Beginning Of Multiverse Saga

Chapter 301: Pegasus Merchant Group

Suddenly, however, someone shouted, "Don’t trust him! If you hold onto your weapons, there’s still a chance of survival, but if you let them go, there will only be death awaiting you! Did you all already forget the battles we fought against the fiend races over the years?"

The soldiers shivered. Only then did they recall that in the battles against the fiend race, the other party would also say they wouldn’t kill those who surrendered, but if they really did lower their weapons, they were almost always slaughtered in the end.

Later on, they began treating the fiend races the same way. They would advise the other party to lower their weapons, but would then take that chance to kill them one by one.

As time went on, no one spoke similar words again.

Sharky narrowed his eyes. He noticed that it was precisely those people who were adding fuel to the flames. Otherwise, the two sides wouldn’t have ended up fighting. Those people’s cultivations were clearly higher than that of the soldiers around them.

"Whatever, you are all from the military, so it was not my loss, Phoenix Flame," Sharky murmured, and soon, a fire in the shape of Phoenix appeared.

And soon, the wave of flame swept towards them.

"They’re going to kill us! They’re going to kill us!" the instigators screamed in alarm. They brandished their weapons defensively.

Unfortunately, the flame didn’t care about them.

Soon the voice of pain appeared from the group of the people, and in a few minutes. There was only silence.

Thomas, Allen and Brock were shocked seeing the scenario.

They didn’t know if it was good or bad. But one thing is certain, Sharky was now more dangerous. And there was no limit to his powers.

"Okay, now everything is settled, I hope no one will be able to stop you, now soon as fast, take the Traitors from here," Sharky said, and exited from the scenario.

He was also happy that no matter who has decided to rebel, it still gives him a chance to clean his territory.

Now only, his brother and some pests were left.

"Okay," Thomas nodded, he didn’t know what to do in this situation.

The only good thing for him is to take Nick far away from here.

Afterward, Thomas said to Brock, "Have more people look over Nick. You cannot let him have any contact with anyone outside."

"Leave it to me. I’ll guard him personally. Not even a fly will be able to approach him." Brock accepted the task and left.

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Brock arrived at the prison soon afterward and sat down in meditation. He released his ki to monitor everything in his surroundings.

In the dead of night, he suddenly opened his eyes. A sinister glow flickered within them.

Brock walked into the prison cell. He was the manager of the place, so those guards naturally didn’t stop him.

Nick was sitting on the bed cultivating. He opened his eyes when he sensed the activity. He asked, "Are you going to question me again? I already said everything I should be saying. It’s meaningless to ask me anything else."

Brock didn’t reply. His eyes flickered with a strange light as he stared calmly at Nick.

Nick’s expression suddenly changed greatly. He exclaimed, "It’s you!"

After his initial shock, Nick gradually calmed down. He looked at the other party and asked, "Did you come to silence me?"

Brock stood in place without saying anything, tacitly agreeing. A flash of color filled Nick’s face. His chubby face jiggled; he was clearly furious as he exclaimed, "But why? I didn’t say a single thing!"

Brock finally spoke up. "As someone who was able to sit in your current position, why would you ask something so naive? For others, only the dead can be trusted with secrets. If you were in our position, you would have made the same choice."

Nick fell silent. If it were him, he would definitely have made the same decision.

"Can you give me a chance?" Even though he knew there wasn’t much hope, his survival instincts still made him try one more time. "Since you could enter this place, you can use this chance to save me..." His voice became softer and softer, because the other party’s eyes continued to stare at him expressionlessly.

"I understand." He smiled in distress. "I tried so hard to prevent this situation, but I was still dragged down by you guys in the end. I should’ve realized that this day would come a long time ago."

"You’ve enjoyed yourself plenty over the years. Your life wasn’t lived in vain," Brock said indifferently.

"That’s true. You’re all full of different tricks and styles. I was able to enjoy things many people wouldn’t be able to enjoy even if they lived ten lifetimes..." Nick sighed, as if acknowledging his fate. However, the next second, he suddenly raised his head and hollered, "Help..."

But Brock was already prepared for that. He instantly sealed up Nick’s vocal acupoint, making the man’s voice come to a grunting halt. A hint of disdain appeared in Brock’s eyes as he remarked, "You’ve shown an unsightly side, Sir Nick."

In that instant, Nick’s eyes filled with pleading and horror. Tears even poured out from his eyes. No words could describe his conflicted expression fully.

Brock no longer had any interest in chatting further with him. His eyes shone with light, and Nick’s eyes began shining with a similar light.

The light in Nick’s eyes faded soon afterward. His head also slumped weakly to the side. He had instantly lost his life. Brock checked to confirm that he had already died, and only then did he turn around and leave.

Normally speaking, with Nick’s cultivation, killing him would definitely be no easy task. But all of his major acupoints had been sealed, so he couldn’t use any of his ki to protect himself. That was why he had ended up becoming the sacrificial sheep.

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The next morning, Sharky noticed that the Imperial Envoys had not left.

He arrived to find the situation, why they are not leaving yet.

But he suddenly noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere. The Armed Escort Army’s expressions were serious, as if they were facing a great enemy. Sharky called some of them over, but they didn’t know what was going on either. They just said they were following Sir Thomas’s orders.

He quickly went inside with large strides.

There were only Thomas, Allen, Brock and a few others, and a few guards present. Sharky recognized them as the guards that had been in the prison. What was truly unexpected, however, was that Brock was tied up and kneeling in the very center.

Thomas paced back and forth nervously, as if he were making an extremely difficult decision.

"What happened here? Why didn’t you guys leave here?" He shouted at them.

Brock seemed to have found his savior when he heard Sharky’s voice. He quickly turned around and bawled, "Brother Sharky, you’ve finally returned! Sir Thomas wants to kill me!"

Sharky turned to Thomas in confusion. Thomas exclaimed angrily, "Scoundrel, you still have the nerve to say that? You killed Nick! Do you know the consequences of such a thing?"

"Brock killed Nick?" Sharky blinked blankly. No matter how powerful his imagination was, he still couldn’t understand what was going on.

Finally he realized the grave of the situation, and his expression became angrier.

"You all guys are so much of an idiot, I don’t know what the Emperor sees inside you, that they make you the Imperial Envoys."

Hearing this, all of the people become shocked, they don’t know why Sharky has said this.

"Sharky, what do you mean?" Thomas asked, he didn’t believe the Sharky would say this to him.

"Not Sharky, Duke Cedric, I am Duke Cedric for you guys. I helped you find the culprit, I helped you capture them and even forced all the pressure away from you. Even stopped the rebellion, but you guys can’t just take that pest Nick away from here."

"No matter what you do, no matter what punishment you guys have, just leave my territory as fast as possible."

Sharky left away after shouting at them.

He was really angry at these guys.

They have come here, to just waste his time. And nothing else.

The Imperial Envoys were shocked hearing this.

"How can Sir Sharky shout at us," Allen asked others.

"Forget Sir Sharky, he is Duke Cedric, let’s leave away from here, we can’t do anything here now." Thomas said he was really hurt by Sharky’s words, but he knows the already messier situation is messed up again.

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Meanwhile Sharky, goes for the other location, where he has next clue for the traitors.

It was the Delicious Moon Restaurant.

He smelled an aroma after arriving here. When he raised his head, he saw the restaurant was lively with business like always.

He went straight in. But after changing his looks, after all, till all the cleansing is not processed, he has not shown his face to others. And who ever saw, either they were friends or they left the world.

A waiter quickly greeted him. When he saw how impressive looking and well dressed Sharky was, his eyes lit up. He asked, "What does this guest wish to eat? Our Cassia Moon Restaurant is a famous restaurant in Cloudcenter Commandery. As long as there is anything you want to try, we can make it."

"You guys are that great? Then I’ll have to have a taste," Sharky replied.

The waiter guided him upstairs. Sharky chose a private room with a window that could oversee everything. After ordering a few signature dishes, he drank the restaurant’s special Honey Black Tea while secretly observing the people who came and went through the place.

Unfortunately, he didn’t see anyone suspicious even after doing so for a long time. When the waiter returned with the food, he casually asked, "Waiter, this place of yours isn’t bad. How much would it cost to buy this Cassia Moon Restaurant?"

The waiter was alarmed. He exclaimed, "The young master must be joking! Cassia Moon Restaurant has such good business; why would the owner want to sell it?"

"That may not be the case. Many times, the only reason something isn’t sold is because not enough money is offered." Sharky chuckled. He tossed over a silver ingot and asked, "Who’s your boss? If I wanted to buy this place, who would I approach to ask something like that?"

The waiter had never expected to receive such a huge tip. He happily put it away, and an eager smile appeared on his face as he said, "The young master really is generous. I must secretly tell the young master that it is useless even if you talk to our boss. This is not something he can make a decision on."

"Oh? Why?" Sharky asked, surprised. Looks like this money I spent was worth it.

"Please do not share what I am about to tell the young master with anyone else." The waiter looked around. When he saw that there was no one, he then moved close to Sharky’s ear and said quietly, "The shopkeeper downstairs is only Cassia Moon Restaurant’s boss in name. The true boss is at the Pegasus Merchant Group."

"Pegasus Merchant Group," Sharky nodded.

He also knew this merchant group had some connections with the Devil Sect.

But he didn’t care about it for now.

The Pegasus Merchant Group was a merchant group as famous as the Daniel Merchant Group. Both sides were constantly competing with each other. But the Daniel Merchant Group had a longer history, so it operated on a slightly larger scale.

The Pegasus Merchant Group was an up-and-coming power. However, recently, their momentum had been extremely strong, almost as if they were trying to take over the Daniel Merchant Group’s top spot.

Sharky suddenly voiced his surprise. "How do you know something so classified?"