MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1629 1629: Battle of Wits

It was evident that the person standing in front of Gloomy Abyss was a wealthy individual, and a foolish one at that. More importantly, this person was interested in mining business.

Although the Dark Alliance was acquiring mining areas at low prices, the sheer number of these areas was overwhelming. With three hundred mining areas, each costing five hundred thousand, it all added up to an astronomical figure. If Gloomy Abyss could fool this person into footing the bill for the acquisitions, there would be a considerable profit left for him.

In this way, Gloomy Abyss would be able to hold his head high in front of Black Dragon King and possibly reach the pinnacle of his life.

As for shares... to hell with that! Once the money was paid, how many shares he received would be entirely up to the Dark Alliance. With just a few of them, how could they dare to challenge the Dark Alliance, which had millions of members?

"Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Just as Gloomy Abyss was calculating in his mind, Fearless's words felt like a bucket of cold water poured over him.

However, before Gloomy Abyss could explain further, Fearless continued, "Judging by your lack of experience, you probably only amount to a small fry. How could shares be something you decide?"

"Whoa..."

Upon hearing Fearless's words, Gloomy Abyss's originally cold heart warmed up again. Ignoring Fearless's veiled mockery, he quickly said, "I may not decide, but our boss does!"

"The fish is hooked!"

As soon as Gloomy Abyss said this, everyone from the Quan Zhen faction felt a jolt, and the Sanguine Warflag subconsciously touched his nose.

Fearless was indeed insightful, easily leading Gloomy Abyss to jump into the trap with just a few words.

As the saying goes, "Shoot the horse before shooting the rider; capture the king before capturing the thief."

As the leader who dominated the world, Evil Rampage knew that the issue at hand had little to do with his subordinates; the root cause was the leader of the Dark Alliance.

Instead of directly mobilizing forces to seize the mining areas, the simplest and most direct method was to find out who the mastermind behind the Dark Alliance was. Once they could snatch the contract from that person, the Quan Zhen faction could regain control.

Fearless brought Gloomy Abyss here and flaunted wealth to get this guy to take him to the leader of the Dark Alliance. Sure enough, this foolish deer was easily manipulated by Fearless, and even more amusingly, he thought he had successfully fooled Fearless...

"Your boss? Where is he? Have him come meet me!" Fearless said impatiently after looking around.

"Wait a moment, I'll contact our boss right away!"

Gloomy Abyss was excited at the response and quickly opened his friend list, found Black Dragon King, and sent a message: "Boss, I have great news."

From his choice of words, it was evident how thrilled Gloomy Abyss was.

"Great news?"

Soon, Black Dragon King replied in a very calm tone, "What is it?"

"I met a wealthy person from Brave Continent who is also interested in acquiring mining areas!" Gloomy Abyss said.

"Competing for territory with us? How is that good news?" Black Dragon King replied, puzzled.

"No, it's not like that!" Gloomy Abyss quickly explained, "After my persuasion, he intends to cooperate with our Dark Alliance."

"Cooperate with us? How would that work?" Black Dragon King's tone remained flat and did not show excitement over Gloomy Abyss's words.

"It means he provides the funds, and we give him shares... something like that."

Gloomy Abyss proudly relayed the lines he had used to fool Fearless to Black Dragon King.

Gloomy Abyss thought Black Dragon King would be pleased with his cleverness, but Black Dragon King's response was still indifferent: "Be careful in your dealings. There are many scammers around these days. Did you ask for his name?"

"Uh..."

Gloomy Abyss paused for a moment and asked Fearless, "What is your name, sir?"

"Are you trying to pry into my personal information to hunt me down?" Fearless sneered.

"I didn't... mean it that way!" Gloomy Abyss said, "I was just asking."

"Like you'd dare!" Fearless scoffed, "My name is Fearless!"

As he spoke, he sent a friend request to Gloomy Abyss.

"He says his name is Fearless!"

After confirming, Gloomy Abyss casually forwarded Fearless's business card.

"Fearless?" Black Dragon King pondered over Fearless's card for quite a while before saying, "This should be a nobody trying to show off in front of you."

Although the Quan Zhen faction had made a mess of the Black Dragon Guild and lost two main cities, Black Dragon King actually did not know who had caused such disaster.

After all, there was a language barrier, and Fearless wasn't interested in introducing himself to the old man, so it was understandable that Black Dragon King hadn't heard of Fearless.

However, Black Dragon King was an old fox and quickly guessed that Fearless's intention was to get close to Gloomy Abyss intentionally.

"Intentionally?" Gloomy Abyss felt a shiver at the message and hurriedly replied, "Could it be a scam?"

"Probably not!"

Black Dragon King said, "He's just a businessman. You need to ask him to come to you; that way, he can take the initiative, and it would be easier to negotiate terms. If he comes to us, wouldn't that put us at a disadvantage?"

"Wow... that's truly cunning." Gloomy Abyss was baffled.

As a relatively straightforward person, he genuinely couldn't understand the twists and turns of the old fox Black Dragon King.

While Gloomy Abyss was still confused, Black Dragon King continued, "Just wait and see; he'll definitely make unreasonable demands for me to meet him!"

Sure enough, just as Black Dragon King sent the message, Fearless said, "How did the conversation go with your boss? When is he coming over? I'm quite busy."

"Sure enough, the boss is really perceptive!"

Seeing Fearless's response was exactly as Black Dragon King had predicted, Gloomy Abyss was deeply impressed.

"Hmph!"

After seeing Gloomy Abyss's message, Black Dragon King snorted, "He's trying to play tricks on me; he's still too inexperienced. Tell him to come see me if he wants to negotiate business. I'm busy too! He will definitely come."

"Okay!"

Gloomy Abyss obediently relayed Black Dragon King's words to Fearless.

As Black Dragon King had expected, upon hearing Gloomy Abyss's response, Fearless's expression slightly changed. After pondering for a long time, he reluctantly asked Gloomy Abyss, "Alright, where is he?"

"In the Dark Moon City! After we finish our business in the Twilight City, I'll take you all there!"

Seeing Fearless's expression, Gloomy Abyss could not help but show a barely noticeable smile, as if to say that the little fox was still far from the old fox.

In the Quan Zhen guild channel, everyone was in an uproar.

"Damn! Fearless, you old dog, didn't you say that Black Dragon King was hard to deceive? Why is he so quick to want to meet us?"

"Hehe!" Fearless chuckled and said, "I've already battled wits with him; the old fox is still no match!"