Published: March 12, 2025
CHAPTER 446: Pure Iron Armor
Mu En quickly said, “Everything is ready, don’t worry, Miss. Are you celebrating at the Karlqi Family today?”
Laura smiled and replied, “As long as everything is ready. This year, for Divine Grace Day, we are accompanying Meigen to the Karlqi Family, but of course, the main celebration will still be at Divine Grace Fortress.”
Zhao Hai nodded and said, “Alright, let’s not talk about that. I’ll leave you some seafood produced from the human world. You shouldn’t sell these; they are for your New Year celebration. If I find out you sold them, I won’t be polite.”
Mu En understood Zhao Hai’s intention and smiled slightly, “Young master, don’t worry. I guarantee I won’t sell them.”
Zhao Hai nodded, glanced at Laura, and turned back to Mu En, “We need to go check on Trazeb, and then head to Karsen City. We won’t be back in Jadewater City until after the New Year. If anything happens, have the Blood Eagle send me a message.”
Mu En nodded, “Alright, young master. If anything comes up, I will inform you as soon as possible.”
Zhao Hai nodded, “The undead beings I’ve left for you, don’t touch them unless absolutely necessary. If people find out, you won’t have a small amount of trouble.”
Mu En nodded, and after Zhao Hai gave a few more instructions, he led Laura and the others straight to the Lord's Mansion. Upon arriving outside the Lord's Mansion, Zhao Hai noticed that there were many people here; many had come by horse-drawn carriages loaded with gifts, which were clearly for giving presents. The queue stretched long.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile slightly. He found it quite amusing. On Earth, if someone openly gave gifts like this, they would be scolded, and the next day would likely lose their job. However, here on the Ark Continent, gift-giving was done openly, and people could present gifts however they liked.
Many gift-givers noticed Zhao Hai and his party. Some recognized them and quickly ran over, smiling and greeting Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai also smiled and returned the greeting, chatting with a few people before finally reaching the Lord's Mansion.
As soon as they arrived, someone who had just greeted Zhao Hai asked the person beside him, “Brother, who was that just now? I saw you treating him with more respect than the city lord?”
There were many people around them, and those who didn’t recognize Zhao Hai laughed when they heard this, but those who did remained silent.
The person who was just questioned shot a glare at the speaker, disdainfully smiling, “Of course, you wouldn’t know him; you don’t have the qualification to know. Let me tell you, you really should treat that person with more respect than the city lord, because he is Budah, his name is Zhao Hai, he is the family head of the Budah Family. He is the one Prince Charlie has his eye on; he is the one who used undead beings to annihilate an opposing army of two hundred thousand. He is also the one who took down six ninth-level experts. Do you dare not respect someone like that?”
Hearing this, the person froze in shock and then exclaimed, “That person just now was Zhao Hai? Oh my, he is known as the most invincible dark mage on the continent in battle. I didn’t expect him to be so young! One of those women beside him must be Meigen!”
The surrounding people who didn’t know Zhao Hai were all astonished. They clearly understood Zhao Hai’s position on the continent, even though their status among the nobility wasn’t very high, they were well-informed. Of course, some of the information they gathered was exaggerated; Zhao Hai had indeed killed only a hundred thousand of the opposing army, but they claimed he wiped out two hundred thousand. He had killed only four ninth-level experts and two aberrant mages, yet they reported that he had taken down six ninth-level experts.
Despite this, they had to acknowledge that Zhao Hai’s standing on the continent was far greater than theirs. So when they heard that the person who just passed by was Zhao Hai, they were all extremely surprised.