Chapter 16 - Visiting Entora city (1/2)
It was early morning the next day. Balthazar left his room with Anubis to the gymnasium. At the gym, he found Salazar and Robert already at the testing equipment. Robert seemed livid at Salazar, but Salazar had the same unconcerned expression.
”Hi guys. How is it going on?” asked Balthazar.
”Go down and work on your arms. You need more upper body strength,” said Salazar dismissing him.
About 30 minutes later, Salazar returned with Robert and took them both to the racetrack to begin the usual. The only difference was that Robert was accompanying him. A few rounds later they were at the cabin with Anubis.
”So, how was Max?” Robert asked Balthazar.
”He was the same as always. He brought some people along with him to the mansion yesterday. I haven't ever seen them before.”
”Yeah, I heard about it from Salazar. Arthur really put him in his place, didn't he?”
”What!? Where did Arthur come from?”
”Oh! You didn't stay till then? Arthur stopped them before they could get near Max's quarters. He refused allow them to be sheltered in the mansion. He actually threatened that he would kill them if they talk back to him.”
”Really! He seemed to be a polite and smooth-talking guy, not aggressive at all.”
”He was always like that. Except for stories of his adventure during his youth. They say that he had once fought the Patriarch of the Rothschild Family in public.”
”That's ballsy!”
”You don't understand the half of it. The Orthrus Guardian Group which sent the security team is rumored to be supported by the Achaemenid family.”
”Well, I guess he is the same fiery man.”
”So, what have you been doing the past few days.”
”Took ownership of dad's properties here. A mining company at the opposite end of the planet. I have started a cyber cafe at the market street nearby. I also got a large bit of land at Entora city border. Got to have a look at it today.”
”Oh! You are the one that started the new cyber cafe. Dreamz Cyber space is it? I like your logo. The man in V.R. suit in the dream bubbles.”
”You heard about it already? We just had it all done yesterday. I let Rudra handle all the business end of it and also decided to let him own 20% of it.”
”They have been advertising over the local media. Never expected you to be its owner. So, you are establishing a place of work here.”
”Yeah. You have a job at the city hospital, your mom's pharmacy. I already am enrolled at the force. So, I need to own something here. Also, I have been thinking what to do with the grounds at Entora. Want to join me.”
”Yeah, sure. I have a hardly taken a break for the past five years. It would be nice to go to Entora city. It has been a long time since we went to fair. It is always exciting there. I just love the scary house.”
”Yeah, that would be nice. Good thing Bolena is not here. She was always a spoilsport. She never allowed us to go to the warframe grounds.”
”Also, the combat coliseum at the fair. Watching them fight and capture alien beasts live is something I always wanted to see.”
On having decided to spend their morning and afternoon at the Entora city fair, they left to the mansion to clean up and have breakfast. As they reached the mansion, Robert suddenly asked Balthazar, ”You know Oliver is a partner of David at the cyber drome, right? Jack might make a fuss about you poaching his men.”
”He is always overreacting. What would he do? I didn't force them or anything. They came on their own volition. There were genuinely dissatisfied by cyber drome and we are ready to pay the severance on their contracts.”
”You are quite optimistic. Jack hardly ever had logic on his side. He has beef with someone, he would just talk rubbish and wail that he was being mistreated. He and his brothers were always like that. And it would hurt your business cause people don't want to go against our family.”
”Let us just have breakfast and think about it when the issue comes up.”
”Cool. Just wanted to you to be careful. He hardly ever liked us. Best warn your pals about it.”
”Yeah, will do that. Probably best to have them announce that I co-own the Dreamz Cyber Space.”
”That's a good idea. Will meet you back at dining hall in 15 minutes and we will leave to Entora after breakfast.”
Soon, they had breakfast and left to Entora on a shuttle. Entora was quite close to home city of Adontus. It was about 2000 km away from their mansion and took about 10 minutes to reach it by their shuttle. Entora city was the very new city which was considered a city since the past decade.
It was initially a town which was established quite close to many others like the Adontus. It was a circus or entertainment town that was set at an ideal place for being hub, which caused it to slowly develop into a city that became mercantile and trade hub. The fair at Entora had retained its fame even after it developed into a city and some consider it to be even improved.
Many famous industries had whole-sale shops at the fair which allowed many retailers to be well-informed on the new products on sale. The main attraction at Entora fair were the combat coliseum where fights between animals made the visitors go crazy. They also allowed fights between aliens and human in some circ.u.mstances.
As Robert and Balthazar reached Entora, they first visited the scary house. It took more than 20 minutes to pass through it. Unlike their previous experiences when they were extremely, they were hardly surprised this time which made them realize that they had changed quite a lot in the past five years.
The went ahead to the combat coliseum after the scary house. There they noticed that although the city was usually crowded, it was very tightly packed today. Today there were many fights scheduled at the place. The bets placed at the combat coliseum were one of the main sources of income to the city. Both stayed and wagered on the fights.