The Dark Legacy

Chapter 17 : Robbing 2.

Since the academy didn't forbid anyone from robbing, Kris and his team was making full use of it.

Most of the students were from noble family, they would never think of robbing someone, they will maintain their reputation, dignity and pride as a member of noble family. To them, robbing and stealing was a barbaric task only done by the commoner's they look down on.

Marie and the others were also hesitant in doing this, but her competitive and ambitious instinct took over her pride. She wanted to win so badly that she agreed to Kris's plan. Kris was also confident that Marie would agree on this matter. Till now he had been observing Marie's every movements and gestures. He understood Marie wasn't someone who would bent down, she will take the enemy down with her. With this kind of mentality, it wasn't hard for Kris to entice her.

" Miss Marie, we are being corrupted by this commoners heinous and lowly methods. We are the nobles of this kingdom, you are a daughter of the duke, a prestigious character within the kingdom, you shouldn't stoop down to his level. Our dignity and reputation as a noble will be harmed at this rate. "

Thomas couldn't keep his head down anymore as he directly faced Marie with determined eyes.

Marie frowned and looked at him. She also felt a little troubled inside. She was born as a pure-blood noble, since young she was taught elegance, virtue, grace, integrity, loyalty toward the kingdom and dignity of nobles. It was very hard for her to perform such unconventional method without batting an eyelid.

Kris on the other hand snorted coldly as he uttered.

" Reputation and dignity? Reputation and dignity is just a tool, if it can not be used to reach the end goal then what's the point of having it?

Say, can reputation and dignity help you win? Can reputation and dignity will make you grow stronger?

You are nothing more than just a yellow mouth child who haven't even understood how the world works. "

" You...." Kris's words made Thomas shiver from anger. He couldn't retort a single word as his face turned livid. He pointed his finger at Kris but wasn't able to say anything.

Marie contemplated inside about what Kris had just said. The more she thought about it, the more she realized, each of his words were truth, it couldn't be denied with the logic of virtue or integrity.

One could maintain his mortality, reputation and dignity, becoming popular, be reknowed throughout the world but with it, couldn't win a decisive battle.

If reputation and dignity can be used to become stronger then why not maintain it.

Sometime morality itself could turn into a person's shackle. Then what? Disregard it of course. If it can not be used, then it doesn't have any value anymore.

The one who seek strength shouldn't be shackled by worldly affairs, he should be unrestrained, stepping forward, take each step decisively and firm without looking back.

Marie's head suddenly became clear, her eyes shined with brilliant light. Right the this moment she decided, she became determined about how she wanted to step forward in the future.

" Thomas, he is right. In order to win, sometime one need to take a step back. "

Thomas suddenly looked at Marie with wide eyes. He could understand that previously she might be swayed by Kris's evil words but now what? She was willingly accepting this.

" Miss Marie you..." Thomas wanted to say something but Marie waved her hand, not giving him the chance to speak.

Kris smiled inwardly but kept an expressionless face on the front.

Walter and Anisa silently kept standing without voicing their opinion.

" Count how many beast cores we have collected in total. " Marie ordered.

Van Heiden's group wasn't the only victim of their robbery. After counting all the beast cores, they had more than one hundred and fifty. Such astonishing amount made them a little greedy.

" Four days have passed but we have collected only one hundred and fifty. Another hundred and fifty needs to be collected only in three days.

Till now we have only robbed groups randomly, news of this, will surely reach others ear. They will be vigilant which will make it very hard for us to succeed.

We need to target a specified group, not too strong, not too weak.

We won't be able to handle strong groups. Weak groups won't have much cores anyway for us to loot...."

While the others were excited, Kris was thinking how to proceed their next step.

There was risk in this matter, if they lost in the battle somehow, they will be the one to get robbed by the opponent instead.

So Kris had to plan and select his opponent carefully from now on.

" There is bound to be some awry, one couldn't be prepared enough. So being careful won't hurt in anyway. "

" What's our next step. " Marie asked looking at Kris

Although she was the leader of the group but she believed Kris had some plans, also she didn't have much experience in scheming against others.