Ruler 5 Elemental 2: To The Throne Of God
Facing the village chief

“You get this venison from where?” Zeno asked Azure something while sitting cross-legged by stuffing a piece of meat into his mouth.

“Middle of the night, I hunted him, and cooked this meat right at sunrise before you woke up. In addition, this deer is a pure animal and not an elemental beast. It is very rare to find animals like this in the forest.” Azure explained.

Zeno understood, it was fitting that this meat looked as delicious as meat in general. Because this meat is pure deer meat that has absolutely no elemental. Unlike the meat that was previously an animal that had elements, the taste of the meat was a little bit bitter.

It seemed, the artificial house he had made last night was really very comfortable, even Zeno was eager to refuse to go out. The proof, without a pedestal though, he can also sleep comfortably even though Zera has offered to give a pedestal so that Zeno does not get cold. However, Zeno simply refused and returned the bed.

Instantly, the breakfast that should have seemed calm without interruption now became broken when someone knocked on the door of his artificial house a little hard. There was no word on who knocked on the door.

Zeno gestured for Azure to find out who was knocking on the door this morning. The problem is really disturbing, the next morning. Before Azure did as his master ordered, Zeno let out a remark from his mouth, “If there is a suspicious movement of the opponent only.”

Hearing those words, Azure smiled as she shook her head, “You are too overrated. This is a village whose strength is not much, so where there may be someone who acts suspicious.”

“If that is how?” Zeno sighed, “Well it's up to you, if there's someone suspicious, you're eating together no problem.” He said without thinking about it any further, because what was more important now was to fill his stomach. After all, he was digesting what Azure said was that it was impossible in this village of nothing that there was someone who intended to harm him. Maybe the one who knocked it was the villagers.

Azure opened the door, noticing the plain-looking female figure being raised her hand that had just knocked on the door. The woman looked so cheerful, not as usual.

“Zera, what's up?” Azure asked Zera who this morning came to Zeno's home. Even Azure itself is also very uncomfortable with Zera himself because of the actions of bullies.

“I'm sorry Mr Azure, but where is Mr Zeen? The village chief invited him to a meal together and wanted to discuss something.”

Azure who was listening to that sighed as she slowly closed the door of Zeno's home. Then, before the door was fully shut, Azure peeked that Zera was sour-faced when she was needed like that, yet Azure did not care at all, she simply said, “She is still breakfast pure venison, I'll tell him to come to your house. But not for breakfast, but the discussion you mean.”

The door was completely closed, Azure stepped away with no expression at all. He said like that, saying that Zeno ate pure venison to give a signal that the Zeno eating at the village head's house would be far less abject. Because, he knew that the village chief cooked the elemental beast meat that Zeno killed yesterday afternoon. And of course pure meat is much more delicious than elemental beast meat.

Truly, such an action if Zeno knew, then Azure would be lectured in an all-out manner. Fortunately he was eating so he did not know at all what Azure was saying.

“What's up?” Zeno asked after Azure returned from the front room, his face looking very curious as to who knocked on the door and what the need was.

“There really needs to be what the village head calls us this early?”

“Entah, I also do not know mr.” Answer Azure briefly.

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Zeno and Azure, both of them lazily walked towards the village chief's house at the very end of the village. Really very strange, that's what Zeno slightly disliked about the village chief, who actually played it safe by making a house at the furthest point of the forest. So the chances of his house going to be damaged is a little.

Zeno was curious, what did Onard call on the sidelines like this? Though Zeno had previously intended to hunt the elemental beast to increase its elemental rank. However, the village chief interfered with his intentions of activity which made Zeno not at all eager to face Onard.

Right in front of the village chief's house, Zeno really didn't expect it to be this crowded. Even he had been greeted kindly by some of the village soldiers with a happy smile. Moreover, there was Onard standing on the terrace with Zera and an old man behind him.

“Honor to mr Zeen!” Onard exclaimed to all who were near him.

A sudden formal thing, made Zeno become uncomfortable with something like this. What the hell's going on? It seems that Onard has told everyone that he has the ability of a ruler. Onard seems to have decided to hand over his leadership to Zeno in order for the prophecy to actually take place.

Zeno and Azure are welcome to enter the house with very polite treatment, even more polite than yesterday which makes Zeno again uncomfortable with the treatment.

“Master, no need to hide anymore. You have the ability to master the elements. And as in the prophecy, there will be someone who can master the element of leading this village and will bring it much better. So sir, I hope you understand that.” Onard raised his voice and immediately explained the topic without going through pleasantries first.

“What if it turns out that I actually brought this village to the brink of destruction. Who knows what the prophecy meant was not me.” Zeno peppered this discussion with a disclaimer. Because, he had since this afternoon changed his mind that it was okay to take over this village for the better, after all it would also be very beneficial for Zeno to make a big empire.

And as for bringing the village to the brink of collapse, Zeno is just nonsense. Because he had experienced being an emperor for ten years, whose territory was millions of times wider than this village. And of course, taking care of this village was a very small thing for him. Even Turse alone could certainly also, personally only pay attention to the performance of Zeno who had been his life partner throughout becoming emperor.

“Master, you don't have to joke like that, you're not that kind of person even though we just met you yesterday afternoon. So, please, just try to bring this village to prosperity so that we can feel the pleasure to live.” Elder Hans also pleaded for Zeno to become the leader and bring the village to a better place.

“I'll also hand over Zera to you sir. If you want, you can marry my most beautiful daughter even though she has no elemental at all. But I assure you, Zera can help you to take care of this village. In addition, Zera also agrees and instead wants after you disable Ivon.” Onard said so arbitrarily.