Borrowing Money

"I don't know why I am helping you. I am not your servant." Dou Lin complained before giving him the list that he needed. 'I don't work for you. You don't feed me either."

The complaints never stopped.

Dou Lin liked to complain while doing the things that he asked him to do.

"Why do you need these, anyway? It's not like you can stop human trafficking on your own. What about gambling? Are you going to destroy the hidden gambling house?" Dou Lin asked just as Li Qiang started checking the list.

Ignoring Dou Lin's question, Li Qiang asked. "Where did you get this?" What he has right now was a very detailed list of some illegal activities of the other noble families in the kingdom. He thought it would be an impossible task to get this type of list.

How did Dou Lin get this type of list?

"That is none of your business. However, I can assure you, the list is real."

"I am not doubting the list, Dou Lin." Li Qiang didn't care if the list was real or not. All he cared about was his revenge on King Zenu. He wanted to find that man's weakness.

Li Qiang wasn't the kindest person. To be more precise, he wasn't kind at all.

So why would he let King Zenu go unharmed after what he did to this body? He was planning to make that King suffer for the poison.

And to do that, he needed to find out that man's weakness.

The previous Li Qiang was really useless, so he had to start from scratch.

It's a good thing Dou Lin was working for him.

At least Li Qiang could do things secretly.

"Let's visit a place…"

"Where?"

"Dou Lin…" Li Qiang got up. "How do you feel about destroying a gambling house?"

"You want to destroy the gambling house?"

"No. I am not the type to destroy one of them." Moreover, if he destroys one of them, the others would surely increase their security and might even move to a new place. He can't allow that to happen.

So… how does one destroy a gambling house?

Simple…

Take away their money.

No.

He meant borrow.

Borrow their money!

...

Ridgecloud Merchant Group

Guarding the Gold against the Golden Orchid was a boring task.

Who would dare from the Golden Orchid?

Not even the nobles would dare to rob such an organization!

And Qysten of the More family, the right-hand man of the More patriarch, knew that. Still, he chose to do the mission because he wanted to spend some time with the beautiful women at the casino. After all, Golden Orchid wasn't only famed because of their gambling den, they were also famous because of their beautiful women.

The women serving at the Casino were different from the ones in the Golden Orchid Brothel. These women were pure, gentle, and were trained to serve customers in the casino.

Qysten slowly stroked the leg of the woman sitting on his lap.

The only regret that he had was the fact that no one was allowed to ravage these women. Unless, of course, you have hundreds of gold. Buying one woman is equivalent to buying a property in a small town!

And while he could afford to do that, Qysten's job wouldn't really let him stay with any woman for too long. After all, he travels all the time to every gambling den and moved their gold everywhere in Sirluu Continent.

"Alright… you can leave now." Qysten sighed. He kissed the woman's neck before letting her stand up. If only he could spend some time with one of them, he would surely die a happy man.

Eh? Why was he thinking about death?

Qysten knew that his job would take him everywhere, but he was confident that it wouldn't kill him.

"Sir Qysten, we are done securing the package."

His attendant said.

"Shall we leave now?"

Qysten nodded. He secured his weapons, and daggers before he signaled all twenty of his men to prepare for departure.

Despite the straightforward task, it is still best that everyone stays alert for any attacks.

Sadly, his men weren't like that. They have grown lax, lazy because they knew no one would want Golden Orchid as their enemy.

Shaking his head, he signaled everyone to prepare for the journey. They needed to travel at night and arrive at dawn. That was the protocol.

To make sure that this happens, all casinos that were located not far from each other. Moreover, the road towards each casino was guarded by spies and warriors. Meaning, many people could help us in case someone is foolish enough to rob them.

"In a few minutes, we will enter the small forest, everyone should heighten their senses!" Qysten said. Despite this, he knew that his words fell on deaf ears. Those people were too used to traveling safely that their senses have dulled a long time ago.

After a few minutes, they finally went into the small forest. Traversing the forest would take them four hours. After that, most of the roads were a hundred times better.

"Hm?"

"Sir Qysten… there seems to be… "

Qysten didn't hear the rest of the words as he looked around the dark forest. He could smell blood around him. However, his senses were telling him that no one was around. Not even an animal.

Grabbing the hilt of his sword, he signaled his people to stay silent and observe the surrounding.

Was he wrong?

No. That was definitely the smell of blood. He was pretty familiar with it.

"Sir… maybe it's an animal?"

Qysten shook his head. Impossible. This forest was tiny. No dangerous animals live in this place. Qyesten was about to tell them to stop the carriages when he discovered he could no longer move his arms. No. It wasn't just his mouth. It was his whole body.

He cannot move his body!

Slowly, his limbs turned numbed until he couldn't feel his lower body anymore.

Then he saw it.

A man in white.

A man wearing an all-white suit with a white mask.

And that was the last thing that he saw before his consciousness left him.