God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

A few weeks later, the duke greeted Keith as he pointed at the seat in front of him.

"You finally found them…." the duke said as he looked at his kids and his concubine who were all standing behind Keith.

Keith shook his head, "Nah, I was the one who got them abducted. Are you gonna complain now?"

The corner of Duke Waverly's lips twitched slightly but he still kept up a smile, "I already had my suspicions. I'm happy as long as they're back…"

"Your part of the deal, Duke. Ten Thousand soldiers in exchange for the people behind me."

"Everything is ready." The duke said and nodded, "Please don't force me to switch sides now. I can give you my soldiers but I do not wish to withdraw my support for the second prince."

Keith nodded as he sat down on the sofa, "Understandable, but can you tell me why you wish to stay with the second prince?"

"It's simple really, he has the highest chance. The royal family has been stubborn about recruiting commoners and training them into becoming strong knights. We nobles took a different approach and recruited people from the church.

With so many nobles on his side… even if the first and eighth prince team up, I don't think their chances will be higher than the second prince." Waverly said as he too, took a seat.

"You guys can go back to your rooms. I'll be having a long talk with this gentleman here." he said as he looked at his family members, all of whom nodded and left the room.

Once they were gone, Keith placed his elbow on the sofa's arm rest and rested his chin on it, "If you have the support of the people from the church… why didn't you ask them to help you? They could have helped you much more than Asher."

"That…." Waverly began and then sighed right after, "You see, for some reason your name is very well known among the people of the church. None of them want to go against you and they said that if I plan on fighting you…. They'd leave my side."

"Wow…. I didn't expect that I'd have this much influence… Like what in the hell did I even do?"

The duke shrugged, "They said something about you helping them out in desperate times. I think they meant that secret training camp thing that the churches plan once every few years."

"I see. Anyways, let's put that shit aside and talk about important stuff." Keith said as his expression turned serious.

"The second prince won't win this succession and I'll make sure that he doesn't. I've said all that's needed to be said, so I'll take my leave. Where are the soldiers?"

"I've already sent them to the capital. They should reach the third prince in a few months." Waverly said with a grin on his face before adding, "If you do mange to get the third prince to win the succession war, then I hope that you can let me continue govern this territory."

Keith raised his eyebrow at this request before shaking his head, "That's not how succession works though? If the third prince thinks that you're a danger, then he'll just get you executed or toss you into a place that's really bad. Or probably demote you. The decision lies with the prince, not me."

Just as Waverly was about to speak, Keith continued, "But!" he said as he raised his index finger.

"But if you give us more soldiers, then we can promise you that. Another ten thousand."

"…. You're a bit too greedy, don't you think?" the duke asked as he gave Keith a helpless smile.

Keith on the other hand, shrugged, "The price of a secure future is high, my friend."

"Haaa…" Waverly sighed and nodded, "Fine, I'll send another ten thousand to the capital. Happy now? Or do you need anything else? Maybe drink my blood too…"

"Hahahahaha, good joke. But I don't really drink blood." Keith replied and stood up, "Anyways, since I'm done here, I'll go to the next duke."

The duke too stood up and walked with Keith until the main door.@@novelbin@@

"By the way… I suggest that you don't bother with the next two dukes. They're both young and they're the type to abandon their families as long as they have a chance at getting more power. They were also the second prince's classmates a few years ago and their friendship runs deep."

Hearing this, Keith nodded, "Thank you for the information, but I already knew. I'm not really going to the dukes now since I have a different plan. Have a nice day, Duke Silas."

"You too, you too." The duke said and waved good bye before closing the door.

"He's finally gone… it doesn't matter where my soldiers go as long as I can keep my family safe…" he muttered and went ahead to meet his family after a long time.

Keith leisurely headed back to his camp and began to pack everything up.

"We're moving… back to the capital this time. Or we could just go to Amelia's home." he said as he looked at Clara and Amelia, both of whom were busy making some soup on the campfire.

"We can go to my house… but…" Amelia began but Keith shrugged.

"Who's gonna stop us? I'd love to see the second prince attack us. If he dares to, that is." Keith said and patted her shoulder, "Don't worry about that sissy bitch. You got us with you, don't you?"

Clara nodded, "Yeah, Zander is probably pissing his pants right now. I'm just surprised that he didn't send any back up to the duke even after receiving information that you were here."

"You're getting way too influenced by Keith…" Amelia muttered as she looked at Clara, "Where did my elegant and well mannered friend go?"

"Huhuhu~ What can I say? It feels nice to speak my mind."

While the two of them went on with their teasing, Keith focused on packing things up. It took him a few minutes, but once he was done, he turned to look at the soup.

"Is that thing cooked?" he asked and Amelia shook her head, "Will probably take a few more minutes. This huge pot of soup should last us for two whole days."

Keith nodded and sat down on the ground before leaning against the tree that was behind him.

'Time to do my daily check up…' he thought and dived into his spatial dimension.

"Today's Mental Energy points please." he said and a screen popped up in front of him.

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[Total Mental Energy: 2069 (2068.71)]

[Locked Mental energy: 1000]

[Usable Mental energy: 1069]

'Alrighty… it took me almost a year to build up a thousand points of mental energy but I was able to do the same in just eight weeks… that's the power of compounding I guess.' he thought as he shifted his attention to the goats and rabbits.

'"Almost fifty thousand rabbits and seven thousand goats… should be good enough to start I think? Nah I guess I'll let them breed more.'

Keith knew that he was indecisive, especially after Emma had pointed out so he simply decided to make some rules for himself whenever he planned something new.

And the rule for his goats and rabbits was to let them breed for six months in total.

"I guess it's been almost four months already. Two more months and I'll start focusing on the wolves… this is gonna be exciting but it'll probably also be tough. That aside…" he muttered and took at look at what Vincent was doing.

The young man had gone back to his previous habits of splurging money on prostitutes but this time, he had also gotten addicted to alcohol.

'He realizes his mistakes but he still reverts back to his bad habits in a few weeks… I'm getting tired of trying to fix him. In the novel, he went thorough a harsh life and wasn't saved by a random guy who just happened to find him…

I expected a lot from him but he keeps letting me down. A part of me wants to give up on him but a part of me still wants to give him another chance… just how long should I keep giving him second chances though…''

Keith let out a deep sigh and switched the system screen to the one that showed Fabian instead.

Unlike Vincent who simply wasted most of his time, Fabian was completely locked in. It was to an extent where Keith was confident that even he wouldn't be able to become as disciplined as the ex-village chief.

'"Things would probably be different if I gave the Battle God System to Fabian…. His dedication to training is unparalleled" he muttered as he switched back to Vincent, "…. I'm starting to lose hope on this guy but… maybe one more chance wouldn't hurt."

With a soft sigh, he created a new quest for Vincent.

[Chain Quest]

1) Head to Kazak Empire and kill Duke Hector Sambo.

2) Complete Quest 1 to unlock.

Quest Reward: Unknown

Punishment: Death.

"Now that this is done…." he muttered as he turned to look at the eight wolves.

There were two males and six females. Keith picked thee female wolves for one male each and got them to breed. It took quite some time, but by the time he was done, he felt extremely tired and sleepy.

He stretched and groaned before saying, "All steps done… now it's time to go back out and sleep like a log.. Or I could spend some time with Miya instead…."