The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

There were some troubles in two of the areas but the expedition in the third area was completely fine. This whole incident actually turned out to be a good thing for the Xetremelia Empire, as it just made everyone to believe that the empire was even stronger than what they had expected.

All in all, Utrena was happy with how the whole event turned out to be. Especially because she was able to spend most of her time there alongside Rein. She also had fun in the gathering of the lovers.

The only thing that she was dissatisfied with was the fact that some other nation was trying to plot behind their backs. And if they were able to do something in the danger zones, then that would only mean that one or more of their allies were secretly betraying them.

Xetremelia Empire was located in a prosperous part of the continent and even though it was one of the strongest nations, it did not take too much area. It was definitely a big nation but many other weaker nations had bigger territories.

The reason for that was the unique thinking process of the Xetremelia Royal family. What they wanted to rule over was not the largest nation but the most advanced one instead. So instead of blindly conquering more area, they focused on having the best quality areas under them and they only conquered only as much area as they were able to comfortably develop.

For that reason, even though the Xetremelia Empire was not very big it was definitely one of the most advanced nations in this world. Their magic and various technologies were several centuries ahead of the other places. So, almost all their neighbours had decided to create an alliance of nations with Xetremelia Empire at the top.

They were allied nations and not vessel nations but still it gave Xetremelia Empire a lot of influence over them.

This was the case for the last couple of centuries or so. After being like this for so long, some of the nations were trying to get out of Xetremelia's umbrella of influence. Utrena knew that these people were doing a lot of shady things in the dark but she was extremely upset that they were brave enough to even target transcendental powerhouses.

Utrena was fine with the idea of some nation not willing to stay under them and would even be generous enough to respectfully allow them to leave the alliance if they asked her following the proper procedure.

But planning behind her back like this was unacceptable. Because of their long relationship of over hundreds of years Utrena had not taken any hard measures even after knowing that they were up to no good. But now she was unwilling to wait anymore. She was going to take care of this problem.

But even though some of those nations were involved in the plotting, they were definitely not the main mastermind as they did not have the qualifications. As for who the main mastermind was, there were several options.

The very first nation that would come to her mind was the Kotoha Confederation. They were opposing the Grand Alliance of the Xetremelia Empire for a long time and were also strong enough to pull off these types of tricks. And due to their long rivalry, they were well connected with the nations of the Grand Alliance too.

But they were not the only suspects. The Elvin nation of Dulffultinggnor had been trying to get their hands on various inventions of the Xetremelia Empire for a long time. For that they had used a lot of their national resources to send many spies in their nation. So there was a very big possibility that the incident was their doing.

These two had the most chance of being responsible for the plotting. But if these superpowers were actually not responsible for it then there was another nation that had the capacity to do something like this. It was the Kantian Principality. They themselves were very small as a nation but their army was very strong and they also ruled over many other nations by making them their vessel states.

This nation was a war and conquer loving nation but they were still nowhere near strong enough to win against the mighty Xetremelia Empire. So they should not be foolish enough to plot like this knowing that if they make any mistakes, there was a high chance that the empire would attack them with all their might.

Utrena was still not completely sure about who was actually behind the incident but now she was actively going to pursue this matter with all her might. So it would not be long before she could get to the bottom of it.

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After the grand event was over, it was again time for Rein to leave the comfort of the city life and to start entering dungeons again. He was also already qualified to take the Adamantine rank ascension exam and he was planning for that too.

But most importantly one of the most powerful items in Rein's position was ready to be used. It was the "Divine Destiny Token" that he had gotten after conquering the hard dungeon with a dragon as its final boss and with a dungeon master.

This was the best item of the dungeon and even better than the seed that allowed Kagura to be born. But the reason why he had not used to do far was because he was not sure if it's limitations. So if Rein asked for something impossible and wasted the Token then it would be a regret of a lifetime.

And at the same time if he just wished for something that the Token was easily able to fulfill then also he would not be able to completely utilise the item and that would also be disappointing. For that reason Rein had not used that item for so long and was constantly trying to analyse it.

Now finally he was almost done with the analysis. Normally his Eye of Truth was easily able to find out almost everything related to an item but this Token was just way too special. So even he needed to spend a lot of time to slowly analyse it, in order to understand the way it worked.

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But finally his patience paid off and he was done with the process of analysis. Now he already had a good grasp on the limitations of this item and he was already trying to find the perfect question that would be able to maximize its benefits.

So Rein was going to stay in the Xetremelia Empire for a few more days and was only going to leave it when he would be done using this powerful item.