When a MILITARY STRATEGIST Becomes KING Of A FAILING EMPIRE- Manhwa Recap

the protagonist Begins by saying it was a boring life he was born into a regular family and lived regular days most days were dull he believed he would die without anything special ever happening however that wasn't the case one of the protagonist's eyes glows as he says everything changed on the screen there's a blonde character and he says he found a game called Heroes of Destiny and that's how he became the owner of the world however now back in his apartment he's really happy because he's finally alone it's not that he likes or dislikes school

he turns on his PC and says it's just that when he's playing that alone is enough to make him happy in this place he's the protagonist he always preferred single player games because you can play countless routes countless times you can even use some hacks and surpass all the systems limits it was like the entire world there existed solely for one player however with a sheepish expression he says that's what he thought but now it's time to start over he turns on the live stream and someone asks if he's really streaming in the middle of

the week the whole chat starts mocking a guy asking if he's some kind of bum who doesn't go to school and just stays on the PC until someone named agj sends a donation of 10 even even though it wasn't much he was happy since something is better than nothing then someone named DEA sends 1000 now he's confused he grabs the Monitor and everyone in the chat wants to know who this crazy person is they're saying they're sure this guy will ask for a refund but the person just asks him to check his email when he

opens the inbox it's a message from The Game's Creator he says he's a viewer who always watches the channel and is also a developer he made a game some time ago that was so hard that nobody managed to finish it during a closed beta and you want our guy to play this game to check its difficulty and approve whether he liked it or not not the protagonist got intrigued by this claim that no one could finish it and what if he managed to complete it even a regular guy like him could become someone special a

window on the PC asks if he wants to install the game and he immediately says yes with that a game called Heroes of Destiny Begins the message says the kingdom of roke was destroyed by the kingdom of japle in 294 he would be born as an insignificant soul in this place and become a hero to stop the resurrection of the demon king and when he ascended to the God's Throne he'd be granted any wish he desired over an ocean he says the Graphics are much worse than you imagined but considering it's a game developed by

a single person this is the limit of what can be done he then writes his name which would be Master of the game and with that a welcome message to the continent of Ellen appears he then finds himself lost in the middle of a forest the game seemed pretty ordinary and weird because it didn't even have a tutorial but he was fine with that that's when he noticed something ahead it was the village Chief who says he's not a familiar face and asks what he wants there however the protagonist found it strange because there was

no dialogue box seeing there was a box to type in he wondered if the NPC could really understand what he was saying he then tells the old man to hand over all the money or he'll kill everyone in the village he waits anxiously to see how the man will respond only for the old man to whack him on the head asking what nonsense the boy is spouting with that his character falls to the ground and obviously he dies he was confused trying to figure out if he can really talk to the characters the game asks

if he wants to try again and he says of course he won't give up like that this time the old man asks the same question but now he says he's in need of food and drink and asks for help the old mans feeling sorry for him leads him to the village and tells him to follow he then enters the man's house who gives him a mug telling him to drink it to calm down first the protagonist thans him and drinks it only to be poisoned and die in the chair he then gets an idea and

unplugs the internet cable from his PC without the internet there'd be no way for the game's Creator to control these NPCs however when he goes to talk to the old man everything is bugged and strange and in the next second a message appears saying he was killed for speaking nonsense at that moment he realizes that disconnecting the Internet isn't the secret to winning this he then remembers that the name of the person who developed this game was DEA but he has no idea if this is really a person or the name of the team behind

it it was already 130 a.m. and he decided to save since that was enough for one day however he was impressed there was a game where you could talk to NPCs it was almost like this world of Heroes really existed now it made sense why no one managed to beat it during the beta test he opens his eyes before going to sleep thinking that he was really getting excited from that day on driven by the desire to be special he was absorbed into that game as he progressed he lost track of time he was completely

immersed and this continued for 10 years while the guy is monim made huh 10 years playing the same thing in an office someone calls for oiro San turns out it's his coworker she says she's already sent the files he asked for and the guy thanks her sometime passes and she congratulates him for finishing everything our boy thanks her as well and helps while she stands there a bit embarrassed not knowing what to say she then asks him why they don't go out for a little dinner just the two of them before heading home and maybe

have a second dinner after they get home her face clear trly shows what she's hoping for however our osir Roan apologizes saying he has to go home the poor girl is left stunned he says there's something much more important he has to do and waves goodbye it seems she's disappointed again having been rejected once more she's been getting turned down for quite some time I'll let it slide this time because today is the day he's finally finishing the game after 10 years right so let's see apparently the night turned into morning he's congratulated for being

the first human to enter the ranks of the Gods and for being registered in the Hall of honor our guy is standing there all happy that he finally managed to finish it but his smile quickly changes expression after so long he managed to do what he always wanted to become in some way special but on the other hand his life was more ordinary than ever wouldn't it have been much more extraordinary to be with his coworker huh you idiot at least in the game he felt like he had lived something entirely different he remembers the

characters like the black prince G CCO Cardinal Cesar labaro and the witch celestina urine all the characters were full of charm and unique personalities the reactions there were so lifelike that felt those people existed somewhere else but now rubbing his eyes he knows it's all over until he hears a sound looking at the screen he sees a message asking if he wants to start a new adventure but this is a very honest message warning him that if he presses yes he'll be teleported to the continent of Ellen and after selecting it he wouldn't return until

the game was completed oiro wonders if there's some kind of secret stage however with his Mouse which looks more like a brick he says he's eager to go through it all again and now that he's come this far he had no choice but to move forward of course he's transported to the continent of Ellen at least unlike other protagonists he was 100% warned a strange voice welcomes the master of the game slowly he opens his eyes wondering why his chest hurts so much he couldn't breathe properly and had no idea what room he was in

until someone next to him says he's finally awake it's an old man with a mustache who says it's thanks to the high tier potion he had reserved the boy starts to open his eyes and the man calls him calak Sama but our confused protagonist asks who the Mustachio Man is leaving him unsure of what to say as far as he remembers the Healer didn't mention this potion caus Amnesia however the protagonist has a desolate look clearly confused the man then says he'll introduce himself again and States his name is Russell the protagonist quickly notices the

man isn't speaking Japanese but he can understand everything he's saying but the worst part is that he's still feeling the same chest pain since he woke up Russell apologizes saying it's his fault for rushing him the chest pain was a side effect of the potion he gave him but it would pass soon enough he then says the boy will feel much better shortly so he'll take his leave for now with that the door closes while our boy is left standing there confused so some time passes and the candle goes out he opens his eyes again

and rises from the bed going to the mirror it's just as he thought his body feels entirely different and it's obvious he's in a different body a body he has no idea who it belongs to he can remember the 30 years he lived but he can't even figure out his name in this moment looking at himself in the mirror he wonders who in this world this person is that's when the famous system window appears player name cak shikin a noble with no profession completely battered and broken level eight with a reputation of three stars and

14% approved Ral additionally he possesses the governing skills of Finance development and Military what callx notices is that this screen looks very similar to the game systems interface now the hole being sent to the continent thing really made sense he was in the main stage of the entire game the famous continent of Ellen he puts his hand on his chest and says he needs to calm down first he then feels something strange he beats his chest again and collapses on the floor in pain this body of his was a wreck and he had no idea

why but at least it was clear this wasn't just a dream first he'd have to get used to being called CX shikin he goes to the bed and keeps repeating to himself over and over that he is this CeX guy as soon as he thinks about the window appears again he's certain this must be the kind of thing only he can see at this moment he's 15 years old and he decides now is the perfect time to gather information after all if he lets his guard down in this world he'll be killed he checks the

system and sees he belongs to the county of shikin if the name of the place and his last name are the same that means he's the direct hair of this land's ruling family at least he was lucky in that regard that's When someone knocks on the door startling him as he wonders who it could be he doesn't know how to react or what would be the normal way for CX to respond he keeps repeating to himself that he is CX while saying nothing then we see that it's a girl outside she brought a big steaming

cup of tea saying it's the boy's medicine realizing she's a maid he decides to act with some dignity and tells her to come in the girl steps into the room asking for permission CX watches her closely as she walks in kneels and offers the medicine what kind of medicine is this she just walked in and I don't see any medicine there huh now I see it she's saying it's nice and warm and that he should give it a try our boy who clearly needs a gym membership because he looks malnourished asks who she is but

then he realizes that asking this will make it obvious he's not in his right mind the girl looks confused and asks if he's feeling unwell that's when his system window pops up in his head and he says no the system shows that her name is Lila she's 23 years old has a reputation of minus three and a very low approval rating however he notices something odd in the system she's affiliated with the Viscount of the hoser and territory considering they're in the county of shikin why is that listed in the system moreover there's something even

stranger she has an unusually high combat capability way too high for a simple maid for someone who's played the game he knows these are definitely not the stats of an Ordinary Servant she's standing there staring at him clearly waiting for him to drink but looking at the teas already made up his mind no way he's drinking this thing from someone working for another house Leila asks if he's all right and insists he drink the tea but CeX just tells her to leave it there and go she starts smiling brightly insisting he drink it right now

CX grabbs her hand angrily suspecting she's about to force him somehow but as soon as it's in his hand he fakes a cough and Spills it to the side as the cup Falls he thinks that's enough once all the liquid is spilled he won't have to drink it but then Leila in a display of Spider-Man level reflexes catches the cup midair ensuring not a drop is wasted seeing her pull off the classic Peter Parker move he has no idea what to do he takes the cut back slowly while wondering what kind of reflexes she has

it would be bad if their eyes met as she might realize he did it on purpose as she stands up he lowers his head and looks away she places the tea on the the desk saying his medicine is safe meanwhile he's lying in bed avoiding eye contact with her he knows there's poison in there and no way is he drinking it he closes his eyes thinking he has to do something about this situation just as he's about to pass out she hugs him she asked if he's okay and callx wonders if he managed to dodge

the situation for now looking at the system he wants to know more about the house Lila belongs to first he sees in his status that he's the son of the Count's first wife who's already passed away he wonders if there might be some half siblings from the second wife he discovers there's one older him at 16 years old that's when he sees in the system that the new wife's name also ends with hirin he immediately connects the docks and realizes this woman must have sent Lea if CX the son of the first wife dies the

woman's son will inherit the title of count strangely the lunatic is breaking out in a cold sweat while feeling excited as always The Game Heroes of Destiny starts off hard he then tells Leila he's feeling much better now and thanks her but he asks how the stepmother is doing Le looks surprised and says the Countess is very upset about the boy trying to take his own life she pleads with him never to do something like that again that's when callx understands why this boy was bedridden and in such bad shape judging by the pain in

his chest this guy must have tried to end his own life he says he won't do such things anymore and Lila replies that the Countess will surely be happy to hear that he thanks her again and asks her to leave but her expression changes and she says he still hasn't taken his medicine now he's scared it seems the damn girl won't leave until he drinks it the problem is she's there to kill him and if he refuses she might simply assassinate him ight even though he knows the game at this moment he's just a fragile

teenager he could try yelling for help what if she cuts him down before anyone arrives he would definitely die before that happens she's already turning back to him and he realizes he might not have a choice but to drink it but then he asks himself the obvious question why is she poisoning him instead of just stabbing him and running away if that's her plan clearly she can't draw attention to herself that poison is a way to make it look like he took his own life it's the same poison that farmer gave him 10 years ago

and Lila says that if he's having trouble drinking it she can help but there's something CeX learned while playing this game the worst will always happen so it's best to be prepared he's certain that even if he refuses he'll Force his mouth open and pour it in the madman is blushing saying this makes him really excited indeed The Game Heroes of Destiny never disappoints Lila sits down and offers the tea once more suddenly he grabs the poison tea and drinks it all Leila simply watches as the effects of the poison finally kick in as he

expected this was bound to happen now the question is how will he get out of this crisis there must be a person or an object to resolve this situation that's when he remembers Russell mentioning having some high tier potions in stock he comes up with an idea and tells Lila to step outside and call for Russell she asks why and he humiliates her asking if he really has to explain himself to a mere servant the girl is shocked and quickly apologizes when shouts and orders her to leave and fetch Russell she rushes out CX knows

that the potion Russell used earlier could be traded for Castle yet the man didn't hesitate to use it on him at the very least he seems like someone who isn't trying to kill him as soon as Le leaves the room he hits up and tries to vomit but no matter how hard he tries nothing happens the game wasn't going to make things that easy one thing was clear there was always a solution to every problem he begins searching through all the drawers desperately looking for an answer but the system Mourns that his eyelids are growing

heavy as his Consciousness Fades he continues searching tossing books and rumaging for a solution until his eyes grow heavier and he collapses to the floor he wonders if he'll restart the game from the beginning or truly die for real that's when he sees something right in the middle of the shelves there's a potion his expression changes upon spotting it he starts crawling finally grabbing the bottle but upon opening it and taking a sniff it's not what he expected it reeks terribly like rotten milk and that's exactly what it is spoiled goat milk he remembers that

in the game yogurt was the antidote for this poison but can spoiled milk really be considered yogurt the system once again warns him that his vision is fading he knows that after the third alert he'll have only 1 minute left he brings the drink to his mouth vowing to get even with Lila and then he drinks it before losing Consciousness again sometime later he wakes up with Russell asking if he's all right as callx opens his eyes he has no idea if it's deja vu or if the game reset but Russell doesn't understand what he's

talking about and points out something more pressing he wants to know why the room is such a mess and why the boy was sleeping on the floor when he came in callx realizes the game didn't reset he managed to survive but that near-death experience is something he never wants to go through again no matter what happens he is determined to live now that this is settled he needs to check the status of this man he observes Russell and the system window appears at the moment Russell is the acting Count Of This Land because the previous

count died and hadn't chosen in hair yet even though it's a temporary position it's something that could help him the man seems like a strict military type so CeX believes he can be trusted at least he was the one who saved him with that potion CX calls out to Russell saying he has something to share they talk for a while and it seems CX tells him everything about what's happening but Russell says there's no evidence callx learns that the potion Russell used was standard protocol in this family it was just following normal orders Russell explains

that to him all hairs of the shikin family are equal and he is obliged to serve both sides calex then asks if Russell wants him to keep taking that medicine until he dies so everyone can claim The Inheritance but Russell questions if CX really lost his memory he should know that the sheikin family is in serious financial trouble in fact it's a blessing that the Dilla family is helping them he asks if the boy truly doesn't remember this or is just pretending callx realizes Russell won't act without concrete proof at least he figures the woman

who poisoned him must believe he's dead he tells Russell to Let It Go saying it's fine however he has a simple request Russell Nas is something different in the boy's demeanor 4 hours later at she Castle someone moves across the rooftops the figure stops at top one of the buildings adjusting their face covering the person observes the nights below it appears to be ilila who notices that security has been significantly increased she glances at the wall spots a tunnel and in the next scene she's inside the castle approaching a door she sees there are no

guards outside the room she opens it and inside she sees a body covered with a sheet still she's not entirely sure if CX is dead at least she used a special poison so he must have died painlessly she takes a letter from her pocket and places it on the desk she retrieves his seal from a drawer and stamps the letter with everything in place she only needs to leave safely but suddenly someone comes up behind her and places a sword to her neck she instantly recognizes the voice but the person says nothing and she can

only fear the blad slitting her throat she pleads with him to wait and screams claiming it's too late Lord callx is already dead and now the sheikin family can only belong to the grumbine family of course it's Russell standing behind her observing everything she falls silent for a moment then she asks if he shouldn't just be a simple Noble serving the family but that's when the boy stands up and says it all went exactly as he expected the foolish girl is startled isn't she our guy says that the slow death poison is quite stimulating but

he finds it interesting how one Noble family is trying to poison another he's certain that if this came to light it would turn into a complete mess suddenly Lila crouches and pulls her arm out of Russell's grip but as soon as she tries to turn away he grabs her arm again with a swift turn and a strike to the ribs she stumbles revealing her thighs CX knows that the difference between their skill levels is three stages clearly she stands no chance but Lila insists saying he has no physical evidence so no one will believe him

however CX calmly replies that attempting to assassinate a noble is punishable by death even if the asent is a noble themselves and his evidence is clearly right there on the desk when it comes to Witnesses he points at her saying there's one standing right in front of him suddenly her expression changes and the poor girl begins to faint she collapses to the floor leaving him unsure of what just happened Russell explains that She fainted he places his hand over her body and observes a strange orb of Mana our boy recognizes it as what's known as

a Mana hole Russell explains that she likely doesn't know how to use any Mana breathing techniques she's probably at the level of an elite soldier with good training Russell however notices something odd callx doesn't seem impressed by this information suggesting he already knew about it he recalls the boy mentioning he had a simple request now Russell wants to know how much this kid already knows CeX says that for now they need to imprison her because they have many favors to ask later the devilish maid is tied to a chair her arm looks like as a

poke ball inside it as he tosses a potion at her our girl even wipes her face clean when she wakes up she finds herself tied to the chair kellex immediately mentions the slow death poison obviously it kills within 3 to 6 hours it's the ideal potion for anyone looking to end their own life he speculates that if he died like that everyone would think it was by his own choice he grabs her face and asks why she did it she FS ignorance pretending not to understand what he's talking about but CeX says he's sure she

was afraid of dying which is why she acted the way she did this means she doesn't have enough loyalty to lay down her life for lady Stella but the girl remains silent he tells Russell to make her talk Russell pries her mouth open and sees something in cix's hand wondering what it is but callx just tosses it into her mouth and she immediately smells something strange it's probably that same goat milk again and he orders Russell to make her drink it she screams in the chair trying to break free but it's no use when Russell

lets go she screams asking what they made her drink callx casually says it was just a little bit of poison then he asks if she's familiar with something called s his puppet terrified she claims it's impossible saying there's no way a noble from a family like his could get such a thing but callx says that with enough money you can do whatever you want to prove it he mentions that the primary ingredient for the recipe is white radish Russell seems impressed while callx just waits for her reaction Lila insists she doesn't believe him but the

protagonist is certain she's scared out of her mind she then says she'll leave for now report to her master and say the assassination was a success she questions whether he really thinks she'll follow his orders but callx simply asks if she's ready to die as s's puppet poison has has over 3,000 different antidotes depending on the formula and the correct one for what she drank is stored in his mind so if she doesn't want to die a stupid death she better listen to him the girl is breathing heavily clearly shaken but he demands her answer

after hesitating for a moment she shouts that it's fine and asks to be untied but callx remarks that she seems awfully angry at the person who's saving her life she's trembling almost crying in the chair begging to be released Russell finds it strange that she suddenly decided to comply and there she is pleading for Mercy callx knows it's just the spoil goat milk wreaking havoc in her stomach she pleads with Russell to untie her but Russell hesitates questioning whether CX has forgotten that she tried to kill him the boy responds that she's a very valuable

witness and they'll need to treat her with a bit of dignity Russell has no idea what he's talking about meanwhile she keeps begging to be released she's on the verge of tears seemingly about to explode pleading for Freedom time passes she eventually announces that she's leaving to report that the assassination was successful she leaves the room now callx knows he'll have to deal with someone else who can control all the knights that person is standing right beside him Russell Len demands to know how CeX obtained all this knowledge the fool is about to say he

learn everything from books but realizes Russell wouldn't believe that Russell warns him that explaining such things through a book would be akin to signing a death sentence now callx is unsure what to say no one will believe him if he claims he's from another world he then asks Russell if he remembers the dagger he plunged into his own chest Russell says he does but once to know why he's bringing it up our boy explains that the dagger is actually in heroin passed down from his mother she claimed to possess mysterious powers and it seems those

Powers have now awakened within him Russell doesn't look convinced but CeX says he never imagined the secret to gaining such knowledge was to strike his own heart the butler insists that if it were such a rare item everyone would know about it kelx thinks for a moment and asks if he's heard of the dagger of cla a parling Russell has as he asks if the previous lady's dagger really was that artifact if it was indeed that treasure it could explain cix's vast knowledge however Russell says there's one issue he don't wants to know if anyone

else knows about this callx assur as that no one does he's the first you that ask Russell what he thought about Leela's story specifically the idea that all of count cla's movements his father's movements had been leaked a knight like his father who was on the verge of advancing in rank shouldn't have died to a mere monster attack it's ridiculous to believe such a story Russell immediately realizes CeX is seeking his help but in the political games of succession Russell has no intention of getting involved however if the account's death truly was premeditated that changes

everything yet gripping his sword Russell debates internally as a soldier he doesn't want to get entangled in politics this principle has guided him for 50 years just as he's about to express this to cix the boy suddenly shouts demanding to know why his father had to die all he wants is to understand why his father was murdered and who was behind it obviously so he can start planning his revenge he asked Russell if he isn't curious too whoever it was they already know was someone who stood to benefit from his death but they can't give

up just because the situation seems difficult he pauses for a moment and asks if it's truly right for a knight to serve a family that orchestrated and a assassination Russell freezes for a moment then he kneels and swears loyalty to CeX our boy is thrilled but hears Russell add one caveat by doing this he is abandoning the beliefs he held for 50 years never to involve himself in politics but callx is just happy to gain someone so powerful as an ally especially one invested in the Vengeance he seeks he tells Russell to rise saying he

doesn't needan to swear loyalty to someone who doesn't even hold a title but Russell reassures him saying he'll ensure the boy grows strong our guy quickly changes the subject not wanting this conversation to lead to Russell suggesting training him he then says that now that they know about the Count's poisoning attempt everything is falling into place they're only at the beginning of their Revenge Russell asks how he can assist CX is about to reply when the scene changes a group of people is gathered around an enormous table a blonde woman with a fan comments that

everyone is finally present some people whisper questioning why the CEST is sitting on the throne the Countess speaks up saying that some of them must already know what happened yesterday with Prince CeX he attempted to end his life using a poison known as slow death one of the older men said says it's the typical choice for those looking to take their own life and if he consumed it death was inevitable everyone is aware that with cix's death the faction he represented has become irrelevant the CEST is Overjoyed by cic's Apparent demise now it's certain that

grumbine will assume the Count's seat this is exactly the question everyone in the room is asking some suggest that the CEST take charge temporarily meanwhile in the Next Room a boy is getting ready remarking how things are becoming quite interesting he calls out to Russell who declares he'll follow him to the end our boy is fully armored ready for battle it seems grumbine is just some chubby kid likely the son of that scheming woman everyone is smiling until someone kicks the door open who steps in Everyone by their shocked faces you already know it's CeX

with Russell right behind him the Countess is utterly confused unable to comprehend why he's alive everyone in the room starts Whispering the same question CeX marches up to the CEST and calls her by name he informs her that the throne she's sitting on does not belong to her she tries to play it cool commenting on how energetic he looks and asking how he's feeling he smiles saying he drank the poison but luckily survived then he warns her that she was far too hasty in her plans she tells him to calm down and not make baseless

accusations even though he never acknowledged her as his mother calling her an assassin is unforgivable she screams declaring that in the grand hall one must take responsibility for their words but CeX responds saying it's impressive how she remains so dishonest even after being exposed The Duchess clueless about what he's planning asks what he's talking about CeX simply says that for now this is the next step suddenly he claps his hands and someone enters the room Leila walks in and he announces that the witness has something to say the others in the room have no idea

who this woman is while The Duchess immediately realizes that if it's who she thinks it is she's in deep trouble Lea kneels and callix asks her to State her name the girl slowly opens her eyes glances at grumbine and introduces herself as Lila now The Duchess is panicking unsure why this girl is here Leila introduces herself as a shadow operative from the hoser and Family's Special Operations unit catx commands her to explain she explains that members of this unit are orphans trained in the Gord of fields the children who survived were selected and sent to

other locations with false identities he asks if she was working undercover at his castle she says yes pretending to be a made employed by Lady Stella CX then asks if she knew her true Mission Lea admits that she did The Duchess yells claiming that all of this is a nonsensical conspiracy others in the room protest saying Lila had worked at the castle for 5 years how could you possibly be a spy the room erupts with accusations that the hoser and family is scheming something however others question why Lila would confess to such a thing without

reason the treasure next to the duchess starts to panic he shouts at Russell demanding to know why he's staying silent does he really believe the words of a maid like her Russell calmly responds that she isn't a maid but a criminal caught in the act she was forced to admit that she was a spy working for the hoser and family whether this is a conspiracy or not it must be judge after hearing her testimony the treasurer has no good response another Noble interrupts telling the treasurer to stop interfering and let the woman speak the treasurer

angered asks what he just said but someone else shouts for everyone to be quiet the room Falls silent ENT and the duchess's anger is palpable someone asks Leila what her mission was while working for the hoser and family she states it was to gather information CX asks what kind of information she explains that she was tasked with tracking all income and expenses of the territory numing all travel dates and destinations of the former count and monitoring the movements of political allies and vassals kellex then steps forward and asks her what her most recent mission was

she reveals that her orders were to poison Prince CeX with the slow death Venom after his death she was to place a forged suicide note in his room to make it appear he had taken his own life CeX cold and calculated asks her what the outcome of her mission was she admits that she successfully poison him but was caught by count Russell when she entered to plant the note The Duchess screams demanding that the woman be arrested guards rush to seiz Lila who tries to resist shouting that there's no evidence to back these claims kellex

looking as composed as ever calls out to Russell Russell nods and presents the forge suicide note he explains that he was in cix's room when Lila entered to plant the letter then he reveals a memory of the Earth scroll he reminds everyone that this magic is capable of revealing malicious intentions with this scroll they could uncover who ordered Lila to carry out this act the treasurer realizes that if this evidence is revealed it's over for all of them they have to stop it even if it meant silencing everyone in the room KX noticing the treasurer's

tension smirks already knowing he tries something drastic he stretches his arms and calls for the knights to enter the room fills with the sound of footsteps as an army of knights marches in positioning themselves behind each Noble now there was no way to suppress the truth the the treasurer terrified demands to know from Russell what this means Russell explains that after reviewing the scroll's contents the results were shocking to prevent disorder and Chaos summoning the knights was the only option the Nobles protest claiming it's wrong to bring soldiers into the sacred grade Hall meanwhile grumbine

the chubby hair parent sits in stunned silence looking like a fool The Duchess realizing the knight's presence means the evidence is irrefutable knows she's trapped there's nothing she can do now callx then asks Russell what the punishment is for a noble who attempts to kill a member of their own family Russell replies that it's death by hanging The Duchess in desperation grabs her piggish son and declares he had nothing to do with this she turns to CeX pleading saying that while they aren't related by blood she is still his mother she begs him to believe

her but callx only glances at Lila with a Sly smile he asks her if this is true Lila trembling reveals that when she received her orders from the Countess Prince grumbine was present cic smiles and The Duchess falls into despair screaming and crying claiming it's all a lie but is it a lie our boy unfazed announces that he doesn't care if a lie he's determined to take them both down after all she's the one who tried to assassinate him in the first place making them the true cowards looking at her sobbing on the floor he

declares that the Fox Hunt has now reached its climax as The Duchess sits there her jaw practically glued to the table in shock someone suddenly slams her hand on the table and calls for CeX callx looks over it's the king of McDonald's himself rumine The Duchess screams for her son and CeX turns just in time to see the boy beside him but instead of defending himself run by meals bowing deeply to CeX the entire room is stunned as grumbine stares at the floor like he's searching for ants the other Nobles urge him to stand demanding

to know what's going on but gruman calls out to CeX saying he'll accept any punishment as long as his mother is spared The Duchess confused and panicking begins screaming at grumbine to return to his seat the Nobles murmur that things have gone too far but its clear grumbine has crossed a line to save his mother cix immediately realizes that if he orders both of them killed now he'll be seen as the villain he wonders if this has been Grumbine's plan all along despite his anger he places a hand on romine's shoulder and says it's fine

if he truly cares so much for his mother CeX has no choice rumine looks up surprised and hopeful asking what he means cic states that if gruman confesses his involvement he'll request A reduced punishment for his mother but he warns him to think carefully about what that means Romine hesitates unsure of what to say while The Duchess screams at him not to do anything unnecessary she orders CeX to stop threatening her eldest son but other Nobles interject blaming her for plotting to kill callx in the first place meanwhile Romine appears lost unable to understand how

everything spirals so terribly out of control cix growing tired of the chaos calls for Russell and instructs him to arrest them both the knights in the corner step forward surrounding the duchess she orders them to stop questioning if they know who she is but from the side grumbine can only watch as his mother is gagged he clenches his fists Kell turns to him and asks if he'll take responsibility for the crime of attempting to poison him despite his fear grum buying showing unexpected courage admits to it C had anticipated this after all it was the

only move grumbine had left impressed by the boy's calculations CX declares that since he confessed before the evidence was fully revealed the family's name will remain untarnished however as part of his sentence Grine must seal his Mana permanently to prove you won't cause further harm grumbine hadn't expected this in this Kingdom Society is divided into classes Nobles Knights commoners and slaves the only way to become a knight is by using Mana to strengthen the body sealing one's Mana is akin to a social death sentence for Noble rumine turns desperately toward his mother who lies on

the floor confused about what he'll do if he refuses to seal his Mana his mother will be exposed and hanged a fate he cannot accept the duchess unable to speak through her gag shakes her head violently knowing this punishment is worse than death for a noble taking a deep breath rumane stands and agrees to the terms Russell assures him it will be done he hands grumbine a scroll grumbine bites into it pressing his hand against his chest a Golden Circle forms over his stomach as Mana begins to accumulate and slowly fade The Duchess rides on

the flooor desperate for him to stop knowing not even a Grandmaster could undo this rumine tear the scroll away from his chest as CeX watches in Silence the Mana continues to dwindle until it vanishes completely everyone in the room realizes his Mana has been sealed The Duchess sobbing uncontrollably looks defeated while gruman appears content at least he managed to save his mother but she lies on the floor lamenting that it's all over disappointed in her son's navity and innocence despite being her biological child rumine turns to his mother trying trying to comfort her saying he's

always dreamed of becoming an artist but the duchess biting down on her gag screams cix's name in Fury Breaking Free of her restraints she curses CeX and vows to bring ruin to his family for Generations CeX calm and composed knows she's powerless now her strength will likely amount to no more than lela's rumai kneels by his mother gently asking if she's okay callx however feels a Pang of guilt for ruining the future of someone so young but he reminds himself that it's just a game there's no room for sympathy Russell observing him seems confused as

callx steal himself for the next step now that they come this far there's no turning back callx orders Russell to proceed with the remaining matters it's announced that lady Stella and Prince grumbine will be confined to an Annex forbidden from any outside contact the mother and son are escorted out through the door leaving CeX watching intently he then approaches the treasurer accusing him of leaking vital documents as a result the treasurer is stripped of his position imprisoned and placed under investigation the old Treasurer tries to make excuses claiming his situation is different he curses at

one of the soldiers who doesn't appreciate it and lands a solid punch to his gut with that the bald man is dragged away CeX feels a bit awkward about causing all this chaos but at least things seem to be working in his favor the remaining people in the room tremble with fear terrified they might be punished next observing CeX they begin to realize something Russell's support means that all the knights are aligned with this prince in a way the succession dispute has already ended Russell's loyalty to CeX is a direct warning to everyone in the

room KX calls for the head of security who nervously approaches Russell steps in declaring that the man is suspended from all his duties the security Chief has no choice but to accept while the others in the room grow even more anxious fearing they might be next suddenly a man seated in the corner apologizes he admits to failing his duties and asks to be dismissed CeX however knows that this man Garett is one of Russell's trusted allies Russell immediately denies the resignation stating firmly that it won't be accepted those who want to work don't get to

and those who don't want to will have to Russell remarks sarcastically the room prepares a list of all the officials involved in the incident gared is tasked with overseeing their removal as this unfolds cix walks over to gared he informs him that only four individuals from the finance department will be exempt from investigation clearly they'll need a lot of new Personnel Garrett advises leniency toward those with minor infractions warning that removing too many officials at once could disrupt operations callx counters questioning if avoiding investigations for the sake of operations is really a good idea he

argues that granting forgiveness won't be seen as leniency it will be perceived as weakness Garrett insists that many of the officials were merely aligned with the wrong side but callx interrupts stating that his decision has already been made seeing that the prince won't budge gar concedes that he can't help but wonder how this onewe boy has become so Resolute the room is aware of Russell's strength and ged's intellect now both stand by cix's sides solidifying his position our boy Smiles knowing the county is nearly within his grasp suddenly a blue light flashes it opens the

system and declares it's time to use more of his talents as the system interface appears he begins analyzing everyone in the room room the glint in his eyes and his crook smile give him the look of a Madman CeX identifies everyone with ties to opposing factions or ambiguous loyalties those individuals are marked for removal even the useless ones won't Escape his scrutiny only those who survive his loyalty test will remain in his future plans like the rest of the Nobles I'm sitting here wondering why this kid has such a creepy grin some of the others

are trembling knowing that if cix takes a dislike to them they're doomed desperate they Rush forward showering him with praise calling him an incredible leader and begging to speak with him kellex tells them to calm down saying they have plenty of free time to discuss things later Russell watches from the sidelines still unsure how things turned out like this time passes and we return to the castle after a day filled with political Maneuvers callix collapses onto his bed he's exhausted he reflects on his past life where he was average in studies appearance and just about

everything else nothing in his life was terrible but nothing was particularly great either that all began to change when he discovered Heroes of Destiny he wondered if completing something no one else could would finally make him special it recalls the moment he finished the game and the message declaring him the first human to acquire the seed of the Gods at that moment he wiped his eyes and wished to be reborn in the continent of Ellen it was the only way he could continue to feel extraordinary now sitting on his bed he remembers that wish and

the game's narrative about being born as an insignificant Soul the story said he would need to survive turbulent times and become a hero to ascend the throne he suddenly realizes what's happened when he completed the game his wish was granted but perhaps the deity misunderstood what he truly wanted still it doesn't matter now there's no turning back CX wonders if completing this game once more will grant him another wish he being a drifting off to sleep bowing to conquer this world again the next morning he wakes up refresh and ready for a new day he

Ponders where to begin he remembers certain territories perfectly from the game but has no idea what shikin is really like in this world callx decides he needs to check the map to figure out exactly where shikin is located the system even provides him with a detailed map what a beauty a message pops up notifying him that he's already conquered the entire continent of Ellen since he finished the game once he now has access to all the map markers he's ecstatic realizing this is essentially a treasure map showing the locations of ruins Dungeons and hidden secrets

this was one of the bonuses nobody knew existed as no one else had completed the game the map even includes information he wasn't aware of himself with this resource navigating the world becomes much easier then he pauses wondering what year it is he checks the Imperial calendar and sees it's the year 289 The Game Heroes of Destiny begins in 294 this Revelation helps him understand Shin's situation he inherited a piece of of land that in 5 years would somehow vanish he recalls Russell mentioning the dire state of the finances and now it makes sense they're

on the brink of collapse suddenly a financial status window appears in front of him CX glances over the details and immediately yells that it's unbelievable looking at the current state of affairs he wonders if the best option is to steal all the money and flee but he quickly dismisses that idea realizing land is far more valuable than wealth it can only be inherited his first step is to review all Financial records he notices that farm collections aren't significantly lower than in other territories defense expenditures haven't risen much either time passes as he pours over the

documents a few hours later he slams the papers onto the table exclaiming that he's exhausted analyzing 10 years of territorial finances is too much for him however he identifies a major problem the trade route with the medosa desert has been severed apparently another Nation established a more lucrative trade route drawing Merchants away what puzzles him is how they manage to fund such a large scale project on top of that the annual debts are growing faster than their yearly income stati itics alone aren't enough to solve this mystery he needs more information frustrated he rubs his

head until an idea Sparks he remembers the old man from the meeting the treasurer gidus who is caught embezzling funds at the moment Gus is locked up in the dungeons the scene shifts to CeX descending into the cells a guard station at the entrance asks what Prince callx is doing there callix requests to see Gus pinching his nose at the overwhelming stench of the place as they walk the guard remarks that he never imagined the prince would visit such a place CeX remembers this guard from the meeting a type who submits easily to power he

calls out to the guard who nervously responds kellex knowing the guard lacks authority asks if innocent people should have their names cleared the guard agrees enthusiastically saying the prince is absolutely correct CX continues suggesting that criminals who don't deserve Freedom should also be reinvestigated the guard salutes claiming he understands perfectly though CeX doesn't fully grasp why this man abandoned his previous loyalty to work with him he decides to use him for now he reminds the guard not to address him as Lord just yet as he has an off officially taken the title the guard apologizes

calling him Prince again feeling slightly awkward for enforcing formality so hard CX simply orders the guard to lead him to Gus moments later they arrive at gus' cell inside gadras complains about the disgusting food declaring that he'll be out soon anyway suddenly kex appears asking how exactly gadris plans to escape what incredible plan does he have his sleeve GIS turns smiling confidently and says he's been waiting for the prince he claims CeX owes him a favor confused CeX retorts a heal gu ver nothing the only thing he'll ensure is that the Rope for his hanging

is strong enough not to snap but gidus far from stupid argues that while he may be imprison now he's the only person with 20 years of experience managing Shin's finances if the prince is visiting him it must be for that reason CeX reminds him that he lost his financial position but Gus counters by asking if he's curious about the Ruder shein's massive debt cac's anger flares as the smug Treasurer seems oblivious to his situation meanwhile gedris grins arrogantly suddenly CX calls for the guard and asks if there's a torture expert on hand the guard hesitates

but confirms they have one CX orders him to fetch the expert when the guard hesitates again callx yells asking if it looks like he's joking terrified the guard scrambles to comply leaving a cloud of dust behind him fuming callx decides gadus needs to understand how things are handled in this territory Gus quickly realizes that if a torture expert gets involved he's in real trouble CeX remarks that someone like Gus probably doesn't have much tolerance for pain C smirks and wishes Gus good luck if you're resist zilian impresses me he says maybe I'll let you hang

slowly instead of all at once Gus is taken a back this kit is far more serious than he expected he immediately begins begging for mercy pleading that he has valuable information that could bring great profit to the territory CX unimpressed tells him to start talking Gus begins explaining how the debts of shikin came to be all the major debts of this territory are tied to a merchant named Gerard mcus Gadis says apparently Gerard manages a secret vault for the hosin family the hirin use Gerard to avoid paying Royal tax is on mining operations but CX

interrupts asking why not just report Gerard to the royal family and shift the debt onto him or perhaps sell the debt rights before arresting him Digis seems stunned clearly impressed by the suggestion that's that's an incredible plan he stammers one hadn't considered before gedris can elaborate the guard suddenly returns announcing that he's brought the territory's best torture expert CX lights up with excitement while gedris begins pleading more desperately for Mercy I know where Gerard's secret vault is he blurts out this catches cic's attention for for a moment but before he can react the torturer shoves

gadris to the ground telling him to keep quiet Gus continues to insist shouting that he's telling the truth he's worked in shikin for so long that he's the only one who knows the Vault location CeX steps on Gus's face with his boot commanding him to speak where exactly is the secret vault guus hesitates clearly trying to stall CX growls start talking the torturer cracks his knuckles saying Breaking fingers one by one is always a good start panicked gadras admits that he once tried to rob the Vault but failed KX immediately to uces that gas didn't

act alone the old man confirms this explaining that he paid some bandits in gold bars to help him how much did you pay CeX demands the three 300 callx interrupts incredulous no 3,000 Gus finishes weekly hearing this CeX bursts into laughter the sound echoing ominously through the dungeon the guard outside the cell gulps nervously he knows that when the prince reacts this way it's never good CeX composes himself his voice icy 3,000 gold that's the annual revenue of this territory where did you get that kind of money he accuses Gus of embezzling funds from Shin's

treasury Gus bows his head to the ground confessing that he had no choice the opportunity was too tempting he says if it weren't for that Cursed Magic Crystal orb I would have succeeded cix Narrows his eyes what's this about a magic Crystal orb Gus explains that the orb was used to access the Vault he adds that duplicating the orb cost him 2,500 gold callx begins piecing things together you were scammed he says flatly the bandits and Gerard meres were likely working together Gus Shak his head insisting it's impossible I saw it with my own eyes

Gerard used the orb to open the vault door CX orders Gus to reveal the vault's location it's in the highlands of Gordon of Gadis says calx opens his map and while Gus admits he was blindfolded during his attempt he's confident the vault is in that region the prince pauses deep in thought everyone around him wonders why he's just standing there staring at nothing focusing on the map CeX deduces a potential area to investigate he realizes he needs someone familiar with the highlands of Gorda remembering Leila's comment that her orphan Squad was trained in Gorda he

formulates a plan calling for the guard he announces they're leaving yidris desperate shouts after him demanding to know where he's going but callx leaves without answering while the guard slams The Cell door shut walking away callix can't help but think about the 3,000 gold gidra stole and how this guard likely pocket his share his Fury grows as he contemplates it further he suddenly stops and calls for Shu with a guard startled Shu nervously asks what he needs CX casually mentions the 3,000 gold Gyra stole asking if Shu knew about it shu feing ignorance vehemently denies

any knowledge CeX smirks and starts walking away I overheard something interesting from GIS while you were out he says cryptically I'm a generous person but there are things I simply can't Overlook he leaves shoe sweating unsure if the prince knows more than he's letting on cix's mind races with possibilities that he remains outwardly composed for now he's in a dilemma but he knows this is just the beginning the guard collapses to the ground wailing that the Damned Pig Gus must have revealed everything while he was away desperate he begs for forgiveness promising never to betray

anyone again but callix doesn't respond it's only when the guard looks up that he realizes the prince has already left however the guard shrugs it off shifting his anger toward gadus determined to take revenge he bolts toward the dungeon meanwhile callix is leaning casually behind a well smirking to himself suddenly someone approaches from behind catching his attention he turns raising an eyebrow and asks who the person is by their attire he identifies them as a knight from the order of the Blue Lion he asks what the Knight is doing here the Knight introduces himself as

crot solemn explaining that Lord Russell assigned him to accompany the prince calx acknowledges this immediately activating his system to analyze cr's stats took his surprise crot is 26 years old a senior Knight level 52 and classified as srank a remarkable Warrior CX is impressed wondering why someone of this caliber wasn't part of Heroes of Destiny the name CR salum doesn't ring any bells leading CX to suspect he must have died early in the game's timeline with a potential score exceeding 700 crot could have easily been among the top 100 strongest individuals on the continent his

military rank combined with his raw power makes him a formidable asset callx Muses that crot might even be connected to the infamous messenger of death a character in the game Who slaughtered enemies mercilessly never revealing his face but cr's cheerful demeanor and muscular physique done align with a thin Sinister figure described in the game deciding not to dwell on it further CX acknowledges that having someone like crot around is beneficial regardless of his past crot calls out to the prince snapping him from his thoughts and comments that he must have been daydreaming since he'd been

muttering cr's name repeatedly before callx can reply CR informs him that a merchant named Gerard merus has requested an audience hearing this CeX eyes narrow Gerard merus the very name Gus had mentioned earlier the man from musika know its crippling debt and the only one with access to the mysterious secret fault now things are getting interesting CeX strides forward beckoning CR to follow as they walk through the corridors CX observes cr's slightly clumsy demeanor and concludes it's impossible for him to be the messenger of death a short time later they arrive in meeting room CeX

steps inside greeted by Gerard who places a ham on his chest and introduces himself as the head of a small Trading Company callx responds politely remarking that he's heard of Gerard's well-respected reputation in business talented Merchants like you are always welcome he adds Gerard bows deeply thanking the prince for his kind words kellex cuts to the chase asking why a successful Merchant like Gerard would seek a meeting with someone like him I currently hold no official position of authority callx points out if this is about business I have no jurisdiction over territorial matters Gerard Chuckles

awkwardly admitting that while its true shikin is currently managed by count Russell the territory's future belongs to CeX there's no one in shikin who opposes your decisions Prince CeX jard says confidently CX maintaining his humility counters don't overestimate me I'm just one of two hairs nothing more Crut laughs pointing out that CeX is being far too modest everyone knows the succession has already been decided even if it hasn't been formally announced Gerard nods admitting that such rumors align with what he's heard the merchant apologizes if his words were presumptuous kellex notes that Gerard is undeniable

a capable businessman after all someone without access to Vital Information wouldn't survive in this line of work however Gerard finds himself puzzled the prince before him doesn't match the rumors of a Nave and Foolish Boy the person he sees is sharp calculating and far more mature than expected still Gerard compliments cix's striking appearance admitting that the rumors about his Beauty weren't exaggerated lushing Gerard remarks that callx is exactly his type feeling an ominous intent behind Gerard's words callx abruptly stands his voice firm I don't like wasting time he declared if you don't get to the

point I'm leaving Gerard immediately apologizes realizing he can't afford to lose this meeting that he's captivated by the prince's charm his priority is securing a working relationship with him seated once more callx watches Gerard carefully and orders him to speak directly Gerard explains that he wants to support the prince but his primary reason for being here is the massive debt left by the previous count fading ignorance CeX claims he's never heard of such a debt the guy managing finances is in prison for his crimes he adds nonchalant CR standing nearby cringes at cix's casual nose

picking finding it utterly distasteful unfazed Gerard smirks having anticipated this response he knows that CX is far from Clueless and this conversation is just getting started ji begins explaining with a Sly smile this all started just 5 years ago so it's impossible you don't know about it he beams thinking this is the moment he's been waiting for he envisions the despair on this adorable little Prince's face the fear when confronted with the Monumental debt Gerard is eager to watch CX break down into tears his face twisting in helplessness it continues according to the terms of

a three-year contract the payment can be demanded at any time it's unfortunate but I must inform you in 2 weeks 60,000 gold coins must be paid crot freezes at the number visibly shocked while CX remains calm his expression unreadable Gerard assumes the prince is pretending to stay composed finding his attempt at stoicism absolutely delightful irval is in the site continuing his internal monologue stop flirting with my protagonist Gerard where are the Wafers CeX however says nothing crot finally speaks up m ly asking Gerard to consider postponing the payment date but Gerard quickly dismisses the idea

silence Falls between them breaking it Gerard says with mop pity it's truly unfortunate but shein's territory has been declining rapidly we shown Goodwill by waiting over a year for recovery but nothing changed now that Prince callx is taking charge we need to repay this courtesy CX recognizes Gerard's facade of generosity noting how cleverly he masks his extortion behind politeness the prince Rises non remarking perhaps you're unaware but shein and ual Revenue exceeds 6,000 gold coins finding someone willing to lend 60,000 gold won't be an issue crots confusion deepens unable to believe such a claim Gerard

stands feing Delight that's excellent news it seems there's nothing to worry about then but inside Gerard knows how difficult it is to secure connections for such an amount he announces he'll return soon to collect the payment and leaves confident this territory will soon fall into his grasp as he Lings into bow Gerard's thoughts turn Sinister soon enough this pampered Noble brat will be grueling at my feet maybe I'll sell him at the slave market but not before enjoying my prize he departs thanking callx and wishing him good fortune CX watches him leave unfade is while

crot stands there trying to process what just happened crot blurs out 60,000 gold how can you stay so calm about this callic already planning his next move knows the secret vault and gorna holds the answer the map had already marked ruins and treasures in the region the challenge Now lies in navigating the dangerous continent of Ellen the highlands of Gorda are particularly perilous home to intelligent creatures like the Risa is a region people avoid at all costs outside the castle crot asks callx what he plans to do next CeX smirks knowing it's time to find

someone who knows Gordo well someone like Lila the scene shifts to a guard stationed outside a holding area he spots Kix and nervously greets him the prince compliments the guard's work and asks to see the prisoner crot decides to go ahead while callx handles this when the door opens callx is surprised by how organized the room looks clean up a bit someone remarks it's none other than Lila towering confidently as always finally she's back after all the bizarre encounters with Gerard callx compliments her appearance saying she looks great with a smirk she arrogantly responds of

course I do just as you can see Kut warns her to watch her tone who speaking to the prince but Lila and callix merely exchange knowing looks she brings up the poison he gave her saying it was from setus marionette wasn't it you tricked me callx is impressed admitting she figured it out faster than he expected sitting at the table she asks why he's here do you me me for something I can already tell you do she leans in seductively saying I don't follow your orders any more but if we share a very intimate moment

together I might consider it crot immediately tells her to hold her insolent tongue CeX unfazed cuts to the chase I'm here to give you a chance to survive intrigued Lila asks for more details callx explains that the moment she's released she'll be killed Lila seems confused prompting khx to elaborate she should already know that she can family is at odds with the hosin that's obvious Lila replies you force the only hair of hoser and seal his Mana KX nods stating she was instrumental in that success and should understand the danger she faced es finally it

clicks for her the hirin will want me dead because of my testimony won't they exactly callix confirms restoring Grumbine's Mana is impossible and without it the hirin have no chance of conquering shikin no Noble allows someone who derail their plans to live especially someone like you Leila having worked for mobbles for years had witnessed many of them being killed like dogs but she never thought it would happen to her suddenly she lunges across the table grabbing cic Crow immediately tenses ready to intervene Le leavs toward the prince shouting die kx's caught off guard looks genuinely

alarmed crot however won't let anything happen to his charge that in the moment he comes stomping with his big foot and slams her against the wall calling her a filthy assassin and asking how she dares to challenge the young Lord like that CX thanks her but says there's no need to humiliate the poor girl so much after all it was thanks to her that he secured his position as the next Lord he then tells her that normally those who help someone wake up to reality tend to be more hated than those who drive people into

Despair and the reason for this is because it's easier that way many people believe that living a lie is better even just for a moment but he smiles at her and says that considering how motivated she seems to survive she doesn't seem like that type of person she says she's not and shouts warning that she wouldn't die under any circumstances he then smiles and says that if that's the case he has a way to make her useful if she helps him with the work he needs done she will also receive protection in the meantime and

if she has a family you would take care of them too however Lila misunderstands and asks if by any chance he's threatening her family he stands up with that dumbfounded look on his face he tells her not to misunderstand because if he wanted to he would have killed her already assassins like her are everywhere the girl knows that's true to a noble like him she is nothing more than a tool he then asks why he wants her and not someone else there must be some reason he's going through all this trouble to persuade her our

guy says the first reason is because it would be too much work to find someone else and the other is because of something she said to him earlier he then leaves saying that before explaining why he would give her a minute if she didn't agree with him within that time she'd be free to pursue the freedom she so craved however Lea knows the truth is that this Freedom will cost her life here's her only option because leaving that place she'll be killed by the other family she didn't want to agree with that cute little runt

but at this moment she had no choice and with great determination she says she understands considering the conflict between the two families she benefits more by helping shein our boy smiles and says that she's finally starting to think straight however she puts her hand on her waist and says she's not going to be a subordinate she wants to be hired as a regular mercenary instead and she wouldn't accept the runt like him bossing her around suddenly crot jumps in and orders her to start respecting the young Master she apologizes and says she's just joking now

that they're on the same team there's no need for him to act like that or is he the type of person who liked hitting his allies poor crot just gets even angrier and the two start to clash again suddenly CeX asks her about something she mentioned the other day the hoser and family training grounds located in the lands of Golda she remembers saying that to him it asks what this information has to do with anything but callx interrupts her and tells C that he needs a map of the entire area surrounding those grounds because the

little map he has only he can see in the small window crot says there's a giant map in the military Council area he pushes our boy telling him to go however looking back he sees that our guy is just standing there grinning at the front CR immediately asks if by any chance he doesn't know the way and callx says he does know but he prefers having someone protect him from the front meanwhile Lila is standing there with a dumbfounded look not understanding their bickering sometime later in the castle they finally arrive in the War Room

our boy is all gleaming as he looks around and crot says that all the greatest military secrets of the continent of ellanor there our boy starts looking for the lands of Golda upon finding it he asks if they know about that place crot says it's a well-known area there's an ongoing territorial dispute between the hosan family and the baron of the arabon family the reason for the conflict is some highquality copper mines our boy asks if Baron arabon is on their side and the guy confirms it he then makes a dumbfounded face wanting to know

how accurate and updated the map is Lea says it seems a bit outdated but there haven't been significant changes at that moment however she realizes she was brought there our boy then asks if she can navigate just by looking at the map and she says of course she spent her entire childhood playing in that region but she wants to know why he's so interested in the lands of GAA he explains that there are some ancient ruins he intends to explore she looks a bit confused and says there's nothing like that in that place callx looks

thoughtful and asks if by chance adults didn't talk about places where she shouldn't go she pauses and then says she remember something like that at this CeX asks when the hoser and family started training troops there she says she doesn't understand understand why he's asking but since she's of the sixth rank at least 15 years have passed he asks when the territorial dispute began crot says that also started 15 years ago at this Lila suddenly nudges him asking if he understands where the boy is going with this he replies that he doesn't and she feels

devastated to have an idiot beside her once again they start bickering until callx interrupts them and says that training an army costs a lot of money they wouldn't have started creating those troops out of nowhere without an important reason once again the dumb girl asks what the boy's point is and crot tells her to realize quickly that this means that somehow they managed to obtain a lot of money CeX says that's exactly it 15 years ago the hoser and family found a new source of income and they likely use that money to train their new

armies once the troops were ready they were dispatched to numerous territories exactly as happened with Lila she says she understands but what would be the connection between that source of money and the ruins he's looking for CeX says that Silver Mines are often found alongside copper mines besides that some copper ores can also contain traces of silver crot asks if he's suggesting that the Hoser and family is secretly mining Silver and that would be an extremely serious crime CeX says yes and tells him to think about it the law of this place stated that any

gold or silver found always belonged to the royal family no matter where it was located however it would be foolish to believe that every noble would be that fair crot asks what the connection to the ruins is and our boy says he already knows what kind of ruins they are perfect ones to hide this type of secret unfortunately he can't reveal to crop that he already has some information about this Leila who's really growing into a sharp girl asks what all of this has to do with him she thought it was impossible for him to

attack that place because Shin's territory didn't have the resources for that COC gets frustrated thinking that as much as she hates to hear it this is the truth and she insists saying that even if they started a war as soon as the royal family knew it was pure silver they take everything CeX says they wouldn't gain anything by passing this information to someone else besides his territory is on the verge of collapse both of them stand they dumbfounded wanting to know what he's suggesting then that's when he says that since they obtained the money illegally

even if they stole everything the hirin wouldn't dare report it to the crown later that same day at night they gathered outside the castle Russell told our boy that it was Madness to take someone as inexperienced as crot on this Mission he should think more about this plan because acting hastily could be dangerous callx agrees that it would be safer with Russell at his side but a young Talent like crot also needed to develop the poor fool blushes at the Lord's confidence in him callx continues saying that it would be too risky for both of

them to leave the territory at a time like this Russell is surprised and then apologizes suddenly he turns to crot and tells him he better follow the young Master diligently but the fool just agrees with his tongue hanging out even Russell gives him a smack on the head telling him to take it seriously sometime later he calls everyone together he explains that the young Master's wounds are still fresh but even so he planned his expedition for the good of the territory so all the soldiers there better follow him Faithfully CX knows that no Soldier wants

to follow someone so weak who once tried to take his own life gaining the Loyalty of those people was also his job meanwhile Lila is just quietly observing from the corner sometime later they approach a well crot goes down and our boy follows right behind him upon reaching the bottom he says that by following this tunnel they would be able to exit the castle however it was farther than he had imagined CX just passes by and tells them to hurry up with that the team begins walking through the darkness of the cave sometime later Kut

looks up and says they finally arrived obviously our boy is exhausted Crut opens the cover and offers his hand to help our boy up Suddenly he finds himself on the outside or rather inside a house crot explains that this is an old water M that had been abandoned a long time ago already outside our boy is impressed he had already prepared several Supply horses CR calls in Lord and tells him to get on the horse but cix tells him to stop using that kind of title in this place it would be stupid to call him

Lord outside the castle when they're heading toward hostile territory for Maan he to call him only young Master the army guys put on peasant clothes but he's still not sure if that's enough to fool anyone at that he calls for crot and asks if he prepared everything he requested he says yes but seems a bit hesitant he pulls out his stinky cloak and asks if he really has to wear something like this our boy says that if he wants he can wear a Porter's outfit but then CeX will have to play the role of laya's

new lead husband CR immediately says there's no way he's letting the young Lord stand next to an assassin when he says that everyone turns to stare at her callx realizes the fool is talking more than he should again he Stomps off angrily while thinking that he didn't say a single lie but since calex ask he gives her his hand and asks if my lady would go with him but she just tells him to stop calling her that and to get out of the way callx notices that the two of them don't have have the best

relationship somehow he needed to calm down his team members that's because a d like this would be very useful if they had Synergy but if they kept fighting each other things would only escalate eventually one would die or leave the team it's strange how Heroes of Destiny which was supposed to be just a simple game felt so real at that moment he also needed somehow to help Lila prove herself to the rest of the group maybe he needed to do something secretly at that he tells crop FR to hurry up and put as much distance

between them and the castle Before Dawn crot calls everyone and the wagons begin moving through the forest they sleep on the ground they pass through the forest they stop at a small shop they pass through a town they cross the barrier they sleep in the forest again sometime later everyone is sitting around the campfire crot says that this was the last rural Village they would pass through Kix then orders everyone to prepare because the real fight would begin tomorrow morning comes he warns everyone that now the real work is about to start everyone is already

in armor and they move out once again they're on the wagons following the path however cr's expression changes he tells our boy that some of the Scouts are already returning a man reports that in the forest just ahead there's a group of sasquatches crot asks how many there are the man says five and suddenly someone Taps him on the shoulder turning around it's CX asking him to lift him into the tree command gives a peculiar smile grabs him by the waist and jumps up happily from up in the tree CeX observes the monster Camp from

afar he can see the shelter full of Apes carrying skeletons it's clearly not going to be easy at that cix asks what the plan is crot says they'll probably bombard them with flaming arrows but our boy looks scared asking if he's insane for suggesting something like that Lea is nearby listening to everything CR apologizes but says that this is the safest way to preserve the subordinates lives they couldn't risk trying something different however helex knows that no one in this world knows more about these creatures than he does but right now he has no way

to convince the soldiers crot grabs him and climbs down from the tree saying he'll try to think of a more critical plan while CeX is thinking of a way to convince not only crot but the others Lila is there quietly listening she sees some of the guys reviewing the plan and they'll follow and she immediately realizes that their plan is garbage basically it's to try and kill the Apes and that's it callx knows that if he makes a suggestion and they don't follow it correctly things will only get worse Leila observes him as he watches

everyone trying to find a way to prove himself to these people while he's standing by the wagon Leila shows up saying she wants to discuss something she warns that the plan will fail and all the members will die even if crot survives not everyone is as capable as him CX says he already knows that she then wants to know why he's silent and not telling anyone anything he tries to explain that he's not silent he's just trying to think of a way to convince the subordinates suddenly Lila says she has an idea and he tells

her to go ahead she explains that sasquatches are very attached to their young that means if they attack the females and children the males will definitely come to protect them the monsters retaliation would only start once they're 100% sure the children are safe of course our boy already knew this and asks what the rest of the plan is she finds it strange that he doesn't react and says she first needs to know something the plan was just to pass through quietly and not necessarily kill the creature he says yes since the goal lies elsewhere she

explains that if that's the case then there is another method at the moment the creatures are blocking the path because they think it's safe there but if they attack the females and children the front line will be drawn away our boy had already thought of this but there's just one detail missing he asks her who will do it who's going to be the one to attack the creatures alone and draw them all away he yells warning that this is basically a suicide mission but out of nowhere she says she'll do it and he looks a

bit confused he explains that since the beginning when she suggested it he intended to take the role himself he then asks if by any chance she's planning to use a certain herb she looks confused and asks how he knew about that he says it's obvious because otherwise she wouldn't accept a suicide Omission like this he then says that lately he's changed a lot out of nowhere suddenly he starts coughing saying that if it works it's not a bad plan she then thumps her chest and tells him not to worry she spent a lot of time

there as a child so there's no way it'll go wrong KX then asks why she's going so far to help him she simply replies that if the shein family dies she dies too our boy warns that it'll be hard for her to gain recognition from the others and asks if she's okay with that she seems to agree and he says okay then but before she leaves he wants to help with something she asks when it is and he points to the Horizon he asks her what's over there and if she knows the region she says

yes and tells him to ask anything she knows everything about that place he then points to a specific spot and she says that about there she's certain it's a camp for some goblins and also a hunting ground for the Sasquatches our boy thanks her saying you can always depend on her he's only doing this to make her feel more useful and calmer and she simply says that she's happy to help they continue chatting and C watches from a distance the two were having a small conversation with her giggling and blushing our boy starts blushing too

and suddenly she reaches out of her hand to his face man this assassin is here to kill once again our boy is red when he closes his eyes and opens them again he realizes she was just pulling a leaf out of his hair he turns completely red not even understanding why he's acting like this himself it's probably because he spent his entire life as an isolated attaku then CR appears asking what's going on there our boy tells him to get lost and says it's nothing then he tells the guy to prepare Lila's equipment he also

says that she'll be on a mission so nobody should ask questions if she disappears C wants to know about the mission because he doesn't trust her but CX says to trust him he trusts her and they're on the same side the Knight doesn't want to accept it but says that just this once he'll understand Leila drops something on the ground and tells them not to worry because she already has her own equipment everyone looks at her a bit embarrassed man this assassin really is dangerous what's up with her walking around like that CX is practically

exploding while CR asks what this is she puts on her gauntlets and her boots let's admit it the lower part around the glutes is missing just a bit of armor she then takes something in her hand and starts smearing it on her face apparently it's that her meant to distract the sax watches obviously it stinks like hell and crop pinches his nose shut meanwhile Lila doesn't care at all about her outfit with the people staring at her because of the smell what matters to her is completing this Mission her concerns were unnecessary CX then asks

the prince if they can start the plan and he says she should take some Soldiers with her but she's certain they wouldn't listen to her orders so it's better not to he responds that if that's the case then she's free with that she gracefully jumps from Branch to Branch crap turns around saying that they need to move forward as well the Army advances through the forest and crot declares that they'll finish this in one strike everyone is ready but callx is still feeling insecure about this fight one of the Sasquatches notices something and when it

turns crot is leaping toward it he manages to land the first cut but it's too shallow CX wonders why he slashed in a situation where he should have tried to stab and CR is quickly covered by the shadow of the s watchat which unleashes a flurry of punches he's thrown far away and the fool was grinning saying that this fight is much more exciting than on the PC suddenly the ape starts beating its chest and everyone looks confused a huge flock of birds is heard around and more of them start approaching CX already realizes that

maybe Burning Down the entire Forest wouldn't have been such a bad idea after all while crot charges ahead enthusiastically calling out to the Blue Lion Legion our boy yells for them to wait and not leave him alone at that moment a guy named ALU and another named Thomas step in front tell telling him not to stray far the Army begins fighting the Apes CR prepares charges his Blade with energy and leaves toward them declaring that he'll end this now before the monster can react he slashes it and a blast of energy hits the ape the

entire Forest is overtaken by the explosion as the smoke starts to settle CR is already getting exhausted but apparently he managed to take down the first Sasquatch he stands proudly looking back meanwhile our boy wonders why this idiot is enjoying the fight so much but then he's startled when another Sasquatch is seen pounding one of the knights the knight sword Falls to the ground and he runs to retrieve it but the monster comes to stump on his back at the last second dear CR arrives with a kick to the beast's mouth he tells the Knight

to grab his sword and the guy thanks him for saving him crot keeps fighting but realizes that killing them one at a time is going to be very difficult that's because seeing the soldier situation things were extremely dangerous he manages to slash another arm and the giant Beast Roars the problem is that he's only one man and is starting to get exhausted not to mention even the older Apes were stronger than he expected he decides to try immobilizing some of them and slides under a leg slashing at its heel the Beast Roars and another one

goes down the soldiers get excited seeing that they have a chance to win but crot knows something is wrong looking around the forest they see eight but there's still one missing that's when he hears a sound beside him there's a giant albino One charging toward the prince and the worst part is that the monster is running and cix has no way to escape CR rushes but ALU steps in front telling the prince to stay back from a distance crot unleashes another lightning attack and everyone is momentarily blinded but as the Smoke Clears a hand bursts

out of it it strikes ALU in the chest sending him flying and leaving a crater in the ground CeX is shocked realizing that should have been him Thomas steps in front telling the prince not to move meanwhile the monster keeps advancing and CR is starting to get exhausted he leads for another attack while Thomas stays by the prince's side until CeX calls out to him saying he needs to help deal with his sauat otherwise everyone will die but Thomas didn't want to leave the prince's side because it was too risky however callx warns him that

no one is coming to save them so if they have a chance to win it's now he grabs the knight's arm and says that if more soldiers die they'll be at a numerical disadvantage Thomas knows this but as a knight he can't abandon the prince just like that until callx yells asking how long he plans to defy orders hearing that Thomas realizes he has no choice in the end the Knight has to follow the Lord's orders and he says he'll obey CeX thanks him and then runs off he follows the crater until he gets close

to ALU obviously the poor guy is in bad shape on the ground and callx is horrified at the sight with one attack he had lost his arm and his armor was completely crushed he approaches telling the guide not to lose Consciousness because he's going to stop the bleeding he pours a potion into his mouth but he knows it's not enough when he removes the armor he sees that the guy's stomach is a crater the cess watchat is punch and hit directly leaving him with massive internal bleeding the problem is that these low-level potions aren't enough

they need a Healer as soon as possible he grabs the guy's sword and tells him to stay awake he'll come back as fast as possible and make sure he survives shortly after in another part of the forest he hides behind a tree observing the Sasquatches this was the hunting region for goblins that Ila had mentioned but just glancing at them he's terrified to see the beasts pounding their chests the monsters were much stronger and more disgusting than he had imagined he punches the tree thinking that he really could die here he's afraid even though he

wants to trust Lila's plan and is sure she set up the traps if everything goes right he won't get hurt but this isn't the world where he's sitting behind a monor breathing heavily he remembers ALU lying there he tells himself it's fine he won't die he stles himself saying that he'll do this and then steps out from behind the tree he calls out to to the SAS watches shouting that today is their Day to Die the ape charges at him but suddenly he pulls a lever and several Spears strike from behind they stab right into

the beast's ribs and it drops to the ground immediately but as soon as the first one fell another monster noticed and came running toward him CX barely Dodges the attack and manages to pull another lever this time a rope swings down slamming the giant Beast into the ground these were extremely sharp spider Vines additionally he had asked Lila to coat the spikes with mermaid Venom an incredibly strong anesthetic seeing how weak AP is now he believes it worked he steps closer grabs the sword and Strikes it right in the middle of the head the feeling

of the blade piercing the skull was so much different than in the game when he pulls the sword out he showered in ketchup the whole thing was disgusting he never imagined he'd have to go this far but there he was taking the creatur's lives he then moves to the other beast and Strikes Again saying that they're detestable but while he's having his little monologue a goblin is watching from above the monster sneaks up on him from behind and there's no time to react Lun spurts and when he turns someone had jumped in front of him

he falls to the ground as the goblin approaches when he looks to the side it had been ALU who had once again saved him man this guy really isn't in good shape CeX is consumed by rage and charges at the goblin he tries to slash but the little green creature ducks and he misses the attack the monster Sid steps and almost clashes him he barely avoids it but his shirt is torn he realizes he only survived because the creature's arms are short with another swing of his sword his hand is shaking from how weak his

body is he tries to calm down at least he has twice the reach of the creature as long as he doesn't let it get close he has a chance to win suddenly the goblin lunges at him again this time he swings The Sword and grazes its ear he's about to get stabbed when he manages to dodge to the side he realizes he almost lost an arm before he can recover the monster is already coming at him again another slash and another Nick on its ear again the goblin goes for his shoulder but this time he

kicks its hand the moment the creature is disarmed he screams for it to die and drives the blade into its chest he's exhausted as the creature's legs go limp he drops the sword and collapses to his knees in front of the monster seeing what he'd done with his own hands he starts vomiting this was completely different from the game and he genuinely thought he was going to die suddenly the system General appears congratulating him he had defeated a monster much stronger than him and would receive additional rewards additionally he also defeated an f-class monster with

that his level rises from 8 to 11 suddenly someone calls out to him and when he looks to the side it's C asking if he's okay but he quickly notices the dead Sasquatches and the impaled Goblin crot sures around him wanting to know if he really wasn't hurt that's when callx asks how the rest of the group is doing CR replies that after they killed two Sasquatches the rest flood out of luck but cix knows it wasn't luck it was L's plan that's when he remembers something and asks where the soldier who was with him

is crot asks if he means ALU and our boy says yes he then points to the side and says he's standing right there CX knew it was impossible for no one to die on the mission but seeing alu's body he apologizes he blames himself saying he should have been more careful crot stands there observing then he says it wasn't cix's fault besides ALU had died honor on the battlefield but callx tells him to stop being ridiculous death was just death there was nothing honorable about it crot knows this is the first time the boy has

lost his subordinate and understands how he feels but soon after more bodies are brought before him callx freezes and asks what happened in the end crot says that three died and one was injured which was a good outcome given the circumstances but callx can only think that all of this is his fault he should have forced the knowledge he has about this world without fear of being exposed besides he only survived because of lela's traps and because ALU stepped in to defend him he clenches his fists and begins shouting while all the soldiers watch him

he then asks what is done with bodies on the battlefield cron explains that if the body isn't in too bad a condition they can take it back CAC simply says to do it no matter what state they're in as crot turns to give the order he notices Everyone crying the soldiers were moved because in this world it wasn't common for a noble to care about their servants seeing how they acted they swore they would protect his life at any cost crot noticed everyone's Expressions had changed at least the boy had won a bit of their

hearts sometime later CR approaches our boy he says that they're ready to leave and are just waiting for the signal callx notices that they're looking at him differently seeing their determination he knew this wasn't the time to feel guilty he needed to give everyone hope for the future he then praised everyone's performance in the battle against the Sasquatches now they would head to their destination as quickly as possible however they wouldn't neglect or abandon anyone who was injured the men shout that they understand and then we see what happened an hour ago Leila was approaching

when a sasquat lunged at her strong as always she Dodges it but hadn't expected them to notice her so quickly she throws a dagger attacks to a rope and leaps to the other side dodging the sasquatch's attack and climbing up onto a branch with that she blocks the path and jumps back down to the ground but she turns around and the Beast comes at her suddenly smashes face first into a trap with it immobilized all she had to do is finish it off but the monster keeps moving and even grabs a tree pulling it out

of the ground she hadn't expected that the giant comes in for a crushing Hub but she easily Dodges it sliding to the side she starts wrapping the Rope around its neck before the Beast realizes it it's already being strangled somehow she had managed to make it work she didn't think it would be possible for this ape to break through those monster tendons besides the ropes were too thin for it to grab with its hands then she notices that even while strangled is still knocking over trees she's a bit shocked and decides she needs to finish

this quickly according to what CeX said all she had to do was inject the Venom straight into its bloodstream once again the ape comes in for a smash but she Dodges and slips behind it she pulls out a needle and drives it right into the monster's nape she had done everything he told her to but she wasn't sure it would actually work now her only option was to pray that it worked the ape however doesn't seem to be calming down and keeps thrashing until the trees shatter then she realizes the Venom isn't working as well

as expected or rather is working because the ape's eyes roll back and it crashes face first to the ground she's impressed that it actually worked as much as she didn't want to admit it that blonde brat knew more about poisons than she did but it's very strange because he changed so much overnight she's been watching him up close for over a year now it's suddenly he seems like a completely different person at least she hopes is for the better after all she never thought she'd got the chance to get revenge again but maybe now it's

possible back on the wagons CeX glances back some soldiers who survived are still exhausted and beaten up he tells crot that they're going to stop here and crot says he understands as the soldiers sit around the trees CeX approaches and offers them some potions they hesitate because those are very expensive but our boy just tosses the bottles to them and tells them to drink up already that's when someone comes up behind him and asks what he's doing CX already knew someone would complain about this crot tells him that even a low rank potion is extremely

expensive these ones Russell had prepared specifically for him after all 10 bottles like these cost half the reserves of their house angrily cix asks if he's telling him to let everyone suffer while these potions just sit there Crut looks uncomfortable and says that's not exactly what he meant everyone watches and our boy tells them not to worry when the Expedition is over they'll have enough money to buy as many potions as they want at that moment both of them are surprised again the soldiers bow thanking the lord for his generosity the clueless cix is at

a loss for words meanwhile crot notices that now those soldiers have truly decided to give their lives for him our boy tells him to wipe that dumb smile off his face and get ready to move out as soon as he gets on the wagon the system of screen pops up showing that the support percentage had increased to 18% he smiles and tells them to move forward the wagons continue advancing through the forest sometime later someone shouts for them to stop crot asks what's wrong and CX says they've arrived at the destination Crut looks confused because

he doesn't see any secret vault not to mention there's no one guarding the area a kind place is this cix asks if Lila has sent a message and crot says no with that they just decide to set up camp there for now until further orders they would stay put a while later inside a tent callx points to a region on the map and says that the hoser and family vault is right there crot asks if he's not way off and our boy says no at that moment crot yells in his face saying that based on

the map it would take at least a week to get there the soldiers were already getting exhausted after being away from home for so long and if they told them they had to March for another week half would probably give up Thomas also says that staying in one place for too long is dangerous because theyd be found soon CX lazily tells them to listen before they start complaining he just pointed to the vault's location he never said they were going there Croc comes to ask if the objective of the Expedition isn't to steal the Vault

KX walks to a corner of the tent and says they'll access it from there he starts stomping on the ground searching for something until he steps on a lever suddenly the ground begins to rise and a stone appears in front of him the man look completely confused as he starts fiddling with some kind of puzzle suddenly the stone sinks back into the ground revealing an entrance as soon as the blonde boy steps forward to follow the path the men grab him saying it could be a dangerous trap our boy says he highly doubts that c

that admits he's confused and wants to know how CeX has information about this place callx says that what he knows comes from a reliable source considering he's been somewhat incompetent so far he knows it's hard for them to believe him but soon they'll see for themselves CR looks a bit embarrassed and Thomas steps in saying he believes in their leader a leader who valued even the weakest of his soldiers with someone he could place his trust in the the other soldiers alongside them also say they believe in him if they follow this path and die

anyway it would be an honor Croc gets emotional and our boy tells them to stop trusting him because he's still weak and can't even use Mana properly they were idiots to trust their lives to someone like him Comm smiles and let me tell you the smiles in the story are dark I always feel like these guys have some Sinister intention Thomas then says that strength isn't always physical our boy tells CR to stop crying and turns to everyone saying it's time to go with that the Army begins descending the stairs meanwhile CeX looks out from

the tent hoping everything went well with Lila back with everyone's favorite assassin Lila is collecting monkey blood she wipes her face saying she has enough standing in front of the cave she says it's time for some fun she starts striking two pieces of wood together to start a fire in the next scene she's jumping from Branch to branch and from afar you can see the fire she caused with that all the Sasquatches in the area should be drawn to it the problem however was something else some hooded guys whose insanas looked eerily familiar were passing

through the area and saw some bodies on the ground Lea already knew these cockroaches would show up she puts her hand on her dagger saying she's going to finish this she'd show them what happens when you turn your back on someone with a position of an executioner one of the men on the ground starts writing on a paper saying they're in an emergency they have found a sasquatch's body and there was no one wounded nearby that meant someone capable of fighting a creature like that was in the area and in this entire region there was

only one family capable of something like that he needed to inform the Viscount immediately Leila is quietly observing from a distance she sees how they're sealing the letters and knows their Scouts at that she analyzes the direction of the wind she takes some of the blood in her pocket and smears it on the tree next to her once again another guy is sealing a letter and she's watching from the tree above the scene shifts to the Sasquatches arriving at the fire they all one enter the cave but suddenly one of them stops and sniffs the

air all of them begin roaring and change direction one of the scouts carrying the letter is leaping from Branch to Branch thinking he needs to deliver the information as quickly as possible he stops on a branch to check the path ahead and takes a dagger straight to the chest he looks down and sees the and when he turns to look behind him he's kicked to the ground man he falls like a piece of trash Leila approaches the body grabs the letter and realizes it's important to inform The Prince about this she immediately starts running meanwhile

the sasquatches are wandering through the forest following the scent of blood at the same time the group continues advancing through the tunnel CX knows that this place was built by a wizard who had retired to conduct experiments so it wouldn't make sense for that person to set up a bunch of traps in their own house crot argues that it's for ensuring the person's safety however our boy places his hand on the wall and says there are no traces of digging the stairs too were crafted using magic to have that kind of power the person would

have to be at least an eighth class archmage which means if this person really wanted to set traps everyone here would already be dead crot doesn't quite know how to respond then following the path they reach a passage leading into a massive room excited CR orders Thomas to protect their boy while the rest search for Treasure CeX says that if they find any intermediate level potions they should give them to the injured soldiers he walks over to a chair and sits down calmly at that moment Thomas asked asks how Viscount hoser and discovered such a

ruin our boy says maybe it was luck or someone shared the information but he isn't sure Thomas then remarks that it's strange they even had a magical crystal ball suddenly C's expression changes and he wonders if this is what he thinks it is even though the magical protections had weakened wasn't something the Viscount could break easily he asks who the viscount's Lord is and Thomas replies that it's Marcus Antonio callx realizes he'll have to prepare for the worst at that moment crot shows up with the intermediate potions CX mentioned CX immediately tells to hand them

out to the soldiers and crot does so though he can't help but think it's far too expensive to waste like this but callx knows that at a time like this it's more important to have soldiers than to keep potions stored away they then show them some magical crystals additional potions materials and other items none of it was useless but there wasn't anything incredibly valuable either however CX knows that if the system said this is a treasure ruin there's still something hidden here suddenly he senses something coming from the corner of the room out of nowhere

crop puts his hand in front of him and asks what's wrong Pro says they've already completed their investigation and there's nothing lurking in the shadows so we should stop trying to act alone but CX walks forward anyway saying he doesn't care because crot wouldn't understand he starts running his hand along the wall trying to remember where the Secret Door was located that's when he finds a small hole for his thumb and everything begins to shift here comes the boy's treasure looks like those 10 years of playing games really paid off inside there's a giant crystal

ball surrounded by smaller Crystal spheres additionally it's like a monitoring room that could oversee their entire approach Croc however points out that there's something very strange about this place they had investigated all the ruins anded he doesn't recall seeing a room like this CX explains that this is what's called a false ruin in the past it was common to make two entrances one of them was easy to find but contained nothing valuable so most people would give up Cruces that the false ruin must be the hoser and Family's secret vault and CeX says that since

everything is connected they can reach it from here he places his hand on the sphere trying to recall which function needs to be activated after filling with it for a bit they hear a sound nearby when crot runs over he sees a door opening and CX tells him this leads to the false ruin but he says there's more looking further at the Spheres he points out that in the false ruin there's an entrance that entrance leads to the Silver Mines that have been making the hoser and family so much money crot says that now it's

clear how the royal family never noticed this CeX warns that since they don't see anyone here it likely means the area is only used at specific times and to ensure rumors don't spread the workers are probably killed soon after CR is furious but CX reassures him saying it's fine all they need to do is disable the crystal ball hirin use as a key it's like modifying security codes and access connections after taking everything they need he'll obviously leave a present for those guys he then tells K to take the men and start collecting all the

crates because it's time to leave but K looks sad again about leaving the prince's side For Heaven's Sake bring back my wife you already CeX says he can handle it alone and a crop reluctantly agrees saying he'll return soon with that he leaves and CeX celebrates finally having a moment to himself and would you know it our boy finds yet another secret passage inside he discovers an item he's very familiar with from the game though it looks very different in person it's the bracelet of the grand Alchemy priest the translation here is garbage ismin and

I'm translating the garbage translation so this is peculiar its effect is that when you're on the break of death it activates a protective barrier that lasts for 2 hours but if you take another very strong hit while the barrier is active obviously it breaks the item had a coold down period of one week and after three activations it would stop working however it was perfect for him since at this moment he has no combat abilities he slips it onto his wrist thinking that now it's as if he has three extra lives but as he's about

to leave he notices one more detail inside the place where he picked up the item there was something written he tries to read it but only understands part of it something about a heator or something like that the problem is that the rest of the message is indeseable to him he remembers that once in the game he heard about this name heator in the Legends she's the goddess who taught humans how to use magic but he's certain this didn't exist in the game could this be something that only belongs to this world as he touches

it with his finger electricity begins to Surge and he feels a Tremor suddenly it seems like only his Consciousness exists and he asks where he is and why he can't see anything looking down there's a giant eye surrounded by glowing blue shapes he wonders if this is the domain of the divines he heard about the so-called gods that watch over people in this world suddenly he begins to ridee in pain as a voice echoes in his head it was as if the words were being forced directly into his brain a red-haired woman's voice says that

this is wrong and inhuman but one of the energy sources replies that there were no humans there it warns heator that the matter had already been settled by vote she should not think of breaking The Pact the woman protests saying it's violence and she won't agree to it another voice says that if she wants so badly to be human her wish would be granted suddenly she appears kneeling a top the Giant Eye cix Hears A terrifying sound he can't comprehend while haakor is screaming in the middle of it all he covers his ears because he

can't bear to listen any longer the voices declare that heor has now fallen to the rank of a demigod it would no longer be appropriate to call her by her old name from now on she would become an object of hatred driven into miserable Madness by the very insect she adored they were eager to see the expression on her face at that moment suddenly CX finds himself back in the room I'm confused he's confused you're confused this must be author's intent out of nowhere the sstem window pops up and callix is shocked he had obtained

a fragment of harpor's first Authority it appears to be a skill that deals area of effect damage to all nearby enemies the damage scales of his level and is impossible to dodge however the more enemies there are the less damage it deals overall CX knows that abilities normally range from rank F to rank s but there are exceptions when it comes to so-called unique abilities and beyond that there are Authority abilities which are even more distinct it's a power that only x-class individuals or those known as demigods can use in fact developing an authority is

the only way to reach the x-class another system window appears stating that he has absorbed a fragment of authority this raises the rank of his soul callx is now certain that the one who sent him to this world was the goddess named heator he knows knows that only Authority level abilities can harm a god perhaps she's hoping that somehow he'll Aventure The Lunatic starts laughing with his hand over his face wondering if this is really going to be the final objective of this game obviously he feels like he's being manipulated but he's going to end

this whether he wants to or not at that moment C returns and asks if he's done CX tells him not to be surprised and crot looks confused in the next scene everything is chaotic and wely there was so much treasure in that room that they needed more time to collect it all just the chests filled with coins totaled over 30,000 our boy gets excited it's much more than he expected and crot says that in addition there are several crates with silver bars worth about 100,000 gold coins the only problem is that transporting so much loot

with just this Expedition wouldn't be easy callx thinks he never imagined the biggest problem would be having too much treasure to carry but to him it doesn't matter how much there is it won't be a problem because when he killed the goblin he aimed the inventory ability he's feeling all confident grinning to himself while CR wonders about his excitement CX simply tells him to bring the crates closer he'll handle the rest crot asks if everything in front of him is accounted for and the man confirms it KX then tells him to prepare everyone for the

return Journey crot agrees though he has no idea what the boy is planning but callx knows that in this world the concept of players and abilities doesn't exist it would take too long to explain one an inventory is so instead of explaining he'll just make it work at that moment CR says everyone's outside but asks what they're going to do with the crates callx shows the bracelet and says he obtained it there it has a Some Space Magic ability it's an extremely rare artifact with enough room to store all the crates cr's eyes go wide

and he asks where CeX got something like that our boy simply tells him to keep quiet and keep his secret he says that truly understanding something that valuable would be dangerous if others found out he then says he's heading out and CR agrees while still stunned kex thanks him as he leaves now he needed to focus on the objective thinking of the inventory the system window pops up he wonders if it's going to be as simple as a game he touches one of the crates and immediately it appears in the inventory as silver bars it

looks as easy as he imagined and he begin loading his inventory man the kids like Minecraft stacking everything in piles of 99 with all the treasure collected it was time to return he climbs the stairs and the men greet him saying that everyone is ready for the journey back but callx is looking around he wants to know if Lila still hasn't returned CR says no in questions whether maybe she betrayed them and flood that's why he never trusted her from the beginning cix tells him to wake up to reality it wasn't a coincidence that the

Sasquatches fled at that exact moment during the fight after explaining what happened everyone looks shocked CR says that attacking The sasquatch's Nest alone was a suicide mission even though he didn't like the girl he didn't want her to die like that CeX says he would have suggested sending Soldiers with her but since no one trusted her she had to go alone on that Venture CR realizes that Not only was he wrong but it was because of her that they survived our boy says that if she has a return it's because something must have happened thanks

to her they avoided countless sacrifices now was time to help her everyone stands at attention crot says he'll follow the Lord's orders the other Knights say that if she risked her life to save everyone they needed to help her meanwhile the clueless servant is just thinking that everything in this Mission has been trouble at least now as a knight he would complete his duty CX orders them to split into a squad to search for her while the rest will hide in the ruin he's considering two possibilities for what might have happened to Lila either she

was pursued by the Sasquatch leader or by the organization she belongs to at this moment he still believes it's the Sasquatches since no other pursuers have shown up yet besides he's certain she's careful enough not to be caught in the act the problem now is figuring out how to find her crot asks what they'll do next and CeX check that everyone is ready the plan for now was to head straight to the Sasquatch base and start avenging those monkeys before crot can protest callix places some herbs in his hands and tells him to burn them

it would produce a kind of oil that everyone should coat their weapons with he warns crot not to complain about the plan and crot just agrees CX looks up telling Lila to hold on sometime later they're spying on the sasquatch's base they're sure that only females and children are inside callx says they'll kill those inside first and soon enough the males will rush into the cave but the men look uneasy and ask if this is really okay since he already knows how dangerous the creatures are our boy tells them to see for themselves how powerful

the poison on their weapons is with that they step forward and the Sasquatches hear something the entire Army begins advancing toward them as the fight begins cix hears others approaching they run toward the cave and CeX since it's now their turn they follow some Footprints and our boy says he's sure Lelo wouldn't be defeated by those creatures that's why it'll follow the largest Footprints riding on Thomas' back they start running along the way Thomas asks if callx likes the woman he gets that's it after all she's a very attractive woman CX tells him to focus

on the mission and stop joking around but Thomas replies that he never imagined she would volunteer for something so dangerous callx responds that it's because she realized they needed her too at this moment the sheikin family is the only place that's good for her thinking about the girl's appearance callx knows that on Earth she'd be a celebrity but Lila doesn't care about that maybe it's because she's always lived with the urgency to survive the first large scale content of this game is called the invasion of jaboro and the faction living in these mountains play played

a direct role in that event perhaps from the very beginning selio was intentionally planning all of this inside the cave CR is amazed they won the man are cheering saying that just as the Lord said it was very easy to kill the Apes with the poison but they remind each other there's no time to rest and they quickly set off running again cran is impressed saying that when it comes to poison he truly respects CeX at the very least he hopes Lea is safe but then they spot someone lying on the ground blood at their

mouth on their way Thomas and CeX noticed something our boy is shocked to see Lila lying on the ground surrounded by two wolves Thomas runs ahead and slashes the first wolf while callix runs to help her the problem is that her wound is much deeper than he imagined he quickly uses a mid-tier potion and thankfully it seems to be enough the only problem is that her recovery will be gradual and she'll need several more Thomas returns saying he drove off the Wolves he helps our boys sit Lil up as CX gives her more potion her

skin color starts improving and they both feel relieved at that moment crot shows up and our boy says he arrived just in time suddenly the scene jumps forward to a week l later at chin Castle our boy who looks more like a beautiful girl is their training For Heaven's Sake right this kid is too weak he's at level 18 which isn't that bad he's only 15 years old and the average for an adult man is around level 20 nearby Russell watches and says that at least the boy's stamina is improving a lot he could say

that cix's physical condition wasn't bad at all crot comments that he seems completely different from the day they explored the ruins maybe he's taking some kind of secret potion the hard-headed guy is there all confident looking like something out of solo leveling he's says that his journey to level up has only just begun the servants suggests they start sword training right away but Russell says that C's body needs to recover first suddenly cix announces that he has something to resolve at the magical Tower today crot didn't know about this but our boy tells him to

get ready because he's coming along for the visit with that he begins to leave but Russell remarks that it seems cix now trusts CR a lot crot responds that he doesn't know why but he's certain the boy has exceptional Talent besides he genuinely cares about his subordinates and the people of the Kingdom Russell comments that lately it's been hard to understand the boy's actions and way of thinking crot says that while he may be talented he still needs a master to guide him but Russell counters that the priority right now is for CX to obtain

His official title he needs to complete the coming of age ceremony and advance to class 4 soon still the fear Russell once had about the future of the territory had disappeared he never imagined someone suitable would appear this early the scene shifts to the branch of the magical Tower in Shin's territory amidst an endless Library someone welcomes them our two boys appear and here comes another dangerous situation we're all thinking about Lila where is that girl who vanished after the rescue a woman welcomes the Beautiful Boy and the muscular man pulling them in and cheerfully

telling them to make themselves at home she seems strangely upbe for a mage she then asks if they'd like tea and uses telekinesis to set the cups in front of them as she touches the teapot steam begins to rise calex is impressed that an isolated place like this has a class five Mage her name is Rosen dreamwalker 32 years old though she looks 26 she serves the tea and asks why he looks so surprised CeX say say he didn't expect to meet someone as incredible as her in such a rural area strangely Crow is already

wondering if this woman is kx's type CX then says that if she can heat Tian instant she's at least a class five Mage he's certain that it's impossible for a woman in her 20s to achieve something like that without immense Talent the cheaty guy knows she's 32 but is just buttering her up right she's all flustered the fool fell for the Trap CR is about to comment that she's not in her 20s but our boy squeezes his arm the trick works and she's all happy but admits she's already over 30 our boy is the master

of charm and asks if she has any secrets for staying so youthful while she says all she does is wash her face with water crot is just sitting there listening to the two of them some time passes finally Rosen asks what brings the two of them to her Tower they were finally getting to the point cck says he's there to buy explosion Scrolls she's impress saying he must be a very unique client she tells him that 30 of those Scrolls would cost 600 gold but because he's such a cute boy she'll only charge him 500

our boy is thrilled to see that using his looks can get him a discount he asks if that won't get her into trouble Rosen reassures him saying she has the authority to adjust prices CX then says he actually has one more request it's a bit hard to say but he wants to borrow from the reserve fund that doesn't make her very happy she asks how much he's thinking of borrowing when he says 60,000 the woman spits out her tea of course she says there's no way she can lend that much money but our boy reveals

that he'll leave gold coins and silver bars as collateral and until he pays it back she can also charge interest At The Mention Of Interest Rosen who clearly has a bit of a lone sharp Vibe starts looking excited Alex explains that it'll only be a short-term loan but he really needs it that's because it would be Madness for Gerard to find out he's using the very coins CX stole from him callx knows this is the only place he can get 60,000 gold Rosen lowers her head apologizes and says that unfortunately it's just too much kellex

didn't expect that it seems his favorability wasn't high enough or maybe he was just too hasty she adds that she's sure the supervisor would reject it but then she suggests an alternative covering her mouth with her hand she says the people at Central headquarters don't keep much of an eye on her area maybe it's possible to do it but it would have to remain a secret between the three of them if he pays it back within 6 months there won't be any problems but as soon as the 6 months passed she would sell all the

gold and silver to recover the money our boy is thrilled that was exactly his plan Mages are greedy because they need resources to conduct their research and she was definitely thinking he wouldn't have the money to pay it back so she pocket all the interest he bows deeply and thanks her saying he'd be very relieved if she could do this meanwhile he's thinking that now he's resolved the debt with Gerard speaking of the fool he's sitting in front of a subordinate demanding the map he slams it on the table Furious because it seems that one

of the patrols near the Vault has disappeared he begins to wonder if he's in any danger that's when he realizes that if someone had a direct path to the Vault it would take less than a day the guy is about to explode with rage immediately he orders everyone to prepare to head to the lands of Golda the problem is that the direct path was very different Leela's former team runs head first into a Gollum with chard right behind them they have no choice but to attack the Golem swings its massive hand and they realize they

won't have time to dodge the fools get sent flying the weaker Guys nearby already know that if they try to advance they'll die too they didn't even need to get close they got flattened on the spot another man his hair turning white with fear shouts for caution but he gets crushed too man these guys are getting destroyed two more idiots panic and another Golem finishes them off Gerard stands there silent while the trainer of those men wonders why a gollem has appeared a creature like that doesn't form naturally which means there's at least a class

five Mage nearby he turns to Gerard and suggests they retreat but Gerard shouts at him to demanding to know why he's saying that no matter what happens they must press forward the path had to be cleared within 24 hours because they had tributes to pay to the marus even if everyone died in that place they were to keep moving forward back at the tower Rosen casually asks if they've received a little gift she wonders if it's something romantic like a lover or an affair our boy says no and she replies that in that case she'd

like to receive a gift from him just then Lila bursts through the door asking if there's really an old had trying to seduce her Lord callix enters and announces that all the loveish has already already been stored in the tower meanwhile Leila is just glaring at Rosen our boy thanks her for the good work and hands her something you then asked both of them to wait outside as they leave Lila asks why the prince was talking to that Mage crot just whistles saying he has no idea why inside Rosen is all happy and blushing saying

it's wonderful aroy gave her a necklace of golden pearls and she asked if he's really going to give her something like that he says it's a token of gratitude for the funds she's preparing for them this was of course the artifact the system had shown him he tells her not to forget to keep all of this a secet if they tried to do this the proper way the paperwork would never be approved but callx knows she's angling for the interest she'd earned on the loan for the magical Tower Rosen reassures him saying she'll keep that

in mind and that he can count on her she then asks why he wants so many explosion Scrolls was he preparing for a war CX is impressed by her skill in extracting information seriously though it's a normal question you bought 30 Scrolls that blow everything up he stands up and says he's not planting anything like that those Scrolls would only be used for mining she finds it odd that he used something so expensive just to dig ho she asks if he's found at Gold Mine CX is tired of how much information this woman is trying

to pull from him he waves goodbye saying they'll continue the conversation next time she looks surprised but smiles saying she's looking forward to it outside he finally has 60,000 gold in his inventory with that all the massive debts of the territory could be paid he's just anxious to see Gerard's reaction when he finds out his treasures were stolen while he knows he means nothing to CIO it's obvious he won't let the man who ordered his assassination get away with it they would pay for what they did even if they had no idea this an already

begun the Revenge wasn't over yet back at the gollem the men have wrapped chains around it trying to pull the creature down they' anchored It To The Ground pulling in all directions until they finally expose his core one of the men stabs it with a knife yelling for it to die and Strikes the center of his chest the core flares up releasing an explosion as the stones fly in every direction man the squad is in rough shape everyone is dead on the ground swords scattered bodies collapse one of the men says they managed to kill

the Golem but it costs 60% of their squad Gerard however tells him to stop complaining and to just opened the gates already they reach the door of The Hideout and a man brings the crystal ball forward but when he places it on the door it displays a message user invalid an unauthorized access is detected and the security measures begin to activate a warning sounds telling them to step away from the area within 1880 seconds the man insists and tries to place the crystal ball once more but of course the error is the same and Gerard

kicks the door in frustration unable to understand what's happening he has no idea why it isn't working the man next to him warns that it's better for them to back away because they have no clue what these security measures are with that they start running while the door remains intact it enters stage one of the interception program the security measure was to summon numerous creatures that would attack anyone within a defined range back in the carriage our boy asks Lila where she heard that she replies that she heard it while he was flirting with that

Mage our boy notices she seems a little angry and says he wouldn't do something like that it was all business however he wanted to ask her something what would happen if he betrayed selio she looks confused and asks why he's even thinking about betraying the Viscount AR Bo says he just wants to know what kind of person selio is the type to let his subordinates mistakes slide she explains that no he's an extremely perfectionist man a person who would never tolerate failure in any form our boy then wants to know what would happen to Gerard

if the discount found out Leila says she has no idea but Gerard is also not someone who would accept being killed so easily he would probably try to survive at any cost it's obvious he wouldn't hesitate to betray the discount if necessary our boy thinks to himself that it's obvious Gerard wouldn't let himself be killed so easily meanwhile Lea is watching him realizing that the boy is planning something on his own again looking at his San colored eyes she doesn't know what this strange feeling is and our boy is deep in thought feeling like he's

missing something back in the lands of GAA the men have finally exterminated the monsters the problem is that the viscount's forces have also been almost completely wiped out Gerard orders them to bring reinforcements and to open that door there was no way to enter normally so they had to use explosion Scrolls they blow up the entire door and the entrance is now open but the man already had a bad feeling about this inside they realize the treasures are not there desperate he orders the men to quickly find the silver everyone runs around searching of course

they won't find anything one of them eventually finds a scroll on the ground he opens it wondering what it is it's an explosive boom everyone sent to the afterlife when Gerard gets up he has no idea what just happened most of the men who ran off to look for the treasure are now buried under Rubble at that moment Gerard already knows with what just happened they will be executed by Viscount selio it's time to activate an emergency plan he approaches one of the men and tells him he's always been grateful for his service out of

nowhere another man comes from behind and finishes him off fard tells the man not to blame himself because he did everything right it's just that the secret couldn't leave that place with that another one is dead the friend of the Fallen man says that someone named Cape definitely won't stay quiet about this they probably sense something abnormal in the region and will soon figure everything out Gerard replies that it doesn't matter all they can do now is follow the emergency plan the scene shifts to Viscount cio's Villa Gerard is there and the old man says

nothing he just stands there until finally he says he heard the story immediately Gerard throws himself to the ground banging his head and begs for forgiveness selio says he doesn't care about apologies since results are the only thing that matters he wants to know where the silver he had saved for the greater cause has gone Gerard says it must be the work of some tomb Raiders he explains that somehow they must have dubed their way in within a day the man says that doesn't make sense since the security system would have been activated not to

mention it would take a long time to dig that deep Gerard lies saying that most of the silver coins are still there there's no way a handful of Tomb Raiders could have stolen everything in such a short span of time besides they're already keeping an eye on all the merchants in the region to see where the precious medals will end up once that happens they'll Ambush them silver coins aren't something you can take far away very easily eventually whoever stole them will return to sell them selio says he understands and warns that it's best to

capture those people as soon as they return Gerard assures him there's nothing to worry about it will be done salvio goes to a drawer and says they need to apply pressure until these thieves return every last coin however something had to happen of course dard had received his punishment the poor man begs to be spared but the whip comes down on his back selio curses him as a slay bastard and asks if he's really mocking him Gerard is just there thinking that somehow he has to endure this hell selio continues whipping him shouting that the

biggest problem is that he lost half of the Shadow forces something they had been training for so long became useless because of him after a great deal of affection on Gerard's back selio pauses for a moment he Mourns that his complaints are nothing but if a is the greater cause that's a whole different story he warns that from now on Gerard no longer has any authority over the shadow forces and he can only act after receiving permission from him Gerard of course simply replies that he understands the man then says that they urgently need tribute

money now he orders Gerard to inform the shikin territory that they will begin the process of confiscating their assets even if they don't have much of value would be enough to help with the tributes it's not possible to take anything from shikin then Gerard himself would have to sell what he owns to pay the bills Gerard just says he understands and tells him not to worry meanwhile he's thinking to himself that there's no way he's losing everything he works so hard to get selio sits back in his chair and reminds him that he hasn't been

forgiven he'll have to find that silver and if he doesn't he already knows what will happen sweating profusely Gerard simply replies that he understands and Bows deeply outside Gerard's friend asks if he's okay he hands him a potion and tells him to recover quickly Gerard drinks it and the man tosses him a cloak saying they need to return to the base soon however Gerard wants to know where this jackob is the man responds that Kobe drank too much and after the fight he hasn't been able to do anything but recently they added a desert boy

who looks like Prince CeX Gerard scoffs saying he doesn't like desert folks because of their sunburned skin however he wants to know how the rest of the preparations are going the friend replies that everything will be ready in 3 days the problem is whether they'll be able to escape easily the man reassures him saying not to worry half of the squad is dead or injured and the remaining ones are just low-level thugs so this was the perfect opportunity maybe all these events were a blessing in disguise after all the more money they had to build

a new life the better it would be to escape however Gerard doesn't look convinced he believes that the boy from the sheikin family has already won the succession battle easily so it probably won't be that simple a few days pass crot enters the room and calls for the two of them he announces that Gerard and mythus have come to visit it's probably because of the debts Russell says it's exactly as the prince had predicted he tells CR to accompany the prince to meet with the men Russell wasn't going to get involved in this anymore because

he believed the boy was capable of leading the territory crot says he understands meanwhile Gerard ever the lumic looks flushed saying the boy's physique is improving day by day but our boy simply replies that he doesn't greet unnecessary people and that Gerard's arrogant attitude was already testing his patience so it was better to get straight to the point Gerard says that if CX is so eager help be direct too he opens his arms and announces that the official confiscation would begin he had determined that the Sheik and territory wouldn't be able to pay the 60,000

gold so they would take everything there is collateral for that amount aroy asks what Gerard will do if he refuses with a finger to his nose Gerard replies that he'll call for a senior official to ensure CX doesn't escape and obviously a forced audit of the territory would happen Crow insults Gerard but the man replies that this isn't a time for violence it's just that he needs to be a bit more assertive in recovering his funds as much as he also thinks this is the worst case scenario our boy says that if Gerard really thinks

it's that bad he should delay the payment even further Gerard replies that if CeX were a little more sincere maybe that could happen at that moment crot realizes the man is suddenly asking for a bribe but CX feels that paying off the debt now would just leave him at a loss however to avoid complicating things for now he decides to stick to the usual script he announces that he has managed to gather most of the money so there's no me for him to be sincere at all Gerard suddenly stands up in demands to know how

he gathered 60,000 our boy asks why he looks so angry and surprised was this a good thing he places the official notes on the table and says all the values are legitimate Gerard knows that those notes are indeed government issued but how the hell did this kid manage to gather 60,000 in such a short time that's when Gerard has the idea to take this money and flee with it it would be much better than escaping with gold and silver so maybe this was the perfect chance to go to another country CX places a silver bar

on the table and asks if Gerard wants to verify it he explains that he has 32 pieces of these in 420 crates at that moment Gerard recognizes those as the very silver bars he had hidden from the Viscount now everything starts to make sense the Viscount thought Gerard was only cting a few silver coins and some copper but Gerard had been secretly using the hidden mines to amass far more resources in stash them away now that CX knows about it it's hard for Gerard to go against him because he'd be reported to the Viscount if

selio discovered this Gerard would obviously be executed kellex then tells Gerard they don't need to pretend anymore about what's happening here and he asks Gerard what he thinks his fate will be since CeX is a kind boy he'll give him two choices either he confesses that he was stealing for selio and faces punishment or he betrays the Viscount and flees this place Gerard is just seething the frustration while the Moy knows that Gerard is completely cornered to give him a sliver of Hope and help the man out he decides to take action KX tells Gerard

that he will help him survive if he chooses to flee this was a very rare opportunity so he wants to hear Gerard's answer crot seems a bit confused about the prince's plan Gerard replies that just helping him escape the territory isn't enough our boy says he can provide solid support to ensure no one touches him Gerard asks if the prince is trying to make him serve him Callis responds that Gerard is already hated by the most powerful person in this region so obviously that wouldn't be a good deal Gerard then says that if he had

someone even more powerful than that man surely the prince would be the one conceeding CX replies that Gerard has finally understood and places a sheet of paper in front of him he says that once Gerard signs it he'll reveal the plan the paper states that the shikin territory has already paid off all its debts to Mer's companies The Lunatic starts laughing saying that CeX really is terrifying it seems the boy has been deceiving the entire world this whole time jard says he'll sign because he has no other option after all he doesn't want to become

an enemy of the blonde boy our boy thanks him while Gerard thinks to himself that eventually he'll managed to get a like on this video that helps mamorial make more juicy content for his viewers activate the cheeky little bell and I'm out