Global Game: Ten Billion Spirit Energy Coins From The Start

Chapter 708: 705, Shepherd in the Clouds, Frost Red Tea and Fujiwara Chika_1

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The middle-aged man calmly continued, “Undoubtedly, this stock will skyrocket, holding onto it would mean hitting the jackpot!”

“However, now is not the time to brag about these shares. The reason I’ve gathered everyone here is because I want to borrow money using these shares as collateral. I want to borrow against my original 5% stake.”

The man paused for a moment.

The Skru people in the audience looked at each other in confusion.

Borrow money?

...

What was he up to?

Would he need money once the stock price soars?

After a pause, the middle-aged man continued, “This stake validates my repayment capability. If you could lend me the money, I am willing to offer a hefty interest rate of 2% per month!

“I am planning to borrow 40 billion Runket Coins in total, and will pay it all back within a year.

If you are willing to lend me the money, please contact my secretary in private after the banquet for more detailed discussions.”

Upon finishing, the man gave a courteous bow to the dignitaries, then left the stage.

A significant number of the dignitaries present revealed expressions of interest.

A monthly interest rate of 2%? Frankly, such a proposition was far too tempting!

The typical return on investment in Skru Star’s entire investment commodity market hovered around 6% per annum. Anything beyond that was considered an incredibly profitable venture!

However, the middle-aged man was promising a monthly interest rate of 2%, which was roughly equivalent to a 24% annual return! Who wouldn’t be tempted by that?

Moreover, the original 5% stake did prove his ability to repay. Once the stock skyrockets, 40 billion would be nothing, right?

Therefore, the dignitaries present were very interested and decided to contact the middle-aged man’s secretary after the banquet.

…

However, unknown to them all, right above their heads beyond a ceiling, Shepherd in the Clouds held the [Soul Stealing Wand] entrusted to him by Su Yu and pointed it directly at the middle-aged man!

This middle-aged man was firmly under the control of Shepherd in the Clouds’ [Mind Control].

This middle-aged man was, in fact, a con artist.

Pretending to be a noble, he had successfully tricked countless others due to his solid and steady demeanor.

In reality, shares constituting a 5% original stake in the “space ring manufacturing industry” didn’t exist.

The con artist had practically used his entire fortune to bribe the media into promoting his scam, fooling the aristocrats into believing it was real.

And indeed, he had succeeded. All the dignitaries present believed the original 5% stake was real and attended this banquet.

Feeling triumphant, the middle-aged con artist was ready to continue with his con game when Shepherd in the Clouds intervened.

Given that the con artist’s actual power was lackluster; merely at the peak of Level 3, Shepherd in the Clouds found it easy to take complete control over him using [Mind Control], learning the whole story from his memories.

After understanding the full situation, Shepherd in the Clouds made a bold decision — he was going to borrow money from the aristocrats using these shares!

As long as the interest rate was high enough, there were bound to be takers.

And indeed, his supposition proved true. Most of the nobles in the banquet hall showed enough interest, ready to lend money to the middle-aged man.

Once he had the money, of course, Shepherd in the Clouds had no intention of returning it!

By then, he would simply convert all the borrowed money into strategic supplies needed by Blue Star and carry them back to Blue Star, leaving behind the now awakened con artist for the aggrieved nobles.

“Sigh. Things are going smoothly on my end. I wonder how the others are faring,” thought the Shepherd in the Clouds to himself.

Up to now, A Thousand Cups Unintoxicated was captured, as was the powerful Cook from the other server, identified and quickly seized by the Skuru people on his way to the Barbaric Land.

Of the 12 players from Blue Star, two generals had been lost, and it was only the third day.

He wondered how many could make it to the end, inspiring Shepherd in the Clouds to let out a silent sigh.

However, the most important thing now was to do his own part. The Shepherd in the Clouds waved his wand, with the commander, the middle-aged man, bidding farewell to all the Skuru people and leaving the banquet hall.

Soon, he would definitely meet with many magnates coming to donate money. He needed to seize this opportunity and not blow his cover.

Meanwhile, inside the borders of the Raging Sun Empire, Frost Red Tea was very troubled.

He had just teleported to the location on Skru Star, which was in the Barbaric Land, and his luck was remarkably unfavorable. He was pursued and hunted down by various large and small Warcraft, wasting two life-saving potions that Su Yu had given him.

However, after leaving the Barbaric Land, Frost Red Tea was delighted to discover that his luck had hit rock bottom and rebounded!

Following the route that Su Yu had set for him, he robbed the warehouses of those large families one by one. His [Stealth] skill was like a godsend, allowing him to easily reach the deepest part of the warehouse and take countless good things.

But one thing bothered him immensely – his Space Ring was too small and already filled. It couldn’t fit anything else!

Frost Red Tea’s Space Ring indeed wasn’t large, with only about 500 cubic meters of space, and a considerable amount of that was occupied by his own belongings.

After three days of “hard work”, his Space Ring was now stuffed full of gold, Energy Cans, and other high-quality things like mech suits. He didn’t even glance at lower quality items like Solar Yuans, let alone put them in his ring.

Now that the ring was full, he was completely at a loss as to what to do.

“What a blunder; I should have brought several Space Rings!” Frost Red Tea looked at the various valuable items in the warehouse in front of him, his heart aching.

There was another issue that troubled him. Today was only his third day on Skru Star, but his Space Ring was already full. What was he supposed to do afterward?

…

Deep inside the Barbaric Land.

Fujiwara Chika was now covered in blood, her surroundings filled with more than a dozen totems of various colors.

“Thunder, hear my call!”

During her spell casting, a massive bright blue arc of electricity fell from the sky, turning a Tier 5 Warcraft – a Mustached Dragon Beast – into charred remains.

Although Fujiwara Chika was already at the sixth tier, she was not match for a sixth-tier Warcraft and could only seek out fifth-tier Warcrafts to vent her anger.

But after killing six fifth-tier Warcrafts in three days, she felt like she had reached her limit.

After killing this Mustached Dragon Beast, Fujiwara Chika felt a wave of dizziness and fell face-up onto the ground in the forest, her pupils slightly dilated.

She was on Skru Star due to her strong belief in avenging her clan.

But that kind of support was limited.

By now, she was really tired.

Lying on the forest ground, feeling the coldness of the earth, smelling the burnt odor in the air, she felt her heart growing colder and colder.

Given her current strength, killing a Tier 5 Warcraft was already so difficult. What could she use to avenge her clan?

The endless coldness from heaven and earth seemed to be about to swallow her up. For a moment, she truly wished to lay down the burden and die there.

But she couldn’t do that.

After lying on the forest ground for two minutes, she struggled to move towards her spoils of war.

Even for her clan members who had died tragically, she had to keep going.