Mixed Blessing System

"I am a pig!"

"I am a pig!"

After some time of the battle, the young man under Lothur's control managed to make his friend start crying as he shouted the words necessary to save himself.

The two were at the same level, and those who knew them knew that the difference between them was not great for one to be able to defeat the other like that.

But since one of them did not care about pain, only about the purpose of fulfilling his master's orders, the individual under Lothur's command got the upper hand in the battle and eventually reached the present moment.

After more than two minutes of suffering, saying the phrase amidst his cries, the young man of level 11 finally said, 'I am a pig' for the tenth time.

In that instant, without Lothur worrying about ordering his slave, that individual stopped beating his opponent and returned to his master's side.

Annaliese watched this with her mouth open, surprised at her man's new skill.

'That must be the ability of a Soul Bone...' She thought, knowing that her man had no other way to get something like that.

Unlike the people there, she knew quite a bit about her man's powers. Thus, concluding it was easy for her.

'But I wonder how he got that? By the way...'

As Annaliese fell into her thoughts, the youths who had tried to stop Lothur earlier just wanted to get out of there, afraid they would end up like that black-eyed fellow.

Lothur looked at them and asked. "Does anyone else object to me going ahead with my plans in this place?"

None of them said anything. They just shook their heads negatively.

"Very good. Someone should show me the way. I'm anxious to get what I want here."

After looking at each other fearfully, those people sighed in relief when Karen took the initiative to do this job on everyone's behalf.

"I will."

"Hmm, very well then, you can lead the way." He looked at her and smiled, then immediately started walking towards the interior of that mansion.

But just as Karen was already directing him and Annaliese, one of those women asked as she pointed toward the black-eyed fellow kneeling near Ice. "What about him?"

Lothur looked back and said. "Don't worry about him. He will live and regain his freedom after a while..."

"I guess."

Annaliese laughed at this while Karen shook her head negatively.

"Where do you want to go first, Lothur?" She asked to try to steer this fellow away from further unnecessary trouble.

"Let's go to the library area. I'm curious to know what kind of information you keep here."

But then Annaliese said. "It's not a big deal. You shouldn't expect much."

"Hmm, that's true." Karen nodded positively. "The information we have here is useful for cultivators but not so much for people who need access to secrets and special information like you."

She judged that Lothur needed special information because he was already powerful. With his abilities, it would not be anything to affect him negatively for him to need to know about them. But, on the other hand, opportunities to make him stronger would already be rare in the province.

But she was wrong about Lothur's interests. He did not want anything very specific or high-level. He just wanted information he did not already have.

'As long as I find some hint of what I'm looking for or hint of a growth opportunity, I'll already be successful.'

A growth opportunity for Lothur was not necessarily getting an advancement. That could be a simple business opportunity!

As such, it was something that even the most basic information could help him with!

'I also need to get information regarding demons and beings related to the demon world.'

...

After some time, Lothur figured out what he could acquire back from Ice Feathers' information.

With that in mind, he took the documents and books he considered most important and left the academy alongside Annaliese, planning to start those readings later.

It would take him a while to finish reading that faction's contents. Still, he was satisfied that some of his questions could be answered from that information.

But now that he had settled some more pressing matters at the academy, he made his way to his home, where he hoped to find his other women and associates.

He had already been identified by the men from the families associated with him at the Ritter Motor Company and had drawn a lot of attention upon his return to Peters City. So Lothur already expected that his associates would go after him if he did not go to them.

That would not be bad for him, since he really wanted to get up to date on his company's business by talking to all those people, and also deal with new relevant topics.

So he tried to ignore the many looks from locals in his direction as Ice carried him and Annaliese to his property.

...

Meanwhile, in the office of the Duke of the Province...

Caroline had already told her father about who she had seen earlier, and this man had already sent his son Martin to sort out the changing sides of the Waldeaur family.

But while waiting for his son to act, this man was already personally trying to take the initiatives to improve his position by talking to his old friend, the coroner Klossner.

August and Chris were at this moment face to face in that office, one with a serious but clearly happy expression, while the other looked somewhat nervous.

"August, your earlier words have not yet proven to be true at all. But I already feel that such a boy really has the potential to become a major local influence." The Duke said with sobriety in his tone and expression. "Because of that insight of mine, I want to ask you to help me intercede on my behalf."

"My Waldeaur family did nothing serious against Lothur, and even when we acted against him, we were just following orders... It wasn't personal." He gestured, defending his cause.

"Hmmm, I understand your side..." That associate of Lothur said this, knowing that in this world, people rarely acted out of personal problems and were always able to change sides... "But I must tell you, it will be difficult for you to get a position like mine, of his ally. So I won't promise anything of the sort."

"It doesn't matter." Chris said, laughing, "As long as we're not branded as enemies, I'll already be grateful."

'Well, that I think can be done. After all, you did not participate in the previous attack, and from what I've heard, Lothur intends not to pursue even those who did participate but who are willing to stop antagonizing him.' The coroner considered this information that had recently come to him.

"Sigh!"

"Anyway, it's awe-inspiring... A 5th Revolution beast. I don't have one of those in my family myself." The Duke commented, feeling respect for Lothur's means or even luck.

Luck was also an essential component in a cultivator's life. So it would not be this individual who would belittle Lothur's achievements because of this element!

"Hmm, that's truly great." The coroner agreed. "Anyway, I'll go for it. I intend to go talk to him to understand what happened..."

"I'll see if I can speak on your behalf."

"Thanks!"