Chapter 145 - 145 145. "A Test of Patience and Resolve"

145 145. “A Test of Patience and Resolve”

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“Here Sir Minos, These bundles need to be handled fast as Mr. Shun would be needing them in the evening!” Mr. Murol said while heaping an enormous bundle of paperworks onto the desk and pointedly gesturing at Sir Minos, his boss, to sign them up quickly.

“Oh dear, another bundle! I thought it was a good idea to relax for a moment, but you keep bringing new documents one after another. Are you trying to test my patience or make me experience the joys of hope and despair?” Sir Minos looked at his assistant with a glower, as if he was ready to devour him. He couldn’t refuse the requests from his assistant, no matter how inconvenient the timing, knowing that Mr. Shun was not someone that he could mess with.

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“Sir. Minos, you don’t have to worry today as this one is the last one!” Mr. Murol said, barely containing his laughter at the expression of misery on his boss’ face.

“Fine…fine, today, I am going to relax no matter what after I finish these documents!” Sir Minos set his jaw and with determination started to sign and stamp the documents at lightning speed.

Mr. Murol snickered to himself, already envisioning the look of despair and resignation that would cross his boss’ face when an hour later, he would receive yet another bundle of documents from Mr. Shun.

He was already looking forward to the show.

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A few days ago,

After Erick had decided to fast-forward his mission, he assigned Leader Shun, Cortel, Monan, Merial, Rodrick, and Soren to each lead a team of fifty strong combatants to clear the six areas of any threats posed by Malice-organisms at the same time. Since they were strong enough to lead their teams, Erick let them lead without much interference. He himself took up the most time-consuming area to clear, as there were many hordes of Malice organisms that were destroying the environment by devouring plant life and other endangered animal species, or even the land mass itself like stones or small hills.

“Inferno hell, burn them to ashes!” Erick snarled, his voice echoing through the barren wasteland. Looming in front of him were hordes of Malice organisms, creating havoc in the land and bringing death and destruction. His rage at the sight of them was palpable, and he channeled it into the inferno spell, summoning a blazing fire that scorched the creatures and turned them to ash.

“Sizzle…sizzle…!!”

The fire raged, consuming everything in its path, leaving nothing but charred remains of the creatures in its wake. With a heavy sigh, Erick knew that the fire had done its job well.

But he was not finished yet. He wanted to leave something behind in this otherwise desolate place. So, he brought forth three drops of life-giving water.

“Drip…drip…drip…!!”

The droplets descended from the sky and formed a small pool on the ground. Suddenly, the area was illuminated by an intense green light, and Erick knew that the land was coming back to life.

“Shwooooosh!”

In the blink of an eye, the barren wasteland was replaced by lush greenery, its previous state nothing more than a distant memory. Erick smiled in satisfaction, knowing that he had done the right thing.

Erick had been able to bring life back to the barren land, and then set his sights on other areas that needed help. With his impeccable leadership, he was able to secure seven cities in total, five of which were mid-tier, two were low-tier. To make sure the government wouldn’t cause any trouble, Erick chose to employ the services of Miami City’s governor, Sir Minos.

After almost a month of hard work, the area of land that the Rhamnusia Organization had secured had expanded to two hundred kilometres. Erick had chosen the locations of the seven cities carefully, forming a heptagram with Miami City as a centre. This combination of cities, plus the lands in between them, gave the Rhamnusia Organization a safe base of operations which they could use to keep the Malice organisms under control.

The area that has been reclaimed from Malice organisms and restored to its former grandeur by Erick.

The people had no inkling of the immense changes that were occurring around them, sheltered as they were within the safety of the walls encircling their cities.

Erick sensed that the time had come for Rhamnusia to form an alliance with another powerful entity, one that could hold their own against the formidable malice organisms.

He continued to tutor Leader Shun and the others once a week, nurturing their progress in the Ancient Bahamut Exercise in the hope that they would one day master it. All seemed to be going as planned, until Erick received a piece of disquieting news.

The neighbouring continent, which had until then been dominated by the humans, had been overrun by the high-tier malice organisms. He realized that this was now the only continent left with a human presence, and thus it had become their target.

If the humans fail to act on this now, they will not only lose the continent but also the entirety of human civilization.

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Erick felt that he needed to take the matter in his own hands. Thus, leading his six companions to the bank’s Miami branch, he was met with enthusiastic greetings from an attendant who was no stranger to Erick’s feats. Slightly taken aback, Erick regained his composure and asked for the manager.

The attendant happily took them to the manager’s office and served the very costly coffee with costly looking tea cups.

Erick made his request politely, inquiring if the manager was available. “Yes,” the manager smiled, “what can I do for you?”

Erick took a deep breath and began, “I am here to ask for your help with something very important.”

The manager’s pleasant smile remained, while he replied, “Of course, what can I do for you?”

After a while later,

Erick nodded as he stepped out of The Bank, a hint of determination in his eyes. He had just asked the manager to report everything he’d said to the top decision maker, and the manager had obliged.

The manager watched Erick leave with a mixture of admiration and relief. As soon as Erick was out of his sight, he quickly picked up the phone and dialed the boss of The Bank.

Erick had made his request and asked for possible alliance with them, but what would the response be? He hadn’t known what to expect, and now all he could do was wait and see.

The manager hung up the phone and sighed. He had done his part, but now the decision rested in the hands of the boss. What would the decision be? Only time would tell.

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