Dressrosa Castle.
Inside the study.
Count Engel leafed through the book in his hands. After a moment, he put the book down and slightly furrowed his brow.
"Only two years left, I wonder if I can seize this opportunity!"
Count Engel murmured to himself.
His heart involuntarily carried a hint of gravity.
As a member of the Dressrosa Family, merely being a Count's Clan was not enough to advance further; it required him to be promoted to a Sky Knight and also acquire enough merit points, which couldn't be gained from the current Beastman War.
After all, today's Beastmen were not like before. With the Behemoth King gone and Behemoths retreating to the Holy Mountain, the difficulty had undoubtedly decreased significantly, and naturally, the merit points had also dropped drastically.
The only way to earn a substantial amount of merit points was through the Kingdom War.
