Thank you, my master...

A loud bang rang out; the great hall instantly shattered.

The steel ball crushed the Hunter, breaking the ground of the first floor, then falling into the basement.

BAM!

BAM!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The steel ball pressed down on the top floor, causing the ground to shatter. The entire building shook violently, then began to collapse.

The sound of steel columns breaking echoed throughout the city; in the quiet of the night, it became even more piercing and terrifying.

The building collapsed, dust flew up, and pieces of the building were scattered all around.

The entire city also trembled a little; the roads and surrounding buildings that were already severely degraded also collapsed.

More than ten minutes later, the entire space fell silent again.

Noan stood more than 200 meters away, hiding in a pile of rubble.

Luckily this place wasn't affected much; otherwise, he would also be in danger.

Four skeletons surrounded him to guard against danger.

Vylyss flew above him, looking into the distance. Although she couldn't see, she possessed sensory magic and was able to sense everything around her, but her range of action wasn't very large.

Urlgan also came out from the smoke at this moment and stood beside Noan.

'Looks like... the Hunter is really dead.' Noan thought to himself.

At first, he couldn't find a way to kill the Hunter because the Hunter's power was too overwhelming.

Coupled with the arrival of the darkness, the Hunter further unleashed its abilities, making it nearly invincible.

But when he saw this building, Noan knew that… He had a chance to defeat Hunter.

This building is over 60 stories tall, and just as Noan thought, there is a 'balance pendulum' in this building.

Buildings that are too tall are susceptible to many things, especially wind and earthquakes.

Therefore, engineers have come up with a solution called 'balance pendulum'.

They put a steel pendulum weighing hundreds of tonnes at the top of the very tall buildings.

If the building shakes, the pendulum will swing in the opposite direction, which keeps the building balanced during a windstorm or earthquake.

The building that just collapsed also had a giant steel pendulum anchored to the top of the building.

Noan estimated that its weight could exceed 300-400 tonnes.

The next step was to trick the Hunter into entering the building, right where the steel ball could fall.

And most importantly… make sure the Hunter is in the exact spot where the steel ball will hit.

Naturally, Vylyss and Urlgan successfully completed this difficult task.

As for why the Hunter followed Vylyss and not Noan or Urlgan… Noan already knew the reason.

Because when Vylyss was attacked by it, she used charm magic on the Hunter.

That's why, even though they all ran away, he was still enchanted by her, causing his lust to flare up.

Of course, its desire was to 'eat'. It really wanted to eat Vylyss, which was also the reason it followed her.

Noan took advantage of that and used Vylyss to trick the Hunter into entering this building, which then led to this outcome.

It's just that... Although Noan felt happy, he also knew that this time it was just his luck.

If he hadn't come across this building, if the Hunter hadn't followed Vylyss and had decided to attack him and everyone else without waiting until dark…

Too many 'ifs'.

If just one of the situations he just thought of happened, he would definitely fail, and he would have to face death.

But lady luck smiled on him.

The Hunter was killed. Noan wanted to go inside the hole that was more than 20 meters deep and under the rubble to find Hunter's 'energy stone'.

However, he is not that stupid.

He naturally did not want to risk taking an energy stone. Even if it was a D-rank energy stone, which could be sold for over 200,000,000 credits or more, his life was still more important.

This was not a safe zone; this was the 'Singularity', If he is careless, he will definitely die.

That's why Noan hurriedly brought everyone back to the bunker, the only place that could make him feel safe.

Vylyss suddenly frowned; she looked towards the ruins of the building at this moment as she seemed to sense something.

However, she didn't seem to care about it anymore and hurriedly followed behind Noan.

After a while, he finally returned to the bunker. He threw an F-rank energy stone each to Urlgan and Vylyss, then threw another 10 F-rank energy stones into the pool.

The summoning lake also has another function: it can draw energy from the energy stone and then distribute it to all the soldiers it has summoned.

Urlgan was an exception; although he was a soldier, his rank was too high, and besides, his ability to absorb energy was too much.

Therefore, it was normal for Noan to 'feed' him more.

When he was done, Noan lay down on the soft bed, breathing a sigh of relief.

In just two days, he had faced monsters that most new landlords probably couldn't face.

No, it's only been two days; the new landlords are probably still gathering resources, building territories, and getting used to fighting.

As for him, on the first day, he had to face a group of rank (E+) Lickers. Today, he had to face an extremely terrifying enemy, a Hunter, which was rank (D - Peak).

It could be said that in the past two days, his life had been threatened many times, and he had also experienced having his life energy sucked out by Vylyss, so he felt very tired.

He was both mentally and physically exhausted.

Noan lay on the bed, not in a hurry to go to sleep; instead, he checked his inventory to see his harvest today.

'There are more than 50 F-rank energy stones and 6 (E+) rank stones left.' Noan thought to himself, 'Looks like… I can only continue to collect more energy stones.'

He sighed inwardly; after all, there was no resource reserve center in the 'Singularity' for him to collect, so he needed to buy resources.

Energy stones are used to sustain life and level up soldiers and heroes.

But they are also used to level himself up.

Energy stones are used to purchase resources and equipment, as well as for trading.

Anything related to energy stones, it could be said that he was in dire need of that almighty currency.

Noan had no other choice; even though he knew the outside was full of danger, he had to go hunting; only then could he survive and develop.

He sighed. Before going to sleep, he searched the trading section to see if there were any items he could buy.

Anyway, he has quite a few energy stones now; maybe he can buy something useful.

[Ding! You have a message from Landlord Lylia. Do you want to receive the message?]

Noan immediately accepted.

Lylia: [Oy! Still alive?]

Noan felt amused; he started to reply: [No, I'm dead, bitten by a zombie.]

Lylia: [Huh! I'll bite you to death, you stingy bastard!]

Noan: [What's wrong?]

Lylia: [If there's nothing wrong, can't I text you?]

Noan: [No, Miss Lylia can text me anytime; I will definitely reply to you.]

Lylia: [Huh! Very good... hehehehe... Are you okay?]

Noan: [It's fine; it's just that the monsters here are too strong; I almost died.]

Lylia: [Heh?! Too many zombies? There are quite a few zombies in my place too.

This afternoon, the other lords and I encountered a herd of more than 200 zombies; luckily, we're fine.]

Hearing this, Noan frowned and thought to himself, 'A herd of more than 200 zombies, so it seems that inside that herd of zombies there will be many Lickers or even Hunters.'

'It seems… The other lords are also developing very well; even if they don't have SSS rank talent like me, they can easily defeat them.'

Noan sighed; he felt that even though he possessed SSS rank talent, if he didn't try hard, he was afraid that those lords would surpass him.

Besides, the place they live is a safe zone; even if there are zombies, they can cooperate and help each other.

There are also 'resource storage centers' where they can be picked up for free.

It can be said that they are in a wonderful environment to develop.

Noan thought for a moment, then asked: [Are you okay?]

Lylia: [It's fine, I'm an A-rank Landlord after all. You should worry about yourself better. Do you need my help with something?]

Noan: [Not really, but… I need more soldier summoning cards.]

Noan thought for a moment, then added a sentence: [I can buy it.]

Lylia: [I don't have a soldier card right now either, but I can ask the other lords. Don't worry, I'll answer you soon.]

Noan: [Thank you.]

Lylia: [Instead of thanking me, you should choose a restaurant first, hehehe…]

Noan: [Already chosen; it's a very good fried chicken restaurant.]

Lylia: [You should die! I hope you get bitten by a zombie and become a zombie.]

Noan shook his head, smiling happily.

A moment later, Lylia suddenly sent him another message.

Lylia: [Be careful; you have to come back.]

Noan looked at Lylia's message and felt a little warm inside. Looking at the message, he felt that Lylia was a hundred times better than his parents and that bastard little brother.

"Master…" Vylyss opened the door and walked in, her face filled with joy and excitement: "Do you want…"

Noan: "..."

He sighed and said: "Just sleep; don't do anything else. I'm very tired."

"Alright, just sleep… master…" Vylyss gently hugged him; Noan rested his head on those two large and soft mountains, then… fell asleep.

Vylyss stroked his hair and patted his back like a gentle mother.

"Master… you worked hard today…" Vylyss remembered the time she was attacked by Hunter, and Noan saved her.

At that moment, her heart seemed to no longer be hers.

As a hero, even a low-ranked one, Vylyss knew well what her fate was.

When Noan is in danger, he can either abandon her to run away or turn her into a shield to protect him.

But Noan chose differently; he chose to save Vylyss. That foolish choice made her happy and joyful.

Vylyss bowed her head, gently kissed Noan's forehead, and said with a smile: "Thank you, my master..."