Chapter 831: Cleaning Up Part 2
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On the other side of the Seoul wall, another battle took place. The Warlord Guild and The Shade Guild split up to divide the Legion Guild's force instead of fighting head-on, two against one. That way, they weakened the Legion Guild's defense by a big margin since the Legion Guild had to split their force. It was the four guilds' plan to take the Legion Guild down.

Chup Seung-Gi, The Warlord Guild's leader, led his people to attack the crumbling wall. With the help from The Shade Guild's mage armies, they managed to make a hole on the wall for them to enter. The next step was to break the Legion Guild's defense and rush toward the Legion Guild's smart base. However, it was not easy to break the Legion Guild's defense.

"You guys are so persistent. Why don't you just die peacefully?" Chup Seung-Gi took a deep breath as he got away from Yoo Kwang Sung and Yu Jin Sang. He had to fight the two Vice Leaders if he wanted to get into the Legion Guild's territory. The Warlord Guild encountered fierce resistance even though they won in numbers.

"Heh, even if we lose the battle, at least, I will bring you down with me," Yoo Kwang Sung grinned.

"Why are you so pessimistic, Kwang Sung," Park Jin Sang nudged his friend with his spear's shaft. "We are here to win, not to lose. So, stop wasting your breath on him and kill him. We have to help the others after this."

"Bahahaha…." Chup Seung-Gi let out a loud laugh while shaking his head. "Killing me? You two? We have been fighting for an hour, yet you can't even touch me. Also, you should be worried about your smart base instead of defending your outer wall. The Black Knight and The Giant Guild should have made their way there already."

"You should be concerned for your own well-being, Chup Seung-Gi!" Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang immediately looked to the back as soon as they heard the familiar voice. Park Nam Hoon was walking toward them with a big smile, the smile of happiness. "The reinforcement has arrived! Let's drive the enemies out!" Park Nam Hoon rallied his people as he rushed to his friend's side.

Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang were surprised with their Guild Leader's arrival. This was not something they expected because Park Nam Hoon brought a quarter of their force to fight a whole guild, the Shade Guild, around twenty minutes ago. The plan was to drive the Warlord Guild out before they helped Park Nam Hoon, but it was Park Nam Hoon who came to help them instead.

"Huh!? What happened? Did you win against the Shade Guild? But how?" Park Jin Sang asked his Guild Leader. He tried to think of how his Guild Leader defeated the Shade Guild with the quarter of their force within twenty minutes. But no matter how hard he thought about it, he could not get the answer.

"Calm down. We win; the reinforcement has arrived." Park Nam Hoon was being suspenseful to his friend while smiling mysteriously.

"Damn! How can Park Nam Hoon be here? What is the Shade Guild doing? They are so useless!" Chup Seung-Gi cursed under his breath as he stared at the perfectly fine Park Nam Hoon. At this moment, he heard the screams of people from his right side. He looked toward the scream, but he saw nothing. Then a scream resounded from his left side; he subconsciously looked to the left. He saw ten of his people fall down with an arrow on their foreheads.

Before he could proceed with what happened, he heard more screams from behind. He turned around and saw his backline force fall down one by one. The archer and the mage ran around as a shadow moved between them, cutting his subordinates' heads one by one. He could not figure out what the shadow was, then he sensed something dangerous from his front.

Chup Seung-Gi raised his spear and directed it forward. He found a black-furred cat right in front of him, three meters away from him. "Meow," The cat meowed at him. He did not know the cat breed, but it was the biggest cat he had ever seen in his life, almost a meter long. "Huh!? Why is there a cat here?" He just muttered those words when the cat suddenly became a pitch-black shadow and expanded in size. The shadow was like a giant mouth that wanted to swallow him.

Chup Seung-Gi's eyes widened in shock, and he was about to leap backward. However, the monster in front of him was just too fast as the shadow swallowed his upper body. The shadow disappeared after swallowing half of his body, and Chup Seung-Gi's upper body also disappeared along with the shadow. It happened in two seconds. The lower body walked backward, step by step, as blood spurted out from it. After walking seven steps backward, the lower body fell off.

Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang were shocked to witness the death of Chup Seung-Gi. They had fought the man for almost an hour, and they only managed to exhaust Chup Seung-Gi's stamina. However, a stray cat came out of nowhere, killing Chup Seung-Gi in a flash. It took a while for them to accept the reality.

"Where's the cat? There's a monster here, be careful!" Park Jin Sang meant to remind his people, but then a hand tapped his shoulder. "Chill. It's not just a monster, but our reinforcement." Park Nam Hoon calmed down his friends. "It's Your Majesty's familiar, Greed."

"Huh!? Your Majesty's familiar?" It took them a few moments to understand what Park Nam Hoon told them. Park Jin Sang and Yoo Kwang Sung immediately understood what had happened. The reinforcement had arrived, but that reinforcement was not Park Nam Hoon and their quarter force, but Your Majesty Tang Shaoyang from the Tang Empire.

Everything made sense for them now; why Park Nam Hoon could regroup with them in twenty minutes after leaving them, was because of the reinforcement from the Tang Empire. The screams continued to resound in the air, and all the screams came from the Warlord Guild's people. Yoo Kwang Sung and Park Jin Sang looked at the battlefield.. There were two shadows hunting the Warlord Guild's people, and there were also arrows killing their enemies.

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Chapter 857: First Floor - Lu An Against The Blue Vest Guild
"Let's return and bring more people with us. If they decide to fight us, then we will fight them," Lu An made the unexpected decision. Even though Revalor only just got to know Lu An for a few days, the former Elven King had grasped what kind of person Lu An was. The Lu An he knew would fight the overwhelming number of enemies in this kind of situation. So Revalor was surprised Lu An would decide to retreat instead of fighting them.

"I can bring one person with my shadow movement. Can you take Miragul back with you, Revalor?" Lu An could only bring one person with his shadow movement. As long as Revalor could carry Miragul back, then it should be easy for them to escape from these people.

"Leave the Miragul to me, Sir Lu An. It should not be hard to escape from them," Revalor nodded his head.

Of course, the reason Lu An decided to retreat was Yeon Hee. He did not want to involve the girl in a life and death battle while she was an outsider. He could not fight while protecting her, so he decided to retreat instead. As the four were about to turn around, the Blue Vest Guild made their move.

"We are sorry, but we can't allow you to retreat after overhearing us. You guys have to die here," Donald Callahan approached the group of four as his subordinates surrounded Lu An and his group. "Blame your idiot guild leader for being a nuisance for the World Government."

Lu An was about to use shadow movement and escape with Yeon Hee, but he stopped his movement when Donald Callahan called Tang Shaoyang an idiot. He then looked at Revalor with an expressionless face, "Can you also bring Yeon Hee with you, Revalor? I will stay here for a little longer and catch you later. I will bring that man's head."

Even though he did not say specifically who was the man in his mouth, Revalor and Yeon Hee knew who that man was. It was the man who just called The Emperor an idiot, "Don't worry. I am just going to take him down and escape afterward. With my shadow movement, they will not be able to catch up."

Revalor was about to persuade Lu An, but he stopped. He knew that he could not convince Lu An to retreat right now. Rather than wasting his time persuading Lu An, he would rather return and bring more people here. The former Elven King nodded his head, "Can you hide in my shadow at my sign, Yeon Hee? I am afraid you will not be able to catch my movement if we move separately."

"As for you, get ready to hop on my back after I shoot my first arrow," Revalor took out his bow and aimed it at the people who blocked his path to retreat. The mana arrow formed, and the arrow glowed in green. It was his skill, Hurricane Shot. He shot the arrow, and a fierce hurricane formed around the arrow. "Hop on my back, Miragul!"

Miragul jumped onto Revalor's back while Yeon Hee entered Revalor's shadow. Revalor then dashed forward, following the Hurricane Shot. The Hurricane Shot tore apart the people on the way. At least twenty people died from the arrow because they could not dodge the arrow, "Hold on and wait for the reinforcement, Sir Lu An!" That was Revalor's last words before his figure disappeared into the horizon.

"Chase them! Don't let them escape!" Hurst Milton roared as he activated the bloodline transformation and flew off to the sky. The pair of green-feathered wings flapped furiously as he tried to catch up with Revalor. Along with him, dozens of the Blue Vest Guild's members followed him.

While Hurst Milton was against the idea of fighting the Tang Empire this early, he would commit to succeed since they had made the decision. He could not let the three people escape from them and informed the situation to the Tang Empire's main force.

Lu An looked at the sky, he considered taking down the flying bird, but he chose not to, 'Having one less Epic Rank to fight is better than fighting them all at once," He then turned around and faced Donald Callahan. He did not even spare a glance at Scot Moran as his focus was on Donald Callahan, "I will make you regret being alive for insulting Brother Shaoyang."

Donald Callahan flinched slightly at the thick and fierce killing intent directed toward him. Despite Lu An's younger age, he did not expect the young man to have this kind of killing intent. However, he quickly realized that he had the number.

"Your Brother Shaoyang? Are you talking about that stupid Emperor of yours? Don't worry about it, we will make him regret antagonizing the World Government," Donald Callahan kept provoking Lu An, so the latter did not run away like the other three. As long as Lu An did not run away, he believed that Lu An was fated to die in their hands.

Swoosh!

The shadow burst out from Lu An's shadow and covered him. The shadow covered Lu An, and Donald Callahan could not see Lu An's whole figure anymore but just the red eyes. The red eyes lurked within the shadow, observing Donald Callahan from top to bottom. That sent a chill to Donald Callahan's spine.

Fwoosh!

Then the shadow spread out, reaching the Blue Vest Guild's footing. It was just too fast that Donald Callahan failed to react in time as a red sword came out from the shadow below him, going straight to his body. However, a black figure appeared in front of Donald Callahan and blocked the sword with the spear.

Clank!

Scot Moran managed to block the sword for his Vice Guild Leader. Even though he did not like the way Donald Callahan acted in the name of the Blue Vest Guild, he did not want to lose an Epic Rank this quickly. The shadow covered the Blue Vest Guild's footing within the next second.

"Everyone! Get out of the shadow! Retreat from the shadow!" Scot Moran quickly instructed his subordinate to get away from the shadow.. After that, he yelled at Donald Callahan, "Get it together, Callahan! We are fighting an Epic Rank! Get your guts together unless you want to die!?"

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Chapter 855: First Floor - Unexpected Encounter
"Childish!" Another voice came from another side. Herman and The Blue Vest's Guild Leader looked toward the voice. Another big group came to the entrance, they were the Amazon Guild. "Can you be a little mature? Does it matter who will enter it first?" The man in the middle questioned The Blue Vest's vice guild leader, Donald Callahan.

"Tch," Donald Callahan clicked his tongue, "Look who's coming, the traitor!"

"Traitor?" The new Amazon Guild's leader, Ninho, met with Donald Callahan's eyes. He walked toward Donald Callahan, "Can you be responsible for what you said just now? Do you think we will guit the alliance if not, you greedy bastards try to control the Amazon Guild just because we lost the previous leader?"

Donald Callahan took two steps back as Ninho was quite scary from his perspective. The man was over two meters tall with short hair, but his sharp eyes were enough to intimidate Donald Callahan.

"Just ignore that coward, Boss. That guy is bold and courageous just because he has the numbers, but I bet if it's The Emperor, he will cower behind his guild leader or maybe wet himself," The woman with long black wavy hair spoke. She was the new Amazon Vice Guild Leader, Alexandra. People might think she got the position because she had the look and figure, but in fact, she was an Epic Rank.

Yes, Alexandra was a famous supermodel from Brazil. Alexandra Padilha Serra was her full name, and she was renowned for being one of the top ten hottest models in the world. People might think she seduced the current leader to get into the current position, but in fact, she was the second strongest after Ninho in the Amazon Guild. On top of that, she was the mascot for the Amazon Guild thanks to her, the Amazon Guild managed to gather a lot of new recruits in their region.

"Shut the f“ck up, B“tch!" Donald Callahan pointed his index finger at Alexandra and swore. Alexandra showed no reaction to the swear, but the Amazon Guild's members had the opposite direction. They drew out their weapon and were ready to fight the Blue Vest Guild for swearing at their Vice Guild Leader. However, fighting between the factions inside the city was just impossible.

[You are in the safe zone! Fighting is not allowed in the city, and the violators will be expelled from the city and banned from entering the city for a month!]

The system notification rang in every Amazon Guild members' ears. Alexandra raised her right hand and motioned to her subordinate to lower their weapon, " Chill out, guys. We can't do anything to them here because the System protects them, but we can do anything to them inside the tower."

"Do you hear it, Boss? We can't fight inside the city, so these people can't stop us from entering the tower. Just ignore them," Alexandra walked ahead of her guild leader. When she passed Scot Moran, the Blue Vest's Guild Leader, she smiled, "You shall consider changing your vice guild leader because he may lead The Blue Vest Guild to its ruin."

The Amazon Guild walked by between the First Order Guild and The Blue Vest Guild: no one stopped them from entering the tower after a little friction.

"Let's ignore these clowns, Sir," Frans spoke to Herman Bonivido. Herman nodded and led his people to the tower. Since the System prohibited the players from fighting with each other in the city, they could not stop the others from entering the tower. However, Herman realized something that imprinted on many people, including himself, The Emperor.

That was the Tang Empire Leader's nickname, the code name used to address the strongest individual on Earth. When Alexandra brought that name, the cocky Blue Vest Guild members were silenced immediately. People would laugh when the man addressed himself as an Emperor before the Earth Tournament, but no one would dare to joke around about it now. No one dared to take the consequence of offending The Emperor.

Herman Bonivido shook his head and tapped his cheek two times, 'No, let's focus on the tower expedition. Let's think about the Tang Empire later.'

The First Order Guild was the third guild to enter the dimensional tower after the Tang Empire and the Amazon Guild. Yes, while the Uprising Guild came earlier than the other factions, they had not entered the tower yet.

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The Tang Empire's main force settled in Miragul's settlement. After having a further conversation with the surviving Miragul, the reason there was nothing in this area was because of them. No beast and monsters dared to enter this area because this was Miragul's territory, and the beasts that tried to occupy this area had been killed by Miragul. As for the settlement, it was used to trap the human traveler, so that was why the house was empty.

"Based on what Miragul told us, the Drakengard lives in that direction, around a week of traveling to reach its region, but we can't trust them completely. So we will stay in this place for a few days and investigate the first floor, especially the southern region where the rumored Drakengard lives," Zhang Mengyao held a brief meeting with the others. "I know we should be able to trust them after the oath ceremony, but we don't know what they haven't told us yet."

"I will go to the south, General Zhang Mengyao," Lu An was the first one to speak after Zhang Mengyao. "With my speed, I can cut seven days of traveling to four or maybe three days."

Zhang Mengyao looked at Lu An for a moment. She did not want to send him to the dangerous place alone, no, in fact, she wanted to decline the idea of Lu An going alone to the Drakengard's den since they did not know how strong the King of the first floor was. She knew Lu An well: he would fight the boss alone without asking for reinforcement if he managed to find Drakengard first.

"I will allow you to go there, but not alone. At least, bring another three to five people with you," Zhang Mengyao stated the condition. She could tell that Lu An did not like the notion of bringing other people with him, but she insisted since she did not want anything to happen to him. This young man was too reckless, just like Tang Shaoyang.

"I think I know someone who can go with Sir Lu An," Moonsong was also concerned with Lu An's well-being, but he could not leave his post to accompany Lu An since he was the head of The Luminous Legion. "Revalor alone should be enough, and he can follow Sir Lu An's speed as well. And then, Revalor's scouting ability is the best of the best, so he can easily find this Drakengard."

"Good. You must bring Revalor if you want to go to the south: this is an order," Zhang Mengyao did not want rejection from Lu An. This was not just a normal exploration like on Earth. They knew nothing of this place, so she would use his authority to force Lu An to listen to her.

"Alright. I will bring one Miragul, Yeon Hee, and Revalor with me. I need that demon to be our guide," Lu An nodded his head as he left them to get prepared. The meeting continued without Lu An, dividing the task into what they should do for the investigation.

*** ***

Lu An, Yeon Hee, Revalor, and Yeon Hee left the settlement right away as they did not have much to prepare. However, there was additional personnel within the group, Helia, the Chief of the Light Bombyx Mori Tribe. She was one of the best healers within the Healer Division, so Kang Xue insisted that Lu An bring her with them. The elemental beast had a high speed, too, so she did not have an issue following Lu An. No matter how strong Lu An and Revalor were, Kang Xue wanted them to bring the best healer just in case something happened during the journey.

"I don't like this," Lu An muttered in a low voice. He did not like bringing too many people because that would make him constantly worried about them. Because of that, he would not be able to move freely as he always had this thought on him.

"Then you should leave me behind instead," Yeon Hee replied. She was confused why Lu An insisted on bringing her with him.

Lu An pointed his eyes with his two fingers and directed the finger to her eyes afterward, telling her that he was watching her. Yeon Hee immediately realized why he had brought her with him. She was still under his watch, that was why he brought her. That left her speechless because she was in the same situation as them, and the only chance for her to get out of the tower was with the Tang Empire. She would not do something stupid because of that.

Lu An shrugged as they continued the trip to the south. In the first three hours of the fast run to the south, they encountered nothing. The forest seemed to be dreaded by the other creatures. Then the group came out of the forest and arrived in the open area, in the green field, with a refreshing breeze hitting their faces.

Lu An felt like he had arrived at the edge of the football field, albeit this place was much, much bigger than the football field.

"This giant field is Minke Tribe's territory. They are ferocious beastmen that regard all living things as prey," Miragul explained to Lu An once they stepped into the grass field.

"We should avoid them because our mission is to investigate Drakengard. Let the others take care of this Minke Tribe," Lu An made the decision for the group.

While they expected to encounter the beastmen from the Minke Tribe, they encountered another interesting group instead. Lu An and his group stopped their journey temporarily because a big group of humans blocked their path..

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  Chapter 856: First Floor - Blue Vest Guild
  Scot Moran heard the commotion from the other side of the formation, and his subordinates quickly reported to him that there was a group of four approaching them.
  
  "Who are they? Is it the tower's inhabitant?" Scot Moran asked his Vice Guild Leader as they headed to the other side of the formation.
  
  "I think they are one of the Tang Empire's teams, three people and one elf," The Second Vice Guild Leader, Hurst Milton, told Scot Moran, and his voice was kinda shaky. It was the sign of nervousness he showed externally. Of course, after the show of the Tang Empire's power in the Earth Tournament, no one was not afraid of the Tang Empire, even if it was just four people. Not even a single fighter from any faction could win against the Tang Empire's members.
  
  Scot Moran nodded his head as only the Tang Empire had an elf with them. On top of that, he heard that the Tang Empire was the first faction to enter the tower. He quickly figured out why his Vice Guild Leader concluded the small team was from the Tang Empire with those two clues.
  
  "What should we do, Guild Leader?" Hurst Milton was visibly nervous. Tang Shaoyang and his faction managed to plant the seed of fear in the others during the Earth Tournament for him to be this nervous. But of course, it is also because the Tang Empire was openly hostile to the World Government. The Blue Vest was part of the World Government, and he was nervous because he was afraid the Tang Empire would attack them because of that. The notion of fighting back just never crossed his mind.
  
  Scot Moran let out a sigh secretly. His first Vice Guild Leader was too bold and arrogant, and the second Vice Guild Leader was too cautious and timid. The exact opposite characteristic, but he liked Hurst Milton more because the guy did his work meticulously. "Let's meet them first and respond to their following actions. There's no need for us to kill each other this early.
  
  The Blue Vest Guild was in an awkward situation to meet the Tang Empire this early. Even though it was just a small team, he did not want to fight them right now, even though the World Government and the Tang Empire were at odds. Scot Moran did not want to be the faction that started the war between the World Government and The Tang Empire, or else they would be Tang Empire's main target. If that happened, the Tang Empire would focus on the Blue Vest Guild, and it was not something he wanted.
  
  "Who are you? Identify yourself!" As Scot Moran and Hurst Milton got closer to the other side, they heard the familiar arrogant voice. It was Donald Callahan's voice, the first Vice Guild Leader of the Blue Vest Guild.
  
  Scot Moran and Hurst Milton picked up their pace when they heard the voice. Both did not want to escalate the situation unless the Tang Empire started the fight first. Scot Moran got out of his team formation and got to see the small team. He quickly scanned the three people and one elf, and he recognized two of them. The elf was one of the fifteen fighters from the Tang Empire, and the young man was someone in a high position in the Tang Empire.
  
  "Step back, Donald!" Scot Moran immediately called his first Vice Guild Leader to step back before the situation escalated. He could not believe his Vice Guild Leader did not recognize the elf and Lu An. "I will take over from here on." Donald Callahan looked at his Guild Leader and nodded his head. He returned to Scot Moran's side and whispered, "They are from the Tang Empire, Sir. This is our chance to take them down since there are only four of them." He recognized the group was from the Tang Empire, so he tried to create a scenario where he could justify killing them.
  
  Scot Moran looked at his Vice Guild Leader before looking back at the Tang Empire's group. There were only four of them, and he had three thousand people with him. Without a doubt, they had the numbers to overwhelm the four people. Without a doubt, this was a golden chance to reduce the Tang Empire's strength.
  
  "No, let's not attack them, Sir. We are in an unknown place with numerous unknown possibilities. There's a chance that we need to work together with the Tang Empire to clear the first floor, so better not sour our relationship with them," Hurst Milton hurriedly whispered to his Guild Leader. "Remember the Tower Break mechanic, Sir. If we fail to clear the first ten floors within a year, all creatures inside the tower will invade the Earth." Hurst Milton looked into the big picture instead of thinking of the short-term goal.
  
  "Why are you so scared, Milton? We have the numbers, and if we killed them all, the Tang Empire would never be able to figure out that we kill them unless there's a traitor among us," Donald Callahan did not like the timid Milton and immediately argued back.
  
  This was a headache for Scot Moran as both Vice Guild Leaders' arguments made sense. However, he had to take more risks if he chose to kill this team.
  
  "What if they have long-distance communication? Don't forget the Communication System: they can contact the main force that they are being attacked, and we will be done for if The Emperor comes. Let's not take the risk, Sir." Hurst Milton shook his head repeatedly.
  
  "I am sorry, Milton. But this is our only chance to get rid of the nuisance. Also, the Communication System can't be used inside the tower for some reason. I tried to send a message to you just now, but the Communication System is disabled until we clear the first floor. That means they can't contact their main force," Scot Moran took the risk and decided to fight.
  
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  "Get ready to fight, Sir," Revalor warned Lu An. He could hear clearly what the opposite party whispered in his ears. Aside from his sharp sight, he had keen hearing too. They were too loud for whispering, and he overheard everything..
  
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Chapter 853: First Floor ⁓ Miragul
With the elf and the moonlight rabbit in action, finding the river was effortless for them. Within one hour, they found the wide yet shallow river. The river was just around their calf deep. In the next half an hour, they found a settlement upstream.

"Human settlement?" Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow slightly. "What about the area around the settlement? Is there still no monster or beast outside there?"

"I don't find any monster or beast around there, but just humans. Maybe the settlement is still inside the safe zone?" Legion Commander Moonsong replied. He led the search by himself along with Virion to make sure their first expedition as an official Tarrior of the Tang Empire ended with a satisfying result.

"Hmmm..." Zhang Mengyao did not rush to the settlement even though that place might be their chance to get more information about the first floor. "What about the village condition?"

Moonsong was a little bit confused as to why Zhang Mengyao wanted to know the village's condition, but he still answered, "The village is well maintained, and the residents look peaceful and happy." He had observed the settlement for a while to identify the possibility of the residents being hostile to outsiders. After that observation, he concluded the villagers might not be hostile and welcome them if they explained the situation.

"What about farms? Do they have farms? Or do you see they have nets to catch the fish in the river? Or do they have the equipment to hunt?" Zhang Mengyao asked for more detailed information about the village. "No, they should not have the equipment since this is a safe zone with no monster and beast."

The question was weird for sure, but Moonsong recalled what he had seen from the village. He quickly realized Supreme General Zhang Mengyao's intention by asking that. He recalled what he saw from the village and started to feel suspicious about the village too. "No, I don't see the farm. They don't have livestock either, and I am not sure about the nets for fishing. I will send, no, I will go by myself to check everything." Moonsong excused himself and left with his nine subordinates to get more info about the village.

"What's so weird about the village?" Lu An asked as he did not understand what they were talking about. Lu An had the least experienced among the leaders despite his position and power. He could not pinpoint what was so suspicious about the village.

"It's not weird at a glance, but if you look into it with details, the village looks suspicious," Yeon Hee replied to Lu Anin a small voice. "We are in an area with no monsters and beasts. Considering this is a dimensional tower, this is weird already. Then we found the village, but they don't have a permanent source for the food. They don't have farms and don't breed the livestock, no beast around to hunt. The only source for the food is the river, but if they don't have the nets to catch the fish too, don't you feel weird about it? Especially if they are humans."

After hearing that, Lu An quickly caught what was so suspicious about the village. He imagined himself eating the fish for his entire life, and he did not think that was possible.

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Moonsong arrived at the spot where he could watch the entire village from the top. He was on top of the tree, but he made sure the residents of the settlement could not see him. His eyes focused on the side that was close to the river. Yes, the village was exactly next to the river, so if there was equipment to catch the fish, it should be in that area. However, the village was so weird because it looked like the village and the river were cutoff as if people rarely went to the river. Of course, he could not find the nets he was looking for, not even a fishing pole.

The doubt and suspicion inside him rose up in his heart. He then observed the people inside the village. He saw people were talking to each other. They were all smiling and laughing as if they were living their happiest life. He became even more suspicious as he felt the scene before him was unreal. This was too perfect to be real.

"How is it? Do you find the nets or any tools for fishing inside their houses?" Moonsong asked Revalor, who had just come over. The former Elven King had eyesight that was much sharper than any of them, so he should be able to see what was inside these people's houses.

"Let's back off for now. I will tell you my discovery on the way back," Revalor immediately proposed to retreat as soon as he came to Moonsong.

*** ***

"Their houses are empty, let alone nets or fishing poles: there is nothing inside their houses. No table, chair, and even bed, nothing. The house is more like a square room: it just looked like a house from outside," Revalor reported what he found to Zhang Mengyao. "This is just my suspicion, but I think they are from the demon race, Miragul. The demon with no physical figure, but they have the ability to influence our vision. They influence our vision, so we will look at them as humans."

"Ah!" Moonsong recalled the battle against the demon that invaded the Ortis Continent. He remembered the demon that could change their figures that cost a lot of lives from their side.

"Alert everyone! Get ready to fight!" Zhang Mengyao immediately called out. "If they influence your vision, that means they are aware of our presence." She then looked at Moonsong and Revalor, "Tell me more about this Miragul! We need to know more about them. What about their fighting ability?"

"They are weak in terms of battle prowess, but they rely on their dark mana to poison us. Their dark mana is a lethal poison to the other races, so we must be careful about that," Revalor replied with a solemn face.

"Hohoho.... I don't know that the new players will know about us," creepy laughter rang in the air.

Zhang Mengyao and the others stood up and looked toward the voice. To everyone's surprise, they found an old man with a long white beard, wearing a black robe. The old man was just ten meters away from them, none of them noticed his presence, and the old man managed to pass the perimeter defense without being noticed.

"This robe is quite useful: none of you notice me until I speak," The old man had a smug expression on his face.

Revalor did not bother to entertain the old man with the chat as he took out the bow from his inventory. He formed a mana arrow and aimed at the old man. Without a doubt, the old man was Miragul.

"Unfortunately, you are too late, strong elf," The old man smirked, "You have been surrounded! We will have a delicious meal!" As soon as the old man finished his words, Revalor shot the arrow. The arrow blinked and pierced the old man's head. Despite being on the brink of death, the old man still had a smile on his face. The old man's body turned into a black lump in the next five seconds. It was clear that the old man was not human but a demon.

Pssshhhh!

After the death of the first Miragul, the black gas suddenly spread out. They realized Miragul had sneaked so close into the formation that there were over fifty of Miragul in the defensive line. They turned the black mana into dark gas, spreading it out everywhere.

"Kang Xue!" Zhang Mengyao immediately called out.

Swoosh!

Kang Xue jumped into the black gas as her body shone. Her figure turned into light, and when she arrived in the middle of the black gas, the light burst out from her body. The blinding light caused everyone to close their eyes. It was like a flashbang but lacked the ring in their ears. The blinding light lasted for half a minute, and by the time everyone opened their eyes, the black gas had disappeared.

Everyone was alerted and immediately searched for Miragul, but more than fifty Miragul disappeared. They saw the spear made of light, piercing the ground with a black lump in its middle. Looking at this, everyone realized that Marshal Kang Xue had defeated all Miragul within thirty seconds.

"If you get poisoned, immediately return to the medical team!" Kang Xue shouted. The black gas managed to spread slightly before she neutralized it, so she thought some of the Tarriors might get poisoned. After giving them instruction and making sure there was no more Miragul around them, Kang Xue returned to Zhang Mengyao.

"Should we retreat, or do you want to annihilate this Miragul?" Kang Xue found out that the demon was not that high-level as she could kill them with one hit. On top of that, her class, Master of Light, was the nemesis for the creature with dark mana. She was confident to fight the demon.

"You can go and help Lu An," Zhang Mengyao waved her hand helplessly. During the blinding light, she activated [Envisage]. During that time, Lu An had gone to Miragul village by himself.

Without saying anything, Kang Xue left the group and headed toward the village, "I will also bring the reinforcement to assist Sir Lu An and Marshal Kang Xue," Legion Commander Moonsong immediately asked for permission from Zhang Mengyao. "Hmm, go ahead. I will check over our people here. You can go with the Luminous Legion," Zhang Mengyao nodded and headed toward the medical team..

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  Chapter 854: First Floor ⁓ Drakengard
  "We need to hurry up and help them," Moonsong urged Revalor to follow him quickly, leaving behind his team. Both were worried about Lu An and Kang Xue after knowing the strongest people on Earth were still the Epic Rank. If something happened to them, Tang Shaoyang would not be happy, especially to those who were higher rank.
  
  Quickly, they arrived at the village's perimeter, but they did not hear the sound of battle or anything. Moonsong and Revalor exchanged glances for a second before rushing into the village. They thought something had happened to Kang Xue and Lu An, but it was the opposite.
  
  "Please forgive us. We are also victims of this tower. The only way for us to be freed by the tower is by preventing you guys from clearing the first ten floors. Please spare our lives, please forgive us!" Ten people knelt in front of Lu An and Kang Xue as they begged for their lives. They banged their heads to the ground.
  
  "What do you mean you guys are the victims of the tower?" Kang Xue pulled Lu An, preventing him from killing these ten Miragul. She wanted to hear what they said first as it piqued her interest. Victim of the tower, she wanted to know what it meant. Of course, they might be lying, but she had another way to confirm that with Selena.
  
  "The high-ranking demons in our realm tried to take over the System, but they failed to do so and got punished by the System. All the demons in our realm were sent to this tower. We just want our freedom back, that's why we try to prevent the players from clearing the first ten floors tower, so the Tower Break happens, and we will get out of this cursed tower!" Miragul that looked like a man in his mid-forties, explained earnestly.
  
  "So what if you are a victim of the tower? That does not change the fact that you guys tried to kill us, and we will not tolerate your action!" Lu An showed his murderous intent. He did not care if these demons were victims of the tower, he would kill them for trying to kill his people. He learned this from Tang Shaoyang and should never spare the people who tried to kill him.
  
  "We will do anything for you as long as you spare our lives. If you don't trust our words, we can also establish the System Contract. Please don't kill us!" After saying that, the man in his mid-forties started banging his head once more, and the other nine followed in tow.
  
  "Alright, I will not kill you, but you have to take the oath ceremony and be our slaves indefinitely," Kang Xue made the decision without consulting it with Lu An. The latter clearly did not like the decision. "We can't, Sister Xue! We have to kill them, or else they will find a chance to kill us in the future. We can't leave them alive!"
  
  Even Moonsong and Revalor doubted Kang Xue's decision to accept Miragul's surrender. They had bad blood against the demon, so they were not fond of the decision. However, Kang Xue had a different way of thinking than the other three.
  
  "No, we will need them. Trust me, Lu An," Kang Xue spoke with a convincing tone but noticed Lu An was not convinced by her words, "Then let Sister Mengyao decide whether we should let them live or kill them."
  
  Lu An relented after Kang Xue brought up Zhang Mengyao's name because Zhang Mengyao was in charge of everything. If Zhang Mengyao was convinced to keep Miragul alive, he could do nothing about it. He let out a sigh and nodded: the disappointment was obvious on his face.
  
  "Thank you for your understanding, Lu An," Kang Xue smiled at the youngster before giving the ten Miragul a sharp glance, "Follow me if you want to keep your lives."
  
  The ten demons nodded their heads furiously and followed Kang Xue closely. They realized that the woman was the only chance to keep their lives intact, so they made sure to create a distance from the young man, "Please check the village and make sure they are safe. I think this place will be our base for the time being."
  
  "Yes, Marshal Kang Xue," Legion Commander Moonsong and Revalor bowed their heads as Kang Xue, and Lu An passed them. After the two left the village, Chief Moon and the former Elven King exchanged glances before looking at the village around. There was barely a trace of a battle, meaning the two people killed Miragul as the demon was helpless against the two individuals.
  
  Moonsong observed the village and shook his head, "We are worried for nothing. They are quite strong even though they are just an Epic Rank."
  
  "Or maybe the Miragul is too weak. The demon may be below the Epic Rank, so they can defeat the demon easily," Revalor remained cautious and on guard regarding the enemy's strength. Regardless of the result, he would not lower his guard, "We still have to keep an eye on Lu An. That young man is a little bit reckless to come here alone."
  
  *** ***
  
  "Can you explain why you bring them with you, Marshal Kang Xue?" Zhang Mengyao asked as she looked at the ten people kneeling on the ground.
  
  "Because we need them to clear the first floor," Kang Xue did not faze away from the question. "We know nothing about the dimensional tower, but they know more about the tower than us, so might as well spare their lives and use them as a guide for us. On top of that, we have Selena with us, and we can use the Oath Ceremony to ensure they will not stab us in the back."
  
  That was actually a brilliant idea. Zhang Mengyao was fond of the proposal, using the tower's inhabitant to help them clear the tower, "Do you hear it? We will spare your lives if you are useful, but we will kill you all if you are useless. So, tell everything you know about the tower!"
  
  The Miragul, who looked in his mid-forties answering all the questions, threw at him. He had no choice but to be obedient if he wanted to keep their lives. This was the fate for the weak.
  
  After Zhang Mengyao got everything she wanted from the Miragul, she motioned Selena to come over and hold the Oath Ceremony with the demons. Despite the increasing level, doing the Oath Ceremony had a high toll on Selena's body. Zhang Mengyao could see that after the Oath Ceremony was over. The Divine Priest looked exhausted, and her face lost its color, 'Hmmm, let's not use the Oath Ceremony too often.' She thought to herself.
  
  After the Oath Ceremony was over, Lu An called his subordinate and tasked them to watch over the ten demons. Even though they had to be obedient and could not betray them, Lu An wanted to keep watching the demons all the time. Despite the Oath Ceremony, he would not let the demon move freely with them.
  
  "The first thing we must watch over is the resident of the tower. Regardless of their race, they will be hostile to us," Zhang Mengyao gathered all the leaders and discussed the main issue they encountered. "From their perspective, they are imprisoned by the towers, and the only way for them to escape from the tower is to force the Tower Break. So we come as the enemy of the residents of the tower. So, we must be careful even if we meet a real human in this tower."
  
  "Thanks to Kang Xue's calm and collected decision, we found the way to clear the first floor. Just like Lu An said earlier, we must defeat the boss floor. However, the residents call this boss the King of the floor instead of a boss. In order to clear the first floor, we must kill the King of the first floor, Drakengard," Zhang Mengyao continued to the main topic, "Drakengard is an Earth Drake, that's the only thing we know about the King of the first floor. We don't know where the King is, and we don't know what it looks like."
  
  "However, we have the general direction where this Drakengard was. It should be to the south of our direction...." Zhang Mengyao was about to point a direction, but she did not know where the south direction was.
  
  "Let's settle up for the time being, and we will send a small team to gather more information. We can use the Miragul as a guide, but we can't trust them completely. They may lead us to the most dangerous place without us knowing, so make sure to be careful around them," Wei Xi concluded the short meeting. All in all, they managed to get the most important information to clear the first floor. That was a huge lead for them, considering they had just arrived in the tower.
  
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  Meanwhile, outside the Dimensional Tower on Earth, Tower Entrance
  
  The atmosphere outside the tower was guite intense as the First Order Guild and The Blue Vest Guild met at the entrance. The two factions had bad blood since earlier in the game as their territories were next to each other. Each time they met, a small thing was bound to happen.
  
  "We will enter the tower first. You guys can enter after the Blue Vest Guild," A man in his mid-thirties spoke. He had athin beard with a neat hairstyle, and he was The Blue Vest Guild's Vice Leader, Donald Callahan. He had a smug face as he made a surprised expression, "Ah, I forgot about the other factions from the World Government. I don't think you can enter the tower after us, but You can enter the tower after all factions from the World Government enter the tower.."
  
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Chapter 851: Entering The Dimensional Tower
The best choice for them was to run, but could they outrun these people? Viona was unsure about that because aside from her, Captain Wu Shuan, and Captain Zuo Ren, their subordinates were not Epic Rank.

"What should we do, Miss Viona?" Wu Shuan came closer to her as he motioned his subordinate to stay behind them. He was worried because these people were not so friendly at all. Fighting them was impossible as they could not win against these many people even with the whole intelligence division.

"We wait until Chief Lu An and the main force arrive and talk with them if possible," Viona whispered back. "Tell the other members not to come back until further notice."

"What are you whispering, girl? Let us hear it too," The man took two steps forward until someone slapped the back of his head. "Who slapped my—" his voice cut off at the sight of the two meters tall man.

"Me, so what do you want to do?" The two meters tall man replied with a firm voice. " Have you forgotten Advisor Igmar's words?"

The man who teased Viona cowered and lowered his head, "No, I am sorry, Captain Goosen."

"Return to your team!" Goosen commanded his subordinate to return with the others as he took five steps closer to Viona and bowed his head slightly. "I apologize on behalf of my subordinate, Miss. My name is Goosen, and we are from the Uprising Guild."

"Viona, Tang Empire," Viona replied with two words, her name and where she came from.

Goosen's expression changed slightly when he heard the Tang Empire from the purple-haired woman. Deep inside, he was relieved that he came in a time when he heard his subordinate make a ruckus in the back. He still remembered that Advisor Igmar's words very clearly in his head, "Don't ever offend the Tang Empire. If they offend the Tang Empire, then the punishment is getting executed on the spot."

Of course, Goosen understood the reason why Advisor Igmar told them not to annoy the Tang Empire as he attended the tournament too. The show of the dragon was enough even to deter their crazy Guild Leader.

"What is it? What happened here, Goosen?" Hearing the voice, Goosen straightened hisback and turned around. "We have met people from the Tang Empire, Lord Zander."

The man called Lord Zander was the Uprising Guild's guild leader. The man called himself Warlord and told his people to call with the lord before his name. Zander was a head shorter than Goosen, but his aura was on a different level compared to Goosen. Zander looked toward Viona and was surprised by her beauty, but then he shook his head, "You take over from here on, Igmar. I am afraid I will do something that crosses the line."

After giving Viona a glance, Zander turned around and led his people to the other side of the plaza, leaving Goosen and a man with short stature. The Uprising Guild's members were averaging around a hundred and eight centimeters, but this one man was not even one hundred and seventy. The shortest one among the others, but this person held a high status within the Uprising Guild, Advisor Igmar.

Advisor Igmar raised both his hands to the air as he approached Viona, and Goosen followed in tow, "We mean no harm." Viona did nothing, but she asked them to stop when the two were five meters away from her.

"I apologize on behalf of my people if they offend you," Igmar put his right hand on his left chest and bowed.

"No harm done, so it's fine," Viona replied shortly.

"If l may know, where's the Tang Empire's area? We just want to make sure that we don't trespass the empire's area to avoid misunderstandings," Igmar asked with a smile.

"We don't have any area yet, but the Southern area should be ours from now on, so you can leave to the other side," Igmar's hair on his back stood up when he heard the voice because he felt the breath on the back of his neck. He turned around, but he did not see anyone right behind him aside from Goosen. For sure, It was Goosen's voice that just talked. He then turned back to Viona and found an additional young man with them.

'How?' Igmar questioned himself. He did not feel any presence from the young man at all. If the young man wanted to assassinate him back then, he would be helpless for sure. 'Oh, thank god that I managed to convince Zander not to fight the Tang Empire right away.'

Igmar maintained his composure despite his life being threatened just now. He maintained his smile and bowed his head slightly, "Then we will move to the other areas."

*** ***

"I don't like this, Igmar. This doesn't feel alright at all. How can we just listen to whatever they say? Also, why did you bow your head? I can understand if that guy is their leader, but she is just a woman." Zander complained as soon as Advisor Igmar returned to his side. The fact that the Uprising Guild had to yield against the Tang Empire was enough to piss him off already.

"It's not like we have any other choices, Lord Zander," Igmar shook his head. "It's not like I like bowing my head to a random stranger too, but what can I do? Unless you have a solution to kill The Emperor and his dragon, we have to suck it up until we have enough power to destroy them. For now, let's leave them be and use this dimensional tower to upgrade our power."

Zander opened his mouth and closed his again. Despite his madness to fight the strong opponent, he was quite realistic to know his limit. The Emperor of the Tang Empire was not someone he could fight now.

"Alright, let's put that issue aside. We are safe for now because the Tang Empire will focus on the World Government, and the World Government will try to take down the Tang Empire. Let's watch the show from the sideline for now and focus on getting stronger instead," Advisor Igmar continued. "We will stay away from the Tang Empire for the time being and investigate the area around the tower."

*** ***

A few minutes later, Zhang Mengyao arrived with the main force, one thousand and two hundred Tarriors in total. Zhang Mengyao followed Lu An to the district area.

"Should we buy the entire southern district?" Wei Xi glanced at Zhang Mengyao. "The district can become our operation base. While the dimensional tower is our main objective, this is our chance to take the whole of Greenland for ourselves, no? We don't know that this land might have a resource we need."

Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow. If she had not upgraded the smart base, she would agree to buy the whole district to be their operation base. It was not that the Tang Empire did not have the money, but five hundred million Game Coins were too much. If they used five hundred million to buy the whole southern area, it would hamper the expansion in the main base. However, as Wei Xi said, the southern region can become their operation to conquer the land outside the city.

"Let's buy all the main districts in the southern area first. While buying out the whole southern area is cheaper, it is only fifty million cheaper. It's not like we will use all the buildings," Kang Xue shared her thoughts. "We will make the main district be our
operation base, and we can buy the remaining district later if we need more space. Remember, only eleven factions including us can reach this place for now, and I don't think the other factions have the money to buy all the districts."

"Let's do that for now," Zhang Mengyao nodded, "Our focus, for now, is the dimensional tower, so we will arrange another team to explore the territory outside the city after we return from our first expedition inside the tower. I will buy the main district now. Get our people ready to enter the tower, Vice Supreme General Wei Xi." Wei Xi left with Marshal Alton as they arranged for the Tarriors to get ready.

In order to buy the district, Zhang Mengyao had to visit the district buy it. It took a while to purchase all fifty districts. Of course, she ordered the intelligence division's team to purchase the district.

A few minutes later, the Tang Empire's team arrived at the entrance of the dimensional tower. "Don't you need us to investigate the dimensional tower first, Sister Mengyao?" Lu An came closer to Zhang Mengyao and whispered.

"There's no need. We will just enter the tower together because we want to have a head start over the other factions," Zhang Mengyao shook her head. "However, we will need TEID to explore the area while the main force focuses on another area."

Zhang Mengyao arrived in front of the stone door with Lu An, Wei Xi, Kang Xue, and Marshal Alton. She glanced at the four and nodded her head before pushing the stone door. The door opened, and she was the first one to step into the tower.

[Welcome to Sky Level Dimensional Tower!]

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  Zhang Mengyao's vision blackened for a second. Once the vision returned, she noticed she was already in the middle of the forest. She was surrounded by over ten meters tall trees. The first thing she did was to activate [Envisage]. Since it was not targeted at anyone or anything, she could see what happened ten seconds ahead.
  
  In the ten seconds vision, she and the main force arrived without being attacked. That meant there was no ambush of monsters around them. She then scanned the surroundings, the tall trees were like a canopy, protecting them from the sun, and the air in the forest was so fresh. She took a deep breath for a moment before turning around.
  
  Zhang Mengyao looked at the Legion Commander Moonsong, "Send your people to scout the surroundings. The remaining Tarriors remain on alert and create a perimeter defense. The healer team stays close to us." She figured out that the elf and the beastmen benefited from the terrain, so she sent them to scout the area instead of sending Lu An's team.
  
  Meanwhile, Zhang Mengyao gathered the leaders to discuss their next step. Vice Supreme General Wei Xi and Kang Xue, Lu An the Chief of TEID, Marshal Alton and Vice Marshal Ashley, and Legion Commander Moonsong and Vice Legion Commander Virion.
  
  "The first thing I notice is we don't have the portal gate to return outside," Zhang Mengyao immediately pointed out the crucial thing in the expedition. They could not return just because they wanted to, which meant there must be a condition to fulfill to get out of the tower. "We need to figure that out first."
  
  "Maybe there's a command System if we want to get out of the tower?" Lu An voiced his thoughts. Everyone looked at him, and he tried, "Return!"
  
  [You can't get out of the tower until you clear the first floor! Clear the first floor and obtain the portal gate!]
  
  The command was working but not working at the same time. It worked because Lu An got the information on how to return from the dimensional tower. It did not work because they could not return now. Lu An told everyone about the notification he had just received.
  
  "So, how do we clear the first floor?" It led to another question as the System did not elaborate on how to clear the first floor of the dimensional tower. The information they had about the dimensional was so vague. Wei Xi shook his head and looked toward
  Marshal Alton, "What do you think, Marshal Alton? Do you know how to clear the dimensional tower? You come from an advanced world than Earth, so you should probably know, right?"
  
  Marshal Alton glanced at Virion, Ashley, and Moonsong before replying, "We don't know anything about the dimensional tower, but maybe Revalor knows something about this tower?"
  
  "The Elven Kingdom does not have any information about the dimensional tower. As everyone knows, we don't even know about the smart base until we arrive on Earth," Virion shook his head. If his father knew something about the dimensional tower, he
  should know about this crucial information as well. However, the Elven Kingdom did not have any records about the smart base, let alone the dimensional tower.
  
  "Maybe it's another System command? Mission! Objective! Ouest!" Lu An tried it a few times, but he did not receive any response from the System.
  
  "The System is truly a pain in the ass. Can't it give us proper guidance or something?" Wei Xi was frustrated with the lack of guidance. The only hint they had was that they must clear the first floor in order to return.
  
  "The System wants us to look the way out by ourselves. It's not surprising considering the start of the Game," Zhang Mengyao had gotten used to how the System worked, so it was not a surprise. She maintained her composure because she was responsible for a thousand and three hundred lives. "What do you think, Lu An? Your game knowledge is always useful in times like this. Do you know something?"
  
  "Hmmm," Lu An rubbed his chin for a while as he thought about it, "The most generic pattern is defeating the boss floor. Each floor has a Monster Boss to defeat, and if we defeat the boss, that means we clear the first floor. That's the most generic one, but it's possible that there's a hidden mission for each faction. We need to complete the mission to clear the guest, maybe. Or, we need to conquer all the territories on the first floor like how we capture the whole city."
  
  Virion, Alton, Ashley, and Moonsong did not know what Lu An talked about as they did not know what Game Lu An talked about. Kang Xue and Zhang Mengyao knew so little about RPG games, and Wei Xi knew some basics.
  
  "Ah, I think it's most likely the first one. We need to find the boss floor and defeat it. Or maybe we have to pass a test on each floor. You know, something like there's a guardian on each floor, and we need to pass the test to clear the first floor," Wei Xi chimed in.
  
  "That's possible too: taking a test from the guardian floor is the second most generic after the boss floor type," Lu An nodded in agreement.
  
  "Then we will take the first route, finding the boss floor or the test area," Zhang Mengyao made the decision. Even though she did not know how to find them, the basics they needed to do was to explore the first floor.
  
  "Then should we split up?" Lu An was quite eager because this dimensional tower was truly similar to the Game and mangas he read in the past. Splitting up was the fastest to explore, but Zhang Mengyao had a different idea about that.
  
  "No! We will not split up, at least not until we establish the base and figure out the monsters on the first floor. Let's not take the risk because we have no information about the dimensional tower. Just because we never failed in the expedition, we should never lower our guard," Zhang Mengyao firmly declined the idea of splitting up. "Have your team returned, Legion Commander Moonsong?"
  
  "Yes, I will call them," Moonsong called two people, one elf and one moonlight rabbit. One was the former Elven Kingdom's queen, and the other one was the Grand Elder of the Moonlight Tribe.
  
  "My team has scouted the north and east area up to two thousand meters, but we can't find any living beings, and it's still the same forestry area like this," Grand Elder Armsong reported.
  
  "And my team scouted the south and west, and we found nothing but the same forest," Ava reported her team's discovery.
  
  "No village, monsters, and beasts...." Lu An thought about something outrageous in her head. "Don't tell me the System wants us to build our own base from zero instead of giving us an empty city like around the tower?" If they could not find the village or city until night, they had to sleep in the wilderness with nothing. They did not expect to be able to return after entering the tower, so they did not bring any tents with them.
  
  "It can be said we are in the safe zone," Wei Xi nodded his head. "The ideal situation is to have half of our people to prepare the lodging when the night comes, and half of our people explore the forest further. But none of us can construct lodging, not with the minimum tool we have."
  
  "It's not that we can't find the village or city, but we haven't explored the first floor. Maybe there's a city or village somewhere else: we just need to find it," Zhang Mengyao was not pessimistic about their situation. She then glanced at Moonsong and Virion, "If you are in this situation, where will you build your village?" The beastmen and the elf had lived in the forest for a long time, so she could use their knowledge to find the habitat of the first floor. Finding the strategist's location might lead them to a village.
  
  "The essential for us to live is food and water, so I will say we will find a river and build a village around the river itself if possible. Even if the terrain is not suitable to build a village, we want to build our house near the river. So finding a river may lead us to a village or even a city," Moonsong gave a convincing reply to Zhang Mengyao.
  
  Food and water were the primary need for the living beings as they needed clean water to drink and needed water to produce food. Even if they did not have crops to harvest, they would still have fish in the river as food. With that quick discussion, they quickly figured out what they needed to do for the first step, finding a river and the habitat of the first floor, which might be a huge help for them to explore the first floor.
  
  "The Tarriors are not familiar with the terrain, so we need the beastmen and the elf to explore the forest and find the river. Split your people into a small team of ten members, and investigate the forest deeper. The priority is to find the river but also avoid the battle!" Zhang Mengyao emphasized the last part of her command to avoid the battle. "While the Luminous Legion explores the forest, we will try to find an alternative food."
  
  They did not bring enough supplies because they thought they could return from the tower any time. They only brought an emergency ration that was supposed to last for three days. They must find alternative food, just in case, they could not find the village or inhabitants of the dimensional tower..
  
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Chapter 850: Earth Dimensional Tower - Part 2
The first thing that came into Lu An's sight was the massive tower. The tower's exterior design was similar to Pisa Tower, but the size was much bigger, and the tower in front of him was made of black materials. He subconsciously looked up; there was no end as it pierced through the sky. The ninety-nine people who followed him had the same reaction, but Lu An quickly regained his composure and checked his surroundings.

Lu An turned around and found out he was in the middle of the plaza; there was a fountain of water near him with benches surrounding it. Then he realized they were not in the wilderness but in a city. Yeah, this was similar to the city, but an empty one. He could see the district with buildings, streetlights, the main road, the sidewall; everything was well built considering he had not found living beings here, not even with his senses.

Lu An clapped his hand once, producing a loud clap. His subordinates looked at him, and he gave his command, "Listen up! We will split into eleven groups just like what we planned, and I want detailed information about this place. Avoid battle against the hostile beings unless necessary, and we will return to this spot in one hour."

"Yes, Sir!" After replying to their Chief, they split into ten groups and went into ten different directions, leaving Lu An, Viona, and Yeon Hee.

"I can't sense any living beings in the perimeter area, but this plaza most likely is safe," Viona scanned the surroundings and voiced her thoughts. "I will investigate the surroundings, Sir."

"Mnn, you can go," Lu An nodded. After Viona left the plaza, he looked around in confusion. "What are you looking for, Sir?" Even though Lu An was younger than her, Yeon Hee still addressed him formally, albeit a little bit awkward.

"The portal gate,” Lu An replied with a frown as he could not find the portal gate around them. Being reminded by Lu An, Yeon Hee realized there was no portal gate around them. The portal gate was the only way for them to return to the main base.

"There it is," Lu An found the portal gate after a while. There was a similar portal gate near the tower's entrance, so he thought it was the portal gate to return. However, he did not get too close to the entrance as he kept checking the entrance over and over again. "Wait here, I will check it."

Lu An told Yeon Hee to wait as he headed toward the tower's entrance. The portal gate was just around seven meters away from the entrance. He was a bit cautious, just in case something came out of the tower. He approached the portal gate cautiously and was relieved when nothing came at him when he arrived in front of the portal gate.

[Do you want to return to your base? (Yes) (No)]

The notification rang in his head when Lu An was just a meter away from the portal gate. He was relieved that this portal gate could send them back home. He was quite panicked deep inside when he noticed there was no portal gate around them just now. Lu An then motioned his hand to Yeon Hee, "It's safe. You can come over."

After ensuring they could return to the base, Lu An changed his focus on the tower itself. There was a pitch-black monolith right next to the entrance of the tower. He approached the entrance of the tower carefully, but there was nothing dangerous around, "Hmm, the area around the dimensional tower is safe, I think." He said that after arriving in front of the black monolith.

The monolith looked like it was made of black stone but similar to glass as he could see his reflection on it. Curious about the monolith's materials, he placed his hand on it.

[Welcome to the Sky Level Dimensional Tower!]

[Warning! Tower Break will happen if the players from Earth fail to conquer the ten floors of the Sky Level Dimensional Tower within a year's time!]

[Tower Break is a phenomenon where the tower's inhabitants get out of the tower and attack the players from Earth!]

[There's no condition or rules to get inside and inside the tower, the players make the rule!]

"Tower Break? The System never mentioned the tower break during the World Congress," Lu An muttered in a low voice. While he appeared to be nonchalant during the World Congress, he remembered all the contents of the World Congress, and The System never mentioned the possible tower break.

Lu An retracted his hand from the monolith, and the transparent screen disappeared. He looked at the closed entrance. The entrance was made of black stone with engraving on it. The engraving was giving off an impression of ancient engraving. It appeared like a random engraving, but with how well made it was, it must be more than a random engraving. He hesitated for a
while before approaching the stone door.

Lu An raised his hands and was about to touch the door until he heard his subordinate call him up. He pulled his hand subconsciously and turned around. Two people rushed toward him. He left the entrance and rushed to his two subordinates as he thought something bad had happened to them because only two returned, "What's wrong? Did you encounter monsters? Where's your team?"

"Oh, no. We did not meet anyone, but we have discovered, and we want to inform you of this immediately, Sir," Wu Shuan replied to clear the misunderstandings. The former Major General of the Suzhou Survivor Establishment had become one of Lu An's subordinates. He was satisfied with joining the intelligence division and had been working under Lu An for a while now, "Please follow me, Sir."

Lu An was relieved that nothing had happened. He nodded and followed Wu Shuan to the main road. When they arrived in front of the main road that connected the plaza and the districts, Wu Shuan pointed his finger up. He followed up and saw the floating screen.

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[Southern District]

Description: Southern District comprises 300 districts in total, and each district comprises forty buildings

Southern District Buyout Price: 500 million Game Coins.

Main District Price: 20 million Game Coins.

Secondary District Price: 10 million Game Coins

Outer District Price: 3 million Game Coins

Note: The bought district can't be taken forcefully by the other factions.

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Lu An furrowed his brow at this as he found this was just absurd to him. Why did they need to buy this expensive district if they could travel freely with the portal gate? But he quickly remembered how essential the housing in this city was for the small factions who did not have the portal gate. They could not travel back and forth like the major factions, so having lodging around the Dimensional Tower was essential to them.

At this moment, Viona returned to Lu An said and reported her discovery, "I can't find any living beings around. The city must be empty, and all these buildings and districts are for the players."

"Alright, stay here with the others. I will return to the main base and report our discovery to Supreme General Zhang. Remember to avoid the conflict until the main force arrives," Lu An reminded his subordinates once before he added at the end. "Also, gather everyone and get ready to explore the dimensional tower's first floor. I think we will enter the tower first before the main force, so get them prepared."

"Yes, Sir. I will get everyone ready once you return,” Viona responded with a firm tone.
Lu An rushed toward the portal gate and returned to the main base. After Lu An left them, Viona opened the System Communication and opened the Tang Empire Intelligence Division group. She sent everyone in the team a message, telling them to return to the plaza. At this point, there was nothing to investigate as they realized this empty city was prepared for the players.

Not even a minute after Lu An left, and Viona just sent the message to her team members, then the second faction arrived. A group of hundreds or even thousands of people arrived in the plaza. The second faction filled the plaza with their arrival. Viona and the others did not expect their arrival, "Let's hide until the main force—" She did not manage to finish her words as the newcomers noticed them.

The first person to notice them was a man with dark skin. The man whistled and spoke loudly, "Look what we have here, two beauties are waiting for us! The System is really good to prepare us for two women."

Along with the whistle and loud noise, the crowds looked toward their directions, "Get ready for battle any time," Even though her voice sounded calm, Viona was quite nervous inside. She just reached the Epic Rank, finishing the trial a few days ago, so she did not know if she could win against these many people by herself. On top of that, Liliana was not with her for the Spirit Integration. If a battle broke out, she was not as confident as before when she was in a war against the Lionax Kingdom..

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Chapter 848: Separate Ways - Part 3
Min Soo was shocked to hear that directly from Yeon Hee's mouth. His eyes widened unbelievably to what he heard, “But why? She said you could leave with me if you want to,” He rudely pointed at Zhang Mengyao, but the latter showed no reaction to the rudeness. "Did they force you to stay, did they? Did they force you to sign the System Contract to stay here?"

Yeon Hee shook her head, "No. There's no contract. I did not sign any contract or anything. I decided to stay on my will. Just forget me, Min Soo. It's just impossible for us now; I don’t want to return with you guys.”

"No, this is not you. This is not Yeon Hee that I know of," Min Soo kept shaking his head as he did not want to believe this. He then turned around and pointed his finger at Zhang Mengyao. Before he could say anything, the young man next to Zhang Mengyao disappeared and appeared again in front of him. Lu An grabbed the index finger and cracked it up. "ARGHHHHHHH!"

The other ten Haven members stood up and took out their weapons because their leader was attacked. By the time they were ready, Lu An was no longer in front of Min Soo as he had returned next to Zhang Mengyao. If not for Min Soo groaning in pain, they believed they might see things.

“No! Put your weapon back!" Yeon Hee panicked and rushed to the other members of Haven, urging them to put down their weapons. "Just leave this place and give up on me. I will never return to The Haven!"

Despite her urging, The ten members of Haven did not put down their weapons. When their lives were under constant threat, putting down their weapon was a foolish decision.

"Put down your weapon, or you all will fight me," Yeon Hee took out her sword and released her aura. The shadow started to spread from her feet, "I don't want to fight, let alone kill you for the account of our past. Leave, right now! Or you will face the whole Tang Empire!”

Among the ten members, there was a man that could maintain his composure. He was the Haven's vice-captain, Dong Joon. He put his spear back into his inventory and helped his captain get up. “It's enough, Min Soo. Let's leave for now," He met Yeon Hee's pleading gaze and quickly realized that the talk would go nowhere if they kept forcing the issue. If they wanted to bring Yeon Hee with them, they must do something else because the Tang Empire must have done something to her.

"You lied! You said you did not do anything to her!" Min Soo shouted at Zhang Mengyao. He was about to say more things, but Dong Joon whispered something to him. That whisper calmed Min Soo down as he stopped shouting.

Dong Joon then put his right hand on his left chest and bowed his head toward Zhang Mengyao, "We are sorry for causing commotion here, and thank you for willing to listen to us. We will take our leave now."

"Good decision," Zhang Mengyao nodded and stood up from the chair. She then glanced at Park Nam Hoon, "Escort them back," After saying that, she left the waiting room first with Yeon Hee and Lu An.

Lu An and Yeon Hee were in the same exclusive elevator with Zhang Mengyao, "I will meet Moonsong, and we will have a meeting with the Sub Regions in half an hour. You must come as the leader of the intelligence division.” Zhang Mengyao said that before she left the elevator.

"Hmmm, half an hour.... What should I do in this half an hour," Lu An rubbed his chin. It was a bit of a hassle for him if he had to return to the office because his office was in another building. He then glanced at the downcast Yeon Hee, “A good leader will not let his people down. I know you will look and think about me as disgusting and hypocritical, but you are one of us now. This might not help you forget about your friends, but this will ease your mind a little bit." Lu An pressed the twenty-one button, and the elevator door closed again, "I should not bring you here, but I will take the risk for you." When Yeon Hee heard that, she raised her head and looked at Lu An. She just came to the Tang Empire's main base and did not know the public elevator only had access to the twentieth floor. So she did not understand what he was talking about.

Yeon Hee said nothing and just followed her superior. When they reached the twentieth-one floor, she followed Lu An. She was surprised that this floor was more like a storage room. As she observed this strange floor, she heard a chopping noise. "It seems we come at the right time. Follow me." Lu An came to the source of the noise, and Yeon Hee followed him closely.

After walking a few steps, Yeon Hee realized that the twentieth-one floor was a kitchen and storage. It was more like designed for the cook, but she was sure this cook had a high status within the Tang Empire to have a whole floor as a personal kitchen. Then her nose smelled an aromatic smell of food. She felt hungry when she smelled the pleasant aroma.

"Good morning, Sister Elin. Good morning, Delia,” Lu An waved his hand at the two girls who were cooking in the kitchen. Yeon furrowed her brow and observed the two girls, 'Foreigner?' She did not expect to meet the foreigner in this place. The girl with natural purple hair and a girl with natural green hair moved around the kitchen as they returned the greeting with a smile.

‘No, there are no people with that kind of hair,' Yeon Hee was confused as she thought of where the two girls came from. She never saw people with purple and green hair unless they dyed it, but the two girls’ hair color was natural. She could tell that within a glance.

“Come and sit. You are lucky to taste Sister Elin's cooking. You are the first outsider to taste her personal cooking," Lu An motioned Yeon Hee to sit next to him.

"So, who is this special guest we have here? Your girlfriend?" Elinova stopped what she was doing and came over. But then she furrowed her brow after scanning the woman from top to bottom. The girl had an attractive look, and her body was hot. She was sure this was Tang Shaoyang's type of girl, especially with that big chest even though it was a little smaller than hers and Delia's.

"She is my personal secretary. Can you keep it a secret from Brother Shaoyang that I bring her here, Sister Elin?" Lu An winked his right eye at Elinova. Hearing that, Elinova was relieved because Lu An did not bring her up here because the girl was someone special to Tang Shaoyang. She smiled and replied while shaking her head, "You should persuade Origin to keep this secret instead of me. That guy will report this to your Brother Shaoyang for sure." Lu An's face paled when he heard as he forgot the AI. Origin would not compromise as it would report everything to Tang Shaoyang.

"Hello, I am Elinova. I am Head Cook of the Tang Empire," Elinova offered her hand for a handshake. The culture she learned from the earthlings. Delia then rushed over, “Hello, I am Delia, Sister Elin's bodyguard, and also her assistant. I am sorry, my hand is dirty." Delia waved her hand at Yeon Hee.

"Nice to meet you," Yeon Hee nodded, "I am So Yeon Hee.”

"So, I bring her here to cheer her up. Can you do me a favor, Sister Elin?" After an unsuccessful attempt to have a discussion with Origin, Lu An gave up and looked toward Elinova. "In exchange, I will help you hunt any beasts. As a good leader, I can't let my subordinates get depressed."

"I don't know if I can help you, but J will take the offer," Elinova nodded and smiled, "A good food usually will help lift up your mood a quite bit, and it may be able to help her a little. Before we get to the main dish, what about getting a drink first?" She did not wait for Yeon Hee's response as she turned around and returned with a glass in her hand. "This drink can help you calm down a little bit, and people call it calming tea, but I name it Serenity. It's a little bitter, but its pleasant fragrance will help you to calm down."

Yeon Hee could not refuse it since Yeon Hee had brought the glass in front of her even though she was not a fan of tea. She took the glass and took a sip. Her eyes widened a little bit as she felt warmth flow in her throat. She thought the drink was it, but she was surprised by the incoming effect. There was a soothing sensation on his chest, calming her down. It was not over yet as the soothing sensation went up to her head. She felt her head was cool, which helped her calm down a lot.

The sadness for losing her friends was rooted inside her, but this Serenity helped her quite a bit. Not that her sadness lessened, but she now saw things with her clear mind. Despite the sadness, she did not regret taking this path. She snapped out from her thoughts as she saw Elinova’'s smiling face.

"Hehe, it seems Serenity helps your secretary, Lu An." Elinova left the countertop and headed toward Delia, who stood in front of the huge pot. “How is it, Delia. Is it ready?" Delia made an okay gesture with her right hand.

In the next moment, Yeon Hee was served with a bowl of soup and a plate of Naan bread, “This is my new cooking, Crab Soup Curry and Naan Bread. I just learned it, so I hope you like it." Elinova served the food with a smile.

‘Ah, the aromatic fragrant earlier is from this soup curry, but crab curry?’ Yeon Hee had never tried crab with curry before, so this was surely a new flavor for her.

“What about me, Sister Elin? I want that too," Lu An could not wait to eat the food when he looked at how tantalizing the food was.

"Stop nagging and be patient, can you?" Delia rolled her eyes and put Lu An's serving in front of him.

Yeon Hee looked at Lu An before looking back at Elinova, "Go ahead, try it." Elinova urged Yeon Hee to eat the food. The latter nodded her head and pulled the food closer to her. Naan was not something new to her as she had tried it before. She took the Naan with her hand and broke it apart before dipping it into the soup curry. Then she put the dipped Naan into her mouth. In the first chew, she closed her eyes and made a pleasant expression as she could not believe the food would taste this good. Her mouth did not stop chewing while her eyes remained closed.

After swallowing the food, she opened her eyes and met Elinova's happy face. She opened her mouth to give the food praise, but the words did not come out of her mouth as she did not know how to describe the taste. After a while, she came up with the words, "I don't know how to describe it, but this is the most delicious food I have ever tasted. Oh no, this is the second most delicious food."

"Hoo, so what's the first?" Elinova smiled as she was not offended by Yeon Hee's words,

"My Mom's cook, of course," Even though Yeon Hee praised her mother's cooking, she said it while eating Elin's cook. It was as if the food could send her flying with each bite in her mouth.

"The deal is done. I will tell you later what you must hunt for me, Lu An," Elinova had a satisfied smile when she saw Yeon Hee's expression. Since Yeon Hee was smiling and savoring her food happily, she had delivered the deal from her side..

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  Yeon Hee blinked her eyes a few times as she tried to proceed with her situation. The food was the most delicious food she had ever tasted, but she somehow felt troubled. The memories from the last battle flashed in her head, and she thought she would be a slave or something worst when she accepted the deal. She did not expect to receive such treatment at all as the Tang Empire did nothing to her.
  
  Now, she got the chance to enjoy the heavenly food, and she felt guilty because her friends might be distressed with their situation. Yeon Hee looked up at the elevator's ceiling as she did not know how to face the situation. She felt it was just wrong because she was the only one who got to enjoy this without her friends.
  
  "Oh, while you get to be close with Sister Elin and Delia, you should remain respectful to them when you meet them in public," Lu An turned to his secretary and reminded her. "They are The Emperor's wives, so better you know your place, especially in front of The Emperor. I don't know what he wants to do with you, but just enjoy the moment for now."
  
  Yeon Hee had mixed feelings after hearing that from Lu An. She was anxious about what awaited her in the future. Lu An was right about that part, she was making a deal with The Emperor, but she had not met with him since then. She was surprised but not shocked to hear the two girls were The Emperor's wives. ‘It's something I should expect from an Emperor, multiple wives.' Then she remembered last night's event where The Emperor kissed her on the forehead, ‘Did he want to take me into her harem too?’
  
  "I thought Brother Shaoyang fancies you, but the fact he hasn't come to meet you is puzzling me,” Lu An muttered in a low voice, but there were only two of them inside the lift. No matter how small his voice was, she could hear him perfectly. "Maybe he just wants to torture you because of what your friends tried to do with Sister Aleesa and Sylvia."
  
  Yeon Hee fell into deep thought as she had become even more uncertain about her future. She forgot all the problems when she ate the food, but she became unsettled once more.
  
  "Regardless of what he wants to do with you, you are my personal secretary for now, so just do your job well. Maybe if you work well, I will try to ask Brother Shaoyang to forgive you and your friends," Lu An said without much thought in his mind. He had just one thing in his mind if his subordinates worked hard and produced a good result, then they must be rewarded. He said those with those thoughts in mind.
  
  Ding!
  
  Yeon Hee was about to say something to thank Lu An's support, but the door opened as they arrived on the twelfth floor. A big meeting would be held in this room, and Lu An was asked to attend the meeting. When the door opened, a purple-haired woman waited for them in front of the elevator. She immediately greeted Lu An when he stepped out of the elevator, "Good morning, Chief Lu An. The meeting will start in three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. We need to hurry, or else we will be late.”
  
  "Minn, let's go," Lu An rushed to the meeting room along with the purple-haired woman. Yeon Hee was about to follow them, but the two were ten meters ahead of her when she just stepped out of the elevator. "Move up a little faster, or we will be late, Yeon Hee!" She heard Lu An's voice, urging her to pick up her pace.
  
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  The first assembly with the Sub Regions started without The Emperor, but Supreme General Zhang Mengyao, Vice Supreme General Wei Xi, and The Head of Healer Division replaced the Emperor to lead the assembly. No one knew where The Emperor went to because Zhang Mengyao just told them The Emperor had an urgent matter to take care of.
  
  The meeting was supposed to discuss the Earth Dimensional Tower preparation, but Zhang Mengyao dismissed the discussion with, "Just prepare your best men to enter the Earth Dimensional Tower. We will hold another assembly to discuss the preparation after the Earth Dimensional Tower is summoned." The assembly mostly discussed the situation within the Sub Region. Right at eight o'clock in the morning, Zhang Mengyao stopped the discussion after the System sent a notification to everyone.
  
  [The Sky Level Dimensional Tower has been summoned on Earth!]
  
  [Eleven Major Factions have obtained the privileges, a portal gate to Earth Dimensional Tower!]
  
  After the notification, Origin immediately spoke to Zhang Mengyao: [I just received the portal gate to the Earth Dimensional Tower! Based on my knowledge of the Earth Map, the Dimensional Tower appeared in a region called Greenland.]
  
  Hearing that, Zhang Mengyao opened the map and found Greenland on the map. Looking at where Greenland was, she laughed because no one could enter the dimensional tower unless they were major factions with privilege or a faction that originated on Greenland itself. That meant it was a competition between the major factions.
  
  Greenland was a big island between the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean, meaning the factions without the portal gate had to use ships to reach Greenland. Zhang Mengyao did not think they would think about crossing the ocean when their territories were occupied with zombies, so it was a competition between major factions who had the portal gate.
  
  "We will end the assemble for now, but I wish you to prepare your best players to enter the dimensional tower. The Tang Empire will allow the Sub Regions to use the portal gate to the Earth Dimensional Tower, but we will send our people first to investigate the situation. The assembly is over," The eleven Chiefs wanted to say something, but they decided to listen to the command for the time being.
  
  “We need an underground space to put our portal gate to the Dimensional Tower. Can you ask the dwarf if the portal gate room is done, Origin?" Then Zhang Mengyao turned toward Lu An. "Gather your best people because we will send TEID first to investigate the situation around the tower. We need quick information from the intelligence division."
  
  "Yes!" Lu An stood up and left the meeting room with Yeon Hee and Viona. Zhang Mengyao then glanced at Wei Xi, "Prepare our five hundred best Tarriors. They will be the first group to enter the dimensional tower. Marshal Alton, please work together with the Elven Kingdom and the Moonlight Tribe to prepare your best five hundred knights and warriors. We will be sending a thousand of our best people into the dimensional tower. Make sure they are not just strong, but also can be trusted!"
  
  The Tang Empire's military was split into two for the time being. Marshal Alton would be responsible for the force from Lukan, and the original Tarrior was still managed by Zhang Mengyao and Wei Xi.
  
  "Please prepare the best two hundred healers too, Kang Xue... I don't think we have that many capable healers yet,” Zhang Mengyao did not want to send the newbie healers into the dimensional tower.
  
  "Don't worry about it, Mengyao. We have the Light Bombyx Mori Tribe. They are capable healers, and we can fill the missing numbers with them," Kang Xue accepted the request. Bombyx Mori was the giant moth with elemental power, an elemental creature that mastered one element. Light Bombyx Mori Tribe mastered light elemental power, the power that could be used to heal.
  
  "Ah, we have them as well," Zhang Mengyao remembered that they have the Light Bombyx Mori Tribe. Since they lived in seclusion, she forgot about them, "Then please prepare two hundred healers for the first team.”
  
  After giving a series of orders, Origin came back to her about the dwarf's work: [The dwarves have prepared the underground portal room, and we can use it right away. Do you want me to install the portal gate right away?]
  
  "Please do that, and lead Lu An and his team to the underground room afterward. This is a race between the major factions. I don't want to be left behind by them," Zhang Mengyao got up from her seat and stretched out, "I will lead the expedition team by myself. I will leave the base to you three," She turned to Li Shuang, Cao Jingyi, and Kang Xue's father, Kang Jiayi, the Chief of
  Tang Empire Internal Security (TEIS).
  
  Li Shuang's role in the Tang Empire was similar to the Prime Minister, but she did not have the official title yet. She was still someone in charge of the Tang Empire's infrastructure, from agriculture to education, and more things were her responsibility, and Cao Jingyi was her assistant.
  
  "You can leave with ease with me here, Mengyao,” Li Shuang smiled, "But you must be careful too."
  
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  Underground Portal Room
  
  Lu An immediately gathered his team after leaving the assembly room. The Tang Empire Intelligence Division did not have a lot of people, around three hundred plus. It was a small division, but he had gathered the best. From three hundred, he picked a hundred people to follow him.
  
  "Our duty is to gather information about the situation around the Dimensional Tower, to ensure our main force's safety. So, you must avoid fighting monsters, zombies, beasts, anything. We want to secure a safe point for Tarriors, understand?” Lu An stood in front of the hundred people and gave the instruction.
  
  "Yes, Sir!" The hundred people answered simultaneously.
  
  "Good, then let's depart," Lu An turned around, walking into the portal gate..
  
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chapter 847 Separate Ways - Part 2

After handing the report to Yeon Hee, Lu An observed the woman’s expression. She clearly did not expect her friends would be here, the enemy’s territory, after she sacrificed herself for them. The shock and worries were apparent on her face.

Ding!

Then he received a message notification. He opened the notification, and it was a message from Sister Mengyao. He read the message and was surprised by the content as Zhang Mengyao asked him to bring Yeon to the main building. Lu An did not hide the message from Yeon Hee as he shared it with her, “It seems you will meet your friends, Yeon Hee.”

Yeon Hee read the message. Instead of being happy as he was able to meet with her friends, she was more concerned. It was uncertain what the woman called Zhang Mengyao wanted to do to her and her friends, “Do you want to meet them?” Lu An asked Yeon, and he added at the end of his words, “This may be your last chance to meet them in your life.”

Yeon Hee shook her head furiously as she was afraid the worst thing would happen to her friends if she met them. This might be a test for her, and if she chose to meet her friends, the Tang Empire would kill all her friends. She would rather not meet with her friends at the cost.

“Oh, unfortunately, you can’t decline this,” Lu An shared the second message from Zhang Mengyao. Reading the message, Yeon Hee’s countenance paled out of fear. Of course, there was no threat in the message as it only said meeting her friends was not an option but an order. It meant she had to meet her friends.

“I have been in this room for too long, so might as well get some fresh air,” Lu An stood up from the chair and walked to the exit, “Follow me, but you must remember the deal between you and Your Majesty Emperor. The reason your friends are still alive is that we honor the agreement. If you break the agreement, then only one fate awaits your friends.”

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Earlier in the waiting room

“Can you explain in detail the meaning of this, Chief Park Nam Hoon?” Zhang Mengyao’s icy tone sent a chill to Park Nam Hoon’s spine. The moment he saw Zhang Mengyao’s expression, he immediately regretted his decision to bring The Haven to the main base, ‘I should have asked first before bringing them here.’ But the ice had melted; he could not escape from this, but he was thinking for the right excuse to come out from the current predicament. This was obviously a minus point for the Korea Sub Region.

“I apologize for my impertinence, Supreme General Zhang. I should have asked your permission before bringing them with me,” Park Nam Hoon braced himself to apologize and bowed his head. Yoo Kwang Sung and Song Shi Eun also bowed their heads, “I am doing this to repay their kindness for helping the Legion Guild in the early days. I hope for your generosity for my impudence, Supreme General Zhang Mengyao.”

Park Nam Hoon paused there, waiting for Zhang Mengyao’s response. However, Zhang Mengyao said nothing, which made him nervous, but he still continued, “I bring them here to talk with Your Majesty, that’s it. They just want to have a talk with Your Majesty Emperor to solve the misunderstanding that happened last night.”

“What if they come to assassinate The Emperor? What if they have something that can kill Your Majesty Tang Shaoyang? Will The Legion Guild take the responsibility if that happens, Chief Park Nam Hoon?” Zhang Mengyao stared at The Haven’s leader, Min Soo when he was about to interrupt her. Min Soo flinched slightly and closed his mouth immediately.

“You should know more than me what happened between Your Majesty and The Haven last night, and yet you still bring them to the main base. Are you a fool or just too naive, Chief Park Nam Hoon?” Zhang Mengyao’s cold words silenced Par Nam Hoon.

The Legion Guild Leader opened and closed his mouth again as he did not know what to say. He did not think that far because of the show of The Emperor’s power last night. He thought there was no way the Haven could assassinate The Emperor. But he now thought about it. There were a lot of unknown things he did not know, and maybe The Haven had something that could kill The Emperor. He did not think that far before.

“I will overlook your mistake just this once, the first and the last time. If the same thing happened, then….” Zhang Mengyao did not finish her words, but that was enough to scare Park Nam Hoon, Song Shi Eun, and Yoo Kwang Sung, If they lost the Tang Empire’s support, they should consider disbanding the guild. Even if the Tang Empire did not destroy them by cutting ties, the World Government would.

The three people stood and bowed their heads to Zhang Mengyao, “We are grateful for Supreme General generosity.” After that, Park Nam Hoon raised his and turned toward Min Soo and the Haven’s members, “Shall I escort them out, Supreme General Zhang?”

“There’s no need. Since they are here, I will have a chat with them,” Zhang Mengyao shook her head, “Just sit there!” The three did not know why Zhang Mengyao wanted them to stay, but they followed the order without questioning it.

“I have a gist of what you want to talk about with The Emperor, but he is not someone you can meet just because you want to meet him,” Zhang Mengyao turned toward Min Soo, “But I will listen to you. You have five minutes to convince me.”

“We will do everything for the Tang Empire, but in exchange, we want The Tang Empire to return Yeon Hee to us,” Min Soo did not hesitate to speak what was in his mind.” As for Dae-Jung who has offended The Emperor, I have killed him with my own hand.”

“Can you prove it? I want proof that the man called Dae-Jung is dead,” Zhang Mengyao stared at Min Soo’s eyes, and the latter flinched. Min Soo looked away from Zhang Mengyao before realizing his mistake and looking back at Zhang Mengyao.

“You can’t convince me with a lie,” Zhang Mengyao shook her head, “Also, what can you do for the Tang Empire? Do you think we lack manpower? Call Revalor and Legion Commander Moonsong, Origin,”

The door of the waiting room opened as two figures entered the waiting room, “Do you need something from us, Supreme General Zhang?” The Moonlight Rabbit Chief and the former Elven King bowed toward Zhang Mengyao.

“I am sorry to bother you two, but can you direct your aura to these people?” Zhang Mengyao pointed at Min Soo and his friends. Moonsong and Revalor did not question the order as they directed their auras to Min Soo and the Haven members. Out of eleven people, eight of them fell off the chair as horror and dread plastered on their faces. “Thank you for your assistance. You can leave now.”

Revalor and Moonsong bowed and left the waiting room. Zhang Mengyao just showed The Haven the reality. “Do you think you have enough power to make the exchange? While the Epic Rank is amazing for the small faction, you guys are nothing in The Tang Empire’s eyes. We have a lot of people stronger than The Haven; why would we want you?”

The deep silence followed, but Min Soo still gritted his teeth as he did not want to go back empty-handed. This was his only chance to get Yeon Hee back because he would not be able to visit this place again if he left now.

“It seems that’s not enough to convince you,” Zhang Mengyao shook her head once more, “Well, in fact, Yeon Hee can leave this place anytime if she wants to. We did not force her to sign the System Contract or take the Oath Ceremony. There’s nothing that binds her with Your Majesty or The Emperor.”

“LIE!” Min Soo immediately refuted as he did not believe it. He believed the tang Empire must force her to sign the System Contract, or else she would escape already if there was nothing binding her. He knew her ability and class; it should be easy for her to escape from this place. The fact that she did not run away, there must be something that bound her, “You can’t convince me with a lie!” Min Soo returned Zhang Mengyao’s words.

Zhang Mengyao shrugged, “You will know directly from the person herself. She should be here soon. As long as you can convince her to leave with you, then we will not stop to bring her away.” She had just finished her words, and the door opened. Lu An and Yeon Hee entered the waiting room.

Min Soo immediately got up from the chair when he saw the girl enter the room. He was about to rush toward her, but suddenly a young man appeared right before him. He subconsciously raised his hands and was about to push the young man away, but his hands were pushing the empty air. He turned his head, and the young man was already sitting next to Zhang Mengyao.

Min Soo shook his head as his mind was on Yeon Hee right now, “Let’s leave, Yeon Hee. Let’s leave this place with us.” He walked toward his girlfriend and smiled. When he was about to hug her, Yeon Hee surprisingly pushed him away. “No, I will stay here. You and them should leave this place. Don’t bother me anymore because I have chosen to stay with the Tang Empire.”

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Chapter 846: Separate Ways - Part 1

“I will do my best too”, Zhang Mengyao muttered in a low voice, “Have the Elven Kingdom pick the territory they want, Origin?”
[They haven’t decided which territory they want to live in, Ma’am. However, the Elven Kingdom has narrowed it down to two territories, between Ningbo and Hangzhou. I think they will come up with a decision within one or two days.] Origin replied right away. The AI called Zhang Mengyao Ma’am under her request because Origin had called her Mistress before. She felt like Mistress had a different bad meaning, so she came up with this because the AI did not want to call her name.

“What about the Moonlight Tribe?” Zhang Mengyao turned around and left the office. The migration was quite more complicated than she thought it would be, especially for the elf. They loved to live in the territory with trees, so they had already been looking for that place for over a week.

[The Moonlight Tribe have decided to live in the main territory. There’s an island to our northeast, and Legion Commander Moonsong asked our permission to live there.]

Zhang Mengyao stopped her steps for a second as she thought about something for a moment. It piqued her interest as to why the Moonlight did not want to manage a territory with a smart base. Without a doubt, the smart base was a huge help for the people from Lukan, yet the Moonlight Tribe still chose to stay in the main territory.

“Arrange me a meeting with Legion Commander Moonsong”, She decided to talk it out with Moonsong.”Also, tell the other girls that Your Majesty is taking The Trial of Ancient right now, so he will be away for a week to a month. What about the dwarf’s progress?”

[The dwarf is indeed amazing, Ma’am. They have built the houses for them to live in our underground. They ask us for the secrecy, so I haven’t told anyone the secret passage to the underground. I can lead you there if you want, Ma’am.]

“Mnn, let’s visit the dwarf after meeting Moonsong”, Zhang Mengyao nodded.

[Hmmm, we have uninvited guests, Ma’am. Chief Park of Korea Sub Region wants to meet with Your Majesty along with the guests. Do you want me to decline the request, Ma’am?]

Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow when she heard Park Nam Hoon brought guests and wanted to meet Tang Shaoyang. Declining the request was the right decision because she could not let the Chief of the sub-regions find out that Tang Shaoyang was not here. However, she was curious about the guests.

“No, delay the meeting with Legion Commander Moonsong. I will meet Chief Park first”, Zhang Mengyao turned around and walked to the exclusive lift.

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Waiting Room

“Are you sure about this, Nam Hoon!?” Yoo Kwang Sung questioned his guild leader’s decision to bring the eleven people to the Tang Empire’s main base. This was so stupid because they were leading the enemy into the Tang Empire’s main territory.

“I am not going to lie, but this is so stupid, the stupidest decision you have ever made in your life, Park Nam Hoon!” Song Shi Eun voiced her discontent clearly and loudly for the guests invited by Park Nam Hoon. She did not bother to lower her voice at all.

“Hah….” Park Nam Hoon let out a sigh and helpless smile. “We can’t be ungrateful, right? The Haven has helped us a lot in the past. This is the last thing I can do for them. Don’t worry, I am not going to help them with the talk. I am just helping them to meet Your Majesty Emperor.”

That was right; the eleven guests were the members of Haven. They come to the Legion Guild and begged Park Nam Hoon to meet them with Tang Shaoyang for a discussion. Teah, it was eleven, not twelve. With Yeon Hee following Tang Shaoyang, the Haven should have been left with twelve members, but there were only eleven members. Dae-Jung was not with them, the missing member.

“Yeah, your silly sympathy will incur His Majesty’s wrath by inviting them to the main base. Even if you want to help them, at least, you must ask Your Majesty first if you are allowed to bring them to the main base”, Song Shi Eun was so frustrated with Park Nam Hoon. “You didn’t even talk this out with us either. I should let Cha Hyuk punch your face.”

Park Nam Hoon did not discuss this with his friends either, as he one-sidedly decided to bring the Haven with them when they decided to visit the main base. Thanks to that, Cha Yuk and Yu Jin Sang were upset. Cha Hyuk almost punched Park Nam Hoon’s face, but Yoo Kwang Sung stopped in time. If not for that, Park Nam Hoon’s left eye would have turned blue by now.

Despite the obvious snappy remark directed toward them, The Haven members remained silent. Not because they were guilty of the Legion Guild, but because this was Tang Shaoyang’s home. They were inside the devil’s home, so they did not want to cause any commotion as they came to talk, not fight.

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TEID office

TEID was the newly established division headed by Luan. TEID stood for Tang Empire Intelligence Division, and that was the third name for this new division as Lu An kept changing it. The third name lasted longer than the two previous names, about three days by now.

Lu An was sitting behind the table, reviewing the report from his subordinates. After a while, he slammed the papers on the table and massaged the space between his eyes, “This is so tedious. I would rather become a soldier and fight in the front line rather than reading all these reports.”
“Then you should resign from your position and join the army instead”, Yeon Hee helped tidy up the messed up table. Overnight, Lu An managed to convince Yeon Hee to be his personal secretary. While her position was personal secretary, in fact, Lu An was watching her. Yeon Hee accepted her current situation and took the offer; of course, it did not mean she was loyal to the Empire. Rather than staying in the confinement room, she would go outside and help with a little work while thinking about her own future.

“Your Majesty has trusted me with this position, and I will not disappoint him”, Lu An shook his head and took the new paper. His eyes gleamed when he read the recent report. “Interesting, my people spotted your friends in the main base.” He then handed the report to Yeon Hee.

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I don't mind but you gotta explain to me in dms how the hell this fast pass works, I've seen sum talking about it but idk what it is nor what to do lol

Oh it's a ticket used on Webnovel app to unlock chapter. We get 3 free FP every day.

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Chapter 844: Asahi Sub Region
Tang Shaoyang arrived in Japan's flying zone in half an hour, but it took him two hours to find the Osaka Castle. If not for the castle, it would take him longer to find where Osaka was. In fact, Osaka Castle was the third castle he found on this trip: it was quite a hassle to find Osaka Castle.

Fortunately, The Taukai Family and The Tachibana Family's territories were next to each other. The Taukai Family occupied Sakai, where Osaka Castle was, and The Tachibana Clan occupied Kyoto. So, the two factions gathered in Osaka Castle. He did not need to go around Japan since both factions came to Osaka Castle.

Tang Shaoyang was sitting in front of the Tachibana Clan and the Taukai Family's leaders, explaining the Sub Region system to them. After that, he directly proposed his idea for the two factions.

"I don't know and don't care what happened between the two factions in the past, but I want you to end the conflicts if you have any and establish a stronger faction together. The Taukai Family and The Tachibana Clan will be the Tang Empire's representatives in Japan and manage this land for the Empire."

Izuhara Tachibana and Kado Taukai exchanged glances. There was no personal conflict, but there was a rivalry growing on them as they did a short skirmish from time to time at the border. However, the conflict had not grown to a blood feud so far, but a unification between the two would be challenging. If they united together, they had to choose anew leader, and conflict to choose the new leader was inevitable.

"I know there would bea conflict of interest if a merger happens, but the two factions can speak together on the table to discuss the merger. If you are conflicted about the leader, you can form a council, and each faction can have three representatives. You plan, fight, and expand together as a whole. Don't you want to re-establish your country? Instead of an individual leader like the King or President, you can form a council consisting of several leaders as the leader of the merger faction," Tang Shaoyang voiced his idea. It was Legion Guild's leadership system, but that would work better for the merger faction.

"If you agree with the merger, then I will install the Portal Gate," When Tang Shaoyang mentioned the portal gate, the two leaders looked toward Tang Shaoyang. "It's a transportation tool to travel to each other's territory. The Tang Empire can directly send the support and reinforcement if you ever need it."

"Can we have an hour of time discussion, Your Majesty?" Izuhara Tachibana spoke up. "The merger is too sudden for us, and I think it will be better if we have a discussion first before we can agree to your proposal."

"That's fair, but instead of an hour, I will give you half an hour to have a discussion. It's almost midnight, and I have to visit the other factions," Tang Shaoyang agreed as he immediately stood up. "I will return in half an hour."

Half an hour later, Tang Shaoyang was invited back to the same room. Kado Taukai and Izuhara Tachibana had reached a conclusion after half an hour of discussion, "We have agreed to merge our factions, Your Majesty. However, we have one request for you, Your Majesty."

"Mnn, say it. I will help as long as it's reasonable," Tang Shaoyang nodded.

"We want the Tang Empire to create an inspector team to ensure fairness within our newly merged faction. Even though we agree to merge, we will use the council system. The leadership will still be split between The Tachibana Clan and The Taukai Family. Suppose there's an internal conflict within our faction. In that case, we want the Tang Empire to be our intermediary and help us solve the difference between the two clans impartially," Izuhara Tachibana voiced his request. The conflict was bound to happen when two factions merged. He and Kado Taukai did not want the internal strife to cause their downfall if the merge happened, so they had come up with such a decision.

"There's no need for you to ask about that. The Tang Empire is creating an Administrator Sub Region Division. It's a division that will oversee the Tang Empire's sub-regions, and if you need help, support, want to meet me, or anything from the Empire. You can't go directly to me, but you need to go to the Administrator Sub Region. It's in process and will be ready in a week or so," Tang Shaoyang gave them the good news.

"Lam grateful for your consideration, Your Majesty. Then our second request is, can you give us a week to merge the two factions? There is a lot of work for the merge. We have to give our people an understanding of the merger to avoid internal conflict because of our past rivalry. We need to discuss the administration for the new faction, and we wish for the Tang Empire's help on this issue. We wish for the Tang Empire's assistance in the merge, Your Majesty," Izuhara Tachibana wanted to involve the Tang Empire to ensure fairness.

"The Empire will assist the merge, and we will send our best people to help the merge," Tang Shaoyang immediately agreed. It would be better if the Tang Empire was involved in the merger. So they would have full information about the merged faction, the ins and outs.

"Lastly, we have agreed on the new name for our new faction. It's Asahi!" Izuhara Tachibana informed the new name of the merged faction. It was quite fast for them to agree to the name already. That was good news, meaning the two leaders could talk with a cool head despite the sudden merger.

"Then you need to agree on the main territory for Asahi because I need to set up the Portal Gate in the main territory," Tang Shaoyang was glad that everything went smoothly with the Sub Region system. He thought it would take time to convince the Tachibana Clan and the Taukai Family to merge, but everything went smoothly. With this, The Tang Empire had the second sub-region under their rule..

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  Chapter 845: Trial of The Ancient
  After Japan, Tang Shaoyang went to Mongolia and other regions around China such as Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand till the furthest region was Australia. Fortunately, he easily found where they were, so the trip was much faster than he expected it to be. After visiting Australia and installing the last portal gate, he returned to the main base instead of traveling with Aerelion. While the journey did not tire him out, it was so boring for him.
  
  Tang Shaoyang returned to the office while yawning. He sat there and leaned his back against his comfy chair, "What's next? The Earth Dimensional Tower and the Trial of Ancient, should I take the trial first, or should I visit the Earth Dimensional Tower first?" He rubbed his chin. It took him a few days to finish the Trial of the Epic, and he estimated it would take him a week to finish the Trial of Ancient.
  
  There were pros and cons for which he wanted to do first. If he took the trial first, then he could come to the Earth Dimensional Tower much stronger than he was. However, if he took the trial first, he was afraid that his faction would lag behind in the race of the dimensional tower.
  
  At this moment, the door opened, and the person who opened the door did not knock first. He opened his eyes, and Zhang Mengyao came in alone, "Should we make some preparations for the Earth Dimensional Tower?"
  
  The System announced that the Earth Dimensional Tower would be summoned a day after the Earth Tournament, which was today. Despite the incoming event, the Tang Empire did little preparation for the dimensional tower as they were busy with the new people joining them, "All the leaders from our sub-regions have come and asked the instruction for the upcoming dimensional tower."
  
  "Preparation? How should we prepare if we don't know the details of the dimensional tower? What we know about the dimensional tower is that a separate space or a world itself, that's it. The System does not tell us what we must do, the condition of entering the tower, goals, or if there are any rules inside the tower itself. Let's take our time for now until the tower appears before making the preparation just like we usually do," Tang Shaoyang shook his head.
  
  Zhang Mengyao nodded her head as she also did not know what to do for the preparations aside from preparing supplies and the equipment. She was about to say something until she noticed something on Tang Shaoyang. Her man seemed in deep thought, "Do you have something in your mind?"
  
  Tang Shaoyang looked up as a surprise was apparent on his face, "Do you have the ability to read my mind?" Zhang Mengyao had the ability to see the future for a few seconds, so it did not close the possibility of having the ability to read someone else's mind.
  
  Zhang Mengyao shrugged as she came closer to Tang Shaoyang, placing her index finger to the side of his eye and saying, "If you are in deep thought, this will twitch, and the look in your eyes is vacant. So, what's in your mind?"
  
  Tang Shaoyang rubbed the side of his eye, but he did not feel the twitching. Deep inside, he was surprised that Zhang Mengyao would pick up his habit that he did not know himself, "You really know me well to know something I don't know about myself." He then shook his head and told her what was in his mind about the trial, whether he should take the trial first or enter the dimensional tower first.
  
  "While I don't know much about the dimensional tower, the System will not give us the impossible difficulty on the first floor, right? I think it will be safe for us, at least, on the first five floors. I think you should take the trial first and enter the dimensional tower as an Ancient Rank instead," Zhang Mengyao thought about it for a moment before saying what was in her mind. With their current strength, they should be able to survive within the dimensional tower, especially with the additional force from Lukan.
  
  Tang Shaoyang thought about it for a moment. Zhang Mengyao was right: the Tang Empire should be fine even without him in the first five floors, "Alright, then I will leave the Empire in your hand until I finish the trial."
  
  "I thought you were thinking about the girl called Yeon Hee," Zhang Mengyao eyed him suspiciously. "What do you want to do with her?"
  
  "Ah!?" Tang Shaoyang suddenly remembered the girl from the Haven. "She has a potential compared to her friends, so I was thinking of recruiting her into our empire while giving the Haven a punishment. Where is she now?"
  
  "If you want to recruit her, then why don't you recruit the whole Haven instead? That way, we can easily gain their loyalty instead of using force," Zhang Mengyao shook her head. "I know, one of her friends said something he should never have said, but you just killed that guy."
  
  "Dying in his friend's hand is more tragic and painful than me killing him. That's what he deserved," Tang Shaoyang shrugged nonchalantly. "Has she signed the slave contract? We need to ensure that girls do not do something desperate."
  
  "Yeon Hee is with Lu An," Zhang Mengyao shook her head, "If you recognize her potential, then you should not force her to sign the slave contract. Wewant her loyalty, and we have hurt her enough by separating her from her friends and boyfriend. Just let Lu An does the work instead."
  
  "If you say so," Tang Shaoyang nodded and stood up from the chair. "Then I will leave right now. The sooner I take the trial, the sooner I return." He opened the status window and proceeded with the trial.
  
  [Do you want to take the Trial of Ancient? (Yes) (No)]
  
  "Mnn," Zhang Mengyao nodded, "I will tell the other girls where you go later. Don't be too reckless and be safe: we are waiting for your return, Your Majesty."
  
  Tang Shaoyang nodded and tapped yes. The portal appeared before him, and the trial portal for the Ancient Rank was more gentle as it did not suck the furniture inside his office. He turned around and approached her for the last time. He kissed her on the lips passionately and parted twenty seconds later. After that, Tang Shaoyang entered the portal without looking back..
  
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