New Destination

It was dawn, and I purposely left the convoy and travel to my city with Nero and Solan that night.

We'd travel through a dungeon canal to get to the city as quickly as possible.

But there was something else I needed to do. The allied aristocrats have asked for a discussion with me.

I chuckled.

I was already aware of their plans. How could those old snobbish nobles not become greedy now that I had seized control of Ikan City?

Humans are blinded by greed. They appeared to have overlooked that the man who had been suppressing them, Count Forser, had died at my hands.

Stein and his troops accompanied the eight delegates of the allied noble armies to Ikan City.

He could only smile awkwardly because Baron Riel didn't want to give the allied nobility any respect, so he took on the job of accompanying them.

He didn't want some nobles tarnishing the baron's name, even if the baron didn't care.

I sat in the highest seat in the conference hall, barely nodding when the aristocrats approached.

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