Leonhart was not someone who was good at sneak attacks or at using underhanded means. So without his strength, it was quite hard for him to defeat anyone. Leonhart was very much dependent on his incredible strength to solve most of his problems. So without that strength, he was having trouble solving any of his problems.

Having dependency on your strength was not a bad thing. It would not restrict him from becoming a good emperor. But if he wanted to take a step further and wanted to become a great emperor, then he needed to solve this problem.

...

The fat bearkin came close to Leonhart and sized him up. He heard from the guards that this scrawny beastkin could hunt several rabbits and squirrels easily. Even tho rabbits and squirrels were not very strong prey, they were small and fast, so many beastkins had trouble hunting them.

That was the reason why the guards did not stop Leonhart from entering the forest at first as they thought that he would not be able to hunt anything. So when he was actually able to easily hunt the small animals, they became very surprised and were late in stopping Leonhart from eating the rabbit and the squirrel's meat.

So, they decided not to kill him outright and told their superiors about Leonhart's good talent for hunting. Now Botheven came here to judge the man. But after seeing him once he became disappointed as he did not like someone strong. But still he decided to ask him some questions.

"What is your name ?"

Leonhart knew that in his current situation he was unable to harm him so he decided to act modestly and replied -

"I'm Joten, respected sir."

Joten was the name of the person whose body Leonhart was occupying.

"Hmm, I heard that you're good at hunting. Is it true ?"

"I had lived with a great hunter for some time. So I know a thing or two."

"Umm, I am impressed with your talent. So if you're willing to kneel and apologize to me for trespassing in my property then I will forgive your crime and would even allow you to join my company as a hunter. Fuhaha."

Botheven was obviously waiting for the beggar to kneel down and apologize to him. But currently in the heart of Leonhart, a storm was raging. He knew that if he could just swallow down his pride and kneel then the rest of the stage would become very easy for him. But he heart was unwilling to bow down to a scum like him.

Soon the conflict in Leonhart's heart came to an end and he made a decision. Leonhart instantly accelerated and sank his fangs on Botheven's throat. But as soon as he was able to pierce his fangs a little bit the guards surrounding Botheven came back to their senses and attacked Leonhart. The enraged guards attacks were enough to put an end to the malnourished body that Leonhart was occupying but before completely dying he at least sent Botheven to the embrace of the death goddess.

This time Leonhart had failed to clear the stage.

...

After waking up, Leonhart found himself in a golden space. He was in his own physical body and was feeling perfectly fine. Soon he heard the voice of the tower.

"Emperor Leonhart, you were unable to fulfill the clearing condition for the fifth stage. But the answer you chose was something that the beast god-sama himself preferred. So for that reason, you will be given a special chance."

"Your score from all the previous stages would be calculated and if you can cross get a good average score for all rounds. Only then you will be given the permission to go to the sixth stage. Do remember, you will not be able to advance to the seventh stage even if you end up clearing the sixth one. For the fifth stage you would be given the minimum passing score."

Saying so the spirit of the tower displayed a screen in front of Leonhart and started to write his scores on that screen.

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First Stage -> 792

Second Stage -> 830

Third Stage -> 725

Fourth Stage -> 1000

Average -> 836.75

Result -> passed

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And just like that Leonhart was able to get a special chance to challenge the sixth stage. He needed to have an average score of 750 or higher to pass the round and he was able to easily get a higher average than that. So as the next stage would be his last, he needed to do his absolute best.

...

After disappearing from the golden space, Leonhart appeared inside a luxurious room. He found himself in the body of a young lionkin and the memories of that Lionkin also appeared in his mind.

This lionkin was the fifth prince of a medium sized nation, and his father, the king's health was getting worse after he got injured by a poisonous monster. So all the princes were in the middle of a succession battle.

The plot was very similar to the fourth round but this time, Leonhart was in the position of a prince who wanted to get the throne. His clearing condition for this stage was to become one of the 3 chosen crowns and for perfect clear he had to become the sole ruler of the whole nation.

Actually, the king had decided to divide the medium sized nation into three small nations and he would make three of the princes to become the rulers of these three small nations. If any one of them could reunite the nation then it would be a great thing and even if they can't it would still be fine.

In this nation, only the male prince could have the right to the throne, so all the princesses were already out of the equation. The nation had a total of 11 princes and they were currently fighting each other to get the three spots.

Leonhart was the fifth prince named Arnold. His faction was very moderate, not very strong and not very weak. He had the support of a marquis as he was the son in law of that marquis. And as a ruler this person also had a completely average ability as he was not very good at it but was also not very bad at it either.

But now Leonhart had taken over this average prince's body, so he would not stay average anymore. Now Leonhart needed to take immediate action if he wanted to become one of the three crowns.

He called his personal maid and butler and asked them to bring him the documents related to his faction. He also asked them to bring any of the reports that they had about the factions of the other princes.

In the past even tho the fifth prince checked the reports, he did not pay much attention to it. So Leonhart was sure that there would be many things that he had overlooked. So, he decided to go through all the documents himself to get a better idea about the current situation of the succession battle.

After spending a whole day reading all the documents thoroughly Leonhart was pleasantly surprised to see that the condition of the fifth prince's faction was way better than what he had expected. His father in law was truly a capable man. And his fiance was also quite brilliant and those two had managed his faction quite well.

Now Leonhart's own work would become easier for the reason which was a good thing. And he also found out that among the 10 other princes, 5 of their factions were doing very terribly. So his competition was also a lot easier than what he had expected.

He then booked a meeting with his fiance and his father in law in the evening. They were the only big supporter that he had so he wanted to share some of his plans with them, as he would need their support to execute the plans.

...

Marquis Janther was a large wolfkin. He was currently waiting for his son in law, the fifth prince, Arnold alongside his daughter.

"Father, why do you think prince Arnold suddenly asked for a meeting ?"

His daughter, Bianca was quite capable but she was infatuated with the fifth prince. Janther himself did not have any complaints about Arnold but he had nothing to praise him for either.

"I am not sure. But I think the prince wants to give up some kind of instructions. Let's just wait."

Soon the door of the room opened and an average looking lionkin entered the room. Even though he looked very average, he still had some kind of extraordinary aura around him and that gave the young man a mysterious presence.

But today he suddenly looked a lot different. He still had that mysterious aura but with he Janther could also sense an overbearing confidence from the boy, that he did not have before. This made his looked even more mysterious than before.

"Good evening, marquis Janther, wifey Bianca. Sorry for my sudden summon. I actually suddenly got motivated to become one of the three crowns as I want to do my best to make wifey the happiest woman. So I thought up some plans and I would like to know father in law's opinion on it."

Now Leonhart had another throne to conquer.

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