Chapter 153

When he said these words, he felt a deep pain in his heart. It was as if every word had stabbed his heart deeply and mercilessly. Ibro didn't show any change on his face but he noticed small tears in Noda's eyes. She wiped rapidly her eyes with her sleeves while saying:

"Don't be an idiot. I don't care about what hard situations you will face. We are allies and partners. I will keep supporting you even if you don't like me… if you don't like my support for you."

She changed her words at the last moment but Ibro got her meaning though. He smiled. He smiled widely in a bright way that made her forget what pain she felt from his last question.

"I would love to keep you by my side as a partner. Anyway, tell your brother I will go to my village now and be back soon. If you want anything from me you can come to my village any time.

I will use the bridge here so here will be the place where our two villages will be united. Do you have any objections to my choice?"

"No, not at all. But I expected you to remain here much longer."

Ibro smiled and then said:

"Don't worry; I will be back every now and then. I left my village long enough and I need to supervise things there."

She knew he wasn't bluffing. He left his village at the critical moment of upgrading it to the next level. He even didn't leave a message to his subordinates.

She knew that his village must be in a terrible state right now. The sooner he returned the better for him. She smiled warmly and said:

"I will wait for your return. Keep yourself safe."

"You also keep yourself safe. Next time I come here I want to see your village successful at the upgrade quest. Here are some runes to help you at your next war."

He gave her 1000 runes, half were Even runes and half were Odd runes. He had a lot of runes now so it wasn't a loss for him to give her some.

He didn't know why but he felt pain when he thought about leaving her. He didn't know when he got so close to her. He just smiled and took the bridge out.

He didn't need to do anything as it was activated by Dronil. Once activated it glared in a bright color and then one of its ends got planted deeply at the ground of this market.

Ibro then was covered by a halo of light after which he disappeared completely from the place. Noda kept looking at his place where he was just standing there in silence. She was missing him already.

Ibro felt a traction force that grabbed him strongly towards the skies. He couldn't see anything around him for a few minutes before this force had disappeared.

He landed safely on the ground. This time Dronil wasn't responsible for this teleportation but it was only responsible for guiding it. The place where Ibro arrived was the marketplace of his village.

The other end of the bridge in his hand had inserted itself deeply inside the ground then it became very shallow and transparent as if it was about to vanish. Ibro looked at this bridge for a second then he moved outside the market.

"THE LORD HAS RETURNED… THE LORD HAS RETURNED…"

Once his foot set out from the market, he heard this sudden shout. This shout started as a single strange shout but it turned in seconds into a chorus.

Ibro didn't take a few steps to suddenly find himself surrounded by a lot of familiar faces. They looked deeply in shock to him as if they had seen a ghost. One person only threw herself on him and kept weeping in a loud sound. Ibro held her and felt warmth in his heart.

"It's good to be back at home."

"We salute you, my lord."

"Make way for our lord."

A series of orders had been issued. A big army had taken responsibility for organizing the place and arranging a wide empty road in front of Ibro. Ibro looked at Hoden and Mamor and ordered:

"Let's go to the manor first. I need you all to brief me on all the events that happened in my absence."

"Sure my lord. Make way for the lord."

Ibro then moved with this huge crowd of big people of his village. The distance between the market and the manor was very short. They passed by the pyramid.

Ibro recalled the events before the upgrade of his village. These were unforgettable moments. When he reached the manor he discovered it had changed.

That manor of a single building had turned into two buildings that were connected together by a hanging bridge. The garden of this manor had turned into three gardens, one for each building and on in between them.

The manor now had a wooden wall with a wooden gate. There were some guards already guarding the place. Ibro entered the manor to check the new changes.

The first building was mainly for the administrative tasks of the lord. There were many meeting rooms and some rooms that had multiple desks. Ibro was guided to the main hallway of this manor.

In the middle of it, there was the throne. It wasn't just a simple chair like before but it had some luxurious looks now. Although it was like a cheap version of the throne, it was definitely better than before.

Ibro moved to the throne and sat on it. It was elevated within a few centimeters from the ground so he felt as if he was higher than anyone else. He felt he was above all.

That was a strange feeling that made him feel good. In front of him, there was Mony who left his embrace when he reached the throne. She was the one who threw herself upon him.

Although her face was totally red right now but she didn't evade his gaze, she really missed him. The feeling of losing him was really a memory she wanted to never experience again.

Besides her stood the three main pillars of the village. They were the three pillars of Hepatia village as the villagers liked to describe them. Ibro looked at Hoden, Mamor, and Froki and said:

"I know my sudden disappearance was a surprise for all of you. I didn't expect that skill of the monsters' leader to be activated. Anyway, I'm back here again. Can you tell me what you haven't done in this period?"

Hoden took the responsibility of answering his lord's question as he said:

"We were first so worried about you my lord.

But when you upgraded the village, I knew right away that it was a message from you, my lord. That message meant you were fine and that also meant you needed us to focus on upgrading the village.

I took the liberty to design the village and build new buildings. I also began to renovate the village to become more spacious and more organized. I moved some buildings and created some blocks like the military block, the industrial block, and the houses' blocks. I also upgraded the old buildings."

Ibro felt relieved about the reorganization of his village. His previous visit to Noda village made him feel the great disparity between the two. He then asked:

"How many villagers do we have now?"

"We have reached one million population, my lord."

"This fast?"

"It's mainly because of the people we managed to save after the end of the war. We had freed a lot of people. I also ordered general Mamor to attack the remaining surface monsters strongholds so we got more people from them."

Ibro nearly laughed at his saint and main general. They took the last war in a personal way. He didn't mind this actually, the more surface strongholds he conquered the more people and rss he got and the more copper chests he gained.