The town of Everwinter reeked of fear, the citizens walked with their heads down quickly to their destinations, most did not know who killed the three men, or why. However the few hundred who had the black coins with the reaper emblem on it, they knew, and they understood the message. Those with thoughts of selling the potions, for more then they bought them, quickly reconsider if it would be worth it. The town guards are more alert then ever, two of their own had been killed. The mayor is in his office panicking, trying to find a solution to put his people at ease. Alex though was in his office smiling, it seemed his message had been received. Now it is time for more recruitment. With bringing in 2 platinum a day, he could afford dozens of not hundreds of new soldiers. He didn't need more dealers for now. His 3 Capos, Nyana, Jason, and Harvir entered his office and sat before him.
"We need more soldiers. Soon we will make it known that we are a major faction in this town. Any ideas?" Alex asked them.
"There are some guilds in the criminal underworld. Their members may be persuaded to join us for the right price. And while there is a good chance of some spies joining, we simply won't trust them until they've proved themselves." Nyana said. Jason was nodding his head in agreement. Harvir looked…thoughtful, which was an odd expression to see on a Dwarf.
"There are also other Dwarf bandits we could go to and offer daily payment for them serving you." Harvir said.
"While we are making much profit, we can not pay the 20 gold a day to each soldier like our current ones. The current soldiers will keep getting paid the 20 gold, however we will only offer new members 5 gold a day to join us. Do you think that is enough to entice most?" Alex stated.
"Hm for the bandits it will be plenty. Most bandits are broke and only occasionally steal something of value. Which they will usually sell and spend what they earned on booze, women and gambling." Harvir told them. Alex looked to Nyana and Jason next.
"For most members 5 gold a day will be a wealth they've never seen. However for the higher up I doubt it will be enough." Nyana said, again Jason simply nodded.
"While I'd like the more intelligent and powerful members of these guilds, right now we need numbers. All of you go and make offers to the groups you think will be interested. Remember the deal is 5 gold a day. Come report back to me at the end of the day." Alex told them. He didn't expect to get hundreds of new members, but 2 or 3 dozen would be nice. He currently has 3,225 Store credits so he can buy plenty of cloaks as needed. The dealer cloaks have a green emblem while the soldiers have a yellow-orange emblem and his Capos have a purple emblem. Once he chose an underboss theirs would be blue, and only his is blood red.
Alex planned to expand the farms again soon. He wanted to amp up production again. He feels that soon the system will let him travel out of this town, which will let him expand his operations to the rest of this kingdom and after that all the other kingdoms. But for now he needed to focus on this town. Hopefully his captains would come back with good news. Checking his inventory, he has over a thousand buyer coins. He only has 100 of each potion, just in case it's ever needed. Pretty much all the potions made daily get sold the same day, any extras are stored in one of his crates in the basement, waiting to be sold the next day. He also had a crate with weapons from his old world, it currently held 2 dozen AR15s, 100 Colt M1911A1's, and 2 thousand rounds of ammunition for both types of guns. He also had a couple dozen Molotov cocktails, just in case he wanted his soldiers to torch something. Once he had plenty of troops, he would find the best and most disciplined, then he'd train them with the weapons of his world. He currently has 10,000 potion vials, every day he will drop off enough for his alchemist to make all the potions that day.
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Time to wait and see what news his Capos bring him, and to do boring ass paperwork.
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First Harvir came back, not long after Nyana and Jason returned. It was already night outside, Alex motioned for them to sit before asking.
"What news do you all bring? Were you successful?"
"Aye. I got a total of 21 bandits to agree to work for you as soldiers, for 5 gold a day each." Harvir said first. Nodding Alex looked at the other two.
"We spoke to many guilds. A total of 54 others have agreed to join us, 23 from the mercenary guild, 19 from the mages guild, 7 from the thieves guild and 5 from the assassins guild. All agreed for 5 gold a day. However I doubt they will have any loyalty towards us, but in time we may be able to instill some into them." Nyana spoke for both her and Jason. Nodding Alex fell into thought, he would have 80 soldiers if they all joined him. More then he expected. He would have to buy 75 more cloaks which would cost him a good bit of gold or credits, it would cost 3,375 credits or 10,125 gold. Granted he now has over 50,000 gold, or 50 platinum. Still it would hurt to spend that much, but needs must be met. He would also have to pay out an extra 375 gold daily for the 80 soldiers, which honestly wasn't to bad compared to his other underling. That would lower his daily profit to 1,226 gold, which is still fucking great.
"We will bring them in batches of 15. Nyana tomorrow bring 15 of the 54, of your choosing. You as the Capo will be responsible for the soldiers Harvir, however you may need a second to help you lead so many. If any of our new recruits proves themselves to you, bring it to my attention." Alex said before dismissing them. Alex decided to purchase all the cloaks after converting the 10,125 gold to credits, it's cheaper to convert to credits them buying straight up with gold.
A few days later saw a huge increase in number of those wearing cloaks with the same emblem that was carved into the guards, this caused even more fear amongst the citizens. The mayor was tempted to start arresting and interrogating them, however he didn't want any retaliation. He decided to speak to the local church priest to get her opinion on the matter.
/CURRENT INVENTORY/
PLATINUM: 41
GOLD: 504
SILVER: 50
BUYER COINS: 1000
MANA POTS: 100
HEALTH POTS: 100
SPEED POTS: 100
STORE CREDITS: 3225
POTION VIALS: 10000
/CURRENT MAFIA/
The Don/The Boss: Alexander Power (MC)
Underboss: N/A
Dealer Capos/Captains: Nyana, Jason
Soldier Capos/Captains: Harvir
# of Soldiers: 80
# of Dealers: 4
Growers/Alchemists: 1
(I know I said I'm only going to post one chapter a day, but I said screw it. I'm writing 2-3 chapters a day usually, so I can post at more. I want to stockpile chapters, but I want to give y'all extra chapters even more lol.)