Finn kept grinding his teeth before letting out a sigh. "Alright, I'll do what you're asking. But I'm not promising anything. Loki won't bow her head to someone like you."
"Are you sure about that? Even if her Familia could be destroyed within minutes?"
"We don't even know if that's true. You might be bluffing."
"You seemed to believe me earlier." I gave Finn a smile and stepped closer to him, pointing his own spear at his head. "But you're right—Loki won't bow down to me so easily."
She'll probably accept this deal—temporarily.
Then she'll check if there are any intruders within her Familia.
And once she finds out there aren't any, she'll come hunting for me again.
"And even if she stops hunting you, the other Familias won't."
"That doesn't matter. I only want Loki Familia to back off, since they're one of the strongest. I don't care about the smaller Familias, only Loki and Freya."
"You're underestimating them."
"You know very well there are no adventurers in the smaller Familias who can beat us. Only Loki and Freya Familias pose a real threat."
"And Freya Familia won't listen to Loki. They'll keep coming after you."
"As long as Loki Familia stops hunting me, that's good enough. So, what do you say? Do we have a deal?"
"I already said I'll do it. You can let me go now."
"Hmmm…" I walked away, still holding Finn's spear. "I'm afraid you'll try something, so I'll be keeping this."
"That's my weapon! I need it."
"If I give it back, will you be a good boy and not try anything?"
"I won't do anything. I'm not stupid enough to risk everything."
"You're lying."
I mentally signaled the clones to release Finn.
I know he doesn't need the spear to fight—he has a lot of strength, endurance, and speed. But he's far more dangerous with it.
Finn got up. His clothes were filthy.
"You can go now. Just remember what I said, alright?"
"..."
Finn didn't say a word and vanished in an instant. But just before he disappeared, I created a shadow clone and hid it in his shadow without him noticing.
Let's hope he doesn't realize it.
As soon as Finn vanished, I shouted to all the clones:
"Hunt down all enemy adventurers on this floor! We're taking full control!"
The clones scattered and began their hunt.
Experience gain notifications started rolling in.
Before, killing a human gave me a lot of experience relative to my level.
Now, that number has increased even more to match my current level.
Each human gives me around 20,000–30,000 experience points on average.
It's a great farming opportunity.
I returned to my original body to rest a bit, and before long, I leveled up again—reaching level 48. Right as I finished dinner, Fang Yuan arrived at the inn room.
The moment he walked in and saw me finishing my meal, he said:
"You could've left me some food."
"You don't feel hunger—it wouldn't matter."
"..."
He smiled and sat down. "I'll soon be able to go through the third evolution."
"How are you evolving so fast? It's honestly a little scary."
"There are a lot of monsters in the forest. That's all." Fang Yuan replied.
Even though I haven't noticed anything suspicious this whole time, I still have my doubts. Did he really level up that much just by killing the monsters on the mountain?
There aren't that many monsters in this region, so it's strange.
But even though I'm suspicious, I didn't ask too many questions.
I don't need to—since I can spy on him easily.
'Should I do it today?'
While my clones are cleaning up the 27th floor, I think I can take some time for that.
After spending a while in the room, Fang Yuan said goodbye and disappeared.
At that exact moment, I took control of his eyes to see what he was going to do.
Fang Yuan ran out of the village and vanished into a forest on the mountain. As soon as he entered the forest, I was surprised. There was a wooden house on the mountain.
'Did he build that? No, of course not. Was it an abandoned house?'
It didn't look abandoned.
The house looked new—not something Fang Yuan just claimed for himself.
'Could it be…'
Did Fang Yuan kill the owners of that house?
I wouldn't be surprised if he did.
'But why does he need a house in the middle of the mountain? Doesn't he like living in the village?'
Fang Yuan stayed inside the house for a long time before coming out again.
He began traveling through the forest at high speed, like it was nothing. But I'm sure I wouldn't be able to move that easily in that terrain. He sped down the mountain, and when he reached a certain point, he encountered some monsters.
'So he really was hunting monsters. He went straight to them—he knows where they tend to appear.'
They were monsters I'd seen before inside the dungeon. Fang Yuan dealt with them quickly, and experience gain notifications appeared.
They were mixed with the others, but I caught them.
'The experience gain isn't that high…'
I'm still not convinced.
And then...
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Next chapters: Chapter 74 - Fang Yuan is crazy. / Chapter 75 - I don't care if the other Families are decimated. / Chapter 76 - Many deaths.