Summoning the Holy Sword

Fiat was a mining town, but on a much smaller scale than Deep Stone City. They focused on business and processing industries while lacking the interest in basic industries. The South relied on importing raw materials from the North before processing them for sales and profit. Due to this, they felt that they were a step higher than the northern hard laborers. They earn merely a few gold coins from hacking down forests manually while we can sell them for up to a thousand gold coins after we process them into luxurious furniture and decorations… How will the muscle-headed barbarians in the North even understand this?

There were multiple layers of conflicts between the North and the South. Not only due to the disagreements between the rulers and the gap between the rich and the poor, but such superior mentality also occupied the majority. The South relied on its own transportation network, and they weren’t afraid of complaints from the North because no matter how hard the North complained, they would still obediently make a living like slaves through manual labor. Without the South, perhaps the North couldn’t even fill their rice bowls.

Under such a superior mentality, the Southerners were less concerned about the basic industries and the manual laborers were often looked down upon. In such a huge Southern region, only Grosso and Fiat supported basic industries, whereas the remaining regions mostly strived in the trade, commerce, and processing. As the ores and foodstuff in the Grosso and Fiat regions weren’t advantageous in price as compared to their Northern neighbors, their influence was insignificant. However, now that the South had lost their resources and the Grosso region utterly destroyed, their last hope would be Fiat.

The Southern Parliament was tied up with a ridiculous amount of work at the moment. The small mine in Fiat could produce a concerning, limited number of ores annually while the foodstuff crisis over at the Grosso region forced them under immense pressure. Although they had opened up the granaries and more or less appeased the restless civilians, they knew that this was only temporary and they would be in for a rough ride if they couldn’t search for a stable food source promptly.

Due to these reasons, they lacked the time to focus on the small town situated in the lofty mountain range.

The mining town was extremely quiet when Rhode entered in his chariot.

Perhaps because of its distant connection with other places or because it was far away from Grosso, the storm that Rhode had stirred up didn’t seem to affect this place at all.

Rhode withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at Celestina opposite him, who was scanning himself from head to toe. The Demon young lady revealed a mocking smile and Rhode knew exactly what was going on in her head.

Anyone who had spent enough time with Rhode would know that he despised being treated as a woman. But this time, he actually dressed up in a female costume of his own accord and this was obviously an excellent pretext for a gossip. This was the reason Rhode had rather left without bringing Anne and the others along since his summoned spirits wouldn’t let the cat out of the bag. If the others were around… Rhode would be better off dead.

Although she wasn’t feeling great, she was still somewhat a good sport. She stood up straight and exhibited a calm expression while Celia scanned the lounge curiously and silent as always.

Rhode re-evaluated his plans with every sip of the fragrant red tea. He was here to utterly destroy the mine through a simple approach. As a player who couldn’t be more familiar with the Munn Kingdom, he was aware that an Earth Element creature was sealed below the mine. The two families competed and dug fiercely, unlocking the seal and infuriating the creature. Players were able to enter this new dungeon and the main mission was to eliminate this creature and recapture the mine.

But this time, Rhode had no intentions of annihilating the creature. Although he stood a chance against it, he recalled that it was between level 45 to 50 and it was a Master Elemental Lord. Of course, there was still a huge difference between it and a Commander Elemental Lord like Gillian. Rhode had made this decision based on its ability to manipulate lower level Earth Elemental creatures. By allowing this creature to roam in the underground mine, ordinary humans wouldn’t be able to eliminate it and the entire mine would be sealed off entirely from further excavations. The South would then lose their final source of support.

Even if the Reformist Party managed to find someone capable of defeating this creature, Rhode wouldn’t be worried because he knew that the creature blended with the mine totally. If one dared to seal or destroy it, one must suffer the fate of the mine crumbling entirely. This, in turn, would even save a lot of Rhode’s time.

Rhode visited the Edward Trade Association in his disguise because the seal of the creature was located deep in the mining areas of the Edward Family and Howard Family. It wouldn’t be easy for him to unlock the seal himself, which was why he turned his attention onto the Edward Family. After all, it would be best if he didn’t need to dirty his hands.

Besides, there was something that he could make use of…

At this moment, Rhode heard a scurry of footsteps from the doorway and a flustered man’s voice. “Miss, you can’t go in there. There are…”

“I know, Uncle Hans, but Dad has appointed me to handle this. Don’t worry. I won’t mess it up.”

The lounge door opened. A young lady with fiery curled hair and donned in a formal merchant dress entered with a bustling vibe. She was taken aback as soon as she caught eyes on Rhode and revealed a heartwarming smile, extending her hand forward. “Hi there, Miss Seren. I’m Emily of the Edward Trade Association. I wait upon my Father. Oops, no, I wait upon the Chairman’s order to deal with this specific discussion about the ore tradings with your Trade Association. Please ask me anything and I guarantee a swift answer.”

“… Hi, Miss Emily.”

She’s finally here.

Rhode twitched his brows slightly, the corner of his mouth curled into an undetectable sinful smile. He dressed himself up as a woman just for this and things were developing smoothly in the direction that he had anticipated. He stood to his feet and extended his arm elegantly. “I’m Miranda Seren… I hope we can work well together.”

From all aspects. Rhode thought inwardly.