Chapter 115 - 112 : Wicked Mouth (1/2)
'International Hero Organization' A.K.A 'IHO' is the name of the company that is ruled by those special peoples. Some even had abilities which were only average and allowed them to have a bit more physical strength than normal humans but they were still regarded highly and valued.
What's more is by going to the dungeon, these people can become stronger, the only bothersome thing is that leveling is just too hard, only one month and passed yet the highest level is just 28.
Auctions were organized almost every week in any city that had a dungeon and rich people would fight to buy one or two magical items. Many important people, despite not having any powers still had a high status such as officials and filthy rich people.
Before Arthur died, he was a very famous businessman, he was originally from the Philippines but somehow he managed to go to South Korea and build a good life there. Not only was he very rich, he had many successful companies whether it's cosmetic companies, electronic companies. It's no wonder his wife was greedy about his money.
He even had a special brand called 'LobiSoft' and it specialized in selling computers, TVs and such. It was his main company and the one which had the most income. Now that he was declared dead, all his companies, restaurants, everything he owned was currently the properties of his wife Claudia. Being the CEO of all these companies, he had the most shares so even after his death, no one from the other shareholders could take over the CEO seat.
His wife was merciless as she fired or 'dealt' with any person that was opposing her in any way and just like that. She became the known CEO of LobiSoft and the other companies. Claudia didn't marry a second man but that didn't mean she was still single.
Secretly, she dated many men or used some to satisfy her 'desires'. This woman, who Arthur couldn't wait to kill was living peacefully and happily and enjoying her life to its fullest.
As if life couldn't get any better, Claudia was fortunate enough to gain an ability like the special people but her ability was shallow and useless in fighting.
Wicked Mouth(Passive) : +25 Intelligence; In an argument with another party, no matter what you say, you have 25% chance of winning over the other party and 0.5% of making him/her blindly trust you.
The second effect has a cooldown of 10 days if it's activated.
Despite having a shitty ability, Claudia was still invited to IHO and with an enormous amount of money investment and coupled with her high status, she was able to win a good position in this company.
She had many backings, from government officials she seduced to other famous companies. For example, currently, Claudia was sitting in a VIP room at a 5-star hotel in the US.
She sipped from the expensive red wine in her hand as she stared at the break-taking view in front of her. The room was at the top of the sky-high building and the room was luxurious and have anything that a person needs, even a jacuzzi.
Claudia was only wearing a violet robe that covered less than half of her body, she was practically naked. Just a while ago, she was on the bed with a middle-aged man who was the CEO of a powerful company in the US.
”Hahaha, although it's only 0.5%, it's the second time that it's activated in just a month. Maybe the watching gods are with me?”
As she played with the transparent glass of wine in her hand, Claudia gazed at the night sky full of stars and playfully smiled whilst saying
”It's all thanks to you, Arthur, though it's a shame you died too early... there were some things you hid from me that I cannot find... a real shame indeed. *sigh*”
After she finished talking, she walked toward the bed and leaned her naked body on top of the man. Her voluptuous body and two mountains peaks pressed on the man and woke him up from his sleep.
”I'm still not satisfied.”
Like that, the two of them continued doing their business...
It's been two days since Arthur fell asleep yet he didn't wake up. Lucy was not worried about his condition as his body fully recovered, moreover, Saly had finally woken up.
She didn't know what Lissandra did but after Delia slapped her a few time, the miserable woman confessed and told her the way to get rid of the sleeping magic she used on little Saly.
On the course of these two days, apart from staying with Arthur, Lucy happily chatted with Saly and even played with her. What's more surprising is that the little girl liked Delia a lot and would often ask her to perform some things with her Holy Magic.
Delia could ignore the little girl but since she's Arthur's daughter, she couldn't refuse, moreover, she didn't have any reason to refuse. At least taking care of a little girl is better than being stuck at the pearl. She sensed that the tremendous and fast increase in strength which usually occurred every day had slowed down but it was still existent.
At this pace, she guessed that she would break-through in about three to four months and if she's inside the pearl, two months or less would be more than enough.
”When will father wake up?”
It has been some time since Saly started calling Arthur 'father' and Lucy 'mom', since they already considered her like their own daughter, they were more pleased to hear her call them that.
While combing Saly's brown hair which had grown a bit since the first time they met, Lucy showed a soft smile and said while looking at the sleeping Arthur next to her.
”It won't be long, don't worry.”
Saly nodded her head silently but after a couple of seconds, she hugged Lucy and said in a low voice.
”I, I'm sorry, I caused you a lot of troubles... *sniff* '