Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 137 Magic Stone Secret Tome

Only one day had passed. After Bai Hao rejected Duke Krey's invitations three times on the grounds of poor health, and after feeling Elsa's extremely cold attitude, Duke Krey finally could not sit still anymore.

The first was the mercenary group that followed Kofsky to encircle and suppress Bai Hao. Count Kree announced in a very high-profile manner that this group of money-loving mage scum would be sent to the front line to serve as the vanguard and breakthrough force of the two countries' armies.

Speaking of the army's breakthrough players, Bai Hao knew very well that this brave-sounding name was nothing more than the so-called death squad, most of which were composed of death row prisoners, political war criminals and slaves.

The survival rate of a breakthrough player is very low. Faced with the treacherous magic battlefield, a breakthrough player needs to use a fearless charge to force the enemy to release key magic, or use his body to detect those well-hidden traps and barriers.

Duke Krey made an impassioned speech in the central square of the inner city, basically saying that this group of vicious mercenaries coveted the Campbell family's wealth. After strict trials, these thugs would be sent to the front line to act as breakthrough forces for three months.

Three months, if it was an ordinary detention punishment, it would be passed in a nap, but three months of magic battlefield breakthrough was enough for those mercenaries to die hundreds of times.

Next came the knights under Kowski. After all, this knightly order was directly under Duke Krey, and it was not convenient for them to publicize the relevant punishments, so Duke Krey only informed Elsa at a tea party.

This time, Duke Krey seemed to have made up his mind to sacrifice his chariot to save his king. In Bai Hao's opinion, his punishment on the Knights was no less severe than that on the mercenary groups, and could even be said to be more cruel.

As the disposition of the mercenary group was not convenient to be made public, Duke Krey announced that they were being transferred to the front lines to participate in the Eastern War with other knightly orders. In fact, they were handed over to some academic groups that had friendly relations with Lord Krey.

As for what to do, that's a no-brainer. Most of the knights in the Order are high-level mages, who are scholars' favorite experimental materials.

There were so many cruel and bloody magic experiments that even Bai Hao couldn't help feeling sick. These knights would be living a life worse than death if they fell into the hands of scholars. It would be better for the mercenaries who acted as breakthrough experts to die peacefully.

Bai Hao originally thought that Duke Krey would give lighter punishment to his direct knights, but he did not expect that this old duke who ruled the country with kindness would actually be the most severe to his own people.

Bai Hao knew that Emperor Swart was probably putting a lot of pressure on Duke Krey, or that the Eastern Battlefield was highly dependent on the Campbell Legion.

After dealing with the Knights and the Mercenary Group, Bai Hao finally accepted Duke Krey's invitation to a banquet the next day, which made Duke Krey breathe a sigh of relief.

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In the banquet hall of the Duke's manor in the inner city of Duke Krey's territory.

Bai Hao was holding his wine glass in boredom, wearing his most disliked heavy formal suit. His mind was full of the knowledge he had read about magic stones in the past few days. He had no interest in even the table of delicious food carefully prepared by Duke Krey.

But to the surprise of Bai Hao and Xing Lili, Kalia was the same. She had no interest in these foods that she once loved most.

Considering that Kalia had actually been reading books seriously in the library these past two days, and that they were all practical books related to magic, Bai Hao began to wonder if Anan's sap really had some side effects.

For this dinner, Duke Krey also invited nobles and wealthy businessmen from all over Krey Territory to attend. In order to liven up the atmosphere, in addition to elegant string music, many interesting activities were arranged on the scene.

In just two days, Duke Krey had thoroughly investigated the character of Viscount Campbell and even knew the books Bai Hao read in the library.

For this purpose, at today's dinner, Duke Krey prepared an ancient magic stone manuscript translated by ancient elves. This book recorded many strange and special magic stones on the Walterlan continent ten thousand years ago, similar to an encyclopedia.

This kind of book, which seemed a bit boring to Duke Krey, was extremely valuable in the eyes of Bai Hao, who had been reading magic stone books these days, just like a thirsty person in the Western Desert finding an oasis of water.

Duke Krey carefully arranged a lottery event, in which all guests attending the banquet could participate. Most of the prizes were gold and silver jewelry, valuable gems, magic props, etc.

Duke Kled had someone arrange this magic stone manuscript long ago, and it can only be drawn when Bai Hao goes to draw. This seemingly fair lottery method of drawing lots is actually controllable on the continent where magic is rampant, and is not much different from directly giving out prizes.

Before the lottery started, Duke Krey piled up all the prizes like a mountain on one side of the banquet hall, and the magic stone manuscript reserved for Bai Hao and the water element pearl for Elsa were placed in the most conspicuous places.

Bai Hao saw the old yellowed book at a glance, and automatically ignored the other shiny blocks of rare metals and the mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. After all, all these things added together might not be as much as Bai Hao's monthly pocket money.

This ancient book was probably the only thing that aroused Bai Hao's interest in this boring banquet. As for Kalia and Xing Lili, most of their attention was attracted by the dazzling array of jewels and magic stone talismans.

Soon, amid exclamations, Elsa was "very lucky" to draw her favorite light blue water element pearl, which she exchanged from the mermaid in Lake Nako in the west of the Swart Empire.

Sirens are a kind of orcs that live in water. They live not only in the vast ocean, but also in various rivers and lakes on the continent.

The most famous among them are the hundreds of siren tribes living in Lake Nakor. Only a small number of them can communicate with humans. This precious water element pearl was also obtained by humans through trade with these sirens.

Youla walked to Bai Hao with a leisurely look on her face and chuckled, "Little brother Bai Hao, what kind of item do you like? Let your sister Youla draw it for you."

Bai Hao rolled his eyes when he heard that. Ever since he saw his mother draw the water element pearl, Bai Hao knew about Duke Krey's tricks. This extremely unsociable ancient magic stone book was obviously prepared specially for him.

Do I, Bai Hao, still need to draw? This was given to me by Duke Krey. This lottery was just a formality to win the applause of the people around me. The nobles always like to play such flashy things.

"Youla, you have to know that sometimes luck is not absolute. I guess that manuscript has long been..."

“Ah, I got it!”

Bai Hao looked in shock as Youla unfolded the note in his hand without any sadness or joy, on which was clearly written the Secret Book of Augustus Magic Stone.

Looking at Youla who came to receive the award, Duke Krey frowned slightly and glanced at the old butler who was presenting the awards not far away without leaving a trace.

The old butler was also a smart man. He immediately noticed that there was something wrong with Duke Krey's eyes. However, all the prizes given out before were delivered to the right people, but there was something wrong with the manuscript.

Looking at Youla who was showing off to Bai Hao, the old butler had a bitter face and couldn't understand why.