TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

"..." Liu Yang just scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he sat on the chair in front of the old woman. He understood that he had postponed his part of the deal a lot.

Or rather, he has not fulfilled his part of the agreement.

As a result, manager Etelka suffered a great loss.

"Mr. Hawk River, I hope you can give me an explanation about why you didn't show up in the city a few months ago." Manager Etelka looked deeply at him and asked again.

"Old woman, I have a good reason, moreover. I have a very lucrative proposal for you." Liu Yang knew he was wrong because he did not keep his part of the deal, but he would make up for it and more.

"Why am I going to accept your proposal? You haven't even fulfilled our previous agreement" Manager Etelka thought this was funny.

If Liu Yang had not even fulfilled the previous agreement, why would she accept a new agreement?

"I know you are a little upset about this, so I will make up for your losses with something I found during my absence." Liu Yang spoke confidently.

"Ohh… I see… I would really like to know what kind of compensation you have. Mr. Hawk River, if your compensation is good, I will forget about the previous agreement and listen to your agreement" Manager Etelka waved to her maid.

The maid already knew what to do, she just waved her hand.

Liu Yang did not know what happened, but he understood that manager Etelka must have done something to prevent others from hearing about it.

"Old lady, I think you should know what that is, right?" Liu Yang placed a metal fragment on the table.

The fragment was the size of an index finger, but it was shiny and pure. Its silvery color had no imperfections whatsoever.

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It was not only the manager Etelka who was shocked by the fragment, but also the maid.

The two women know what that fragment was.

"Mr... Mr... Mr. Hawk River, where did you find that?" Manager Etelka handled the fragment very carefully to avoid causing damage, even if that is impossible.

"I found this on one of my trips before I got to the City of Sins. Old woman, by your reaction, you know what that is, right?" Liu Yang commented casually. He knows that this mineral is very rare and exclusive to the Wild Region.

"Yea. If my memory is not failing, the name of this mineral is mithril, the hardest and lightest metal in the Wild Region. According to the legends passed by the ancients who visited the Wild Region and left afterward, there are only three mithril mines found during the thousands of years. Each of them is controlled by an extremely powerful and influential group that no one dares to offend" Manager Etelka remembers some things related to this subject. She had seen some fragments of it in photos, but she never took one before.

"I don't know about these mines, the only thing I do know is that this is very rare and very difficult to find"

"Mr. Hawk River, did you go to one of the mithril mines in the Wild Region? If so, you should have gone a long way away from here" Manager Etelka thought about this possibility, because the thought of a new mine being discovered was impossible.

The powerful and influential groups have traveled all over the world in search of mithril, but only three locations have been found. So it would be very strange for a new location to appear.

"No. I didn't go to those three mines. Let's suppose I found it in a new location" Liu Yang commented casually.

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Manager Etelka stood up abruptly because of the shock. She never thought that Liu Yang would say something like that.

Usually, if someone had this kind of information, they would sell the information for large sums of wealth to various influential groups.

"Old woman, do you think the information about a supposed new mithril mine is enough compensation?" Liu Yang commented casually.

"..." The old woman did not answer and just sat down.

(Compensation enough? If that's not enough, nothing else is !!!! You're really a despicable young man for asking that question. If that old woman wasn't someone who doesn't need wealth, I would have already kidnapped you) The manager Etelka thought.

"This is enough compensation. But what kind of deal do you want to make?"

"Old woman, I am looking to build a city in this place. So I hope you can help me spread the word about whether a new mithril mine has been discovered. I think the most powerful and influential groups will appear as moths towards the flames"

"I see ... Mr. Hawk River, are you trying to use this mine to build a city for you?" Manager Etelka understood Liu Yang's plan.

"Yea. You are the general manager of the slave market, even in the Wild Region, so you must have the authority to do something like that, right?"

"I have the authority to do this, but authorization from the board is required. As you want the help of the other groups, I can get authorization more easily. Now, the question is: What percentage of the city will I and the slave market receive?" Manager Etelka looked deeply at Liu Yang and asked.

As a trader, she needed to know the profits from her investment.

Liu Yang has already made her lose a great fortune, but this deal can make her recover everything and earn much more.

"How about ten percent? This is not a low number if we think about the number of powerful groups out there. When the city is finished, seven percent of it will belong to the slave market and three percent to you "Liu Yang divided.

"This is a good number. Three percent for me is an amazing amount "Manager Etelka did not dare to ask for more, she knows how much ten percent is in a city with a mithril mine.

The wealth gained in the mine is absurd.

"I will consider this a yes to the agreement. Old woman, I will let you invite all the influential groups to build the city. Besides, I need a little favor"

"What kind of favor?"

"I want you to help me send a message across the Wild Region. I am looking for some people and I want them to come to me"

"I see… If that is all, this is not a problem. It is not very expensive to make news in all the cities in the Wild Region"

"Old woman, if you have nothing else to say, I will go out and go to some hotel to rest" Liu Yang prepared to leave.

"I have nothing more to say. About calling the influential groups, they will appear tomorrow. So you better stay at the slave market. Slyvia, can you take care of him pleasantly until tomorrow?"

"Yes ma'am"

"Mr. Hawk River, you better not refuse her services in bed, or you will regret not accepting it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance"