2: Chapter 2 System Activation... Failed?

The girl was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with long black hair draped behind her head, carrying a sense of free-spiritedness and a unique charm.

Her delicate face had skin as tender as a baby's, and her appearance was nearly perfect.

But what was even more striking was her icy, cold temperament. Her deep blue pupils carried a hint of indifference that kept people at a distance, and her entire being exuded a "stay away" vibe.

Fiana saw Loren sitting on the floor with red-rimmed eyes, furrowed her brows, and her expression turned even colder.

Anger surged in her heart.

"Loren, isn't it just that the Fairy Bank is unwilling to give you a loan? Isn't it just that a few nobles refused to continue supporting your frontier expansion?"

"I haven't even given up!! Yet you can't even accept such a setback, becoming so cowardly that you sit on the floor and cry alone!"

"If I hadn't been assigned by the Grand Duke of Bauhinia, even if I died in battle at the hands of a Lizardman, I would never have become the guardian of such a coward as you!"

Loren turned his head to look at the girl, who could truly be called a beauty, and amidst her stunned gaze, he said coldly.

"What the hell do you know!"

Fiana looked somewhat stunned. As a Platinum Rank powerhouse, Loren usually wouldn't even dare to breathe loudly in her presence, but now he was speaking to her like this...

"You?!"

A terrifying aura suddenly rose from the girl, like a giant dragon opening its eyes at that moment, and the space in the room seemed to solidify.

Loren felt a tightness in his chest, as if a boulder weighing a thousand pounds had been pressed onto it.

His already pale face turned even whiter, looking as if he might die at any moment.

However, there was not the slightest hint of retreat in those pitch-black eyes. He just sat on the floor, staring coldly at Fiana like an unsheathed steel blade.

"Fiana, you should know your status. Now, withdraw your aura!"

Having a guardian to protect one's personal safety was a privilege only possessed by direct descendants of great families.

The Bauhinia Family was one of the top-ranking great families in the Silver Moon Kingdom, and Loren was originally a direct descendant.

Furthermore, because he voluntarily gave up his right of inheritance and went to the northern territory to become a Frontier Lord, he had gained the special regard of the Grand Duke of Bauhinia, who had specifically assigned an exceptionally powerful guardian to protect his personal safety.

Fiana was Loren's guardian, and she was a top-tier existence with extremely formidable strength, having already reached the Platinum Rank.

Otherwise, during the Day of Blood a few days ago, when the Bloody Corruptor broke through the territory, he would not have been able to escape from the jaws of those monsters.

But no matter how strong she was, she had no right to look at him with cold disdain.

The former Loren was already dead. He was not that descendant of the Bauhinia Family, but the eldest son of the Luo family, a descendant of Huaxia.

The other party could treat the former Loren with cold eyes, but he would not be like his predecessor, who was lectured and dared not speak up.

Although he was raised alone by his mother and came from a poor background, before he transmigrated, he had relied on that reckless, "don't-care-about-my-life" drive to fight his way to assets worth over a hundred million.

The business world is like a battlefield. In a business world filled with second-generation rich kids and second-generation officials, not only could he start from scratch to build assets worth over a hundred million, but he could also survive steadily—how could he be someone easy to deal with?

Looking at those sharp, blade-like eyes, Fiana felt that Loren seemed like a different person at that moment; the aura on his body even made her feel a bit of pressure.

Her emotions fluctuated, and only after a moment did she suppress the anger in her heart, her face remaining as cold as ice.

"Loren, I am your guardian, but not your slave. I am only responsible for protecting your safety."

After saying this, she took out a heavy cloth bag, and—bang—the bag slammed onto the table beside him, making a dull thud.

Fiana looked at him coldly.

"This is 500,000 currency; it is my savings from these years. This time, I can consider myself having done right by you."

"Since you don't want me to say much to you, then from today on, I will only be responsible for your safety; I will not care about anything else!"

After saying this, she turned and left immediately.

Hearing these words, Loren was stunned, and his sharp gaze softened.

The monetary system of the Noel World was not too different from Earth's.

The Fairy Bank, which was spread across the world, controlled the issuance of currency. 1 currency could buy a black bread on the street, and two or three currency could make a person full.

Its purchasing power was not much different from RMB; 1 RMB could also buy a small steamed bun...

500,000 currency... This was equivalent to 500,000 RMB. Who knows how many people didn't even have that much money in their lifetime of savings.

Although Fiana's strength had reached the Platinum Rank, the treatment she enjoyed from the Bauhinia Family was only 30,000 currency per month. Her various expenses were not small, and given she was only in her twenties, it was clear that 500,000 currency was definitely most of her savings.

She could have just stood by and watched. A common noble descendant whimsically trying to reclaim the Endless Wasteland—no one would have had any objections if he died here.

But at his most down-and-out moment, the girl not only didn't abandon him, she even took out all her savings for him...

Sharp tongue, soft heart...

Loren's mood was very subtle.

In his past life, his net worth was over a hundred million, and the liquid funds he could use in his bank card exceeded twenty million. When he was in college, he sent money home to support his younger sister. The experience of being given money by a girl to spend was truly unfamiliar.

"Is this what it feels like to be a kept man??"

After being stirred up by Fiana, the pain of never being able to see his younger sister and mother again faded a little. After taking a few deep breaths, he barely suppressed his inner emotions.

After slowly standing up, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Although 500,000 was not a small amount, he had to develop a territory.

If these few hundred thousand were invested, I'm afraid it wouldn't even make a splash.

He didn't even look at the cloth bag, just pushed it toward the side of the round table. It was almost nightfall, and the room was very dim.

He reached out and picked up an ignition item similar to a fire starter and lit the candle on the table.

In an instant, the entire room lit up.

"A candle mixed with magical beast fat is almost as bright as a 20W light bulb; that's just absurd..."

Looking at the room that was as bright as day, Loren sat on the stool and began to think carefully.

Whether he was angry with Fiana or not, she was still his guardian, and he could just smooth things over later.

The problem now was, how should he develop from here?

What he was facing now was a completely rotten mess.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a Twilight of the Gods occurred in the Noel World; all the gods fell and perished, and the entire Noel World was shattered during the war of the gods.

The war of the gods caused huge changes in the world, the most typical being... the appearance of terrifying life forms in the dimensional planes—the Bloody Corruptor.

Usually, things were peaceful, but on the 31st of every month, the normal moon in the sky would recede, and the Blood Moon would rise.

The evil life forms living in the dimensional planes would crawl out of spatial rifts every Day of Blood and launch attacks on human cities in the Nuoer Main Plane.

Moreover, the larger the scale of the city built, the more Bloody Corruptor attacks it would attract.

Decker City was the largest city in the northern territory of the Silver Moon Kingdom, and outside the city was the vast and boundless Endless Wasteland.

The laws of the Silver Moon Kingdom stipulated that a Frontier Lord could freely build their own city on the Endless Wasteland, and the city built would belong entirely to them; even a commoner could become a noble.

Decker City was built by a Frontier Lord three hundred years ago.

Therefore, becoming a Frontier Lord on the Endless Wasteland had become something everyone yearned for, even though the risks were extremely high.

But for a Frontier Lord to become a true lord, the first thing they had to face was the Day of Blood that occurred once a month.

Five days ago, when the Blood Moon rose, those brutal and bloodthirsty Bloody Corruptor broke through his territory, causing the supplies he had spent his entire fortune to purchase to be destroyed.

And what was even more deadly was that the Demon Grand Duke Bloodline in his body was already awakening. He could not live in a city for a long time; if exposed, the only possibility for him was to be hanged.

His predecessor had traveled thousands of miles from the capital of the Silver Moon Kingdom to the northern territory just to build a city of his own to protect his personal safety.

Unless he was willing to hide in dark sewers, living a life of exile never seeing the light of day.

Otherwise, becoming a powerful lord was the only way. Although the world was vast, no one could tolerate a Demon Grand Duke living by their side.

"Although the territory was broken through, the supplies purchased before haven't all been destroyed, so there is still some accumulation. If I leave it alone, the tens of millions of funds invested before will be completely thrown down the drain."

"And the geographical location of that territory is indeed very good. Although there is danger inside, it would be too much of a pity to just give it up like this."

Loren frowned deeply.

Wanting to reorganize the territory was not a difficult task; as long as he had enough money, he could buy a powerful slave army in minutes to guard the territory for him.

But the biggest problem at the moment was not having money...

Just as he was thinking about ways to break the deadlock, a mechanical voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Ding~ Territory detected, system activating..."

Loren's eyes lit up?? A system?!! His mood rose rapidly.

But the next second, his face stiffened again.

"Insufficient energy, system activation failed..."

Fuck, how can this happen??