Chapter 176 - Karl

"Ya you're right. Sorry I doubted you. I was just try to insure that nothing went wrong," said Liam and he vowed to Julius.

"Don't worry, you were right to feel that way. Anyway let's stop it with the formal talk for now. I'm so tired," said Julius as he takes from not having properly rested ever since he saw Liz and the vice captain of the royal guards talking about their plan to murder him.

"Are you okay my liege? You seem saddened by something," Ian asked as he noticed a sad expression on his king's face.

"It's nothing really. I'm just sad that I'll have to battle against my old master. I really would like to avoid that battle at all costs," said Julius with a saddened look on his face.

"Oh you're talking about the old man who came along with you when you visited each one of us right? I was wondering where he had gone. I guess that explains it," Spike said with a curious expression.

"Please my liege, do not burden yourself with such small matters. You are a whole different species compared to those animals. However if you feel that you cannot take the responsibility of taking on your own master, I will have the pleasure of taking him out. I apologize but a betrayal is unacceptable, no matter who is behind it," said Ian with a serious look on his face.

"I understand. Do what you must. Ive already laid waste to two lives already. What is it if some others get taken as well? As long as the people who survive and live happily are greater than the ones that died, it'll have been done for a good cause," Julius replied with a fake smile as he had accepted Ian's proposal but had not fully accepted what the proposal was offering.

"I understand, please rest assured that I'll keep my promise or I'll die trying," Ian said in a respectful tone. However right after that exchange, there was a sudden knock at the door which Julius was greeting everyone in.

"My apologies for intruding," said a single man as he began to walk inside and speak to Liam.

"I've already make sure that the 112th new kingdom has began its construction. New workers are being moved in as we speak," said the man before he prepared to leave.

Due to the fact that only really strong people or meditation cultivators could sense Julius' aura, the man who had walked inside the room had no idea who Julius was.

"Uh, Karl are you sure you want to leave before greeted him?" Liam asked as he looked at Karl then Julius.

"Karl? That sounds like a pretty familiar name. I don't know when or where I heard it but it seems for familiar, yet I can't put my finger on it. How did I forget about it?! I hate this feeling so much! Just when I'm about to remember it, I forget everything and have to start from the beginning once again," Julius said in an angry but disappointed tone.

"Sorry sector leader Liam. I'm afraid I do not know this person," Karl apologized as he looked at Julius with a type of look that seemed familiar. In that moment, everything clicked as Julius remembered who the man who had just spoken to Liam was.

"Wait are you thee Karl?! The gang leader which had tried to stop me from entering Liam's village and once I tried to leave, you came back to apologize to me and promised to make this land a magnificent place?" Julius asked with a surprised tone. Hearing this brought a shock to Karl as well as he realized who the man he was standing in front of was.

"No way! It couldn't be him right? Could it really be king Julius m?! Why didn't I notice before? There would only be one reason that a man would be in a meeting with all of the 8 sector leaders! It has to be him," Karl thought to himself as his heart began to race while panicking. However in a last effort to fix his mistakes, Karl instantly got on one knee as he prepared to apologize for offending his king as he didn't know if Julius liked to serve severe punishment to those who even offended him in the least.

"There's no need to be so formal! Just because I'm a king doesn't mean that I'm arrogant and can't recognize the hard work of my loyal subjects. Karl, I appreciate all the work you've done to nurture this land so it may be fit for those who are soon going to live in it. Rest assured that I will make a large statue in your honour to recognize how much you've contributed to this land," said Julius as he helped Karl get back on his feet.

After hearing Julius' world through, while Karl cried the rest of the people present looked at Julius with puppy eyes as if they were asking for something as well to which Julius knew exactly what they were referring to.

"Yes, you can all have statues of your own after the plan has taken its course and has been completed," Julius told them with a sigh to which they all began to celebrate from the joy of having recognized as well.

"Wait you said that the 112th kingdom had begun its construction, right? That's quite a large number of kingdoms. I'm pretty sure we can fit almost everyone from the dark districts in them for the time being. Of course once we take over the other 9 kingdoms, we're going to have to transfer most of the people back or just keep them here while we distribute the wealth that we manage to get for the other kingdoms," Julius said with a proud smile as if everything was coming together which in fact it was.

"My liege, I understand how excited you must be to get everything going. However I must ask, how do you plan to create jobs for all the people who will be coming to this kingdom? After all, you wouldn't want the economy to crash, right?" Ian asked which brought Julius' heart to a sudden stop.