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.

see the spatial fabric twisting. "Hold on!" he said before quickly grasping Lady Kang's hand so that they won't

~HONG~

if they had passed through

reality. This was such a short time that Lin Mu didn't get to glance much at his Spatial Perception either. All he got to see was the Teleportation Channel before they were

~THUD~ THUD~

Kang landed on solid ground under them, and immediately

~HISS~

could be heard all around them, while hot air filled

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

sized rock that was floating in a large lake of lava. There were tall cliffs from where lava was

lava lake they were standing in was just one of the hundreds present in the area, with even more floating rock islands in them. Tall rock pillars rose to the sky, that looked like someone had bitten out chunks 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

the next trial… The place we were in previously wasn't a trial ground." Lin Mu stated, having put two and

words, runes appeared in

'Find The Keys'

our way out." Lady

teleported here, this should be another section of the Spatial Plane." Lin Mu

It was definitely intentional as doing something like

through the limits of the Spatial Fabric and managed to barely glance at the formations that were hiding behind them. He

"We won't be able to leave

how thick the spatial fabric was, Lin Mu didn't even 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

to take a look at it for

was a offensive Formation Array that was meant to attack

and attack him. Normally, he would be able to manage it, but

people of their level in mind while making it. They wouldn't think anyone weaker than that would be able to interfere in its workings. Thus the force that they would counter with would also be similarly

Lin Mu got caught in

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

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

check the places out and see if we can find the keys nearby."