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"Nooooo!!!"

The Blazing Knight Commander let out a heart-wrenching howl, watching helplessly as the beloved Frenzied Spring water splattered all over the ground.

"Sigh…"

Velen watched as the fallen Blazing Knight Commander desperately pressed his hands against the ground, trying to soak up the Frenzied Spring water with the dirt, his expression filled with unbearable grief.

Seeing that, Velen let out a helpless sigh.

"I'm known as the number one spendthrift tycoon of the universe... so why must people insist on challenging me?"

"This wasn't my intention at all!"

"If you didn't want the high-grade mana crystals, you could've just said so!"

"Gifts, gratuities — these could easily be replaced with other items! I could have given you the Frenzied Spring water directly!"

After all, this wasn't some priceless artifact.

Velen never intended to torment anyone for no reason.

But he couldn't help it when people actively sought their own doom!

"Don't blame me," Velen thought. "Blame yourself for being too sincere!"

"Frenzied Spring... My Frenzied Spring..."

Blazing Knight Commander, tears brimming in his eyes, clutched the mud soaked with the precious spring water.

"I'm so stupid, truly."

"I knew His Highness Velen was testing me. But I never imagined this would be the test!"

"Blazing Knight Commander, let's hurry up and get that fruit juice ready!"

"Oh right—about that gratuity of a thousand high-grade mana crystals…"

Velen looked over at him and casually brought up the subject again.

"Huff—"

The Blazing Knight Commander let out a long sigh, finally standing up from the ground.

Swallowing down his grief, he looked seriously at Velen and declared:

"Your Highness Velen, please don't mention the gratuity again. Being able to serve Your Highness is the greatest honor of my life! I absolutely will not accept any payment!"

"Please, believe in my sincerity!"

His gaze was so earnest, so genuine.

Velen: "???"

Holy crap?

Still holding out even after all that?

This guy was tougher than Velen had expected!

Was he seriously determined to resist until the bitter end?

Velen was utterly astonished.

This was the first time he had met someone with such a hard head. Someone who would rather endure such emotional torment than accept a perfectly reasonable gratuity.

He couldn't understand it.

Why fight it?

Wouldn't it be better to just accept the reward and enjoy life?

Fine.

Since you want a deathmatch, I'll grant you your wish!

"System, give me ten more barrels!"

Unable to make sense of it, Velen stopped trying.

Instead, he simply ordered the system for another ten barrels of Frenzied Spring.

The next moment—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Familiar heavy thuds rang out again.

When the Blazing Knight Commander saw ten more enormous barrels appear before him, he almost lost his mind.

"No! Impossible!"

"There's no way this is real! This must be a dream!!"

"I've roamed the Singularity Battlefield for centuries and never found even a single drop of Frenzied Spring!"

"Even if His Highness Velen had managed to get one big barrel, there's absolutely no way he could have ten!"

He frantically tried to convince himself that what he was seeing was fake.

Pure 24K lies!

These Frenzied Spring barrels had to be fake.

There was no way this could be real.

"Blazing Knight Commander, don't you think the weather's still a bit too hot?"

Velen asked with a bright, innocent smile.

Boom!

The Blazing Knight Commander felt a bomb go off inside his head.

His body even began to tremble uncontrollably.

You... you... what are you planning to do?

You're not seriously going to...

"So, could I trouble you to throw these ten barrels into the air and punch them apart to create more artificial rain?"

Velen requested, sounding genuinely sincere.

"No!!!"

The Blazing Knight Commander practically collapsed.

The Frenzied Spring, the thing he had sought for half his life, was about to be turned into a mere cooling rain again?

How was he supposed to endure this kind of soul-crushing devastation?

His heart shattered into pieces!

"Your Highness Velen!"

"Please, please don't destroy the Frenzied Spring again! If you feel hot, I'll go fetch a hundred barrels of regular water for you right now!"

"But please, spare the Frenzied Spring!"

Now that he knew what was inside those barrels, there was no way he could bring himself to smash them again!

It would be worse than killing him!

"No can do."

"Blazing Knight Commander, I just love the feeling of Frenzied Spring raining down on me. Hurry up and get to work!"

Velen's cheerful refusal was firm and final.

"Get moving!"

Hearing this, the Blazing Knight Commander sobbed uncontrollably.

Fine.

I'll do it...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One by one, the barrels filled with precious Frenzied Spring were hurled into the sky and shattered.

Every time he destroyed one, it was like a knife stabbing straight into his heart.

Watching the sacred liquid rain down wastefully, he couldn't stop the tears from streaming down his face.

Tears mixed with Frenzied Spring, drenching the ground below.

Velen wasn't throwing away water.

He was throwing away the Blazing Knight Commander's very soul.

Moments later, when the final barrel was destroyed, and the Blazing Knight Commander returned to the ground, Velen approached again.

"Blazing Knight Commander, we really should get that fruit juice ready now. Oh, and about that gratuity…"

"Your Highness Velen!"

"Please, don't bring it up again! My heart's already in pieces! Let's not talk about payment anymore!"

"Being able to serve you is—"

Suddenly, the Blazing Knight Commander stopped mid-sentence.

Looking at Velen's smiling face, something clicked.

Wait a second…

Could it be…?

"Your Highness Velen, I'll accept the gratuity!"

With tears still hanging from his lashes, the Blazing Knight Commander decisively grabbed the space ring containing the thousand high-grade mana crystals.

At the same time, he began stealing glances at Velen's expression.

"Finally, that's more like it!"

Watching the Blazing Knight Commander work diligently, using mana to protect his hands while he squeezed the juice, Velen finally sighed in relief.

He honestly hadn't expected the Commander to be so insanely stubborn.

Thank goodness he finally cracked.

If he had continued refusing, Velen was prepared to escalate straight to bringing out one hundred barrels.

If the Blazing Knight Commander knew Velen's thoughts at that moment, he probably would've had a complete mental breakdown.

Ten barrels were already unbearable!

One hundred barrels?

That would be his death sentence!

Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully triggered a Tycoon Spendthrift event! Rewards: 10 million luxury points, 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!

As the Blazing Knight Commander finished squeezing juice from the ten Fruits of the Saintess, the system's cheerful reward notification echoed in Velen's mind.

"Awesome!"

"My luxury points are now at 880 million! Hard work really pays off!"

"If I can trigger two more spendthrift events, I'll be able to break through to the Supreme Rank, Ninth Stage Peak!"

Checking his accumulated luxury points, Velen felt today might very well be the day he finally ascended.

After holding back for so long, he could finally rocket forward again!

"Blazing Knight Commander, knowing that I'm the number one invincible spendthrift tycoon in the universe, why would you refuse my gratuity?"

"Isn't that the same as slapping me in the face?"

Blazing Knight Commander: "???"

He looked at Velen, completely dumbfounded.