Chapter 149: Oppression-2.... 15 days of business struggles (2/2)

”Free food made of Magical beast meat for three days.” Along with location of their restaurant.

The word spread like wild fire in the city and they attracted a lot of people. Many people visited at first for curiosity and for confirmation if the info is right and they were not disappointed.

So, on the eleventh day, the grand opening of the restaurant was done in a majestic way. Hundreds of people came to taste the food.

When they tasted it; they were delighted.

Until the day thirteenth, Mackey and his staff were very busy and so were Watt, Jack, Kelly and Philip. The first three were hunting and buying meat from the hands of hunters directly in the woods.

Because, they were unable to buy any in the city.

Philip is busy managing the flow of customers. He even saw some candidates who came to test the waters and they were really worried after tasting the dishes. They are delicious.

The day fourteenth was their official opening for the business and many customers still came. They could feel the effects of the dishes immediately and many of them really liked the food and they even have a chance to exchange the food for the raw meat.

So, they were really excited to eat again.

”*Phew* This is the big day. I hope everything goes alright.”

Philip said as he sighed. His palms are sweating. He is clearly nervous and serious. No one has seen him this serious before.

”I hope so too.”Everyone has gone through a lot in these days. The constant rejection has almost made them lose their mind. They are cursing the general so much that if the words could kill, the general would definitely die a hundred times.

When the business started, they were clearly happy. Because, the flow of customers is quite high. By afternoon, they recovered all the expenses on buying the ingredients for the past three days of free food and by evening they were clearly satisfied.

Judging from the customers reaction, the business will be going quite well in the future and at this rate all their losses will be covered within a month.

So, the next day which is also the first fifteenth day, they opened the place quite hopefully.

But as soon as they started the business and the customer flow was at its peak, a problem came knocking.

A bunch of men came with menacing expressions.

”Who is in charge here?”

The leader who seemed to have a scar on his face asked.

Philip walked to them with a frown with Watt on his side and asked.

”What do you want?”

”Who gave you the permission to open a restaurant here?”

The man in the lead asked.

”The Duke.” Philip said and took out a piece of paper with Duke's seal.

This is the permission exclusive for the candidates.

The man didn't even bother to take a look and just said.

”Whatever, you have to pay the protection fee, of you want to do any business here.”

Philip frowned. But he asked.

”How much?”

”100,000. Per month.”

Philip and Watt immediately became solemn. Because of the huge amount. It is not that they cannot afford it, but Philip has bad feeling that this might be another ploy from General. If the men really did work for General, they might use this money as leverage and make up a story for bribery.

Watt didn't stay here and immediately moved outside on Silver wind. He went to look for city guards.

Even though, they can fight off these guys, according to the rules, fighting in the city is prohibited and they need a valid reason if the fight broke out.

But if this is all a ploy, which has highest probability of being one, they didn't feel safe about taking action.

But Watt didn't find any city guards in the vicinity. The situation smelled more and more fishy.

When he went back to the restaurant, the situation already turned to worse.

The men who came in started destroying the tables because, Philip was thinking about how to deal with the situation.

Before he could retaliate, they already attacked randomly and started running away. This made them believe even more that this is a ploy.

Their business got disrupted and after another hour, when they started settling things, another wave of people came.

This time, they are prepared. Watt and Jack blocked their retreat while Philip attacked from the front.

Just as they were about to land an attack.

”Stop right there.”

A middle-aged man immediately came. He is one of the supervisors of the Business side of the competition, he didn't even bother to ask, what is going on and said to Philip.

”You guys are trying to fight here, Minus 10 points.”

”But Sir…” Philip tried to talk but was immediately cut off.

”I saw everything and I don���t want to listen to your explanation.” The supervisor immediately left.

Philip, Jack and Kelly immediately felt dejected. They can now understand that they cannot do a proper business here. Only Watt is a bit normal, because Boss said that he would sort things out.