A Demon's Journey

"I have managed to somehow enter the Great Qin Empire. I skipped the first few towns. Currently, I have stopped in the third or fourth town from the borders. I gave my subordinates a month-long break to relax."

"And today, I received twenty invitations from the higher-ups in this town. What do I do about them?" Noah asked.

"Hmm. The sudden increase in so many warriors must have caught their attention. They investigated the location where these warriors were staying and found you," Sargan spoke while analyzing the information he had received.

"We don't know much about this empire, so antagonizing them wouldn't be a good idea. They might hold a lot of influence in that area," Laura gave her input seriously.

"But it would be bad if they think of Noah as a pushover," Ralph spoke.

Laura was about to counter Ralph's words, but Yrellea spoke up first, "I think Noah should focus on gathering information. He must accept the invitations of these influential people."

William spoke up suddenly, "By that logic, Noah should reject the invitations of these influential people. What if some of them have a trap set up for him?"

Laura and Yrellea were left speechless. This was indeed a good point.

Tiana spoke up, "…How about meeting them all at the same time?"

It was Sargan who quickly supported her suggestion, "That is a plausible solution. Instead of letting some strangers choose the meeting location, we can meet them in a single place of our choice. Inviting them all to a banquet would be a good idea. It would exhibit your financial strength."

"Moreover, your men are on a break. They would love and enjoy a great banquet. It would also be a great opportunity for your men to interact with the people coming with these influential individuals. You will gather information about them rapidly."

Sargan finished his statement, having settled all doubts regarding this issue.

"Alright. That's a good idea. I will do that," Noah immediately spoke.

He then asked seriously, "That was all from my side. Anyone need help with something?"

"Nope. Nothing here," William spoke lazily.

"It's pretty easy for me. Just very tiring," Laura spoke out with a low voice.

"Won't need anyone's help as long as I have Zena here," Ralph spoke confidently.

"Need to remain in hiding, but other than that, nothing much," Yrellea spoke.

"Won't need any help for the time being," Tiana spoke out.

And lastly, Sargan spoke, "Nah. Can handle the demons around me pretty easily once I use my Evil Eyes. I might need some help if I encounter a Demon King or Demon Emperor."

"Okay. See ya all then," Noah spoke before cutting off the connection with everyone.

Noah left his room and decided to set up a banquet. He then called out a subordinate who remained by Noah's side.

Noah handed him all the twenty invitations and ordered him, "Go to each location written on those envelopes and inform them that I am organizing a huge banquet and we should meet at that time."

The subordinate left the room quickly to follow his order.

Meanwhile, Noah went to the manager of the Inn and asked him to set up a huge banquet. He gave some advance payment to the manager and left the arrangements for the banquet to him.

The manager was quite delighted to receive such an order. He immediately called out for his men to come and start the work.

The proposed date of the banquet was on the weekend. And the weekend was just 4 days away from the current day.

Four days passed by in the blink of an eye.

The Inn manager arranged for everything within these four days. He set up a wide, large canvas in an open field near his Inn. He called out for multiple musicians, singers, and some dancers. Some women from the brothels were here as well.

The food was being prepared, and the best chefs were hired for this banquet today. All in all, this banquet arrangement was nearly perfect.

Noah was the Host of this banquet, and he personally met everyone at the entrance. He led them to their respective seats with a smile on his face.

Nearly everyone present in this banquet except for Noah's subordinates was shocked to see that the leader of this group was so young.

Their suspicions regarding Noah's identity grew significantly. At this point, they wouldn't believe it even if Noah refused to admit that he belonged to a large family.

This was all because he held too much money and superior grade warriors at such a young age.

All these influential people were nearly sure that Noah's identity was extremely special. They all decided to stay on good terms with him. They didn't want to become his enemies if they couldn't be friends.

Meanwhile, Noah gathered information from them and stored them in his mind.

By talking to them, Noah found out that the Great Qin Empire was extremely large and it was the leading force of the human race.

An ancestor of the Great Qin Empire had broken through to the 9 Star Rank. He was still alive and frequently guided the Empire. Naturally, these were mere legends, but many seemed to believe that it was true.

Most of these influential individuals belonged to the latter category as they believed that the Great Qin Empire did hold a 9 Star Rank Warrior.

There were four great forces in this Empire. The first was the Royal Family of the Great Qin Empire, the strongest force in the Empire. There were two 8 Star Warriors belonging to this force. One was the Emperor, while the other was a Protector.

The second was known as the Nine Yin Sect. This sect held a great expert of the 8 Star Rank known as the Nine Yin Saintess.

The third great force was the Array Association. It held an 8-Star Rank Expert as well.

And lastly, it was the Alchemy Union. The President of the Alchemy Union was an 8 Star Rank Expert. The power of the President of the Alchemy Union couldn't be considered very strong since he reached his current level by eating lots of pellets. His body held many pill poisons.

However, no one dared to offend the leader of the Alchemy Union. He was the only person who could create an 8 Tier Pellet in the entire world! All those who wanted their factions to grow couldn't offend him!

Even the Royal Family had to give sufficient respect to the Alchemy Union's President. In terms of martial strength, the Royal Family might be the greatest, but in terms of pure influence, the Alchemy Union's President was miles ahead of everyone else.

Other than these four primary factions of the Great Qin Empire, there were nearly 80 Noble Families that managed the Empire's territory.

The four primary factions could be considered supreme authorities in the Great Qin Empire. They were assigned a rough area, but that area was properly managed by the Noble Family.

Other than the Royal Family, all the other factions had to inform the Noble Families presiding in that area before doing something that could drastically affect the region.

It meant that the Alchemy Union couldn't just suddenly concoct a poison anywhere in the Great Qin Empire without contacting the Noble Family's head of that area.

The same was the case with the Nine Yin Sect and the Array Association as well.