Watching Elizabeth fly away, Benjamin sighed.
"Who talks like that? You have zero emotional intelligence." The system suddenly popped up, speaking in a bossy tone. "You never consider other people's feelings. Not only can you not persuade her, you've even made your relationship more and more strained. Honestly, enough already."
Benjamin replied irritably, "Oh? Are you so good at talking, then?"
"Of course I am."
"..."
Benjamin was left speechless and only wanted to tell the system to get lost.
Anyway... whatever. If the talks had fallen apart, then so be it. They had already settled on their battle plan—at dawn tomorrow, they would attack Carl Village and wipe out The Church for good. As for how to rule the Hori Kingdom, that was something to consider later.
With that in mind, Benjamin flew down from the watchtower and returned to the Black Nightmare Army's camp.
Because there were few soldiers, the camp was not especially lively. Yet at this moment, every face bore an excitement that was hard to restrain. Combat drills, polishing weapons, feeding horses and Griffins... while conserving their strength, everyone was finding ways to put themselves in the best possible condition for tomorrow's battle.
—Tomorrow, they would completely rewrite the Hori Kingdom.
Who knew what would happen?
As Benjamin walked through the camp, people along the way bowed to greet him. He could only wave away the formalities. Even after being a leader for so long, he still found it difficult to truly get used to such things.
He quickly returned to his tent.
"Hey, stop slacking off. Hurry up and meditate." The system suddenly appeared. It had probably seen Benjamin flop onto his bed like a corpse, which was why it urged him on.
Benjamin rolled around on the bed a few times, stretching as