LAZARUS REGULUS
Chaptre 416. The Regulus Region.
Lazarus, Iris and everyone gathered at Regulus Castle. Ariana, Leonhart, Gardenia, Arion, Akari and Akihiro say goodbye to Lazarus.
"Urs, I'll send you a letter." Akihiro says.
"I'll wait for him." Lazarus hugged Akihiro and Akari.
"Urs, I'm stock." Ariana says.
Lazarus gave Ariana a gift, he really liked Lazarus cuisine. According to Ariana, there is no food as good as Lazarus cuisine.
Leonhart, Gardenia, Arion, Ariana, Akari and Akihiro ran towards the carriage that was waiting for them. They would return to the Moonlight Empire, Yggdrasil Kingdom, Beastman Empire and Moonlight Frost Empire.
"Urs!" Arion waved his hand.
"Urs, I want to marry a man like you." Akari waved her hand.
Lazarus waved his hand, then he turned his head towards Akira and Reina who were waving beside him. Didn't Akira and Reina have to return to take care of their duties and business in the Frost Moonlight Empire and Yamato Kingdom.
"Why don't you guys come back?" Lazarus asked.
"I've given orders to my confidants to take care of all my business." Reina smiled.
"Shiro, can take care of everything." Akira answered.
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Lazarus returned to the meeting room of Regulus Castle. Theresia and the others were sitting in their seats each waiting for Lazarus to recount as he entered the Artemis Hunting Competition.
Felicity, Theresia, Freya gave Ainar and the others to the maid. A moment later Lazarus took out many of the herbs, metal materials and Beast materials he had obtained from the Forest of Artemis.
"Wait, have you shared it with Alastair and the others?" Felicity asked.
"I've shared it fairly. Although my share is more than theirs and I take the most part." Lazarus says.
Alyssa looked at the Material with sparkling eyes. He knew the herb was extremely rare even in the Yggdrasil Kingdom which was the largest herbal producer on Planet Antares. Lazarus took out some treasure chests and gave them to Alyssa.
"I found 10 Void rank herbs and 3 Void Rank Materials. You guys have to take care of it." Lazarus says.
"What!"
"I've said that I will only look for herbs and materials in the Forest of Artemis." Lazarus smiled.
"You're very lucky."
"Diana, let's go to your bar and have some fun. I haven't been to your bar in a long time and met a lot of people at the bar." Lazarus says.
"Sufuku. All right, it just so happens that I haven't been to a bar in a long time since giving birth." Diana replied.
Iris and everyone opened the chest, then closed it back down.
"Alyssa, you must have known, what should you do?" Iris asked.
"I understand." Alyssa nodded and nimbly separated herbs based on their type, species, and rank.
"It looks like we're going to work late." Deviela said as she looked at the pile of materials before her.
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Lazarus sat at the Bar table wearing casual clothes and Diana sat beside him, The bar was always crowded by visitors coming from inside and outside the Regulus area.
"Are you aware of the rumors of Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus profiting immensely at the Artemis Hunting Competition?" Someone asked.
"Yes, I heard from a friend who was watching there. Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus made a huge profit, even people thought that he found great fortune in the Forest of Artemis." Someone answered.
"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus is someone who is very intelligent, he can fool everyone who is there. Prince Kyros and Miss Lucia who are from Planet Auriga even admitted to the Grand Duke that he was the real winner." Someone said.
"Rumors have spread and many people are going to the Regulus region." Someone said.
Lazarus grabbed the shoulders of the three men.
"Can I join you guys."
"Grand Duke!"
The three men were surprised that Lazarus suddenly grabbed their shoulders, the three men did not know that the person sitting in front of them was Lazarus.
"Diana, can you give them the best bottle of wine?" Lazarus asked.
"All right." Diana replied.
Lazarus took his chair and sat down beside the 3 men. He learned that the 3 people were not from the Regulus region. All the inhabitants of Regulus knew Lazarus differently from the other nobles.
Lazarus was different from the other Nobles, he did not wear expensive clothes or armor and was guarded by several bodyguards. Lazarus only wears casual clothes and mixes with ordinary people, even Alastair has the same nature.
Lazarus poured wine into the glasses of the 3 men. The three people were silent when they saw that.
"Sir, can I have a chat with you?" Lazarus smiled.
The three men calmed down, knowing that Lazarus was a good man. They began to drink the wine of Lazarus, knowing that it was a high quality wine.
"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus, what do you want from us?"
"Master, can you call me Urs?" Lazarus asked.
"Master Urs."
Lazarus nodded. "I want to know the information about the people who always spread rumors about the happenings in the Western Continent of Zephyra, the Eastern Continent of Golden Sun, the Northern Continent of Boreas and the Southern Continent of Moonlight."
"Mr Urs, are you looking for information?" One of the people asked.
"I'm looking for someone who's good at finding information." Lazarus answered.
"Mr Urs, we know of a small group of 7 people. They were always digging through every piece of information from every merchant and the people they met."
"Do you know where those people are?" Lazarus asked.
"Golden Rat, they are a group of 7 17-year-old children living in the slums of the Lion Heart Empire. One of Rhys' members was a smart kid, he could gather accurate information."
"Is Rhys a gifted child? Why didn't he move out of the slums?" Lazarus asked.
"Mr Urs, Rhys has a sickly mother. He borrows money to a former Adventurer named Lotte, he is a loan shark. Lotte was a bastard man and gave a loan at great interest to the people living in the slums."
"Did the loan use a letter of agreement?" Lazarus asked.
"No, Lotte gave out a loan without a letter of agreement. For example someone who needs money, Lotte will lend money at 30% interest each month. But all of it was Lotte's trap, he would raise the interest even bigger so those people couldn't pay for it and become Lotte's horse."
"Lotte is a very cunning man. My brother-in-law once borrowed 20 Million gold coins to pay his debt to Gold Bank because his business went bankrupt. My brother has been repaying the debt for a year and has paid the debt and interest to 92 Million gold coins to Lotte. But the bastard said my brother-in-law did not even pay the interest and raised my brother-in-law's debt to 120 Million gold coins. My brother-in-law had already borrowed 30 million gold from Gold Bank to pay off the debt to Lotte, but Lotte said that all that was paid to him was only the interest. Lotte and her group destroyed my brother-in-law's business, he even took her home." The man gritted his teeth.
"What happened to your brother-in-law?" Lazarus asked.
"My brother-in-law committed suicide, but it's not over with my brother-in-law's death. Lotte, keep charging that debt to my sister." The man replied.
"David, go berserk and beat up Lotte. David was jailed for 5 years for molestation." The middle-aged blond-bearded man said.
"Haha. Big brother Lotte was a Baron and he became one of the people working in the Lion Heart Imperial Court. Lotte had money and strong support, she bribed all the Prosecutors and judges with a lot of money." A brown-haired man and blue eyes laughed.
"I think your sister-in-law is stuck in the Abyss circle, she borrowed money from Gold Bank and borrowed money from Lotte to pay for it. Lotte was a bad guy and could take advantage of the opportunity because the meanness would be there if given the chance." Lazarus says.
"I forgot to introduce our names. My name is David an Epic realm Adventurer, the blond-bearded man there is Marchel an Epic realm adventurer and the orange-haired and blue-eyed man there is Flint an Expert realm adventurer." David introduced himself and his friends.
"People like Lotte are very much. But by destroying Lotte, we've saved many." Lazarus says.
"Diana, do you want to go to the slums of the Lion Heart Imperial Capital?" Lazarus asked.
"I'll go with you." Diana smiled.
"Rion, Elise, what about you?" Lazarus asked as he glanced at Rion and Elise who were watching him while leaning from the wall.
"As bodyguards, isn't it our job to escort you?" Elise asked.
"David, Marchel and Flint, have you ever flown?" Lazarus asked.
"Yes?"
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Lazarus and Diana rode on Regulus's back, while Rion and the others rode on the backs of the 4 Snow Griffins.
"Marchel, bastard can you ride the Griffin slowly?" David asked.
"Haha. Riding the Griffin is so much fun." Marchel says.
The Lazarus group landed at the gate of the Imperial Capital of Lion Heart Empire. They knew the slums were at the eastern end of the Lion Heart Imperial Capital.
"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus!" The guards of the Imperial Capital of Lion Heart knelt down.
"I just want to take a walk in the Imperial Capital of Lion Heart. Can I leave my Beast?" Lazarus asked.
The 2 guards stared at Regulus and the 4 Snow Griffins.
"I've fed them and they won't eat you. They're very tame and you can ride the Snow Griffin." Lazarus says.
"As your orders."
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Lazarus wore a helmet to keep from attracting attention and Diana covered her face with a cloth. Yet all the residents stared towards Elise and Rion as they were handsome men and beautiful women. Surely people think Rion and Elise are Nobles of the neighboring Kingdom.
The Lazarus group got to the slums, they saw a homeless man sitting by the side of the road. Unkempt houses and creepy burly men carry swords.
3 Children hit Lazarus, but Lazarus immediately grasped the boy's wrist trying to retrieve the Elise's storage bag artifact.
Lazarus gave 20 silver coins to the pickpocket's son, then removed his wrist. The boy bowed, then ran after 2 of his friends.
"They do evil because of coercion and environmental factors." Lazarus says.
"Different from children growing up in the Regulus region, the environment in the slums is very harsh." Elise says.
12 And they came against Lazarus, and brought with them swords, knives, and axes. The men saw Lazarus giving 20 silver coins to the pickpocket's son. They also saw the appearance of Rion and Elise who were very striking like Nobles.
"Miss, if you want your limbs intact leave all your money to us." A beautiful woman with blue hair and red eyes said.
"Clara, they're with us." Marchel says.
"Grandfather Marchel, has not seen each other in a long time. But this territory is my territory and you must follow my rules." Clara says.
"Who is he?" Lazarus whispers.
"Clara, he is one of the 3 lords of the slums. He was an orphan and his father was a fallen Noble." David answered.
"I didn't know there was such a beautiful flower growing in the mud." Lazarus smiled.
"Black Knight, I don't know who you are. You dare to whisper in front of me. Aren't you afraid of your tongue falling to the ground?" Clara stuck out her tongue.
Lazarus opened his helmet, he then smiled towards Clara and her group.
"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus!" Clara and her group knelt down upon seeing Lazarus' face.
"I used to grow up in the slums and already know the rules of the slums." Lazarus said, then beat up all the followers of Clara.
"Grand Duke, forgive us!" All of Clara's followers prostrated themselves, though they were already full of bruises and broken bones. Everyone in the slums shut their doors and windows. They do not want to interfere in the affairs of the slums.
100 Clare's followers went to Clara, but when they saw Lazarus. They immediately knelt down, they knew Lazarus well because they had seen the picture and only Lazarus had black hair and blue eyes.
"Grand Duke, release the chairman and you can kill us all! Without our chairman and our family we wouldn't have survived Letto's group and Richard's group." A burly one-eyed man said.
"stand." Lazarus says.
Clara stood up and their eyes met.
Lazarus touches Clara's chin and looks her in the eye, only to discover that Clara has done evil by force. Seeing the loyalty of Clara's followers, she learns that Clara is a good leader.
"How old are you?" Lazarus asked.
"19 Sir!"
"You have a well-developed body and can I cut off your chest?" Lazarus asked.
"You may cut off my chest I am a little hard to move because of my chest, even though my chest is not as big as the woman beside you." Clara says.
Diana immediately covered her chest.
"You have already broken through the Epic realm. You must have had a lot of fights." Lazarus smiled.
"We are a group of thugs and brothel guards. We're doing this because we're forced to, without us here then the people here will die by Letto and Enzo." Someone said.
"Why don't you guys go to another region?" Lazarus asked.
"We are ex-convicts and have a criminal record. We don't feel like we're going to be well received in other areas." Someone answered.
"The Regulus will accept you because you only have a minor criminal record. If you committed a serious crime you would have been executed." Lazarus smiled.
"Take me to your base." Lazarus says.
"As your orders." Clara says.
Lazarus group comes to Clara's headquarters seen Clara's headquarters is an old building former orphanage that is not maintained. It looks like a fragile roof, flies, rats and slime are eating leftovers.
"Sir, we only have water." Clara says.
"I'm fine." Lazarus answered.
"Grand Duke Regulus, what do you need from us?" Someone asked.
"Can you explain about Enzo and Letto's group?" Lazarus asked.
"There are 3 groups in the slums. First our group, the Gray Wolf group, second is Letto group, Black Cobra group and Enzo group, Fire Dog group. Each group has its own territory and has the same number of members, but the Gray Wolf group and the Black Cobra group are allied. They attacked us and wanted to destroy us." Someone said.
"Our group sometimes became the Marcenary, the gambling house keeper, the thief, the pickpocket and the brothel keeper. We only threaten and do not kill our victims. Letto's group is engaged in debt lending and fraud, while Enzo's group is engaged in the sale of illegal drugs and hitmen." Clara says.
"What did Altair and the Nobles Capital of the Lion Heart Empire do." Lazarus touched his forehead.
"Sad. We do not trust Nobles, they do not care about our fate and are just busy filling his stomach with illicit money..Enzo and Letto were different from us who were poor, they were both very rich and many powerful people behind them." Clara closed her eyes.
"I understand. Can you guys tell me what the strongest person in Enzo's group and Letto's broken through?" Lazarus asked.
"Each group has 1 Epic realm person, whereas Letto hires 4 Expert realms from the outside it looks like he is ready to destroy us because we protect the ones he has deceived. Our group is a barrier to Letto's group because our group aims to help the commoners living in the slums." Clara gritted her teeth.
"Flint, David, can you take Diana to the Lion Heart Empire to report this?"
"Give it to us."
4 Clara's group members got up, then fled. But Lazarus threw a throwing knife and hit them on the head.
"Sikus, it looks like Letto and Enzo have already taken some mice to spy on you." Lazarus said coldly.
Everyone was shocked because Lazarus killed someone without blinking. Clara broke out in cold sweat because she had threatened Lazarus.
"Master! What about your wife! Surely they will be targeted by Letto's group because there are not only 4 spies!" Clara screams.
"Diana is a Legendary realm, she can take care of herself and I feel sorry for the people who are after Diana." Lazarus smiled.
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There were 50 dead bodies that were charred and stuck with arrows.
"They're soiling my dress in red and Mr. Flint can you report to the guards to clean this up?" Diana asked.
"All right." Flint replied.
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"Rion and Elise, you go with half Clara's group to Enzo's territory and I'll go with Clara and half her group to find Rhys. Remember catch them, you can't kill them, unless they fight." Lazarus says.
"As your orders." Rion smiling.
"Just relax Rion and Elise had already broken through the Mythical realm 1 year ago, they would be fine." Lazarus says.
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"Bag, did you give Clara any information?" A skinny, curly-brown man with a mustache and a beard strangled a long blonde boy and green eyes.
"Lotte, may the gods give you a painful death." The boy spat in Lotte's face.
"Fuck!" Lotte beat Rhys cruelly.
"Rhyes!" A skinny woman with blond hair and blue eyes shouted from the bed.
"Mom, I'm fine." Rhys smiled as Lotte trampled on his face.
"Haha. Look at your mother, without me your mother is dead!" Lotte laughs.
"I've paid all my debts and interest, I've paid you a lot of money." Rhys says.
"Haha. Rhys, you are my slave and you are my golden egg-laying goose. Remember a commoner like you is just an insect in my eyes." Lotte says.
"Fuck." Rhys took out a knife and threw it towards Lotte, but Lotte managed to dodge and the knife stuck in the sky of Rhys' house.
A small scratch was seen on Lotte's face, then Lotte touched and saw the blood from the scar, she licked her own blood while smiling widely.
"Haha. Rhys, you've grown up and have you forgotten I'm a former Adventurer and an Epic realm!" Lotte laughed.
Rhys body was trembling, he had already practiced throwing knives for today. However he could only make a scratch wound on Lotte.
"Rhyes!" Rhys' mother fell out of her bed.
"Mother!" Rhys shouting.
"Haha. I was moved to see this scene of the love of my son and mother." Lotte laughed.
"Swooss."
Lotte kicked Rhys' stomach so hard that Rhys was thrown.
"No!" Rhys' mother crawled up and hugged Lotte's legs.
"Sad. Adrianna, you are my cousin and you are a beautiful girl. You are someone of the best graduates in the Magic Tower and an Epic Mage Rank. Yet you marry a poor man and are cast out of the family, then the stream where yours is destroyed. The man only wants your status and wealth, then leaves you when you are pregnant. I feel very sorry for the second daughter of a Viscount to be unlucky like you." Lotte knelt down and grabbed Adrianna's hair.
"Let go of my mother, I will do all the things you command, as long as you cannot hurt my mother!" Rhys shouted
"Hohohoo. My poor niece Rhys, look at your mother. She's sick and addicted to drugs for giving birth to you, you're the source of your mother's bad luck." Lotte laughed as she held Adrianna's chin.
"I'm not your nephew!" Rhys shouting.
"I'll tell you a secret. Actually I am the lover of your stepmother and your father did not run away, but I killed and threw it in the Forest. You know your step-grandmother was jealous of Adrianna's talent and I told my men to give Adrianna drugs. Your grandfather told me to protect and take care of Adrianna, but I was only guarding Adrianna from the men who approached her. The money I lent you was actually a little money from your grandfather." Lotte smiled widely.
"May the Gods give a painful reply!" Adrianna screaming.
"Lotte, you're more despicable than a wild Beast!" Rhys shouting.
Lotte stretched out her tongue and licked her lips. "I am a beast waiting for Adrianna to heal a little and I will eat her until there is nothing left."
Lotte threw Adrianna to the bed.
"Dan, give me the whip! I'll teach a dog that doesn't obey his master's orders!" Lotte shouting.
Lazarus who recorded Lotte's conversation from the beginning gave Lotte a banana.
"Stupid, have you said everything?" Lazarus asked.
Lotte turned to Lazarus, then widened her eyes.
"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus!" Lotte shouting.
"Mr Urs, we've taken care of everyone outside with the help of Mr. Rion and the new Miss Elise." Clara says.
"Claras?" Lotte shouting.
Lazarus strangled Lotte's neck and lifted her into the air, then he threw her hard to the ground. Not until Lazarus violently beat Lotte, and broke Lotte's hand. Lazarus healed Lotte and beat him again. The events happened repeatedly.
"Kill me!" Lotte says.
"You must not die and must confess all your sins before the Emperor of the Lion Heart Empire. Miss, can I find out who your father is?" Lazarus asked.
"Uncle Lazarus, have you forgotten me? Do you remember about a little girl you took away on a Beast Brown Bull?"
"Adrianna? Are you Princess Harry, I mean Viscount Harry Laurels?" Lazarus widened his eyes.
"Uncle!" Adrianna was crying.
"David, give Potion to Adrianna and Rhys. I'm gonna do something to this asshole." Lazarus says.
"Kill me Sir!"
"Do you know the most painful thing in the world?" Lazarus asked.
"No." Lotte was crying.
"A woman who is giving birth is very sick, you know a man's body cannot endure that pain and only a woman's body can endure that pain." Lazarus drained the mana into Lotte's stomach, and Lotte cried out in pain while bleeding heavily from his nose.
"Baggot, weren't you laughing? Why are you crying? Rhys is even stronger than you in enduring the pain!" Lazarus said coldly.
"Uncle!" Icarus went into Rhys' house, then saw something terrible.
"Remember, when you lie in front of Altair. I'll give you a life worse than death."
"I understand."
"I'll go home to Regulus and Iris will take care of everything." Lazarus walked towards Icarus.
"Uncle, are you angry?" Icarus asked.
"Tell your father, he'll have to clean up the shit he did. Why do I always have to clean the shit." Lazarus answered.
"All right."
Lazarus is riding Adrianna. "Diana, Rhys and Clara, come with me back to Regulus. Rion, Elise, you have to take care of Clara's subordinates."
"All right."
"Icarus, tell Viscount Harry. I'll beat him up tomorrow." Lazarus says.
"As your orders."
"Uncle is very angry." Icarus muttered as he hugged the helpless Lotte.