Chapter 718: The Chamber of Commerce’s Dilemma and the Returning Girl

“I see…”

After receiving Gray Mist's answer, Xing nodded silently.

"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly concerned about my plan? You are not usually like this."

Glancing at Xing suspiciously, Gray Mist asked with some confusion.

"Or will my plan affect someone or something you care about?"

"No...whatever you want to do has nothing to do with me, and I won't interfere with your plans."

Gently pulling at the wide hood of the cloak, Xing shook her head in denial.

"Never mind. It's up to you."

Gray Wu silently withdrew his hands from behind his back. According to the result of his prediction, everything Xing said was indeed true, and she would not interfere with his plan.

Although he was somewhat curious about what happened to Xing, he was not going to ask him about it. After all, everyone has some secrets that belong only to him or her.

His current goal is to break through the ninth level as soon as possible. As long as it does not hinder him, he will not take the initiative to explore the secrets of the star. . ….… .Itel Kingdom Federation, Black Ring Chamber of Commerce Headquarters.

"Sir Raphael, this is an emergency! Recently, the major kingdoms suddenly sent people to seal off our Black Ring Chamber of Commerce branch! They said they suspected that we were colluding with the resistance organization [Circle of Truth]!"

In the magnificent office of the person in charge, the sweaty Vice President Garverman was reporting to Avis who was sitting quietly behind his desk.

As he spoke, he would occasionally take out his handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his forehead and mustache.

He couldn't help but be nervous. No matter how big the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce was, it was still just a chamber of commerce after all. Now, it was suddenly accused of colluding with the "Ring of Truth" by many kingdoms, which was a heinous crime. Anyone would panic.

"Currently, due to this slander, our business has been forced to stagnate by more than 80%, and the net loss every day is more than 100,000 gold coins..."

"Don't be nervous, I know about this matter, go down, I will handle it!"

After patiently listening to Garverman's report, Anvis nodded and sent the uneasy Garverman out of the room.

In fact, when the overlapping area gradually expanded and the strength of the contacts suddenly increased collectively, Avis knew that the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce would sooner or later face what happened today.

Originally, those contactees were only slightly stronger than ordinary people and were not qualified enough to attract the attention of the federal top brass, but now it is different.

The Black Ring Chamber of Commerce, which has absorbed a large number of "contactees", is now like a fat and plump beast that is ready to be slaughtered.

Even with the support of the eighth-rank prophet 'Mirror', due to its own weak power, it will inevitably face temptations from the top.

At the same time, as an eighth-level prophet, Avis also detected traces of Gray Mist and other high-level prophets behind this incident.

In other words, the essence of this incident was a remote confrontation between him and other prophets.

As for the reason of collusion with the resistance organization [Circle of Truth], it is actually a trumped-up accusation, and even the major kingdoms themselves may not take it seriously.

After all, no matter which force is accused of collusion, they will not be able to prove their innocence. If they say you colluded, then you colluded.

Although he did in fact collude, Avis was certain that the Parliament could not have any substantial evidence for this and was just looking for an excuse to test the waters.

Otherwise, many kingdoms would not only seal off but directly wipe out the branches of the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce.

Although the current situation is equally critical, Avis has already been prepared.

In the following period of time, Avis, as Raphael, the head of the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce, visited the senior officials in charge of this matter in various kingdoms with gifts to understand their demands.

From their mouths, Anvis also found out the situation of the branches of each kingdom.

Some kingdoms just want to reap as much benefit as possible, while others want to recruit the "contactees" found by the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce.

In response to this, Avis has different responses.

Wanting to reap the benefits, Avis didn't mind giving money to resume normal operations. After all, gold coins were just a number to him.

As for those who wanted to recruit those "contactees", Avis also met their requirements. Anyway, the real seed members absorbed by the Chamber of Commerce had already been secretly transported to various safe places for training, waiting to see if the child of destiny would appear in the future.

As for those forces with overly greedy appetites who attempted to directly swallow up his Black Ring Chamber of Commerce, Avis welcomed them equally, because they were the negative examples he used to make an example of.

Because he has the ability to partially control the web of fate, as an eighth-level peak prophet, when he really starts to take action, his destructive power is actually quite astonishing, and his attack method is also hard to defend against.

If it is not necessary, even the ninth level is generally unwilling to provoke a high-level prophet.

As time went on, everything improved steadily.

In this incident, the Black Ring Chamber of Commerce lost some of its branches, but in return, Anvis also established interest connections with high-level officials in many kingdoms.

Of course, this is also closely related to the fact that Avis had made multiple remote attacks, destroyed two cross-kingdom-level forces, and severely damaged an eighth-level prophet.

However, when time moved on to the Glorious Month (May), Avis, who was at the main body of Pamir Academy, received a long-awaited letter from Claire.

The content of the letter was very brief, just a greeting and a time and place, hoping to meet him.

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While reading the letter, Avis seemed to see the smiling face of the blonde half-elf girl.

Avis was also somewhat curious about what the girl would gain from her journey to explore the city of origin [Yina].

Especially, when he had previously obtained the inheritance information in the dream inheritance land, the ultimate weapon of the Star Civilization also existed in [Yaina]. . ….….Glorious calendar year 2465, Glorious month, eighteenth day.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Avis went to the nameless wilderness outside the imperial capital as promised.

In a sea of ​​bluebells with pure white flowers in full bloom, Avis finally saw Claire whom he had not seen for a long time.

She still looks the same as before, with blue eyes like the clear ocean, pure golden hair shining in the sun, white pointed ears trembling from time to time, and an air of freedom and fantasy shrouding her whole body.

"Avis, this way——"

When she saw Avis appear, the half-elf girl's originally slightly cold expression suddenly melted away, revealing a smile as bright as moonlight.

Wearing a brown traveler's cloak and a slender silver-gray one-handed sword hanging from her waist, she stood up from the big rock she was sitting on and waved to Avis.

At the same time, several people around her also stood up.

"Is that the friend you were waiting for?"

Seeing Claire's joyful expression, a young traveler wearing leather armor spoke with some resentment.

Along the way, he had never seen such a beautiful smile from the girl.

"They are traveler friends I met on the road. We traveled together because our destination was the capital."

When Avis came closer, Claire took the initiative to introduce him.

"Hello, everyone."

Walking closer, Avis glanced at the companions around the girl, and as he greeted them with a smile, his voice rang in the heart of the half-elf girl.

"You're traveling with them? These people aren't even at the fourth level. Isn't it a bit cruel to choose them as your companions?"

Hearing Avis's voice transmission, Claire rolled her eyes slightly.

"It's just a trip, not an exploration of ruins, and it won't take long, so there won't be much danger."

(End of this chapter)