Chapter 397 - 152: Rush to Help God’s Grace
"You’re not bad at all!" Caesar chuckled as he looked at Lu Hong, "I sent you to get some help from the mercenary world and not only did you bring back help, but you also ended up becoming the Mercenary King. Your parents know how awesome you are?"
"I don’t want to be any kind of Mercenary King." Lu Hong curled his lip, "Whoever loves it, it’s not my business. I really don’t understand why the soul of the First Mercenary King would still exist."
"Maybe the succession method of the Second Mercenary King was incorrect," Caesar said with narrowed eyes. "Only if the Second Mercenary King was not a good fit would the First hold a grudge and refuse to rest in peace, hence hiding the Ancestral Crown, hoping it would eventually find a suitable successor."
Caesar’s analysis made a lot of sense, so Lu Hong immediately asked, "Is this Ancestral Crown a treasure?"
"Of course." Caesar raised an eyebrow, "This thing has quite the history. It’s said to be a Divine Artifact forged by elves near the end of the Era of the Gods, to showcase their superior tact in warfare. It conceals many special skills from the various races conquered by the elves, making it an all-purpose functional Divine Artifact."
"But..." Lu Hong took out the crown with a bitter smile, after listening to Caesar’s impressive description, "why can’t I activate it at all?"
"Maybe it’s because you’re too weak."
The conversation circled back to the original point, and Caesar paused before asking, "What about the armor I gave you before? Can you use it yet?"
Lu Hong shook his head. After advancing into the top hundred in the Eagle Conquest, Earl Bacon used his connections to redeem all the items sold by Qing Ling. Naturally, the battered armor was among them, still lying in the corner of the Space Ring, untouched to this day by Lu Hong.
"That’s strange..." Caesar frowned, "This piece of armor, after being appraised, should be barely usable at the Second Transition Late Stage, unless... unless there’s some other mystery to it."