'This can't go on,' Arkhen thought as he frowned.
[What, my lord?]
'I want to bring on proper law and order in this 2nd realm and… I have found a perfect way to do that. But I'll need to reach the peak of this realm first.'
[I look forward to that.]
'Mhmm. Now, can you create a blue arrow leading to another city? I want to capture a 4th Ring powerhouse. Let's hope the next one is not as trashy as that Ginjal, or I will want to kill him instead of keeping him.'
…
After ten minutes of flying, Arkhen arrived at another city.
The picture in this city was different. There were two factions ruling his city.
One was good, and the other was bad. Their leaders were 4th Ring powerhouses.
As such, Arkhen went and wiped out the bad party and made their 4th Ring powerhouse leader his slave.
But his anger was still not subsiding whenever he saw something that would anger him even slightly.
"Thank you, Arkhen. We will keep this city safe," Darvin said with a smile. He was the leader of the good party in the city.
"Mhmm, you better do," Arkhen said with a nod as he smiled. "Before you leave for the 3rd layer to reach the 5th Ring, make sure one of your guys reaches the 4th Ring and continues to maintain order in this city."
"That's my plan in the first place, hahaha," Darvin said with a jovial laugh.
…
Afterward, Arkhen left the city with his new bad guy slave and finally contacted Tharin.
Arkhen—, "did you prepare everything?"
Tharin—, "Yes. I was about to contact you. I bought a five thousand square feet mansion in the capital of Sandia Kingdom with the resources and currency you gave me."
Arkhen—, "Good. I am coming there. I will contact you again when I arrive in the capital."
…
'Velshi, create a blue arrow pointing towards Sandia Kingdom's capital.'
[As you wish, my lord.]
[120 reality motes deduced.]
Arkhen flew while following the blue arrow.
On the way, he saw various different topical changes and sceneries.
Some were lavatic, some were snowy, some were lush forests with beautiful towns, and he even saw a region with floating stones.
After three hours of traveling, he finally arrived at Sandia Kingdom's capital.
As he landed and walked towards the gate, the guards stopped him.
"One elemental crystal for entry."
Arkhen raised his eyebrows and took out an elemental crystal before giving it to the guard.
His current 4th Ring stage slave had quite a stash in his storage ring, so he was financially fine.
After entering the capital town, he contacted Tharin and met up with him before going towards his mansion.
"Not bad," Arkhen nodded as he looked at the mansion.
"Where are others?" Tharin asked curiously. "Also, Kolak…"
Tharin looked at a stranger man behind Arkhen and guessed something.
"Kolak is dead. This is my new slave. He is a 4th ring powerhouse," Arkhen said plainly before entering the mansion.
Tharin took a cold breath of air and thought, 'What the fuck?! This guy can make a 4th Ring powerhouse his slave?'
'Oh wait, maybe his mysterious girlfriend helped him. Yeah, that's the only way this can be explained.'
…
"Your Highness. The people we sent are all dead over a day ago. We only found some of their remains."
"As expected…" King Diamos muttered as he fell into thought. "If those 3rd ring powerhouses also died, then the one who killed my son is 4th ring powerhouse and above."
"No offense, but it will be hard to find the killer now. What should we do, your highness?" One of the ministers asked.
"We also don't have any picture of him."
"Yes. All people who had seen the killer had disappeared, so we couldn't make a sketch. We asked around everywhere, but no use."
"Your highness, how about we ask help from a Diviner in the 3rd layer?"
King Diamos nodded as he got up and commanded his eldest son, "Kale, go and find a good diviner in the 3rd layer. Once you find one, immediately contact me."
"Understood, lord father," Kale nodded before he got up and left.
…
Arkhen didn't go out for the day and just stayed in meditation to control his anger about various things he saw today and focused on solidifying his foundation.
After ten hours of meditation, Arkhen heard a notification.
[7500 reality essence gained]
Arkhen opened his eyes and entered Mystic Wonderland.
"Arkhen! Haha, we broke through to the 2nd Ring stage and also reached halfway to the 3rd Ring stage," Sherly said with a hint of excitement. She never thought that she would progress this fast.
"But to breakthrough to 3rd, we need a level 3 affinity. Without it, we won't breakthrough even if we reach the bottleneck," Tiffani said with a wry smile.
"Arkhen, you… you reached 3rd Ring!" Sierra sensed Arkhen's power and exclaimed.
"Damn, no way!" Gereld was dumbfounded.
Arkhen smiled and said, "You four go out and stay in the mansion I bought in the Sandia Kingdom and find information about various locations around here."
After saying that, Arkhen waved his hand as Gerald, Yosin, Sherly, and Tiffany disappeared.
"What happened, Arkhen?" Luna asked as she approached Arkhen and put her hand over his cheeks. She felt Arkhen's state a bit different.
"Accompany me in bed. I want to take some rest with you all," Arkhen said as he released a small sigh. "I need to clear my mind of some stuff and this anger that's bubbling inside me."
Seeing Arkhen's distraught expression, the girls looked at each other in surprise.
This was very rare.
But they didn't question anything further and smiled.
"Then let's go, darling. We are also tired after fighting, so fill with your strong energy," Meya said with a grin as she dashed towards Arkhen and put her head on his chest.
…
Everyone disappeared and entered Arkhen's bedroom on the 10th floor before wild and passionate battles on the bed started.
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