Accept my deal or reject it, I’m not bargaining over a precious gem with anyone I declared my stand very clearly. As they asked for an extravagant price for their talents, I had to ask for the same for my treasures.

Yes, I taught you too much indeed… Sigh! Let me check with my higher ups and return back to you. This deal… Is way too much for me to decide

Tell them this… I want a hundred talents from Blacksmiths and Alchemists, least is one rank below grandmaster or above. I need resources for my potions, and will provide the price of each talent by twenty potions plus a future promise for giving a discount of twenty percent of the price of potions. If we have a deal on potions, then I can provide on thousand per week in exchange for half the resources needed to make them, plus securing all the resources I need with twenty percent discount, plus twenty percent share of any loot coming from the bidding world if my boys participated in it

This… You raised the price again!

I was dealing with you, so I made account for our friendship. But as you decided to take the deal up to your superiors, they’ll have to pay more

Damn Hye! Are you going to start and impact next or what?!!

I laughed at her remark. Of course if I had a chance, and found a good use for such a thing, then why not?

I only needed to have a big name, be shameless, and get many connections for my deals.-.

I’d even consider recruiting her to work for me.

Go and finalise the deal, I’m tight on time here. If you didn’t bring back the news in one hour, I’ll look for another impact to deal with…

I paused slightly before adding, I’m not joking here. I need these things, and I’ll get them one way or another today!

Ok, let me see what I can do… Sigh! I know I’ll get slandered for standing up for you and fighting to give you that recipe

Good girl, you are doing great for your future boss

Screw off!

I laughed while closing the chat. This time I cornered them while showing the carrot and then using the stick later on.

If they were smart, they’d know their gains from this deal would be immense! Their future would be boundless!

They wouldn’t be this crazy and short minded to sell the potions I’d give to others. They’d only limit its use over their people.

And by these people, they’d get tons of resources and benefits than they were having right now from the betting world.

As for me, I secured not only much more of the required talent quota, but I also secured lots of resources.

The deal of twenty percent cut from their earnings was a bit too much. But if I ended up with ten percent, I’d call myself lucky and a winner.

How are things going? Finished dealing with the lady, and as I had to wait, I decided to keep track of Leo and Alex’s actions.

We are heading south now he sent, We just found ten tunnel openings. Also we got to see couple of these having the same as I mentioned before

A gathering of all races?

That’s correct, boss. This is weird! Since when were humans friends with other races and monsters?

Monsters? This was new to my ears.

We saw weird looking monsters coming into one tunnel. They acted friendly with all the races, including humans

Hmm… What Do they look like?

Like lions but with wings and a single long horn… There were also bears with scales covering their bodies, thick armour, looking really terrifying!

Were they having horns as well? I asked while something came into my mind.

They have spikes all over their back and few at their heads… If you considered spikes horns, then they indeed have

Ok, keep your distance all the time and use the Hawk Eye skill to see through

But… The skill can’t let us see clearly

Don’t get near these tunnels. The monsters you saw are all hybrid monsters. They are supposed to be fierce and bloody, but the ones you mentioned are acting sane like they are a race I recognised the two monsters he described.

They were a type that would wreak havoc soon in the apocalypse, approximately at quest eight and above. They got great senses, smell at bears and sight at lions. Don’t risk it! Just scan from far and it’s enough to determine the locations of these tunnels

Got it, boss!

I closed the chat with him while trying to solve this new puzzle.

Different races were acting friendly with each other, grouping together from different parts of the world and going towards the underground tunnels.

And now the late to appear hybrid monsters came into the picture. What was going on? What was that bastard planning? And how did he make up with all these enemies, making them treat each other like this?

I got a feeling that the hour of his attack would be when the next quest started. So it was better for me to move faster and hit him before this quest would be up.

How are things at your end? I haven’t talked with Fang or Wyly for a few days now. I knew Wryly was busy fighting at North, so I had to ask the other dude about this.

I’m good, just trying to sort out our lands coming here

Good I paused, thought about using these lands later on if needed. But for now, it was better to just let them develop their lands without my intervention. Tell me, do you know when the next quest will start?

The fourth quest? It should start in ten days from now

Good. Have you heard any news about the underground mazes of tunnels before? As there was time, it was appropriate to start gathering up intel about such a thing.

Never heard of it. Is it some sort of a quest?