The Small Nobles' Dire Tidings

Afterward, Stella remained in Nalant's camp for a while longer, asking about how he had discovered the suspicious signs and the current situation within the city before finally leaving the camp.

Watching Stella's graceful figure depart, then looking at the silver flask in his hand, Nalant smacked his lips and obediently remained in the camp.

"This side quest is complete, but the next lottery draw is still several days away. I'll work hard on cultivation first and see whether I can break through two realms in a row by then!"

Fine steel had to be used on the blade's edge. Through his efforts at cultivation over this period, along with the help of intermediate Magic Beast meat, Strengthening Fruit, and Flame Crystals, Nalant faintly felt that he was about to make another breakthrough.

Therefore, he planned to break through to the peak of Bronze Knight on his own first, then consume that system reward—the so-called "Realm-Advancement Fruit"—to break through the Silver Knight threshold.

After all, compared with the minor realms within Bronze, breaking from Bronze Knight into the initial stage of Silver Knight was far more difficult.

If he could rely on the fruit rewarded by the system to complete a rapid breakthrough, he would absolutely be making a killing.

Of course, imagination was beautiful, but Nalant did not yet dare say with absolute certainty how reality would turn out.

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived. At this time, the Onyx Principality army finally received notice that they could enter the city, because the Magic Beasts within had already been cleared out.

According to the news sent from inside the city, those hundred-odd Magic Beasts had likely been deliberately starved for many days by the Northern Principality before being fed some kind of magical plant drug that