Douluo Dalu : White God 36 A Fox Exploits The Tiger's Migh

Amidst the hype of Martial Tournament, at a place near the inner wall of the Starfall Imperial Capital City, peoples were come and go to fulfill their curiosity about a grand sized store that just fully operated a few days ago.

"Whoa, this bow is awesome. Look at this!"

"Ahahaha, only this peerless sword can match the handsome me!"

"Aiya, can you feel it, brother? this armor looks great in me."

Various voices of peoples could be heard, they were enthusiastic to look for various items displayed inside the exhibition hall.

"This Golden Roc company is not simple, ah!"

"Indeed, the items that they displayed are all top-notch item! Even some essence tools are inferior!"

"Sigh, my family's heirloom is a tad bit worse than this."

Admiration and envy exclaimed by the guests inside filling every corner of the exhibition hall, stars glimmered in their eyes.

"Aiyo~ look at the price tag! Are they trying to rob us?

"Sonuv This must be a scam!"

"This place is way too crowded!"

Of course, there were also a few peoples that unhappy with some things especially the prices. But, the guests were not only from minor clans and wandering spirit masters but also wealthy merchants and great n.o.bles that love to flaunt their richness.

"Buzz off, this young master wants this sword. This young master might be lacking many things, but money is not one of them."

"The price is a bit expensive, but... hehe."

"Whoaa, an exquisite armor like this is just 20,000,000 Gold? Too Cheap! I've got a bargain!"

These all peoples that genuinely either looking at the store's goods or to throw their money. But, if there were genuine guests, then it's not surprising if there were also peoples that don't know how high the sky is and how deep the sea comes only looking for trouble.

"It is your honor that this young master is willing to take these trashy goodies. Men, take that item away. And this, this, and this too."

The unfortunate peoples like that were punished with several broken bones, their items get confiscated, and they stripped naked with nothing left but their undies. By whom? Let's just say that Abyss has trained a good number of its peoples, each and every Golden Roc's building will also be Abyss' minor base in the future. But not all Abyss' bases are Golden Roc's.

But peoples like that were rare because there were rumors that Golden Roc was backed by the Royal family. Well, a rumor is just rumor, a few peoples were skeptical and didn't believe it.

"We're in the budding phase where we're still fragile, we need to spread more rumors to make peoples wary to not mess with us. At least until we manage to plant our root deep enough for us to strive in the hottest summer and coldest winter."

That was what the owner of the Golden Roc, Dai Mubai, said to his subordinate.

At another chance, Dai Mubai also told them a story for his subordinates to remember.

"Do you know how a tiger likes to catch all kinds of animals for food?

"Well, one day, a tiger caught a fox. Facing the tiger's hungry maw, the fox pretended to be indignant and said, 'How dare you eat me? The G.o.ds have a.s.signed me to rule over all the other animals. Should you eat me, you will have disobeyed the G.o.ds' order and will be punished. If you don't believe me, you can follow me and find out for yourself.'

"Full of misgivings, the tiger decided to walk behind the fox to see what he was up to. As they walked, all the animals were afraid and quickly ran away. Seeing this, the tiger believed the fox's words and freed him."

"And that's how a fox exploits the Tiger's might, both to survive and to gain prestige as the 'Chosen One' in the tiger's eyes."

...

Meanwhile, at an unknown place,

"Your Highness, have you already consider my suggestion from before?"

A middle-aged man who has spiky black hair that wears black sungla.s.ses spoke slowly, behind his sungla.s.ses lay two different colored pupils hidden from ma.s.ses. His tone was like a devil offering people to sign a tempting contract in exchange for his soul.

"I... I'm not sure about that."

In front of the middle-aged man, stood a young man. He has long golden hair draped over his shoulders and back. He has a face with natural lazy expression, a pair of pupils with a purple l.u.s.ter, but not really double pupils.

"Hur hur, Your Highness, are you still in doubt? Do you want to know how much the difference between you and him?"

The middle-aged man approached the young man, a smile creeped out on his face that gave peoples an impression 'Everything is already in the bag'.

"Here is the information that I have gathered about him, check this out."

A scroll was given by the middle-aged man to the young man, which he unfurled to read the content inside. The young man read the scroll bit by bit, as time pa.s.sed, the young man's fist clenched harder.

"Ah, almost forget. Here's an extra for you, Your Highness."

A piece of letter, covered in an envelope, was also given to the young man. Different from when he read the scroll, the young man's eyes immediately went wide filled with disbelief.

"What... H-How could it be? T-This..."

Seeing the young man's reaction, the smile on the middle-aged man's curled even further as if it was saying 'I got you'. A glimmer escaped from his eyes that looks like a tiger that managed to lure its prey into a trap.