Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 499 We Have Long Disdained That Thing

"One hundred thousand gold coins!"

——When Alexius raised his hand high and announced the price, the previously noisy "Real Bernabeu" club venue fell into silence.

Julia Minetoska on the stage was also somewhat stunned as she looked at Alexios, whose face was filled with pride.

——The offer made to Alexius before was only 72,250 gold coins.

While others were still raising the price like idiots, Alexius's offer was so high that it put him far ahead.

The guests attending the auction looked at each other in astonishment: most of them were wealthy guests from Thorn City, but even if they racked their brains, they couldn't remember that there was such a young and wealthy demon tycoon in this land...

  Only Alexius, who suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention, was immersed in a bitter pleasure at this moment:

He saw with his own eyes that after hearing his offer, Julia Minetoska on the stage stared at his face and examined him from head to toe several times.

  Yulia Minetoska! The beast of revenge in Alexius's chest roared wildly. Finally, you, a little bitch, have the day to look me in the face!

After a long period of decline, he finally and painfully enjoyed a glimpse of the scenery at the top of the mountain.

For a moment, all the friendly countries in the conference hall were shocked, but Professor Kirian Andropov, the financial backer behind Alexios, was whistling absent-mindedly beside him, as if his colleague had nothing to do with him.

  In fact, Xiahou Yan didn't know what hatred or grudge Alexius had with the demon beauty on the stage, and he didn't know why this guy had to find a way to meet her;

However, based on the principle that it would be a waste if someone didn't use him, Xiahou Yan was happy to let Alexius help him take the lead.

After all, he sneaked into Thorn City under the false identity of "Kilian Andropov" and did not want to attract too much unnecessary attention.

  Even if Alexios didn't manage to take the photo of the unfortunate crowbar, to be honest, it didn't matter:

Xiahou Daguanren, who has been familiar with classic online novels since childhood, is also very familiar with the entire set of protagonist-exclusive processes of killing people, seizing treasures, and destroying corpses after the auction.

Of course, it would be best to go through official channels and solve the problem in the simplest way.

After Alexius made his aggressive bid, the other guests bidding for the "Divine Punishment Rod" were stunned for three seconds before someone raised his hand tremblingly and said:

"...One hundred thousand and one hundred thousand gold coins..."

Alexius let out a roar that would scare Zhang Fei to death:

"I'll give you 120,000 gold coins!"

No one bid anymore.

Everyone felt that they were unlucky today and met a rich lunatic who had no moral principles and made random offers.

"Sir..." Yulia Minetoska stared at Alexios, who was looking so proud, with a stiff smile. "Are you sure you want to bid 120,000 gold coins for this 'Divine Punishment Rod'? 120,000 gold coins! If you make the bid and then change your mind, the consequences will be very serious."

The faint contempt in Julia Minetoska's words completely infuriated Alexios.

He absolutely could not tolerate that the eldest lady of the demon clan who had rejected him in the past could look down on him again today!

Alexius took out the cloth bag that "Professor Kirian Andropov" had handed to him earlier from his arms, took out a handful of aquamarine crystals from it, and held them high in the air.

The azure light that symbolized wealth took away the ability to speak of everyone in the venue.

The rich businessmen opened their mouths wide, and their fat faces were reflected with greed by the aquamarine crystals.

Alexius was enjoying the admiration of the crowd with pride, but suddenly he recalled the hardships and humiliations of the past days and tears filled his eyes.

Julia Minetoska was also shocked and lost consciousness for a moment, then she chuckled and said:

"Okay, I'm really sorry, sir... So, does anyone else want to bid?"

Of course, no one bid any more. No one would dare to compete with a rich man carrying a bag of aquamarine crystals.

"One hundred and twenty thousand gold coins for the first time. One hundred and twenty thousand gold coins for the second time. One hundred and twenty thousand gold coins for the third time. Deal. The 'Rod of Divine Punishment' will belong to this demon!" Julia Minetoska announced loudly.

  She stared at Alexius for a while, then waved to another demon merchant not far from the stage:

"Everyone, the next auction will be hosted by Mr. Kimmich. Gentleman who won the 'Stick of God's Punishment', please follow me. We need to go backstage to sign documents and settle accounts, and then I will hand over the 'Stick of God' to you."

Two maids carried the "God's Punishment Rod" onto a cart and pushed it backstage with a creaking sound. Julia Minetoska lightly jumped off the stage and walked gracefully to Alexius and Xia Houyan:

"Sir, please come with me."

Behind Yulia Minetoska, the demon merchant who replaced her had already started introducing the next item. However, Alexius could no longer hear these things: he stared closely at Yulia's snow-white face and fiery red lips, and was almost drowned by the surging emotions.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone:

"Ah...Okay. Uh, this Professor Kilian Andropov from the Hermetic Society is my companion, and I was hoping he could come with me to pick up the goods."

"No problem." Yulia Minetoska bowed slightly to Xia Houyan, then asked Alexius with a smile, "Sir, what is your name?"

"Ed...Edmond Dantes." Alexius was extremely distressed at not being able to give his real name.

Yulia smiled, then led the two of them around the stage, through a curtain on the side of the hall, into a somewhat dim corridor, and walked towards the backstage of the club where the "Wave" Chamber of Commerce stored the auction items.

Away from the noisy crowd in the hall, alone in the quiet corridor with Yulia Minetowska and Professor Kirlian Andropov, Alexius could hardly suppress his rage for revenge as he looked at Yulia's slender waist.

However, what he didn't expect was that it was Julia Minetoska who spoke first.

"Gentlemen." When the three of them walked to the middle of the corridor, Yulia suddenly stopped, turned around, and smiled at them, "Please wait a moment."

"What's wrong?" Alexios said angrily, "I told you, I can pay!"

"No, no, no, of course I believe you can afford it..." Yulia Minetoska smiled, covering her mouth, "But, I am a little curious... Where did you get all this money, Mr. Alexius?"

Alexius stood there for half a minute.

"What—what, Alec?" he stammered. "I am Edmond Dantes..."

"No, you are Baron Alexius, the president of the Hellfire Chamber of Commerce - or should I say, the 'former president'?" Julia Minetoska showed a devilish, teasing smile. "Back then, you kept trying to find out about me in the Demon Realm, and you followed us all the way with a bunch of stupid mercenaries, eager to do evil. If I still don't recognize you, wouldn't it be too slow? To be honest, how could you be so naive as to think that you could disguise your identity just by changing your name? At the very least, you should at least use a 'Posonna' magic mask to change your appearance, right?"

An anthropologist next to Alexios shifted uncomfortably.

  "You you you... I I I..." Alexius fell into a state of shutdown after his identity was exposed. However, Yulia Minetoska's next words completely broke the man:

"Mr. Alexius, in fact, I am more curious about how you escaped from the factory run by the mafia. After all, I personally arranged for them to drug your wine, trick you into signing a huge IOU, and then lock you up in the factory. It took a lot of effort! They let you escape like this, it's not a clean job for them..."

"You!" Alexius felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured down on his head, but the cold clarity could no longer extinguish the burning anger. "It's you! It's always been you! You!"

Yulia Minetoska smiled and covered her lips:

"Don't mind it, my Lord Alexius! You want to interfere with my business, can't I fight back? This is purely an act of commercial competition, my 'Inferno' president——"

Yulia's words were interrupted by her own scream.

Alexios pounced on her like an enraged beast and pushed her to the ground. He grabbed her neck with both hands and pressed down mercilessly.

"Little bitch! I will kill you!" Veins bulged on Alexius' forehead and a crazy red color filled his eyes.

Then, just as he was about to strangle Yulia Minetoska to death—

——With a plop, Alexius fainted.

"Professor Kirian Andropov" withdrew his knife from behind Alexius as if nothing had happened.

Julia Minetoska, who had just escaped death, looked at Alexios in horror as he fainted beside her. She coughed weakly, tears welled up in her eyes, and blue bruises appeared on her jade-like white neck.

"Are you surprised, Branch President Yulia Minetoska?" Xiahou Yan asked calmly, "Surprised that a man who was tortured by you would 'actually' attack you suddenly?"

"I'm surprised... that you didn't stop him in time." Julia Minetoska coughed twice again, then got up from the ground, holding on to the wall and breathing weakly, "Tell me, who are you? I don't believe that a professor of the Hermetic Society can have such sharp skills..."

Xiahou Yan tilted his head and thought for a while, then reached out and took off the "Posona" magic mask on his face.

——Anyway, I already have something to discuss with the chairman of this “Inspur” branch, so it would be more convenient to reveal my true identity.

“Elliot Igor!” Julia Minetoska looked straight at the handsome face that was known to everyone on the continent, and screamed tremblingly. The shock she received seemed to be greater than the sudden attack by Alexios. “You! Why are you in Thorn City!”

"Haven is so big, there shouldn't be a place I can't go to." Xiahou Yan sneered, "Also, I ask you to pay attention to your address and etiquette, Minatoska branch president."

Yulia Minetoska was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said:

"Yes... Respected Duke Elliot Igor, nice to meet you. Yulia Minetoska, the head of the Northern Branch of Wave, sends her greetings. May the moon god illuminate your path."

Xia Houyan noticed that during the ceremony, Yulia Minetowska very sensibly bent her waist very low, completely dedicating the scenery revealed by her low-cut dress to herself.

Then he realized that this girl was indeed something.

"Excuse me, Lord Frost Maple Ridge from the Empire, you came to Thorn City to see me. What can a humble demon merchant do for you?" Yulia Minetoska straightened up and asked shyly, "Excuse me, how can I serve the great Lord Igor?"

"Of course we won't sell the equipment to the orcs." Xiahou Yan crossed his arms and said, "You know, I represent the interests of the empire. I'm in Thorn City right now. If your Wave Chamber of Commerce wants to make a large arms sale to the Glorious Federation under my nose, it's a bit wishful thinking."

"You know, this batch of equipment is the lifeline of our Wave Chamber of Commerce." To Xiahou Yan's surprise, Yulia Minetoska was silent for a moment, then raised her head stubbornly, "If we don't sell this batch of equipment, we will die."

"If you insist on selling this batch of equipment to the orcs, you will die now, and die at my hands." Xiahou Yan sneered.

Yulia Minetoska looked him in the eye steadily, and for a moment neither of them spoke.

"But, President Minatoska, I heard that although you want to sell equipment to the Federation, it's a bit of a waste of time." Xiahou Yan finally broke the silence, "If you didn't want to convince the Federation military to buy your equipment, why did you hold this farce at the trade fair?"

Julia Minetoska bit her lip when the Lord of Frost Maple Ridge suddenly exposed the Chamber of Commerce's current predicament.

"In the end, those green-skinned orcs will still buy this batch of equipment." The demon merchant gritted her teeth and said, "Don't look at them showing off their might now, but as the siege continues, one day, their military supplies will be used up. On that day, they will kneel down and beg our Wave Chamber of Commerce..."

"I think 'praying' is not the style of the Federation Orcs." Xiahou Yan looked at Yulia Minetoska with interest, "I prefer to believe that when the time comes, they will directly snatch the equipment from you. You are in Thorn City, the territory of the Orcs, Branch President Yulia Minetoska. I don't think that when the siege comes, your demon identity and diplomatic immunity can prevent you from being plundered by the Orc military."

Yulia Minetowska was silent.

  She clenched her fists and looked up at Xia Houyan:

"You have come all the way to Thorn City and specifically came to find me... You must have come with a proposal of your own. Please tell me."

"Sell your equipment to our Frost Maple Ridge." Xiahou Yan stated his ultimate goal in a concise manner. "You will find that Frost Maple Ridge is a better buyer and trading partner than the Federation Orcs. In terms of price, we are willing to match the Orc military's bid for this batch of equipment."

"Sell it to Frost Maple Ridge..." Yulia's eyes widened in surprise, "But...but Thorn City has been blocked! This batch of equipment can't be shipped out of the city and delivered to your territory! How can such a transaction be possible-"

"As for how to transport the equipment, the mountain people have their own clever ideas, you don't have to worry about it." Xiahou Yan rolled his eyes, "President Minatosca, just give me one thing, do you want to do this business or not? All you need to do is sell this batch of equipment to earn back the cost. As for who you sell it to, I don't think it matters too much, right?"

  Yulia Minetoska shook her head as if to shake off a fly and said with a wry smile:

"Master Igor... our Wave Chamber of Commerce's business strategy has always been to support the Glorious Federation..."

"Your business strategy can change." Xiahou Yan smiled slightly.

Yulia Minetoska lowered her head and pondered for a long time, then raised her head and said:

"...Okay. I agree to sell this batch of equipment to Frost Maple Ridge, but you have to pay a deposit first."

"No problem." Xiahou Yan shrugged. "I'll pay the deposit, but you have to hand over the crowbar to me. With your intelligence, you must have realized long ago that the thing has no magical properties at all. To auction this thing as a divine weapon, your Chamber of Commerce is really greedy for money."

"Doing business with your Frost Maple Ridge... This is a decision that is too unorthodox for the Wave Chamber of Commerce. I hope I won't regret it in the future..." Julia Minetoska sighed.

The two were silent for a moment, and Alexius, who had fainted on the ground, let out a slight snoring sound.

"At least your equipment has been sold successfully, and you don't have to look at the orcs' faces helplessly anymore. I have helped you solve a big problem, right, President Minatoska?" Xiahou Yan said, "You should also understand my usual style. Help is never in vain..."

Julia Minetoska had obviously expected this moment to come. She gave the Lord of Frost Maple Ridge a charming look, then turned around, bent down, and held the wall with both hands.

"Um..." She glanced at Alexios who was lying unconscious on the ground, "...what should we do with this man?"

"Let him lie on the ground for a while. I have other urgent matters to deal with." Xiahou Yan curled his lips and began to lift her skirt.

(End of this chapter)