Chapter 136 Extortion
Aldric and the others looked around before finding a small mound of earth where more than two hundred people, consisting of men and a few women sat casually there. Some were drinking and some were chatting.
They seemed to be in a good mood.
Only, they were not Europeans, they were Asians with slightly dark skin and black hair.
"How marvelous, we caught a group of whales, this is really a big harvest," said some of them, laughing heartily.
"We're going to make a lot of money. There's even a Ramsey in the top 50 richest people in the world, hahahah..."
"Luck comes when we least expect it. This game gives us the chance to terrorize the world."
"...."
Hearing their words, everyone showed a worse expression.
Only Aldric remained calm. He made an observation of the surroundings, and realized that the area where he and the others were, was covered by something similar to the World Cube.
It sealed them in and it seemed that the raiders were very confident that it could confine them.
According to his judgment, the strength of a 3rd Stage Senior Magician also had difficulty destroying the cube.
Of course, this could not be said for him who possessed 4th Stage strength.
He observed the robbers.
Their strength was indeed very impressive.
There were over 200 of them, and about 30 of them were Senior Magicians.
This was a very large number.
Aldric scanned and found one was at the Senior Magician 3rd Stage and then there were five at the 2nd Stage.
This strength was far above them if he did not participate.
His focus was on that 3rd Stage Senior Magician who he regarded as the only strong one.
He was young, in his early 20s, which was probably only one year older than her.
In the group, he was the youngest along with the woman standing by his side.
His hair was short, she wasn't very tall either, just a little over 170 cm, which is normal for southeast Asians.
His physique was somewhat similar to his, having very hard-looking muscles with a broad chest. He was only inferior in height.
His aura was cold, yet it was not ice cold. It was cold because of the power of killing.
Even from his eyes, it was clear that he was a very cold man. In the real world, it should be the same. He had probably committed many sadistic criminal acts to have such eyes.
In some areas of Southeast Asia, Aldric had often heard of violent neighborhoods where there were frequent fights to the point of killing each other with sharp weapons.
"Kamon!" Several people beside the man called out to him.
His name was apparently Kamon.
In response, the man waved his hand at the woman by his side who was also a 2nd Stage Senior Magician.
"Take care of them, tell me how much they have to pay to get freedom," he said.
The woman nodded then stepped forward. She was about the same age as Kamon, had fair skin and a pretty face, perhaps she was of Chinese descent.
Even she seemed gentle except for her cold eyes so it could be guessed that she had a dangerous side.
She came forward, looking at Ramsey, Anna, and the bosses.
"I know all of you," she said in a nonchalant tone, shaking her long black hair.
"Depending on the amount of your wealth, the price you have to pay is different. I'm sure you all understand what I mean. Now you are under seal and we will send you back if you pay. If you don't pay, then it won't be hard for us to kill you. Maybe you won't die but you'll have to start all over again with worse talent."
She spoke straight to the point, not trying to mince words.
Ramsey frowned so much that his cheeks turned purple.
As a big businessman, he was often involved in conflicts and it was always him bullying others, almost never a situation where others were bullying him.
Here, he seemed to be oppressed and blackmailed. The one doing it was even a young woman who was more suitable to be his granddaughter.
"Girl, you know who I am. Don't think I can't do anything just because you're all far away in Asia," he said in his husky voice.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
He had reservations about giving in, at least before he was completely suppressed.
Hearing his words, the woman smiled sarcastically.
She waved her hand.
Shua!
Suddenly an invisible energy appeared, pressing down on Ramsey, forcing him to his knees.
"What?" Everyone was stunned to see that while Aldric knitted his brows.
'This cube can also attack and its attack is really equivalent to a 3rd Stage Senior Magician,' he thought.
Perhaps the woman was controlling the cube so that she could attack with her hand movements.
Ramsey was completely forced to his knees. Luca wanted to help him, but the invisible force pushed him aside.
"Didn't I tell you, you're just fish on a cutting board. Killing you doesn't take much effort for us," the woman said again.
She smiled coldly, giving everyone a mocking look.
"Well as long as you send cash equivalent to 20% of your entire wealth, then you will be free," she added.
Cough! Cough!
Several people immediately coughed at that, especially Ramsey, his eyes becoming bulging.
"Are you all crazy, cash equivalent to 20% of our wealth? This is crazy," said one of the bosses.
After all, their wealth is mostly assets with high values due to market speculation. While they did have a lot of money, if it was 20% of their wealth, they would practically run out of money and it would be very difficult to run their business without it.
It could even bankrupt their business.
The problem was that as entrepreneurs, many of them also had debts to the bank.
"Hahaha, are you able to resist? If you object, you can only die," another robber replied.
"Lower the price, I can't accept this," replied another boss, trying to negotiate.
These robbers probably only mentioned the starting price. Surely they didn't mind the negotiation as long as it didn't go beyond the limit they had set.
BANG! BANG!
And suddenly, the bosses who spoke experienced a slap in the face by that invisible force.
That was the answer from those robbers, which made them want to cry.