Nostria, Elias City.
"Quilan is dead, my lord."
Count Elias took three minutes to accept the result.
"That world is so dangerous. Though we had been prepared, even Quilan died. Who among those remaining can bear this responsibility?" Count Elias felt heavy-hearted. He had learned the most about the Norris Continent from Ryan, and precisely because of that, he understood even more clearly how fragile mortals were in that world ruled by the extraordinary.
"Ryan will guarantee Elias's title. We have yet to obtain extraordinary power from Monarch City, but all the more so, we cannot show weakness in another world."
"Then fill the gap."
They would use lives to secure land rights in another world. Ryan had made Count Elias a promise, but Elias did not dare believe it completely. He had to ensure that he held the title of a landed lord in that other world.
"Send someone to Monarch City—no, I will go personally."
"The Monarch cannot gamble with the entire world. The extraordinary is our ticket into another world."
Elias was not alone. Behind him stood the nobles who had, over decades, grown accustomed to following his lead beneath the Barbary Lion banner. Thus, once this land began to move, word swiftly reached Ryan's ears.
"It seems Quilan's death has put considerable pressure on those nobles who have been lying flat."
Ryan did not feel much emotional fluctuation over what had happened in the South. This was only the beginning—merely Cameron's probing of another world on behalf of the Empire's nobles.
"Still, no matter how long this probing lasts, as long as I do not open the Planar Gate to them, Nostria's true situation will not be exposed."
"Everything can wait until Monarch City has more Holy Knights."
"However, with the Rune Jinn retreating, the creation