“As promised, you will give me half of the mana stones and the materials, correct?” Eugene asked.

“…..!”

Essandra stared blankly at the mountain of materials before flinching. She responded with a bright smile. “Of course! Ahahahaha! Dammit! I knew I could believe in you, sir!” Essandra was clearly delighted.

The knights and nobles standing behind Essandra could not help but shiver. The number of materials brought back by Eugene was enormous, but it was even more unbelievable that he had achieved it ‘alone.’

‘H-how could this be possible?’

‘Is this knight truly a monster!?’

One or two famed, incredibly skilled knights were born every blue moon. Their stories spoke of an impossible victory against hundreds of enemy soldiers or hunting several large monsters by themselves. However, none had ever succeeded in conquering a dungeon by themselves.

Even the most skilled knights would bring along at least a team of mercenaries and a few aides, and such figures were praised as ‘master knights.’ However, the young knight standing in front of them had executed a successful subjugation by himself.

There was only a single explanation for an impossible feat such as this – Eugene was an unparalleled prodigy. Such a genius might be born once a century, and any sane noble would go nuts to build a relationship with such a knight or have the knight under their command.

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