My King System

"We've arrived," said the caravan driver.

Moments later, both Jing and Scar stepped off the vehicle. Scar stepped forward and began to walk towards the entrance gates of the kingdom known as Lyanna. Jing followed behind him however unlike the previous times, Jing had a plan.

"I'll act as his subordinate for now, if he fails to take down the monarch of this kingdom, I'll pretend like I was forced to work under him. On the other hand, if he does manage to defeat the monarch, I'll stay with him for a bit longer then leave to establish my own kingdom. I won't be someone underling any longer," Jing thought to himself.

Right as Scar stepped in front of the horses that were moving the caravan, he was interrupted by the driver.

"Excuse me for the interruption but you haven't paid for your ride all day," the driver said.

"Oh, I thought I already informed you. You can collect your payment from the kingdom's castle we just came from. Just tell them 'Scar' sent you and you should receive your payment," Scar replied.

"But aren't you scared I'll lie and take more money than I'm supposed to?" the driver asked.

"Believe me, you wouldn't want to do that," said Scar as he made a sinister smile towards the driver.

Seeing that Scar wasn't so forgiving, he understood the memo and left to go back to his kingdom.

Scar now put his attention towards Jing.

"How does it feel to be home?" Scar asked.

Jing ignored the question which had just been thrown at him. He knew that Scar was just saying that to get on his nerves. They both knew that Jing despised the kingdom of Lyanna. The only reason he returned was because there was no safer place for him other than beside Scar.

"Let's just get this over with. So, what's the plan?" Jing asked.

"You're awfully rude for someone who is under my protection. Anyway, we just have to find a place to stay for now. I already contacted the people who will dispose of the monarch. He lives at the kingdom's castle right?" Scar asked.

"Yes he does. The king doesn't do much nowadays. He just lives a comfortable life and forces people to give him what he wants. Back to the topic of dealing with him. So you're saying that all we have to do is stand and watch as your 'people' do all the work? That sounds too good to be true," Jing replied.

"Whether you believe me or don't, I don't really care. I'm just here to accomplish my mission which is exactly what I will do," said Scar.

As tensions rose, the both knew they had to stop arguing. Starting a fight right now wouldn't be in the best interest of either of them. While they were intelligent on their own, they still had a lot of pride and arrogance within them which sometimes got in their way of achieving their goals. There were only a few people in the world who had no pride left. Without having that liability, their sense of molarity would be altered and they would eventually commit actions which would be considered pure evil. Such was a path that Yuki undertook.

Both Jing and Scar began to walk through the kingdom of Lyanna. It was sunset already and they needed a place to stay for the night.

"You don't happen to know an inn here by any chance?" Scar asked.

"We can just go to my house for the night. Of course if you're okay with that," Jing proposed.

"Sure I guess," Scar responded.

As they continued to walk towards Jing's house, they were both silent. It was weird since they had been sort of friends for the past few days. Ever since their encounter with Theophill and what he said to them, they haven't been able to go back to how they were before. Getting bored of the silence, Scar tried to make small talk.

"Don't you think this world is weird?" Scar asked.

"How so?" Jing replied.

"I mean look at it? It's basically a video game with real monsters and magic. However unlike a video game, if you die here, you're really dead. We're given amazing powers to defend ourselves but we have to face even more fearsome foes. Not only that but there's so much we don't know about this world. Such as how many dungeons there are and how they work, the full capabilities of an ability and the overall system. How is there a house for each person which is assigned to them? What will happen when there are new children born? I want to learn everything this world has to offer," said Scar.

"I think you're getting a bit ahead of yourself. It hasn't been that long since we arrived in this world. We still have plenty of time to explore whatever we want," said Jing.

They had lost track of time while they were talking. It was now pitch black. The only source of light were the kingdom lamps and the moon.

As they finally arrived at Jing's house, Jing used his keys to open the door and they entered the place before Jing turned around to close the door behind them.

His house was pretty average. There was nothing special about it. There was a couch and a dining table and a bed upstairs. Jing wasn't the materialistic type and only bought what he needed. Most days he would eat out which meant that there wasn't much food in his house.

"I apologize for the bland look of my place," said Jing.

"No, it's fine. We aren't here to play around anyway. All that I needed was a place to stay, which you provided so I'm not complaining," replied Scar.

Jing sighed in relief.

You can go upstairs and sleep on the bed, I'll stay down here and sleep on the couch since you're my guest.

Scar nodded and headed upstairs. Right as his body touched the bed, he passed out. The mental exhaustion from the past few days had taken its toll on Scar's body and it needed time to recover.

The next morning Scar was awoken to the sound of ringing. Scar pulled out his flip phone and put it to his ear to listen to a message.

"Message: we're here."