Odyssey of the Blind God
Chapter 523 King Withing The Shadows

The general reaction to his announcement was an outburst. Most civilians thought that the government was making fun of them because it was unlikely that the mysterious boss of the Orion Artisan Guild and the Onyx Association would do whatever he pleased.

Thus, most civilians started to hate the government even more than they already did before, only to be baffled upon hearing that the government made an official statement which revealed that they had nothing to do with Nial's announcement.

Most civilians were confused but they trusted the mysterious man who had helped them various times. They believed his words and didn't think about it any further. It was not possible that someone as good and generous as the mysterious man who helped them so often would do something bad.

That way, Nial could convince the civilians that he wouldn't do anything bad just by preserving his image. Most organizations were too small and insignificant to say something against Nial's course of action, which meant that only the big organizations and the government could do something.

At least that was what the organizations presumed, without realizing just how wrong they had been.

Angered by Nial and fearing that he was a threat to them, a few representatives of the organizations went over to the land that had been claimed by the mysterious man with the intention to obstruct his business. However, Nial had already foreseen such a circumstance and had given instructions to Melheim who released an official statement right away. In this statement, the said organizations were blacklisted from buying anything created or forwarded through the Onyx Association or Orion Artisan Guild.

However, as this was just a warning, the organizations would be blacklisted for only three months as long as they didn't create any further trouble.

The warning ought to be enough for everyone to realize that Nial was not to be played with. Others may not realize how important Nial's runic armaments, potions and cultivation pills were but the big organizations were fully aware of Nial's worth.

The moment they were blacklisted from purchasing anything, they would lose the ability to stay at the top just like everyone else.

Right now, they were having a race amongst themselves about which organization was the strongest, yet, someone they had never expected to appear took the lead and forced everyone to obey him.

The government was trying to stir trouble with his organizations by sending out some representatives but they failed miserably when they were faced with guards wielding Broken Runic Armaments.

If the guards were to use them, their lives would be over before they could even turn around.

Some entitled higher-ups of the government didn't think that Nial's organizations would be able to restrict the government because they acted with official permission and the necessary warrants.

However, little did they know that their arrogance would also be the cause of their death. The moment the entitled higher-ups of the government turned a blind eye to not one but three warnings issued by the guards, they ended up as dead bodies.

Some ended up being afraid of the Onyx Association and the Orion Artisan Guild but that was not something that could be prevented.

They openly killed those who had always been considered the biggest influence of the human race and restricted those who were known as the strongest by issuing a mere blacklist.

It was obvious that the mysterious leader of the two organizations was the hidden leader of the entire human race, whether he wanted to accept this or not.

A single command by him could change everything for the origin humans, who didn't even know who exactly this mysterious leader was. Only few knew about Nial's identity and most of them were not even able to speak about it because their mind had been altered with the use of Dominion, or they were bound by some clauses of Soul Contracts.

As for figuring out his identity through the announcement, that was easier said than done because his entire being had been shrouded in darkness at that time.

Of course, there were also a few humans who weren't restricted in any way but most of them were either on Nial's side or they didn't want to end up as his opponent.

If one couldn't be on Nial's side, it was better to not make the grave mistake of standing opposite him, otherwise, their future would be bleak…if they were to be given the privilege of having a future, to begin with.

Nial might look and act like a nice guy but that was only as long as he could get what he wanted to. Not many had seen Nial when he was at his worst, influenced by his dark energy, consumed by anger and wrath, and nobody wanted to see him like this ever again.

Something within him had broken when he lost his mother to the cruel actions of the person he considered his friend in the past. And life just went downhill from that point. His sister left him, his master was also killed, and the last good friend he had at that time disappeared as well.

His relationship with Mathias had been difficult but it was certain that Nial didn't give up on Mathias. It was just that his friend had to get his act together.

But was Nial really better in that regard? He didn't really show much about how he felt after the incidents had happened. It was as if he was still hiding his true feelings and had put up a wall around his heart.

Nial wouldn't change his ways one way or another. Life had scarred him and the only thing he could do was to make sure that the incidents of the past would never be repeated.

That was why he provided enough materials to the Dracos to start expanding the shelter to the west when nobody restricted them any more.

Nial also messaged the Shelturion to instruct them to produce more Cultivation pills and other precious pills and potions. He could show the cultivation pills to the Dracos, who would definitely turn into his loyal customers. It was a big business opportunity just like using the Dracos to turn into his working force to expand the shelter and produce runic armaments with him.

He was bound to become filthy rich, which could then be utilized to nourish and train his people all over the ten human shelters. Nial didn't waste any time and returned to work. That was much better than wasting his precious time listening to the stupid comments of the government and other organizations, who labeled him Tyrant, a ruthless dictator and much more.

However, Nial didn't really care about them to begin with. He rather focused on improving as Runicier and hoping that the Dracos leader would either never return with the Greater Forest Dragon egg, or that he would return empty-handed, which would activate the Soul Contract and turn the entity Dracos army, including the tamed beasts into the Elves' Slaves.

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With many things to do, Nial ended up spending less time advancing his Mana Core. However, he didn't need a lot of time to finish his advancement to the Deux-rank either way. He had already prepared everything, which was also why Nial decided to carefully initiate the last steps to break to the next rank.

His Mana Core was about to turn into a Mana Sea, with much more potent mana and a much bigger vessel to store mana inside.

Nial's potential was at its peak, which was clearly shown in the size of his future Mana Sea. The Dracos Leader was supposed to return soon, yet, Nial's only focus turned out to be his cultivation progress.

Advancing to the Deux rank was an important event.

And as he worked hard on his progress, he clearly noticed that two crimson lines were now engraved on his Heart of Darkness.

'The secondary Godly Mission!'