NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1173: Returning
When they left, the empress finally opened her mouth. "Your Majesty. Although I understand the importance of the summoning circle and this lifebound familiar, there's something I don't understand."
"What is it?" The emperor raised his eyebrows.
"You have promised them that you will mobilize our force to help them take down the Death Society. Are we really going to spill our blood to help their revenge? If the Death Society finds out, they will definitely come for us."
The emperor smiled as though it was an easy question. "I have several reasons, but the biggest one is our prophet."
"Lady Lana?"
"Yes, did you remember what she said?"
"If I recall, something like getting blind."
"That's right." The emperor nodded. "You know that karma is also intertwined with fortune, right? If that's the case, there's a chance for him to actually defeat the Death Society.
"That's the biggest reason. If not for her sudden reaction, I wouldn't consider helping him in this fight.
"However, if the chance of success is not low, it's better for us to be in charge.
"We can build a good relationship with him and become the 'hero' of the world.
"The second reason is his age. It might sound like I was surprised because he looked so young despite his ability. It was true to a certain extent, but my true intention was to figure out his talent as a summoner.
"According to the right and left guardians, his strength is similar to the seventh princess. We don't know about his combat prowess, but looking at how cautious he is, he might even be stronger than Karina.
"I know that he might be one of the most talented summoners on his continent, but even the most talented person on our continent should be 20 years old by the time they manage to reach that level.
"This was my intention when asking for his age. Looks like he doesn't realize my true intentions. If you think about it, he's already this strong at that age. What if we give him another decade? I don't think even the strongest summoner on our continent will be able to stop him."
The empress fell silent. The emperor was trying to set up a future relationship by sacrificing a small thing. At the same time, there was another way to do it. "Why don't you kill him if you are worried about his future prospects?"
"It's because of his karma. If his fortune is so high, there's a high chance that he will be able to overcome anything we throw at him in one way or another.
"Besides, if we kill him, it's the same as causing all that good karma to fall upon us. And since the method is murder, our national fortune will be a mess.
"I'm merely weighing the pros and cons of all possibilities. And the conclusion I reach…"
"To befriend him even if it means spilling our blood." The empress squinted her eyes. The empress didn't expect that the emperor had managed to see that far ahead just from a single outburst.
It was no wonder that the emperor didn't say anything during the outburst. He must be deep in thought.
"Exactly." The emperor smiled.
"My apologies. I have been too short-sighted." The empress lowered her head.
"This is my job, so it's only natural for me." The emperor waved his hand.
"In that case, who should we send to help him?"
"I will wait for the grand duke's assessment. I've told him to report everything to me."
"Your Majesty is wise."
"That's why, don't think anything about that boy, my empress. One wrong move might cause our relationship to sour. I'd rather have a normal friendly relationship than force him to become my in-law and end up ruining that very relationship."
"I'll follow Your Majesty's advice."
"Mhmm." The emperor nodded.
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Nathan, Evelyn, and Marquis Lindwurm returned through teleportation. Since Nathan had been asked to make as many devices as possible, he had to start quickly.
The marquis felt a bit surprised that even the emperor gave him a lot of things, but he was glad that Nathan would be occupied by the 3,000 devices he needed to build before doing anything.
This would buy him some time to persuade Nathan.
What he didn't realize was that creating the same contract over and over again was easy. He didn't have to write manually as well, so the only problem was the supply of the ball.
Nathan had no other choice but to wait until the craftsmen built all the balls before he could complete the project.
Still, it was quite surprising that the marquis ended up bringing a lot of energy crystals. To show his appreciation, the marquis gave so many tons of crystals.
Nathan, of course, took everything. Fortunately, the space cube where they stored the ship still had a lot of room, both outside the ship and inside the ship.
Ultimately, they received 500 tons of energy crystals. Even his teacher had a hard time procuring 20 tons of energy crystals for the device and magic weapons on their continent, so these 500 tons of energy crystals would allow Nathan to produce more magic weapons. No, Nathan might even be able to create other weapons.
When Vivian heard about the energy crystals, she was hysterical. A lot of her research revolved around this item after all.
More importantly, they never thought Nathan and Evelyn managed to secure such a powerful manual.
After two weeks on this continent, they had learned that prominent families had their own manuals, which were guarded heavily. They thought about stealing from one of the lesser families, but Nathan actually managed to get something from the most powerful family in the world.
This was a family that was so strong that they created a dynasty after all. The manuals they had were much stronger than other families.
Being able to secure six manuals was an achievement that no one could achieve. Of course, Nathan had told them about the information regarding the summoning circle and the lifebound familiar.
After listening to Nathan's reasoning, they agreed on the arrangement.
Finally, after another week, Nathan finished everything, specifically the 3,000 energy balls.