“According to Countess Line, it seems that more than half of the noble council harbors dissatisfaction with the current Kurain royal regime.”
After the Countess and her husband left, the group gathered in the study, sharing the information they had gathered.
“Even if the majority is discontent, we can’t overcome Kurain Duke, who controls the demons, with commoners.”
Kite nodded in agreement with Ruela’s words.
“I also emphasized that point and advised against hasty actions. We’ll support you, so for now, let’s focus on gathering information.”
“When Kite said that, you should have seen the Count’s expression. It was as if he couldn’t understand why we would help.”
Raphael chuckled as he distributed the vials Ruela had made to his companions.
“Uh, I don’t have any mana recovery potions left.”
At Tien’s words, Ruela placed the last healing potion on the table and said, “Tomorrow, I’ll have to go herb gathering for real.”
“Since there are no more quests giving items like stoves, right?”
Ruela checked her quest list.
Since leveling up by completing quests one by one wasn’t the case, there were currently no quests offering interesting tools.
Later, after defeating Kurain Duke, they would have to clear all the low-level zone quests when they had time.
“For now, there aren’t any. Let’s revisit the 1st level quests when we have time.”
The teammates nodded, understanding that they first needed to deal with capturing Kurain Duke.
Attempting to lighten the slightly heavy atmosphere, Hazen asked a question.
“Where should we go for the next demon? If we know the strategy beforehand, it might be easier.”
People who used to follow his orders blindly were now trying to study and learn about strategies in advance. Unfortunately, there was no longer information posted on the talk boards.
After contemplating how to respond, Ruela decided to be honest.
“As it’s now a competitive content to capture Kurain Duke first, there are no strategy posts being uploaded anymore. People are not sharing information, not only about strategies but even about the demon’s habitat or identity. All we know about the next demon is its name, ‘Knight Partago.'”
Upon hearing Ruela’s words, everyone’s complexion darkened.
It seemed they were realizing that time was running out.
“Is there any way to find out how far the team that has made the most progress has gotten?”
“Yes. They’ve obtained five keys. It was mentioned in the notice, so currently, that team is in first place.”
“Five keys…”
Kite muttered in disbelief. If Ruela hadn’t seen that notice, she might have thought their progress wasn’t as slow as it actually was.
“When you collect letter fragments, you’re supposed to be able to find information about the next demon, but no matter how much I read, I don’t understand.”
Hazen, trying to align the letters, swung his hands around in the air and spoke with a gloomy voice.
“Until now, we’ve been capturing demons comfortably.”
Raphael, feeling that there was no information, gazed through the map and sighed.
“What should we do? Hunting the guys who give keys for leveling up is the quickest, but if things continue like this, leveling up will be difficult for a while. Are we going to stay like this until we find out about the next demon?”
Kite, after contemplating for a moment, spoke.
“How about hunting the demons we caught before again? Like Vincentina or Horina, for example. It might be better than waiting until we find the demon with the next key.”
“We already killed them. Will they appear again?”
In response to Mitchell’s question, Ruela answered.
“As I mentioned before, in the place I originally belonged to, demons used to respawn after a certain period. So, shall we go to where Vincentina is tomorrow? If demons reappear, there are already four demons there, and with the hidden one, we can gain a considerable amount of experience.”
“If we defeat that hidden named boss we missed before, we might also get a letter fragment. It’s a good idea to capture it this time and get the clues we missed last time.”
Everyone agreed with Kite’s suggestion.
When it seemed like the conversation was wrapping up, Hazen spoke.
“Shall we all go have dinner then? Emma said she prepared a lot of delicious food to celebrate the arrival of the new aides. Let’s have a party. Also, we need to organize the supplies as we brought back a full ship of them.”
Ruela stood up from her seat and asked.
“Do we have any vacant rooms underground?”
“Other than the space used as a furniture warehouse, everything else is empty.”
Ruela nodded at Hazen’s reply.
“That’s great. We can make that into a food storage. I’ll designate it as a housing system right away.”
After saying that, Ruela left the study, and Tien quickly followed, asking a question.
“If we store food in the designated location, will it really not spoil?”
“Yes. Unless I die and the housing system is released, never.”
“Don’t even joke about dying.”
Kite, who had been following them, spoke in a threatening tone.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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