"That damned scum, idiot! He actually stole someone else's Universal Core! That thing is indeed very valuable, but using that kind of method will definitely make the Gilded Rose unhappy. Now that the Gilded Rose's people are here, what should we do?"
"Damnit, the Rodney Family and the Gilded Rose had a conflict before, but the Rodney Family retreated without saying a word. The Gilded Rose's strength is far more frightening than we imagined. Moreover, I heard that the ruler of the Gilded Rose, Mafa Merlin, is a very tyrannical person. Our Carter Family might be in trouble …"
"Notify that idiot Walker to immediately come over. If he doesn't give us an explanation, our Carter Family might be in big trouble …"
Walker arrived at the Elder Council and didn't seem nervous at all when he saw the group of Elders. He only took out 5,000,000 purple golds and threw them on the table.
They were all purple golds, 5,000,000, which piled up into a small mountain. The group of Elders were stunned, they had never seen such a big pile of purple golds in their lives.
The Carter Family wasn't an alchemist family, but rather a pure mage family. The family's businesses could barely support the family's magic research, and the resources everyone could obtain were far from enough. Among the younger generation of the family, there were only three geniuses who could obtain enough resources every year.
5,000,000 purple golds was enough for a Heaven Rank powerhouse to tailor a True Spirit Magic Tool, even if it wasn't a very good True Spirit Magic Tool.
Walker smiled proudly when he saw the shocked expressions on the elders' faces.
"Do you see? How much purple golds does our family earn in a year? Do we even have 30,000,000? How much would everyone in the family get if they used 30,000,000 purple golds?
"I earned half of those 5,000,000 purple golds in three days. Which one of you can do that? Naturally, I'm a member of the family, so I'll definitely think of the family when I have money.
"2nd Elder, you are a Heaven Rank powerhouse, but you only have two True Spirit Magic Tools, not to mention your magic staff. Moreover, they seem to be Low Rank True Spirit Magic Tools, right?
"These 5,000,000 purple golds will be split among everyone. 2nd Elder, you take a million and get some good materials. Find a good alchemist to upgrade your Magic Tool, and the Great Elder …"
Walker said a lot of things. He didn't ask for anything. He just wanted to give them money. Five elders, five million. Each of them would get a million. To the Carter family, a million per person was a huge sum of money.
Moreover, Warwick had said that he had earned it in three days. Everyone knew how he had earned it …
Warwick left after delivering the money. The five elders looked at each other in dismay. Looking at the mountain of purple coins, they could not hold back their greed …
The Second Elder, who lacked money the most, swallowed with difficulty.
"Oakley is finally sensible enough to repay the family. Not bad, not bad …"
"Yes, that's right. Although Oakley likes to cause trouble, he is still a member of our family, and an important Heaven Rank powerhouse …"
"What about the Gilded Rose's people?"
"What else can we do? Oakley didn't go to the Gilded Rose to cause trouble, it was just a normal transaction. Those people were willing to sell, so no one could say anything. Moreover, those people might have wanted to extort Oakley and felt that they didn't get enough money after selling, so they spread rumors …"
"That's right, although Oakley liked to cause trouble in the past, he is much more sensible now. How could he do such a thing …"
A day later, Faleau listened to the report with an ashen expression.
"You said that the Carter family said that it was a normal transaction, and that the seller wanted to blackmail them, so they were taught a lesson. They said that they bought everything for ninety thousand purple coins, and that someone was trying to ruin the Carter family's reputation and spread rumors?
"What about the sellers? What about the people Oakley forced to buy and sell?
"What? Only three were found, and the rest are nowhere to be found. The person who found them also said that they were sold to Oakley for 90,000 purple golds?
Does the Carter Family want to become enemies with our Gilded Rose? "
Faleau's breathing became rough, his mana surged and gales surged around him. He didn't know what to do now.
The Carter Family insisted that this was the truth. Moreover, it was too easy for the Carter Family to shut up the sellers in Rigg City. All the stubborn people had disappeared …
The Gilded Rose was only an alchemy shop. After earning the purple golds, the buyers would leave and have nothing to do with the Gilded Rose. The Gilded Rose couldn't do anything about it, unless it was at the entrance of the Gilded Rose.
After the buyers disappeared, even if they were robbed or killed, it would have nothing to do with the Gilded Rose.
Moreover, the one who did it was a Heaven Rank powerhouse, other methods wouldn't work. Would they send a Heaven Rank powerhouse to guard the place?
What a joke, even if the Carter Family was ten times more courageous, they wouldn't dare to directly attack the Gilded Rose. But would they send a Heaven Rank powerhouse to escort all the people who came to the Gilded Rose to buy a Multi-purpose Core?
Even if they didn't send a Heaven Rank powerhouse, would they send someone from the Gilded Rose to escort them? Did the Gilded Rose have that many people? Moreover, would they still be able to do business?
If this went on, would anyone still dare to buy things from the Gilded Rose? They wouldn't even be able to take a few steps out of the Gilded Rose before they were robbed. If they were unlucky, they might even be killed.
Moreover, that was only a branch, it was far from comparable to the eighteen main branches of Neverwinter City. They couldn't invest too much power in a single branch, that was simply impossible. Moreover, the Gilded Rose didn't have the wealth to put a Heaven Rank powerhouse in a branch.
But this was the best time for the Gilded Rose to expand. The branches were like tentacles. If the branch in Regua City was crippled, the other branches wouldn't be far from being crippled. The Carter Family, which could only be considered a mid-tier Family, dared to do this to the Gilded Rose. Moreover, it was only a war of words, so the other Families would naturally dare to do the same.
The Gilded Rose would have no choice but to close their branches once this happened in every city. If they didn't handle this matter well, the Gilded Rose wouldn't be able to open any more branches.
Moreover, they didn't have any deterrence, but they had a lot of wealth. The number of people who dared to take a bite out of the Gilded Rose might suddenly increase.
But if they took an unyielding stance and directly went to the Carter Family to denounce them, or even directly got rid of Walker, the Gilded Rose would seem too overbearing. They might even be disliked by the native Families of the Odin Kingdom, and a few powerful Noble Families might come to cause trouble for the Gilded Rose.
No matter what, this series of consequences was very unfavorable to the Gilded Rose. In the end, it was all because the Gilded Rose was an outsider.
Faleau had a headache and could only send two 9th Rank Archmages to Regua City, as well as five level 39 puppets to act as the Gilded Rose's defenses.
Even if they didn't escort the Gilded Rose's customers, this would at least show their attitude. At the very least, the Carter Family should exercise some restraint.
But three days later, the Gilded Rose sent a new batch of Multi-purpose Cores, and a new report from Regua City arrived.
Faleau's expression darkened as he looked at the new report. Another dozen people had been forcibly bought and sold, and the highest bidder only gave a thousand purple golds, while the rest were around five to six hundred purple golds.
The one who did it was Walker of the Carter Family.
Faleau looked at the report with a bitter smile.
'I really underestimated their greed. I hadn't expected that the Gilded Rose's people would dare to righteously say that this matter has nothing to do with the Gilded Rose. 80,000 purple golds was bought from the Gilded Rose, but it was stolen in less than three minutes for 500 purple golds.
'They don't even give face to the Gilded Rose, these guys are crazy …'
After turning to enter the Gilded Rose, Faleau could only dispatch Layford to Regua City. After all, there was a 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse with power comparable to a Peak 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse guarding the place.
But Layford personally went to Regua City and still couldn't put an end to this matter. With Layford there, this kind of thing didn't happen during the Gilded Rose week. But as long as those without any background bought a Multi-purpose Core and left Layford's detection range, something would happen.
There was even one time when Layford chased after a guy who used his entire fortune to buy a Multi-purpose Core in order to make a small profit. That guy was secretly looked after by Layford, so nothing happened. But after a dozen minutes, another person not far from the Gilded Rose's branch had an accident and was beaten to death.
In less than a week, all kinds of rumors appeared. The other branches were also robbed of their Multi-purpose Cores. Among these people, some were forced to buy and sell at low prices, while some were openly robbing.
This kind of thing happened a few times in a row and rumors started appearing. This caused the sales of the Gilded Rose's branches to show a slight downward trend.
Many people would rather go to Neverwinter City's Gilded Rose to buy things than buy things from the Gilded Rose's branches in their own cities.
Moreover, this kind of trend was happening more and more frequently. There were even rumors that the Gilded Rose was lacking in supply, so after selling it, they immediately dispatched people to get rid of the buyer and snatch the Multi-purpose Core to wash and sell it. Otherwise, how could it be robbed a few minutes after leaving the Gilded Rose? What else could it be apart from the Gilded Rose itself? If it wasn't the Gilded Rose's doing, why didn't the Gilded Rose react?
All kinds of rumors slowly appeared until one of the Gilded Rose's branches was attacked. This matter thoroughly spread.
Although the people who attacked the Gilded Rose were only some brainless bandits and were all killed on the spot, this matter had a very bad start.
It seemed that some people felt that the Gilded Rose was easy to bully. They had a huge amount of wealth, but they were easy to bully. This matter was a bit troublesome.
Faleau dispatched a large number of puppets to each branch, and even Archmages and Sword Saints were dispatched. But the rumors were getting more and more intense, and the sales of the Multi-purpose Cores in Rigg City were also rapidly slowing down. At the start, they would be sold out on the first day, but now, it had been more than two days and they still hadn't sold out. This was a very clear indication of the problem.
Moreover, the robbers of Reguer City were becoming more and more savage. Layford hadn't been able to catch Oakley once, and after another incident, he even accused Layford. A large number of witnesses said that Oakley hadn't left during the incident.
It looked like this matter couldn't be handled. If it continued, the Gilded Rose's expansion plans would be scrapped, and it would even cause all kinds of trouble.
He sent a message to Lin Yun, who was in the middle of his research, and it didn't take long for Lin Yun to come out of the Demiplane's laboratory.
After listening to Faleau's recount of the recent events, Lin Yun frowned.
"Sir Merlin, if this continues, the Gilded Rose's branch can only be closed, or it will seriously affect the Gilded Rose's reputation. The branch expansion plans can only be halted.
"The branch in Reguer City needs the support of one of the local families, the Carter Family. And at the start, that Oakley was only forcing people to buy and sell, so our Gilded Rose wasn't in a position to do anything. As an alchemy shop, we can only manage the interior of the shop and its surroundings.
"This kind of thing happened, coupled with the Carter Family's refusal to admit it, and the fact that we couldn't find anyone to prove it, we could only negotiate.
"Many people were forced to buy and sell, but most of them were from Reguer City, and none of them dared to offend the Carter Family.
"But if this continues, the other branches won't be able to handle it …"
Lin Yun nodded.
"Alright, I'll take care of this matter. You did very well."
Lin Yun's expression was a bit unsightly. The Gilded Rose wasn't a member of the Odin Kingdom, and they also didn't have any good relations with the major forces of the Odin Kingdom, especially the nobles that controlled most of the major forces of the Odin Kingdom.
The Gilded Rose had relied on their formidable alchemy abilities to kill their way into the Odin Kingdom. Being able to open a shop in Neverwinter City wasn't because of Faleau's operations in the past six months, nor was it because of their connections. The main reason was because the Starry Sky College had spoken up first, so the others didn't refute the Starry Sky College's request and conveniently formed a relationship with the Gilded Rose.
But this relationship wasn't close at all, it was just a show for others to see.
There were so many people watching the Rodney Family's matter, but no one stood up to say anything. The Rodney Family's sudden cowardice made everyone feel that the Gilded Rose was a bit powerful, but that was all. After all, the main reason was that Wilder was still alive. This was the Gilded Rose's strength, there was no other explanation. Otherwise, why wouldn't they dare to get rid of Wilder?
Lin Yun led his group out of Neverwinter City, thinking about the best way to handle this matter. Looking at the large amount of information Faleau had gathered, a smile slowly appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth.
Since this matter had already blown up, he couldn't directly overthrow the Carter Family, but he also couldn't allow this matter to develop. Thus, he directly incorporated the Carter Family. It just so happened that the Gilded Rose needed a force to attach itself to. Although a local force of the Odin Kingdom wasn't very powerful, it was still a good start.
That Carter Family was a pure Mage Family, and they only had a small plane that wasn't rich in resources. It seemed to be an elemental plane. It was truly miserable. A Family with a Heaven Rank powerhouse only controlled that small plane. Moreover, the Family didn't have any alchemy inheritance, and the alchemists they had were some low-level alchemists that simply couldn't bring wealth to the Family.
There was only one Heaven Rank powerhouse in the Family that had a tailor-made True Spirit Magic Tool.
Disbelief could be seen on Lin Yun's face as he looked at the information. As a Mage Family of the Odin Kingdom, it could only be described as miserable. This really wasn't an easy matter.
But after thinking about it, the overall strength of the Odin Kingdom was indeed greater than that of Andalusia, and it was even greater than the Duston Kingdom. But the gap between every Mage Family could be said to be unfathomable. Even if they had the same strength, the difference in wealth could be a thousand times greater.
Just like the Henry Family, the overall strength of the Family couldn't be considered powerful, but they had a lot of money and accumulated a shocking amount of wealth. Coupled with the fact that the Family wasn't flourishing, everyone had a ridiculous amount of resources. This way, increasing the overall strength of the Family was a relatively easy matter.
As for the Carter Family, Lin Yun couldn't bear to look at the miserable records of the Carter Family.
After arriving in Reg City, Lin Yun directly went to the Carter Family and pulled out Xiuban, who had been sleeping in the Demiplane. He made him watch over the branch and kill anyone he saw trying to force a sale of the Gilded Rose's goods.
Lin Yun personally appeared, and the five Elders of the Carter Family simultaneously appeared to welcome him. The Carter Family was a bit different from other Families. The authority of the Family was in the hands of the five Elders, while the Patriarch didn't have much authority. He was only a tool for the Family to earn purple golds, and his strength wasn't even at the Heaven Rank.
Lin Yun calmly walked into the conference hall of the Carter Family. The five Elders of the Carter Family nervously followed him. They looked at each other, worry visible in their eyes.
Especially the 2nd Elder, who was the first to relent to Walker. He was extremely nervous as he looked at Lin Yun as if he was looking at an ancient vicious beast.
'Sh * t, didn't Mafa Merlin usually ignore the matters of the Gilded Rose? Why did that guy personally come? Such a frightening guy, I can't even feel a wisp of his aura, but I feel like I'm in danger of dying at any time …'
It was rumored that the current Patriarch of the Rodney Family, Wilder, a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse proficient in the Rodney Family's steel spells, had been defeated by Mafa Merlin and hadn't appeared in public ever since. It was even rumored that half of Wilder's body had exploded and he had almost been beaten to death.
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