"May I enter?" I inquired.In comparison to the guy collecting the entrance charge at the door, the man watching over the library was more competent."Enter," the guy said.I had just taken a step inside when the man grabbed my arm and shouted, "Wait."I looked back and fixed my gaze on him.The only thing the guy could do was frown. He scanned the area with his eyes, looking left and right. Finally, he stated, "Nothing. It could only be my imagination." He waved his hand and silently shut the door in my face.In that one split second when they entered the library, I was certain the guy sensed the presence of my pursuers. Laughable in a big way.I'm curious whether the wizard perched atop the tower discovered anything unusual. If he hadn't, I would have dramatically exaggerated his ability."Books." I exhaled a sigh."I used to despise books. Those concepts, computations, and formulae all required learning on my part. It made me feel ill. But now that my Intelligence level has explode
Richard got the news from his men. They followed Ethan for two days but saw nothing unusual during that time. The same might be said of his servants and bodyguards. On the other hand, the noble's routine was so lacklustre that they first had doubts about it, supposing that the young guy was bluffing.After all, it was uncommon to encounter a child who was so engrossed in reading that he remained stationary for more than a dozen hours inside the library.They discovered that the young man was only reading history after carefully examining the books he had been reading. The content wasn't very noteworthy, but it was definitely something the nobility could have used.Richard even recruited a specialist to look for any hidden messages in the books, but the specialist came up empty-handed."Although having certain interests is not unusual for nobility, isn't it over the top? He has been reading books in the library for the past three days, right?"Even the chubby merchant found it difficu
Ice Demon City.It had been a week since Baron Ethan and his merry band of misfits had set out towards Vermillion City. The duty of monitoring and watching over the city fell to Dray and Nero.Dray currently lived in his own home, which was connected to the dungeon below by a sizable hole.The villagers and kids would come to play with him every morning, and people would stop to chat with him.And he'd teach them how to use an axe.He was already too darn good-looking for anyone to dislike, and he could now blend in just fine as a regular person.It was late at night.Dray sat on his bed after the kids had departed and released his senses around the city. It was becoming increasingly difficult for him to level up even once now that his level had risen.Their previous advantage of quickly levelling has nearly evaporated.Suddenly.Dray's eyes lit up as he sat peacefully with a spark of illumination.His awareness was already broad enough to include the entire city because he was an A-r
One of the killers yelled in a hushed voice, "Answer me!"The assassin remarked in shame, "At your level, there should be no need for you to lie!He assumed Dray was mocking them out of boredom."Seriously?"Dray sighed, shaking his head.No one believes the truth nowadays, unfortunately. It was quite challenging. Monsters, on the other hand, do not lie, although humans are extremely deceiving and cunning.It was disgraceful for someone like him, who preferred to communicate with an axe and a fist, to use words to deceive or dupe adversaries.Humans lacked the most fundamental form of trust."I'm keeping watch over this city. You cannot storm in. I can act as if nothing happened tonight if you leave right now."Dray didn't elaborate more and talked in a lighter tone. He'd uttered this statement four or five times this week.Wise had advised them not to kill on the spur of the moment and to let the invaders leave if they posed no threat. And Dray could see that these two killers posed
Beast KingdomThe kingdom eschewed towns and was instead based on tribes. Several tribes would reign over their own territories.Maruk, the Cyclops tribe's leader and a cyclops beastmen, furrowed his eyebrow as he read the battlefield briefings. His huge eye, which spanned half of his head, was quivering with rage."Martin!" He cursed, causing the entire hall to shake. His subordinates trembled and averted their gaze.Martin, the Mercenary Guild Master, had probably stopped the beastman's progress on the First Fort for the fourth time.As the commander of the cyclops tribe tasked by the Beast Queen with taking over the First Fort, Maruk bore the brunt of the blame.He even got a warning from a Beast Guardian, who said he would lose his position as the Cyclops Tribe's leader if he didn't succeed in taking the First Fort.He barely had six months.On the outskirts of the Brightwing Empire, there sat a little castle called First Fort. Taking it over would not draw the Empire's notice and
Aldo and all of the villagers eventually reached their goal after navigating the woods. The trip should only take a week by cart in a regular situation. With so many malnourished people on their side, they had no alternative but to proceed slowly, carefully feeding the locals to help them regain their strength.Fortunately, the young lord had provided them with enough meat and provisions to get them through the trip."That's Ice Demon City." Aldo said. They could see the various residences that appeared to be recently constructed in all directions from where they were standing. There were no actual walls, and just two sides of the entire city were fortified.It appeared like there had never been a monster attack there because they could not even make out any watchtowers.The locals couldn't understand how the city could have such weak fortifications when it was surrounded by such a vast forest.Were they not afraid about monsters attacking?If the villagers discovered that monsters ma
"The baron and Baron Ethan had departed for Vermillion City to conduct the sale of the diamonds, Madame. They'll be back soon." Wise responded politely. The only other person with whom he would converse in this manner was his master's mother.Lise grumbled. "After becoming a baron, he became quite busy. I may have been better off letting him remain in the capital." She hadn't seen her son in a long time.They only ever got together for lunch and supper.Lisa may realize how much effort her kid was putting in to spend time with her if she knew he had to change bodies every time he ate lunch and supper."My kid is already engaged to be married. Little Wise, did his fiancee send him any letters informing him of her expected arrival date?"Lisa was already dreaming about a swarm of toddlers, six boys and six girls—circling her and calling her grandmother. When she thought about it, her cheeks flushed and brightened.Wise, on the other hand, could discern that whatever the madam was thinki
"S-Sir Mason..." One of the workers made an attempt to beg but was met with a scary gaze instead."You people fighting about such trivial things, I find it incomprehensible.""But the houses were erected by us—""With the money of the young master!" growled Mason. Mason's wrath was unprecedented among the labourers. They shook under his ferocious look.They were unaware that Mason was staking his wager that the Young Master would raise Ice Demon City to new heights.Even though he was aware of how challenging it would be, he had already been persuaded by some of the young master's abilities. He expected several difficulties on the way, but he didn't anticipate the first to be the people who live within the city!That completely infuriated him."You all put a lot of effort into building it, but ultimately, the Young Master still rules over the entire city! It belongs to him! Despite your inexperience as a worker, he simply provided you with all the jobs because he wanted you to have a