Chapter 403 - Second Target (1/2)

Listening to Dalton's seemingly automated response, King Zeldrion could not help but press on his temples as he felt his rage rising. Although he had known Dalton for a very long time, even before he had become the king of Seraph Kingdom, he still could not help but ask the world sometimes as to why this genius mage had such a…unique personality.

Eventually, King Zeldrion let out a sigh as he asked Dalton, his tone seemingly begging, ”Can you take this situation seriously for once, Dalton? The existence of the whole kingdom is at stake here.”

”And why should I do that?” Dalton asked in response, his expression still indifferent.

But not for long.

”Oh…I don't know. If you let this problem become worse, then the Arcana Tower will be destroyed, all of the magic spells you've devised, as well as all of the possible magic you'll be able to craft in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if it would take you a century to devise yet another spell after that,” King Zeldrion said, taunting Dalton to make a move. Surprisingly, his tactic worked, with the expression on Dalton undergoing a slight change. However, after a few seconds, Dalton's expression returned to that of indifference once again.

As if King Zeldrion was going to have any of that.

”Also, if you don't help me out in planning a move to help save the kingdom, then it wouldn't be surprising for that being called The Great Calamity to destroy all of the knowledge repositories we have,” he continued. ”Think about it. Years, decades, even centuries of knowledge destroyed…just because you didn't help me out.”

”And also…” Just as King Zeldrion was about to hit the last nail on the coffin, a hint of fighting intent emanated from Dalton as a slight frown could be seen on his face. ”Don't you even dare say it.”

”Dare say what?” Still taunting Dalton to make a move, King Zeldrion shrugged his shoulders as he ignored what Dalton felt, continuing on with his reasons as he said, ”In any case, if you don't help me out in saving this kingdom from a future catastrophe, then there's a chance that your…what do you call it again? Tower of Sorcery? Monolith of Arcana? Well, whatever it may be…”

”It's. Bound. To. Be. Destroyed,” he said, emphasizing each every word. Fortunately, after King Zeldrion was finished with his reasons…

Crack.

Dalton had finally cracked, putting a small crack on the table in front of him as he gripped tightly on its edge. With an angry yet serious expression, he looked at King Zeldrion and said, ”You want my help? Then, I'll give you my fucking help alright.”

”Relocate all of the people in the provinces to the kingdom, that's the thing you should do,” Dalton started to explain the plan he had instantly formulated in a fit of rage. Nevertheless, amidst the rage, his mind was calm and cool as a cucumber. ”Considering the number of people that live in the provinces and the people that live in the cities, you'll be sacrificing a smaller number of people to get to the same end goal.”

”Of course, since you're the king, you can do at least that, right?” Dalton asked soon after, to which King Zeldrion nodded, waiting for Dalton to continue. ”With that, after that magic hating being destroys all of the cities, after realizing that there are no people in the provinces, it'll instantly head straight for this kingdom.”

”Naturally, I won't help you out on that shit unless that being targets my lifeblood,” he added. After that, he let out a long sigh, returning to his usual state. With a groan, he asked, ”There, you happy now, Zeldrion?”

”Very delighted, Dalton,” King Zeldrion responded with a smile on his face. ”You can head back now.”

”I better get something in exchange for this…” Dalton muttered as he opened up another rift, disappearing from the room King Zeldrion was in a few seconds later. With King Zeldrion now alone once more, he then exclaimed, ”Pass down my orders. All citizens from the provinces shall head to the kingdom at once. All of them must be in this kingdom within a day or less.”

”Your command shall be duly enacted, Your Majesty,” a polite voice resounded throughout the room a few seconds later.

”Oh, and also…”

”Give something to Dalton along the way, will you?”

…

With the last inhabitant of Nachthexen City killed, Nachthexen City was now a wasteland devoid of the people that used to live in it. Then again, Aurus did not care at all as to what the settlements he destroyed looked like at the very end. To him, what counted the most was the amount of levels he gained in terms of comprehending his Epiphany.

And surprisingly, after he checked how much his comprehension had improved, the primal instinct could not help but have the urge to set out once more, noticing that his comprehension had increased by 5 levels, now being at Level 54. Seeing that the rate of improvement was now similar to what it was when he started increasing his comprehension, the primal instinct finally came to the conclusion that if it wanted to maintain the same rate of improvement, it would need to find stronger and stronger beings to kill.