Chapter 91: Chapter 90: The Invitation from Macao, Part II (1/2)

Chapter 91: Chapter 90: The Invitation from Macao, Part II

Translator: HunterW

Editor: RED

Macao was controlled by two people. One of them was Toh, a man who had controlled the underground since before the world changed. The other was Wanhu, a woman who came forth to partner up with just when Toh made strong strides in Macao.

Toh was also known as Emperor Wu, after the real Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for his total conquest of Macao. Soon, the two rose to absolute power over the City of Sin.

Toh and Wanhu controlled 70% of Macao's hotels, casinos, and nightclubs together. The remaining 30% were split evenly between themselves.

Toh had started out as a normal deva, but was able to kick out any competition in Macao for one reason; he had the random skill known as Swap.

[Swap (1/1), (Active)

Swap HP, MP and Stats between two targets.

Caster can only swap up to 70% of targets' HP, MP, and Stats.

Caster can swap with up to seven people at a time.

Target and Caster's Stat points must have a 5:1 ratio. (If the target has total stat points of 500, caster must have at least 100 total stat points.)

Both parties must agree for Swap to work.

Unless the Caster releases Swap, Stats will remain swapped for one year. After one year, swapped Stats will return to original owner.

Swap effect will cease upon Caster's death.

Caster will lose a swappable Stat every time the Caster dies.

When Caster can no longer swap Stats, caster will lose Swap skill.

Caster cannot swap own Stats.]

Because of the 70% limit on the skill, Toh couldn't do much to make himself stronger. He could, however, make seven of his men stronger. It didn't seem like much, but it was enough to control Macao.

Soon, a mainland guild caught wind of Toh's special skill. That guild was Shanghai's Heung Cao Guild. The Heung Cao Guild had a proposition for Toh; in exchange for allowing Toh to control Macao, Toh would have to swap Stats with the guild master and the guild master's son. Toh agreed.

Toh then had an idea; why not do the same with the other mainland guilds? In less than a year, Toh began swapping Stats with at least one person from each mainland guild. It was then that Toh became greedy.

He had the idea of selling this service to large guilds. Toh could not profit from selling as the guilds would provide their own hosts, so Toh decided to profit from distribution rather than selling. There was one problem, however; it was difficult to find the right hosts.

Since only 70% of host's Stats could be swapped, low level hosts were worthless. Kidnapping high level hosts was pointless, as well, since they needed to agree to the swap for the skill to work. Toh tried bribing them with enormous amounts of golden rings, but those high leveled hosts already had enough money. No high leveled deva in the right mind would ever agree to such a thing.

That was when Wanhu approached Toh. Wanhu also had a random skill called Buddy.

[Buddy (1/1), (Active)

This skill can force someone to become the Caster's buddy. However, if the target has higher Stats than the Caster, the target can resist the skill.

Force up to five people to become Caster's buddies.

Usable up to three times on one person. First lasts 1 year, second lasts 6 months, third lasts 3 months. After the time limit, target is no longer Caster's buddy.

Caster's buddies cannot reject caster's requests. However, Caster cannot request buddies to hand over items, to kill themselves, or to do anything that will bring harm to buddies.

Every time a target resists the skill, the caster will lose one from max number of buddies.

Caster loses all current buddies upon death.

When Caster can no longer have buddies, Caster will lose skill.]

Wanhu was a godsend to Toh. Their random skills seemed to have been made for each other. Toh would use his Swap to increase Wanhu's Stats so that she could forcibly bring someone to their side. She would then ask her buddy to swap stats and borrow items for a time. They always agreed, as she asked rather than told them.

Toh and Wanhu would have the buddies locked up in a room and not train so that when the buddies were released from the skill, they would be too weak to try anything. Toh and Wanhu had no trouble silencing their victims.

Together they were able to maximize their profits by selling Stat points to large guilds. Buying from 2000 to 5000 Stat points without having to put in the work in appealed to any wealthy person. Soon, they had all of Macao in their palm, with no one able to contest them.

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