System vs Rebirth

"How is the preparation?" The king asked. He was holding a meeting with only a few trusted nobles, especially Duke Raymond.

"The negotiation should be concluded soon. But are you sure about this, Your Majesty? There is a higher chance of it being known by the public. If the royal family is openly cooperating with the Supreme Devil Organization, the people will lose their trust in us." One noble asked.

"Are you doubting my decision?" The king squinted his eyes, pressuring the noble.

"N-No." The noble shook his head.

Duke Raymond added, "This is a matter of national security as well. From what I have heard, they have established a company to separate the business sector from the government. However, they're clearly still under Noel Ardagan.

"And they're currently conducting several negotiations for rune technology, especially with their allied nobles. If those nobles take advantage of the rune technology as well, I'm afraid that not only the Ardagan family but also those noble families will become too big for us to handle.

"When that happens, the central government will be the one receiving the pressure. You should already know the previous Ardagan family's patriarch. The current Ardagan family is on the way to becoming the wealthiest family not only in the kingdom but in the entire world. Even I can't imagine how he will wield all that money."

The people looked tense, recalling what Luke Ardagan was capable of when he was still the wealthiest man in the kingdom.

First of all, Noel could easily gain the support of his people, especially with the charity. He could use the rune technology to operate the charity. Without much justification, it would be hard to take him down.

There were a few other things Noel could do to strengthen his force. If he became too big for the royal family to handle, Noel could simply refuse the royal family and rally the entire force to actually bring down the royal family and become the king himself.

Even if Noel didn't want it, how about the others? His allies could try manipulating him into taking that position. His descendants might be the ones affected the most.

That was why the royal family had been doing their best to weaken Noel or even crush him.

The king glanced at another noble. "What about our arbiters?"

participate, including the former Arbiter, Lord

"Tower Association?"

have gained the cooperation of two

a serious expression. "If I'm not

Anna Stargaze are

believe it's a good time to assassinate them. Taking down his territory during their absence is hard because of the support they have and the lack of justification. But as long as people

have

"Yes, Your Majesty."

case, I will leave this matter

Raymond nodded

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so make sure they don't contact him.

"Yes. Stopping the Zaecuria Kingdom and the Greenwood Kingdom alone has taken a lot of resources. We can't afford to do anything to the Atracaeca Kingdom

tense atmosphere in the meeting room was shattered by the sudden appearance of a masked man who appeared behind the

nowhere. Only a few nobles actually knew their existence, considering they were the secret squad that maintained the

it seemed that the matter was more serious than he thought when he saw the change of expression on the

was done, the masked person

expression as he announced the important matter. "It seems that the Ardagan family has brought Johan Eirfen into their

widened their eyes

"What? Johan Eirfen?"

who is known to

Master Blacksmiths? He has already recruited Master Roel, who is known to be good at every

planning to make weapons on