"Forget it. I don't care about such a small mistake. Instead, let's start our meeting now, shall we?"

Lucien said from his chair, gathering everyone's attention.

To be honest, that Giant came at the right time, as he allowed him to show enough power so that everyone would at least take him seriously now.

Otherwise, these vagabonds who came here only to watch shows and to suck free stuff wouldn't care to listen to him.

"Wait a moment, Sir Lucien. Before you begin, could you confirm if it's true that everyone will get a chance to obtain at least one weapon suited to their rank at the end of this meeting?"

Just when Lucien wanted to start, he was stopped midway by the black-robed guy who was bickering with the Giant just now, Kurma.

Although everyone was solemn seeing Balthor being thrown to the corner like a toy, that didn't mean they were afraid. It just meant they weren't going to attack Lucien recklessly.

But when it came to the meeting and the promise, even Kurma didn't want to stay here without confirming.

After all, with his realm, he should get an Early Rare rank weapon of his choice according to the rumored promise.

To be honest, he felt that he might have been scammed.

Not only him, but other assassins and mercenaries also felt so.

After all, with Velmara here, they wouldn't be stupid enough to put pressure on Lucien to uphold his promise.

As for the name of the Goldveil family, well, that family was already on the verge of destruction.

Not to mention, it was a business-related family. Their promise wasn't so reliable.

So, all the guests also wanted to confirm whether Lucien would keep his promise. Of course, even if he didn't, they wouldn't say anything.

"… a weapon related to their rank?"

Lucien heard Kurma and raised his eyebrow.

"It was me who announced that to gather these people. Otherwise, these guys wouldn't come here at all."

Seeing surprise on Lucien's face, Helena whispered softly in his ear.

"The guy who just talked now is Kurma, one of the top assassins in Bellenford capital. And the Giant just now is also one of the top mercenaries in the kingdom. They both are in the Early Stage of the Weaver rank, capable of assassinating the head of the Lionheart family."

She introduced why she made a promise like that.

Despite this war being orchestrated by Duke Castor, Lionheart was at the forefront.

So, if Lucien was planning on attacking with the help of assassins and mercenaries, he had to target the head of the family too, didn't he?

Although Sera felt that this was just a waste of time, she still did her best to gather these two top players in the capital who showed courage to take on this task.

She just didn't expect one of them to get shot out like a cannonball before the meeting even began.

"Sir Lucien…?"

While Helena was snuggling on Lucien's arm and whispering in his ear, Kurma, on the other hand, felt that the situation seemed just as he thought.

The promise was all a ruse to invite them here.

To be honest, it was ridiculous to begin with. If not for him having a very hard time, Kurma wouldn't have come here.

"Haha… of course, it is true. Why? You don't believe me?"

Seeing the increasingly sad and solemn atmosphere around the entire chamber, Lucien rolled his eyes and laughed.

These bastards were just too much.

They already got their keep to attend this meeting. Now they were sad that they might not get free weapons?

'Heh… do you think free stuff is really free?'

Lucien thought with a smirk while scanning each person's debt value, especially Kurma and Balthor, who had already woken up from the rubble.

[Kurma: C-rank Assassin, Weaver Rank (Early) Debt Value: 20]

[Balthor: C-rank Colossus Berserker, Weaver Rank (Early) Debt Value: 20]

Sure enough, they both already had a few debt values owing him.

Although Lucien was a little surprised that even though he now had power equivalent to the Early Stage of Weaver rank or even higher, both of them were still in the partial collection section.

So was the case for the head of the Lionheart family.

"Kurma, right? Why don't you come on stage and accept your weapon first, then?"

Seeing that everyone was still skeptical, Lucien rolled his eyes and pointed at Kurma.

It didn't matter to him whether they got their weapon at the end or at the beginning.

Since Malcolm said that Shadow Kingdom was about to open, Lucien had already thrown all the plans he had made before out the window.

Now, all he wanted to do was collect debts and reach the new cap of power his body could hold.

After all, even though raw stats were good, skills generated by the system were even better.

So, Lucien was going to fatten all these elite assassins and mercenaries here before harvesting them in batches.

And he already had a perfect plan on how to do exactly that.

"Hmm? Accept what weapon?"

Kurma was surprised by Lucien's invitation and asked, when suddenly he saw Lucien waving his hand lightly before taking out a long and sleek scythe out of nowhere.

The moment the scythe appeared, it hummed strongly while a large amount of shadow, darkness, and searing heat like hellfire descended.

The aura was so strong that it could be felt from the corner of the chamber before Lucien controlled its effect.

"Rare rank weapon."

However, everyone already knew what rank that weapon was, which only made their hearts flutter.

Especially Kurma, his eyes couldn't leave the scythe at all.

After the appearance of the World of Origin, weapons and artifacts in the world of Soren had become completely scarce.

Finding a Rare rank weapon was already hard, let alone something that suited your fighting style. Not to mention, it was clearly a top-notch Rare rank weapon of unknown origin.

He didn't know how Goldveil got its hands on it.

"What mission do I have to do to get this?"

Kurma couldn't help but ask Lucien with greed in his eyes. The moment he saw that weapon, he felt that he had to take it anyhow.

Just by having it, his power could double, and he wasn't exaggerating at all. The one he wielded behind him already helped him a lot… that one was even better.

If not for Velmara, he might have directly snatched that weapon from his hand and run away.

As for getting it for free, he didn't believe it at all.

He thought Lucien was just playing around with them, intending to draw their attention to his core motive.

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