60 The new guild master (1/2)
On another grey day in the Wawrika province, a big fat man almost as wide as a double door sat at the table in a an opulent room painted blue with pictures of mountains hanging on the wall behind him, the wall to his left was bare and to the right a copper statue of a naked woman gone a little green with atmospheric oxidization was mounted half way up.
The room was filled with stone coloredexpensive furniture and the man had two shy looking under-aged girls scantily dressed sat at his side who dared not touch a single morsel of food on the table. The man whose neck couldn't be seen separate from his chin which roiled like the waves of the sea with every minute movement he made, had a white food-stained napkin stuck to his chest as he gobbled down a table of full of delicacies pig-style using his hands, four or five children dressed in tattered robes sat on the floor to the side and gulped down their saliva as they watched the well dressed manwith wide eyes while rubbing their hands to keep warm on the stone floor. The man groaned in delight as he swallowed mouthful after mouthful of food.
”How much” he asked the blond hairedyoung man about seventeen who stood patiently ram rod straight before the table. With a nervous tremor the boy answered ”Sir, we've had some trouble with some strangers, they took the package and told us to tell you they are coming for a meeting today.”
”WHAT!” the man stood up suddenly, the table flipped over from his sudden movements, the two girls scrambled back in fright as all the food on the table spilled out in all direction causing an abstract mural of food stains on the pristine concrete floor.
The man was a 1st layer xiantian...or had been, who knows if he could even jog at this point... obviously he had taken the first step to immortality and could still crush mortals with a slap of his fat clammy hands. He wascontrolling this small crime guild and paying off a few of the local guards andhad gained the position which he used to eat himself into deathly obesity and molested the orphan girls.
”You worthless trash, why the hell am I paying you for? why is not this person's head on a platter before me” he raised his hand to back hand slap the boy stood in front of him.
The door of the building opened slowly as a voice sounded out in the room.
”Stop, any injuries inflicted on my subordinates shall be returned ten folds,”looks of surprise was evident on the children's faces as there heads turned to gaze upon the black haired stranger. The fat man stopped his actions midwayas he eyed up the intruder evaluating the threat level he posed.
The man had loved the lavish living the profits from his small crime guild had brought him over the years but he was smart enough to keep the building which housed his headquarters in a poor neighborhood keeping the outside just as unremarkable as the others around it. The fear of the strong predators in the eco-system of the criminal world was enough for him to not even venture outside and show off his ill gotten wealth often.
”You dare?” the man shouted as the fat on his body jiggled in concert.
”You have two choices” said the stranger, ”you can stay and be a secretary overseeing my guild or you can just die right here right now.” there were hushed conversations from the children present as they had never seen anyone talk to the guild master in such a manner.
”I have connections in the city guard, you won't last a day if you go against me,” The stranger let out raucous laughter before bringing himself to answer.