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nMeanwhile, at the Battle Ax Bar.

nSeeing a bunch of people teleport in front of him, Malgron raised his eyes.

n“You are here…” Malgron said, quickly recognizing them.

n“Boss!”

n“Malgron!”

n“Leader!”

nWith a tearful reunion, they surrounded Malgron as if they had missed their most beloved person in the world.

n“Alright, sit down first and drink with me,” Malgron smiled, taking out his prized wine.

nAfter calming down, they began to reminisce, talking about the old times.

nFrom when they met, fought, and reached the top of the world.

nThey also told Malgron about their experiences in the Moonlight Empire, showing satisfied smiles.

nFrom their parents, various benefits, advanced technology, etc.

nLiving in the Moonlight Empire seemed to fulfill their fantasy.

n“It seems that Maximus is quite a good emperor,” Malgron nodded in agreement.

nStaying in the Shadow Hunter stronghold for decades, Malgron felt that this is how life should be.

nIt seemed that wherever Maximus went, the place will become a paradise for living.

nEven a stubborn individual like him, who only knew how to fight, was quite satisfied.

n“However, Valoros…”

nHearing that Valoros’ Battle Will had disappeared, Malgron fell into a daze.

nVarious dots began to connect in his mind.

nValoros’ weirdness, experiments that he couldn’t remember, his talk with Maximus.

nSuddenly, Malgron had enlightenment in his eyes.

nLooking at his worried comrades, Malgron just smiled.

n“Don’t worry; he is not dead.”

n“We will meet again in the future,” Malgron muttered as fighting intent flared in his eyes.

n…

nAfter a few days, Maximus finally saw his ever-busy son, Lux.

n“Good to see you, Dad,” Lux greeted with a light smile.

n“What’s wrong? Didn’t you still have some work to do?”

n“A few days ago, we were at a critical moment; I couldn’t leave,” Lux explained.

n“Care to enlighten me?” Maximus said, offering Lux a seat.

n“Hmm.”

nDecades ago, after his father left, Lux continued his business.

nThe shadow hub and cabin real estate business of Lux was very prosperous.

nCoupled with Shadow Hunter pavilions in every city.

nEven as time passed, with more and more tier 6 individuals coming from the Etherium Realm, his business continued to rise.

nWith the secret protection of the Etherium Council, Lux didn’t encounter any problems anywhere.

nApparently, his father gave the Etherium Council a special discount in exchange for ensuring their safety in the abyss.

nKnowing this, Lux became more and more bold.

nExpanding everywhere, Lux wanted to mark every part of the abyss with the ‘Shadowcrest’ brand.

nUnfortunately, even quintillions of crystal merits were not enough to do it.

nIn front of the abyss, it was a mere drop in the ocean.

nNot having enough, Lux conceived a bold plan.

nThe Abyss Stock Market.

nIn the Etherium realm, the stock market was so prevalent that even normal people could invest their money.

nHowever, such a thing was not present in the abyss.

nIt was too chaotic for a normal stock system to work.

nThinking of all the classics he had read and using his unique physique to confirm and analyze, Lux managed to create a working stock market.

nThe Abyss stock market is not about investing and earning; it’s about gambling and winning.

nThe ‘gamblers’ were the powerful and wealthy, while the rest were the ‘cards.’

nThey gambled on each resource point.

nUsing the resources from the bet, the ‘cards’ could be armed in advance, funding the expedition.

nIf they succeeded, the resources point would be split to be their profit.

nWith materials they could buy from his father, building and unmanned resources centers was a cinch.

nHaving a money generator created for them after only spending some money.

nThe ‘gamblers’ were addicted.

nThe ‘cards’ also didn’t care as they could earn much more money in a safer and more efficient way.

nSoon, resource point after resource point was conquered.

nIt even came to the point that the boundary layer was almost being conquered to saturation.

nThis is also the main trigger of the war.

nIt’s not that the Etherium council wanted to conquer the boundary layer.

nIt’s that they almost got all the resource points, that it would be a waste to leave the rest of the land untouched.

nNaturally, hundreds of quintillions worth of Crystal merits came to construction, transforming the boundary layer of the abyss into livable land.

nWith such success, the Abyss stock market, the gambling station of the powerful and the rich, became prosperous.

nHundreds after hundreds of quintillions flowed into it every month, with money continuously flowing into their pockets.

nAs the creator, Lux also had a fair share, earning tens of quintillions of crystal merits every year.

nLux was so busy a few days ago because of the game they played, conquering dozens of resource points in the middle layer.

nFortunately, they conquered a few, making their gamble worthwhile.

nAs for the so-called war, for them, it was just a fight for profit.

nA war without profit in mind was just mindless brutes quarreling.

n“So this is why you’re so busy…” Maximus sighed, hearing Lux’s story.

nFrom a little kid scamming him for money.

nNow, Lux was already scamming the whole world.

nThe abyss was already in so much chaos without even Malgron doing anything.

nHearing Lux earned tens of quintillions every year, Maximus was in awe.

nThis was already close to what he could earn every year.

nIf not for reselling resources from the myriad world mall, Lux might even earn more than him.

nIt’s really the saying that no tiger begets a dog.

n“How about it, Dad? If you need money, you can tell me!” Lux said proudly.

n“I need money? Haha, you wish,” Maximus muttered, ruffling his hair.

nAlthough Maximus was quite spoken, he didn’t dare to borrow money from his son.

nThat would be a disgrace as a father.

nThinking that he, their father, depended on handouts from his son, Maximus couldn’t help but cringe.

nThinking about it, in a few tens or hundreds of years, Lux would probably earn more than him.

nAt that time, Maximus wouldn’t know where to hide his face.

n“Hehe, Dad, you don’t need to work so hard. I could take care of Mother and my sisters,” Lux squinted his eyes, saying with a smile.

nLooking at his smug face, Maximus felt it was time to put in more effort.

nHe had the Dimensional Source at his back, giving him unlimited mana and the power of law.

nIf he couldn’t make more money than his son, Maximus would take it as his defeat and loaf of his son forever.

n“Alright, stop making that face. I bet you don’t even have a hundred quintillion.”

n“This—”

nAlthough Lux’s business was more profitable than ever, the cost was also overwhelming.

nEarning tens of quintillions, Lux also needed to spend the same amount to expand the business further.

n“Heh, you think I can’t cure you,” Maximus muttered in dissatisfaction.

nIf possible, Maximus wanted to show this arrogant son of his the few sextillions in his system panel.

nAlthough Lux almost caught up to his yearly income, Maximus didn’t need to spend or do anything.

nThe dimensional library printed money for him, and the Etherium Realm gave money to him.

nIt was an investment-free venture that Maximus didn’t need to do anything for.

n…

nIn the Shadow Hunter Guild Abyss Headquarters.

nAfter talking to his son, Maximus took his time to visit his guild.

nSummoning Silas and Andrew, he saw an unexpected person.

n“Griffin!”

n“Maximus!” Griffin smiled, punching his shoulder.

n“Long time no see.”

n“It’s been a while; when did you come into the abyss?”

n“A few years after you left. Unfortunately, I heard you already went back to the Etherium Realm.”

n“Is that so,” Maximus nodded in understanding.

n“By the way, how’s the Moonlight Empire? Before I left, the Curse Continent was too chaotic,” Griffin asked with worry.

n“It’s alright. Now the Curse Continent is in my hands.”

n“Huh?” Hearing this, Griffin’s eyes widened.

nEven Andrew and Silar look at him with a shocked expression.

nAlthough they knew Maximus was amazing.

nConquering a whole continent in just a few decades was a miracle.

n“What’s wrong? You should call me ‘Your Majesty Maximus,’ you know?” Maximus joke.

nMaximus didn’t really care what his friends called him.

nFor him, being an Emperor was just a convenience.

n“Tsk, tsk, you’re really awesome,” Griffin said with a thumbs up. ᴡ ᴏᴠʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛʀs ᴀʀ ᴘᴜʙʟsʜᴅ ᴏ ovl(F)re.et

n“What about your family? The Helmsworth Empire already disappeared after I returned.”

n“Hey, we may not look like it, but the Helmsworth family is good at escaping.”

n“After we saw the wind direction in the Curse Continent was wrong, we quickly went into hiding.”

n“No wonder,” Maximus nodded in understanding.

nAfter he returned to the Etherium Realm, a few top empires were missing in the Curse Continent.

nMaximus thought the Westle Empire killed them, but now it seems that they were more nimble than monkeys and escaped.

n“Anyway, how about the guild in the abyss?” Maximus turned to Andrew and asked.

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