CHAPTER 80: BROKEN SYSTEM (2)

Lucien’s laugh was so out of the blue that it caught everyone by surprise. But thinking about it, anyone who owned such large assets in his name out of nowhere should probably feel like that, right?

"Okay, what is your plan then? Let’s hear it out."

Cedric asked, ready to hear what he would say, only for Lucien to lift his hand, stopping everyone.

"Wait a minute, let me think."

Then, he once again closed his eyes, leaning against his chair as if thinking.

’Let me think?’

Cedric raised his eyebrows and couldn’t help but frown.

Not only he, but even the five men standing and waiting from the beginning had odd looks on their faces.

After all, they couldn’t understand why Lucien had to think about a plan now. Didn’t he already have one?

’This brat is really playing around. Damn it, Father is delusional to let him handle such things.’

Cedric suddenly realized and couldn’t help but gnash his teeth in hatred, looking at Lucien closing his eyes in deep thought.

Now he didn’t look cool anymore. Fortunately, he still reined in his anger, not disturbing him immediately.

’Sigh... this is what Father wants anyway. Even if we suffer some loss, it is okay.’

Cedric sighed and prepared for the worst.

’System, activate the ’Claim Collect’ feature and stop the automatic extractions of debts from now on.’

While the people outside were having different thoughts, Lucien was instead ordering his system.

After all, he didn’t want to extract debts from the large number of people who stole his assets immediately.

Honestly, he felt that his system seemed to account for even the karmic debt; otherwise, stealing shouldn’t cause the system to work.

’Divide the debtors into two categories: Full Collection and Partial Collection, and present each list in descending order, starting with the most powerful debtors in each case.’

Lucien suddenly became serious, giving one order after another to the system.

He knew that with Lionheart declaring war and Duke Castor behind, countless people might have looted what belonged to him in this chaos, at least in the Southern Viremond Duchy.

Opportunists were everywhere, and such losses were already expected.

However, this also would cause him to accumulate a large number of debtors, even if they were in the lower realm.

But Lucien’s targets weren’t them—at least not until he analyzed them first.

After all, if he really didn’t care and extracted the debt with the system from everyone, that would be too suspicious.

Most importantly, he didn’t want to garner unwanted attention from powerful figures.

At this time, he needed to be smart.

Ding!

[All debtors have been recorded. You can now view your debtors with real-time updates. Debt collection has been halted until the order is issued.]

Suddenly, a system prompt informed Lucien that the debt calculation had been completed.

So, Lucien immediately opened his status panel and directly looked at the section under the [Wealth (Personal)].

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[Debt Issued]:

Full Collection: (Can collect debt in full)

Hugo Lionheart – ~320,000 Gold, 2000 Mana stones, ..., Enchanted Arms Cache

Third Princess Lilith Edoria – ~200,000 Gold, 500 Mana stones, ..., + 1 Sealed Mana Vault

Eldest Princess Sera Edoria – ~150,000 Gold, 100 Mana stones, ...

Lord Vannis Coldmere – ~120,000 Gold + Gem-Embedded Scroll

Arwin Traders – ~35,000 Gold + Minor Asset Titles (Harth Duchy)

Ferris Mill & Sons – ~18,000 Gold (Gem Consignment, Colden Duchy)

...

...

Restwind Cooperative – ~5,000 Gold (Beast Hide Lease, Harth Duchy)

Wn_Reader – ~2000 Gold

Xeco – ~2000 Gold

Darkrite – ~2000 Gold

...expand to see more!

...

Partial Collection: (Can only collect partially according to the strength gap.)

Viscount Aldren Lionheart – ~920,000 Gold, 8000 Mana stones, 1200 Mana Crystals, ..., + 3 Trade Storehouses

Duke Viremond – ~720,000 Gold + Claim Stake in Coral Gem Deposits, 1 Trade Port, ..., 12000 Mana stones, 2000 Mana Crystals

Master Alric Brayne (Brayne Duchy) – ~180,000 Gold + Elixir Rights

Lady Vernessa Glace (Coldren Duchy) – ~90,000 Gold. ....

Zeyvyr – Coral Gems ×10, Luminous Shells ×15 crates

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’Damn!’

Lucien almost cursed out loud once he saw the list that appeared in his mind.

Especially when he looked at the list of ’Full Collection’, he was speechless.

’It makes sense for that guy Hugo to be at the front, but... why the heck are Lilith and Sera at the top?’

He couldn’t help but doubt his system. After all, was there a reason for them to be on the list?

And even looking at the list, they seemed to have hoarded a lot of wealth.

’Especially this Lilith, is she targeting me?’

This third princess even managed to get 1 Sealed Mana Vault from their family quietly. They hadn’t even gotten the news yet.

’Wait... what about my wealth?’

Lucien looked upward only to see that his wealth was the same. Although the value of gold and such was on a decreasing trend, the real estate and warehouses were intact.

’Hmm... so, it was already deducted before the calculation. That’s good.’

Lucien thought, feeling a little better. He then looked at the debtors’ list again and suddenly asked,

’System, with such a large amount of debt, won’t they die directly if I collect it?’

His curiosity was understandable. After all, he had collected debt from Devan, Glen, and even from the little guy for as little as 1000 to 1 gold coin.

Although when it came to Dorian, even the 250,000 gold and deeds only managed to get him low debt collection, that was because of the realm difference.

But now, looking at Hugo, Lilith, and even Sera with such a huge amount owing to him, he doubted whether he could kill them with just a thought now.

After all, he did kill that D-rank Earth Dragon literally by throwing money, didn’t he?

Fortunately for him, the system didn’t remain silent like before and quickly responded,

[The current system level cannot interfere with energy exceeding the host’s current energy.]

[Debt extraction cannot affect Origin Power.]

[Those with only Origin Power remaining will be declared insolvent and exempt from future extraction.]

The information was short but important enough to make Lucien raise his eyebrows,

’Origin Power? What is that?’

He couldn’t help but ask.

[Origin Power is the foundational energy of existence. For example, each human in this current world possesses some Origin Energy at birth, granted by the world itself.]

[Some higher races or treasures innately possess such power from birth. Phoenix Fire, Seven Seeds of Sins, etc., are manifestations of high-level power.]

[The system can indeed extract debt from entities possessing such power. However, the extracted form is merely an imitation tailored to your own energy and will fail to hold up in high-energy battles.]

[The host is advised to quickly leave this place and seek to obtain genuine Origin Power.]

Maybe because his wealth increased exponentially again, his system didn’t remain silent this time and explained everything.

’That’s why Devan suddenly went insolvent, and I cannot extract the debt from him anymore.’

Lucien realized, and then suddenly he remembered something odd,

’Wait a minute...then, what about that D-rank Earth Dragon inside the Genesis Rift Dungeon? Why can I kill it by extracting debts?’

He asked, confused.

But this time the system didn’t answer him like before, remaining silent.

However, Lucien already had the answer in his mind,

’Does that mean they don’t have any Origin Energy in their bodies? Maybe... they’re something artificially created by the dungeon, using some form of power. Or maybe, the World of Origin?’