Chapter 472: You Stay Here (1/2)
Chapter 472: You Stay Here
“Franz, what are you trying to do?” Eric snapped.
The several dwarves behind Franz spread out in a semi-circle, blocking all retreat routes as Franz grinned at Eric with humor that didn’t quite reach his eyes, “What I want to do? Eric, two months ago your old man borrowed five thousand gold coins from us to buy mining materials, today’s the due date. The son bears the father’s debt, if you cannot cough up the coins today, don’t even think of walking out of this restaurant!”
Eric’s face scrunched up in anger.
He did not hear a word of this matter from his father, but judging from the current situation, it was probably true. Even for the likes of Franz, he would not cook up such a blatant lie.
Despite half guessing the genuineness of the claim, five thousand gold coins were no small sum, the wealth he had on him amounted to a little more than two hundred gold coins.
“How much in total?” Huang Xiaolong interjected at this point.
His voice drew everyone’s attention to himself.
“Brother Huang, this…!” Just as Eric opened his mouth to object, Huang Xiaolong waved his hand, assuring him: “It’s fine.” For him, coins were mere numbers.
Disregarding other sources, just the gold coins found in over sixty spatial rings from Li Molin and the other Deities Templar experts from three years ago were enough to drown the entire Dwarven City when piled together.
Franz’s eyes rolled over Huang Xiaolong from top to bottom, laughing as he said, “Skinny human punk, I almost couldn’t tell that you’re someone loaded. That time, Eric’s old man borrowed five thousand from us, based on one-tenth monthly interest, counting to date, the sum is six thousand gold coins!”
“What did you say?! One-tenth interest monthly!” Eric jumped to his feet in anger, “Franz, why don’t you just go rob?!” He had never heard of such ridiculously high interest rate.
Franz flashed an evil smirk, “This was agreed upon when your old man put his name on the paper.”
Eric wanted to argue further but was stopped by Huang Xiaolong’s extended arm. A finger pointed to an empty space between them and gold coins drifted into a neat pile. Shimmering golden light filled Franz’s vision.
The sudden pile of gold coins shocked everyone watching.
Seconds ticked, and a short while later, Franz regained his senses, ordering one of his men to count the gold.
“Boss, it’s exactly six thousand gold coins.” The man reported to Franz after he was done with counting.
Franz turned to Huang Xiaolong with a beaming smile, “My apologies, I was hasty and run off my mouth, it’s not one-tenth interest but one-fifth, a thousand gold monthly interest, so the total is seven thousand gold coins. There’s still one thousand more!”
Eric was genuinely enraged this time, taking a step forward.
“Is that so?” Huang Xiaolong looked at the dwarf Franz with indifferent eyes. Clearly, this Franz took his generosity for granted, his little-crooked mind spun quickly, hiking the price up another thousand on the spot. For him to be able to give out illegal loans inside the Dwarven City, this Franz probably had quite the backing, otherwise he wouldn’t have the guts to do this.
Franz laughed, “Yes, of course, if you do not have the remaining one thousand, you can pledge it against that ring on your finger,” pointing at the Asura Ring on Huang Xiaolong’s left hand ring finger. Although he had no idea what kind of ring it was, his experienced eyes still determined that it was very valuable, definitely worth more than one thousand gold coins.
Huang Xiaolong found it ironic that a street thug actually dared to covet his Asura Ring.
“Are you sure you want this ring?” Huang Xiaolong smiled.
Franz nodded confidently: “Sure.”
Huang Xiaolong raised his arm, his finger lightly tapping on the ten centimeters thick stone table surface. In everyone’s eyes, a clear finger-sized hole appeared through the hard stone table.
Franz and his lackeys stared stupidly at that small finger-sized hole, unconsciously drawing in a cold breath. When their gazes focused on Huang Xiaolong again, the shred of arrogance had vanished, replaced with fear.
“How about this, if you can pierce a hole like I did on this table, I’ll give you this ring.” Huang Xiaolong offered.
“Misunderstanding, it’s a misunderstanding, I made a mistake, the interest is only one-tenth!” Franz frantically waved his hands with an awkward smile on his face. Not waiting for a reply, he signaled the men to collect the money on the floor. He couldn’t wait to flee the scene.
“Not so fast!” Huang Xiaolong drawled.
Franz and his lackeys stiffened on the spot.
“Brother, your intention…?” Franz asked cautiously.
“Loan slip.” Huang Xiaolong reminded.