On Eugene’s fourth day of stay at Lord Bemos’ castle, Princess Lilisain returned with the beowulf warriors after successfully driving out the remaining monsters from the territory. A feast was held upon their return. Nearly eight hundred monsters had been killed in total, and the restoration of the water source of the territory had also been confirmed. Although the Bemos territory still hadn’t completely returned to normal, it was in the gradual process of doing so. And that wasn’t the only thing that made Lord Bemos happy.

Thanks to Eugene and the expedition, he had secured a large number of mana stones and monster by-products—nearly five or six times the amount that could be acquired from a single dungeon subjugation. According to principle, they all belonged to Eugene. However, Eugene had neither room nor time to bring with him so much baggage. As such, Lord Bemos decided to buy the mana stones and by-products from Eugene with gold. He had to pay an enormous sum equivalent to half a year’s worth of the territory’s finances, but he did not consider it a loss at all. After all, the benefits of letting the remaining monsters be driven to certain areas were much greater.

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