Operation Web
"Is this the illegitimate son of the viscount? Are we really gonna do it?"
" it's just an illegitimate son, what are you afraid of? If he's not the person we're looking for we can just return him"
"Let's just kidnap him directly "
"Alright let's take action after he orders"
Late at night
In a tavern, three people sat at a table watching a person in the distance whispering to each other. These people are also part of the dark web and they are watching the illegitimate son of a viscount. Viscounts are basically earls one step away from being counts as such they call themselves that.
The viscounts son has been acting a little out of the ordinary lately. You must know that the status of illegitimate children is very low and basically have no inheritance rights however this illegitimate son is a bit special.
The viscounts heir has been I'll for a while and might not live for too long. In the past, this illegitimate son was extremely diligent, study, work, and help around the house. He treated the viscountess better then his own mother which also won her favor.
But a few days ago, who knows what happen to this illegitimate som but he suddenly became Decadent. He stoped doing anything of importance and doesn't care about anything, he spend all his days being a degenerate.
This guys favorite thing to do is dink and hang out, he also occasionally visits brothels and sleep all day. Some say the reason for his change is because the direct heir of the viscount was cured by a priest of the Holy See and there was no hope he would inherit the viscount so he gave up.
Originally the reason was justified until one night, a few thugs approached him and try to Robb his money but instead, he beat up all the thugs into a bloody pulp. You know, the illegitimate son use to be very weak and all of a sudden, he became stronger.
Coincidentally, among the thugs who were beat up there were information gatherers after all, the best people to be one were the homeless and the thugs who idle all day. The thug who was beaten wanted to take revenge but he was definitely not strong enough so he reported the situation to the dark web.
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"Hehe, all of you fight so hard while I can just get stronger by being idle"
In the tavern, the illegitimate son was drinking away happily. This guys is also a protagonist and his gold finger is somewhat interesting, it's a system that helps him become stronger by being idle.
You don't need to do anything at all and you be rewarded. He usually go out and be incompetent because it earns more reward then sleeping all day that's why he goes out drinking, basking in the sun, and occasionally visits brothel.
The daily life was very pleasant and in his opinion, Al long as he avoids the villain with his early warning and does not expose himself, he can become stronger in a stable and consistent manner.
As for the viscounts little property, after becoming a protagonist with a system his ambition was greater then a small property. After drinking for a while, the bastard glance at his system panel.
He found that his drinking gave him some good rewards. The protagonist stood up happily and ready to head to the next place. Seeing him leave, the three looked at each other and followed quietly.
"His strength should be second order, be careful"
"Let the people in front ambush him, our strength is not enough to deal with him"
The three talked quietly.
"Is someone following me?" Unbeknownst to the three, the protagonist has already discovered them.
"Three rats, let's try my new skills on them"
After he discovered that the three thugs were not very strong he snorted softly and walked toward an alley on purpose. However, just as he reached the entrance of the alley, a wooden stick smash down on his head at lightning speed.
The protagonist had been on guard against the three people behind him so he couldn't react to the attack in front of him.
"Fuck…" the protagonist wasn't knocked out by that hit.
"Huh? Still awake?" A voice sounded and then the sound of wind appeared.
"Shit!"
The protagonist broke down and another second everything went dark. In the darkness, a shadow appeared and clapped his hand then took out a rope.
…
At the same time, many cities in the new moon kingdom, due to Su MO's command, a large scale operation web begun and many protagonist were caught.
…
Magic flying ships flew over Su MO's castle one by one.
"Tsk tsk, the count territory is so rich. Look at how many ships are leaving"
"Yeah, I heard one ship cost at least 10,000 gold coins"
"Ten thousands gold coins? My god, how many silver coin is that!?"
In the territory, people come and go.
Many people saw the dozens of flying ships in the sky and they weee amazed by the wealth of the Count. This was the common reaction of everyone that comes here for the first time. Many nobles of the new moon kingdom would all agree that they felt like a bumpkin when they first arrived here.
The weight of these ships are not actually a lot and they can't transport too heavy things in one trip. The speed is naturally not as fast as the planes in the modern world but it's much faster then carriages and other means.
The price is not cheap but money may not be able to help you buy it. However, in Su MO's hand, there are more than a dozen ships which many can agree that he has the most flying ship in the kingdom.
What no one knows is.
These magic ships that flew over the castle were all loaded with suspected protagonist. They don't need to land and just fly over which Su Mo can tell if there is a protagonist present in the ships.
The flying ships with the protagonist were ordered to return directly. At the same time, a flying ship were ordered to land behind the castle.
After landing, several suspected protagonist inside were taken to the castle. These suspects were still in a coma.
Su Mo looked at the several people and soon found the protagonist. Maybe his luck is better but he found another protagonist before he ordered the other suspects to be taken away, they will be brought back overnight.
These suspected protagonist who can be brought directly by this operation web were generating not high in status and people will not suspect if they disappear for a short time.
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After turning on the magic spells, Su Mo looked at the protagonist, he knew what information he wanted from him.
A bronze level protagonist.
"Being idle to become stronger?" The system of this protagonist were a bit interesting, for this gold finger if you work hard you lose rewards.
On the contrary if you don't do anything and degenerate yourself by eating, sleeping and idle all day you will constantly get rewards.
After knowing his gold finger, Su Mo deprive his gold finger and killed him. After he took the system Su Mo did not catch the system and instead left it in his villain panel.
He glance at the villain panel.
After killing the protagonist, Su Mo now has exactly 250 villain points. After pondering for a while he decided to use it all to upgrade his bronze ring to silver level.
[Bronze Ring has been upgraded to Silver Ring]
[You've become the first villain to update to the silver level, rewarded +100 villain points]
[Your villain level has been upgraded to silver, rewarded +50 luck]
On the villain panel some prompts appeared.
After upgrading the bronze ring to silver ring his villain level also became silver.
[Player: Su Mo
Nickname: Lucifer Morningstar
Faction: Villain
Identity: Count of Blackstone land of New Moon Kingdom
Level: Silver
Villain points: 100
Protagonist killed: 5
Luck: 77
Warning distance: 25 kilometers
Gold finger: Bronze ring, Krypton gold system, Idle system(not captured)
Rank: None
New benefit: click to see]
After becoming a silver level villain, there are some changes. His luck increased by 50, he got 100 villain points.
The next rank after silver is gold level. To upgrade to gold level villain there are two conditions, you need to have a gold level gold finger or accumulate 5000 villain points, either one can help you upgrade to the gold level.
There was also a new column on the villain panel, it recorded down the amount of protagonist he's killed with was 5. The warning distance has also shorten from 50 kilometer to 25 kilometer.
There was also some new benefits to becoming a silver level villain so Su Mo clicked on it to see.
[1: Silver level villain can use villain points to increase their luck and it cost 3 times more then the protagonists]
[2: if a silver villain kills a bronze protagonist, the probability of obtaining their gold finger increase]