Just like before, Arthur smiled so sweetly—but it is disgusting for Count Rubel and Dean—that even others knew he had a point. He raised his hand and showed three fingers.
"Three plans. We'll make Crown Prince Xavier get a headache, a backache and a mental illness. Hahahahahaha!"
Arthur laughed out loud at the thought of the plan. That man looked like someone out of character. He didn't realize the people in the room were looking at him with different eyes.
Dean, who was currently sitting on his desk impolitely, muttered and was heard by Count Rubel. "Is this man always like that?"
Count Rubel who heard those words immediately replied, "I don't know. His brain might have been hit."
Arthur did not hear the words of that two men. He continued, "Cindy is going to officially enter the Magic Tower Marithus Kingdom to get a trace of the transaction of buying and selling humans as experimental materials. You go to the illegal fighting arena of the monsters in the Viper Kingdom to find evidence that Crown Prince Xavier is supporting them. Then Count Rubel, a member of his own faction, will expose it. What about this plan of mine?"
Cindy who was there showed an interested face. Her pupils were dilated as if surprised and amazed. She just nodded from afar.
Dean sighed while Count Rubel bit his lip. Count Rubel still felt somewhat betrayed after knowing Crown Prince Xavier's true face. However, he still agreed and continued to help Arthur.
Adhitte, who was listening to the explanation, thought for a moment. Arthur didn't know that the sound of Adhitte's thoughts would be heard again.
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The screen looked like it had an error. Would the visible thoughts also count as a bug? Therefore, Arthur wasn't too enthusiastic about it. He could get more system power if he entered Adhitte's party.
"In that case, how are you going to help me? Isn't it only the Crown Prince who can send me back?" Adhitte asked again to make sure.
'This scrupulous bastard. It's a good thing I know.'
"I'll give you one more guess, Adhitte-ssi."
Arthur looked at the screen of Adhitte's thoughts that looked like a broken television. It was shadowy and had a very disturbing blur.
"There's this thing you call a system. It's a program that takes you to different worlds. That's why you have a mission, right? Are you sure that with that mission, you will get what you want? Are you forever going to carry out that mission until it's over and where are you going to rest? Are you sure that the system will give you what you want? What would it be like if this world was the last place you lived?"
Arthur's intense and profound words left Adhitte speechless. Even the people who were there looked at Arthur with a surprised look. Previously, some of them had looked at him as strange or crazy. However, those words sounded like the Arthur Rudolf that he used to be.
Dean looked at him, Arthur was indeed sitting with his back to him. Even Dean admitted that all the plans Arthur gave him made sense and some of them worked.
For a few seconds of silence, Adhitte finally raised her voice. "I'll think about it, but that doesn't mean I have to be under you. If the situation is critical, I'll force Crown Prince Xavier or something by kidnapping him and sending me back, but it looks like your offer is attractive."
Arthur blinked his eyes a few times. "Then, that means?"
"Yes, I agree to help you."
Arthur smiled happily. He immediately turned to look at Leon who was silent beside Cindy. Of course Leon who was stared at suddenly was surprised.
"You wanted to report something earlier. What is it?" Arthur asked him.
Leon looked at Dean. The leader just nodded without making a sound. He was used to Arthur's disrespectful attitude which was like the guild's ruler.
"T-the human trafficking organization is called 'Eazy Gold' and the c-center is indeed in the Senova Empire. Apparently they are indeed operating within the Marithus Kingdom as well as the Garunam Kingdom secretly. T-they send runaway slaves and young children from the slums of several kingdoms, then sell them to the Marithus Kingdom." Leon explained with only a slight stutter.
Count Rubel suddenly swore. "That crazy bastard. I didn't expect to ever respect that demon-like human."
Dean told Leon to make the report in text form later. Then he asked Count Rubel. "Are there any signs of Eazy Gold being suspected in the trial?"
Count Rubel replied, "Yes, because one of the knights found a token-like symbol at the scene. No one has answered who it belonged to. They are still investigating."
"That's good because if it's proven that Eazy Gold caused the chaotic incident at the theater, Crown Prince Xavier will be caught too if Cindy manages to find evidence of transactions between Crown Prince Xavier and their organization. That would be treason since we are still at war with the Senova Empire." Arthur commented casually.
Count Rubel replied. "In that case, instead of being mentally ill, maybe his soul will be out of his body and would rather step down from the throne."
Arthur smiled again. "Of course I'll take that place, hehehehe."
Count Rubel looked at Dean. Dean just shook his head as if telling him to shut up. Arthur still chuckled a little at the thought.
Adhitte who saw that they were able to work well together muttered, "Freak man."
"Helena will join me in eradicating gambling arenas or something. Because I don't know about this world." Adhitte expressed her opinion.
"That woman won't help at all. It's better to be with me." This time Dean spoke up about their partnership. This was the first time he had entered into the main conversation.
Helena looked at Dean with a complicated gaze. She could see that he was also looking at her coldly. Indeed, he didn't hate her like that for no reason.
"I'm the oldest person here. Surely I know more about the towns in that kingdom." Helena defended herself.
Dean grinned, a contemptuous smile. "You can't move freely during the day, weak and helpless. Besides, you said yourself that you don't know much about the human condition. Plus, you're not a person."
Helena, who heard the insult, naturally felt angry. "I'm not being able to move much during the day doesn't mean I'm weak. You're just making accusations without knowing the truth."
"Because that's the truth about your clan's curse. You think I don't know?" Dean replied no less sarcastically.
This was the first time Dean showed emotion. Usually that man was just silent, calm and cold. It was really a new thing even for Leon and Cindy who were his guild members.
"In that case, I should have just killed your pet from the start instead of helped it."
Prang!
Brugh!
This time was indeed very unexpected. The people there widened their eyes in shock. Even Adhitte, who usually shows an expressionless face, reacted.
Dean threw Helena against the wall with his hand that had turned into a half-beast. The wall that Helena was pushed against somehow shattered. Even Helena's body was thrown outside which turned out to be a training area.
That man with his half-beast form, went out of the destroyed wall to approach Helena. His eyes flashed vertically and also his fingernails were very sharp. He can't turn into an animal like other beast people.
Helena looked at the sky, the sun had set and was replaced by the moon although it was still bright. But it was enough for her to unleash her power.
"You should have kept your mouth shut if you wanted to live. I told you there's no second time for you. Damned blood." Dean growled in anger. His body slowly enlarged.
Since his height of 189cm was already very tall for an ordinary human, the beast version of his body looked even bigger and taller. It looked like two meters. He looked like a combination of a wolf and a tiger.
"Hey, you're also cursed blood. That's why you can't turn into a full beast. You should have been my experiment instead of your dead pet. I guess you buried it near the lake around here, right?" Helena said as she prepared herself.
"Shut your mouth!"
Bugh!
Dean's first attack targeted her hand. Helena was quickly able to dodge because vampires were actually creatures with very fast physical movement power. Their agility was extraordinary.
This time, Helena attacked Dean first by lunging at his neck. Of course, that man easily dodged and pushed Helena until she was hit by the building again.
Brugh!
The sound of their fight was very loud. Even the few guild members who were there were watching the two of them. They didn't dare to separate the two of them.
The relationship between the two was severe and hated each other because it was one of the reasons Dean founded the guild. It was a dark past. Helena was the variable he didn't want.
It started a long time ago, when Dean's parents died from being murdered by his own extended family's men. At that time, Dean was just a 15-year-old teenager living with the love of his parents.