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chapter-466

“What? Say that again,” Tarneck said with a frown as his subordinate Ohn delivered her report. Ohn bowed her head and responded, “We tried to take him by force…but he was too powerful, so we were forced to retreat. There is no other excuse. I am sorry.”

Tarneck was left speechless. He gulped. Ohn was apologizing for her failure, but she had served him for countless decades, successfully completing all her tasks with precision. Tarneck knew that the situation was serious if Ohn couldn’t handle it.

At first, he’d also thought that the report he heard was absurd, so he could understand how embarrassed and surprised she must have been when she saw the events unfolding before her own eyes.

‘They say that the student is better than the teacher…so this guy is more terrible than the Martial King!’ The Martial King’s old nickname was Walking Disaster because he caused havoc in every place that he visited and left it a disaster zone. But even that guy was quiet for four days after entering the Cave of Yaaneck. However, this new guy had already caused a ruckus after only a few hours! He did not stop at beating up prisoners or the guards, he was destroying the entire cave. When he was told that this new arrival had touched the main vein, Tarneck had let out an involuntary sigh.

What a crazy guy! Didn’t he know that if this place caved in, he would die along with everyone else as well?! Of course, hoping that Martial King’s disciple would possess common sense was wishful thinking, so Tarneck had to push that thought out of his mind. The question how this disciple of Martial King escaped from the limitations of the system also briefly crossed his mind. However, again, he felt it was pointless to use common sense to find an answer. Tarneck had to quickly organize his thoughts.

For the Central Bureau, the Cave of Yaaneck was a very important place that could not be damaged since it was a mine that contained important minerals like the Blood-Tear Stones, the main material of Adamantine. It was an indispensable source of funds for the Central Bureau, which was always in constant need of money. It was also a place where one could obtain clues about outside beings, including the otherworld gods. It wasn’t supposed to be ruined like this.

Losing the Cave of Yaaneck would be a fatal financial blow for the Central Bureau. Tarneck was also worried that he would lose Laplace before getting all the information out of him. Apart from all this, Tarneck thought, ‘This is unacceptable!’ As the once-revered Devil King, his pride would not allow this failure. If he were pushed and toyed just as he’d been during the Martial King’s time, he might just as well bite down on his tongue and die.

『From this point forward, all guards are ordered to assemble at the locations I have designated. Keep the prisoners at bay with a minimal amount of manpower. Everyone else must arm themselves for combat. Our target is that Shadow King