Chapter 19: Chapter 19: An Empire.
"Five billion dollars and these two buildings? Are you being serious?! Holy shit!" Rozan asked in disbelief as he looked at the two highest buildings in the city. "But still, cleaning them up and fixing the damages would be suck ass," Rozan sighed as he looked at the broken windows and walls.
"That's not a problem at all because they will be fixed soon. Right now, you guys can choose which floor do you want to take for your own penthouses," Mykel said.
All of them looked at each other with excitement, and then they immediately entered the building to check each floor. Mykel and Elena stayed outside since Elena wanted him to show the city around.
"Now that we got the fame, recognition, wealth, connection, and power, what's our plan next? Just wait until the portal is open?" Elena asked as she walked next to Mykel.
"Yes, pretty much. There's nothing else that we need to get here. I really want to go to Greece or Italy to check the door that they have," Mykel answered and looked at the people starting to clean their own places and try to get back on their feet. "But they haven't found it yet," Mykel continued.
"You miss her," Elena smiled as she leaned her body forward so she could look at Mykel's face.
"Of all the people I have been with, Hera is different. I'm also worried about Sasha and what happened to her. She's also my daughter," Mykel said.
Elena looked up and she also missed Sasha because she was the only sister she had. She remembered when she brought all the Gods to Earth. She sent Sasha away to safety with Hera when the angels started to attack them.
"I'm also worried about Beldathiel and the others. They must have been struggling to survive out there because they lost their powers as well. The Demon Kings have become a real one, and who knows what they're doing to them," Elena said and thought of the possibility of them dead or enslaved by the Demon Kings.
Elena didn't realize that she was brought to the cemetery, and she looked confused. She was about to ask Mykel, but then he suddenly stopped walking and stared at the gravestone in front of him.
"This is her..." Elena said as she bent her knees and looked at the name written on the gravestone. "She's the one who created half of the story," Elena was shocked that Mykel brought her there.
Mykel didn't say anything as he stood there and lit his cigarette. Elena was a bit suspicious of why Mykel brought her to meet Sasha, but then she looked at Mykel's neck tattoo and remembered what he said about the meaning behind his tattoos.
"Father? What are you thinking right now? You're not thinking of bringing her back to life, right?" Elena asked.
"What makes you think I would bring her back to life?" Mykel asked with curiosity.
"Unforgettable regrets, your tattoos. You said that it didn't actually work, and I have seen your past. You have so many regrets, and this is one of them," Elena answered.
Mykel realized that Elena was no longer a kid inside, and she inherited his personality. He didn't expect she would read him like an open book because he always showed vulnerability in front of her.
"I'm not thinking about it nor planning on doing so. It's just coming through my mind," Mykel said. "Even if I want to, I can't do that since she's not a part of the system. She can't be brought back to life," Mykel pointed out.
"Yeah, but we don't know that. I know you for so long that you make the impossible possible. You're just trying to make me think that this is just nothing but talk," Elena said as she looked at Mykel. "I'm your daughter, I know how your mind works, father," Elena continued.
"Smart kid," Mykel said as he chuckled and rubbed Elena's head. "Let's go somewhere else and get something to drink," Mykel continued.
A week had passed and more than half of the city had been occupied by humans and not demons. People started to live at ease even though at night they would still hear the gunshots and screeches of demons. They started to rebuild the city and started making businesses to make money, and most of them got money from processing the demon corpses. Only a few started opening a weapon and armor smithing that got them a lot of money.
All the money came from Mykel and the guild that he created called Rebirth Guild. Lyneth and Edith were the ones who managed the guild and offered work to anyone. People sold their loot from the demons to the guild and paid a good amount of price.
All the loot and the corpses were sold to the Redshield family for a higher price, not to mention that Sven and the others had been going to different states to hunt more. In just a week, Mykel almost had ten billion dollars from that business alone, and he was slowly catching up with the four guilds.
"These are the list of the buildings that have no owners, and the government has them. I'm already lobbying half of them and making it ours, so we are only waiting for their approval," Lyneth said as she gave the documents to Mykel. "I can handle this much, so you don't have to help me on this one," Lyneth pointed out before Mykel could say anything.
"Alright, I'll leave the city to the two of you. I'll have another business to take care of," Mykel said as he put down the document. "Let's make this city our empire, and try to sabotage anyone who tries to compete with us here," Mykel continued.
"Yes, I have prepared all the possibilities. I'll make sure anyone who tries to open a business here without our permission suffers," Lyneth answered without hesitation. "I also have a lunch appointment with the senate, so I'll try to get him on our side," Lyneth said.
"Perfect. I'll take my leave then," Mykel said as he grabbed his suit that he hung on his chair. "I might not coming tonight, I'll be in Washington DC with Richard," Mykel continued.
Lyneth and Edith nodded with understanding and accompanied Mykel to the lobby.
"Man, she's hot," Eric said as he ate his pizza and stared at Lyneth in front of the building.
"You don't want to get close to her. She's Mykel's girlfriend and you're going to die if you touch her," Anderson said.
"I wish I'm an Awakener, fuck this..." Eric sighed and took a huge bite of his pizza.
"Wait, hold on a minute, you're right, you should be awakened," Anzel said as he furrowed his eyebrows. "Do you remember how I awakened? You both should be awakened if you both know the truth about Mykel and those people," Anzel explained.
"Maybe that's just pure luck, I think it's just a coincidence," Anderson replied.
"No! Gea also awakened when she found out the truth, and she got a similar skill as mine! That's not a coincidence," Anzel said. "You both should have been awakened, but you guys were not which is weird," Anzel explained.
"It's fine, we don't really mind though because we are rich from selling the corpses to them. I have never been this rich in my whole life," Eric said as he patted Anzel's shoulder. "If it wasn't a coincidence at all, I think it has something to do with you and Gea who know the story of the novel, no? I think that's the reason why you both awakened," Eric pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. If that's really the case, that means there are still people who know about the story because the skill is a series. I wonder why though, is it to help Mykel? But if so..." Anzel paused and didn't finish his sentence because the being shrouded in mystery didn't want him to get close to Mykel which meant it could be that the Virtue skills series were to fight Mykel.
"Well, there's something that bothers me, and that's how Mykel dealt with this whole situation so easily and how he gained a lot within a month. This guy is really smart, and I hate smart people because they're all cunning," Anderson pointed out. "I hope I'm wrong, but I can tell that he has a big plan, and that might affect us all," Anderson continued.
Anzel looked at Anderson and then looked at Mykel who had just entered the car.
"Do you really think so?" Anzel asked.
Anderson didn't say anything, but raised his eyebrows and nodded his head slowly.
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