"Noah," Aiken looked at him with a complicated expression.
"It's fine. You guys can stay with us and resist the beast wave together," Noah said with a chuckle escaping his lips as multiple empty seats were arranged for them.
"Yes," Aiken nodded his head and sat down, the others following suit.
Earl, his son, stood next to his father, carefully observing the Elders with wariness, his clothes tattered from a long distance of fleeing.
"Sigh, what should we do?" Earl thought in his heart with trepidation and helplessness. He didn't have the strength to do anything; all he could do was watch his father.
Just then, he caught sight of a burly youth's face sitting in one of the seats.
"Eh, is that?" Earl thought with some confusion as he looked at Aur, who was sitting with the Elders.
"Alright, you guys can settle on your accommodation. We will be facing the entire great wilderness in just two days from now at most," Noah's voice resounded at this time, bringing Earl out of his contemplation.
"Now, Disperse," he said, shaking his hand, and the other immediately disappeared as well.
The meeting soon ended, however, all the Elders had uncertain expressions on their faces, looking at each other.
Regardless of whether Noah could solve this disaster or not, they had to leave a backdoor for them to survive.
Aur was also walking down the road with a thoughtful expression on his face. "You can come out now," he said in a light tone, abruptly stopping his footsteps.
"Sorry, Elder Aur, for disturbing you," the person replied.
Aur shook his head. "It's my honour to greet the young master of the Bennett family." As he spoke, he looked to the front, seeing the person he had not seen in a long time.
He had previously met him when Leo wanted to sabotage Aur, but instead, UNO reversed, causing Leo to be on the receiving end of the rage of this guy.
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"Now, this young master Bennett seemed like nothing more than a commoner, with his hair disheveled and clothes patched as if they had been running for their lives like a dog until now. His personal guard was nowhere to be seen; one could discern from this that the guy was most likely already killed in the beast tide.
The young master entered the room and spoke in a soft tone, "Father."
"Come in," came a hoarse voice from inside. As soon as he entered, the young master bowed without looking up.
"Father, I have already commissioned Aur to make the potion," he said.
"Good," the hoarse voice replied. "How much did it cost?"
The young master hesitated for a moment, fearing the answer would not please his father. But he gathered his courage and spoke, "Twenty high-grade mana crystals."
Silence filled the room, making the young master even more anxious. However, within two minutes, the hoarse voice spoke again. "You can leave. I will send the material to Aur's residence."
"Thank you, father," the young master said before leaving. As he closed the door, he peeked slightly and saw ten men with regal auras sitting in the chairs.
The young master murmured to himself, "The other heads of the landlords."
He felt a sense of horror as from the information that there were only two landlord families left, but all ten leaders were now present sitting casually.
This meant that they were definitely plotting something. However, as a young master, he knew he couldn't intervene in their affairs and didn't dare to.
"Brother, that Aur is too arrogant," one of the landlords complained. "He took advantage of our helplessness and basically looted us. He not only took our material but also took twenty high-grade mana crystals as commission. Who takes so much?"
"Don't be like that," another landlord sighed. "We can't afford to attract attention, you know the disciples of that bastard Noah hates us, right?"
"Since William is the future of the village, Noah protects him very much," the only female landlord in the courtyard said calmly. "Almost every resource is given to him as long as he wants it. If we act rashly, we will be in trouble."
"I have a solution for all of you," a cold voice suddenly echoed in the place.
"Who?" the ten landlords asked in unison with some wariness, looking up to see an old man wearing the robes of the elder of the north village.
"I'm sure you've heard of me," the first elder said with a smile on his face. "Don't panic, I come in alliance."
The ten heads of the ten landlords were shaken when they heard this.