Chapter 91.1: Task ! Thank you to Bebe and Ymmm116 for the donations! ^^
After returning to the Seventh Lord’s castle, there was a very short time left until the Lords’ meeting.
While waiting until then, I rested quietly. After participating in the meeting, I would then start with my plans.
He just leveled up again.
Reef and Rigon were sparring with each other at the gymnasium.
I looked at Rigon and clicked my tongue.
[Lv. 29]
Was he at level 23 the last time I saw him before leaving for Earth Hill?
In that time, he had risen another 6 levels and was on the verge of reaching level 30.
Kakakakang!
Reef, who was blocking the dizzying attack, accelerated as if to end the duel.
Reef’s sword sharply cut Rigon’s sword upwards, but in an instant, Rigon slashed towards her.
Reef threw away her sword and kicked Rigon with her foot at the surprise reverse sword attack.
Rigon was thrown up in the air, and he rolled several times on the floor before stopping.
“Ouch…”
She could not control her strength at the moment because of the surprise counterattack.
“Are you okay?”
The sparring ended with Reef approaching the fallen Rigon in embarrassment.
As the level went up, the growth rate would gradually slow down, but at this rate, Rigon would surpass Reef’s level within half a year.
I wondered if it would be possible.
I heard the current situation from Gulpiro, who just came to the castle to see the faces of the siblings.
He said that he was spending a leisurely time in a mansion on the outskirts of the city.
“She was a really great woman.”
And as I suggested the other day, he had visited and met the workshop master of Alkimas once. From the looks of it, he seemed to like her.
“Are you going to make her your disciple?”
“No, what disciple? I just stops by the workshop from time to time and give advice.”
I wondered if he realized that just by doing that; they were almost like master and disciple. No matter, it’s a good thing, anyway.
I took a walk around the castle and thought about various things.
I thought about not attending the meeting, but it wouldn’t really change anything.
The messenger would send the contents of the meeting to the Lords who didn’t attend, so there was no big problem in not attending.
The only downside was one wouldn’t be able to express their opinion during the meeting.
Presumably, the odds that the Overlord wouldn’t command me to do something during this meeting were very low.
Since she had the right to command me anything two more times, there was no way to escape, even if I didn’t attend the meeting.
I was very reluctant, but it felt very selfish to be dissatisfied, and I didn’t want to do that.
The position of a Lord was not free. There were rights and interests that I had enjoyed so far, so it was only natural to return as much.
Of course, it wasn’t even a position that I wanted from the beginning.
Had it already been a year since I first possessed this body?
I seemed to have fully adapted to my current situation.
To be honest, I felt I could relax now.
I gained many abilities, and I was no longer in a position to spend every day in tension with threats that could come at any moment.
I enjoyed absolute power in a higher position than anyone else and lived a life completely separated from my previous world.
It’s not too bad as it was, but…
It’s pathetic.
If I settled for complacency like this, it’s over.
I knew better than anyone else that there was only destruction awaiting me in the future.
I still had a long way to go. I haven’t even started yet. Again, I made a decision.
Time passed, and the meeting of the Lords came.
Accompanied by Asher, I rode Ti-Yong and quickly headed for the Overlord’s Castle.
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I arrived at the Overlord’s castle just in time, almost before the meeting started.
Asher, who couldn’t enter the meeting room, left me in the hall and I went to the meeting room alone.
“…”
While walking through the hallway, I accidentally ran into the Third Lord – Heavenly Palace.
For some reason, he was standing in the middle of the hallway, staring at one of the stone statues on display.
He turned around without saying a word and immediately looked away. And then he took a step towards the meeting room.
I looked at his back, and then I continued walking.
I didn’t know what he was doing just now, but since he’s an elusive character anyway, I stopped trying to understand him.
In the meeting room, only the First Lord, the Wiseman, had arrived.
“Welcome, Third Lord. And Seventh Lord.”
I nodded and walked over to my seat and sat down.
After a little more time passed, the Fourth Lord, the King of the Dead, arrived, followed by the Ninth Lord, the Giant King, with a heavy echo.
It didn’t take long for almost all the Lords to arrive, one by one.
Only the Second and Eight Lords did not enter the conference hall until the Overlord and chief of staff appeared.
I thought as I looked at the vacant seat of the Thunder Lord.
Did she not attend on purpose?
She had lost a lot of power, so maybe she’s trying to avoid facing the Overlord.
It wasn’t my business, so I no longer thought about it.
“The Second and Eight Lords are not attending, so shall we start?”
The Overlord clapped her hands and immediately began the meeting.
The aspect of the meeting did not differ from what I had experienced once before.
One after another, the agenda was discussed, and the Overlord entrusted several Lords with reasonable tasks according to the cause.
And the Lords accepted it with little disagreement and moved on.
