System vs Rebirth

"I've returned, Grand Protector." The prime minister of the Atracaeca Kingdom kneeled on one knee before the Grand Protector and other Great Protectors.

"Mhmm. I believe you have brought good news for us, am I right?" The Grand Protector asked with a grim expression.

"Yes, Grand Protector. The connection with the Ardagan family has been established. The condition is actually much more favorable for us than anything we've imagined."

"Is that so? Can you recount everything for all of us here?" The Grand Protector asked.

"Yes, sir."

…

Ten days ago.

The prime minister and Noel were sitting in front of each other.

The prime minister felt pressured. He didn't want to mess up this meeting. At the same time, with his power as a Great Protector, he could see Noel's true strength. No matter what he did, he couldn't defeat Noel.

"I have read the official letter from the Atracaeca Kingdom. I'm looking at it positively…" Noel didn't beat around the bush since it would just make the situation more awkward.

"!!!" The prime minister's eyes lit up.

However, Noel raised one finger. "But before we reach that point, shall we discuss the condition?"

"Ah, yes!" The prime minister nodded. As a great noble, there was no way Noel would just swallow the extortion from their second prince. In addition, the Atracaeca Kingdom is utilizing the trade ban because this would be their chance to settle their grievance.

The prime minister raised two fingers. "I've heard that your territory is currently in need of materials. So…"

Noel raised his hand, stopping him. "I apologize for stopping you here, but I'd like to decline your support regarding this."

"Mhmm?" The prime minister raised his eyebrows, not expecting that Noel would reject him so flatly. "What do you mean, Marquis Ardagan?"

"You're misunderstanding something. My territory isn't really facing any trouble."

The prime minister couldn't help but frown. He thought, 'Is he underestimating us? No. He might stop me because it's rather useless to send those materials because the cost will be much higher. This place is located in the very north of the Muivell Kingdom, while our capital is located in the very south. They are the exact opposite and it'll take days, if not weeks, to travel.

useless. Is that why he stops me? We have thought about this problem before departure, but we don't have anything else to offer. The Atracaeca

minister suddenly thought of something. He muttered, "Our

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seemed he had guessed it right. If they were talking about specialty, the Atracaeca Kingdom had three of them: slaves, glass,

and silk… Are you asking us to hand over one of our specialties to resolve the conflict, Marquis?" The prime minister never thought Noel would be this greedy. He instantly raised his guard, not planning to agree to anything if it would just

the food. It shouldn't be that significant for you, right? You can consider it

prime minister looked surprised. He had seen the teaching method and knew how effective it was. The kingdom also thought that if they could combine this guide with their enrollment in the Rune Academy, they would be

it was important, it wasn't at the rune teaching guide's level. "Are you sure about

killed a lot of demons recently. And because of that, I don't have any way of preserving their meat and have no choice but to dispose of them. You can see it as your preservation method has

contemplated. "…understandable. But isn't this

felt like a trap. In addition, they wronged Noel in the past to the point

than be petty." Noel shrugged with a calm expression. "If the Atracaeca Kingdom can punish

aback by the request. Noel simply looked too good as

his character further, the prime minister asked, "In that case,

I'd like to purchase a huge amount of glass from the

way, they could form a trade as equals. "In that case, we can trade in

enter through the formal channel. I will pay for the tax." Noel

excuse me, but aren't you having a conflict with

but it doesn't change the fact that we have

minister finally understood what Noel was thinking. It explained everything if Noel focused on demons instead of all these

feel indebted to me, you can just promise me

something from

sure yet, but… there is

recorded in history—will come

minister fell into deep thought. 'The biggest calamity in history… is it something close to the one that attacked him not long ago? No, if we're talking about the biggest calamity, it might be that calamity that the four kingdoms

not wrong, that Demon King was slain by someone from the Muivell Kingdom, the one known as the only person to reach the level of the Spirit King. Wait a

him and added

King in the legend is related to the Ardagan family? If that's true, does that mean a Demon King will come to this land once again? A Spirit Transcendence can only

imminent danger, he chose to prepare for

to connect another dot to Noel's words. 'The Supreme Devil Organization. They managed to control the demons… which only a Demon King could do. Judging the history between Marquis Ardagan and the Supreme Devil Organization, there's a chance that he has seen the potential of a Demon King hiding behind the

ended up sucking a cold breath. He didn't know if this was true, but if he returned and proved his speculation, there was no way he would

preservation method that you can easily replicate in