129 Chapter 129: Organizing a Auction House (1/2)

The crowd was confused. They wondered what was written in that scroll that made this madman accept it? But from their actions, everyone knew that this matter have already been settled in a very peaceful manner. With the matter reaching it's end, the crowd dispersed one by one.

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After shaking their hands, Steph was the one who took the initiative to take out a Soul Lock Scroll. The scroll was floating as Dylan and Steph wrote the terms of their agreement. Due to their collaboration, the contract was soon finished and they also left their soul imprints through signing their signatures.

”I'm looking forward to the time when you lose.” Steph smiled.

”I wonder about that because when it came to business, I have never lost in a gamble.” Dylan calmly replied with a faint smile.

”As some would say, there is a first time for everything.” Steph rebutted.

”Indeed.” Dylan smiled. Then, Dylan went close to the three that still maintained their kneeling position behind Steph. He whispered to the three: ”After this week, you will all die by my hands.”

”You damn brat!” The feminine young man cursed Dylan but Dylan ignored him.

After saying those words, he turned around and walked straight to Barry, Kent and Loraine. ”Let's go. The matter is already finished.” The three nodded and followed Dylan from behind and left the scene.

”My lord, the plebeian just threatened us to death! You must uphold justice! Don't let them escape!” Fred beseeched while kneeling.

”Fred, did I hear incorrectly? Did you just try and command me?” Steph coldly uttered.

”Audacious!” Caira stretched the bowstring of her bow ready to release the the three arrows any moment.

”I would never... It's just that... them leaving without Lord Steph allowing them is disrespecting you.” Fred tried to fan the flames between the two. He wished that Steph would just send one of his experts and assassinate Dylan.

”Are you mistaking me for an idiot? I know what you are trying to do. I advise you to stop it unless you want die. Can you not see that the matter has already been settled? Even the crowd earlier, noticed it and dispersed. But I guess that would be expecting much from an idiot like yourself since you did not even recognize who he was.” Steph berated Fred ruthlessly.

”What do you mean, my lord? He could not have been an important figure with the level of strength of his at his age.” Fred was confused. He never considered that Dylan had a status that was higher than him.

”What a fool. No wonder you offended him so freely. His status is something you could never hope to achieve in your lifetime. Because he is Dylan Ford, the successor of the Thundercloud Kings! In terms of status, no one in this city would be able to compare to him except for the members of the Mythical 10 and the 10 Fairies that are residing in this city.” Steph revealed with a tone of mockery.

”S-successor?!” The three were flabbergasted. Never in their wildest dreams would they have thought that they have offended the successor of their ancestors.

By now, news about him has already spread all over the city. They naturally knew that he gained the inheritance of the Thundercloud Kings by perfecting the exam and creating a technique derived from the inheritance itself, thereby, attaining a 3rd Tier noble status! They also knew that after the examination, the Premier Hall has successfully roped in the genius by forming a business partnership with him!

”No wonder, he was able to say those words.” The fat noble trembled as his complexion became even paler than before.

”Then, why did he not simply reveal his status?” The feminine male weakly asked.

”That's right. If he did that, we would not have caused so much trouble.” Fred was also curious why.

Surprisingly, it was Caira who answered their questions. ”Because, unlike you, he did not let his status eat him. He remained true to himself and protected his men using his own means without relying on his status.”

The three felt truly defeated. They were all finished once Dylan uses his status to eliminate them.

”For the time being, you will be under house arrest and be locked into the dungeon as punishment for besmirching the name of the Excellent Tailors.” Steph passed on his verdict.

”Noooo!” The three stood up and tried to escape.

With a flick of Steph's fingers, his guards at the Origin Foundation captured the three effortlessly and entered the building of the Excellent Tailors.

”But I must thank It was all due to you that I would be able to have an exciting week ahead of me!” Steph licked his lips and smiled like a madman as he also entered the building with Caira closely following him from behind.

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Back to the present day...

Outside of Soaring Garden, a small wooden platform that was elevated 1 meter from the ground with the length of 2 meters and the width of 1.5 meters. He could not make the platform any bigger than that since it would hinder people from passing by. But despite that, the streets were still very spacious because the standard street width of the city was 6 meters.

This wooden platform would be used for the auction that was written on the flyers that they constantly gave out for 7 days. The flyers were not only meant for advertise the store but also to publicize the auction that they were going to conduct!

Yesterday, Dylan used 63 spirit stones to buy the building in front of their store that also had the same dimensions as theirs. The owner of the store was also pressured to bankruptcy due to the pressure of the 4 new branches of 4 popular businesses a few days ago. The real estate agent had the owner leave since there were other interested in buying the building because it was 40 meters wide, 40 meters long and 4 stories high.

If this was back on Earth, a building of this size could already be considered as a small hotel but in this city, this building was only among the average size.

When Dylan bought the store, he also recruited the owner and the staff of that store which was 26 people. Now, Dylan had a total of 107 employees under him. Dylan did not want any slip-ups to happen so he had this 26 people to sign a soul contract of loyalty that only stated the terms of never betraying Dylan directly or indirectly.

Due to this, Dylan now owned an entire block of the boulevard because according to the one of the articles of the business property law of the city, 2 meters from the building bought is still considered property of the buyer but if the person buys two buildings which are opposite to each other, he would gain property of the road in between the two stores. Though this would also increase his tax by two, he still decided to buy it and go to the city hall to finalize the documents.

No one would normally read the constitution of laws in the city unless he is a politician, a lawyer, or a Thundercloud guard because it had too many articles accompanied by many sections of many laws created throughout the span of 500 years. But, Dylan, who meticulously prepared for the Noble Test, read and memorized the entire constitution!

Of course, the case of businessman owning a block of the street is not new since it was already done hundreds of times already over the course of the years. Even Steph owns 5 separate blocks within the city. From the top 100 and below, it was normal for sects to own streets and boulevards of the city. The top 10 sect even owns an entire district of the city!

But for business newbies, it was still something foreign for them. This was what Dylan exploited and prepared for just for this day.

Since he owned this block of the street, he also naturally created a toll of 1 silver coin for those who passed by. The toll must not exceed 1 silver coin, it was something that was passed since the olden days of the city. Although it was 1 silver coin. for citizen of the Thundercloud City it was mere cents to them or loose change.