Chapter 115: Danger & Progress
Six months later,
Two towering capped men entered the Uncommon Dark City, and without stopping, they headed directly toward the City Hall, which was right beside the City Admin Manor, which was at the heart of Dark City.
The Dark City Hall was the true operation center of the Dark City.
As those two capped men entered the city hall building, they were greeted by a masked receptionist, "How may I help you?"
One of them pulled out a Black ID Card, which looked like an exquisite dark crystal.
There were only two golden words written at the front, 'Dark Baron', and a golden capped insignia was imprinted on top center. When the receptionist saw them, her eyes went wide.
However, before she could say anything, a deep voice rang, "Don't cause a commotion. I want to activate my authority to find someone."
The receptionist took a deep breath to calm down. Her excessive reaction was only natural because it was her first time seeing someone with a Dark Noble Identity in Uncommon Dark City.
Having the identity of a Dark Noble didn't just represent status, but also strength!
One had to know, in the Uncommon Dark City, there was only one Lower Dark Noble but not a single Upper Dark Noble despite its hundreds of years of history.
It showed just how difficult it was to achieve the Dark Baron Rank.
"I understand." The receptionist respectfully replied, "Please follow me. I'll guide you to the manager's office."
The Dark Baron stowed his identity card away before he followed the receptionist with his companion, without arousing any unwanted attention.
The manager's office was on the second floor, and the receptionist reported the arrival of a Dark Baron, even the usually cold manager lost her composure for a moment before she quickly invited them in respectfully.
When only the three of them were left in the room, the manager asked in an edgy tone, "I heard milord wanted to activate your authority to find someone?"
The Dark Baron nodded behind his cap and spoke, "It's indeed the reason for my visit."
The manager took a deep breath before she solemnly nodded and said, "I understand.
"Just to be clear, you do understand that once you activate your Dark Baron Search Authority, you won't be able to use it before 30 Days Cooldown period ends.
"You can only acquire information on one person, and that person's dark city rank should not exceed the Lower-Dark-Noble Rank.
"In case, the person isn't present in the Dark City, we'll give you the most recent information we have.
"In case that person never signed in within our database, your Dark Baron Search Authority would not be counted."
The Dark Baron nodded in acknowledgment.
"Very well." She didn't dwell on another topic anymore and quickly took out a tab-size device and activate it and capped symbol flash before a menu appeared.
She started touching the screen as she opened a unique menu and put it in front of the Dark Baron, and described, "Please place your Dark Noble Identity Card on this scanner and then your unique Dark Noble Pin."
The Dark City was extremely careful with its dark nobles since they have certain privileges within the dark city. So, to make sure only the real person can use them, they had many security measures in place.
The Dark Baron was familiar with the process and quickly put the dark crystal card on the device before he typed a long string of *** on the bottom.
The next moment, a new screen appeared.
"Your handprint and blood sample, please." The manager instructed.
The Dark Baron put away his ID card and then placed his hand on the can while pressing his thumb on the pin.
When the scanning was complete, the manager took the device again.
After she was done with the process, she said, "Please deposit 10 million gold coins to Dark City Account or would you like to pay here?"
At this moment, the Dark Baron suddenly revealed a wristband, which made the manger's eyes flutter with shock.
He tapped on it, and some glowing words appeared on it, and afterward, he tapped a few times before he nodded. "Done."
The manager looked at the tab and when she saw a notification, appeared; she nodded and completed the process.
"Please tell me the ID Name of the person you want to search." She inquired.
The Dark Baron coldly replied, "Tunny Pines!"
Jacob currently sat on the top floor of the pawnshop with both Tunny and Mr. Observer behind him, standing respectfully.
In front of him sat a short, fat person in a golden mask, while beside him was a masked woman browsing through some papers in her hand.
"Mr. Jerry, I had to admit when I heard you were selling your establishment, I didn't believe it at first." The masked fatty chuckled at this moment.
In these past six months, Mr. Observer had sold every valuable item in the pawnshop just as Jacob instructed him to and earned Jacob 23.9 million gold coins. That was added to Jacob's account and finally made a D-Tier Account.
Now, he was selling this shop as well because Jacob had already done with his own business as well. Not only he learned potion making and all the knowledge of Tunny in these past six months shocking Tunny out of his wits.
He raised his heart progress to 48%. He had already ten prepared rare heart essence injections for his advancement to the 50%.
As for how he does it in these short six months...
"But here you are, Mr. Gold. You appeared within half an hour after I put the shop on sale with your assistant. It didn't seem you weren't ready for this at all.
"Well, it doesn't matter, as you might've already known. I was emptying my warehouse in the past months as well as 'transferring my staff members' back home. I'm simply done with this place." Jacob coolly replied.
When Mr. Observer heard 'Transferring' a ghastly chill ran down his spine as he thought how Jacob's home means literally his stomach!
He knew all those staff members were lured out of the city every month in the sham of 'transferring to the rare region and a huge amount of gold coins. But the moment they left the dark city. Jacob would butcher them before eating every last bite and then return with a large bag as if nothing happened.
Mr. Observer knew all of this because he was the one who prepared those 'Livestock' for Jacob. What made him appalled was just how big Jacob's appetite was, and even devoured 32 staff members three months ago in two days!
He clearly remembered to this day Jacob had devoured 218 staff members. Every time Jacob asked him to arrange the 'transfer', he always thought he might get eaten this time like everyone else if Jacob's hunger wasn't quenched.
That's why he worked extra, extra hard to do everything Jacob told him and show his value.
This was also part of the reason everything was done in six months, and now only this shop was left.
Mr. Gold had naturally heard about this, just as Jacob said. He was after Jerry's shop for a long time because of its position in the market area. But Jerry wasn't someone to trifle with.
That was why he was paying attention when he received the report that 'Jerry' had stopped buying and even 'shifting his staff out of the city.
When he heard the news that 'Jerry' had put his shop on sale in the city hall, he literally flew here to strike first.
"It's all there, boss." The assistant nodded and put the shop's deed down after making sure it was real.
Mr. Gold quickly said, "Mr. Jerry, I think you're a direct person. So, I won't waste your time. I'm willing to pay you 50 million for this shop."
Jacob's lips curled up as he said, "Mr. Observer, escort our guest out. It seemed they're not here with sincerity."
Mr. Gold and his assistant were dumbfounded by 'Jerry's' response, and when they saw Mr. Observer moved and was really about to chase him out.
Mr. Gold quickly said, "Mr. Jerry, there's no need to burn all the bridges so quickly. That was just my price. If you're not content with it, please state your offer. We can negotiate. I sincerely wanted to buy this shop."
Jacob nodded and said, "Very well. As you know, my shop is in the most prominent area of the dark city.
"Furthermore, I won't take furniture in the shop, including this top floor. There's also a secret room behind me, and there are many of high-level training equipment and a high-uncommon grade safe. That is all included within this shop."
Mr. Gold's eyes shimmered. "If that's the case then what price do you have in mind?"
Jacob stated his last price, "I want 100 million, and this is no negotiable!"