Chapter 129: The Whole Story

“It’s like this!” Diles explained slowly, “I bought an exquisite pure silver Goddess sculpture from a small Pirate leader by chance. After I went back, while cleaning the dirt on it, I found a scroll made of pure gold hidden in its base. A strange graphic was drawn on it, but the text was in ancient Elven language. I couldn’t understand it, so I didn’t know what it was. But obviously, it was very precious. So I kept the scroll carefully. But just after I put it away, the Pirate who sold me the sculpture was brought in by someone, wanting to redeem the sculpture. They said that thing was war loot he had privately hidden. Now it was exposed.”

“I felt something was wrong at the time. If this Gold Scroll wasn’t very precious, it wouldn’t be worth the Pirates making such a big fuss. So I returned the sculpture to them. After they left, I quickly dealt with the things in my hands and entrusted some precious goods, including the Gold Scroll, to Miss Constantine. And I myself also disguised myself and left the city. But I didn’t expect that I would still be caught by them in the end!” Diles said with a bitter smile.

Old Xie listened from the side and immediately became unhappy. He immediately shouted angrily, “You damn bastard, you knew this thing was trouble and still asked Constantine to transport it. Aren’t you deliberately harming her? I’m afraid the reason these Pirates insist on killing Constantine is also because you were caught and sold her out, right?”

“Oh!” Diles was stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly, “To save my life, of course I had to pull out a backer. But who knew that they would dare to exterminate a big force like the Hercules Family for that thing? If I had known earlier, how would I have sold out Miss Constantine?”

“Alright!” Constantine pulled Old Xie and smiled bitterly, “This can’t be blamed on him. We do this in the City of Chaos; it’s impossible not to take risks.”

Old Xie was stunned when he heard this, but he soon figured it out. Obviously, his blame on Diles was unreasonable. What kind of place was the City of Chaos? It was almost the headquarters of Pirates and the Continent’s various Rogue groups. Could the things here not be stolen goods? Obviously impossible. Every item here was entangled with blood and wronged souls. Maybe a large number of owners were frantically looking for them on the Continent. So they were definitely all very troublesome.

Of course, Constantine couldn’t not know these things, yet she still insisted on doing the transportation business. That naturally meant she was prepared to take the blame. Actually, Old Xie later learned that transporting goods for those small and medium chambers of commerce from the City of Chaos was pioneered by Constantine. You know, the name of the City of Chaos wasn’t for nothing. It was chaotic beyond belief. Double digits of people were killed on the streets every day. In the past, smaller chambers of commerce had very little guarantee when doing business here. Many times, they would collect goods with their front feet, and with their back feet, they would be robbed again.

Constantine saw the business opportunity in this and started this business here. Anyway, she had to transport her own goods too. And Constantine had a legendary Space Ring, which made transporting supplies very convenient. So, besides transporting goods for her own family, she also helped other small chambers of commerce along the way. Because it was on the way, there was almost no extra cost. It was simply earning money for nothing.

Of course, Constantine also took on a lot of risks in this, so the price was naturally very high. She had two charging methods. One was the open method, where the owner directly told Constantine what was being transported and how much it was worth. Constantine charged one-tenth of the total value of the goods as payment. You know, almost everything sold in the City of Chaos was stolen goods. Since they were stolen goods, they naturally wouldn’t be cheap items. Most were valuable gold and silver jewelry and the like. So one-tenth of the payment was imaginable. Of course, if it was large items like grain and other cheap goods, Constantine wouldn’t transport them either.

As for the other method, it was secret goods. The owner sealed the things in boxes and pasted seals. Constantine had no right to open them, nor would she ask what was inside. She didn’t even ask if there was trouble. She only charged according to the price of ten Gold Coins per catty. As long as you paid, she would help you send it to a safe place in the inland.

Precisely because of this, although Constantine lost more than 500 Guards this time, she couldn’t blame anyone. She could only blame herself for not being strong enough. There was no helping it; who told her to accept so much shipping fee? You know, she traveled to and from the City of Chaos twice a year. Almost every time she could make a huge profit of one hundred thousand Gold Coins. A large part of this came from her shipping business. Taking so much money and not wanting to take risks was obviously impossible.

After Constantine persuaded Old Xie, she turned her face to Diles and said, “Mr. Diles, rest assured. Since our Hercules Family has accepted your money, we will naturally deliver the goods to the destination. Even you yourself, I can provide full protection. You don’t have to be threatened by Tianfeng Fourteen Lang.”

“Thank you, Miss Constantine, for your protection!” Diles first expressed his gratitude, then suddenly asked, “However, there is no rush for that item. But can I confirm one thing with you now?”

“What thing?” Constantine couldn’t help but ask curiously.

“I want to know, is this gentleman really the heir of the Stephen Family?” Diles suddenly pointed at Old Xie and said.

“Oh, indeed he is. He is the only heir of the Stephen Family publicly acknowledged by the Lightning Magic Saint!” Constantine immediately asked curiously, “Mr. Diles, may I ask why you are asking this?”

“Oh, hehe!” Diles suddenly smiled awkwardly and said, “Because, I am actually a peripheral member of the Stephen Family. Those things were also to be sent to the Stephen Family! Since the Young Master is here, that couldn’t be better. The Young Master can handle everything.” After Diles finished speaking, his mood immediately relaxed a lot.

Hearing him say this, Constantine, Arthas, and the others were all stunned.

“Hmm?” Old Xie himself didn’t expect it to be like this either. He hurriedly asked, “Diles, you aren’t joking, are you?”

“Young Master, it is true!” Diles said, waving his hand at Old Xie, signaling him to come closer.

Since Diles was covered in injuries now and couldn’t move at all, Old Xie didn’t put on airs either. He carefully approached him, lowered his body, and listened to Diles whispering in his ear, “Young Master, I belong to the family’s dark department, specifically responsible for receiving stolen goods in the City of Chaos. Big families all have this kind of thing, but it can’t be made public, so I usually don’t dare to expose my identity. But the item this time is obviously extraordinary. Not only did a strong expert like Tianfeng Fourteen Lang come out personally, but he even didn’t hesitate to kill Miss Constantine for it. You think, since he doesn’t even care about offending the Hercules Family and the Elves, it can only explain one thing: this item is too important! For such an important item, I’m afraid anyone would be tempted. So I had to expose my identity. Please understand, Young Master.” As he spoke, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Constantine and Arthas.

Old Xie wasn’t stupid; he naturally understood Diles’s meaning immediately. Obviously, he was afraid Constantine would privately swallow this item. Because after this incident, Constantine would definitely know how high the value of that item was; otherwise, it wouldn’t have alerted Tianfeng Fourteen Lang to make such a big move. So Constantine might be unable to resist the temptation and privately swallow the thing. Because in the eyes of a big force like her, a Diles obviously had no weight. So under these circumstances, Diles had to reveal his identity and directly pointed out that the owner of the item was the Stephen Family. This way, Constantine would have concerns and wouldn’t easily do something like privately swallowing it.

After Old Xie understood, he immediately couldn’t help but look at this Diles in a new light. Not to mention whether Constantine would forget profit for the sake of justice, just this caution alone was very rare. Old Xie immediately patted his shoulder, input natural Magic Power into his body to help treat his injuries, and then said with a smile, “You are very good, Diles, right?”

“Yes! Young Master!” Diles had long felt Old Xie helping him heal. He immediately answered gratefully.

“After we go back, you open a shop for me in the Imperial Capital. I want you to be the Shopkeeper!” Old Xie encouraged.

“Thank you, Young Master!” When Diles heard this, he was immediately moved. You know, in that broken place, the City of Chaos, living in fear every day, he had long had enough. Now being able to go to the Imperial Capital and become a Shopkeeper was obviously a step to the heavens!

After calming Diles down, Old Xie smiled at Constantine and said, “Constantine, you heard that. That thing is mine!”

“Understood!” Constantine gave a bitter smile and said, “I suppose you won’t let Tianfeng Fourteen Lang off easily, right?”

“Hehe, obviously!” Old Xie smiled faintly, then shouted down at Tianfeng Fourteen Lang, “Hey, you red-haired dead ghost, listen to me! This thing belongs to me now. If you want it, roll your ass up here and take it!”

“Bastard!” Tianfeng Fourteen Lang was so angry he almost spat blood on the spot. He never expected that with only ten people, these guys would dare to challenge him, a Saint Domain Expert leading thousands of troops. This was clearly looking down on him!