Chapter 218

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Chapter 218: One Month

On the seventh day of peace returning to the City of Freedom, under the strong condemnation of the king of the Kingdom of Persia, Canglang Province and the Presea Empire withdrew their troops. No one knows how much was taken.

The entire City of Freedom began its post-disaster reconstruction.

The people of the City of Freedom, especially the rich, all cried out in despair because their hidden gold bars and similar treasures had been eaten by monsters.

The good things in the warehouse were also eaten by monsters.

No matter whether they believed it or not, Grand Duke Osiris and Emperor Augustus believed it.

This disaster caused more deaths than those mentioned by Celica; the number of casualties was at least over a million. It was a catastrophe that rivaled the Canglang Province dungeon uprising.

The Church of the Dawn Goddess sent a professional cleanup team to handle the magic circle, investigate the cause, and begin the recovery process.

On the fourteenth day of peace in the City of Freedom, the Kingdom of Persia continued to strongly condemn Emperor Augustus at the international conference and demanded accountability from him, initiating a vote to cancel the Presea Empire’s veto power, which was rejected by the Presea Empire.

In this political struggle, Canglang Province seemed to be an outsider.

At the domestic meeting, the king severely criticized Grand Duke Osiris, who replied that he owed money to the empire and could only send troops.

Moreover, Princess Teresa was involved in the incident in the Kingdom of Persia while he was helping Grand Duke Luxembourg clean up the mess, and the matter ended without resolution.

……

City of Freedom, Day Twenty-Five of Peace, Marl Academy.

Alita sat in her office, holding a white cigarette, and was smoking there.

"Tsk…" Alita put down the letter in her hand and complained, "This little brat just won’t make things easy, will she? As expected, the Colloa family’s money isn’t easy to earn."

She had already released many Zero-star Cards, and she co-owned the naming rights with Karoso, with a strange name or code afterwards: Sophia, my wife.

People outside have been wondering who this Sophia, my wife, really is and why she can be named on Alita’s paper…

Once the Zero-star Card was released, it started selling like hotcakes; basically, any professional would buy some, just as popular as the trading cards back then.

This time, Alita collaborated with the Card Association, and she doesn’t know how much money she is making from the patents.

A small amount of money went into her pocket, while most of it went into Karoso’s account.

Even so, Alita suddenly became a rich lady.

This general-use card is incredibly valuable, and the profit seems endless; it’s hard for her to be poor.

At first, she thought about helping Karoso make money, but unexpectedly, Karoso helped her earn quite a lot.

Moreover, Alita’s status in the Card Association rose greatly, even reaching the status of Null and 『』.

She acted without hiding anything and received unanimous praise; her research also made significant breakthroughs, bringing a boost to the entire Card Maker community.

Now, her title is the Honorary Elder of the Card Association, and she has even received the Card God Medal.

This Card God Medal is the highest honor from the Card Association, and a practical benefit is that she can buy materials at a 30% discount at the Card Association…

With Alita’s recent situation explained, it’s time to talk about what she plans to do next.

Marl Academy, Principal’s Office.

Clap!

A leave of absence letter was placed on the principal’s desk.

"You want to take a leave? The duration is not decided?" The principal looked at the letter and immediately became frustrated, "Do you know how many classes you have attended since you returned to teaching?"

"Yes, I know," Alita replied helplessly. "I want to teach more, but I’m busy. Besides, I have to be a private tutor for Karoso."

"Huh? A private tutor?" The principal’s eyes widened. "You want to be his tutor now? Not even the son of a duke or an emperor would be allowed to have you as a tutor!"

"There’s nothing I can do; I owe him," Alita yawned. "Alright, just let me take the leave quickly, don’t take advantage of me. Don’t forget, my paper was published in our school under a teacher’s name, which brought so much prestige to the school, and our ranking moved up three places!"

"Wait, why is it about Karoso again? Null just returned. 『』 stayed in the City of Freedom to help Karoso. Null and 『』 always stayed together until this mess. I can’t believe they might be separated because of one child. What kind of magic potion has he given them?" The principal said through gritted teeth.

Ever since Karoso entered Marl Academy, his hair has been falling out in clumps; this Karoso has never settled down!

"You can ask 『』 yourself." Alita rolled her eyes at the principal.

"Ahem." The principal, feeling helpless, had no choice but to sign for Alita, "When will you be back?"

"Let’s wait for Karoso to return for class. He got held up in the City of Freedom. I want to see what’s going on," Alita said. "He is at fifth-tier now, so I need to make him some cards."

"Fifth-tier, huh… It seems he has encountered something amazing." The principal was not overly excited about Karoso moving from fourth to fifth tier; after all, moving from third to fourth is a big leap. Moving from fourth to fifth just requires enough experience and an opportunity. Many people advance from fourth-tier to sixth-tier by going to a dungeon.

……

City of Freedom.

During this month, Karoso truly relaxed completely.

Every day, he did nothing but train, working hard to turn the magic he absorbed from Neymar into magic that truly belonged to him.

In addition to training, he was also getting used to the strength and agility of the fifth-tier.

Even after nearly a month of basic training, Karoso had not fully mastered his current strength, showing that this power was not his own and could cause much trouble.

At the level of 『』, it is okay, but Karoso’s total amount is still a bit too low.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of knocking on the door echoed.

Karoso stopped meditating and opened the door, only to see 『』, whose face was as dark as coal, standing at the entrance, "Has that material not arrived yet?"

"Teacher, that material is very rare. I have asked my father several times already." Karoso began to complain, "We had some at home, but my Second Brother did something and took it from me. He even said it was lost. Now we have to create it again using a machine, and my Second Brother broke that machine too."

"When I was young, my Second Brother was not nice to me. He always treated me like a thorn in his side, and if he had the chance, he would even want to hurt me. It’s quite normal for him to cause me trouble."

"Well… let’s try to be quick." 『』 covered her forehead, "My brother almost thinks I’ve fallen in love."

"Young master, young master!"

At that moment, the sound of running and excited voices came from outside.

Kirmin ran to the door, pushed 『』away, and shouted, "The machine, the machine is ready!"