Zachariah looked at those people with a frown. “They didn’t ask for a few days to think about it and just
agreed with my proposal. Even though ten percent is not a lot, it’s not too little either. And this is not
just a one-off transaction. They had to contribute annually!”
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back One of the old men said, “Yes. I also think it went too smoothly. Don’t they need to and discuss it
or bargain with us before they agreed? I found it hard to believe they just agreed with us without any
negotiation.”
The other man smiled. “Mister Zachariah, I think you are overthinking this. The Bards are a lot
stronger than them and we didn’t ask for many requests. It’s normal that they agreed because of our
authority. In other words, they knew we are too strong for them and they had no choice but to agree.”
Zachariah thought for a while and said, “Yeah. It doesn’t matter if they have another agenda, we’re
going to be stronger after they agreed with the contribution. It’s a good thing for us.” Elsewhere, ude
and the other members of the Emerald Cloud Gang left Brookbourn Mansion.
Hugo said immediately, “Are the Bards being too over? The underground forces were never required
to contribute part of our profit to them before. What’s the difference from stealing from us in broad
daylight?”
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He paused. “I get it that we are less than the Bards and we have no choice but to agree their terms.
But why did Larry agree immediately too? Obviously, they are a lot stronger than the Bards.
Technically speaking, they shouldn’t be afraid of Brookbourn Mansion. Especially when Severin is their
member now. Why is Draco Hall appeared to be so intimidated by Brookbourn Mansion?”
ude thought about it and shook her head. “I have no idea what Larry is thinking of. Maybe he never
had the intention to rece Brookbourn Mansion. This is probably a gesture. Besides, 10 percent is
completely eptable. Some of the underground forces in the other cities were required to contribute
thirty percent. The highest I heard is forty percent!”
Hugh thought deeply before saying, “Gang Leader, does that mean we’re unable to avenge anymore?”
ude looked at him and felt unhappy. “We have no idea how strong Severin is. I have a feeling he is
stronger than we can imagine. High possibility that I’m not his opponent too. So you can strike it off
your mind. You should be lucky you’re still living now!”
Hugh grasped deeply and wondered if Severin was really that terrifying that even his Gang Leader
found him frightening.
“Sigh. It’s good enough we could survive peacefully when circumstances are so harsh and against us!”
In the end, that was all ude could say while he felt very helpless.
On the other side, Larry was standing by the roadside as he talked to Severin. “Actually I was going to
agree to pay the contribution. All these while, nothing major had happened between us and Brookbourn
Mansion. I think Zachariah is doing this just to make sure we have no intention to rece him.”
Severin nodded. “Yes. I agree. Especially when Draco Hall has suddenly expanded and growi so much
stronger. It’s normal for Zachariah to feel threatened. He’s not a bad guy either and there’s no feud
between him and Draco Hall. Paying a contribution is eptable since he’s only asking for ten percent.
If he is a ruthless guy or requests for more than thirty percent, he probably won’t get anything.”This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org.
Suddenly, Severin’s phone rang. He took it out and was stunned. It was a call from his mother.
He waved his hand at Larry and hinted that they could leave now. Upon walking to the other side, he
epted the call. “Hey, Mom, what’s up?”
“Severin, we have an ident with another car. They are stopping us from leaving. Your dad wanted to
pay them for their losses but they hit him. They are asking you to bring 300,000 dors topensate
for their losses or they are going to kill your dad!”
Judith’s voice sounded extremely panicky.
“What? Where are you guys now?”
Severin was so mad that he clenched his fist tightly. “Tell them to wait for me to bring the money over.
I’ming now!”