Renn is not alone, he also has a group of younger brothers, horses and thugs under his command.
Back then, he ran from Bu Shen City to the Pugni Plain area in the southern part of the Kingdom of Falorland. In addition to looking for resources such as red heart grass and moon spirit vines to advance to the fourth level [Demon Hunting Master], he also did several things.
Renn had done a lot of things like murder, arson, and extortion, and he had accumulated a lot of wealth as a result.
Relying on his ability to talk and fool people, he successfully attracted a group of socially active people to hang out with him.
So, in the city of Diramo on the edge of the Pugni Plain, a company called Thorn Security Company was established.
In the living room of the villa.
Ren leisurely crossed his legs, sat on the leather sofa, and dialed the phone dial with his fingers.
"Hello, who is this?" A clear and sweet female voice sounded from the other end of the phone.
Ren held the toner microphone. After hearing the familiar voice coming from over there, the corners of his mouth raised slightly:
"You guess, maybe you can get a salary increase if you guess it."
"Boss, are you so idle?" After a moment of silence, the female voice on the other end of the phone was a little annoyed.
"Hey, Susanna, you, a female secretary, dare to talk to your boss like this?" Ren crossed her legs and threatened, "You should be lucky, I am very busy, otherwise I would have to put you in eighteen different positions! "
If you have something to do, you will be a secretary. If you have nothing to do, you will be a secretary. Can you understand?
Susanna, [Knight] profession, is from Orange Town in Pugni Plain. She is a dart cowgirl. She usually guards caravans entering and exiting the plains and works part-time as a bounty hunter.
She was deceived by Ren... well, invited by Ren to join the Thorn Security Company, and she is now his personal secretary.
"Haha, boss, can you tell me what you are busy with? Are you saving the world or maintaining peace on the mainland?"
"You went to Merova City to be happy. We are doing all the work in the company. It has been more than a month and you haven't even taken the initiative to make a call. It turns out you know that you are the boss!" Susanna's voice on the other end of the phone The tone was very dissatisfied.
There is no one else who can do this to a hands-off shopkeeper.
'Is this fierce cowgirl going through menopause? '
Ren speculated maliciously and curled his lips: "I will punish you severely when you go back... Report to work quickly!"
The person on the other side was silent for a while, seeming to formulate his words.
"Based on the recently issued united front document by the Kingdom and the policy requirements of Bureau 7, Jenny has adjusted the company's strategic layout after communicating with people in the city hall..."
"...The company's security department has been fully staffed and is responsible for the security of Sunshine Community and some private commissions...The combat department, in the name of a third-party mercenary, participated in the demon hunting operation organized by the 7th Bureau on the Pugni Plain... …”
"Stop!"
Ren interrupted Susanna and touched her chin with one hand:
"I don't want to know what you did specifically. I just want to ask, is the company profitable? How many gold coins did it earn last month?"
Sorry, I only have eyes for shiny gold coins.
Suzanne: “…”
"Boss, do you only remember that there are still people under you when you are short of money?" Susanna said quietly.
She finally understood that Ren was probably short of money now, so she called him for the first time.
You have discovered all this... Ren coughed, his face did not turn red, his heart did not beat, and he said in a very calm tone:
"Ahem, I have to attend the auction, and I'm a little tight lately."
Two days later, there will be an annual year-end auction in Merova City.
This auction is jointly organized by the Witcher Association and Bureau 7. At this juncture when war is likely to break out in the kingdom next year, it is impossible to get too many good things.
Many supernatural beings in the kingdom are preparing for war.
Many extraordinary people from other countries stayed in Merova City after the declaration of war and the King's Festival in the seventh game, just to participate in this annual auction.
Renn was naturally looking forward to this. He and Artoria just needed to buy some important things.
"Boss, I will give you up to 5,000 gold coins. Currently, the Security Department relies on collecting rent from the indigenous Kangao people in the tent area, and the profit is relatively stable. However, the personnel of the Operation Department can be well trained..."
The business of Thorn Security Company mainly consists of two parts.
Part of this is done by renting tents to some of the relocated indigenous Kangao people, collecting rent, or performing some simple private security work. This is the responsibility of the company's security department.
The other part is the mercenary business, which is made by hunting demons and alien beasts, or wiping out underground evil forces, and is handled by the company's operations department.
"Okay, 5,000 gold coins are enough for the time being." Ren felt that it was almost enough and he was in a good mood. "Thank you for your hard work. Keep up the good work. I will give you a salary increase next year."
It is true that he spent a lot of effort to create Thorn Security Company.
He doesn't expect this company to be very good, and he will be satisfied if it can help him handle some personal matters and make some money.
"Hmph! Renn, I realized that I was deceived by you! You said that I could make money while lying down and become a rich woman easily... but the result is that I stay up late and work overtime every day to handle all those messy things for you!"
On the other end of the phone, Susanna complained a few words, feeling as if she had accidentally boarded a pirate ship and was unhappy after being deceived.
Ren, the master of fraud and pyramid scheme leader, leaned lazily on the sofa.
Listening to his female secretary's complaints, he grinned and said:
"Suzanne, sitting in the office as a secretary with beautiful makeup, isn't it better than you being a weathered escort and risking being shot and knifed as a bounty hunter?
Want to make money while lying down?
Okay, from now on you can just lie on my bed. You don't have to do anything. Just serve me and make yourself comfortable. "
Suzanne: “…”
"Hmph, you have a beautiful idea. My sister would rather stay single than take advantage of you!"
The cowgirl on the plains spat lightly. She had a crush on Ren, but that didn't mean she would let him take advantage of her.
Unless Ren is willing to take responsibility, which is basically impossible, Susanna knows that he already has an official girlfriend and is still in strict control of his wife.
After the two chatted for a few more words, Ren's face turned solemn:
"Let Sigur and Garcia come to Merova City in January next year. It's about the Yunxia Mountains of Ron Principality... Especially Higg, let him be prepared!
The plan was advanced, and the terms originally agreed upon were followed. "
Time was so tight that he had to divide his forces into two groups.
"Boss, do you really plan to train that guy Sigg? Help him advance to the fourth level?" Susanna's voice was a little hesitant.
Monkey G. Sigg was once the boss of the Ax Gang (currently disbanded), one of the gangs on the Pugni Plain. Sigg was a third-level peak [Blood Berserker] who came from a distant place. North Sea Islands.
Sigg once led the Ax Gang to attack the caravan where Ren and Susanna were.
But he was chopped down with a knife by Renn, who was only at the third level of strength at that time. Later, Renn blackmailed him, and he was almost poor enough to perform on the street... Renn then tricked him into killing the leader of the Skeleton Gang──Ghost-hand Marcello. .
After plotting to kill Marcelo, Sigg joined the Thorn Security Company and became Rennes' top thug.
After Ren became the master, he cherished feathers... Basically, the dirty work, the work without style, taste, and moral integrity was left to Sigg and Garcia.
"That's it. Although Sigg is a bit reckless, he can still fight."
Thinking of the prosperous years in the past when he relied on deceit, kidnapping and extortion to make a fortune, Master Ren showed a nostalgic smile.
When he took the steam train to Pugny Plain, he did not expect so many accidents to happen later.
Fate, wonderful beyond words.
Now, Renne, who founded the Thorn Security Company, has successfully allowed his power to take root on the edge of the Pugni Plain, and he has taken the lead in some wars!
"Okay, as long as you're happy." Seeing that the boss had made up his mind, Susanna muttered on the other end of the phone.
The business is basically done.
Ren was about to hang up the phone when he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Where is that senior? Is there any news recently?"
"You mean Carlos the Gunman? He's on top of our company's building right now." Susanna said helplessly.
Ren was confused: "What? Why is he there?"
"I don't know, he has been standing on the roof of the building for several days, and there is a huge whirlpool in the sky."
"What? What happened?"
"I don't know. The evil force on the roof is too strong. We can't even get close... As for the vortex in the sky, it's even more terrifying. If it comes down, it may destroy the entire city in an instant!" Susanna's voice trembled.
If the people in the 7th Bureau hadn't said not to worry and ignore it... this might have caused panic among the citizens.
………
On the edge of the Pugni Plain, in the city of Diramo, the office building of Thorn Security Company.
This is a three-story office building located in the eastern suburbs of the city.
In front of the elegantly decorated building, there is a lifelike golden sand sculpture of a strange animal that spreads its wings and flies high.
At this time, on the spacious and tidy rooftop, a middle-aged man wearing classic black knight leather armor stood in the center of the rooftop. He had a mustache and his eyes were closed.
A dark light enveloped the entire rooftop, and a two-meter-long dark golden spear with a simple shape was suspended in the air.
It's like a real evil spirit lingering on the dark golden spear.
Wishes of bloody energy washed over the gun body like running water, and countless corpses were piled up around it. Tall demons, vampires with bat wings, ghouls, werewolves... The scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood surrounded the gun. Spear.
The sun was setting in the west, and the dark ink color dimmed the entire sky.
Brilliant stars shine in the night sky, and the huge moon rises slowly, as if lightning flashes across. Carlos, the "gun ghost" standing in the center of the rooftop, suddenly opens his eyes.
Buzzing~
The dark gold spear in front of Carlos trembled.
The blazing flame burned at the tip of the spear, and the phantoms of the demon corpses around it also ignited strange gray fireworks, which eventually turned into wisps of black smoke and merged into the dark gold spear.
The evil spirit disappeared, and the spear became simple and dark.
The scene of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood gradually faded, and the pattern of the fire dragon disappeared in a flash.
Boom~
Carlos instantly grasped the spear in front of him, and with a roar, a huge dark red circle of light quickly shrank to his feet and disappeared, and the distorted space around him gradually calmed down.
It was only then that there was a crisp sound of footsteps on the rooftop stairs.
"Mr. Carlos, are you okay?" Susanna walked over from the stairs on a pair of red high heels.
The cowgirl has long, glossy black hair, wheat-colored skin and shiny skin, a fit and slim figure, and a good-looking appearance.
She was wearing a delicate white women's suit and light makeup. She looked smart and capable, and her beautiful legs in black stockings under the hip-covering skirt were particularly eye-catching.
"It's okay, I'm sorry to bother you during this time." Carlos nodded to her and stared up at the whirlpool in the sky.
It was a shocking scene.
Above the night sky, the tide of the Force swayed, and the long sea of clouds gathered together, like a giant umbrella that blocked the sky and the sun, covering most of the city.
The sea of clouds swirls like a whirlpool, and ripples like water waves. As it shrinks and shrinks, countless stars and moonlight fall from the sky like horses, and countless shining light spots continue to oscillate in the sea of clouds, as if Corresponding to the stars in the sky!
The endless starlight rain merged with the clouds and spread over ten miles.
It's a bit like the prototype of Ren's domain - "Sea of Stars and Stars", but the range is dozens of times larger, and the power is even more terrifying!
"Senior, what on earth is this?" Susanna couldn't help but ask with shock in her beautiful eyes.
She is only a second-level [Iron Ring Knight] and is not strong enough to find any clues, but Carlos the Gun Demon is already a generation of Gun Saint, so he should know something.
The swirling clouds turned into a sea of light in the brilliant starlight and moonlight.
This swirling sea of light is like a huge beast entrenched in the sky. It opens its huge mouth and wildly swallows spiritual energy in the void. The energy fluctuations rise and fall like ocean waves.
The terrifying pressure spread across the sky.
Under such power, Susanna felt that she was no different from an ant unable to struggle in the face of a tsunami.
She has no doubt that once this thing drops from the sky and explodes, it will be enough to destroy the city of Diramo!
"That was...the former great emperor."
Carlos's voice contained infinite nostalgia and some sadness, as if he was lamenting the vicissitudes of time.
He looked up at the sky, his deep eyes penetrating through the layers of clouds.
A vague figure stood in the whirlpool of light, and the divine light shrouded the man's majestic body. The vibrating acupoints were like stars, shining among his limbs and bones, just like a vast starry sky!
"The former emperor?" Susanna looked surprised.
Full of doubts, she was about to ask when, on the rooftop, Carlos's body suddenly blurred, disappearing into the night sky like a wisp of dark red light that gradually dimmed.
………
In the southern part of Pugni Plain, Pineapple Town.
This once peaceful town has turned into a devil's cave.
Wisps of black smoke and bloody flames lingered in the town, and the demons swaggered through the streets and alleys. The crazy, evil, dark, and bloody auras on them were mixed together, making people shudder.
Thousands of meters in the air.
A large dark cloud filled with the aura of death and corrosion continues to condense, spread, rise and fall... just like a black iceberg floating in the night.
Black clouds were pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it. In the corrosive clouds, one could vaguely see a ferocious skull that was hundreds of feet long!
Weird flames like giant lamps danced in the eye sockets of the snow-white skull, and his terrifying eyes stared at the swirling sea of clouds above the city of Diramo in the distance.
The turbulent spiral sea of light and the thick cloud of death silently confront each other hundreds of miles apart!
Under the clouds, in the middle of pineapple town.
Whenever a demon would occasionally look up at the sky, a look of awe and yearning would subconsciously appear on his face.
The devils, ghouls, and vampires were fine, and the demons and ghosts often prayed to the sky with extremely fanatical expressions.
That is none other than Christian, the ghost prince who just revived not long ago!
On the eaves somewhere, stood a man in a black cloak.
His face was thin, his pupils glowed with a strange green light, and the shadows of blue bones under his flesh and blood body could even be vaguely seen. His black cloak danced in the wind, and there were actually twisted and bleeding pale faces on it!
If Ren and Michelle were here, they would definitely recognize that this was the demon prince they killed in the Demon Realm.
It may be that the clone was killed. The powerful aura on his body was a bit ups and downs at this time, and it was obvious that the injury was not serious.
"Two tiny insects, when His Majesty the Prince is ready... I will crush your bones to ashes, extract your souls and refine them for a hundred days, and make you wail until you collapse!"
The Demonic Grand Duke Harosh looked up at the sky.
He let out a harsh roar, and on the black cloak he was wearing, the pale faces shed tears of blood...
…………
It's late at night in Merova City.
Ah sneeze...ah sneeze!
Ren was sitting on the sofa, counting the bills happily, when he suddenly sneezed a few times.
There was a bit of confusion on his face, and he muttered subconsciously: "Which bastard is cursing me when he's full?"
After counting the various precious resources in the storage ring, as well as the number of gold coins and silver notes, he smiled with satisfaction.
"Who was the former great emperor?" Thinking of the information Susanna called to reveal later, Renn touched his chin.
Charles IV, the great emperor in the history books?
But isn't he already dead... It is said that he was killed by the two giants who were the former head of the Knights Templar of the Church of Light and the mysterious presiding judge of the Inquisition.
The current head of the Knights Templar was Gonzalez.
He is the immediate boss of "Holy White Sword" Michelle. Strictly speaking, Gonzalez has only succeeded him recently. He is also relatively young among the saints and his strength has not yet reached its peak.
'It is unimaginable that anyone could survive under the combined influence of Gonzalez's teacher and the Inquisition's presiding judge. '
Renn was a little surprised.
A king does not necessarily have to be strong. After all, he has to deal with government affairs, not to mention anything else. The current king of Faloran is only at the beginning of the fourth level, and he can't beat him.
But that's none of his business for now.
After counting his net worth, Renn went to bed.
The next day, he went to the bank in the city, took out the gold coins sent by Susanna, and made a shopping list.
In the evening, Renn went to have a tryst with Kesha on time, enjoying the taste of Valkyrie... Finally, the much-anticipated annual auction came.
The next morning.
Ren put on his suit in front of the half-length mirror, put on a half-high silk top hat, sprayed some men's perfume, put on hairspray... holding a cane inlaid with silver and walked out the door.
"Middle section of Yaoyang Street, Fanxing Building!"
Lane, who was dressed like a beast, got on a trackless public carriage and gave instructions to the driver.
