Child of Destiny

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Lewin stared at the two while waiting for them to respond to what he just said. But after seeing that they were slightly hesitating, he immediately understood their current situation.

“So, the Dragon Pavilion and the Titan Guild already allied themselves with the Hand of Midas, huh?” he said with a smirking tone before quickly adding. “No wonder you guys look for me without any notice, you are already one step behind.”

“Heh! Don’t act too smug yet, Lewin. We all know that your situation is already at its worst. If you don’t accept our offer, then your forces stationed within the region will be wiped out by those guys,” refuted Felon with the same smirking tone.

And after a brief moment of pause, he quickly added. “I wonder why are you always clashing with that group? Are you mortal enemies?”

Then Phyton quickly added oil to the fire. “Nemesis is a more fitting term to call those guys. They are always getting in the way of our friends here. Not just once or twice either, but consistently.”

“So, calling them the nemesis of the Corrupted Cult would be a fitting name,” he added with a sneering tone that seemed to be trying to stir Lewin’s rage.

Unfortunately, Lewin remain calm and quickly responded. “We are already aware of that. So, you don’t have to remind us about it. I already told you, such tricks will not work on me.”

Now that Lewin had the upper hand, quickly initiated a deal that was favorable to his side. “Seventy percent! We are getting seventy percent when we are successful in this operation and you guys will get fifteen each.”

The two quickly frowned their eyebrows when they heard those words. – “This bastard cut our demand straight to half.” –

They wanted to fight back but Lewin was slightly faster than them. “Your task is only to hinder the movements of the Hand of Midas and Assassin Union and help our members, who are sent back to the city. sneak their way back in here.”

“As for the rest, we are going to handle it ourselves,” he added while staring at the two.

“Hah! Do you think it is going to be that easy? Moreover, there are also the forces from the Dragon Pavilion and Titan Guild. We also need to concern ourselves with them, in case you forget about them all of a sudden,” rebuked Felon.

Hearing that, Lewin shook his head and quickly replied. “Don’t underestimate our information network, Felon. Just like how you know where I am, we also know that you guys manage to convince the other guilds at joining our hands.” 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝗲𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

“Miracle and Golden Dawn, in particular, those guys who are kicked out from the Holy City, I know that you managed to persuade them to take revenge on the Dragon Pavilion and the Titan Guild.”

“You can’t fool me,” he continued while wearing a huge grin.

This time, Python shrugged his shoulders and replied. “If you already know, then you should at least increase our share a little more. How about sixty for you and twenty for each of us? Sounds fair, right?”

Lewin squinted his eyes and stared at the two with full suspicion before answering. “I don’t know what you promise those guys for them to not ask a cut in our deal, but I guess I can at least agree to it.”

“Good!” responded Phyton almost instantly before adding. “And as a token appreciation, we are going to send a few experts to lend you a hand.”

Lewin was quite skeptical with those words since he knew that these scheming snakes would not give their help for free. “And in exchange for?”

Hearing that, Python couldn’t help but laugh at him before replying. “Don’t be too on guard on us. We are currently business partners, aren’t we?”

“We just have a couple of free people on our side. And after hearing that there is a couple of strong ‘monsters’ roaming in the area, they can’t help but become interested,” he added with a mystifying tone.

Lewin knitted his eyebrows when he heard those words. He was trying to guess who were the people that Python was talking about.

Then he saw the latter smile even more mysteriously before giving him some hint. “Just a fair warning, tell your people not to get involved when those guys make their move. They are quite wild and crazy. They will slaughter anyone who tries to partake in their business.”

Hearing those words, the eyes of Lewin suddenly turned wide as he came into a realization. He then turned his head to Felon with eyes full of suspicion.

Understanding the meaning of that look, Felon shook his head before saying. “Don’t worry, we are not going to stab you at the back.”

“We may look a little untrustworthy since we always team up with anyone for the sake of profit, but we never break any contract,” he added as he quickly summoned a contract with the system.

After that, the three started conditions of their contracting before signing it. And with that, a temporary alliance was formed between these three forces.

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Saint Heaven Kingdom, Maple Cloud City.

In the meantime, inside one of the VIP rooms of a particular restaurant, Shiella was currently looking at the ‘offers’ that she received from the Dragon Pavilion and the Titan Guild.

Both of them were Master Rank Blueprints and a very rare one on top of that.

One of them was a blueprint for creating an airship, and it seemed like it was the one that was currently inside the game. This airship was not that big from what she could see, but it was enough to carry at least twenty passengers, excluding the crew members.

If she could create at least two or three of them, then it was enough to make them explore some of the unknown lands within the game. And if she was able to establish a special route to travel from one kingdom to another, then she could also turn it into a transportation business.

Traveling between kingdoms was getting more and more expensive to the player traffic. Moreover, you would not be able to enter a particular city if the population was already reaching its limit.

Moreover, such long-distance travel could only be used for neighboring kingdoms and empires. If you wanted to visit the other places that were further than them, then you needed to take multiple teleportations to arrive there.

Aside from it being too troublesome and tiring, that kind of travel was very expensive since you needed to pay gold per teleportation hall.

On top of all of these, given her guild was a merchant guild, transporting some materials from one place to another was pretty troublesome.

They already invented the transport vehicles that could use teleportation formation just like the ones that they used in the Blind Abyss Empire. But there were some problems with it and it was prone to accidents, just like the issue that they could be ambushed by their enemies. After all, it was traveling on land.

Unlike the airship that could travel unhindered in the sky, the transport vehicles were a little worse.

Moreover, the hindrances in the sky were very few since only a handful of players had a flying pet that they could mount on. The only issue that Shiella could see was the flying monsters in the sky. But they could still handle them since they had a lot of experts in their guild.

In the meantime, the other Master Rank Blueprint was not losing in terms of value either. It was a blueprint for creating ships. And a hybrid of battle and travel ships which was very rare.

With this blueprint, the Hand of Midas could also create a naval force in the coastal areas of the game. They also have a couple of branches in those areas, so such ships would definitely be a big boost for their growth.

Aside from that, she also heard from Shin that there was a small village at the coast of the Sky Deceiving Valley.

Hearing that, she immediately understood what her little brother was thinking. He was planning to turn that village into a harbor. And if they were successful, they could connect it with the city that they were planning to build on top of the mountain.

By connecting the two places, they could attract more players. Moreover, the Sea of Death was near the Saint Heaven Kingdom. It was another place that was perfect for exploring.

If they manage to turn that village into a harbor and create a naval force with the blueprint in her hands, then they could easily monopolize that area without any hindrances from their rivals.

The smile on Shiella’s mouth turn higher and higher as thought about their plans. As long as they were successful in the current issue at hand, then they could focus solely on earning more profits.

“I can’t wait to crush these guys so that I can finally proceed with our plan,” muttered Shiella with a smiling face.

Then her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a sudden call.

She frowned her eyebrows when she heard the ringing sound before turning her attention to it. But the expression on her face suddenly changed when she saw who was the person that was contacting her.

“Looks who is calling! I guess we wrap this up much faster than we have expected,” she muttered to herself before answering the call.

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