.

  However, at that point in time, the forces were quick to run in the face of the Retribution Knight Rodhart. How could they have gone out to risk their lives with Gatana? Legend had it that Gargas even managed to contact some people to fight with Retribution Knight. Of course, the outcome was conceivable. At that time, Elvis thought that Gatana must have been killed by Rodhart, and did not expect to see him again.

  Clearly, Gatana did not give up on his dream to restore his nation. This time, after stepping into the Sanctuary-realm, he felt that he was powerful enough to fulfill his dream. Hence, he took the opportunity to reappear in front of everyone.

  On the other hand, the chubby old man who resembled a meatball was named Cardson, and did not belong to any force, though he did seem to have a wide network of connections. It seemed that he was very close to everyone in the conference hall. As the elder of the Mithril Alliance, Elvis naturally was no stranger to Cardson. Hence, he introduced him to Lin Li almost without thinking.

  In fact, Cardson was somewhat related to Lin Li. Firstly, he was also from the Jarrosus Guild of Magic, but he'd joined it hundreds of years before Andoine did. However, when he left Jarrosus Guild of Magic, his strength was not very outstanding, so Lin Li didn't hear much about him when he was studying in the Guild of Magic.

  After going to the Breezy Plains, Cardson was very fortunate to have become a disciple of the Ashen Warlock Roland, but of course that dated back to almost 1,000 years. God knew why Ashen Warlock would accept such a sociable disciple who was never satisfied with his status quo.

  However, although he had a teacher like the Ashen Warlock in the Breezy Plains, Cardson had never tried to obtain any benefits for himself using the Ashen Warlock's name. In fact, if someone hadn't exposed that fact unintentionally, no one would've known about his relationship with the Ashen Warlock.

  Lin Li was even more surprised by Cardson's profession, or rather his career. In the Breezy Plains, when people mentioned Cardson, the first thing that came to mind would not be a Legendary powerhouse, but the best chef and gourmet in the Breezy Plains. Some even called him the Ambrosial God of the Breezy Plains.

  Unlike the hidden powerhouses of other forces, Cardson had never been in seclusion. Instead, he had been running a restaurant in Roland City that was named after him. He was both the owner and the chef. However, the threshold to enter his restaurant was very high. It was not a matter of money, but whether or not he felt that they were fated. Patrons would also have to visit with precious and rare ingredients. Otherwise, even the castellan of Roland City did not have the right to enter and have some water.

  That was also the reason that Lin Li had never heard of "Cardson's Restaurant" during his multiple visits to Roland City, let alone taste the delicious food made by the Ambrosial God himself.

  However, Cardson was not an unambitious good-for-nothing who was merely living each day as it passed. Food was his highest pursuit, and he was willing to take all risks and pay all consequences for food. In fact, he even told someone that if he had to face an ancient wyrm, he would want to bite off a piece of meat from it, just to have a taste of it.

  Cardson actually put it into practice too. Over the past 1,000-plus years, he had probably eaten everything in Anril.

  Chapter 1064 - Gigantic Alchemical Ship

  Legend had it that just after stepping into the Legendary-realm, Cardson even went to the Eternal Iceland alone for as long as a year, all for the sake of tasting the meat of the Iceberg Snow Demon. Just as everyone else thought he would never make it out alive, he came out heavily wounded with a Legendary-level Snow Demon King on his shoulder.

  Legendary-level magical beasts were originally more powerful than Legendary-level humans. Besides, the harsh environment in the Eternal Iceland had a huge impact on humans, but it was a natural habitat for a magical beast like the Snow Demon. Under such circ.u.mstances, he even managed to kill the Snow Demon King, which was something that many Legendary powerhouses of his generation were amazed by.

  A crazier thing was that Cardson actually hunted two Snow Demons shortly after entering the Eternal Iceland. However, he accidentally discovered the traces of the Snow Demon King. Hence, due to his cravings, he actually tried to hunt the Snow Demon King down, and spent a year in the Eternal Iceland chasing him. He then successfully hunted the Snow Demon King.

  Seeing that Elvis had introduced him to Lin Li, Cardson immediately approached him, and enthusiastically said to Lin Li, "Nice to meet you, President Felic. I heard that you were from Jarrosus Guild of Magic, and I happen to be from that hellhole too. I've been wanting to invite you to try my cooking for a long time, but it's a pity that you're such a busy man, and I never had the chance to invite you. Once we're done with the matters here, I must invite you to my place and let you try my latest dish, the Ice and Fire Dragon's Heart. It's definitely unforgettable."

  Lin Li did not hear any ingratiation in Cardson's words, and he could tell that the latter was purely enthusiastic and friendly by nature. Actually, he was a little similar to Gerian in that aspect. To put it nicely, he was n
ot particular about details, but to put it bluntly, he was just ins.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e. They also shared a common point—they were both chubby.

  "Enough, Cardson, now's not the time to flaunt your culinary skills. One day, you will die because of your mouth." Lin Li could tell from the way they conversed that Elvis and Cardson were very close to each other. Although he sounded like he was chiding Cardson, Elvis was actually giving him a reminder. After all, Lin Li was a true Sanctuary powerhouses whom they, insignificant pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses, could not afford to provoke.

  "Haha, Master Cardson, don't worry. Since I've been invited by a gourmet like you, I definitely won't miss it no matter what. I just hope that you won't be stingy with the precious food that you have when the time comes," said Lin Li, who didn't seem in the least bit annoyed about his friendliness. He even smiled and accepted the invitation.

  Lin Li's reaction was really beyond Elvis's expectations, and even the other people in the conference hall were obviously a little surprised.

  The young president of the Tower of Dusk, who was also the youngest Sanctuary powerhouse in history, was known to be cold-blooded and ruthless to his enemies. Anyone who tried to harm the interests of the Tower of Dusk would be dealt a devastating blow. Therefore, they were all scrupulous towards Lin Li.

  However, they would also avoid coming in contact with Lin Li as far as possible as they felt that being around him was just too dangerous. None of them knew if they would end up offending the vicious and ruthless Sanctuary powerhouse because of a careless mistake. Hence, they failed to get to know the real Lin Li, and were more believing of those rumors.

  However, as Lin Li spoke to Cardson, the crowd managed to see another side of him, or rather the real him. They were surprised to find that he was not arrogant and condescending at all. Perhaps they had failed to notice, but the seemingly ordinary conversation had caused some indescribable changes in their opinion of him.