Walker Of The Worlds

After listening to Lady Kang's words, Lin Mu understood that one basically got what they paid for.

A country that was functioning would have a massive value that would often be impossible to estimate with normal methods. Getting the value of the property and fixed assets was the easy part, but when it came to things like manpower, raw resources that were unexplored, as well as the future potential, it became hard to put a price tag on it. Not to mention, even if one did by a country, they also needed to have the strength to manage it.

If not, the other people that were present in the country would simply takeover and it would become a worthless purchase. This was also why selling countries was quite difficult. If a ruler were to sell it, they would need to come to an agreement with the other people of the country. Otherwise, it would just be the same as selling nothing as the people would simply not accept a new ruler. It also wasn't unusual to see rebellions and coups taking place all the time in countries that were sold.

Thus, it was very important to have a firm hold on it with great power.

Another way to prevent rebellions was to actually have a cooperative agreement with the inhabitants of the country. Rather than ruling it directly, it was better to let the people living there pick their own ruler and then work together with them as a business partner.

This is basically what a lot of sects did, as it was less work on their end and still yielded them plenty of benefits. The fewer conflicts there were, the smoother it was for them to work.

"After hearing all this, I feel even more disinclined to be a King." Lin Mu stated while shaking his head.

"I suppose it's not something for everyone." Lady Kang replied. "Though there's always many that dream to be kings and queens." She added.

"Those that dream about it, only see one aspect of it. When they see the rest, it won't be a dream… It'll be a nightmare." Lin Mu said with a chuckle.

Lady Kang was a bit stunned hearing that, as it made her think about it for a few seconds.

"If only others understood that." Lady Kang muttered before a strange sensation was felt by her.

"Huh?" Lin Mu immediately became alert as he could feel the space shift. "Be ready, something's happening!" he said out loud.

They then saw runes appearing in front of them and turn into a sentence.

~SHUA~

'Reward Period has ended.' "Reward Period?" Lin Mu narrowed his eyes before feeling the spatial fluctuations surrounding them. "Are we being moved?" Lady Kang also sensed them now, as they had grown quite strong.

twisting. "Hold on!" he said before quickly grasping Lady

~HONG~

second, the space around them bulged inwards as the two were seemingly pulled into it. As if they had passed through a viscous membrane, the space around them turned blurry with a glassy tone

returning to normal reality. This was such a short time that Lin Mu didn't get to glance much at his

~THUD~ THUD~

ground under them, and

~HISS~

could be heard all around

didn't take them much to figure out that they were in a rather dangerous area.

were standing on a two meter sized rock that was floating in a large lake of lava. There were tall cliffs from where lava was pouring down behind them, while in front of them there was a vast expanse that could only be described as a hellish

from them. This was apparently due to the deep marks that were rather symmetrical and could be considered as teeth marks. And since they were present on many such pillars, it seemed obvious that some creature or

is the next trial… The place we were in previously wasn't a trial

confirm his words, runes appeared in front of them once

'Find The Keys'

should be our way out." Lady Kang said, seeing

another section of the Spatial

It was definitely intentional as doing something like this needed extra

formations that were hiding behind them. He didn't get

Mu stated. "We won't be able to leave this place easily."

know if he could tear open a rift into it. 'Ripping through the Spatial Fabric itself should be possible, but the formations behind it will quickly retaliate.' Lin Mu recalled the formation array he had glanced

a look at it for a few

was a offensive Formation Array that was meant to attack anyone that

the array to react and attack him. Normally, he

They wouldn't think anyone weaker than that would be able

chance that if Lin Mu got caught in it, he

number of keys we need to search. They are definitely making it vague on purpose." Lady

continue collecting them until we have the right amount. The teleportation will probably trigger automatically once we have the correct amount."

and see if we can find the keys nearby." Lady Kang