Starting from Tirol City, thousands of tons of passenger ships can navigate freely.

In the river channels below Val City, as long as the weather is good, navigation is possible at night too.

Roland took Lisa and left overnight.

Anyone who has ever been a troublemaker knows that once you poke a hornet's nest, you have to leave immediately, or you'll get stung.

Although Lisa really wanted to see the volcano at White Mountain, she knew it wasn't possible now.

Val City is now the focus of the world, with too many powerful people watching. It's best to go back and lay low first. It's not too late to visit once Mr. Sura brings the new magic equipment.

For just the two of them to go into the mountains, it's not exactly a death wish, but at least it's on par with a Red Bull extreme adventure, a super difficulty challenge.

As expected by Roland, his explosive news rocked the entire Val City.

However, people were unaware that the instigator, Roland, was already boarding a passing passenger ship under the cover of night, standing on the deck looking at the chaos in Val City.

"Hey, folks, did you hear about it? That arrogant Blade of Frost was beaten up by Roland until he spat out blood endlessly."

"Not just spat blood, I heard he was even beaten unconscious."

"More than just unconscious, I have a friend serving those bears, and he said the Vladimir Empire is already preparing to send someone to replace him. I heard Camille was beaten into a vegetative state."

"What vegetative state, I heard Camille died not long after being carried back, whether beaten to death or angered to death, who knows."

"It doesn't make sense, Shadow Sanctuary are Empress Sofia's minions, they're really strong, surely they couldn't have been beaten to death with just two slaps."

"Well, you might not know, Camille was already seriously injured from a battle with someone at White Mountain."

"Clearly injured and yet not returning to recuperate, insisting on courting death, who is to blame?"

...

As those who witnessed the evening's conflict entered the noisy taverns of the night, the spread of the long street battle's story began to accelerate.

The rumors being spread became more and more exaggerated, yet their core idea remained unchanged.

Camille from the Vladimir Empire was brutally beaten by Roland, life or death unknown.

Fortunately, Camille wasn't around, or he might have been angered into fainting again.

The number of people who witnessed the long street battle was too vast for the rumors to deviate significantly from the truth.

Roland's actions were real.

Camille spitting blood was real.

Camille being injured and carried away was real.

On what grounds are they accused of spreading rumors?

If there was an internet in this era, Camille and Roland would definitely be trending tonight.

Without trending, they were still the focus of tonight.

At the Wende Empire's encampment.

Previously dejected due to heavy losses and coming back empty-handed from the mountains, the elites of the Wende Empire now cheered.

Those damn Rurik People, that damn Camille!

At White Mountain, Camille's arrogance and tyranny had left them seething yet unable to voice their anger.

The comprehensive national power of the Vladimir Empire surpasses that of the Wende Empire, and their combat strength is far superior.

Although both the Wende People and Rurik People are regarded as barbarians by Rodinia's high society, even among the barbarians, there's a hierarchy.

In recent years, as the Wende People have aligned themselves culturally and economically with Sussex and Jin Yuan, their status on the hierarchy of disdain has been rising too.

A few more generations of effort and they might just climb to the middle level.

Thinking about the upper echelons of the disdain hierarchy is out of the question.

These years, with the decline of the Wende Empire's fortune and after the failure of the Continental Pact, they've been the most anxious.

Although the Sussex Empire has verbally assured their safety, it is just a verbal agreement without binding power.

If the Rurik People were to invade, it would be difficult to expect others to come to their aid.

The harsh geopolitical environment and diplomatic predicament have driven the Wende Empire into an anti-Rurik fervor.

Whatever the Rurik People oppose, they support.

The opposite is true too.

This time entering White Mountain, they didn't really have a plan, but with Camille going, they had to follow suit.

Even if nothing could be accomplished, they had to find ways to cause disruption.

Their disruption was quite effective.

The giant bear that gave Camille a hard time was the creation of a Druid's work.

In short, seeing Camille suffer is a joy for them.

Knowing that Roland, who fiercely beat Camille, is from the Divine Court of Light, whose headquarters is in the Wende Empire, it seemed they could forge a connection with Roland.

Even though Roland would definitely not acknowledge this connection.

In any case, this is a great victory for the great Wende Empire against the Vladimir Empire!

Since it's a victory, let's pop the champagne.

Unlike the attitude of the Wende Empire, both Tirol Kingdom and Jin Yuan Republic fell into deep thought upon receiving the news.

They are not anti-Rurik fanatics.

They are quite pragmatic.

Compared to the crude and uncouth Vladimir Empire, the threat from the Sussex Empire is evidently greater.

Right after the end of the Continental Pact, they already took a big chunk out of Val City. What will happen if this continues?

They are not in a hurry to choose a side but instead decided to send people with gifts and medicine to visit the unfortunate Camille.

The reason for visiting is easy to find.

We've all been through the struggles in White Mountain together, just coming to check on brother Camille who's been wounded.

Upon meeting the experts from the Vladimir Empire, both nations felt somewhat troubled.

Good news: Camille is still alive.

Bad news: Barely distinguishable from being dead.

Both country's representatives returned with worried expressions.

Has Roland's strength truly reached such a level? Capable of injuring the second seat of the Shadow Sanctuary on the long street.

Although most members of the Shadow Sanctuary have questionable judgement, their fighting strength is undeniable.

Being heavily utilized despite their poor judgment signifies even greater combat prowess.

Even so, Camille is still no match for Roland. How terrifying must Roland's strength be?

The special envoys from the two countries prepared to report the latest intelligence back home with a heavy heart.

"Roland's individual combat power is extremely strong, we've been deceived..."

Roland's confrontation with Camille wasn't even the most perplexing news of the night.

Thinking about how Roland casually revealed the discovery of a super Magic Crystal Ore Vein, these people were in a daze until the wee hours.

They couldn't fathom what Roland intended to do all night.

Judging by Roland's past actions, rashly ruling out the possibility of impulsive nonsense.

Being a cunning fellow like Roland, who never suffers losses, surely there must be a trick when he drops this card publicly.

Knowing Roland is up to something shady, but unable to pinpoint where the problem lies.

This frustrating disparity left many country's envoys scratching their heads.

Since they couldn't figure it out, they decided to probe.

Except for the Vladimir Empire, representatives from several other countries gathered, issuing a formal invitation to Roland. The reason for hosting was simple — admiration for Roland's fame, wishing to meet him.

However, they were quickly disappointed.

They couldn't find Roland at all.

Rushing to the hotel, only to be informed the guest hadn't returned all night.

Realizing the situation, several country representatives came to a realization.

Roland had fled.

He had no official status in Val City State, merely passing through as an enthusiastic tourist, leaving without saying goodbye was only normal.

In fact, Roland didn't even bother to check out of his room.

"The guest still has three days' worth of room charges unpaid," the receptionist mumbled softly.

"That damn harbinger of disaster!"

The representative from the Tirol Kingdom complained.

The other country representatives nodded in agreement.

They unanimously believed that this disaster star!

Since Roland had already run away, and the country representatives dared not go to the Governor District to find trouble with Roland, the matter had to be put on hold for now.

Just as they were discussing Roland, he was in his cabin, bursting out in laughter at the Soul Card.

Locked inside the single cabin, Roland activated his Soul Card and inspected it carefully.

By publicly announcing the appearance of the Magic Crystal Ore Vein, Roland, as an Inheritor, also achieved a very rare accomplishment.

By helping the original Dominator of another world complete a power transfer.

This is the highest level hidden achievement, directly changing the base color of the Soul Card.

A few days ago it was light purple, now it's a pale gold.

If good things like this keep coming, it might happen again a few more times, and he would be quite lucky indeed.

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