"But remember one thing, if the emperor finds out about your association with the lords that betrayed him, then you will never see the day to become a King realm expert much less an Emperor realm expert."
Seeing the thinking King Stephen, the old man continued to warn, "Also, there is the fifth lord that is loyal to the emperor, his spirit consciousness must have escaped to some province. So, it is better for you to start acting as soon as possible."
"Master, I am ready whenever you are ready. So, where are the other lords staying?"
King Stephen saw some hope as he asked the old man.
"According to the latest information I got, two lords were staying in Xacaster province hiding in their own organizations whereas the third one was staying in Ylercester province."
The old man replied about the lords that betrayed the Emperor a few years ago.
"Oh, Ylercester province? Excellent. Since we got the invitation from the Flerton kingdom, why don't we go one month before the start of the contest?"
"Good idea. Go and prepare yourself and Prince Daphne. Among the three lords, becoming the disciple of the Master of the Undead is very easy. So, let's start with him."
After knowing that the emperor of the Purple stone World was alive, the old man was also getting anxious. So, just like King Stephen, he also wanted to finish things as soon as possible.
"Master of the Undead?"
King Stephen nodded his head before going to Princess Daphne's room to inform her about their departure.
Before that, he didn't forget to order Commander Reid to spread the news about the contest in the Ylercester province and the exact time when the barriers between the provinces would be lifted.
'Huh? Where is she?'
When King Stephen entered Princess Daphne's room, he saw Princess Daphne was not in her room, making him frown.
'Where did she go?'
King Stephen frowned as he closed his eyes to search for Princess Daphne with his spirit consciousness.
'Huh?'
Soon, King Stephen clenched his fists as he saw the image of Princess Daphne flying on a peak rank 6 flying type spirit beast with an old man.
'Damn you, Old Lin. Why are you doing this at a time like this?'
King Stephen cursed the owner of the spirit beast and without wasting any time, he shouted, "Where the hell everyone disappeared?"
As soon as he shouted, the entire hallway was filled with hundreds of masked men.
"Bring Princess Daphne back as soon as possible."
He directly ordered the royal shadows.
"Yes, your majesty."
All the royal shadows that appeared in the hallway nodded their heads before disappearing into the shadows.
'I think it will take some time for the royal shadows to bring her back. So, why don't we use the King realm cultivator stones?'
The old man suggested something and King Stephen felt he could do that until Princess Daphne was brought back.
...
In the dead elven world.
'Th..this is….'
Looking at the bright green-coloured world core in the core realm of the dead eleven world, Ajax could not help but become surprised with it.
'Why does this core realm have such a pure plant essence?'
Just by staying in the core realm for a while, Ajax could feel his spirit consciousness was full of vitality.
'Should I just take the world core and leave this world?'
Since he didn't know what else he could do with the world core, Ajax thought about the only thing he could do.
'Swoosh'
Just as he was planning to take out the world core before leaving the core realm, a small figure materialized in front of him.
"Human, can you please not take the world core?"
The figure looked like a flying elf; however, she was very small, around 10 centimeters or so.
She had a sad look on her face as she asked Ajax.
'Huh? An elf fairy?'
With a glance, Ajax could say it was a fairy and since she had the facial features of an elf, he concluded it as an elf fairy.
"Yes, human. If you don't take the world core, I will bless you with something."
The elf fairy knew that the humans were as evil as demons; however, she was powerless in front of Ajax. So, other than making a deal with the humans, she didn't think of any other ideas to save the world core.
'Ding,
A new quest has been generated in the quest tab. Please check it.
Just as Ajax was about to ask about what type of blessing the little elf fairy would give him in leaving the world core alone, he received a system notification.
'New mission? Don't tell me I have to take care of this elven world also?'
Without even checking the mission details, Ajax was able to guess what kind of mission it was.
Nevertheless, he still checked it to see whether the reward for the mission would be good or not.
'Ding,
Mission:- Help the dead elven world become a normal world as soon as possible.
Reward:- 100 elf followers.
Note:- If it is upgraded in less than a day, the reward will become 10 times.
'What?'
Even though the mission was similar to what he guessed. To be honest, it was much bigger than he thought.
However, what surprised him was the reward and what shocked him was the note.
'I was waiting to see the true elves for a long time; however, not only will I see them but they will become my followers. Looks like I need to complete the mission within a single day.'
Soon, Ajax swore to try his best in upgrading the dead elven world to reach the normal world.
'Not only the elf followers, but I will also own this elf world.'
Ajax was excited just from thinking about owning an elf world and looking at the elf fairy, he asked, 'What will you do if I help you in upgrading the world core from smaller grade to normal grade?'
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