dark witches rise

Chapter 9 This is Opportunity
Roja felt a deep crisis.

If he was alone, there would be absolutely no problem in escaping for his life.

But what about his family and friends?

"Haha, why are you looking so heavy? We still have Captain Luke." Captain Lei Lun suddenly laughed.

"Yes, we still have Captain Luke!"

When the name Luke was spoken, both Roja and Captain Lei Lun felt a sense of peace of mind.

Luke is the son of Baron Horn, the heir to the Baron Okoman family, and the captain of the Silla Town Guard.

He is the number one genius in Xinluo Town and the number one strongest person in Xinluo Town.

Roja, the swordsmanship genius, is still struggling as a quasi-knight.

However, Luke stepped into the realm of knights at the age of 17, became a senior knight at the age of 25, and officially surpassed his father, Baron Horne, at the age of 28.

Luke, who is now 35 years old, must have already half-stepped into the realm of a great knight, right?

Even if even Luke can't stop the wolf disaster in the end, isn't there Barney the witch doctor?

Thinking of this, the haze in Roja's heart was swept away.

"Is that right? What does it look like with a miserable face all day long?" Captain Lei Lun poured a full bowl of wine for Roja, "Come, come, let's celebrate your recovery."

Just like this, you have a glass and I have a glass. Roja and Captain Lei Lun happily drank wine and ate meat.

Before I knew it, the sun had set and the sky was getting dark.

In this medieval-like world without factory exhaust pollution, normally the night sky is full of stars.

Ke Roja gazed at the night sky through the window, only to see the dense miasma floating in the sky, blocking all the stars, making people feel extremely depressed.

"In a few days, we will set out to attack the wolf king under the leadership of Baron Horn."

"Really? I wish you all the best of luck."

"If I can't come back, help me take care of my daughter Maggie, that little girl has always been worrying."

"What are you talking about? Captain, you will definitely come back safe and sound."

"Haha, I hope."

In the end, Roja sent the drunk Captain Lei Lun home.

……

Riding the night.

Accompanied by the distant howling of wolves, Roja returned to Kettery Castle.

As soon as he approached the house, Roja immediately felt something was wrong.

Because at the gate of Kaiteri Castle, there are carriages full of medicinal materials that are ready to go at any time.

The medicinal materials contained in these carriages exceeded [-]% of the stock of medicinal materials in Kaiteri Medicine Store.

Why are so many medicinal herbs loaded into the car at night?
Roja, who sensed something was wrong, hurriedly quickened his pace.

Once inside the castle.

Roja's sight was immediately attracted by the three people standing in the middle of the hall.

His father, Derry, and his stepmother, Aunt Sirin, were fawning over an old man with a goatee.

The old man with a goatee, Roja, knew him. He was Steward Jason, one of the three stewards of the Baron Okman family in Silla Town.

Steward Jason is specialized in managing the business in Silla Town, so he often communicates with major merchants, and the Luo Ya family often invites Steward Jason to visit.

"Boss Jason, can you accommodate me?" Derry secretly stuffed a small bag of gold coins into Steward Jason's pocket.

Steward Jason accepted the gold coins, but he didn't intend to let go.

"The wolf disaster struck, too many people were injured in the town, and the demand for medicinal materials surged. The baron ordered all the medicinal materials in the town to be collected and distributed for use. Do you want me to disobey the baron's order?" Steward Jason said coldly.

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Derry rubbed his hands humbly, "Take away all the medicinal materials from our medicine store at once, why do we have to prepare for us?"

"What preparation do you want to do? Hide the medicinal materials in advance?" Steward Jason's eyes froze.

"How could it be?" Derry shook his head violently, "Since it is the baron's order, I naturally dare not disobey it, it's just..."

"Just what? We didn't take your medicinal materials for nothing, we gave you money." Steward Jason interrupted Derry.

"money?"

Derry's face was distorted for a moment due to anger, but he quickly returned to a humble look, "Buy all the medicinal materials of our Kaili Medicine Store at the lowest purchase price in history... This will kill our Kaili Medicine Store!"

"At least you are still alive, but some of you are already dead!" Steward Jason said coldly.

"Boss Jason, can you please ask the baron for a few words?" Derry pleaded.

"Derry, Lord Baron originally planned to ask you to donate medicinal materials for free. It was because of my pleading that it became a low-priced purchase."

Seeing that Derry was still about to speak, Steward Jason waved his hand, "I have to go to the next pharmacy, so let's go."

Steward Jason took almost all the medicinal materials of Kaiteri Medicine Store and left.

Seeing the carriage leaving with medicinal materials, Derry sat slumped on the ground, as if he had aged 20 years.

Aunt Sirin stood beside her with her mouth pursed and her fists clenched, trying to persuade Derry, but she couldn't say anything.

She was also very angry, but she was just the widow of a down and out knight family, what could she do in the face of the baron's order?
"Father."

Roja walked over.

"Roya, is it you?" Derry smiled, his smile was so sad, "This morning I was still thinking that this is an opportunity, one can beat the other two medicine stores in one fell swoop, and become the biggest and strongest medicine store in Xinluo Town opportunity.”

"opportunity?"

"Haha, shit opportunity!"

"Bandit! Beast!" Derry slammed the floor hard, "I spent all the medicinal materials I worked so hard to hoard in working capital, and he took them away all at once!"

"It's over, it's over."

"Our Kately's Pharmacy is closed."

Derry looked up at the ceiling, tears streaming down his face.

Faced with such a situation that should have been sad, Roja felt secretly refreshed for some reason.

Let you hoard medicinal materials!

Let you make disaster fortune!

Are you punished now?
This kind of monopoly drug is sold at a price dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the original price when the disaster strikes.

Roja really didn't like the way that countless people who should have been able to survive died, and countless families went bankrupt to make money for medical treatment.

If it had happened to other people, he would have danced happily.

But that man was his father.

"Father, I think this is both a crisis and an opportunity." Roja said in a deep voice.

"Are you mocking me?" Derry asked coldly.

"Father, this is a world where the strong are respected. Only strength can get everything!" Roja clenched his fists tightly, "The guy who only has money but no strength is just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered."

"Fat pig?"

Derry smiled wryly, isn't he just a fat pig at the mercy of others?
"Because of the wolf disaster, even two towns fell. Those knights and barons died a lot. The post-disaster reconstruction will definitely confer many new knights and barons."

"Son, what do you mean?" Derry's breathing suddenly became rapid.

"I want to take the opportunity to fight hard and become a knight with a knight collar!" Roja clenched his fists.

Derry looked at Roja fixedly.

Roja's rhetoric made Derry at a loss for a while.

Because this is a path he had never imagined!
Being able to join the family of knights and have the aristocratic surname of Kately, he felt that this was the pinnacle of his life.

In the future, the most I can do is to earn more money and leave more property for my children and grandchildren.

He never thought that he could become a noble with a territory!

"Really?" Derry's lips trembled.

"Father, just look forward to it." Roja patted Derry's shoulder, "I won't let you down."

Staring blankly at Roja who walked back to the room to rest, Derry was speechless for a long time.

After a while.

Derry said with emotion: "I have a good son!"

Aunt Sirin on the side nodded slightly in agreement.

Because of Roja, the two of them forgot even the life-and-death crisis of Kaiteri Medicine Store for a while.

After all, what is a mere pharmacy compared to a noble territory?

(End of this chapter)