Overnight Revenge

In the Stonebridge City Caste:

Laxus was tapping his table impatiently.

It had been a week since he hired an assassin to kidnap Maximus' family, but until now, there is still no news.

"How is it, Martis? Do you have any news?"

"No, my lord. There's still no news."

"Did something happen?" Laxus thought gloomily.

"Maybe the assassin we hired is still lurking, waiting for a chance."

"After all, Moonshadow City had two Tier 3 Earth Knights."

"That should be the case," Laxus nodded, convincing himself.

But in his heart, it seems that something is off.

"You should tighten the security just in case."

"I will, my lord."

---

At night, Maximus came to Stonebridge City with Johnson and Smith.

"Is this the place?" Maximus murmured as he looked at a parchment tracker.

After his wife was attacked, he became furious and worried at the same time.

He wondered who dared to attack his wife in his territory.

Using his system, he bought this Tier 4 parchment tracker.

[Parchment Tracker (Tier 4): As long as you think of someone, their position will be shown. Price: 30,000]

As long as the assailant didn't reach Tier 5 or possess some special treasure, they couldn't hide from this parchment tracker.

When he thought of the one who was the mastermind behind his wife's assassination, he was led to Stonebridge City.

"This should be the place, my lord. It's the closest to Moonshadow City," Smith said.

"Then who do you think is the mastermind behind the attack on my wife?"

"It should be the lord of Stonebridge City who caught wind of something interesting in Moonshadow City."

"Hmm, Let's go. Let's see if the noble in this city has three heads and three arms to attack my family,"

Soon, the three activated jade talismans, turning them invisible to the naked eye.

Looking at the clueless guards, they made their way inside the castle.

"It's him," Maximus confirmed as the parchment tracker burned into ashes.

"Who?!" Laxus, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up.

"The god of death who will take your life…"

"Presumptuous!"

Threatening him with death, Laxus immediately turned alert, picking up his weapon.

Seeing there was too Tier 3 Earth Knight, his expression turned solemn.

"Go, hold him for me."

"I want to see if he really is a tough bastard," Maximus commanded, setting up a barrier to prevent noise from escaping.

"Hmph, it's not that easy!" Laxus yelled and tried to fight back.

"Get down," Smith and Johnson forcefully pulled Laxus down.

"Let go!" Laxus shouted as he continued to struggle.

Unfortunately for him, Smith and Johnson were professionals.

With the strength of peak Tier 3 Earth Knight, subduing Laxus was relatively easy.

"Hmph, now let the fun begin," Maximus grinned at Laxus as if he were a toy.

"Kill me!"

He knew he was already done for, as he couldn't even gather his strength.

"How can it be that easy?"

Maximus took out a pain amplification potion and forced it into Laxus' mouth.

Laxus struggled, but with two on top of his body, it was all in vain.

"What did you give me?!"

"You'll know soon enough."

Soon, Maximus took out a needle filled with barbed edges and pricked Laxus on the arms.

"Aaargh!"

Torturing Laxus, Maximus began to vent his anger.

---

A few hours later…

"Tsk, what a soft shrimp," Maximus clicked his tongue, looking at Laxus' numbed expression.

"End him, and also that Martin guy..." Maximus ordered as he went outside to get some fresh air.

He had let go of all the others, only targeting Laxus and Martis.

After all, he wasn't that cold-blooded.

He still had some morality left.

Looking at the dark sky, he couldn't help but sigh.

"I was careless..."

Although he knew that his actions would invite trouble, he was still complacent.

Despite giving his wives some treasure to defend themselves that even against Tier 4 attacks they could survive, it was not enough.

"Maybe I should create an intelligence organization," Maximus thought.

If he had known in advance that someone was after his family, then nothing would have happened.

"Should I buy another slave?"

His territory only had two tier 3 individuals.

Setting up an intelligence organization, he needed strength and loyalty.

While he was in thought, Smith and Johnson returned.

"Lord, everything is cleaned up."

"Then let's go back."

---

A few weeks later, the commotion caused by the assassination subsided.

Regarding Laxus' death, the others only thought that the escaped cult leader did it.

His territory's farmland also stopped causing attention.

After all, the other nobles could also hire a formation master if they had money.

Those who could afford this kind of money had no interest in his territory.

And those who can't afford it are too weak to have a chance with two tier 3 earth knights in charge.

Knock~ Knock~

"Come in."

"I've seen Count Maximus," Robert bowed.

"What is it?"

"It's the wine, Lord. We have already finished concocting a prototype based on your formula," Robert said as he presented a bottle of wine.

"Oh? Is it done already?" Maximus muttered as he took the wine.

Previously, he had thought of selling common wares and wine.

Unfortunately, bad luck struck, and a war started.

Now, the Faerie Kingdom had barely stabilized with the death of the crown prince, Felix.

Sniff~

"Hmm, it's fragrant."

"Go take out a glass from the shelf,"

"Here."

Pouring out the wine, it displayed a deep red color.

Twirling the glass, a magical reaction happened as the wine changed into several shades of red.

"How wonderful," Robert commented.

"Now, the taste..."

After taking a sip, Maximus felt that it was not bad.

But compared to the higher-tier wine he bought from the system mall, it was barely passable.

"How is it, Lord?"

"Hmmm, it's passable," Maximus nodded in satisfaction.

After all, it only used ordinary ingredients; what more could he expect?

"It's good! It's good!" Robert nodded happily.

"How much should we sell this for, Lord?"

"Tell me the cost."

"Uh, overall, a bottle cost about 5 gold coins, as we needed to transport materials from another place."

"But if we can grow our own, we can bring the cost down to less than a gold coin."

"Hmm, don't bother farming for wine ingredients for now."

"Just buy them; we're not short of money anyway."

"As for the price, since it costs 5 gold, we'll sell it for 500 gold coins a bottle."

"500 Gold?!" Robert was shocked.

After all, even the most famous wine in the Faerie Empire only cost 300 gold coins.

"That's it. You can discuss this matter with Doran," Maximus waved his hand.

"Then I'll arrange the matter, my lord." Robert bowed and left.