"Haha… Sir Lucien, you are placing too much hope in that coward Kurma. He doesn't have the guts to accept this mission even if you double the reward."

It was surprisingly Balthor who once again jumped from the corner directly onto the stage like before.

But this time, he didn't approach Lucien and instead laughed loudly, mocking Kurma as always.

"Besides, even if he accepts the mission, with his meager power, can he kill that Viscount?"

Balthor said while looking at Kurma disdainfully. This guy really didn't like him and used every moment he got to mock him mercilessly.

"Heh… how about you accept it then? Let's see if you are so capable."

Kurma said, totally annoyed by this stupid, big giant.

Was the problem here whether he could kill the Viscount or not?

"Tch… why am I not capable? I, Balthor, am more than capable of killing that mere Viscount."

Surprisingly, Balthor directly accepted Kurma's taunt, making everyone surprised. They didn't know someone could be so stupid as to say those things loudly in front of everyone.

'Is this guy courting death?'

That was the thought of everyone when suddenly they saw Balthor turn around, facing Lucien awkwardly.

"Just, with my bare hands, it is too hard to kill that guy along with his pets. And that weapon is of no use to me."

The giant said, signaling at the scythe in Lucien's hand. Although it was an impressive weapon, like he said, his body wasn't suitable to wield it for fighting.

"So, I was thinking… if Sir Lucien can give me a rare rank weapon, preferably an axe, in advance… I… I swear that I will kill Viscount Aldren with my own hand."

"What do you think?"

Finally, Balthor spoke, making clear what his aim was. It was nothing more than trying to gain a weapon of rare rank for nothing.

His motive was so obvious that everyone in the audience couldn't help but feel speechless.

This guy clearly wanted to get a weapon before he completed the mission. If Lucien really gave it to him like he said, wouldn't he just run away?

Why would he go fight Viscount Aldren just for a promise?

'Sigh… this guy is hopelessly stupid.'

Kurma felt that he shouldn't take Balthor seriously at all. This guy only had muscles for a brain.

With such clumsy tricks that even a kid could see through, could he get a weapon of his choice?

He must be dreaming.

"Okay, deal!"

"WHAT!"

Only, to the surprise of Kurma, the audience, and even Velmara and Helena, Lucien directly agreed with a smile.

While Clara stayed wide-eyed, how could such a person get her rowdy princess? She couldn't understand, she really couldn't.

"Lucien, what are you saying?"

Helena, or rather Sera, quickly looked at Lucien in confusion before questioning him. She didn't believe Lucien didn't see what Balthor was doing.

But still, why would he…?

A rare rank weapon was a very precious thing to gamble like this.

'Kid, don't play around with the items inside the Vault. Malcolm said to be careful.'

Even Velmara silently warned Lucien as the items inside the Vault were too precious. It wasn't good to gather too many eyes even if he had some plans.

"Haha… don't worry, I know what I am doing."

Lucien heard Sera and said lightly in a whisper while playing with her naked thighs right below her cut, making her blush.

While for Velmara, he replied using his mana, and even gave an order lightly,

'I know the risk. Just… ask Grandpa if it is fine to kill all the people inside here, including Viscount Aldric and his son. Ask him to reply fast.'

Only, the order was so absurd that the wide eyes of the owl perched on his shoulder grew even wider.

'What?'

This time, not only Velmara, even Clara froze in shock as she intercepted Lucien's transmission sneakily to see what they were talking about.

But she never thought that he was actually planning a massacre.

'Is he crazy?'

'No need to get so surprised. I already felt that Viscount Aldric is here to take my life. So just ask Grandpa if there is any issue. Tell him everything is under control.'

Lucien spoke in a cold voice while smiling on the outside.

Even Helena, blushing and hiding her face against his chest, didn't know what he was planning, for his outward manner and inner intent did not match at all.

'This guy must be crazy. I need to take the princess out of this place.'

Clara thought in exasperation. After all, this time, due to Sera's request, she invited as many people as possible to attend this meeting.

There were over 400 people here, all in higher realms. And Lucien was clearly trying to massacre all of them out of the blue.

If this wasn't madness, she didn't know what was.

'Oh… and Clara, make sure to watch the princess. I mightn't be able to look after her at that time.'

Just when Clara thought she had to warn her princess and take her away from here, she suddenly heard Lucien's voice directly in her mind.

It seemed her sneaky move was already detected by him.

'Don't worry. These guys aren't innocent anyway. Don't forget what their job is.'

Lucien could feel what Velmara and Clara might be thinking, so he just lightly explained with no further elaboration.

With the upcoming Shadow Kingdom adventure, Lucien was already pressed for time. He didn't have enough time to slowly use his system.

After all, the World of Origin was extremely dangerous, and his power was clearly not enough.

And now, if he wanted to power up, without extracting debt from a large number of people, there was no way.

But his use of the system always left traces, which he didn't want anyone to know. So, to silence them, the only plausible method was to massacre them all.

Fortunately, all these guys were either here to kill him with Viscount Aldren, or here to loot him, or had innocent blood on their hands.

So, Lucien didn't feel much guilt. As long as his conscience was clear, he was going to use his system to the fullest and get stronger faster.

"Is this axe enough?"

So, Lucien didn't try to justify much. He looked at the stupefied giant in front and took out an axe out of nowhere in his hand, just like he took out the scythe before.

"Boom!"

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