"Ehhh?"
"What, you don't want to become king?" I asked once again.
"Of course I want to, but that is impossible, my father has already declared my eldest brother the crown price and I have 5 other brothers in the line of succession before me." Wtf he has 5 more brothers.
It would be much easier to kill his whole family and snatch their beast core but once again thinking about future flow of beast core I held myself back.
"You don't have to worry about that, first tell me in detail about your beast kingdom and what offense did you commit, which required your banishment?" I asked.
"Our beast kingdom is named 'Ophidian' consisting of population of around hundred thousand beast ranging from rank 1 to rank 10 and my ancestors were the founder of this dimension pocket as well as this kingdom.
He was the strongest beast in our whole lineage said to have surpassed threshold of rank 12 entities.
He established the hierarchy of our kingdom in which we, his pure descendants were at the top and after that his brother's family was ordained as guardian family and then other families were ranked according to their strongest beast warriors.
It is, this system that allowed us to fight against the countless disasters and prevail, it also helped us grow and prosper in this exclusive environment.
You may know my lineage as 'snake bastard' in your world, but we are proud descendent of hydra bloodline and our culture is very systematically designed.
In each generation, every queen can only once lay eggs and eggs numbers between 10 to 15.
In my generation our mother gave birth to 12 eggs, out of which 8 males and 4 females were born.
There is an interval of few days between hatching of all eggs and I was the last one to hatch and thus I was the youngest among all my siblings.
The females can't take part in succession ceremony therefore; we 8 brothers were fighting with each other for the throne.
A brother can challenge the other brother only three times …". I cut him in between his boring explanation.
"That is enough, I am not interested in hearing this crap, speed up your explanation and try to keep it short, and if I think there is anything I need to ask, I will ask in the end." I said and his face contorted.
His body has started heal and he was able to move his snake body but he didn't attack me knowing that it would be the last thing he would do.
"In short I defeated all other candidates for throne except my eldest brother by the time I turned 22, I wanted to challenge the eldest brother when I have evolved into a rank 7 beast but using his cunning method he plotted against me and…" blah blah blah his story once again started to bore me so I stopped him and asked my question.
"Why do you believe it was your elder brother who betrayed you?" I asked because my ability confirmed that what he believed was true but was that the real truth.
"Because after I escaped from the kingdom, he tried to kill me and explained me his master plan, I was able to escape from that life threatening situation thanks to my friends sacrifice." He said and his every word was true.
"You may not believe my story but it is true." He said but I didn't even hear your full story dude and I don't need to, because I just need a pawn to fetch me beast core.
"So what was the offense, for which you were banished?" I asked him once again.
"He killed our 2nd brother and framed me for his murder." He finished.
"Is that it?" I asked satisfied by his answer but it felt too short.
"You said to keep my explanation short." He said.
"That is good; you are a fast learner." I praised him.
"So what rank beast is your eldest brother?" I asked.
"He was also a rank 6 beast but quite weaker than me when I ran away from the kingdom, but now maybe he would have evolved into rank 7 beast, same as me." So he could be a rank 7 or rank 8 beasts by now which I can handle but fighting hundreds of thousands of beast at my level is not an option.
'I don't see a way out of this situation unless I use those draconic abilities but it will reveal who I am.' I said to merlin.
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[Mission: 02]
[Difficulty: Rank 6]
[Description: Save the beast kingdom 'ophidian' from tyranny of king bamel briskoli and make babel briskoli the new king]
[Reward: 4 Level up and 1 million Fate point]
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'What is so special about this mission for it to offer me 1 million fate points, because it is too much compared to what I have been offered to kill my family members in the bounty list.' I asked merlin.
'Those bounties were determined on the basis of seeing your memories, they may change in future depending on the real power your enemies possessed.' So the bounties on the head of my enemies will increase as they reveal their true power.
'Also the missions are generated by law of equivalence and therefore there must be something more to this country than what this beast has told us.' Merlin replied.
'By the way merlin what does leveling up can do?' I asked merlin.
'You will get stronger as you grow but there is another way to grow stronger instantly and that is to level up.
The last mission increased your level by 1 and added 1 stat point in every field but it was not an immense boost and thus you didn't feel anything special.'
'Shouldn't the decision to allocate stats point be mine?' I asked because that is what I have read in most of the novel from my previous world.
'Don't think much about it because instant increase in strength is already a cheat skill.' I didn't mind much to begin with because at the time of decisive battles this measly level ups won't make much difference.
"Is your eldest brother name Bamel briskoli?" I asked the beast babel after looking at the system's mission window.
"Right, but how do you know?" He asked me.
"Do you have any knowledge of the current state of your kingdom?" Ignoring his question I asked him.
"No, for the last year, I've been healing from my wounds inside my nest." He replied.
"Your brother has become the king of ophidian kingdom." I informed him.
Hearing my words, he fell back in his place, the vivacity of his eyes vanished as if he had received the biggest shock of his life.
"Hopefully he's a tyrant and your kingdom needs a new ruler." I said and I saw determination rise in his eyes.
"But even if the population does not support him, there will be thousands of beasts under his command and what little army I possessed has been annihilated by certain someone." Hearing his words my eyes twitched.
"All of a sudden, I don't think you deserve to rule this kingdom." I said preparing a rank 1 [Thunder bolt] in my hand.
"Please spare my life, I beg of you, please lord I was wrong…" The beast bent before me, pleading for his life.
"You don't have to think about the Inquisitorial Beasts, I'll handle them, but I want you to beat your brother in front of your whole kingdom because only then everyone else will acknowledge you." I said.
"I will try my best to defeat my brother but what if I lose to him?" He asked me and I could see he has become a coward resting in his nest for the past year.
"If you lose I will kill everyone in your kingdom and retrieve their beast core before leaving." I told him so he could better understand the severity of the situation.
"I understand." He nodded understanding my reasoning because if he dies, I will not have any other person as my pawn and the kingdom will lose its future value to me.
I am not a hero but a business man and the thing which does not provide you future benefit, it will provide you future losses and it is advisable to get rid of it as soon as possible.
"I wholeheartedly thank you for helping me but may I ask what do you want in return?" he asked me understanding my intentions that nothing comes free in this world.