"Not bad!" Aldric felt like laughing as he looked at his own clone.
Now he was sure no one would recognize that it was him.
'Good thing those problems were solved quickly,' he thought.
He then jumped onto the road, continuing his steps with his clone following far behind in a stealthy manner.
Before long, he arrived at the small forest where the Queen Bee resided.
The queen seemed to sense his presence, so she came over to him.
"Master, why have you come?" She asked with a soft voice and a puzzled expression.
Aldric did not answer immediately. He first observed the forest of his life.
It had apparently become larger than the last time he had seen it.
Although the growth of the forest was only a little, it could be considered very fast. After all, a day hadn't even passed.
His gaze then fell on the small forest.
The prince's destination was this forest, Aldric wondered where the object he was looking for was hidden.
"By the way, there might be a big conflict here later. When that happens, bring your colony to attack all the enemies," Aldric said to the Queen Bee.
As long as there was no Senior Magician here, the power of the bee colony would be of great help to her as even a 10th Stage Junior Magician would have a hard time facing them.
The Queen Bee seemed even more unsure of what was happening.
She nodded to him in response, not asking too many questions.
After that, Aldric climbed up to a fairly tall and dense tree, hiding in the treetops.
There, he contacted Jenny by calling her directly through the Game System. Of course, it couldn't only be used to send messages.
"Jenny," he said when his call was received.
"Are you at the location yet?" Jenny didn't ask why he was calling her, instead she questioned his current state.
Surprisingly her tone sounded very serious.
"Yes, I'm now waiting for the prince. Speaking of the other three groups, do you know their current conditions?" Aldric answered and asked.
"Honestly, I didn't know much before, but I've been doing some investigating recently. And this makes me think that you should not get involved in targeting the prince," the woman replied.
"What? Why?" Aldric had not expected to hear that from her.
Wasn't she the one who asked him to do it? Why was she now advising him not to get involved?
"First, I want to tell you, there are only two groups left, one has been eliminated," Jenny replied in a surprising tone.
"What happened to them?" Aldric became somewhat wary as one group being eliminated might indicate that they fell either because of the prince or because of the other group.
The problem now was that Jenny was not suggesting he get involved again, meaning there was a very serious problem indeed.
"The other two groups have teamed up, taking down one group," Jenny replied.
"How can they cooperate, don't they both want the method to form the Genesis Core of the prince? Who will get it if they cooperate?"
"Hahaha, perhaps this can't be considered cooperation either. It's more accurate to say that one of them surrendered to the other and then worked for them." Jenny explained, further surprising Aldric.
"This involves the real world, the group that surrendered actually belongs to a professional gamer from a fairly wealthy family, but guess who the group leader was that made him surrender?"
"Who?" Aldric couldn't help but ask, affected by Jenny's way of speaking.
"He's an old man who's no longer able to walk in the real world, and he's the one who wanted to form the Genesis Core using that prince's methods."
"What?" Aldric instantly showed an expression like he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
The problem was that the person was an old man. Even he could no longer walk.
It was shocking that he played this game and made a professional gamer surrender to him even though that gamer was the son of a rich man.
However, considering that this involved the real world, the identity of the old man should not be unusual.
"Who is that old man?" asked Aldric.
"I'll tell you, but don't ask me why he's so serious about this game because I don't know either," Jenny replied.
"In London, he's very influential. His name is Ramsey Dortmund, owner of almost all the alcoholic beverage industry in the UK as well as the largest shareholder of MU. He's the third richest man in the UK right now, maybe even richer considering he owns many illegal casino businesses in developing countries. One of his grandsons is obsessed with my beauty. If it wasn't for me being good friends with Snow_Goose, I would've become a toy without being able to fight back. I say this also as a reminder to you to reconsider my advice. Don't worry too much, there are still many methods to form the Genesis Core."
Jenny paused to take a deep breath before continuing, "the point is, the Dortmund Family is very powerful. That old man can naturally easily make a professional gamer obey him. If you go against him and your identity is revealed, I'm afraid your life in the real world will become miserable because this old man really mixes up life in this game with life in the real world."
Aldric's expression that was originally still a mixture of confused and serious finally became completely serious.
Just because he was often clueless about urban life, this did not mean he did not understand the danger of someone with great wealth and influence.
Such people were dangerous and rumors about them even spread to the village.
In fact, the villagers preferred to talk about things related to them, such as conspiracy theories and such.
Of course, what was most puzzling was why someone at the level of Ramsey Dortmund playing games would resort to such means.
"Jenny, you never suffered at the hands of that old man's grandson, did you?" Aldric was at a loss for what else to say, so he asked about the woman's condition.
As her old friend, he naturally had concerns for her, especially since she treated him well.
"Why are you asking about that? Fool, of course I'm fine. I'm still pure until now. They wouldn't dare oppress me," the woman replied, raising her voice suddenly.
"Are you still pure?" That single word from the woman surprised Aldric greatly.
She was probably too eager to speak because she was worried so she described her condition in such detail, going so far as to say she was pure.
After all, Aldric only wanted to make sure she didn't suffer at the hands of the old man's grandson, not ask if she was pure or not.
As a grown woman, that was a private part of her life. The most important thing was that it was not lost because it was forcibly taken away by someone.
"Ehmm, ehmm!" Jenny cleared her throat repeatedly, apparently realizing that she had just spoken out of control.
"I'm still pure, why are you reacting like that? Is it weird that I'm still pure?" She questioned his reaction after clearing her throat, still in a high tone.
Perhaps she was annoyed by such a reaction.
"This is indeed surprising. After all, you are a city girl, not a country girl," Aldric replied, not trying to make excuses, he honestly said he was surprised.
"What the hell? Can't city girls be chaste? It's not like I'm easily tempted."
"But you have the nature of a seducer, even daring to tease me."
"In the city, there is nothing wrong if a woman flirts with a man first. It has nothing to do with whether one is easily seduced or not."
"..."
"Alright, let's not keep discussing this, get out of there immediately." The woman began to change the subject.
It was just that, Aldric felt it was a pity if he had to leave.
"I feel like I might not get caught," he said in a rather low voice.
"Don't be silly, Aldric, it's too risky," Jenny replied, sounding uncomfortable as she seemed to be pushing herself.
"Is there a Senior Magician involved? If there isn't, I'm sure I'll be fine," Aldric replied.
He wanted to be sure of this.
Just because Ramsey Dortmund had a lot of money, it didn't mean he could get help from a Senior Magician.
He would probably find it difficult to ask NPCs for help and finding a single player who had become a Senior Magician was also difficult in the vast Eldorn Region.
Even finding a 10th Stage Junior Magician was not as easy as one might think.
Aldric could encounter two at once, that was because they wanted to rob him.
"There is no Senior Magician, but the old man is assisted by at least six 10th Stage Junior Magicians. They're people he pays through the real world directly," Jenny replied.
"Even if you can defeat them, the possibility of your cover being blown is still high. Once your face is captured in their screenshots, your history is over."
"If it's as you say, then I'll still act," Aldric replied, not thinking much more.
Jenny was too worried about him, but she didn't know how strong he was. Only he himself knew that.
"You!" The woman didn't seem to believe what she was hearing.
Just as she was about to say something else, Aldric disconnected.
He didn't feel they needed to keep talking if she just kept warning him to stop.
After that, he took out the World Cube.
This artifact was very important to the plan this time. He wanted to prepare it first.
He took out Monster Core after Monster Core which instantly disappeared into the cube.
It worked based on the energy inside. As its owner, all Aldric needed to do was energize it by feeding it Monster Cores.
Based on his current assessment, the Dead Fish and the Demon Horse had previously energized this cube with ten Level 10 Monster Cores.
Even with all that, its energy pool was only like a grain of sand on the beach.
Of course, even though it was a little, it could not be considered useless as it could still last up to five minutes with a strength that could withstand anyone below a Senior Magician.
In order to have maximum results, Aldric intentionally included more than 40 Level 10 Monster Cores and many Monster Cores below that level.
With all that, even a Senior Magician would not be able to destroy the cube generated by the World Cube easily.
It could also last for a longer period of time.
This he prepared because he was worried that Ramsey had something to make a terrifying attack.
When such worries arose, he put more Level 10 Monster Cores into the World Cube, eventually reaching up to over 60.
Although it was a bit excessive, he didn't feel any loss since he got them from the two robbers, and maybe he could get a lot of Monster Cores later if he defeated Ramsey and the prince.
"Now let's wait and see," he said.
Until now, he had received many messages from Jenny.
Because there were too many, he was too lazy to read them, reading only the latest messages.
As it turned out, she had given up on persuading him, and sent messages praying for him to win without getting hurt.
Aldric did not reply to her message as it would only make her keep sending messages.
"Mmm..." His eyes gazed towards the Spring Hill not far from the forest.
Suddenly he saw the figure of a young man in a black robe that had the style of a coat standing there, very obvious because his figure was right under the moonlight.
He had rather long gray hair that fluttered in the wind, making him look even more dazzling with his handsome face.
As he stood on the hill, he looked like someone who was watching over his territory, looking relaxed with each of his hands in the pockets of his robe.
On closer inspection, there was a sword hanging from his waist in an inverted position.
Aldric could see the young man's eyes clearly despite their distance.
His eyes were like a pair of blood moons, bright red in color, looking like they were emitting light.
From the top of the hill, his gaze was actually fixed on the small forest.
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