"Ok," William couldn't tell if she was playing some sort of trick on him or what. And he didn't care about that, "so we will distribute thirty billion, fifteen for me, and fifteen for you."
"Didn't you say…"
"I said almost half, not precisely half," he rolled his eyes, "if things went out to be too perfect, then people will start doubting us."
"..."
She was a straight merchant before, always looking down on people who used to trick and cheat others. And right now, she couldn't help but feel that being with William was the worst thing ever she'd dreamt to happen.
But who knew what William would say next made her body tremble again, even more than what she experienced when knowing about his identity as the fox monster.
"And… I want you to leave that group and come to work for me."
"..."
"I love collecting gems, and to me you are one," William said this to clear any ill thoughts in her mind. He never expected that at the moment he gave her such an order, she was thinking about finding the farthest place away from here and leaving this fort for good.
"But…"
"I don't care how much they pay you, or how much you owe them," William said, expressing his new identity as a hegemon in this fort, "as you can tell, I lack nothing more than spirit crystals."
"..."
"Hurry up, give me my rightful loot. I'll expect you tomorrow to arrive here and start working for me."
"Sigh!" as she got no way out of here, she couldn't help but sigh, expressing how much she was depressed and hopeless at this moment, "here," she knew he'd not change his mind even if she stalled out for more time.
So, she took out two hundred rings, plus five more who she pointed at in specific, "each have three billion spirit crystals. And by this, our deal here is over," she paused before adding, "but… How do you plan to deal with those outside? They are going to ask for your blood if we spread the news."
"Just tell the story I told you," William stored all the rings and wealth, while feeling like he was at the seventh heaven right now, "and leave the trouble those folks over there will do for me to handle."
He didn't intend to do this out of his good will, or because he was afraid of anyone out there.
He was indeed weak, but he got such an awesome place that was well defended. Coupled with the wealth he just gained; he'd end up being able to purchase literally anything he'd want in this fort.
But he wanted to go out there to settle a debt, another debt, a totally different one that the one he got with the forces that tried to steal rings back there.
If he dealt in such brutality against those forces, then it was expected how he planned to deal with the ones who started all this.
William already intended to deal with the dark spirit master community here since he left his academy. But right now, and even if his intentions remained the same, they were for totally different reasons.
He already made a name for himself. And with this territory and grand wealth, he was confident in building up the guild he wanted.
The reward of that old mission? No way he'd place such a thing in his mind anymore. William was quite sure his old team would get freaked out by all these developments and achievements.
But he still planned to target the dark spirit masters here at all costs! As a start, he had to do this to unroot any leverage the scary Transformers had in this fort.
He didn't want to clash with them so soon, but who knew they'd end up seeking him out instead. And as they fired the first bullet, it was fair for him to respond.
In addition to that, he wanted to go and kill the weaker Transformers. Such a hit would be enough as a start for his retaliation plan, a long-term plan that would end up with this entire fort falling under his clutches at the end, one that would end by the death of those Transformers.
And he also wanted to pay back double or even triple what the dark spirit masters put him through. He gained a lot from this attack, even much better than he already expected, but he wouldn't forgive anyone trespassing their limits and coming at him.
He'd make an example here, at this fort, an example that would spread far and wide all over the world in the next few years, speaking about the legend of a single fox taking down all the dark spirit masters' fortresses in this region.
Of course, he never planned to do it solo, but with the grand guild he'd build. The guild wasn't only going to give him lots of teams and capable spirit masters, or even gems. It'd give him something else, something extremely precious and priceless… Relationships with lots of forces here.
William knew if the fort got such a number of dark gold spirit masters, then it was expected for the dark spirit masters to have such an amount, or even more.
To get rid of all of the dark spirit masters here, William knew he had to borrow the strength of many other formidable spirit masters. And to do so, he had to depend on some sort of backing. And that was where his guild would appear in the picture.
"Let's go," William was satisfied with all he got so far, "let's meet those folks outside."
"Did the battle end?" Remy didn't believe so.
"We will go there and wait for them, so no one would say or doubt anything," William just wanted to get done with this task as soon as possible. He still got the seven building traps to solve, a statue to look for, and also a recruiting grand move that he planned to start after settling things here.
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