Chapter 44

The reason this guy was calmer was that his golden finger was of a higher level!

His words immediately stirred up a thousand waves.

“Silver-tier? Is there a mistake? I saw on the forum that a fallen Count villain killed by a protagonist was only Black Iron-tier!”

“That was a fallen Count; a normal Count should be Bronze-tier without exception!”

“Damn, this is too magical! It’s like a passerby suddenly becoming a big BOSS!”

“Hiss! A Silver-tier Count. Although there are a few Silver-tier ones in the Royal Capital, I suddenly feel that this Count of Inkstone Territory... is probably the biggest BOSS in the New Moon Kingdom!”

In the square, because they checked Su Mo’s villain level, these protagonists were no longer calm.

Protagonists do indeed have more privileges in the early stages.

For example, in the early stages, villains have no villain points.

But protagonists all have 1 protagonist point.

This 1 protagonist point can be used to check the level of a nearby villain.

Every protagonist has one chance, so under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t use it recklessly.

Silver-tier protagonists get 1 extra protagonist point, meaning they have two chances.

If there is a Gold-tier protagonist, they start with 3 protagonist points, giving them one more chance.

Of course, if any protagonist kills a villain at the start and gets 100 protagonist points, then it doesn’t matter.

The protagonist group became completely lively.

“Hearing you all say this, I won’t come to the Royal Capital. The New Moon Kingdom is so big, I can just hide anywhere and develop.”

“Right, right, I’m not coming either~”

Some protagonists who had joined the group but hadn’t reached the Royal Capital were feeling very fortunate.

They turned back directly.

“I still can’t understand how a Count could be a Silver-tier villain. A Silver-tier villain, they are basically all Duke-tier; even Marquis-tier ones are rare.”

“This world has strict hierarchies. No matter how rich a Count is, in terms of hard power, it’s impossible to exceed a Duke, and even exceeding a Marquis is rare; otherwise, it would be overstepping, and the King and other nobles wouldn’t sit idly by.”

“He must have some hidden strength.”

“I said long ago that the Count of Inkstone Territory is problematic. The time he invented those things was too early.”

“......”

Several protagonists discussed this matter, and other protagonists soon joined in.

“Do you think his Silver-tier status could be from killing protagonists to level up?”

At this moment, a protagonist suddenly said this.

Once this sentence was out, the protagonist group went quiet for a moment.

“Impossible!”

Then, a protagonist replied with three words.

“To go from Bronze-tier to Silver-tier, you’d have to kill five protagonists. It’s only been ten days since the transmigration, and the protagonists are quite scattered. How could he kill five protagonists in such a short time?”

“Right, and if a villain wants a golden finger, they have to consume villain points to obtain our golden fingers, making the upgrade progress even slower.”

Other protagonists also quickly replied.

They all denied this possibility.

Because...

When that protagonist said this just now, these protagonists’ hearts subconsciously tightened.

Their eyelids couldn’t help but twitch.

This guess...

It was simply too terrifying!

Even more terrifying than the Count of Inkstone Territory having Silver-tier strength from the start despite being a Count.

A villain’s starting level depends on the strength brought by their post-transmigration identity.

There aren’t many, nor too few, villains who possess Silver-tier strength in the initial judgment.

Aren’t the few Duke-tier villains in the Royal Capital like that?

But over these ten-plus days, these Duke-tier villains only managed to take out a few careless protagonists at the very beginning.

Divided up, they couldn’t even get one each.

There are many other villains who, over these ten-plus days, have probably only killed one or two protagonists.

Any more than that, we haven’t heard of.

Therefore, as long as you are careful, Silver-tier villains aren’t actually scary.

But what if the Count of Inkstone Territory started as a Bronze-tier villain and killed his way up to a Silver-tier villain?

And, in just a few short days, killed four or five protagonists to reach Silver-tier villain status!

This... how terrifying would that be?

Some protagonists subconsciously felt it was impossible.

Because even Silver-tier villains would find this difficult to do.

The time is too short.

Not to mention, in the last few days, the Count of Inkstone Territory has been in the Royal Capital.

Apart from taking out that provocative protagonist at the beginning, he hasn’t made any other moves.

In such a situation, if this guess were true...

Wouldn’t that mean the Count of Inkstone Territory killed the other few protagonists in the first three or four days?

Then how powerful must the Count of Inkstone Territory be?

The problem is, why was the powerful Count of Inkstone Territory judged as a Bronze-tier protagonist at the start?

This is the contradictory part.

“This contradiction cannot be resolved. The Count of Inkstone Territory cannot have upgraded by killing protagonists. Looking at it this way, he must have hidden strength.”

A protagonist analyzed these contradictions and said.

“Whatever, anyway, today, no matter what, I’m going to take advantage of the chaos to escape the Royal Capital.”

Some protagonists no longer had the heart to discuss.

He wasn’t afraid of other Silver-tier villains.

But now, the Count of Inkstone Territory made him inexplicably panic.

This protagonist felt uneasy inside; he vaguely felt... that terrifying guess... might be true!

The Count of Inkstone Territory is probably really relying on killing protagonists to level up.

He didn’t even have the interest to discuss anymore.

Not just him.

In the square, some other protagonists also lost the interest to discuss and closed their protagonist panels one after another.

They were equally uneasy.

Originally, they were most on guard against those few Duke-tier villains.

But now.

The Count of Inkstone Territory had become the biggest threat in their hearts.

They began to realize...

This Count of Inkstone Territory, who hadn’t made any moves since taking out a protagonist upon arriving at the Royal Capital,

was probably also brewing a wave of attacks they couldn’t imagine!

Otherwise, why would the Count of Inkstone Territory deliberately hint at them?

These protagonists weren’t stupid. Once they understood these key points, their faces became increasingly somber.

It formed a stark contrast with the citizens around them who were cheering the name “Count of Inkstone Territory.”

“If we want to control the New Moon Kingdom in the future, this Count of Inkstone Territory must be removed.”