One month later.
It was the most peaceful month that Maxwell had ever experienced after arriving in this world.
He would train his techniques each day.
Whichever martial technique proficiency could be increased, it had been increased.
The one thousand top-grade upgrade elements had all been used up, and there weren't many beast cores left either.
One must say…
Training in martial techniques for Maxwell had truly consumed a lot of mana, and only a few thousand proficiency points were gained in return. Of course, only Maxwell had this option because others wouldn't even get the chance to use so much mana for these gains.
Only he was like some rich tycoon that could eat upgrade elements like candy and ingest beast cores like eating a meal.
Many people in the royal palace were eyeing him while their hearts trembled, thinking: How rich is this guy?!
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"Boom!"
Maxwell dripped a drop of blood essence onto the dragon's egg.
As the blood essence landed…
The dragon egg faintly trembled and gave off a red glow. It then quieted down and sat there silently once again.
"There's only one month to go!"
"Only one month left, and it will hatch. I wonder what this dragon would look like? I hope it looks like those Huaxia dragons, but if it looks like those four-legged lizards, then…" Maxwell started talking to himself.
To protect him in the Forbidden Grounds, the dragon egg released a powerful force similar to a meat grinder and instantly killed the threat. As bits and pieces of bloody flesh were being devoured, just recalling it made Maxwell feel horrified.
If it weren't for the dragon egg, Maxwell most likely would've died already.
Thinking of that, Maxwell couldn't help but narrow his eyes and spit out the name: "Anthony Hernandez!"
"Dragon head!"
Blindman Dale rushed up with a hurried look and said, "Just like you guessed, the Skynet assassin at the Great Alliance's auction house was hired by Anthony Hernandez for 3000 top-grade upgrade elements."
"So it's true!"
Maxwell's expression turned gloomy while he clenched his fists. "Does Ninth brother know about this?"
"He should know by now," replied Blindman Dale.
Immediately after…
Blindman Dale continued saying: "Dragon head, Anthony kept sending out assassins to deal with us. Do we need to…?"
Blindman Dale made a slitting throat gesture.
Maxwell was in thought for a bit before his brows shot up, "We'll wait a few more days to see what attitude the King has."
If Aaron hadn't helped him…
If Arthur hadn't helped him as well… If it weren't for his relationship with Arianna and Adam… Maxwell would have instantly killed his way into the Minister's Manor and wiped out all the young and old of the Hernanadez family.
If it were him from the past, he would've really done this.
But it was different now.
He owed the Evans Kingdom too much. Anthony was an in-law to the King and the head of the civil ministers. Before killing him, Maxwell had to take into account the feelings of Arthur. He was nonetheless the nation's King, so if you wanted to kill his minister, you had to let at least him know first, right?
"Prince Consort!"
"His Majesty wishes to see you at Harmony Palace." A eunuch rushed up and respectfully said to Maxwell.
Maxwell's brows quivered before saying politely: "I will go over right now."
It's unknown if someone instructed the little eunuch or if he worshipped Maxwell, but he whispered, "Minister Anthony is currently filing charges against you, so you need to be careful. He has been laying down a lot of your wrongdoings."
"Oh?"
Anger rose inside Maxwell as he said to himself, "You damn dog thing! I didn't go looking for trouble with you, yet you come looking for trouble with me?!"
Blindman Dale immediately said, "Dragon head, do we need to call for more people?"
Maxwell rolled his eyes at him and responded, "What's the use of calling more people? Have a gang fight?"
Blindman Dale grinned while revealing his yellow-stained teeth. He then scratched his head and said, "The more people we have, the more moral momentum we can exude. We can scare him to death, heh heh…"
Maxwell then said, "I alone am more than enough when dealing with an Anthony. You stay here and don't tell the others where I'm going. It's a perfect time for me to go out for a stroll since there are a lot of things I haven't taken care of yet."
He truly had a lot of things to do.
He had determined the approximate location of the ancient treasure.
It was all thanks to Dracula for studying the ancient scroll day in and day out.
Then again…
It was due to Travis exploding out with the Revelation Key. Once Dracula got his hands on the key, he was able to unravel the mystery of the ancient scroll and determine the location of the ancient treasure.
After the battles inside the Forbidden Grounds, Dracula's soul had suffered a serious injury, so he needed to rest for half a month to recover.
Maxwell felt he owed him and truly wanted to find a way for Dracula to materialise an actual body. From then on, he wouldn't get implicated when Maxwell gets injured in the future. It was also something Maxwell should be doing to pay him back.
"Understood!"
"Take care, dragon head." Blindman Dale said with a smile.
Maxwell walked towards the little eunuch and said, "If you could please lead the way."
The little eunuch was a bit overwhelmed by the politeness and quickly showed the way.
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Inside Harmony Palace.
Anthony Hernandez was kneeling on the ground and revealing an expression of bitterness and hatred. "Your Majesty, if we don't get rid of that villain, there will definitely be a lot more trouble in the future. The old ancestor used our Kingdom as a gambling stake! There's no way that kid can reach the supreme Saint rank in just ten years!"
"It was all because of him that our relationship with the Cold Sea Sect has fallen afoul."
"He then provoked the Southern Mountain Sect at the auction and almost fought with Plume City's Noble Eric."
"Even if we don't mention those things, he goes along and offends the Great Alliance! That kid is the scourge of our Kingdom! Even if this old official has to die, I will still have to say something. Your majesty, please invite out the enshrined experts and send his corpse to the Outer Palace. Have his head chopped off and hung on the gates of the Capital City to make a declaration of our intention to repair our friendship with the Cold Sea Sect, Southern Mountain Sect, and the Plume City."
Arthur didn't say a word or make any expression on his face as he listened to Anthony's words.
Anthony saw that Arthur wasn't saying anything, so he continued: "This old official understands he is engaged to the Princess, but it's precisely this that he shouldn't continue living. We cannot allow the Princess to live a life where she's constantly being chased down to be killed."
"Your Majesty, if you feel like you cannot make a move, this old official can do it on your behalf."
"Oh?!"
"Are you going to hire a Skynet assassin to try to kill me again?" Maxwell walked into the audience hall with a faint smile. He gave a slight bow to the King but didn't kneel.
Arthur lightly smiled in response.
Anger was seen in Anthony's eyes as he pointed at Maxwell's nose and scolded: "You damn bastard! Why aren't you kneeling upon seeing his majesty?! Do you know what crime you've committed? Deceiving the monarch and defying one's superior! All nine familial kinships to you can be exterminated because of that!
"Huh?"
"Anthony, I'm really scared!"
"You want to exterminate all nine familial kinships of my family, huh?"
"You seem to be acting a bit overly ruthless." Maxwell continued walking forward with a faint smile.
Arthur stood up and yawned before saying, "I'm tired, so if there's nothing else, I'm going to leave first. Mary is still waiting for me to fight the Landlord. Kid, that Fight the Landlord game you invented is really interesting, hahaha…"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!" Anthony kneeled and crawled forward. He then hurriedly advised: "You should quickly give the order to have him executed!"
Arthur was smiling at Anthony's ignorance. "You have been considering yourself as too important lately, and I am very clear on all the things you have done. Maxwell hasn't wiped out your entire family because he's giving you face, yet you still dare to act recklessly here and file charges against him?"
"Do you know why I have called him here today?"
"It's exactly so that he can kill you!"