Lord of the Time: I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

Chapter 174: 174: Uproar in the City

[End of Flashback]

Roger greeted the guard at the gate and reported the success of their operation. As the guard heard the good news, he immediately communicated it to his superiors, and his superior, in turn, reported it to others in the same position as him. The news spread in the upper echelon of the three regiments, then to the circle of high-ranking nobles, until it reached the royal family of the City of Phenos itself! It caused an uproar to them at first and when everything sank in. Most of them rejoiced, and they even danced in their respective place like Willy Wonka!

In a certain room filled with opulence. Sheets made of golden sheet, king-sized bed where two beautiful almond-shaped eyed, porcelain-skinned women were lying side by side with each other. Their head rested on a white, fluffy, glittering pillow.

In the room, there are small figures and materials made of gold. Just like that floor of the room itself. Lastly, the lighting on the ceiling came from shiny gems that exude fluorescent light.

"That operation unexpectedly succeeds? I thought they would fail and most of them would die just like last time! This is great! Those trashes have finally shown their use."

In front of the king-sized was a strong, muscular man who had a pensive smile on his face. This is the one and only king of the City of Phenos... also known as the Kingdom of Emberlund.

Then a smile that stretched unto his ears appeared.

"With this, the City would be able to catch up with the kingdom outside. The resources would increase tenfold not a hundredfold! The kingdom would become rich this time!"

Once the Wall of Rose officially becomes functional. He intends to let the citizens evacuate to it. Then, surely, a market would be established that would further boost the economy of the City. The stronger the economy, the more money would flow into his pockets! With the expansion of territory, more crops could be planted. More minerals could be extracted.

After all, most of the caves and underground in the past and agriculture were located at the Wall of Rose. It was the goldmine of the Kingdom of Emberlund on the past basis of the books recorded in the secret library of his royal palace.

"I shall reward the Scout generously this time. But before that..."

With that, the king's attention was back to the concubines on his bed. A lewd smile emerged on his face before he gathered his momentum and readied himself to pounce on them like a cat in heat.

"Ah! Ah! ah! King, you're rougher than last time! Ah..."

Soft and loud moans echoed in the room thereafter.

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"Ohh... The operation of the scout succeeded? How unexpected... How did they do it?" In another room, a man with blonde hair sat on a chair behind a glass desk and asked softly.

A constable in front of him bowed in fear. "Captain, it was said that they just let their new recruits, along with some team veterans do this task. I don't know how they found the golden rock which was missing for hundreds of years."

The blonde-haired man, who was called captain, shook his head. "You're wrong... It wasn't missing. It was in the ruin of a town all along, hidden very well. This clue is also known as the Laughing Bloods. I guess the Scout found it before those blood-sucking creatures."

He paused for a while before a chilling light flickered in his pupils.

"The Scouts are ahead of our Constable Regiment with their success. This is bad... List all the ones that participated in this operation and gather information about them, then give it to me."

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"What!? the Scout regiment successfully reclaimed the Wall of Rose, you say?" A duke, who in the sixth district receives a similar report was dumbfounded. He habitually caressed his long white beard as his blue eyes stilled in the sky outside of the window in his room. "Hmmm... I can smell the conflict of interest. Every bastard would surely compete for a piece of the piece that is the benefits that the new territory would offer. It seems I also need to make my move."

Although he also receives the casualties, the scout suffers. He doesn't really care. What's important is the prospect and the benefits he would get. For figures like him, the lives of foot soldiers were only as valuable as their use. Since the Scouts succeeded, they will naturally be rewarded and even the family of the deceased would get a pension and compensation from the City.

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Similar scenes played out from the City. High-ranking, influential figures began to use their connections to confirm the authenticity of the news repeatedly. Now, all the forces had been attracted to this thing. All the members that participated in the operation had officially entered the eyes of the upper echelons of the City unbeknownst to Caleb.

As soon as the scouts entered the gate, the news about their successful operation already spread throughout the city!

Cheers came out from all sides as the people that had formed into a long crowd that stretched to the streets and filled the sideways saw Roger and the scouts.

"Good job! HAHAHA! Thank god, after five teams of failure, year after year, the Scout finally succeeded in one thing!"

"This is crazy... To think they would be able to reclaim the wall that is long hopeless. How did they even seal the wall!?"

"Well, don't be too happy early. There are still powerful Apokalips that need to be cleaned up within the Wall or Rose. For example, the Grims on the Hollow Mountain Ridge... Or the Spider Queen in the Spider Town." One of the men in the crowd said his rationale.

On his side, a chubby merchant scoffed. "No, it's good as secure. The only reason why the King hadn't decided to eradicate all those Apokalips was because he was wary of the Apokalips outside the Wall of Rose. Now that it was sealed, his forces can now do a cleanup operation within the Wall of Rose without worrying about the one outside! He would surely send the Royal Army for this task."