Ren hearing the crowd screaming Iselv's name couldn't help but chuckle . The speech he just made was a copy of the speech he heard one of the heroes say to his people . It might also be a human king who said it, but he could never remember . To Ren back in the day, all that asked for a fight were treated equally and had the same end, death . So knowing if they were a hero or a king didn't really matter, to him it was only if they could put up a decent fight or not .  

While Ren was reminiscing about his past life, he saw Galius approaching him . The old knight was walking with a lot of caution in his steps . His form, his aura, everything about him was showing that he was about to fight his final battle . Ren was feeling excited when he saw this . Ever since he saw the old knight back when they first arrived in town, he always wanted to see the real limits of his swordsmans.h.i.+p .  

"Ren it has been a while since we last spoke . " Once he was in front of Ren, Galius showed a smile similar to how a grandfather smiles at his mischievous grandson .   

"Cut the c.r.a.p old man . If you want to fight, then come at me with everything you got . " Ren who was getting excited by the prospect of a fight summoned the death scythe . Even in the face of Ren's gus.h.i.+ng fighting spirit, Galius remained ever calm .  

"I didn't come here to fight . I just wanted to talk . " Seeing Galius was not drawing his weapon made Ren look a bit disappointed .

"What do you want to talk about? Tell it quickly . " Now knowing that there wasn't going to be a fight Ren was less motivated to listen to Galius .  

"Are you sure about this?" Ren didn't need to clarify what 'this' Galius was talking about, as he looked at the old knight with a face saying why ask the obvious .   

"Do you think I'm going to move about if I'm not sure . "

"Then how will you deal with the n.o.bles present in Grenton? I'm sure about half of them have already sent there messengers to the capital . In a few days, the whole army of Reschbeauch will be upon you . In that scenario, are you going to make the citizens fall with you?" 

Ren looked at Galius' serious expression and couldn't help but smirk .  

"Like I said, do you think I just did this without thinking? I already sent someone to deal with the messengers . As for the n.o.bles present in Grenton, I already have them under my grasp . Those who didn't follow, well they'll find it hard to leave Grenton . I won't harm them, but they'll be caged birds until they change their minds . As for the army of Reschbeauch, they'll only be aware of the situation when the current lord of Grenton doesn't report, or when some random merchant gossips about . Either way that'll give me enough time to prepare for the next step . "

After saying a bit of his plan to Galius, Ren couldn't help but smile that vicious smile of his, as his fighting spirit once again soaring .  

"Even if by some mishap the king or whoever finds out about the situation of New Grenton sends an army to quell the birth of New Grenton, then all I have to do is send them packing . As for the people surely after the incident with the undead army, they'll fight even harder than ever for this chance to break free from the n.o.bles . Iselv the third prince just gives more legitimacy to this move of mine . Well, it doesn't really matter no matter what is thrown at me, I will deal with it . "

Galius saw in Ren's eyes both madness and wisdom mixed together which frightened him a bit . It was like everything was truly within his grasp .

While Ren was talking to Galius, Lara was hunting down the messengers the n.o.bles sent out . She was given command of thirty men by Kithra . It didn't take much effort to kill the messengers before they were even able to get a bit further from the city of New Grenton .  

Lara as usual dealt with the problem with efficiency and lack of any emotion . Only when she kills does her outer appearance and inner self match . As she was killing she would always repeat to herself, that this was Ren's plan, which means it couldn't be wrong . She convinced herself that everything that Ren was doing was for the greater good, and as his woman, all she needed to do was follow him .  

Yet deep inside, in a corner of her mind, she had doubts and feared what she was doing . In the corner of her very own heart, she knew that some of the things she did were unforgivable but those were sacrifices that needed to be made . Lara might act aloof, and only care for Ren but deep down she was still just a fourteen-year-old girl .  

After killing the last messenger Lara retreated back to New grenton .  

The n.o.bles who were in New Grenton were panicking . Even the children in the knight academy who consisted mostly of children of n.o.ble families were also confused and anxious about the turn of events . The New Grenton Iselv was proposing lowered the status of n.o.bles into one not above commoners, but one that was in the same status as commoners . This basically was an announcement of the destruction of the n.o.bility, and the one who proposed it was someone from the royal family .  

The n.o.bles wanted to fight back and usually even if it was the third prince they would've complained and would even use force if necessary . But unfortunately, they couldn't do anything to the third prince, since the person who he called his knight was that fearsome being that practically destroyed the undead army singlehandedly .  

Ren the blade of death was his knight, none of the n.o.bles in New Grenton had the force needed to even talk equally with Ren . If he wanted to he could wipe out everyone in New Grenton . Little did they know the Ren they witnessed the other day that killed Alfred, wasn't as strong as he was at that moment . The effects of eating the young dragon's heart a . k . a the dungeon core was no longer in effect and Ren's mana output returned back to normal but also slightly stronger .  

Currently, Ren wasn't even half as strong as he was when he faced Alfred, but n.o.body, not even Valdel and Lara were aware .  

After talking with Galius Ren was about to move onto the next phase of his plan, but Kithra approached him with a worried look .  

"What is it?" 

"Gregory's dead!" 

"What happened?!" Ren was shocked it has been more than a month since he last heard of Gregory, and now he hears his dead . That meant that Ren misjudged how strong the marquis that governs his village was .  

"Wait, how did you know Gregory's dead?" The moment Ren asked this, Kithra handed Ren a package . Upon opening the package there was Gregory's head with a note saying, "Here's your pet mouse . " 

"Who sent this!" For a moment, just a single second, Ren's anger burst out of him . It also took him a second to calm down as he looked at the frightened Kithra .  

"Tell me, who sent this?" Ren who was able to calm down rather quickly asked the frightened Kithra, with a much calmer tone than before .  

"We don't know . . . " Ren was about to burst out in anger again but was able to hold it in .  

"You don't know? We have the whole city under our control, we have men stationed in every exit, I even let Lara patrol the area with you in command, and you're telling me you don't know how the head of a dead a.s.sa.s.sin entered the city?" Ren's voice was low and he didn't shout, but this just made the tense atmosphere even scarier for Kithra .  

She knelt on the ground and bowed her head . "I'm sorry please forgive me!" Kithra the woman called the succubus, the witch, and other colorful names was bowing in fear . Ren looked at Kithra for a moment with disdain, then after thinking for a bit, he started to laugh . Kithra raised her head and saw Ren showing his trademark smile .  

"It would seem that a new player has joined the game . How exciting! I hope he's strong, I hope he gives me the satisfaction of a good battle! Just after Alfred, another strong enemy appears! This is exhilarating!"