Chapter 31 - End of the Crisis (2/2)

Krune, Yusa and Ao went straight to the mercenary main branch to report what happened, when the branch supervisor heard what they said, he exploded in rage, their Yule Continent hasn't given birth to such a talent for a long time already, and now some piece of shit clan or sect wanted to force him into a blood contract, that is ridiculous!

The entire branch intelligence network moved that day, they looked for information regarding ten Foundation Establishment cultivators leaving the city in the past week, and paired with their cultivation level with what was reported by Krune, sure enough, there was a match!

At the same time, on the southwest side of Kaley City, the clan head of the Solie Clan was passing right and left inside the meeting room, his name is Zu Solie, a 2nd stage Core Formation Realm cultivator, the elders in the room were all quiet, around a week ago they had received the information from one of their clan members that a human form demon beast passed the mercenary examination and got a Four Stars Badge and ID, they knew that they were one of the very first ones to receive the information, as long as they could bring Krune to their turf, force him sign a blood contract and let him go as if not had happened, their clan was sure to grow in the future while being carried by Krune.

Unfortunately the plan failed, they lost four Foundation Establishment cultivators and the mercenary guild is already investigating the issue, it would be fine if there was no witnesses, but the target itself proved to be much stronger than they had predicted, he was already back at the mercenary guild so there was nothing they could do with him from now on, the question now is if they can avoid disaster.

A subordinate knocked the door and then came in.

”Clan head, we received a call from the mercenary guild, they are inviting you to come to the guild to have a conversation.”

The clan head started to sweat all over, it was finally here!

”Very well, call them back and tell that I'm heading over as soon as possible.”

The subordinate then left and closed the door behind.

”Clan head, this can not continue, by following the leaving registers of the city, it will be way to easy for them to find out that it was us who sent the attackers, not to mention that we still have five of our Foundation Establishment members making their way back to the clan, they will definitely be captured before they arrive here.”

The clan head got upset.

”Shut up! Do you think I don't know that? I don't want to hear what will happen, I want to hear a solution, did you get any other information from that Krune that we can use?”

The elders shook their heads, but then one of them remembered one thing.

”In the report from our members back at the village, when this Krune cultivates, he absorbs the spiritual energy of over a hundred meters radius, and that's already considering that he had spirit stones all around him, would it be possible to pay him to let it go?”

The clan head eyes lit up, finally there was an idea, in fact, it was a very simple one, it's just that since they heard that Krune was a Four Stars Mercenary, they thought that he wouldn't care about spirit stones at all! But if his universe foundation needs so much spiritual energy like it's said in the report, then maybe, just maybe, it might be enough to save their clan that way.

”Alright, let's go with what you said, prepare my car, I'm heading over there.”

Core Formation Cultivator could use their spiritual energy to fly, but flying is restricted in Kaley City, only Divine Soul cultivators are allowed to fly in the city, it's just that there isn't many of them to start with. The Solie clan obviously wasn't one of the powers with a Divine Soul Realm ancestor.

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Back at the mercenary guild, Krune, Ao and Yusa were waiting for the results of the search in one of the rooms provided by the mercenary guild for them to rest. They heard the sound of a door opening when the guild supervisor of the branch came in.

”We got the five Foundation Establishment you had talked about, they are all part of the Solie Clan, their clan head is coming to the guild to give an explanation, do you want to make part of the meeting?”

All three of them nodded their heads.

In the meeting room, Zu Solie was waiting when Krune, Ao and Yusa came in together with the supervisor of the branch.

Zu Solie came forward to great them first.

”Supervisor Lu, and those three should be Krune, Ao and Yusa, right?”

The three of them didn't look the least bit happy with his greetings, two were supposed to die while one was supposed to become a slave, how could they?

”Clan head Zu Solie, let's cut the bullshit, we already got those five members of your clan, although I haven't done anything to them yet and they haven't said anything, they are registered as part of your clan and we both know that there is no way that they would have moved without your permission.”

Zu Solie smiled bitter, it was here.

”Yes, I was the one who asked to to bring Krune over, and even if I said that it wouldn't be to force him to sign a blood contract, no one would believe me anyway, so I came to make amends.”

Supervisor Lu then said

”I wonder what kind of amends you are willing to make for us to let it go? Is there something you can offers Krune that we can't?”

Zu Solie shook his head

”We obviously can't offer anything that the mercenary guild can't, but we are willing to pay any price as long as our clan can be left out of the hook, this Clan head's life is also on the table.”

They were surprised, Zu Solie was even willing to give his life away to save his clan, he might have tried to kill and slave them, but at least he knows how to protect his own.

Zu Solie continued

”We heard the little friend Krune needs a lot of spirit stones for his cultivation, so if the matter can be resolved with this, we are willing to offer ten thousand Rank Three low quality spirit stones.”

Don't look down on this number, even after Krune 'paid a visit' to several spiritual vein lakes back in Katiu Forest, he wasn't able to find a single Rank Three spirit stone, the best ones he found were only Rank Two middle grade and they weren't much.

Not only Krune and Ao were surprised with this amount, Yusa eyes were on fire! She grabbed Krunes arms and started shaking it without stop, this money grubber has already lost her sanity!

Krune also needs spirit stones urgently, not only for his cultivation, but also for his Spiritual Energy Meridians, they then looked at supervisor Lu.

Lu Ganan is his full name, and he understood the meaning of their looks.

”I won't lie, this is a very big fortune in a place like Kaley City, we might be a city but we are a small one, this price can indeed help you a lot while you are here, the question is, do you want to spare the Solie Clan?”

Krune then got an idea, they will need support while they are here, the Solie Clan might have tried to do what they did, but they still have some influence in the city.

”If the Solie clan head is willing to sign a blood contract promising that the clan won't try to do anything to me or my friends and also give it's full support during the time we are in Kaley City, then I think we can let this matter go. What you two think about it?”

Ao Sulian and Yusa Shen understood what Krune wanted to do, support would indeed make things much easier in the city and open several doors for them, so they nodded.

Zu Solie also was ecstatic, the Solie clan might have lost almost all of its treasure, but they adverted disaster, money will come in again sooner or later anyway, but if they use this chance to build a good relationship with Krune, this disaster might turn out to be their fortune instead. He gladly signed the contract which put a restriction to his soul.