Chapter 225

“Huh huh, that’s… I need to ask you to do me a favor.”
“Please?”
At the Sith’s words, Ming Hu couldn’t help but question.
“Yeah, huh.”
The Sith nodded with his trademark chuckle at the question.
“You can’t be serious…
Ming Hu looked at the Sith with a questioning look on his face as he heard the Sith laugh. The Sith’s expression and reaction seemed to confirm his suspicions.
“Is that a favor… Is this about Karot?”
Ming Hu cautiously opened his mouth to speak.
“…!”
The Sith looked at Ming Hu with a look that said, “How do you know?” and Ming Hu could tell by the look on the Sith’s face that his suspicions were correct.
“Can you show me, just for a second, and I’ll give you this if you show me.”
Sith opened his mouth with a pleading expression and held out his hand.
<Sith Curiosity
Sith, the fourth in command of the Imperial Palace Mage Corps of the Helioca Empire, is currently filled with a quest for the Arc Lich Karoth. Show him the Arc Lich Karoth and satisfy his curiosity!
Difficulty Level: E
Quest Reward: Sith Ring
At the same time, the quest appeared. Ming Hu looked at the quest and saw the ring in the Sith's hand.
"The Ring of the Seven Circle Wizard…
As a ring with the name of a Sith, a 7th circle wizard, I was excited to see what options it would have.
"Yeah, it's not that hard."
[You have accepted the quest].
"Thank you. Heh heh. Here you go."
At Ming Hu's words, the Sith handed him the ring. Ming Hu took the ring and opened the pet window to summon Karot.
[You have completed the quest].
A quest completion message then appeared.
-You called, my lord.
"Yeah, he said he wanted to see you."
At Karot's words, Ming Hu pointed to the Sith. Karot turned and looked at the Sith.
"Oooh, Karot. It's been a while."
-…It's been a while.
Sith and Karot began to talk. Ming Hu turned his attention away from their conversation and checked the information on the ring Sith had given him.

Limitations: None
Magic Defense: 50
30% Mana Recovery Rate
30% Mana cost to cast spells
Archmage Sith’s Ring. Increases mana regeneration when worn, and has a mana-boosting circle etched into the ring.
“Yikes.
When Ming Hu saw the ring’s options, he couldn’t help but be impressed.
“That’s a totally unique option.
The ring was ranked Rare, but the options for the ring were so vast that it could hardly be called a rare item.
“I’ll give him the delay.
Obviously, the options in the ring are huge. But she didn’t need any of them. Ming Hu decided to give the ring to Jie Li and opened the Friends window.
“It’s not in yet.
Confirming that Delay was logged out, Ming Hu closed the Friends window, put the ring in his inventory, and looked at Karot and Sith.
“Hmmm. That could be it.”
-Yes.
“I’m going to experiment, and I’ll check back with you later.”
“Are you done already?
It hadn’t been an hour since I started the conversation, it hadn’t been 30 minutes, I thought it would take at least an hour, and it was over before a minute had passed.
“Thank you, my lord, and I’ll leave you to it.”
Sith looked at Ming Hu and said.
“Yes, please take a look.”
“Well…”
Siaak
At Ming’s words, the Sith bowed his head slightly in acknowledgment, and then disappeared through the warp.
“Just go back.”
-Yes, sir.
When the Sith returned, Ming Hu first summoned Karot back, then opened the Estates window, followed by the Estates Status window.
“Demolition is… Here it is.”
Ming Hu found the Demolish button in the status window and pressed it.
[Do you want to demolish it?]
After pressing the button, a message popped up asking if he really wanted to demolish it. After seeing the message, Ming Hu immediately pressed “Yes.
Siaak
“So this is how it gets demolished…”
Then the mansion of Baron Magnus in front of him began to turn to dust and disappear, starting with the roof.
“I’m comfortable with the game.”
Ming Hu looked at the slowly disappearing mansion, opened the building construction window, and began to identify the type of mansion.
“Oh well. I’ll take number three.”
After much deliberation, Ming Hu decided to build a third mansion and looked ahead again. While he was deciding which mansion to build, Baron Magnus’s mansion had been neatly demolished.
“Neat.”
Ming Hu muttered something to himself and clicked the Build button. He was then prompted to confirm that he wanted to build, so he clicked Yes, set the building location, and clicked OK.
Goo Goo Goo.
I pressed OK, and with a bizarre noise, the mansion began to rise from the ground.
* * * * *
“I’m going to be away for a while.”
“I see, Count.”
After building his mansion, Ming Hu hired several NPCs, including a manor manager, butler, servants, and soldiers, using the NPC hiring system in the Manor window, and smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the manor’s head butler, who bowed to him, before turning to look at the manor manager standing next to him and continuing.
“Please take care of the estate.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The manor manager bowed his head in response, and Ming Hu immediately exited the mansion. After exiting the mansion, Ming Hu opened the quest window.
<First internal crackdown
The Emperor of the Helioca Empire, Alkan Helioca, is troubled by the corruption of his nobles. As he pushes outward to open up unexplored lands, he wants you to audit the nobility. Audit the nobles designated by the Emperor to determine the truth of the corruption and bring back evidence!
[Count Altoran: 0 / 1].
[Count Frank: 0 / 1].
[Torrent Author: 0 / 1].
[appendix author: 0/1].
[Baron Magnus: 1 of 1].
[Baron Debeck: 0 / 1].
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit 5 million + ???
"How long will it take…"
There were only five left, and all five were as guilty as Baron Magnus. Ming Hu pondered how long it would take to find the evidence.
"It should be two days."
Figuring that he could have all the evidence in two days, Ming Hu closed the quest window upon arrival at the warp gate and had a waiting wizard transport him to the city of Aved, home to Viscount Appen's mansion.
"You said it was in the vault, right?"
Arriving in Abed, Myung Hu began to walk toward Viscount Appen's mansion, recalling the information about Appen he had seen on the black nails.
"Stop."
Some time later, arriving at the main gate of Viscount Appen's mansion, Ming Hu stopped walking at the shouts of the soldiers. Then the soldier continued, "I'm sorry.
"This is Viscount Appen. May I know what brings you here?"
Ming Hu pondered whether or not to answer the soldier's question, but then opened his mouth and said.
"I am Count Minghu, the new ruler of the neighboring lands, and I am here to see Viscount Rogers."
"…please wait a moment."
The soldier, slightly surprised by Ming Hu's words, asked for a moment's patience, then slid open the door and stepped inside. A moment later, the same soldier came back out through the door.
"…?"
When Ming Hu saw the expression on the soldier's face outside, he couldn't help but wonder, for the expression on the soldier's face inside was one of bewilderment.
"Did I get rejected?
As Ming Hu pondered why the soldier's expression was filled with bewilderment, he realized that perhaps he had been rejected when no one came forward after him.
"Welcome to the Count's visit."
But that was not the case, the soldier said, opening the door. Ming Hu couldn't help but frown slightly.
"I'm ignored.
I wasn't turned away, but no one came out to help me.
'Yes, because I ate what you were going to eat.'
It's no wonder Viscount Appen had some bad feelings toward him, as he was constantly sending assassins to take away Baron Magnus's lands.
"Isn't this where we get attacked?
He smirked at the thought of the unlikely possibility that someone might try to kill him, and stepped through the door. Once inside, Ming Hu began to walk toward the mansion in the distance.
"Who is it?
As Ming Hu approached the mansion, he noticed a man standing at the door of the mansion, staring at him.
"Receptionist?
It must have been the guide, because he kept looking at her even though we made eye contact.
"Huh? I recognize that face from somewhere.
Arriving in front of the mansion, Ming Hu tilted his head slightly at the clearly visible face of the man. He seemed to recognize him from somewhere.
"My name is Tom, knight of Viscount Appen."
When Myung-Hoo arrived, Tom, who was waiting for him, said.
"Oh, I recognized you from the black nails!
At Tom's words, Ming Hu was able to remember where he had seen Tom. It was definitely one of the two men he saw when he went to Black Nail to get the quest and get information.
"Are you Count Ming Hu?"
Ming Hu nodded as Tom continued. Apparently, Tom didn't remember him.
"This way…"
Ming Hu nodded, and Tom took the lead and started walking. Ming Hu walked behind Tom, thinking.
'And the nobleman then… Viscount Logus?
You'll have to see for yourself, but Ming Hu was pretty much convinced.
smart
"Viscount, the Count is here."
Tom stopped walking and knocked on the door.
Profit
Then the door opened and a man appeared.
"…That's him.
I don't remember the name. But he hadn't forgotten the aggressive way he'd frowned at her and spoken to her.
"Come on in."
Tom said, stepping aside. Ming Hu looked away from Tom, glanced at the man who opened the door, and entered the room. Once inside the room, Ming Hu could see a sharp-featured man in his mid-50s sitting at a desk.
Sigh
When Ming Hu entered, the man at the desk, no, Viscount Logus, rose from his seat, sat down in the chair in front of the desk, looked at Ming Hu, and said, "Ming Hu, I'm sorry.
"What can I do for you?"
At Viscount Rogers' words, Ming Hu walked over and sat down across from him. The corners of Viscount Logus's eyes wrinkled slightly. Apparently, Viscount Logus didn't like this situation. Of course, Ming Hu didn't care whether Logus liked it or not.
"Why am I here?"
Ming Hu got right to the point.
"I thought you might need to take something from the safe."
"…?"
Viscount Loggers looked at Ming Hu as if to say, "What do you mean? Ming Hu smiled wryly.
"Baron Magnus, black nails, assassination commission."
"…This is crazy."
Viscount Loggers looked at Ming Hu with a sour expression as he spoke. Then he rose from his seat and walked over to his desk.
"What gives you the confidence to come here alone?"
Jumbled
As Viscount Rogers finished speaking, footsteps began to sound behind him.
"Did you think you'd be safe because the emperor was behind you?"
Ming Hu rose from his seat at Viscount Logus's words.
"It's too late."
Viscount Loggers opened his mouth to speak when Ming Hu rose from his seat, thinking he was about to leave. Ming Hu smirked and turned around. Directly in front of him stood Tom, the man who had escorted him, and the man who had opened the door, swords in their hands. It was the moment.
[Achieving 100% will earn you the Viscount Appen's Record Crystal].
[Viscount Arpen's Record Crystal : 1%]
"…What do you mean?
The suddenness of the message left Ming Hu puzzled. The message hadn't appeared under the old Baron Magnus.
"Shouldn't I be opening the safe?
I thought that opening the safe to check the contents would reward me with a crystal ball, but the message said otherwise.
"Tom, Jackson. Make sure this is as clean as possible."
As Ming Hu puzzled over the message, he heard Viscount Loggers' voice in his ear. At the same time, Tom and Jackson swung their swords at him. Ming Hu immediately turned around, ignoring their attacks in favor of grabbing Viscount Loggers.
Ting! Ting!
[Viscount Arpen's Record Crystal : 2%]
[Viscount Arpen's Record Crystal : 3%]
"…huh?
Turning back, Ming Hu frowned at the message that appeared when the sword touched his body.
"If it hits, it goes up.
Apparently, the percentage goes up when you get attacked.
"…No, there must be something else.
The first time Tom and Jackson approached, they gained 1%, so it's clear that other behaviors can also increase the percentage.
Ting! Ting! Ting!
[Viscount Arpen's Record Crystal: 4%]
.
.
[Viscount Arpen's Record Crystal : 10%]
While Ming Hu was thinking, the percentage began to rise at a rapid rate. As he watched the percentages rise, Ming Hu thought to himself.
"…I guess it's okay to just go with it and fill it 100%.