Chapter 66 - Regent (1/2)

'”Give me control… over the city?” Letty widened her eyes: what she was Master talking about?

”Yeah, there's something called a regent that allows me to do so. Why, is there a problem?”

Letty's eyes seemed to have turned into tennis balls as she immediately shook her head, ”Master, I know what a regent is… the question is why? Why would you do that with a city you had to pour blood and sweat to conquer! I couldn't possibly accept such a position!”

Will struggled not to display any trace of anger on his face:

'Yeah, why would I do something like this? Oh, maybe because fucking Modus is an asshole! Fuck, if it weren't for Adelda my love, you think I'd just take this school shit lying down! Adelda my love, are you watching? This is all for you!'

”Well… I need to take care of a few things… researching the Dao, studying intent, secluded meditation… yeah, stuff like that.” Will smiled forcefully, veins popping on his forehead as he spat out a few excuses he had thought up on the spot. He couldn't just tell his subordinate that he was still going to school, could he?

After all, in her mind, he was a great master, a wise and mighty man with a deep understanding of the world!

Will's fake smile trembled slightly as he waited for a response; was it too much to ask for her to believe his bullshit?

'Amazing! As expected of Master, he speaks of so many incredible things many people would give up an arm and a leg to experience even just once as if he has experienced them all beforehand… and all with such annoyance!'

Letty's eyes lit up with newfound admiration. Noticing this, Will gulped and decided to add fuel to the fire. He coughed once and then nodded knowingly, ”Ahem, I don't have much time for taking care of mundane matters, so ruling over a city 24/7 would be below me.”

”If you become my regent, however, I can also focus on increasing my understanding of the Dao! With this, you should also be able to surpass level 50, so that's three birds with one stone!”

'Please, buy it!'

”Master…” Letty looked up, her eyes glittering with admiration, ”is so resourceful! Of course, how could I not think of that myself! You have opened my eyes!”

'She bought it! Fuck, why is it so easy to fool a top tier guide, I have no idea at all!'

Will cleared his voice and then smiled once again, pointing his finger right at Letty's excited face, ”Of course! Then, it is decided! From now on, you are to be my regent, Letty! Let's kick those bad parents of yours' asses and then conquer this world together!”

Letty widened her eyes in excitement: yes, this was the master she sought for! Powerful, resourceful and, above all, wise and knowledgeable!

'Wait, did I explain why I wanted to attack my own world?'

The two stared at each other in the eyes for a while, Letty was awed particularly due to the fact that Will had soloe'd a city like this with such a low level while Will mentally crossed his fingers for his idea to work. Then, after ten seconds had passed with nothing happening, Will finally spoke out, scratching his neck embarrassingly ”Oh, so it doesn't work like that… ehm, what am I supposed to do? Like, does it involve some kind of blood ritual? Or was I supposed to write down a contract?”

Letty gaped in surprise.

”Pfff… Ahaha!” She covered her mouth before bursting out laughing: strong and mighty, sure, but she had yet to grow accustomed to the more troublesome aspect of them all… his eccentricities!

Will knew what to do after all the information had been processed by him in a second, but he wanted to cheer her up a bit and lighten the heavy mood.

After recovering, Letty shook her head and spoke out ”Master, you only have to make a request and the system should take care of it!”

Will nodded with an expression that seemed to say so it was that simple…

”Ahem, System? Could you, like, make Letty my Regent and stuff?”

Ding! System notice, user Letitia Yiva The Third has been offered the position of Regent of city B30, Miami, by user Peerless Dao Master!

Just as the system notified Letty, a window appeared before her:

[Do you accept the position as Regent of B30 / Miami? This will allow you to change and have control over the city on subpar with the Lord who is actually in control – Peerless Dao Master.]

'Yes, yes, yes, I accept!'

Letty almost shouted out, barely containing herself. The young girl pursued her lips before nodding, ”I accept.”

Ding! User Letitia Yiva The Third is now appointed as Regent of B30!

Regent.

What was a regent? A regent was a person to whom a Lord would give, or more accurately share, the control over a city.

What's more, with this position alone, a user would be able to pass the bottleneck that was level 49 as if he or she were an actual Lord.

This information, Will had also been told it when he had first heard of it from Alice a while ago but he had sliced it from his mind thinking it to be useless, of course, at the time, Alice had just tossed it out without thinking too much about it. After all, how could she have ever guessed that such boorish, eccentric and overconfident (at least in her own opinion) youth would turn into a Lord any time soon?

'Now that I think about it… I guess I should give her something in exchange for her help, shouldn't I? Mmm…'

Will's eyes fell on the System Notice from the boss battle that he had yet to dispel and his gaze fell on the rewards. His eyes lit up slightly and at the same time, he felt his heartache.

'Yeah, sure why not? It's not like I'd need it anytime soon anyway…'

Will swallowed down his tears as is trembling hands signaled for the rewards to be acquired and sent into the default storage.