Chapter 2156: The Saint-Descendant King

Pedestrians on the street were endless. Judging by their expressions, their standard of living was not dire.

In front of some buildings, groups of three or five men and women gathered to discuss the corruption and incompetence of the Sela Empire's officials. A patrol of militia happened to pass by; upon hearing this, not only did they not reprimand them, but one drunken militiaman even joined in, spouting nonsense with a mouth full of alcohol fumes.

Su Xiao had already experienced the extent of the Sela Empire's corruption while in prison. As the hegemon of the Eastern Continent, it was truly different that a power system so rotten had not yet been overthrown.

The Sela Empire's corruption was not just internal; the Northern Alliance, located on the Northern Continent, was in a state of perpetual war with the Sela Empire.

When two behemoths go to war, the other small nations on the two continents naturally suffer. Since the conflict between the two countries erupted 107 years ago, their naval battles have lasted for at least 70 years. Afterward, the Sela Empire could no longer withstand the pressure on the front lines and retreated to defend its land. Fortunately, the Sela Empire's land army was strong enough to push back the Northern Alliance.

Su Xiao looked at the medal in his hand. With this thing, he could be appointed to an official position in the Sela Empire. As for how much power he would have, Su Xiao held no expectations.

Su Xiao checked his mission list, and a prompt appeared.

【The Hunter has accepted a dual main mission.】

【Because the 'Space-Time Hub Device' of the Death Paradise located in this world is extremely secretive, leading to limited intelligence, Main Mission 1 will be issued in the form of guidance. The Hunter must find clues on their own based on the mission guidance.】

【Hint: Main Mission 1 consists of seven rings; the first three rings have lower risk.】

【Main Mission: High Position (First Ring)】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 48

Mission Information: The Hunter must go to the Saint Court to receive an appointment and obtain a position of at least a Chiliarch within 10 natural days.

Mission Deadline: 10 days.

Mission Reward: 1 point of True Attribute.

Mission Penalty: Forced execution.

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【Main Mission 2: Purge (Only one ring, this is the final stage)】

Mission Brief: Eliminate the unnumbered Qiyuezhe, Xi.

Mission Deadline: Before leaving this world.

Mission Reward: Determined by mission completion.

Mission Penalty: Forced execution.

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Su Xiao temporarily ignored Main Mission 1 because it had seven rings. Just by looking at the mission content, he seemed to be able to see a large group of old schemers.

As for Main Mission 2, it seemed simple and crude, but in reality, it was not. The mission reward would be determined by the completion rate, which was very interesting.

According to Su Xiao's speculation, the reward for killing Xi was constant, but whether he could drag out the existence behind her was the key, and also the bulk of the mission reward.

The time for Main Mission 2 was very generous, and Su Xiao did not yet understand the situation in this world, so he continued to study Main Mission 1.

Simply put, Main Mission 1 was for Su Xiao to get an official position in the Sela Empire and then find a way to contact the high-level officials of the Sela Empire.

As for the purpose, it was to find the Space-Time Hub Device of the Death Paradise located in this world, so as to monopolize the cake (Apocalypse Paradise).

What was truly important was where the 'Space-Time Hub Device' was. Since it was a destructible device, it must be protected, such as by setting up a barrier, sealing it in some dangerous place, or directly entrusting it to a big shot in this world for safekeeping.

For example, disguising the 'Space-Time Hub Device' as a sacrificial item, the big shot holding the 'Space-Time Hub Device' could obtain items that did not exist in this world by sacrificing resources within this world.

In this way, two birds were killed with one stone. That big shot would use their own power to protect the 'Space-Time Hub Device' and collect resources to 'sacrifice' to the Death Paradise. At that time, the Death Paradise only needed to give out some petty gains that did not exist in this world.

One must know that without signing a contract with the Paradise, there was no such thing as fair trade. The Paradise would maximize its benefits according to the regulations.

Of course, disguising the 'Space-Time Hub Device' as a sacrificial item was just Su Xiao's guess. From the perspective of safety, letting a big shot keep the 'Space-Time Hub Device' was much more reliable than placing it in a dangerous area, and it was harder to be discovered. After all, everyone would do their best to protect their own interests.

Based on this line of thought, the mission flow in Su Xiao's mind gradually became clear. First, he had to contact the power-holders of the Sela Empire to determine whether the 'Space-Time Hub Device' was in the Sela Empire.

If it was not in Sela, there were not many remaining locations: the Northern Alliance or the Abyss. Powers weaker than these three might have caused the 'Space-Time Hub Device' to be lost in the inheritance.

When Su Xiao met the female contractor/employee Se Wei, the final goal of her main mission was to obtain the First-Class Medal of the Sela Empire, thereby helping Su Xiao, who had just arrived in the Abyss World, to gain status.

Su Xiao sat on the stone steps by the street. Completing the mission ring by ring in a conventional manner was clearly not his style. Moreover, Main Mission 1 had seven rings; completing it ring by ring was too troublesome. He could guess without looking at the subsequent missions that the first few rings were nothing more than climbing up the power system of the Sela Empire.

Su Xiao's aura was completely retracted, and a gold coin appeared in his hand. He seemed to be tossing the gold coin in his hand unintentionally, but in reality, he was sensing the gazes of the pedestrians around him.

The gazes cast by the pedestrians were different; some were puzzled, some were envious, some carried kind concern, and the last one was greedy.

Sensing the last gaze, Su Xiao stood up and walked into a narrow alley, appearing completely defenseless.

A lazy-looking man under thirty years old glanced at Su Xiao with his peripheral vision and followed Su Xiao into the narrow alley very naturally.

Across the street, a boy of at most fifteen, with just a bit of fuzz on his lip, saw this scene. This made his heartbeat accelerate; he was nervous, scared, and a little excited. After hesitating for a few seconds, he picked up a wooden stick, preparing to be a righteous partner for once.

A heavy feeling suddenly appeared on the boy's shoulder. The boy was startled and immediately wanted to wave his hand to drive it away.

"You brat, you intend to uphold justice with that thing? The stone by your feet is more reliable than that."

Baha's unscrupulous voice reached the boy's ears. At the same time, in the narrow alley where Su Xiao was.

"Hmm, hmm, that's right, a Chiliarch must at least..."

The previously lazy-looking man was sitting on a wooden box, rubbing a few gold coins in his hand. The crisp sound made him feel happy.

"So, a Chiliarch is a military official position, titles are hereditary, and resident imperial officials are appointed through examinations and bribery."

Su Xiao tossed a gold coin to the lazy man while speaking.

"That's right, it's like that. Unlike the Annu frontier of your hometown, brother, Yalanse, as the Imperial Saint Capital, is full of opportunities, gold, and women. This is a good place; even the prostitutes are prettier."

The lazy man caught the gold coin in a flustered manner, and the smile on his face became even more fawning.

"Are you called..."

"Hyena, sir, you can call me that. If there's nothing else..."

The lazy man who called himself Hyena had a strange light flickering in his eyes. Su Xiao pointed to the entrance of the narrow alley. Seeing this, Hyena nodded and bowed as he retreated. It looked like respect, but in reality, he did not want to turn his back on Su Xiao. Although he was just a hoodlum, he had that much intelligence.

This kind of hoodlum didn't even have the value of being eliminated, or rather, this was also an insurance policy set up by Su Xiao. Once he became hostile to the high-level officials of the Sela Empire, this hoodlum named Hyena would not be able to escape. At that time, he would provide the opponents with wrong information.

Through his conversation with Hyena, Su Xiao learned a lot of information. The power system of the Sela Empire could be divided into three parts: the military, hereditary titles, and resident officials.

If Su Xiao used the First-Class Medal in his hand to obtain an official position, he would be an official of the Imperial Army. There were two ways to climb up: go to the front line to fight, or bribe high-ranking imperial officials.

As for resident officials, they were appointed after selection and examination, belonging to a lifetime system. Of course, one could also use gold pounds to pull strings.

And hereditary titles were the most special and the most difficult status to be appointed to.

Becoming a military official and climbing up step by step was indeed good, but it was too slow.

"Adrian Alfer, the old duke on his sickbed, that is a good choice."

Su Xiao muttered to himself. Of course, he would not climb up step by step; that was too slow. He prepared to start as a duke, and above the position of duke was the King of the Sela Empire, or rather, he should be called the Saint-Descendant King.

Since the founding of the Sela Empire, there had been an iron rule hidden in the darkness that could not be broken: only Saint-Descendants were qualified to be kings. Sela was an empire ruled by Saint-Descendants. ===== CHAPTER 2157 =====