Chapter 21

Many people surrounding the guild building, mostly a reporter trying to get the information about the one clearing the Tower but there are also many people who want to buy all the time dropped from defeating the main boss.

And among them is one of the richest individuals in the world, Yamazaki Tessai. The owner of the biggest private guild in Asia. He is an S-rank Blessed One with the power called Seven Deadly Sin. Each 'sin' gives him a different power effect.

Currently, he comes to this backwater country (according to him) like Indonesia to get an ingredient that only appears when a Goblin King is defeated. He had already hunted for this item for three years without any result.

The item he wants is called the Goblin King's Crown. A very rare item that only three people owned. It was not very powerful equipment, but it can be upgraded into something priceless, and only a few people know about this, including him.

"Sir Tessai, what can I do for you?"

"Please call me Yamazaki."

Yamazaki sits down on the couch and takes a sip of the tea prepared by Eka. He hides his grimace at the taste of the tea he is drinking. He is not used to drinking cheap tea as he is rich from the day he was born and spoiled with many expensive items.

After putting down his cup of tea, Yamazaki looks at Eka and says,

"I come to ask you about the tower that you guys just cleared a few days ago."

"What do you want to know?"

"I hear that this Tower's last section is a Goblin. Is that true?"

"That is correct."

"And I also hear that the boss is a mutated Goblin King. Is this true?"

"Yes."

Eka did not know how Yamazaki knew about this information as he specifically instructed his men not to spread this information.

"Can I ask how you get this information?"

"Confidential information, sadly. However, you don't need to worry about it. Anyway, the reason why I come here is to ask about the loot you guys get from the Tower's last floor."

Without Eka noticing, Yamazaki's eyes glow green for a second before it gets back to normal. This is one of Yamazaki's powers. This is his Sin of Pride. This power lets his mind control anyone within his eyesight.

However, he did not want to raise any suspicions and decided to use his power subtly. He only increases the willingness of Eka to tell him about the information he wants.

"What do you want to know?"

Yamazaki held back his smirk as it was very satisfying seeing a person fall into his hand like a puppet dancing at its master command.

"Do you have the Goblin King's Crown in your possession?"

"Goblin King's Crown? Yes, we have those."

"Really? Can you show it to me?"

"Sure"

Eka followed Yamazaki's command as if it was the right thing to do and showed him the Crown that he had wanted for a long time. When he sees it, Yamazaki cannot help but pick the Crown as if it were a newborn baby before caressing it.

"Sell this to me."

"Sure. How much do you think this one is worth?"

Yamazaki wants to order Eka to give him the Crown but decides against it. He did not want to sound suspicious and decided to give the real price for this item. When he says the price he is willing to give, Eka widens his eyes.

Even without mind control, Eka will have a hard time thinking about the offer. However, combined with the mind control and the amount of money and item he will get, Eka smiles and says.

"You get yourself a deal, mister Yamazaki."

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"What do you mean you sell one of our items?!"

Laudia shouted at Eka while pointing at his chest with a scowl. Laudia is angry, no, furious about what Eka has done. While selling their item is not really the problem, the real problem is that he is doing it without them knowing.

He does it behind their back and even profits from it.

It was the principle that mattered. What if he has been doing this for a long time? What if he does this to a new Blessed One who cannot do anything but see their hard-earned item get sold without him knowing?

Eka wants to create an image that not every government personnel is corrupt, but he shatters that image to the Wild Hunt party in a single action. While they will not tell the public about it as Laudia still has a little bit of respect for Eka for his achievement as a B-rank Blessed One, they will never trust any item they get to the Indonesian Hunting Guild.

Seeing Eka did not, cannot, give her any answer, Laudia clicked her tongue before walking away from him. Rachel follows her lover out of the building and gives Eka one last disappointed look.

After seeing Rachel and Laudia walk away from his office, Eka releases a tired sigh. Agnes, who is standing next to him, decides it is time to talk.

"Sir, can I ask why you decide to do that? I can think of several reasons why you do it. Favor, powerful item, or even borrowing a powerful Blessed One, but I don't think all of them is worth it if you want to follow your goal of grooming Joshua Hamil to be the first A-rank Blessed One from Indonesia. Can you tell me the reason why you decide to do this?"

Eka rubs the upper part of his nose and releases another tired sigh before looking at Agnes.

"Truthfully? I don't know."

"Pardon me? You don't know?"

"Yes. For some reason, my mind only thinks about the offer from Yamazaki and nothing else. As if he is-"

Eka stopped and frowned. He finally connects the dots. He opens his computer and starts to open up the video recording of his meeting with Yamazaki. He watches it very carefully before he stops the feed when he notices something fishy.

"Agnes, do you see it?"

Agnes frowned a little before nodding her head and saying.

"Yes. His eyes are glowing."

"This is when I have a… compulsion to agree with whatever he is asking me. Agnes, what do you know about Yamazaki Tessai?"

"Yamazaki Tessai, the seventh S-rank Blessed One from Japan. While he is not the most powerful, he is the richest one. His rise in rank started when he first opened his private guild and somehow managed to recruit another S-rank Blessed One into his newborn guild. Wait! Do you think?"

"Yes. I think that he has the power to mind control. Can you tell me about his power?"

"Of course. Yamazaki has the power called Seven Deadly Sin, and each sin has a different power. The Sin of Wrath lets him boost his power tremendously, and the more damaged he is, the more boost he gets.

The Sin of Sloth lets him regenerate at high speed as long as he is not moving. While it only lasts for five seconds, the high regeneration it does is enough for Yamazaki to survive most attacks and even heal to a peak condition.

The last known power is the Sin of Lust. This power allowed him to attract all the Infernal Beast within a hundred meters radius only to attack him. However, each time they attack him, they will receive fifty percent damage dealt to Yamazaki. Combining this with the Sin of Sloth and the Sin of Wrath, he became a very powerful frontliner. That is all."

The only reason why many people know that he has four more powers is that he told them about it, and when the examiner tested him for his S-rank promotion, he showed them another part of his power.

Because of this, many people still did not know the rest of the power Yamazaki had. Agnes looks at her leader and says,

"What should we do, sir? Should we charge them for illegal use of power?"

"With what proof? That video feed is not enough proof. No. For now, we do nothing. Not only is he an S-rank Blessed One, but he is also one of the richest persons in the entire world. This country cannot hold that man ire at the moment. His money alone can make our country descend into chaos. Combine it with his power and his guild? We have a massive problem. No. We will not do anything. We will try to patch the bridge between our guild and the Wild Hunt party."

Eka takes a paper from his drawer and writes something on it. A few seconds later, he gave the paper to Agnes before saying.

"Agnes, I need you to go to the reward division. Make sure you tell them to give the Wild Hunt a bonus for their success. Take the item in this paper from the vault and give them to Laudia and her party."

"I understand."

"Good. After that, please get back here. I still need you to do something for me. Other than that? You can go and do your order."

"Yes, Sir."

After seeing Agnes walk away from his office, Eka takes a stack of paper from his drawer and starts to write something. He has a job to do and a bridge to repair.