Binding System

"Ace…"

"Ace, there is an interesting show."

"That's right, Ace."

"Ace, look at them! They are so funny!"

Like before, the city guards made fun of Levi and his subordinates.

Ace shifted his gaze from the city guards to Levi. "Did they come to kill me too?"

"No, Ace." Captain Noah responded, "They want to enter our city. I told them to go back many times, but they did not listen to me. They even tried to destroy our barrier."

"Oh?" Ace was startled because he previously thought Levi and the others had come to kill him.

When Levi caught sight of Ace, he walked closer to him. 

"Hey, dispel the barrier now. We want to enter your city." even though Levi had no idea who Ace was, but he believed Ace was an important person because the city guards treated him with respect.

"We don't accept travelers for now. You can visit our city next time." Ace was a reasonable person, so he did not attack them after finding out the reason why they came to Nightshire City.

"We came from the capital of Xiriel Kingdom. Do you think it's a close place?" Levi was enraged because the distance between Nightshire City and the capital of Xiriel Kingdom was so far.

They even needed several days to reach Nightshire City after using the teleportation gate.

And here, Ace told them to go back immediately as if the capital of Xiriel Kingdom was close to Nightshire City.

"Well, it's up to you if you don't want to go back to your place." Ace responded, "But we won't dispel the barrier because we need this barrier to protect our city."

Sienna walked closer to Ace and uttered, "Mister, we came from a far place. Can't you be kind and let us stay in your city for a day?"

"No." Ace responded instantly.

"Mister, we promise we won't cause any trouble later. Can't you be more kind to us?" Sienna uttered.

"No." Ace gave the same answer. 

"You!" Levi pointed his right index finger at Ace angrily because Ace dared to act rudely to Sienna.

Sienna was his crush, so he was unhappy when someone disrespected her.

"Wow! This young man has always been angry since earlier."

"You are damn right. He gets angry at everything."

"What can we do about it? He is a spoiled kid, so it's normal."

"No wonder he already had wrinkles on his face. It's because he always can't control his anger."

"I will educate my child well after I get married so that my child won't be like him." 

"Me too."

One by one, the city guards spoke ill of Levi because he had always been angry since he arrived at Nightshire City.

"Are you really unable to dispel this barrier for us?" Sienna inquired.

"Yes." Ace answered.

"Are you really really really unable to dispel this barrier for us?" Sienna threw the same question at Ace.

"Stop asking the same question." Ace responded, "Our answer will always be the same. We won't dispel the barrier for you."

"That's right." The blue-haired man added. "We don't care who you are, so go back to your place now."

"I see." Sienna pretended to be sad. 

Shortly after that, she took Levi and the others to leave Nightshire City. 

On their way home, Sienna persuaded Levi to teach the citizens of Nightshire City a lesson indirectly.

They were just residents of a small city, but they dared to prevent them from entering their city, so they had to be beaten to death.

Otherwise, other families would laugh at them if they found out about this embarrassing thing.

Levi was blinded by his love for Sienna, so he was easily persuaded by her words. He said he would bring more subordinates to Nightshire City after arriving home.

He would teach them a lesson for daring to prevent them from entering Nightshire City.

He would show them who was weak and who was strong.

Sienna's lips curled up into a grin after hearing his words. She was thrilled because everything went according to the plan.

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Nightshire City, City Guard Headquarters.

"Haha."

"I broke through to the Grandmaster rank."

"I broke through to the Master rank."

"I broke through to the Elite rank."

"I'm much stronger than before. Haha." 

Happy laughter reverberated in the entire area.

When Scarlett was in a coma, her subordinates got stronger.

Colonel Louie broke through to the Grandmaster rank.

Captain Noah, Captain Lia, and Lieutenant Alex broke through to the Master rank.

All her subordinates, who were previously at the Novice rank, broke through to the Elite rank.

Now, the weakest subordinate was at the Elite rank.

Of course, all of this was because of the help of the Rainbow Pool. 

Rainbow Pool was able to increase their absorption speed by one level, so they could break through to the next level much faster than before.

"Haha! Good! Good!" the red-haired man laughed happily. "With this, I can protect our city better."

"Our new armors and weapons will also arrive today." the green-haired man added. "We are officially stronger than before now." 

"Damn right!" the black-haired man said happily.

The happiness within them grew bigger when Colonel Louie and Captain Noah delivered their new armors and weapons to them.

Scarlett's orders were finally all finished, so they did not need to use armors and weapons that were in bad condition anymore.

"Alright. Go back to your post now." Captain Noah uttered.

The crowd slowly dispersed.

----

Lexie was currently walking alone.

After spending time with Ace, she decided to check on her subordinates. She also wanted to check her business, so she stopped spending with her lover.

'Hmm? Layla?'

Without waiting for another second, she approached Layla.

"Layla…" Lexie said as she waved her hand.

"Lexie?" Layla was startled when she saw Lexie.

"Where are you going?" Lexie asked curiously. 

"I want to go to the Rainbow Pool." Layla told Lexie that she wanted to break through to the Grandmaster rank quickly.

"I see." Lexie uttered.

"What are you doing here?" Layla inquired.

"I want to check my business." Lexie responded.

"Then let's go to the Rainbow Pool with me." After saying that, Layla grabbed Lexie's right hand and dragged her to the Rainbow Pool. 

"But I want to check my business now." Lexie did not fight back when Layla dragged her to the Rainbow Pool. 

"You can do it tomorrow. Don't you want to always be by Ace's side?" Layla uttered.

"I want to." Of course, Lexie wanted to always be by his side because her heart and body already belonged to him.

"Then let's do our best to break through to the Grandmaster rank quickly." Layla said, "With this, we can always be by his side and support him."

"Alright." Lexie responded.

And with this, the duo headed to the Rainbow Pool in hopes of breaking through to the Grandmaster rank.

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Time went by quickly, and without realizing it, it had been two weeks since Levi left Nightshire City.

At this moment, Levi was leading one hundred subordinates to Nightshire City.

His intention was clear.

He wanted to teach the citizens of Nightshire City a lesson!

They had humiliated him and prevented him from entering their city, so he wanted to show them who he was.

That was why he led his subordinates to Nightshire City because he wanted to show them the consequences of offending him.

'Ace, and all the city guards! I will make you all kneel before me.'