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Chapter 469 - 282 The Terminal City_1

Chapter 469: Chapter 282 The Terminal City_1

Inside a building at the Transfer Port, McLoughlin Valji, the son of the Valji Family Head, was in his office dealing with family business documents.

Looking at the financial reports for the previous two quarters, he sighed and said to the two stewards handling the stores in the Transfer Port, "Our sales of extraordinary materials at the Transfer Port earn us upwards of 4800 gold pounds every three months which seems quite good. However, maintaining our fleet and employees here costs us a thousand gold pounds each month. In other words, we only actually make about 1800 gold pounds every three months."

"And the family has other expenses, so it’s pretty much impossible to save money annually."

McLoughlin Valji squinted his eyes at the two stewards. "The main source of goods for our family’s business comes from our own fleet —one-third of it— and the remaining two-thirds come from pirates at Cross Island and the Transfer Port."

"What I mean is, we could increase our commission by helping pirates sell their goods. And some of the goods obtained from the pirates could be initially sold at a lower price in our stores at the Transfer Port."

The stewards looked at each other, both wearing bitter smiles.

The Valji family, greedy for wealth, was always attempting to find ways to make money, but money wasn’t easy to earn in reality.

If it were, there wouldn’t be so many people becoming pirates.

After a brief discussion, the two stewards said to McLoughlin Valji, "Sir McLoughlin, if we do that, the pirates will definitely cause a ruckus."

"The last time we attempted to buy the Blue Blood Whale Lung Leaf at a low price, we were met with mass resistance from all the pirates."

McLoughlin Valji swore for good measure. He could handle a single pirate causing trouble by simply killing them. But when dealing with a large group of rioting pirates, he had to be cautious.

"The old man of the Valji family will die soon, and he will choose a viable successor in the next few years. I must make an impression in these few years, even if it means exhausting all resources."

"Successfully preventing the people from the land from getting to Cross Island was one of my achievements. In some ways, I have to thank those arrogant fools."

He picked up the tea cup on the table, intending to take a sip of coffee, when the door to the room was suddenly pushed open.

"It’s not good. The Naga Tribe has turned on us. There are no Nagas left in the Snake Man House in the private bay we provide them with. And those people setting sail from the Belisarius Commercial Republic are still getting closer to us."

The senior member of the Valji family, who had come to bring the news, asked anxiously, "What do we do now?"

Upon hearing the news, the porcelain tea cup in McLoughlin Valji’s hand fell to the floor and shattered. He sat silently in his chair for a while, taking time to accept the news.

After a while, McLoughlin Valji stood up in extreme anger, venting his fury on the messenger. "The Naga Tribe is not weak, they were tricked by us and became our servant race. What are they doing, betraying our commands and siding with the enemy?"

"Aren’t they afraid we’ll kill their leader and princess? Send someone to summon the leader and the princess right now. I need an explanation."

The Messenger hurriedly left to fetch the princess and the chieftain of the Naga Tribe.

After the messenger left, McLoughlin Valji stood dazed for a few minutes. It wasn’t until the two stewards, whose legs had gone numb from standing for so long, made a slight noise while shifting their positions, that McLoughlin Valji snapped out of it with a distorted expression.

He knew that all the futures he had envisaged earlier could now be completely wiped off.

Because they were all premised on his successful interception of the land dwellers heading for Cross Island.

If the interception was unsuccessful, he could forget about being on his father’s list of successors.

The two stewards looked unnerved. "Sir McLoughlin, what should we do now?"

"The Naga Tribe is not weak. If they turn on us...."

Just then, the study door was opened once again and two "women" rushed in, crying. The two extravagantly dressed Nagas crawled at McLoughlin Valji’s feet, begging for his forgiveness.

"As soon as we heard the news, we rushed over immediately and happened to bump into your messenger. Sir McLoughlin Valji, please forgive the betrayal of our humble tribespeople. We are direct descendants of the ’Mother of the Sea’."

"They dare not disobey our commands. Please, Sir McLoughlin Valji, forgive us. We really want to integrate into the Valji family...."

McLoughlin Valji stormed over and slapped the mother-daughter pair repeatedly.

"Without the Naga Tribe, what use do I have for the two of you? I value the Naga Tribe behind you. Do you think I value you two worthless Nagas?"

"I want to kill you both!"

The two Nagas continued to beg for mercy. "Please give us another chance. As long as we’re here, the Nagas wouldn’t dare to really betray you. Just trick them into coming back, and when the time comes, Sir McLoughlin Valji, you can kill any Naga you want."

The other stewards of the Valji family also tried to persuade McLoughlin Valji.

"Sir McLoughlin, they are still somewhat useful to us. Let’s let them live for now."

McLoughlin Valji gave the two Nagas a cold stare, then turned to address the room, "Cross through the Transfer Port to enter the Transit Sea, and you can then gain access to the Final City on Cross Island."

"We must prevent them from moving forward."

"Three steps: First, dispatch people to negotiate with them and see how many gold and silver coins it will take to get rid of these land-based robbers."

"Simultaneously, I will bribe the officials and Governor of the Transfer Port to forbid the ships of the land dwellers from entering the harbor. Then you need to assemble all our ships and sailors in the Transfer Port, as well as the pirates that rely on our family."

"This time, I will stop at nothing to destroy these land dwellers."

"This time, I will not limit the price we have to pay. I must finish them in one fell swoop, using a powerful fleet to crush them directly!"

McLoughlin Valji looked at the two Nagas begging for his forgiveness, "Chain these two things and tie them to the front of the ship. I don’t believe the Nagas would really dare to attack us."

"But we also need to be prepared for a possible underwater attack by the Nagas. We can use the same weapons that we used to defeat them the first time."