-Rylee’s POV-
I looked at the woman sitting on the chair in front of me. She was the Founder/CEO of our Merchant Guild, her name was Scarlet. Her personal secretary John was explaining to her about the details of the deal that me and my team had made with an Auction House Guild. It was a well known Guild, they provided the Merchant Guilds like ours to take their Auction Houses for selling goods. They also provided security for the Auction Houses and there had never been a case of them scamming the Merchant Guilds. We had rented an Auction House from them a few days ago.
The problem was that, today in the afternoon, we got to know there was a robbery in the Auction House that we had rented, the thieves had stolen all the goods and the robbery had taken place on the same day we had moved our resources there. There was not even a speck of dust left in the storage room of that House. The Auction House Guild being a renowned one, was hell bent on suppressing this news. The Auction House Guild didn’t want us to know about the robbery but we had been keeping a check on our goods and still we only got to know about it today.
Now that the goods were gone and we were not getting any response from the Auction House Guild, John had to call the Boss and let her know about this.
I was scared, because the one who made the deal with them was me and my team, we had trusted the Auction House and put all of our resources in there. I know we shouldn’t have done that but, it was a well known Guild.
It was the stupidest idea on my part and now I was waiting to hear the Judgement of the Boss. I was sure that I’d lose my well paying job today.
-Liz’s POV-
After Reinard finished explaining the details of the deal and what had happened at the auction house. I looked at the people behind him, who were trembling in fear, knowing that this was their last day at the Guild, I observed them for a few seconds.
“John, tell me, do we know who was the one behind the robbery?” I asked Reinard who disguising as John and he immediately answered.
“Yes Miss Scarlet, the robbery was done by the Auction House Guild themselves.”
“I see… and what do you people have to say about this?” I asked the people behind John, but none of them answered except for the manager, they were all trembling in fear.
“Miss Scarlet, it was my mistake, I was the one who ordered my team to put all of our resources in the Guild. You can fire me if you want but please, these people didn’t do anything. They were just following my orders." The manager Rylee, pleaded and asked me to spare her team.
"All of you are suspended for until the next month. Don't show your faces until then or I will fire you all." I ordered the manager and her team and they immediately left the office.
"Ughhh..... Reinard, what's the plan now? I mean you told me about this and also told me to suspend them all but what's the point now." I asked Reinard as the manager and her team has already left.
"Well Master, I wanted to see their reactions and I already got what I wanted. I could have used the mind spell but I wanted to try things in a different way. I wanted the culprit to know the weight of their treacherous behavior."
"And who's the culprit?" I asked him because I genuinely didn't know. I hadn't met these people and I wouldn't even know about them if not for this situation.
"You'll know, Master, you'll know" and the mysterious Reinard returns.
-The Culprit's POV-
"Hey, why the hell are you calling at this time? I told you that you'll get your cut later." answered the voice of a man from the other side of the line.
"Man, just shut up and listen to me. They know that your Guild has stolen their goods and they're gonna come for you tonight." And I cut the call right after saying that.
"These shitty bastards, can't even steal without letting someone know, Fuck !!"
-Liz's POV-
We were currently near the New York Harbor, flying in the sky and observing the warehouse. This was the place where our stolen resources were kept.
"So what's the plan? Are we just gonna bust in, kill them all and get our resources back?" I asked Reinard who was flying right beside Vorgrim.
"That is one part of the plan. I do want to get our resources but I also want the resources of the Auction House Guild. Just follow me." Reinard says while flying down to the entrance of the warehouse and walking right up to the two guards.
"Hello, there mister guards, how're you doing this late night"
"Who the hell are you? This is a private property, please leave this area now." One of the guards says while taking out a sword and pointing it at Reinard. The other guard was informing his people of an old man walking on the private property. It was Reinard that they were talking about. He had come here to New York after hearing the news and his duplicate John was sent to Las Vegas to handle other matters.
"Hey now, don't point those weapons at me. I'm just a frail old man, can't you see." While saying this Reinard used his signature mana threads, beheaded both of the guards.
"Master, why do we have to do this, like, can't we just go and kill them all in a single spell" Vorgrim asks me as we look at Reinard killing the Guards coming at him from all around the warehouse.
"I don't know what Reinard wants to do, Vorgrim. So we'll just have to wait and see as his plans unfold themselves." I answer him as I see even more Guards coming in vehicles towards the warehouse, all of them around A Rank and B Rank.
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-Lawren's POV-
I was sitting in my chair, relaxing and thinking about the resources I had stolen from the Hermes Trading Guild. It was really easy to steal from them. The manager was an idiot to trust our guild and even her own team member who helped us.
'Humph...stupid people thinking that they can name themselves after Hermes'. As I was thinking about these things, my personal secretary broke into my office, disrupting my happy mood because whenever he came into my office like this, it was always bad news.
"What is it now, Steven?" I asked him.
"Boss, it's an emergency, the situation is really bad. There's an old man killing our people near the New York Harbor warehouse. We have to go now."
"How did that even happen?"
"I don't know, Boss but we have to hurry now." We left my office and got into my car driving at full speed to reach the warehouse, not caring for the laws I was breaking. There was an old man killing my people at the warehouse in which I had hid the stolen resources of Hermes Trading Guild.
-10 Minutes Later-
We were at the warehouse, looking at the massacre that took place here. There were bodies, literally beheaded and their limbs cut off, lying everywhere. I had already told my people to wait outside of the warehouse and to not let anyone escape.
We headed inside the warehouse ,with 50 of my men and more of them were on their way. There was only one light in the warehouse and I could see three figures. One was a woman and the other two were men. The woman was sitting on a chair while the men were standing beside her.
"Who the hell are you people and why are you killing my men" I asked them as soon as I could see their faces clearly. One of them was an old looking man that Steven mentioned and the other one was a handsome guy, with blue hair and golden eyes. The figure sitting on the chair was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and red eyes.
"I have been waiting for you Mr. Lawren, my dear Guild Master of Auction House Guild." answered the blonde woman.
"Do I even know you? And don't divert my questions. Answer me !! Why the hell are you people here !!" I once again asked them, my anger going through the roof, because I had lost at least a hundred people today. I had already ordered my men to surround them once we were inside.
"Reinard, he wants to know the reason, so tell our dear Guild Master, why we have busted his warehouse" the woman said and the old man who killed my men stepped up to speak.
"We are here because you and your people have stolen our resources and kept them inside this warehouse."
"The hell are you talking about? These resources are mine and I had earned them, I have never stolen from someone in my entire life" I knew that I was lying right to his face. I didn't have the courage to speak up about my mistake right to their faces. I was scared of the old man, I didn't know why, but just seeing him eye to eye was sending danger signals through my body. He was also the one who massacred my men outside the warehouse.
"Lying right to my face is not a good option, Lawren." spoke the old man, making my heartbeat go crazy.
"What lie are you talking about, I'm speaking the truth." and as soon as I finished talking, I saw the blue haired man move from his place. The next moment I saw him crushing the heads of all my men with his bare hands. All of it happened in less than a minute. 50 of my men just died.
-Liz's POV-
I ordered Vorgrim mentally, to kill all of his men, inside and outside the warehouse. I looked at Lawren, the Guild Master of Auction House Guild who had already pissed his pants. I let out a sigh and spoke to him.
“Mr. Lawren, you could have stolen from any of the other guilds but no, you had to steal from us, not knowing that the consequences could’ve been this bad.”
“W…we could negotiate this, no need to kill anymore, I’ll give you all of your resources back, just let's settle this properly, okay?” he was scared and wanted nothing but to go home alive but, how could we let something like this slip up. I had killed for more petty things than this back on Elanoir, and all these people say is let’s settle it, but in the back of their minds, they form plans to take revenge.
“Alright, let’s settle it then. I want all of your assets, including the Auction House Guild, do you agree?” I spoke and his face paled at my demands.
“Tha…that’s not possible Miss, I can hand you everything but the Auction House Guild” the instant he spoke those words, Reinard moved and caught his throat lifting him up in the air, choking him.
“Mr. Lawren, you don’t have a choice here..” I was about to speak some more but his secretary spoke up instead.
“Miss, I know where all his assets are, I can help you, but you’ll have to spare my life” He had guts, even after seeing the massacre, he chose to speak and save himself instead of his boss, now that was not loyalty, that was betrayal. I could see Lawren glaring at him.
“Hoho..sure thing, let’s change the setting a bit”
-10 Minutes Later-
All of us were in Lawren’s office, I was sitting on his chair, while his secretary, whose name was Steven was working hard and getting all the prints and the original documents of Lawren.
And soon enough he handed the documents to Reinard, who kept a stoic face and read the documents.
“Everything’s here, we just need Lawren’s sign” Reinard spoke up.
“Good, let’s get this over with then, Mr. Lawren please sign these documents” I told Lawren who was sitting on the sofa while looking at the ceiling, like his soul had left his body and there was only a husk remaining. He had agreed to give all his assets including his Guild, in return he wanted his life to be spared. Reinard handed him the documents and the husk of a man started signing them blindly, not even looking at which documents he was signing.
Right after he finished signing all the documents, I spoke to him.
“It was good doing business with you Mr.Lawren, I hope you find peace in your next life.” and just like that his head rolled on the ground and landed near the foot of his secretary. He was about to flee but the same thing happened to him as well.
“So what now? Reinard?”
“Well, now that he’s dead, we need someone to take his place and who’s better than Lawren” Reinard spoke and made a duplicate of himself who looked exactly like Lawren.
“You know what to do. Just don’t mess things up” Reinard spoke to his own duplicate.
“Yes, I know.” Mr Lawren, the duplicate, spoke and went to clean the bloodied floor and burn the bodies.
And just like that we had acquired an Auction House Guild.
"What about the culprit?" I asked Reinard.
-The Culprit's POV-
'Why is Lawren not picking up my calls'. I was already in the elevator, heading to Lawren's office. I had to tell him about the people coming for him.
The moment I entered Lawren's office my vision went blank.
-Liz's POV-
There it was the headless body of the culprit. Reinard didn't even let the guy speak or process any of the thoughts. "Hey, why'd you kill him. We could've had fun torturing him" I spoke to Reinard.
"What's the point of talking or torturing the culprit when we already know all the things."
And just like that this whole night's activity came to an end.