Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

This would both help her subordinates fulfill their wishes and increase her own advantage in the royal selection. Crusch wouldn't pass up such an opportunity, even knowing that we were using her strength; she would still agree to this joint expedition.

If they join forces with Crusch's camp to defeat the White Whale, the Karsten family's chances of victory will be much greater.

If the White Whale campaign succeeds, Crusch's reputation, which is in charge of everything, will rise to its limit, but for the Anastasia camp, it will definitely not be a loss.

Since they had originally planned to hunt down the White Whale, joining forces with Crusch this time not only increased their chances of victory, but also allowed them to gain some merit and prestige, as well as achieve their goals of rescuing the Iron Fang members and retrieving the cargo.

From a long-term perspective, the disappearance of the "Mist White Whale" will be quite beneficial for the Hexin Merchant Guild's caravans.

This move can be considered a win-win-win situation: increasing the chances of victory, gaining merit and prestige, rescuing people and recovering goods, plus ensuring the safety of the caravan in the future.

Even Anastasia had to admire the advice given by Rius; he truly deserved to be known as the "best knight" in the capital, skilled in both literature and martial arts.

Because of the caravan incident, Anastasia had to temporarily abandon her plan to harm Emilia and instead begin preparing supplies for the hunt for the White Whale.

Although most of the goods were intercepted, Anastasia was able to quickly raise a batch of supplies for Iron Fang thanks to her connections and eloquence from years of trading with the capital.

Wilkin and the triplets Mimi went to gather the Iron Fang Mercenary Group. Mimi, who was lively, took advantage of her two younger brothers not paying attention to her and secretly left in a certain direction.

As for Julius, he went to Korsten's residence as an envoy to discuss cooperation in defeating the white whale.

Compared to Anastasia's and Crusch's factions, who were already preparing for a major undertaking and ready to attack the White Whale of Mist, Emilia's side was developing steadily.

Wood, Rem, and Emilia spent several days defeating numerous monsters and bandits around the kingdom, earning them public recognition from the Knights.

Although the results were limited, it did change the public's perception of Emilia and garnered a small number of supporters.

These few supporters were mostly family members of those who had been harmed by monsters and bandits. Emilia had avenged them, and these people had chosen to repay her kindness and support her in a very pure way.

Ram always appeared to be working with Wood and his group, but in reality, he had already begun to secretly investigate Roswaal.

To be fair, Roswaal had done her a favor, and she shouldn't have done that, but what Wood had said earlier bothered Ram quite a bit.

For someone like Ram, who is a die-hard siscon, the message is: you can mess with me, and even if you want my life, I'll just laugh it off.

But if you try to harm my sister, then I'm sorry, but even if you're a god descended to earth or her own parents, you'll die!

“Mr. Wood, the magic techniques you taught me are really useful. I never thought that ice magic could be used to deal with various situations by changing its shape.”

I also never considered that magic combined with magic could produce the physical reaction you described, or that combining magic could increase its power.

While clearing out monsters and bandits, Wood also took the time to exchange magical techniques with Emilia.

Although both are magical worlds, the magic in the "Mushoku Tensei" world is clearly different from the magic in this world.

In this world, people must possess the corresponding magical attribute to use magic of that attribute.

In the world of "Mushoku Tensei," magic is theoretically possible as long as one has magical talent, regardless of the element. The only difference is that one has more talent for a particular element.

Most mages choose to train in the magic attribute they are more proficient in. For example, Rudy is more proficient in water magic, and the first king-level magic he mastered was also water-based.

Wood, on the other hand, is more skilled in fire magic. With the power of the Heart of God, he can even barely unleash a fire spell comparable to a "god-level" spell.

However, compared to the magic in "Mushoku Tensei," the magic in this world is not without its merits.

That is the magic of this world, which does not require long incantations and can be used quickly, but this is almost useless to Wood who has no incantations.

However, there is another advantage: in this world, when one's own magic power is insufficient, one can directly obtain mana (magic power) from the atmosphere and use it.

In the world of Mushoku Tensei, magic primarily consumes the magical energy stored within the user's body, giving it an advantage in this respect.

Wood Hessin's body possesses magical talent and is capable of using both fire and wind magic.

So Wood took the opportunity while he was fighting monsters and bandits to exchange some magical techniques with Emilia.

To be more precise, Wood consulted more with Emilia's cat, Parker.

Don't be fooled by its current mascot-like appearance that anyone can pet; Wood only recently learned from Rem that it is the Beast of the End, known to humans as the Permafrost. It is a great fire spirit.

While seeking instruction from the high elf who controls fire magic, he also sought instruction from Ram's wind magic, which naturally led to a rapid improvement in Wood's mastery of native magic.

In return, Wood taught Emilia some practical combat skills to make up for her lack of combat experience.

As for Rem, when she saw Wood carefully teaching Emilia, she actually ran over and said she wanted to learn too.

But compared to Emilia, who has great strength but little combat skill, Wood thinks Rem's combat skills and experience are already excellent, and there is no need for further training.

In the end, Rem, who was having a tiff, went to Ram, while Ram, looking unhappy, went to Wood.

It was also stated that Puck taught Wood about fire magic, and Wood, in return, taught Emilia magical combat skills.

She had taught Wood how to use wind magic, so why hadn't Wood taught Rem anything?

Chapter 362 The price of giving out benefits is having your guts ripped out?

Under Ram's questioning, Wood's students increased from one to two. However, considering that Rem didn't really need to cram for combat skills, as her combat skills and experience as a demon were already excellent, Wood taught her other things as well.

Besides being skilled in combat with a flail, Rem also possesses water-attribute magical talent, which Roswaal once rated as above average.

Water magic in this world doesn't seem to be good at attacking, but can only be used for support and healing, so Rem usually uses her flail to fight melee combat.

It was for this reason that Wood began to teach Rem water-based attack magic in the "jobless reincarnation" world.

At first, Wood was worried that the world system was different, and that apart from himself, the cheat user, others might not be able to master the magic of this other world.

However, when he saw Rem easily learn the "Advanced Water Magic: Whirlpool Slash" with her outstanding talent and cut down a tree that took two people to hug, Wood immediately felt relieved. Clearly, his concerns were somewhat unnecessary.

In the world of "Jobless Reincarnation," even the natives can learn magic, but the way they consume magic power becomes part of this world's system, making Wood's method unique.

"Wow, Lord Wood, I've never seen such powerful water magic before. Is this magic you created yourself?"

In this world, water magic is mostly used for healing. Even Phoenix, whose kingdom has earned the title of "Blue," has very limited combat power.

Rem had never imagined that water magic could be as powerful as other attack magic. Since she had never seen this magic before, she naturally assumed that Wood had developed it himself.

"Well, although I didn't develop this magic, I'm probably the only one in this world who knows how to use it..."

Wood's unintentional remark immediately made the demon girl's face show even more admiration, and at the same time, she secretly resolved to learn the magic that Wood taught her well.

If high-level water magic is this powerful, then wouldn't the "Saint-level," "Emperor-level," and even "God-level" magic that Lord Wood mentioned be even stronger?

Rem dared not think too much about "god-level" magic, but if she could master "saint-level" and "king-level" magic, she should be able to help Lord Wood, right?

While Wood was grinding monsters and building up his relationship with the half-elf girl and the ghost maid, a certain unfortunate protagonist was escorting goods towards the capital with a group of fierce-looking men.

Through Wood's introduction as an intermediary, Subaru Natsuki eventually arrived at a tavern alone on a ground dragon and met his so-called "partner".

At first, Natsuki Subaru was actually quite curious about Wood's so-called "partner" and speculated that they might be from the Hexin Trading Company.

It's no wonder Natsuki Subaru thinks that way. Wood is the young master of the Hexin Merchant Guild, and it's normal for the Hexin Merchant Guild, as the largest merchant guild in Kararagi, to have its own intelligence and services.

Moreover, their strongest opponent at present is Crusch Karsten, and through Wood's connections, it is not impossible that they could join forces with Anastasia.

To be fair, Subaru Natsuki had met Wood's older sister, Anastasia, before in the main hall; she was definitely a beautiful girl from another world.

Natsuki Subaru was quite willing to be alone with the beautiful girl to negotiate.

However, when Subaru Natsuki arrived at the designated location, he discovered that the person he met was indeed a beautiful woman from another world, but not Anastasia as he had imagined. Instead, it was the older sister in black stockings who had given him terrifying memories.

"Why you! The partner Wood mentioned is you? Does he want to kill me?!"

No, Wood knows my abilities, he should know that killing me wouldn't make a difference, but why...?

To be honest, whether it's her figure, looks, or sex appeal, the Bowel Hunter is among the top-ranked beautiful girls Natsuki Subaru has ever seen in another world.

While the "Gut Hunter" is beautiful and sexy, the key point is that she is also deadly!

Seeing the long, black-stockinged legs of an otherworldly mature woman is nice, but the price is too high. Every time he sees her, he gets his intestines ripped out. Natsuki Subaru says that even if he had a divine ability like "Return by Death," he wouldn't want to experience the same thing a second time.

No wonder they chose a town outside the capital as their meeting place. It's because the "Gut Hunters" are afraid of being targeted by the royal guards because of their assassin identities.

At this moment, Natsuki Subaru was unaware that the "Bowel Hunter" was someone Wood had hired, or that his original "partner" had already been killed by the "Bowel Hunter" and was now lying in wait for him.

Hearing what Natsuki Subaru said, and seeing his wary expression, the alluring Elsa slowly walked out from the corner of the room and said disdainfully, "I am the one who will be discussing trade cooperation with you this time."

If he really wanted to kill you, he wouldn't need to go to all that trouble to ask me for help.

"Killing a newbie like you is easy, even for a newbie just starting out in our organization, so don't think too highly of yourself."

As a man, being mocked by a beautiful woman was quite upsetting for Natsuki Subaru. He wanted to prove himself, but considering the other woman's ruthlessness, he ultimately had no choice but to back down.

"You said you came to cooperate with us, but if I remember correctly, you should be someone from an underground assassination organization, right?"

What I need are all sorts of business intelligence and a security detail. What can your assassination organization do for us?

Seeing that the other party had no intention of making a move, and that he would have no chance of struggling or escaping if the other party did make a move, Natsuki Subaru became calm.

A man who can be resurrected at will is just that tough! Even if he gets his intestines ripped out again, Natsuki Subaru vows to feast his eyes on the scene and fill his brain with the best parts.

"Who told you that assassins can't do intelligence work? Can't they act as mercenaries?"

"Enough with the nonsense. Although Wood has already told us this, I feel that a 50/50 split is too unfair to us. So I demand a 30/70 split: our assassination organization gets 70%, and you only get 30%!"

Before Elsa came here to see Subaru Natsuki, Wood had already contacted her and mentioned that although Subaru Natsuki was not good in terms of combat strength, he was quite good in negotiation and related business skills, and was a good talent.

If their assassination organization wants to successfully transform itself and obtain sufficient funding, cooperating with Subaru Natsuki is a good option.

As for the 50/50 split, it doesn't have to be too rigid. Wood's bottom line for Elsa is a 30/70 split.

As for the so-called "third," it naturally refers to their assassination organization.

However, when Elsa saw Subaru Natsuki, she immediately recognized him as Emilia's former sidekick.

Elsa didn't know why Wood valued Subaru Natsuki so much, given that he was just a weakling. But according to the rules of negotiation, she naturally had to learn to bargain first, and then slowly negotiate the price.

Moreover, Elsa also believed that since they had contributed both effort and intelligence, while Emilia had only provided some start-up capital and sent a useless person (Subaru Natsuki), they were not qualified to share the profits with them.