Chapter 24

“Suddenly? Wait, more importantly, in Caliban...?”

Evan, wearing a deeply confused expression, spoke while thinking for a moment.

Then, as if realizing something, he hesitantly opened his mouth.

“Don’t tell me you’re planning to go to the North?”

Evan spoke, recalling that Caliban was the closest country to where the northern barbarians resided.

“I’ll explain on the way. Just prepare first. The information I mentioned earlier, it’s accurate, right?”

“ ... If you’re talking about the person we discussed last time, yes. The information guild confirmed they’re in that village.”

Evan, speaking with an anxious expression.

“Then we’ll stop there before heading straight to Caliban.”

But at Alon’s firm statement, Evan, with a mixture of curiosity and resignation in his eyes, looked at him for a moment before leaving the room to follow orders.

“Haah...”

Alon let out a deep sigh, covering his face with his hand as if just thinking about it was exhausting.

It was because the descent of an Outer God was akin to a massive disaster that he desperately wished would never happen.

An Outer God.

These beings, known by various names across the continent of Psychedelia, were evils that, much like the Five Great Sins, merely descending into the world brought calamity.

For Alon, their descent alone was enough to shatter his future plans completely.

Once they began rampaging in earnest, they could easily destroy entire kingdoms.

Of course, with six kingdoms on the continent, the odds of being affected were about one-third.

But still, even thinking rationally, there was a 33.3% chance that he would lose his noble title and end up living as a beggar.

... In fact, by that point, living as a beggar might even be fortunate.

If an Outer God attacked Asteria, his chances of surviving were slim to none.

If, by some small chance, the Outer God destroyed two other kingdoms instead of Asteria, the situation might improve slightly, but it wouldn’t be ideal.

The collapse of two kingdoms would lead to the rapid fall of the United Kingdoms, and the surviving kingdoms would fight each other madly over worthless land tainted by the powers of the otherworld.

With tens of thousands of casualties and over a dozen heroes already lost to the Outer Gods, the remaining kingdoms would naturally weaken, and in the end, the Empire would devour them all.

In short, no matter how you looked at it, if an Outer God descended upon the United Kingdoms, Alon would have to give up his noble title.

And in some ways, the latter scenario might be even worse.

While the former would end quickly, the latter would drag him into a full-scale war.

Sure, some might suggest the United Kingdoms could band together in unity during such a crisis.

But having played this game long enough and having seen hundreds of scenarios, Alon could confidently shake his head.

In every scenario where an Outer God or one of the Five Great Sins destroyed even a single kingdom, the dissolution of the United Kingdoms was inevitable.

Other small details might change, but the collapse of the Union never did.

In other words, for Alon, to prevent his life plans from crumbling, he had to stop the Outer God before it reached the kingdom.