Records of the Weakest Emperor

"Presto..."

"Where can we find this Presto?"

Heisenberg mumbled.

"Isn't it obvious? That Presto guy is probably at the village where she lived."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Heisenberg agreed with what Ricardo had said.

"If we brought Presto over to you will you remove the curse that's haunting this village?" Calvin stared right at Freya's eyes.

"Curse...?" Freya looked confused, "Curse? I've never cursed anyone! In fact, I would never curse anyone!"

"All right, let me rephrase it—will you still forgive these villagers and move on after we bring you over Presto?" Calvin asked seriously.

"Forgive these villagers?" Freya's face distorted in anger, "You're asking me, to forgive these monsters? No! That's a deal-breaker, I would never forgive these monsters." Fortunately, she managed to control her anger once she was done with her spiel.

"Okay, I won't ask you to forgive them, but you must let them go. You've done enough, right?" Calvin replied.

He started thinking—if he brought Presto over here and nothing would change—then it would be a worthless endeavor.

First of all, Calvin wasn't even sure if this Presto guy was still alive.

What if he had died years ago?

Was he supposed to dig his grave and bring over his remains to Freya?

Freya didn't say anything, but it was obvious from her expression that she was willing to compromise.

Calvin had to make a decision eventually, so in the end, he gave a long sigh and said, "I'll bring your lover over to you."

"Great!" Freya's expression displayed her delight, "I'll be waiting for you."

It was at this moment that Ricardo interrupted, "Wait, wait, wait... You're going out by yourself to that Kingse Village?"

"Yeah." Calvin simply answered.

"Okay, well do you even know where it is?" Ricardo asked.

Calvin smiled, "If a village like the Village of Tulog hadn't disappeared yet despite being overrun by monsters, do you really think that Kingse Village is already gone? It should still be here, and we stayed there before we went over here."

"Wait, are you saying that..." Ricardo's frown turned into a look of understanding.

"Yup, it's that village." Calvin nodded.

"I see..."

"But why are you going to go out of this village by yourself? Can't you bring us with you?" Heisenberg asked.

"Nope..." Calvin shook his head.

"Why?"

"It's because it'd be faster if I was alone."

"Are you saying that we're dead weight?" Heisenberg knitted his eyebrows.

"No, no, no..." Calvin's lips repeatedly twitched, "My style just doesn't seem to fit being with you guys. Don't take it personally, all right?"

Seeing Calvin acting so frantic, Heisenberg could only let it go, "Okay, so what are the two of us going to do while you're gone?"

"I'm sure that despite being at your age you should still be able to jump high enough to reach a rooftop, right?"

"All right, so that's what you want us to do? I get it, say no more." Heisenberg smirked.

"Well, if you say so." Calvin shrugged.

Heisenberg lightly chuckled and he turned around to inform Ricardo of the arrangement.

"Wait." Calvin stopped him in his tracks.

"What is it?" Heisenberg asked.

"Keep an eye out for this deformed man," Calvin said these words in Elder Tongue.

Heisenberg's figure stiffened and he didn't dare to glance at the deformed man after seeing that Calvin's grim expression.

Was there something off about this deformed man?

Damn, I can't even relax?

Heisenberg couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"All right," Heisenberg replied in Common Speech.

Calvin smiled at Heisenberg before he turned to look at Freya, "You can rest assured, young lady. I'll bring your lover over to you, so both of you can finally be reunited."

"Take the map with you." The deformed man said after seeing that Calvin was about to leave.

"I've already memorized it," Calvin smirked before he dashed towards the direction of the village's southern gates.

The deformed man could only shake his head, "What a naive young man. I hope he manages to return."

"What?" Heisenberg heard what the man had mumbled to himself, "Are you saying that Calvin's going to die out there?"

The deformed man stared at Heisenberg for quite a long time before a crazed smile surfaced on his lips, "Who knows? The outside world is a dangerous place, full of unexpected dangers. I sure hope that he comes back. He's such a talented young man. It would be a waste if he dies."

Heisenberg and Ricardo stared at each other.

They were quickly growing unnerved by the deformed man's unusual and unstable personality.

"He's s— " Heisenberg was about to inform Ricardo about what Calvin had told him earlier, but he decided to hold back. He knew how unpredictable Ricardo could be. However, he wasn't actually that bad. His reactions were fast when it comes to emergencies, but he seems to be the type of person that panics in the middle of a fight.

But remembering Ricardo's performance in the fight against the Sabbath earlier—his performance was excellent.

Heisenberg just couldn't trust someone as unpredictable as Ricardo with such an earth-shattering secret that still wasn't even confirmed. Who knows if he panicked and a Freudian slip might come out of his tongue?

"What is it?" Ricardo asked.

"Nothing... Calvin told us that we should probably go to the rooftops. Can you bring that man over with us to the rooftop? I don't think he'll be able to jump as high as us." Heisenberg replied with an awkward smile.

Ricardo raised an eyebrow at Heisenberg's strange reply. But he nevertheless complied with Heisenberg's demands.

After all, despite the fact that Ricardo didn't feel that much respect for the old man considering what he had done back at the passenger wagon—he was still older than him.

Furthermore, the culture of Joselians demanded that they must respect their elderlies at all times.

In fact, Ricardo was actually feeling guilty about how he was teasing Heisenberg, especially after seeing Heisenberg's performance in that battle against the Sabbath earlier.

Heisenberg sure was strong, and Ricardo knew to respect the strong.

He walked over to the deformed man and informed him of what was about to happen. Surprisingly, the deformed man readily agreed to the arrangement. He uttered not any complaint as he silently walked over to both Heisenberg and Ricardo.

"Do you have any injuries that may cause you any pain? I'll be wrapping something around your body so I can carry you up to the roof with us. I'll do my best to be as gentle as possible, but that is not always possible." Ricardo asked.

The deformed man shook his head, "What pain can be worse than what I am feeling right now? Next time, don't bother asking. Just do it."

Heisenberg and Ricardo stared at each other as Heisenberg gestured for Ricardo to proceed.

Without saying any words more, Ricardo summoned his bow and pointed an arrow at the deformed man.

"Water Anchor Arrow." A whisper came out of his mouth and what followed next was the appearance of a water shaped beam that deftly wrapped around the deformed man.

Heisenberg was shocked.

To think that he's able to change the trajectory of an arrow in mid-air?

What is this guy? Did he lie to me when he said that he's not that good with bows?

"I'll be lifting you up now, sir." After seeing that the arrow had dug a deep foundation into the ground. Ricardo carried the deformed man onto a nearby rooftop wherein they could see everything around the village center without much effort.

Heisenberg followed suit with a simple jump and he landed on the roof without causing any tremors—evidence that his mastery of his own strength had reached an unfathomable height.

As the three sat on the rooftop, they were settled and quiet. Not a lot of words were exchanged between the three as both Ricardo and Heisenberg closed their eyes to meditate.

However, Heisenberg's eyes weren't really closed. In fact, he was only pretending to be meditating—his eyes were focused on the deformed man, ready to react whenever he acted strangely or did something outrageous.

Unfortunately for Heisenberg the deformed man remained seated obediently on the rooftop. He was staring a thousand miles ahead for his pupils were blank, seemingly in deep thoughts.

Noticing that the deformed man would probably never dare to do anything right in front of their eyes, Heisenberg finally calmed down as he took a deep breath and meditated.

Meanwhile, on Calvin's side, he had already reached the southern gate of the Village of Tulog.

"Was I too cautious?" Calvin furrowed his eyebrows as he stood there with four pieces of paper attached to his four limbs. These papers were engraved with runes through the art of Runecrafting and they were set to activate with his voice. If Calvin met significant danger, then he was to use one of the papers on his legs to run away.

But if the danger was something that he could handle and would not delay his arrival to Kingse village, then he would annihilate that danger and break straight through it in order to reach Kingse village faster than if he took another route by avoiding danger.

Calvin swept his gaze across the southern entrance and he discovered not a soul roaming about.

"All right, I'll just go ahead. But as a precaution, I'll add another one." Calvin decided and he slapped another piece of paper on his body. This time it was on his forehead.

The paper hung loosely at his glabella but just as the brain always ignored the nose. His brain also automatically ignored the piece of paper, so Calvin's vision wasn't affected at all.

If he was going to be nitpicky, then it would be that the paper made his nose itchy. But that was it.

The darkness of the night didn't serve as an obstacle to Calvin who had his Predator Senses activated. Realizing that he was just wasting time being so cautious when there were no enemies in sight. He decided to speed up and he eventually reached the walls where the tunnel that they had used to go into the Village of Tulog had disappeared.

Calvin immediately slapped a paper on the walls—for he knew that the disappearance of the tunnel was nothing but an illusion.

"Break!" He grunted and a bright light emerged from the piece of paper, shattering the illusion that had covered the tunnel in an instant.

"Up we go..." Calvin ran up to the wall and made a mad dash towards the other side.

The Village of Tulog was strangely quiet at this moment, but the tunnels were full of monsters that awakened the moment Calvin walked into the entrance.

Their crimson eyes eerily floated in the darkness, but Calvin was never spooked. It was because he had two companions that were far scarier than these monsters.

"Stephanie, just scare them with your presence. Let the Mortician handle these small fries."

Calvin swept his gaze across the monsters and he discovered that they were nothing but Low-Ranked monsters that were unworthy of his attention.

To be honest, he was more worried if these monsters proved beneficial for the Mortician especially in regards to the latter's ascension.

In the terrifying abyss-like darkness of the tunnels, one could hear the cries and screams of the damned. Yet, these screams seemed to be superseded by fear as the monsters lurking in the shadows all succumbed one by one under the scalpel of the Mortician. Unfortunately, just as Calvin had expected, these monsters didn't bring that many points for the Mortician's ascension.

When Calvin came out of the tunnels, the Mortician had dispatched roughly a few dozen of those lesser monsters.

But he only got about 2 ascension points.

The valley between Kingse Village and the entrance to the Village of Tulog was still as creepy as ever. But Calvin knew that there was no more substantial danger in the valley after he had defeated the Sigbin and the hag. In short, there was nothing else that could stop his approach to Kingse village as he knocked on the doors of Old Zhong.

"Who is that?!"

Old Zhong asked in a fierce voice. He was unnerved for who would knock on someone else's door this late at night?

"Old Zhong, it's not even a day since we separated. How could you be so cold to me now?" Calvin teased.

"Calvin?" Old Zhong's figure stiffened.

He slowly opened the doors and his pupils constricted when he discovered Calvin standing there unscathed, with no injuries whatsoever.

"Is that you?" Old Zhong asked once more.

"Yeah, it's me." Calvin smiled, "What? Did you expect to me give you a hug or what? Hell no."

"Oh, so it's really you..."

Old Zhong slowly made his way to Calvin, and just as he was about three meters away from Calvin... he leaped forwards and unveiled his twin daggers. The daggers shone coldly under the moonlight as it flew directly towards Calvin's neck in break necking speeds!