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Chapter 705: Cloud Shepherd's Scheme and the Red Ice Tea with Fujiwara Chika
Chapter 705: Cloud Shepherd's Scheme and the Red Ice Tea with Fujiwara Chika
On the stage, the middle-aged man calmly said, "There's no doubt that these stocks will skyrocket. Holding onto them will ensure a huge profit!"
Of course, now isn't the time to boast about these shares.
He continued, "I've gathered everyone here today because I want to use these 5% of original shares as collateral to borrow a significant amount of money."
The middle-aged man paused for a moment, and the Skrull audience below exchanged perplexed glances.
Borrow money?
What does he intend to do with it? Won't he have more than enough once the stock prices soar?
After a brief pause, he continued, "These shares will serve as proof of my ability to repay. If you are willing to lend me the money, I will offer a 2% monthly interest rate! I plan to borrow 400 billion Lunget coins, and I will repay it within a year."
"If any of you are interested in lending, please contact my secretary privately after the banquet. We can discuss the details then."
With that, the middle-aged man bowed to the audience and stepped down from the stage.
Many of the nobles in the audience showed signs of interest.
A 2% monthly interest? To be honest, that is incredibly tempting! In the Skrull investment market, a 6% annual interest rate is already considered exceptional.
However, the middle-aged man was offering a 2% monthly interest, which is equivalent to a 24% annual return! How could anyone resist that?
Moreover, the 5% of original shares could prove his ability to repay, ensuring that their principal would not be lost.
Thus, the nobles in the audience were very tempted and decided to lend him the money after the banquet.
...
What these Skrull nobles didn't know was that just above their heads, separated by a ceiling, Cloud Shepherd held the Soul Stealing Wand given to him by Su Yu. The tip of the wand was pointed directly at the middle-aged man!
The middle-aged man was now firmly under Cloud Shepherd's Mind Control.
In truth, this middle-aged noble was no good person; he was a con artist.
Even before Cloud Shepherd took control, he had been using his noble status to swindle people, relying on his steady and reliable demeanor to repeatedly succeed.
The "5% original shares" didn't even exist.
The con artist had spent all his wealth bribing the media to spread false information, ultimately convincing the nobles that the "5% original shares" were real and luring them to this banquet.
At the time, the con artist was feeling quite smug, ready to make his move.
But then, he was intercepted by Cloud Shepherd, who had been observing him from the shadows.
The con artist's strength was only at the peak of the third tier, and Cloud Shepherd's Mind Control easily took him over.
Cloud Shepherd then began his plan—using the false shares to borrow money from the nobles.
As long as the interest rate was high enough, there would definitely be takers.
And the results confirmed his hypothesis.
Now, most of the nobles in the banquet hall showed enough interest and were prepared to lend him the money.
Once he got the money, Cloud Shepherd had no intention of repaying it.
He would use the borrowed funds to buy as much as possible and bring the items back to Blue Star. As for the rest, it would no longer concern him.
"I'm doing well, but I wonder how the others are faring," Cloud Shepherd thought to himself.
As of now, Qianbei Bu Zui had been captured, and the powerful player Cook, who was on his way to the Wasteland Continent, was also identified and captured by the Skrulls.
Blue Star's 12 players had already lost two key members, and it was only the third day.
I wonder how many will make it to the end of the 14 days. Yun Zhongmudi sighed inwardly.
But for now, he needs to focus on his own tasks.
Yun Zhongmudi used his wand to direct the middle-aged man to bid farewell to all the Skrullians and leave the banquet hall.
He himself cast the Invisibility Spell and left the area to see just how many fools would lend them money.
...
Meanwhile, in the territory of the Blazing Sun Empire.
Ice Black Tea was now in a great deal of distress.
He had just teleported to Skrull, landing in the Wildlands.
His luck had been terribly poor, as he was chased by various sizes of magical beasts, and he had to waste two of the life-saving potions Su Yu had given him.
However, after leaving the Wildlands, Ice Black Tea was pleasantly surprised to find his luck had taken a turn for the better!
He followed the route Su Yu had given him, systematically stealing from the treasuries of powerful families.
His Stealth and Lockpicking skills were almost divine, allowing him to easily infiltrate the treasuries and take away the valuable items these families had stored for years.
But after robbing five or six families, a problem arose—his spatial ring was already full, unable to hold any more.
Ice Black Tea's spatial ring was not very large, only about 500 cubic meters, and a significant portion of that space was already occupied by his own belongings.
After three days of intense "effort," his spatial ring was now packed with gold, mana containers, high-quality mechs, and other valuable items. He didn't even glance at the inferior items like Blazing Sun Coins, refusing to clutter his ring with them.
With his ring now full, he had no idea what to do next.
"Really, I should have brought more spatial rings," Ice Black Tea looked at the various valuable items in front of him, feeling a pang of regret.
Next time, no matter what, he would definitely bring one or a few high-capacity spatial rings!
...
Deep in the Wildlands.
Fujiwara Chika was covered in blood, with over a dozen colorful totem poles stuck in the ground around her.
"Thunder, heed my call!"
As she cast her spell, a massive bright blue lightning arc descended from the sky, turning the fifth-stage magical beast, a Mustel Dragon, into charred remains.
Although Fujiwara Chika was a sixth-stage cultivator, she was no match for sixth-stage magical beasts and could only vent her frustrations on fifth-stage beasts in the forest.
After slaying six fifth-stage magical beasts in three days, she felt she had reached her limit.
After killing the Mustel Dragon, Fujiwara Chika felt a wave of dizziness and fell backward onto the forest floor, her pupils dilating.
She had come to Skrull driven by a powerful desire for revenge.
But even this support had its limits.
Now, she felt this support growing weaker and weaker.
Lying on the cold forest ground, feeling the chill and the acrid smell of burnt flesh in the air, she felt more vulnerable than ever.
Killing a fifth-stage magical beast with her current strength was already a great challenge. How could she possibly seek revenge for her clan?
The coldness around her seemed to be consuming her.
In that moment, she truly wanted to give up and die.
Death would end all her suffering.
But she couldn't really give up.
After lying on the forest floor for two minutes, she forced herself to stand and walk toward her spoils.
Thinking of her parents who had died in the earlier calamity, she decided to keep pushing herself.
(End of Chapter)
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