Records of the Weakest Emperor

Romeo's shout silenced the crowd and astonished everyone.

Wait...

That big guy...

He's not bullshitting?

Everyone in the crowd was confused.

At this moment, Ria cried out, "You... Tell me! When you called down the main elevators to complete the final phase. There should be a prompt that appeared and a countdown before the arrival of the elevator. What did the prompt say about the difficulty of your group's final phase?!"

Ria's voice seemed to be filled with a desperation that thoroughly astonished Romeo.

But when he heard the word, "difficulty"...

Romeo subconsciously staggered backward.

Fear appeared in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

He convinced himself that he had done nothing wrong.

It wasn't his fault.

Swallowing his own saliva with great difficulty...

Romeo forced himself to focus on the discussion that was unfolding.

Hugo turned to look at Ria and awkwardly scratched his head...

"Uhmmm... The difficulty? Well... I'm not too sure... I don't particularly remember..." Hugo scrunched his eyebrows. It was obvious that he was trying his best to remember the specifics of what happened back then.

But before he could even think any further, Medea was the one who gave the answer...

Her voice was filled with a detached indifference as she whispered.

"Congratulations... You have reached the final checkpoint necessary for the completion of the final phase."

"However, since your group's final phase difficulty was set at Impossible. A countdown of two minutes will begin before the arrival of the main elevators. Until the two minutes are up, do your best to survive!"

"Access restrictions in every area have been lifted. You can now access the following areas: Prison, Underground Lab, Recreation Area, Vocational Block - Art Room, Watch Tower, and Mount Spirit Sword Asylum Courtyard!"

"The countdown will start in a few seconds..."

"Please do your best to survive!"

"Ongoing objectives have been updated."

"Current Objective: Survive for two minutes until the main elevators arrived."

"Good luck, candidates!"

"Peace, out!"

Medea's words were akin to that of a bombshell that exploded in the middle of the crowd.

Ria hurriedly stepped forward and send a surge of Mana towards Medea's direction. A sphere of Mana surrounded Hugo's group as Ria turned her gaze to Romeo and said, "Disperse these newbies and return here. We have something to talk about!"

Ria's quick actions astonished everyone, including Romeo.

But seeing the stern look on her face...

Romeo knew that it was impossible for him to escape.

He gnashed his teeth and flicked his wrist.

A surge of Mana came from his body and another white door manifested. This time, the door was quite wide and it could accommodate all of the remaining newbies at once.

Romeo glanced at Ria for a moment before saying, "An investigation will start. For now, all of you should proceed to the Tutorial Zone and follow the guide that will appear at the end of the tunnel beyond this door!" Romeo ordered.

The newbies were confused, but from the looks on Romeo and Ria's face. It was clear that what was about to happen was quite serious. They had no business meddling in the affairs of Fivecent. They knew their place so they obediently nodded their heads and walked towards the white door.

Some of them glanced at Hugo's group, but that was all that they did.

Even though some of them were reluctant to leave since they could feel that there was a huge chance that Hugo may take the rewards that they believed that should belong to them. But what could they do? They knew where they stood and they also knew their place.

Apart from glaring at Hugo, there was nothing that they could do.

They proceeded towards the white door and soon disappeared into the tunnel beyond the white door.

Now, within the huge school gym.

Only the two custodians and Hugo's group remained.

"What did you say earlier? Can you repeat it?"

Ria turned to look at Medea in a somewhat panicky manner.

Medea repeated the words that she said earlier. Those words came from the system notifications that appeared in front of them when they called for the main elevators. When Medea finished her reiteration, Ria's shock deepened.

Romeo appeared beside her and said in a matter-of-factly voice, "I haven't heard of the so-called Impossible difficulty. Is it even possible for the system to cause such an error? In fact, why would the company even make an Impossible difficulty when the stage is used for newbies? That doesn't make sense."

The others in Hugo's group agreed to what he had said, but all of them were frustrated. Although Romeo's words made sense, he was basically saying that Hugo and the others were lying and was just trying to get out of the bottom list among the newbies.

But Ria had a different opinion.

She glared at Romeo and said, "Just because you haven't heard of pigs doesn't mean that they do not exist. The Impossible difficulty definitely exists. The system is set-up so that the newbies would always be in the lowest difficulty, but this time, the system made a mistake and accidentally placed these newbies in the highest difficulty..."

Romeo nodded his head, "Well there you go, the system made the mistake." His words were too casual that elicited a frown from the others. It was as if he didn't care about the lives of these newbies since he placed so little significance on the issue at hand.

His attitude was undeserving to that of a custodian for newbies.

Ria made a sidelong glance at him and decided to reveal the truth.

She had given Romeo a chance to explain himself, but it turned out that he was too full of himself.

He was probably thinking that even if his actions were discovered...

The company would forgive him.

Well, the company may forgive him.

But Ria wouldn't...

The lives of these newbies may not be that precious for Fivecent at this moment, but all of them had that latent potential that would prove invaluable to the company in the future.

The loss of lives among the newbies was basically the same as hurting the essence of Fivecent who relied on these newbies to thrive and grow.

"We are the only custodians in charge of Tutorial Zone No. 1... What does that mean?"

Ria looked at him and gave a foreboding smile.

Romeo furrowed his eyebrows and said, "What are you talking about, Ma'am Ria?"

Romeo was a junior, so he had to respect Ria's authority.

"I am the one in charge of signing most of the newbies and these newbies that suffered in the final phase are signed under me. What does that mean?"

Romeo was still confused, "I don't understand..."

"It means that I'm not the one that deliberately caused all of these! Can you still not understand? I already knew that you were trying to manipulate the default settings of the system and caused it to malfunction to this extent because you're so inexperienced in handling it!"

"Your arbitrary actions caused the death of these newbies..."

"And for what?"

"For me to pay you some attention?"

"What a joke..."

"You're a huge joke..."

"Get out of this Tutorial Zone at this instant!"

"From now on, you are no longer a custodian of Fivecent!"

Ria's decisiveness astonished Hugo and the others.

Romeo's eyes widened in shock.

He had never expected that his downfall would arrive so quickly.

He was helpless.

He was unwilling.

He was just trying to have Ria pay some attention to him since they were colleagues.

But his efforts of trying to get some attention led to the deaths of the newbies within Hugo's group.

It was such a stupid move.

So stupid that Hugo who wasn't even that smart understood what was happening.

He stood up and rushed at Romeo.

Romeo reacted instinctively and manifested the Mana in his body, but his Mana was immediately suppressed by Ria.

The immediate suppression became the reason why he was unable to get away from Hugo's fists.

Crack!

A crunchy sound rang out as Hugo directly annihilated Romeo's jaw.

Thud!

A dull thud followed, Romeo collapsed and lost his consciousness.

"Hugo, you've gone too far!"

Zahra exclaimed in panic.

But Ria held her hand out and said, "It's fine... This bastard deserves that punch."

Afterwards, she gave a deep bow towards Hugo, "I am sorry for this incident. I acknowledge the lapses in my management and if I had done a better job in my work, this incident wouldn't happen. However, the rice is already cooked..."

"I will have Romeo take responsibility and have him resign from Fivecent and I will also offer your group reparations as well as the recovery of the remains of your comrades from Mount Spirit Sword Asylum..."

"The families of your lost comrades would also be compensated and I will ensure that they will be set for life. I request for your forgiveness." Ria, a woman known for her coldness and detached indifference was bowing at Hugo's group in remorse, grief, and sadness at this moment.