Chapter 628 - Are You? (2/2)

Leonel kept a large portion for himself, putting it all into his ring without a care. Then, he turned to leave. His destination?

Well, wasn't it obvious? He was going to destroy every one of the mines on that map. One by one.

”Leonel! Wait!”

Sael grit her teeth, she finally couldn't continue to watch what was happening.

For one, even though it seemed like this business was entirely owned by King of Ores faction, this couldn't be further from the truth. Over 80% of this world was owned by Valiant Heart Mountain. This was obviously the same for the mines.

Every ore was the property of Valiant Heart. King of Ores faction was only selling them on behalf of the organization and taking a cut. They would then need to pay taxes to Valiant Heart depending on their sales and this amounted to upwards of 70%.

Beyond this, there was a reason that none of the Ores Leonel had picked out were of the Fifth Dimension. In fact, there wasn't a single Tier 7 or and above either. All of these were exclusively sent to Valiant Heart's Founding Peak.

In fact, students weren't even given jurisdiction over ore minds that could produce such high level Ores to begin with. And, in the rare cases they stumbled upon such treasures, they were obligated to report to the organization in exchange for some compensation.

This was all to say that while it looked like Leonel was stealing from Sarrieth, he was, in fact, stealing from Valiant Heart Mountain. Everyone else seemed to be aware of this with the exception of him, which was why the reaction of the merchants hadn't been too excited.

However, that didn't stop a few of them from taking advantage of the chaos to embezzle a few for themselves.

”You…” Sael's words were caught in her throat, especially since Leonel didn't even stop to listen to her. ”… Those ores… They're the property of Valiant Heart Mountain, not the King of Ores faction!”

Leonel continued to walk as though he hadn't heard a single thing.

”Dammit! You aren't allowed to leave Valiant City unless you've joined a Peak!”

Sael might have been grasping at straws, but she wasn't lying. After seeing the map, it was too obvious what Leonel planned to do. She really couldn't allow this. Those mines represented 30% of Valiant Heart Mountain's ore resources. At least when it came to Tier 6 ores and below.

”Then I quit.” Leonel said plainly, continuing to walk away.

Sael clenched her jaw so hard that she almost drew blood.

”Think of your girlfriend! Are you really going to leave her alone!”

Leonel suddenly came to a grinding halt.

A heavy air descended, the slow beating of a heart sounding in everyone's ears. It would be a long while before they realized this heart was their own.

Leonel cocked his head backward, his irises beginning to flicker with red-violet once again.

”Are you threatening me?”