Chapter 185 - Renewal Plan 6 (1/2)
Chapter 185 - Renewal Plan (6)
“You guys can go back now.”
“······.”
“What?You guys can go home now.”
“······.”
After acquiring everything he wanted from the owners of the merchant companies, he had continued to detain them.Artpe continued to lecture the heads of the merchant companies.His lecture was titled, ‘How to effectively empty the wallets of the heroes and knights, because they care more about the name of the technique rather than the price of the item.’As if hit by lightning, Artpe suddenly stopped talking.He ordered the meeting to break up.His actions were quite suspicious.
“What did you do?”
“What do you mean?Stop talking nonsense.From beginning to end, my goal was to receive support from you.”
“Support.Yes.Support…..”
The heads of the merchant companies felt aggrieved and angered by Artpe’s choice of word.However, they couldn’t do anything about it.Artpe’s level was so high that they couldn’t contend in terms of power.They just grinded their teeth as they exited the tent.
“What? Headquarters······ What!?”
“What happened there!?”
They had been inside the barrier up until now.They hadn’t been able to communicate with the outside world.As soon as they stepped outside of the barrier, their communication devices started lighting up.
However, they couldn’t turn back now and argue with Artpe.Why?They had already given their word to cooperate with him.They had agreed to give up all their magic stones and Artifacts.If they asked why he emptied out their headquarters, Artpe would just mention the fact that they had agreed to give up all their items.It would be like talking to a brick wall.His answer would just piss them off!
“Ooh-doo-doo-doohk······.”
“What’s wrong?Why are you grinding your teeth?Are your gums hurting?”
“No······ I’m alright······!”
“Ah.Wait a moment.”
The three men swayed on their feet as they left the tent.However, Artpe suddenly grabbed one of them.
“The head of the Seros merchant company….Geota?”
“M...my name is George.”
“Yes.I was referring to you.In truth, your name isn’t that important.The identity of the being that controls you from behind is important.Isn’t that right?”
“······!”
At Artpe’s words, George froze in place.He was trying very hard to look nonchalant, but his body shook involuntarily.He had been a merchant for several dozen of years, so he was armed with a poker face.However, the skill had its limit.It didn’t work against Artpe.
“From behind······?”
The other two heads of the merchant companies didn’t care what was being said.They were afraid of being ripped off even further, so they rushed out of the tent.The only ones inside the tent was the emperor, Artpe and George.
The emperor was puzzled by Artpe’s words, but he observed George’s complexion.It had turned pale.It made one think that Artpe’s words weren’t a lie.
“Could there really be another owner to one of the three great merchant houses?”
“I just found out about it.You can relax.”
Artpe had received reports from his party, and he had pulled down his barrier.They had safely finished their tasks.However, at the end of Etna’s report, she had added a new piece of information.Artpe had come up with a story to threaten the merchant houses.However, in the case of one merchant house, his made up story had actually come to pass.
“······the location of our headquarters was found out.The fact that you emptied out that place means….Ahhhhh.”
“Yes.The secret of your company has been revealed.I’m glad you are quick on the uptake, George.”
Artpe put up a barrier once again.He grabbed George by the shoulders as he let out a low growl.
“You better tell me everything about your dealings with Jeriet and the other Demons.You shouldn’t leave anything out.I’ll kill the Demon King, and if your story doesn’t match up, I’ll come back for you.it’ll end up badly for you and the others.”
“Heek!”
This was the Intimidation technique that he was able to use, because he had been a former Four Heavenly King!George’s face turned blue.On the other hand, the emperor now knew that there really was a connection between the Demons and a merchant company of the humans realm.He stood up from his seat in shock.
“I never expected your far fetched story could be true!”
“What did you just say?”
“Let’s hurry up and start the interrogation.I want to know how much of our information was handed over to the Demon King’s army.”
“If it was just the Demon King’s army, I wouldn’t consider it to be such a serious matter.”
“Mmmm······?”
At Artpe’s words, the emperor tilted his head in puzzlement.George’s body started to shake.Artpe just let out a bitter laughter.
After some time passed, Artpe rejoined with his party members.Artpe was satisfied when his party brought back full Dimensional Pouches.
“Will this be enough, Artpe-nim?”
“It is far from enough.In the process of changing the Demon realm back into the human realm, Demonic energy will be converted into Mana.I think that’ll somehow make up for the rest of the Mana I need.”
“How big of a spell is it…..”
He was turning back the human realm into a human realm.He was also turning the Demons back into humans.It would be an amazing spell.However, it was such a massive spell that his party members were having a hard time wrapping their heads around it.Vadinet could only shrug her shoulders.
“Roa, you are a mess”
“Nyaa? The resistance this time was fierce.Nyaa-ah”
Roa looked aggrieved as she replied.She licked her arm.She was completely healed by Vadinet’s holy power, but her defensive gears had been destroyed.Moreover, she couldn’t completely hide the minor scars.
“Pet me, nyaa-ahh.”
“Alright, alright.”
She loved to eat the most, but she also loved acting cute like a cat.She stuck close to Artpe as she meowed.Artpe let out a bitter laughter as he extended Mana Strings from his hand.He used his Materialization magic to erase any blemishes.He let out a sigh.It came unbidden.
“Hoo-ooh.Nothing has been settled yet.”
“The thing that hasn’t been settled is Artpe’s state of mind!You shouldn’t touch any woman like that except for me!”
“You are the one that I shouldn’t touch like that. Roa is a cat.She is safe.”
“That is why she is the most dangerous one!”
Artpe went along with the conversations as he joked.He looked over each of them. Fortunately, the only one that had been hurt was Roa.
“Etna, you couldn’t gauge the exact level of our enemy?”
“I could tell that he possessed high level.I believe he might have been one of the Four Heavenly King.”
“That’s enough.”
He was slowly developing a feeling that he was killing most of the past Demon King’s faction.Was he making a false assumption?What’s worse, the damned sunbae hadn’t been able to kill the previous Demon King and the previous Four Heavenly King.They had been sealed instead!As he thought more about it, the previous hero was looking more and more incompetent!
“Alright.Let’s head back to the Demon realm.”