4 Harbinger

The second floor was not that large and was dimly lit. This is the place where you can buy and sell sensitive information. After showing his [Silver badge] the transaction went smoothly. Some of the information he bought are detailed materials about the Dragon Lords, especially [Wild Magic].

He also bought sensitive information on this incoming war and about that boulder size high-grade manatite. It turns out, the city lord constructed a very powerful war weapon and used that as the energy source. But the city lord only plans to use it as his last card, since it uses too much mana.

After leaving the Magic Society, he was now looking for an Inn to stay temporarily. He then noticed the increasing number of mercenaries on the streets. Every three days, there would be a recruitment of warriors and mages, coming from the other cities. Mercenaries also hurried here to gain profits.

In the next three days, Aesma would also make his own preparations for the war.

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In a lavishly decorated room, a man was currently enjoying the expensive delicacies on the table, while holding a beautiful woman, as she serves him wine. Across to him, is a huge man carrying a large sword on his back.

"Lord viscount, yesterday that Demon Lord had suddenly gone crazy! He actually declared to attack in two days. Our scouts were sure that his preparations are far from over, but for some reason, he was in a rush to start the war." The worried captain informed the young lord, who just returned to this city. "Our recruitments are still ongoing and the help from the capital hasn't arrive yet".

"What are you worried about, we have that thing. Also, I just receive an information that a mage of Tier 5 has arrived in our city two days ago." The young man smugly said, flaunting his information network.

The young viscount was expecting his captain to praise him or be surprise on the information he just shared but instead,

"Impressive, you're quite informed." a different voice interrupted their conversation. An unknown old man was sitting there next to them, drinking a wine.

"You!.."

*thud*, both captain and the serving woman fell unconscious on the table. The viscount was stunned, despite being a silver-rank mage, he failed to see how they were knocked-out.

"D..do you know who you are offending!.. I am…" *kshaa*

"Then let me see who you are.", before the viscount could finish talking, his head was pierce by a mechanical tentacle. Then it started to extract important information.

"Finally, someone that is useful", this past two days, Aesma was trying to make his own hidden connection within the city lord's mansion.

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[There are things that exist in this world that don't in [Yggdrasil], one of them are [Wild Magic] which can only be used by the Dragon Lords and those species with its bloodline. The other things are [Martial Arts], [Runes] and [Talent]. Speaking of talents, there are many kinds of it, acquired by lucky individuals on their birth. Some allows one to view a person's magic capacity, or increases your speed on learning new spells.]

This one is named Randolph, the second son of the city lord. Because of his [Talent], he managed to acquire a [Silver Badge] in his thirties. His ego went off the roof after earning his [Silver Badge] and started offending more people, believing that no one would punish a son of the city lord and a genius like him. Like most noble he's a trash of a human who started treating commoners like livestock.

After Aesma extracted the information he needed, a thousand nanoids appeared on the tentacle's surface. They then enter the viscount's wound and started repairing his head, after performing their task, the nanoids silently stayed inactive on his brain.

"Now everything is ready, *sigh*, I can't wait to personally go on adventure on this foreign world."