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nThe Castle in which Alex was staying was quite big but the workers working in it were quite pitiful.

nMost of the maids and servants had to leave the castle as they weren’t getting their salary. The one who is in charge of giving them money had taken everything into his pocket.

nOn top of that, there were just a hundred soldiers on his side and among them, only a meagre number of soldiers were awakened and were at squire rank.

nAnd to add salt to his wound, most of the soldiers remaining here are spies of the noble who report the daily activity.

nMany soldiers have joined the noble’s private army whereas Alex didn’t know if there are even a soldier who was loyal to him.

nBut what can he do, who in his right mind would serve a King like him.

nTherefore the job of protecting Alex fell on Riya who was an Epic rank warrior who protected Alex from the shadows.

nRiya was accompanied by her two trusted maids and both of them were of Squire rank.

nLayla and Rose.

nAlong with Riya both of them were responsible for Alex’s safety in case Riya need to leave Alex side for some reason.

nAlex came to know that his kingdom had around 4000 soldiers in total but most of them have left with Catherine to her city.

nThough Catherine’s Kingdom was merged with Nevan, for now, it operated independently from Nevan.

nCatherine wanted to merge her Wright Kingdom with Nevan and make it stronger but the corrupted nobles did not want it to happen as their power would severely decrease.

nSince the true authority lies with Alex who used to be an imbecile, the noble manipulated Alex to make him sign the document, where the authority to deploy any decree had to be made with the full support of the noble houses.

nWhile Nevan and Wright were burning from inside because of an internal conflict, the Kingdom of Amidon which was beside Wright wanted to take this opportunity to occupy some of Wright’s territories.

nWright was already in a weakened state after Kinley invaded it and it needed some to get back on track but the merging of Nevan was dragging it down.

nSeeing that Nevan’s state became worse day by day despite Catherine’s work, she decided to take a gamble.

nShe asked the soldiers who were dissatisfied with the current management of Nevan, to come to her Wright city and once they had become sufficiently stronger and dealt with the neighbouring Kingdom, they would purge the noble by force and free Nevan from those flight noble clutches.

nThe nobles, though dissatisfied, have to comply with her as with Wright’s fall, Nevan’s fate wouldn’t be good.

nIn response to her call, 80% of the soldiers left, though they were quite weak, under Catherine’s command and strict guidance they would soon become a force to contend with.

nAlex got this information from Riya as Catherine had informed everyone about her plans.

nThough Alex was eager to announce his arrival unless he made them see the changes he had gone through in person, it will not make any difference.

n………..

nIn the large group inside the castle, a boy lay on the floor of the training ground breathing heavily.

nJust 10 push-ups, just a meagre 10 all it took for him to become completely exhausted.

nAlex looked at the screen.

nQuest

nWalk 10km: 7

/10km

nDo 100 pushups: 63

/100

nDo 100 pull up:49

/100

nTime left:2:14:34:2

nFortunately, the system took pity on him and gave him a few days to complete it otherwise he would die just from completing the quest.

n‘And an announcement will be made, King Of Nevan died while doing push-ups and went to Netherland. The Goddess had finally heard our call and taken away the idiot. It’s time to celebrate.’

nHe looked at the timer, he nearly had two and half days.

nWalking 10 km was not a problem but doing push-ups and pull-ups was too vexing for his current body.

nEvery time he does a push-up, he feels as if his bones are breaking apart.

nAlex’s body was the weakest of all and he had a bad constitution.

nMedical science in this world is not as developed as in his previous world and people mostly rely on magic.

nIn the six months time in which he was unconscious, his body hadn’t got many proper nutrients and proteins, which degraded his muscles and used up all his accumulated fats.

nAlex had dyed his hair black and with his change in shape, no one would be able to identify him.

nThe Castle was quite deserted and there were hardly any guards except a few at the entrance who mostly lazed around.

nEven a thief may break into a castle to steal money if they had any left.

nAlex’s goal was to reach a normal level of stats that an ordinary healthy human has then try to gather a group of loyal people on his side first.

nAn ordinary human except for his mana and magic, everything has 10 points but he didn’t have even half of the upper value in most.

nAlex can raise his strength either by training or completing the system requirement to get stat points.

nAlex took the towel from Riya who was wearing a maid dress and wore a veil covering her face.

nAlex smiled.

n“Riya, tell me do we have a good martial instructor?” Alex asked with a serious tone.

nRiya thought for a moment putting her hand on the waist and tilting her body a little which exposed her matured curves.

nAlex rolled his eyes and watched it to his heart’s content after all he had the privilege to admire her beauty.

n“How about the martial instructor who taught the soldier,” Riya said.

n” How is he?”

n“Hmm. He is so, so if we measure him by Kinley standards. He is a Master in rank.” Riya spoke.

n“What about his age?”

n“He is around 40, my lord,” Riya asked.

n“Okay, call him by the end of the week. I want to meet him.”

n“But what would we say if he asked,” Riya spoke.

n“Tell him, I am a secret guard who is assigned to guard the king. As for my identity, tell him that he doesn’t need to know now.” Alex spoke and went back to exercise a little.

nBy the end of the week, he will make sure to reach the normal level.

nFrom the system, he came to know he can increase his strength without the help of the system so training and exercising not only increase his points, but he can also compete for the quest on the way killing two birds with one stone.

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nName:Alex Von Stan

nSpecies:Human

nRank:None

nLevel 1

nExp:0

/10

nHP:8

/10

nMana:0

nStrength:7

nAgility:8

nStamina:6

nVitality:7

nStat Point:5

nActive Skills:Eyes of Truthlocked, Mana SensorLocked, Emperor CharismaLocked, Emperor PressureLocked, Lady Luck’s BlessingLocked, HealLocked, RestoreLocked, Goddess BuffLocked

nPassive skills:Piercing Thrust Level 0, Iron Heavy Swordsmanship Level 0, Abyssal Slash Level 0, Grand Martial Art Level 0, Mighty Punch Level 0, SpellLocked, Five Elemental Breathing Technique Level 0

nAlex looked at the screen and sighed. He falls short of his goal in one way or another.

nHe thought of using the stat points to level the points but the system restrained him from doing it.

nFirst, his strength had reached the maximum his body can handle and the system said that if he put more strain on his body then his hp would decrease instead of his strength increasing.

nMoreover, the reason why he isn’t able to max out his stat according to the level is because of hp.

nThe system said that since he had recently acquired his body, his strong soul hadn’t adapted to his body fully and will take a little time so the system suggested taking it slow for now

nAccording to the system, Alex is quite robust and has reached a level where even a Supreme rank powerhouse can’t injure his soul.

nThe system is acting as an intermediate to settle down Alex’s soul to his body and make it adapt to his weak body. That’s why he can’t use the stat points, he got from the system and wait for a few days more.

nHis soul had almost assimilated into his body and in a day or so, Alex will gain full points of a healthy normal human being.

nAs Alex was lost in thoughts looking at his status, he looked around when he heard the footsteps and stared at the man who arrived.

nAlex smiled looking at the man who looked at him with a solemn expression.

nAlex took out a wooden sword and walked towards him and said”Hello Sir, I am Rex. Nice to meet you.”

nBut he just met with a cold snort, in return for his warm greeting.

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