[Eldion Empire Capital, Adventurers Guild]
Controlling the way how war was done, getting above all information, making every single unit at his beck and call to move the way he wanted, and the worst of all is that having Monopoly over the power on economy of the empire
Such method can only be done if your either someone who controls everything from the shadows or someone who thinks that everything is a game
Only one word can describe all this things, if by if it indeed happened
Pandemonium
No one would be able to notice that everything they do, are exactly playing in someone else palm or in case they're doing exactly what that person wanted
This type of knowledge and by chance Kaido was the one asking
Due to this even the Guild master Barton was turning pale just he imagined such events happening
Seeing his horrid expression, Kaido simply smirked at him as he asked for assurance
"So! What do you say Guild master? Can you at least this much?"
With Barton's pale expression in display, even Alda who was simply listening to all of this was surprised on how easily Kaido pressured such well k own character
Snapping out of his slight daze Guild master Barton responded by a question
"If by chance... . . Are you going to destroy the empire?"
"Destroy?... . . Hmm I won't go as far to do that, at most I can do is either put the empire under my thumb or simply replacing who commands at the top... . . Rebuilding over again from the start is quite a burden you see..." Replied Kaido as he slouched back and brought his arm over the backrest of the couch
Asserting the situation, Barton answered Kaido's first request
"It's impossible to rank you up" he said
Hearing that the room became silent as the three spectators were shocked by the sudden answer
The talk was so sure that if it gone wrong, it can be assured that one of them will die
But instead of shotting up in fury, Kaido simply shrugged his shoulders as he pulled something out from his storage pouch
"Then how about this?... . . Is it enough to bring me to a rank higher?" He said as he played out the stone serpent's fangs that was shot through by Mia's arrow
"This!!!... . ."
As Barton reacted from this, the others were simply shocked for a moment before remembering where this fang came from
"This is from a monster called stone serpent right?... . . Just by its features alone, one could easily recognize it!!! This is an S-rank monster... . . How could you have it?" Asks Barton
At that instant Alda chimned in
"Well we did encounter a stone serpent along the way to the border town, but when we fought it we already found it injured by a lot... . . Meaning that Kaido together with princess Lily and Mia managed to fight such creature before us" stated Alda
"What!!!... . ."
As this thing shocked him for a while, it seemed to made his mind clear up a bit as he shook his head sideways
"Indeed this is interesting but this won't be enough to bring you to at least A-rank" he said
With that notion both Melfina and Rebecca were about to retort, but before they could Kaido immediately smirked as he played out another item
"Then how about if I toppled it up with this?" He said as he brought out a huge magic crystal
With this the room became silent again as Alda crashed down on the floor butt first as he laughed dryly
"Ha... Ha... Ha... This is unfair!... . . How can you have one treasure after the other?" He complained as he stared at the magic crystal in astonishment
Magic crystal was a really rare item for the reason that it was always being guarded by strong and vicious monsters, magic crystals can help one fighter and mage to advance to a higher level of skills and abilities causing them to be more important that wealth
If it is sold its price could shot up to at least a 1 million gold, with that kind of money you could already slap a king with it as you by his while kingdoms plot of land including the castle and his family, even with that there will still be surplus
With that notion for magic crystal, it is only natural that even Alda and Barton was left twitching from Kaido's luck of acquiring one national class treasure after another
As if giving up Barton immediately answered
"Fine I give... . . With this it can shot you up at least to SS-rank just right under SSS-rank" said Barton
After that he called for an employee and ordered to quickly elevate Kaido's rank, following that he also ordered for all of the information regarding the empire to be brought out
Moments later the employee gave a renewed card to Barton but also reported that such documents regarding the empire is quite a lot so Barton asked Kaido about something
"Seems like the files are.like a mountain... . . It's not possible to give them to you by hand" he said
"No worries" replied Kaido
After that Kaido told something to Melfina
"Bring all the files to the town and tell them to appoint someone to assess them" said Kaido
"Don't t worry Kaido-sama! There are some merchants affiliated to us that are on standby... . I will tell them so if I could please excuse myself" replied Melfina as she bowed down and left the room
Following that Barton handed Kaido his renewed guild card
"From this day forward... . . I welcome our newest A-rank" smiled Barton
As that announcement was publicized, Alda immediately congratulated Kaido as he goes out to boast about him being his acquaintance
Before leaving the room Kaido let out something that caught the Guild master's attention
"You don't need to hide it... . . You are in approval on how his majesty and the hero conduct things... . . Due to this their is discrimination against demi-humans, but don't worry... . . I hope you overseer this event and support me as I slowly everything" said Kaido before leaving
With that note even Barton was left speechless as he couldn't help but be surprised one after another due to Kaido's antiques, he clearly even felt that he was being led on by the nose during the conversation
"Kaido huh!... . . Interesting... . .if everything he says is true then I hope he could change the society at all cost" he stated by himself
Slowly very slowly he walked straight to his desk as he held a picture frame containing the picture of him and his wife and daughter who were both fox women
As he gripped the picture frame, he couldn't help but bit in anguish as he clearly remembered the day both of his precious loved ones died
Both his daughter and wife died due to sickness, but since both of them were in the category is demi-humans and beastmen, not even one healer nor doctor helped him cure them
Due to that the moment he arrived home he was greeted by a news that both his daughter and wife were dead
Because of pain and anguish he mourned for them for a while month before returning to normal, since that day he dedicated himself to at least change the way society see the demi-humans
But to no avail, since he was only a guild master and a commoner at that, his voice didn't reach the King as both his ideal and resolve were intercepted with the persistence of Duke Agra and the tenaciousness of the Hero Hibiki who has suffered from the demi-humans in his past life thus summarizing all of them as dangerous
Holding the frame he cried as he said
"It's starting... . . It's actually starting... . . I know that such action would bring the empire in chaos and turmoil but someone is actually starting to disrupt the empire as he slowly changed the world... . . He's not afraid of turning the whole world against him and far from that... . . He's not like me who is powerless but rather he has the strength and charisma similar to a hero but different" he said in a pained voice
"I'll watch over him... . . No we'll watch over him together, so that your death wouldn't be in vain" he said as he followed it up as he cried softly
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~next day~
In the next morning Kaido received a summon from the King Emperor Ergo himself stating that he has a task for him
In reply to that, Kaido took a sip from his coffee as he said
"Looks like the empire is about to move... . . Ehehehehahaha! This is interesting!!! Let's see how this plays out" he stated
"Kaido-sama! Don't you think that the empire are growing ignorant of your capabilities? They're actually utilizing you as if they own you" complained Melfina
"Don't bother about that!... . . In fact I'm interested on how the empire utilize me as they are clearly aware of my capabilities to destroy them... . . Let's keep playing second fiddle to them first" said Kaido as he gave off a simple smirk
"As you wish" replied Melfina
Glancing over at the window, Kaido can clearly see the soldiers waiting for his response
As he was smiling in excitement for the Empire's childish tricks, he still deducted one thing in his mind that didn't let him out his guard down
"That hero... . . and that unknown personality... . . Looks like trouble is brewing up within the empire"
He said this as he remembers the mysterious aura that didn't belong to Hibiki back in the border town which made him put his guard up against it