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In a village near Iskar city
"Oh my God, how could someone be so brutal, no one was left alive," Gus muttered in a low voice as he looked at a huge cemetery containing hundreds of graves.
"Whoever did this must be professionals, they didn't leave any trace behind," Wensley said with a sympathetic expression.
In fact, when they were heading towards Iskar city, Wensley and the others passed through this village, but no matter how much they searched around the village, they did not find any inhabitants, and by chance, they managed to find this cemetery, which appears to be newly established, which made them conclude that the villagers are buried here.
"It must be the team called the Death Reaper," said Gus after some time of thought
"Do you mean that team that is said to destroy all monster communities? Does that mean that the residents of this village were monsters?" Wensley
"Actually, that is the only explanation," said Henry, who was standing next to Wensley
"Could the Morningstar family be responsible for this?" asked Gus
"We can't jump to conclusions without evidence, but whoever did this must be stopped," Henry said in a firm voice.
(I hope he's not the one behind this massacre.) Wensley thought with a sad expression
"Recently, Iskar city has been behaving in strange manners" Gus
"…." Henry nodded and didn't say anything. But he also sensed that there was something weird going on in the Morningstar family, Erma and Ron don't answer his letters anymore. In addition to the strange events happening in the city. All of this made Henry feel uncomfortable as if something huge was going to happen soon.
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After a week
In the past few days, a lot of rumors about Iskar city and the Morningstar family have spread all over the continent and most of them were not positive rumors, high taxes, exorbitant prices, weird currency…etc. But the rumor that angered everyone who heard it was that the Morningstar family had a solution to the problem of food shortages that the continent suffers from, but instead of spreading the solution to the rest of humanity and saving countless lives, they decided to use it for their benefit and keep it a secret.
Meanwhile, in Morningstar Palace
"Sir, we have finally been able to cover the food shortages of the city, at this moment the price of all the food products has been reduced by more than half, which means that even the lower class of the population of Iskar city can obtain quality nutrition," said Anas Morningstar with a respectful expression as he stood in front of a huge wooden desk.
On the other side of the desk, Lucas was sitting in a luxurious chair listening to Anas report while reading several paper documents. According to this document, thanks to Giam recent efforts, the fishing area in Iskar waters has been greatly expanded after the number of monsters in Iskar waters has been reduced, although the fishing territory is still small compared to the huge sea of Iskar City, this is still a good start, As Lucas still researches Ron's body to re-apply his bloodline skill into runes. Using this skill it will be easier for Iskar City to control the sea monsters to reduce their threat. As for the Organic fertilizer, it really exceeded all expectations, thanks to the energy in the air of this world it achieved even better results than the fertilizer in this world. Thus, the Agricultural productivity of Iskar city increased by 439 ℅ in this short period.
"Now, we have a surplus from the fertilizer in recent days, I think that it is time to start the export process. As we have already received many good offers from the interested cities," Anas.
"No, not yet," Lucas said briefly and took another document and started examining it carefully
This document was a report from Idar. In fact, Idar still did not start extracting in large quantities, but he has already managed to extract a large amount of energy crystal over the past few days and by using Morningstar commercial hall he was able to sell the majority of the stock he extracted due to the huge demand and he was able to refill the treasury of the Commercial hall again and he already compensate the amount he spent on buying the mine.
After he finished reading the document he slowly put it on the desk and turned towards Anas and extended a heavy folder to him and said, "This is the fertilizer export business plan, you and Idar will be in charge of this project."
"Oh! Alright, sir." Anas took the folder from Lucas's hand with a doubting expression. He didn't understand why the fertilizer export needed a business plan so big. So, out of his curiosity, he decided to read the first chapter which is a summary of the business plan to get an idea about the project, as soon as his eyes fell on The summary he opened his eyes in surprise.
(This!?... He wants to control the food productivity of the Continent) Anas thought as he looked at Lucas who had already ignored his presence and began to read another document in awe. Anas is the type of person who does not fear strength but intelligence. He has always believed that an intelligent person is far more dangerous than a strong one, and now when he looks at Lucas he is really frightened at the idea that he was hostile to this man a month ago.
"Okay, you can leave," said Lucas, without taking his eyes off the documents he was reading.
"Oh! Okay sir, goodbye," Anas said respectfully and then left the office quickly.
After Anas left, Lucas plunged into his work again, because he had to complete many paperwork before going to the Luminarch Empire, because there will be a huge crisis because of *agent of law* being that control law of this world. He is going because he wants to see, how powerful the agent of law compare to other people in this world.
Knock Knock Knock
Suddenly Lucas heard a knock on the door and said, "Come in."
"Sir, everyone is ready to go. Are you ready?" Ethan asked after entering the room
"Yes, I'm ready, let's go," said Lucas, then put the documents on his desk, got up from his chair, and followed Ethan.
On the way, Lucas and Ethan discuss several pending works that Ethan will take care of while Lucas away. Until they reached the first floor of the palace where they met an unexpected person standing near the inner palace gate.
"Mother!?" said Lucas briefly as he looked at a pretty-looking woman with dark black hair standing at the door with her maid behind her.
"I heard you're going out on another mission," Elizabeth said in a weak voice, looking at the ground and moving strangely