Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

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The gap between the two was like the difference between a verbal agreement and inward acceptance.

A verbal agreement could still be retracted, but inward acceptance meant that, in the "war" of transactions between the parties, the lords had already made the decision to side with Kael in their hearts.

This was clearly a good thing for Kael.

Kael even suspected that if he were to form an alliance on paper through contract terms, he might also have the opportunity to acquire the authority to issue certain quests from other allies.

However, these were all just his speculations for now.

The most important thing was the promotional effect of this excursion into the dungeons of the Newman Territory, successfully causing some undecided border lords to switch allegiance to Kael's side, enabling him to gain the qualifications to issue certain quests on their behalf.

Even though these missions could only be related to the dungeon development projects, Kael was still ecstatic.

Players would not care if the tasks were issued by Kael on behalf of other lords; they would merely feel that Lancaster provided a wealth of quests and see Lancaster as their long-term base of development.
Enjoy new adventures at empire

Moreover, if the additional experience pool that Kael received was originally from other forces, it meant that even without expanding his territory to a formidable size, as long as he kept forming beneficial alliances with other lords, he could continually expand Lancaster's experience pool.

At that thought, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a confident smile.

Becoming the Duke of the Lancaster Duchy and one of the most uniquely positioned individuals within the Yibel Federation would require Kael to strive for a long time.

However, if he only needed to form concrete alliances of interest to issue quests on behalf of other forces to players...

If that was the case, many things would become much easier to handle.

His lips curved into a confident smile; now, he seemed to understand how to increase the rewards for the tasks he could issue.

Matters like the prosperity of the territory and personal level went without saying, as they depended entirely on the growth rate of Lancaster and Kael personally.

But when it came to personal identity, there were even more bugs to exploit.

After carefully recalling the value of personal identity, sure enough, the previous upgrades to personal identity were—

[Becoming the person in charge of the mage training project set up in the territory by the Duchy];

[Becoming the actual person in charge of the Earth Mother God Church in the territory];

[Possessing the power to influence the Church of the God of Literature within the territory];

[Gaining increased influence among the emerging nobility];

[Capturing the attention of the Magic Goddess Church, and possessing a certain level of influence].

If he added this latest one—[Becoming the leader of an interest coalition recognized by 28 lords]to these conditions, then the criteria for increasing personal identity star value became quite apparent.

Because all these options demonstrated that Kael could exert actual influence and intervention on these powers, and between him and them, there was already an interest community, at least currently aligned on the same side.

Or to put it another way, being on the same side wasn't the point; it merely laid the groundwork. The actual determining factor was [whether you can exert practical influence and interventions on your allies].

For example, the mage training project was entirely under his control—Mr. Luxius would not involve himself much—so when it came to deciding who would become a War Mage, he had the utmost autonomy, a right bestowed upon him by the Mage Academy.

The same was true for the Earth Mother Goddess Church; he could actually mobilize the priests and nuns of the Church within the territory to serve him.

Although players were not entirely driven by tasks, at least with enough experience points, he could... rest a little easier.

He sighed lightly, his gaze drifting out the window to the dim night scene of Titan Town, his turbulent thoughts gradually calming.

...

Meanwhile, it was a bustling night market time inside Titan Town.

Before the players' arrival, the scale of Titan Town could never sustain the existence of a night market.

But with the influx of many players, in the interest of extracting—ahem, earning more demon crystal coins from them, it arose naturally.

At this moment, there was also a bustle of noise from the entrance.

Emperor Ha's team, under the astonished gaze of a throng of players, had trapped a Gluttonous Slime the size of a stray dog in an iron cage on a cart, dragging it into Titan Town.

Looking at the feeble state of the Gluttonous Slime, heaven knows what it went through before being locked up in the cage.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! What's going on? Isn't that the Gluttonous Slime from the Newman Territory next door?"

"Hey, isn't that Erha? Impressive! Killing a slime is easy; trapping one in a cage is way trickier!"

"Hard? It's just a slide tackle away!"

"No, use your reconnaissance skills; Emperor Ha's team's levels are a bit high on average!"

"I checked, the lowest is LV3, I'm dying of envy!"

"The big boss is awesome; how many monsters have they killed at the Gluttonous Slime's lair!"

In the night, a grey eyeball floated in the air, slowly shifting its focus upon hearing the raucous noise in that direction.

This was Kael's spell, the [Eye of Reconnaissance].

Seeing that these players had actually put the Gluttonous Slime in a cage, Kael's face was also filled with surprise.

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