System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1429: Tristan x Dylan

When they heard Dylan, the lords panicked. This was the biggest blunder. Who was actually foolish enough to assassinate Noel’s disciple? And unlike the other disciple, he cherished Tristan the most.

After all, he wasn’t tied to any specific influence. Tristan also had helped the family a lot by going around and fixing all the runes.

Even Livia didn’t get the chance to get her hand on the control of the Ardagan family despite being adept at it.

Besides, Tristan was also the president of the Runegard company. Even though it was a company, this was the highest honor that Noel could give to his disciple.

After all, it was the same as inheriting everything from him, except for the family, since it could only be his heir.

All they could think of was how to salvage the situation.

"Who was it? Who brought that guy?"

"Is it you?!"

"No way. Do you think I’m so foolish? You must be the culprit."

They started pointing their fingers, blaming each other.

Dylan just remained there, but he perfectly knew what had actually happened. After all, it was included in the discussion he had with Tristan prior to this meeting.

...

A few days ago.

When Tristan had just arrived and Dylan brought him back to the mansion, Dylan once said, "It’s not going to happen. Unlike my father or your master, we don’t have enough influence. Other than our identities, there’s nothing we can do to convince them to stay."

"Oh. You don’t have to worry about that." Tristan smirked. "I have a plan for this."

"A plan?"

"Yes. Although I might not be as good as my master, I’m still his disciple. Using one or two of his strategies is something I’m capable of.

"My master loves this one particular trick. Distraction!

"Normally, if you receive the invitation, what will you do?"

"Of course I will come. Even though this is an invitation from us, the lords have no other choice but to respect both my father and your master. They will come here. Still, the lack of power will make them look down on us," replied Dylan.

"Exactly. However, they will not solely come here because of that reason if I say I’m going to use the airship to invite them. If I sell the airship to them..." Tristan smirked.

"It’s a big deal for them. After all, they will definitely feel proud if they land on another noble’s territory with an airship. Still, if you think this is enough, you are underestimating the northern lords.

"It’s precisely because we lack talents and experiences that they think we’re easy to swallow. Even this airship won’t be able to distract them, especially with the throne on the line."

Tristan nodded in agreement. "That’s why my master’s strategy is using the distraction. Usually, you will distract a person with one thing, but my master often uses multiple things to distract them.

"This way, it creates two layers of distraction. The first one is the things themselves, while the second one is the distraction of choice.

"In other words, they have to make a choice of the thing they get distracted by."

"Multiple distractions..." Dylan squinted his eyes. "I can’t think of anything that can be used to distract them."

"Don’t worry. I have almost everything." Tristan smirked. He took out the Rune Cards. "This will be enough."

"Hmm?"

"These are called Rune Cards. To put it simply, this rune card has the same concept as the normal rune technology, but the difference is that this rune card holds one specific rune and can be carried around.

"I’m sure that you, a former commander of an army, surely know how we can utilize this, right?"

"!!!" Dylan gasped. "Are you saying this thing can be used in combat?"

"Yes. These two cards in my hands have Spiritual Barrier Rune and Meteor Rune respectively.

"Unlike the Rune Body that requires the person to have spiritual energy in their body to activate it, the Rune Cards rely solely on the energy from within the cards. In other words, even if you are a normal person, you can cast an intermediate level rune if you have the Rune Cards.

"No, it won’t be just intermediate level runes. In the future, it won’t be weird to see advanced level runes in this form.

"It is effective in combat. Well, this is what my master created, but most of the Rune Cards in our stock were drawn by me. My master rarely created the cards because he was busy with other things.

"Do you think this is enough for a distraction?"

Dylan gasped. He never thought Tristan had thought to this extent. It was true that if the airship was important, but compared to a life-saving treasure, the Rune Card still won. Besides, it looked like the Rune Card would be cheaper compared to the airship, so it would definitely be more popular.

"Still, we can’t afford to have them know we’re in cahoots like this. And if I use the Rune Cards right away, they might not be completely convinced. Hence, we need another distraction.

"This time, the distraction is just an addition that can emphasize the usage of the Rune Cards. With this, they will be able to witness the effect of the Rune Cards as well as get distracted by this third thing."

Dylan looked down, listening to his plan. He basically had no intention of rejecting this idea. In fact, he believed Tristan would succeed.

The only problem was the third distraction. It needed to complement the Rune Cards, but it also needed to be able to stand alone as a distraction.

From everything that flashed in his mind, there was one that could fulfill both conditions. Dylan’s expression turned solemn. "I do have an idea for this third distraction. Let me handle it."

And these northern lords fell for their scheme. Tristan used the Rune Card and the airship as the first two distractions, making the northern lords not think of the possibility of him using the assassin himself.

With Dylan’s whining all the time, they would definitely believe it was true. After this point, the northern lords would be too busy pointing their fingers at the others, which would result in them staying in the north the entire time, which meant Tristan had completed his mission.

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