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Chapter 78
Chapter 78. Heading to Old Crystal Mountain
Hearing this, Smith slowly nodded. “It is only proper to act cautiously. Anyone who dares to take the initiative to provoke House Frank is definitely not an ordinary person.”
“In my view, this person is almost certainly an outside knight hired by an enemy. The reason he always shows himself masked is that he is afraid of exposing his true identity.”
At this point, Smith said helplessly, “For all we know, while Young Lady was studying at the Witch Academy, she may have relied on her family’s influence to bully the daughter of some deeply established great noble family. That side then used this chaos in the city as an opportunity to invite an expert to strike back in revenge, hoping to destroy Frank Bank’s reputation while they were at it.”
Reis deeply agreed, but his brows did not relax. “I personally went to request support from the religious knight order just now. They will send one A-rank knight, along with several B-rank subordinates, to assist us.”
Е.n̄.u m a. і d̈_
When Smith heard this, he praised his efficiency. Then he slowly stood and walked to the window, reaching out to lift a narrow gap in the curtain as he looked at the chaotic street scene outside the city.
The religious knight order had taken a fancy to Bruce Wayne’s strength and wanted to use this opportunity to brainwash and subdue him for their own use.
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It had been many years since a B-rank combatant had died in the city. If they could successfully kill a knight commander-level figure, they would definitely be able to shock the entire city. Not only would they recover their lost reputation, they would also greatly raise their prestige.
He turned around and looked at Reis, instructing him word by word.
“Avoid direct confrontation with that Wayne as much as possible. Let the religious knights take the lead. If you find a suitable opportunity, use your Longbow Pattern to launch a sneak attack from the shadows and finish him in one strike.”
“Yes.”
Еn̆ ù m̃а̌
After receiving Reis’s confirmation, Smith withdrew his cold gaze from the window and sat back down at the desk. His bony hand once again picked up the thick stack of documents on the table, and his eyes were filled with unconcealable exhaustion and irritation.
He picked up the quill beside him and dipped the tip into the ink bottle, but he did not lower it for a long time. Clearly, the matter at hand had left him mentally and physically drained.
Only after a long while did he finally calm himself. Holding the quill, he wrote on the yellowed paper one by one, recording the names of the students whom he had learned from the academy teachers that Young Lady had bullied.
Standing beside him, Reis took in this scene, and confusion could not help rising in his heart. He bent forward slightly and asked, “Mr. Smith, are you writing down these names so you can follow these clues and find the family backing that masked knight?”
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The quill in Smith’s hand stopped. Then he slowly shook his head, put down the pen, and pushed the paper filled with names aside.
“Do not do that. As a merchant, you must never slap your own face to pretend to be fat. You should win over everyone you can win over.”
Ѐnŭ m̀ а
“Young Lady’s fate is unknown, which means she is dead. We do not need to lick the boots of a dead person so thoroughly. If we truly investigate this so-called family behind the scenes, not only will we make enemies for no reason, we will also expose all of Young Lady’s absurd acts of bullying others with her power. That will only give people leverage against us, damage the bank’s reputation, and bring more loss than gain.”
Smith continued, “It would be better to do the opposite and proactively give generous compensation to the students Young Lady bullied.”
Light Reis stepped forward and bent down to look at the list of names on the table, his gaze sweeping over them one by one.
When his eyes settled on one of the names, his fingertip paused slightly. He directly reached out and tapped that name, and rare excitement appeared in his cold brows and eyes.
“This Alice Louis must be treated seriously!”
He raised his eyes and looked at Smith, his tone certain and carrying a hint of emotion. “Only yesterday did I receive definite news that her biological older brother is Academician Fick Louis, who is currently enjoying tremendous fame in Saint-Denis.
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“Moreover, I have always loved studying 《Don Quixote》. I admire his literary talent and insight greatly. In my opinion, why don’t we start with her first? We can redress the injustice Young Lady committed against her back then and deliver compensation.”
When Smith heard this, the calculations in his heart grew even stronger. He immediately nodded and agreed, his tone full of a merchant’s shrewdness. “Good. We will choose her first! This is borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, borrowing a corpse to return a soul, borrowing a chicken to lay eggs, borrowing—”
“Stop, stop, stop. Stop borrowing things. You should think about how to explain this to the family head instead. She was still his eldest daughter, after all.”
“Simple. The best policy is to hand over Bruce Wayne’s corpse. The middle policy is to win over the second daughter and hand over half the shares. The worst policy is to hand over the entire bank to the family head. In the circle of merchant nobles, there is nothing that cannot be solved with money.”
“I truly envy you. A rough brute like me could never think of so many cunning tricks.”
“Are you praising me or mocking me?”
Е̌ nû ḿ.а ._і d
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After one night, Alice Louis knew very well that her brother now held the position of Academician. With Shulia’s help, he had also obtained powerful strength. This made her even more determined in her dream of becoming a Grand Witch and living past the age of twenty.
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“Brother, I’ve thought it through. I want to continue staying at the Military Witch Academy and finish my studies.”
“Although my natural talent is relatively poor, from now on, I will restrain myself and focus on studying magic. I won’t make Big Brother worry about me again.”
Fick had always respected every choice Alice made and never forcefully interfered with her thoughts as an older brother. Even though he was still worried, he only raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head.
“Since you have made your decision, follow your own heart. Just take good care of yourself. You do not need to keep anything else in mind.
Е̂nǔ_m̌ а̄
“To avoid making people suspect that things are too coincidental, I plan to go to the Witch Academy tomorrow and deal with those accomplices who helped the evildoer. I guarantee you will be able to go back to school.”
If he could rob a sufficient batch of Magic Crystals next month, it would both support the improvement of his strength and make it convenient for him to conduct experiments on treating crystallization disease. Perhaps Alice would not need to risk her life trying to become a Grand Witch after all.
As his thoughts flowed, Fick took out a money pouch from his chest and placed it on the table beside Alice. “I’ll stay in Koyanxiton with you for these two months. Right now, I plan to go buy some groceries and look for some manpower to rob the bank with. Want to come along?”
Alice said that she had to do her job guarding the fodder yard properly, then instructed him, “Brother, buy honey, eggs, milk, olive oil, and yeast. I’ll use the flour to make dessert for you.”
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Fick agreed. Then he turned around and dragged Miss Frank, whose body no longer had a single intact piece of flesh, out of the grass pile by the door and left the fodder yard.
He used his acceleration ability to carry the corpse through the air until he found a snow bear cave deep in the snow mountain. A whole family was sleeping inside.
W̌ е b̌ nоv̄ el Е́nü m а
“Looks like I have to pay tribute to the model prisoner and make some little bear cookies for once.”
Fick threw Miss Frank out and activated concealment. Seeing the snow bear family wake up after being struck, look utterly bewildered, and then happily begin eating, he finally felt completely relieved. He turned around and left the snow mountain.
When he reached a sparsely populated forest path, Fick Louis stopped and reached for the storage pouch in his chest. His fingertips counted the Magic Crystals inside: three and a half Black Crystals and eleven Azure Crystals.
He carefully put the Magic Crystals away. Right now, he needed to find some strong cannon fodder to rob Frank Bank together with him. His destination was Old Crystal Mountain, located twenty kilometers west of Koyanxiton City, also known as Old Crystal Mountain.
Because of the crystal rush, that place had recently become a mixed den of all sorts. Many desperadoes and orcs had taken root there, and large quantities of black-market goods flowed through the underground market.
With his quasi-A-rank speed holding the field, and by painting a tempting enough picture for them, it should not be difficult to deceive a few hotheaded fools.
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