Chapter 6: The Transaction
After Su Xiao had everyone else leave, only he remained in the office, along with Bubu Wang, Baha, the Apocalypse Sisters, and the Two Dog Brothers, also known as the Grey Hound Brothers.
Given the intelligence level of the Grey Hound Brothers, they clearly hadn’t understood that the phrase “unnecessary personnel” in “all unnecessary personnel” referred to them, the ones who had followed in with the former Second Lieutenant Wells.
At this moment, these two dog-head men were dressed in sharp black suits, both wearing sunglasses, standing to the left and right of the door. Their hands were clasped in front of their stomachs, looking as if they were ready to stand guard until mealtime.
“…”
Su Xiao frowned at the two of them, but they took this as a compliment and proudly lifted their heads a bit.
“You two, get the hell out!”
Baha spoke, which made both of them look at Su Xiao. To be fair, while these two weren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, in terms of loyalty, across the entire “Empire Special Affairs Department,” they were among the top for their new director.
“Get out.”
“Yes, sir.”
The elder of the Grey Hound Brothers responded, leading his younger brother out with big strides to stand guard outside the door.
Originally, Su Xiao had planned to assign these two to the “Empire Squad,” but considering their exceptionally high initial loyalty, he decided to keep them at headquarters.
Inside the office, Su Xiao looked at the Apocalypse Sisters across from him and asked:
“I heard you discovered a ‘Soul Glowstone’ vein?”
“No such thing. Who started that rumor?”
Molei crossed her arms, shaking her good leg, making it clear: I’m not admitting a thing. If you’ve got the guts, break my other leg too.
The friendly smile on Su Xiao’s face gradually faded as he prepared to proceed with the usual process. Seeing this, Molei changed her tune:
“At most, I’ll give you ten percent.”
Molei chose to back down, not because she was scared, but because the Yueshitu beside her was scared, constantly poking her in the ribs. As for Hao Mei, after downing a bottle of Elemental Brew, she had already fallen asleep on the office sofa.
Su Xiao opened a drawer, searched for a moment, and pulled out an approval document. From among dozens of stamps, he selected a few, lit a branch-like substance, and waited for it to burn into a black semi-fluid. He dipped the stamp in the fire ink, stamped it in different spots on the document, and finally signed the name “Kukulin Bai Ye” at the bottom.
He placed the document on the table. Across from him, Molei curiously leaned forward to grab it, but Su Xiao pressed his index and middle fingers on the document:
“Thirty-seventy split.”
“Of course not—” Molei started to say, but as she touched the document and triggered a related prompt, her words gradually changed to: “Of course, no problem.”
Why did Molei react this way? Because what she could get was an empire-level mining approval document. With this, as long as it was within the empire’s territory and not on privately owned land, Molei could legally and with low taxes mine any vein anywhere. Of course, this was limited to individuals; she couldn’t use giant mining machinery or ultra-heavy equipment.
Moreover, Molei’s legal mining activities were protected by the empire. Any obstruction, robbery, or similar actions against her would be considered a violation of imperial law.
And if she encountered such dangers, she could go to the nearest garrison legion and request protection from the local legion, as well as have them track down the thieves who damaged her private property.
In a place like the Realm of the Gods, there were indeed many strong contractors from various paradise factions. Unlike the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, this place had a sound legal system and relatively stable conditions. Exploring and taking risks here was a favorite for contractors ranging from “Newly Ascended Supreme” to “Ultra-Top Supreme.”
This also meant that contractors from the Apocalypse Paradise often encountered raids from strong contractors of other paradise factions while mining veins. In such cases, it wouldn’t be a thirty-seventy split but a ten-zero split, and they’d also be robbed of Soul Coins and other items.
From now on, Molei and her group wouldn’t have to worry about this. If any contractor attacked them while they were mining, they would immediately receive a warning, with the following content: