BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 90 - 89 – Benefits and Risks
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"Was the information misleading?" the third-rank master... the snow-haired one whispered.
"We were told that the master hadn’t even reached the first rank?"
"No. It was not," the blond master replied.
Among everyone... he was the only one standing calmly. His higher rank granted him great composure.
While the other masters stood in tension despite their strength... the blond master stood, analyzing calmly...
"Perhaps," he whispered heavily.
"This space... is more exceptional than we imagined... that’s why it allowed them to develop this quickly."
They turned toward each other again...
"I have a suggestion for you," the master continued speaking to the nearby masters...
Their gazes quickly shifted toward him...
"Perhaps... we agree among ourselves to obtain the additions that no one knows about... it won’t be bad since we will give the factions what they estimated... as for the additions, they are ours... and don’t forget—"
He paused for a moment... a wide smile split his lips.
"They sent you to face a novice master and weak servants, and here you are risking your lives against a powerful third-rank master and followers no less strong than their master... this great danger... of course gives us the right to take something without returning to the factions."
Again... I narrowed my eyes...
After the unique and remarkable entrance... everyone had been standing in worry... a good worry for us to negotiate or move toward a life-or-death battle...
But now... this bastard... with just a few words...
Restored their ranks and optimism...
"It seems they’ve absorbed the shock," Monali quickly noticed and spoke.
"Of course they will... they are third-rank masters led by a fourth rank... did you expect them to run away?" Louis replied from the side.
"Of course not," I said. "But... it was too fast..."
Before moving, everyone presented their observations about the invaders’ strength...
"The fourth-rank master is the only unknown among the rest," I muttered...
"The others... can be faced depending on counters... but—"
I looked toward Louis... "You want revenge regardless of the fact that your strength is not suitable to face your opponent."
She smiled... then stepped forward several steps.
"I already have a plan. I’ll make that little one regret what she did."
"I’m sorry," the voice of the fourth-rank master echoed from afar...
"But I was listening to your little conversation... have you started distributing roles to face us?"
So... he’s listening to us... I smiled.
Well... it’s not surprising. A fourth-rank master would naturally have the ability to do that...
"You’re wrong," I said... "confrontation is the second option."
"And your first option... I hope it’s your surrender and handing everything over in exchange for sparing your lives," the fourth-rank master smiled...
"That is indeed it," I said.
Everyone’s eyes turned toward me... even my foolish followers, haha, thought so.
"But there is a small detail... the ones who will surrender should be you... and of course nothing will happen to you, you will remain here honored and respected as prisoners of war."
"Hahaha, you’re amusing... I’ve faced masters like you before... fools driven by ambition and determination... worthless in their own lands, suddenly finding themselves in another world with all possible advantages and overwhelming power... do you know their fate?"
"Death," I answered.
"No... submission after being broken... that’s what will happen to most here... death or defeat is your only path."
"Well... I think we’ve talked enough, and we’re not friends..."
Suddenly...
Louis dashed toward one side... looked toward the little master... raised her thumb and motioned for her to follow with a smile...
"Move somewhere safe and don’t interfere," said the young third-rank lady... then she quickly dashed toward Louis.
At the same moment... the masters began to spread out from around the blond master...
From my side...
A violent wave of air from a rapid dash...
Joe... went toward the snow-haired master...
Behind me... Soman remained standing, then stepped back several steps...
Then... he dashed toward where the two sisters were...
Soman landed... where they were.
"Do you want to fight?" the younger sister snorted angrily...
Soman smiled... he wasn’t stupid enough not to notice she was trembling...
"I came so that no one else comes... and takes your words as a real threat and harms you."
The girl didn’t respond... she simply stood beside her sister silently...
"It won’t take long... we’ll defeat the rest, and whoever surrenders will be fine... as for you, you don’t seem like bad people... I’ll talk to the leader about you... he won’t object to you joining."
"Alright," the older one replied, "but... we must face each other now so it doesn’t look awkward."
"Alright," Soman laughed, "but honestly... right now I can’t fight... you are much stronger than me at the moment."
"Haaah?" the younger snorted.
"Are you saying we would defeat you if we attacked now?"
Soman nodded his head in agreement...
On one side stood a tall second-rank master... beside him stood the girl Jalga...
Suddenly...
Monali landed near them...
She smiled confidently. "Let’s talk," she directed her words toward Jalga...
The second-rank master stepped forward... raised his hand and produced droplets of water...
"Don’t do it," the girl extended her hand toward the master. "She defeated Master Drak... you’ll die."
"Shut up," the master snorted and pushed Jalga’s hand away. "Even if she did... her accumulation must have been greatly damaged... he was a superior second-rank master... but he remains a second-rank master."
"You’re just an idiot—"
Swoooosh
The master’s hand lunged violently toward Jalga—
Boom!
"What kind of man strikes a weaker woman?" Princess Monali’s voice thundered in the master’s ears...
She stopped his hand in an instant... before it reached Jalga...
He barely turned... the princess was extremely fast...
She raised her left hand... closed her fist calmly...
A golden thread of light wrapped around her fist...
Suddenly—
The fist moved—
The master’s eyes saw it coming...
But he couldn’t do anything... his eyes saw, but his body didn’t respond—
BOOOOM
The master was blasted violently dozens of meters away...
Blood poured heavily from his mouth...
He screamed in pain...
"Don’t disturb us again," said the princess...
"Now... let’s begin the interrogation, dear Jalga."
...
"The princess... has become different... that person will be very pleased with her development, haha," the fourth-rank master turned toward me...
"What about the rest... will you fight me together? Not a manly choice, but a successful one."
Haha... he’s trying to provoke me...
Well... it seems he succeeded.
"No one will interfere... all that is is your followers have already fallen, so there’s nothing left for my followers to play with... so they will stand watching while I defeat you... imagine, a novice third-rank master... defeating a fourth-rank master... a great headline."
"It is... but it won’t happen."
...
"So you’re the one who was about to die when I arrived," the snow-haired master asked...
"Let’s not talk... I came to fight only," Joe raised his axe... then dashed toward the master...
"Oh... an impatient man, alright come," the master replied... then raised his hand—
Suddenly... purple energy surged from his hand... forming a circular block around it...
Joe’s axe descended violently toward the master... the sound of air was extremely intense—
BOOOOOOM
The impact exploded... everyone in the space turned...
The snow-haired master laughed...
He stopped Joe’s strike firmly...
"You are indeed... much stronger than a second-rank master... but—"
A swift half turn—
The master raised his leg...
Purple energy wrapped around it as well—
Swoooosh
His leg shot like a fast arrow toward Joe—
BOOOOM
Joe was blasted violently dozens of meters away...
"Show me... if you can give me a fight close to a third-rank master," the master added.
...
On the green ground... both Louis and the young third-rank lady arrived...
Louis landed first...
Then the young girl... upon arriving, she raised her hand over her eyes, looking far... toward her older brother...
"Oh... he got defeated again easily... that idiot," she whispered... then—
She turned her gaze toward Louis...
"Your energy seems doubled... but I know your tricks. What will you do? Your weapon depends on my reaction."
Louis smiled... didn’t reply, instead she raised her hands... suddenly her gloves appeared again...
"Red?" the girl whispered...
Louis’s gloves... were crimson... both of them... the girl had never seen this color again...
"Let’s see how you’ll face... an ancient weapon," Louis whispered...
"Lies," the younger girl snorted... her eyes lit up with a golden color... then snorted again—
"How?"
"How do you possess an ancient weapon?"
Louis leaped... step after step—
Her speed was intense... the girl’s eyes narrowed—
In an instant—
Louis reached her—
She raised her right—
BOOOOM—
The girl jumped aside—
Then—
BOOOOM
"Aaaah!"
The girl screamed—
She fell to her knees—
From nowhere, another fist appeared—
BOOOOM
"Aaah!"
She screamed—
Thrown away—
Dozens of meters—
She raised her head—
From dozens of meters away... Louis raised her fist and struck the air—
BOOOOM
Suddenly—
A red fist appeared from space—
Right before the girl’s eyes—
She barely moved—
BOOOOM
The strike hit her—
She fell—
Then—
Another fist from space—
The girl groaned in doubled pain—
She could barely stand—
Dozens of strikes—Louis delivered them toward the air from afar—
Then—
The void split—
And the strikes emerged one after another—
The girl barely jumped aside—
Many fists hit her—
She kept screaming—
Her eyes kept tracking despite the pain—
"Mistake," she snorted—
"I shouldn’t have left space with her—"
BOOOOM
Another violent fist struck her cheek and slammed her into the ground—
She tried to stand—
Suddenly—
Above her—
Dozens of fists appeared from above and fell like violent meteors—
They crushed her into the ground harshly—
Dust and sound rose intensely—
Then—
After tens and hundreds of fists—
Louis stood far away...
She no longer struck the air—
She smiled slyly—
"Don’t tell me you were defeated this easily," Louis whispered.
"Now I’m done warming up... get up, and let’s continue."
