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[Hidden Missions: "Win the Ascended Tournament" and "Obtain 2,000 Stat Points at the same time" have been completed.]

[Given the sudden strengthening of the Host, the System believes that it meets the requirements for the Money God System Upgrade to its Final Phase.]

[The System cannot interfere with the Host's decisions.]

[The System asks the Host for permission to proceed with the System Upgrade, which will come with major improvements in all aspects.]

[Do you accept?]

[Yes.] [No.]

Stunned, Louis thought he was seeing things.

An improvement?

The system had mentioned it before, saying that it would carry out the first part of the update after completing that mission in the tower. At the time, he thought it would surely take a long time, as it seemed.

But so fast and so easy?

He didn't even have to do anything...

Well, it was the power of passive movements in this type of mission.

Before, he had struggled to comprehend what he had just obtained. More than 2,000 stat points were available to him, waiting for him to add them up.

That was 2,000 stat points. Even if he divided them equally among all his stats, that was still 400 points per stat. He could have all his stats above 500, some above 600, without even being level 100.

He wondered, what would his family think if they found out that his power wasn't just to create money, but that money gave him stat points? Would they still kick him out? Or would they beg him to come back? Would they even have thought of kicking him out?

After all, this guy was practically earning industrial quantities of stat points that made him one of the most powerful men in the empire in just a few months.

What would become of him in 5 or 10 years?

Even he couldn't imagine it. He didn't hesitate to press the button that said "Yes" to update his system.

Then, all the system windows suddenly disappeared...

[The Money God System is updating. Please wait.]

[1%...]

[2%...]

The counter didn't seem to be going up very fast, and seeing that all the system windows had temporarily disappeared, he turned his attention back to his surroundings.

The teachers had almost finished what they were doing, and at this point, Louis could understand what it was.

In front of him and below him was a huge arkanometric fabric, but it was very strange. It was extremely difficult.

His eyes sparkled with interest as he recognized it. 'Is it the Tower's teleportation fabric?' he thought.

'Can they create it?'

He was in shock.

He believed it was impossible to create such a thing.

But suddenly he noticed some things in the fabric itself and realized what was happening.

"I see, they can't create it. They're just bringing it over from the other side and making some kind of connection between that side and this one. Are they going to teleport us to the tower?" he thought.

If he remembered correctly, the Battle of the Hierarchies takes place in the Tower and is much simpler than he thought: just climb the tower.

This is done using a special set of spells and items from the academy, which allow them to measure the performance of the people who enter.

The most important thing in this battle is how high you get in the tower, giving it your all until you can't go any further. It's not usually done right after the Ascended Tournament ends, because it's too demanding and it can take many days inside.

But this time it seemed that things would be very different, and what allowed this to happen without public scrutiny were the healing magicians who had come with Lady Loren, who had been working their magic for a while on everyone present, including Louis.

When he felt something warm enveloping him, which seemed to want to slowly embrace him until he fell asleep, he began to feel his body recovering at an astonishing rate.

It was as if his body had entered a strange frenzy, activating all the cells inside to make the recovery many times faster.

His body became light, and in a short time, they moved on to the next person, leaving him stunned.

"Is this healing magic?" he thought. "It feels incredible. As expected of a magic that is extremely difficult to learn."

He looked to his side. Mark was completely recovered, but he had felt this magic before, so he was not amazed.

Laura wasn't surprised either; she had received it before, so this was just a formality for her.

"Is something wrong?" Louis asked, looking at her with his head down.

She looked up at him and shook her head. "Nothing's wrong," she replied.

Although her voice sounded a little suspicious, so he didn't believe her. Still, if she didn't tell him, it was because she didn't want to, so he didn't insist.

"What do you think will happen?" she asked suddenly in a whisper.

Louis smiled. "Well, the war won't stop when one side's plan is to destroy the other side."

She nodded... She was very thoughtful.

Although there was more to it than that. The reality was that Robert Priestley's side was at a great disadvantage if Lockward didn't interfere in this situation.

They did not have greater combat power, they only had great economic power and many magicians, but the other side also has many magicians, swordsmen, and martial artists. Perhaps Robert has Hardrial and a few others on his side, but that is not enough to take on the other side.

And if you add the Asoist Church, the most powerful in the world, with an incredibly powerful theocracy that also stands out for its enormous wealth and for having gods, to this opposing side, the situation became too complicated, and then it was really difficult for Robert Priestley and his group.

"They have a lot of money, but I don't know if they can rival an entire kingdom as rich as the theocracy," thought Louis.

I had heard that in the past, the Priestleys were richer than most of the world's most powerful kingdoms/organizations, but over the years, some of that money has been divided up by the efforts of other castles to break their hegemony.

So it was unknown whether Priestley could have more money than that kingdom. And if it did, did it manage the same level of logistics? Was it willing to go all the way, just to damage the other side's plans?

The situation was really complicated, and he could understand why Laura was worried about it. A situation as dangerous as that tended to greatly affect workers or people who depend on sales. On the free market.

If the Priestleys' banks, mines, and other businesses closed indefinitely, how would there be sales? How would money move?

Especially in this area of the map, where the castles held total influence.

"Well, I don't think it will affect me. I wonder if I can take advantage of this situation," he thought.

Although it was just a fleeting thought. One of trying to buy things now that the crisis is coming...

Slowly, he could gain a large playing field for his personal maneuvers and missions.

At least that's what he thought.

While he was talking to Laura, he remembered that Jessy should be nearby, so he looked up to see if he could see her. He remembered the room she was in, but although there were nobles there, Jessy was not.

"Did she go to the bathroom or did she just leave?" he thought, frowning.

Another 15 minutes passed quickly, the teachers had finished what they were doing, but Jessy had not returned.

With the chaos in the city, this worried him, but in the end, he decided to take a deep breath and calm down. The chaos in the city shouldn't affect them... not now.

He quickly came to his senses.

Just then, Miroc and the emperor stepped forward to inform them of what the Battle of the Hierarchies would be like, something most of them already knew. They also mentioned certain rules, the rewards that would be juicy for many, but for Louis they were just boring. He was more focused on the system update, to tell the truth, and with his wealth of recently obtained stat points, he would surely get first place here.

Did anyone else among the younger generation have 2,000 points to add?

The answer was more than obvious. If there had been, Mark would surely have wiped the floor with him a few minutes earlier.

So he just had to worry about what mattered: his system.

[57%...]

The percentage was rising quite rapidly. At this rate, it would surely be complete in another 15 or 20 minutes.

He was already eager to see what the update brought, but they didn't give him time to wait any longer.

"The battle of the hierarchies will begin immediately. Prepare to fight. It is time to prove your worth before the true powers of the empire," declared the Emperor.

Miroc did the rest of the work, together with the teachers, activating the teleportation magic...

[Entering the Tower.]

As they entered en masse and under certain independent arrangements created by powerful items and other high-level magic, where human bodies had once been, numbers now appeared floating as if they were some kind of hologram.

10, 11, 12, 15...

There were many numbers, among which a few stood out that were above 20.

20, 21, 22...

But there were three more that were the best.

30, 30, and 31.

These numbers were the highest floors they had reached. And these would be updated when that person moved up a floor.

Each of them was teleported to their designated floors.