On the same night after the hostile takeover and placing his new slaves in charge of the now gone hydra, Ceril returned to his original human form and entered the bedroom room after the easy peasy battle he had today.

Today, he also realized his own potential. If anything he learned for sure that if he's given ten thousand soldiers he could fight and even take down an army of hundred thousand enemies.

The only things that restricted him at the moment were his levels and rank which limited his mana pool since summoning the undead took a lot of mana and the requirement grew with the number of undeads he could summon at once.

Currently, he could only summon a thousand soldiers & monsters in a single. But for the future battles where he needed more numbers, he had to steadily build his resources.

He laid on his bed despite having no need to eat or sleep, a part of him excited for the upcoming future.

"I reckon you've succeeded."

Suddenly, a black shadow emerged from the corner of the room and a tall and handsome man donned in black epic rank assassin gear appeared in front of the necromancer.

"Yes, I did. Everything went as we planned." said Ceril to the man with green eyes whose left side of his face was covered in a black mask.

It was Ronin, the rogue subordinate.

"Good. But I still think that Omega & Jugram should've been there as a backup." said Ronin with a solemn expression as he folded his arms.

"I wanted to test my thesis about my own strength. And it was proved to be true after the battle. Now compared to everyone, I only fall short behind that snake. In an open battle, maybe only Jugram has a chance to tie with me. And that too if I don't kill him too early." replied Ceril with an upstuck expression.

Ronin rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"What's with you trying to be our master's most powerful subordinate? You should focus on being more useful instead." he said.

"Ha! You don't understand.. Master and I both have a high affinity with dark magic and darkness elements unlike you guys. What I want to do is provide him with a greater source of power in the future." explained Ceril with a content face.

"You do you. I'll do it my way. But first, let's talk it out with others. I've already called upon them to meet in the training facility. That bull and the spider are already waiting there." he said and disappeared into the air.

This whole ordeal started way long time ago before the current event of Ceril fighting and overtaking hydra.

When Ceril was still dealing with Logan and had been receiving dead bodies from him, Ronin had been tracking him down without even the necromancer noticing.

He was a true rogue with skills of assassins & thief class jobs so even Ceril had a hard time sensing him. It wasn't because he had doubts about the mage trying to betray their master but to make sure that no unnecessary trouble came their way and nothing could be traced to their name or the company.

And on the very day when Ceril in his Loki form met Odin.. Ronin asked for an emergency meeting between the generals and Omega.

15 DAYS AGO.

A meeting in the open training ground that could hold 200 people fighting at once, stood all the subordinates including Blackwall & Oliver who had been practicing their skills here recently.

"So do you all understand why it must be done? We can't be negligent anymore. We all have a purpose and a meaning behind our existence.

Since Master is in his magic training period, we can't disturb him. This is also a very crucial time for him. So what do you all say?" asked Ronin to his fellow subordinates.

Omega nodded and spoke, "Yes, I agree. The last time, we managed to survive against the pressure from the chamber of commerce only because master is a semi-saint fighter and we had support from those vampire clan members. Otherwise, we all would be dead a long time ago."

A stoic voice followed behind the words, "And we can't openly kill people either. We are no longer fighting in dungeons and there are hundreds of people who can kill us easily just with their aura alone.

And relying on anyone's mercy or their help is not a good thing." spoke Jugram.

"I second that. I wish I had a human form like you lot. I can't even appear in public and fight beside master because I'm simply too big." said Blackwall in his deep and majestic voice. The guardian knight subordinate had the least of time to shine in battles recently.

The next moment, Ronin spoke in a serious tone.

"Let me tell you something over the month when I was still hiding inside the shadow of that vampire heir, I came to see how big their clan is.. How many people they have under their command, how many resources and weapons they have.. Their clan ancestor didn't even blink twice before commanding to kill a 5th stage saint that day.

I was barely able to keep myself hidden from his eyes. Compared to them

Even calling ourselves as ants would be an overstatement."

Gasp!

"Are you.. Sure?" asked Oliver in his creepy voice.

To his question, Ronin only nodded.

Hence, Ronin created a perfect plan on how to use Odin, whose background he found out after a few days of information gathering by contacting some intel-gathering networks and assassination organizations by paying a hefty amount.

And that was exactly why Ceril paid 10 million extra for the deal he made with the thrall grandmaster.

They wanted him to put Loki as a priority customer so it would possible for them to get all the other heads of hydra in the same place together.

Because one thing they realized after Ronin explained the vastness of the power balance to them..

Because of that, the consensus reached a conclusion that they couldn't just rely on wealth or the reputation of their company or noble clans they had partnered with.

That if they don't have a force of their own and a vast network of people and soldiers working for them, any one of the noble clans or factions could easily wipe them out and they won't even have a chance to struggle.

And with no other choice, they had to do a hostile takeover and run these underworld mafias and organizations with their own hands.

Rather than overthrowing hydra, taking over their established empire was the best choice.

And behind all of this planning & scheming..

Ronin was the true mastermind.

He was so cautious that without Ceril even knowing.. He, Omega, Jugram & Oliver were already present at the surrounding area of the battlefield in case Ceril lost and died.

"It won't be easy. And I hope all of you will play your part. It's about time we start" spoke Ronin and took a deep sigh as he continued..

"Creating an empire for our master."

Author : Merry Christmas to everyone reading this. The novel will be on a break till next year. From 1st January, we will have 3 chapter release per day.