Chapter 144: Armistice (1)

Milton hadnt had the time to calmly analyze Siegfrieds stats right away when they had first met. Thats why, he had waited for the mood to settle and his mind to calm down. Finally, he was able to check Siegfrieds stats with his abilities.

[Siegfried]

Social Climber LV. 7

Strength 93 Command 95

Intellect 97Politics 99

Loyalty 00

Special Traits Villains Ambition, Sovereigns Absolute Obedience, Strategy, Bargain, Level-Headed, Silver Tongued, See-Through, Valiant

Villains Ambition LV.5: Able to use whatever means necessary for his goal and is persistent beyond belief. Has a strong driving force beyond everything and makes every effort to achieve the goal without taking a break.

Sovereigns Absolute Obedience LV.6: Able to strongly restrain talents who are under their command. The chances of being betrayed are greatly reduced and the loyalty of vassals strengthens as the time passes. Able to obtain absolute faith in the end.

Strategy LV.9 (MAX): Excellent ability to discern the overall flow of war. The possibility to quickly and accurately analyze the impact of how each small battle has on the entire game of war.

Bargain LV.8: Able to assert ones own conditions more successfully when making deals or entering negotiations

Level-Headed LV.9 (MAX): Increases the perspective of seeing the entire battle situation during a war. Even in a crisis, has the ability to turn things around if the enemy makes a single mistake.

Silver-Tongued LV.8: Persuade or subdue others through dialogue. May be counterproductive when utilized on an individual with strong pride

See-Through LV.8: Able to grasp the truth of the conversation partner's words through innate observational power.

Valiant LV.9 (MAX): Increases combat power in battle and increases the morale of subordinates. The effect increases if you make a speech in person or intervene in a battle earlier.

Thats insane.

Based on his outer appearance, Milton looked collected, but on the inside, he was tremendously agitated. It was a good thing he hadnt looked at the status window immediately. He wouldnt have been able to fight so viciously in the verbal battle if he had seen just this kind of ability before.

It would have been impossible. But what the hell is it? What kind of a monster is he?

All of Siegfrieds stats were over 90, with the lowest being his Strength stat at 93, not to mention, he had eight special traits. This was ridiculous. While using his ability, Milton had found out that if you dont use special traits often, theyll either decrease or even completely disappear. In fact, Milton also had the trait Bargain in the past, but because he gradually stopped using it, it had disappeared. In the past, his circumstances werent the best, so he had been inclined to use it, but as his circumstances got better, there was no need for him to Bargain anymore and it disappeared.

The same was true for the others. Thats why one person usuallyhadabout three to five special traits. But, Siegfried maintained eight special traits. That meant he was alway using his traits to the fullest everyday.The reason for that was most likely

Is that it? A Villains Ambition?

Villains Ambition LV.5: Able to use whatever means necessary for his goal and is persistent beyond belief. Has a strong driving force beyond everything and makes every effort to achieve the goal without taking a break.

Being tenacious beyond belief in order to achieve his goal. Perhaps that was the foundation for Siegfrieds ridiculous stats. Having stats that were all over 90, not to mention, being able to maintain eight special traits He was willing to put in a lot of time and effort for his goals.

Social Climber damn it, what an outrageous bastard.

The special traits fit with the Social Climber that the status window had labelled Siegfried. Milton had assumed Siegfrieds stats would be this high since he had already known about Siegfrieds cleverness and power, but he hadnt thought that Siegfrieds special traits and identity would be like this. The identity of a Social Climber and a Villains Ambition special trait; the combination of these two could only mean one thing. If it was for his goal, then Siegfried would never give up. How could someone like him appear as the enemy in this eras conflict of ideology? Milton felt like the world was turning dark in front of his eyes.

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Thats why Im saying you must immediately withdraw your troops from our territories.

The nobles in the Western region voluntarily fled to our country. Why should we have to withdraw?

But before that, the Strabus Kingdoms king surrendered to us. At that point, all the territory of the former Strabus Kingdom became ours.

It doesnt matter what or who was first. A noble of a feudal territory has the authority to do whatever he wants with his territory. As long as they formally defected, its quite natural for their estates to go with them.

Our Republic does not acknowledge either the concepts of aristocrats or fiefdoms. You think you could convince us with that kind of logic?

Following that logic, our kingdom doesnt recognize your republicanism.

What did you just say?

While Milton was looking at Siegfrieds status window, the diplomatic negotiations were taking a turn for the worse. At the heart of the debate was the kingdoms nobles who had recently surrendered to the Lester Kingdom. Because they had surrendered their estates, the entire Western region of the Strabus Kingdom had been passed over to the Lester Kingdom. Given that the territory wa