A week had passed ever since the grand ceremony of public executions of the traitors in the pureblood faction. It had been the talk of the entire empire and the scenes of merciless killings were displayed to the public on squares even now.
Let it be a grown-up man or a child.. Most of the populace had already seen it. Although the narrative was that these traitors tried to thwart away the ruling powers and joined hands with enemies to kill the future generations.. Not many knew exactly which enemy they were talking about.
Not everyone in the empire had that much of free time to learn the history or enmity of these factions. Their world didn't revolve around the power struggle between the top 1%.
But to people who held power and authority.. It felt like a war was bound to happen. Even those who had no involvement felt a sense of uncertainty about the fate of the empire.
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In the Rukon district, Kahn sat in his office while doing his usual work of tallying the numbers and verifying the reports and transactions for the shipments and dealings. The business was doing pretty well ever since he joined the Chamber of Commerce himself after he threatened the remaining members as Zeus.
And with Houdini gone missing.. The committee members were even more scared for their lives and abided by his instructions. Kahn was officially granted a seat on the committee under the pretense of adding fresh blood along with 6 other new members.
One of the old members was now the new president and he now held a position in the name. Kahn made it clear that he won't be partaking in the meetings or create any trouble for any of the members as long as no one bothered with his business in the district.
And as a result, some of the members shifted their business related to weapon manufacturing to different districts because they feared the Semi-Saint Rank Archer named Zeus.
But to Kahn.. This wasn't enough.
What he lacked now was a true sense of security. Not for him but the company and its employees.
Although he could always hire new security personnel in thousands.. There were two main issues he was concerned with.
Loyalty & Unity.
Even if he hired some top-rank security enterprise, they were as good as a bunch of mercenaries who worked for money and had no sense of loyalty or responsibility towards the employer.
There had been many incidents where the guards absconded with both the money and with goods. So he was concerned about it.
Although he had more than 1300+ subordinates now… they were not the kind to be mixed with normal humans and all of them were completely black let it be their flesh or their clothes and gears.
Only Omega & the Six Generals had distinguishable features in terms of appearance. So there was also an issue of them mixing with normal guards.
"Phew! How the hell am I going to manage all of this myself? The money is no longer a problem but I still need better ways to obtain cores and ores. And I need it not only for myself but for everyone else too. Omega, Six Generals & then the Legion. Plus there's this snake whose stomach is even bigger compared to all of them combined.
Even buying these in bulk isn't a long-term solution. It's more a waste of money than gaining good resources. Even S Rank cores sell for too high a price and given my requirements.. I would have to sell the company if I want to reach level 200." said Kahn as he sighed.
"Human! I am a higher being. So obviously I need more resources than the rest. The so-called S Rank cores you provided me didn't even raise my level at all." a grim and ghastly voice resounded in Kahn's head.
"What?! Those were 5 thousand S Rank cores you damn serpent! Why don't you try earning them by yourself?!" retorted Kahn.
The one who just spoke now was none other than Rudra who had awakened from his comatose state a few days ago...
He was now a level 100 entity after fully absorbing the Magma Drake's bloodline and core. And since he didn't have 100% Loyalty to Kahn, he didn't qualify for the Impartation skill and couldn't take a human form either.
From what Kahn anticipated, Rudra would at least need to absorb a Mythical Rank metamorphosis bloodline or eat the core of such being to transform and take a human form. Something that was out of Kahn's reach now.
Just when Kahn was lost in his thoughts about how to get more resources to raise his levels.. A voice rang in his head.
[Master! Enemies!] shouted a stoic voice in his head.
"Jugram, what's wrong?" asked Kahn.
[There are multiple eople are entering the company's gates.. From their aura, I can say that they are far stronger than you.] informed the hell berserker subordinate.
Kahn quickly activated Survival Instinct and Hunter's Intent at maximum capacity. But to his surprise, they didn't pick up any sense of danger or killing intent in the 1 kilometer radius.
[Who could it be?] he thought.
Kahn quickly ran towards the ground floor and came to the entrance of the company building.
What he saw then had completely baffled him.
Jugram, who was a High Lord subordinate and the main person in charge of the security of their company building, was kneeling on the ground in front of a luxurious magic carriage with silver deer-like monsters pulling it.
He wasn't kneeling out of respect but because he simply couldn't stand the aura of the person that just exited this carriage used only by the nobles.
A slim middle-aged elf and then a rustic warrior-like dwarf walked out of the carriage.
But this wasn't just one carriage.. There were four more of these carriages coming in belonging to different clans as per their sigils.
To Kahn, who had felt the aura of Kereberos, the first stage saint magician.. He knew one thing for sure.
All the people that were coming out of their respective royal-ish carriages had one thing in common…
They were all Saints Rank people!