Chapter 323

NoticeMight be numbered 324 in some sources

大鱼
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* Overview
* Characters

**Characters**
Chen Rui, Charles, Josh

## Test

Charles creates a portal to what seems to be the Human Realm. Josh then summons the power of compound elements to summon an electric snowstorm. After Josh fails to capture Charles, Charles then closes the portal and says:

"We humans also have a saying, there is no free lunch in the world. I hope to use this near-death demonstration to prove my sincerity in cooperation."

Josh's snowstorm gradually subsides, but Charles becomes frozen into an ice sculpture. Josh then summons a Thunderball and threatens Charles saying that it can destroy the ice sculpture in a jiffy and fracture into powder. Charles then says he just wants to show his sincerity. Josh hurls the Thunderball, which destroys the ice and frees Charles.

Josh is convinced by Charles' sincerity and estimates Charles to be at Saint level, or around Demon Emperor level (which was actually an overestimation).

In reality, Charles already had loads of anti-magic defense. Moreover, that gate he summoned was just Star Gate so he could have easily escaped at the last moment.

## Business

Charles then outlined the general situation of the Kemplot Family. He first introduced the family's financial resources, industry, and huge influence, then he mainly highlighted the grudges with the second prince, Garfield.

Under Garfield's means, the Kemplot Family was suddenly and completely restricted. The family's various funding sources were frozen, and the investment projects were forced to stop operating. The most important thing was that the Crystal City, which Lex the Great had ordered the Kemplot Family to complete, had also stopped progressing. Once it was unable to be completed within the stipulated time, the second prince would take advantage of the situation to let the Kemplot Family to be doomed eternally.

Under such adversity, the original "friends" had adopted a wait-and-see attitude and even turned their backs on them. The fund liquidity which sustained the huge business system was becoming tight. They even wanted to sell real estate or commodities for cash, but no one was willing to buy them. They couldn't even accumulate a few million differences for the fund start up. If this continues, the Kemplot Family would collapse before the Crystal City completion date was due.

In this most difficult period, Patriarch Carlo thought of Samuel, his other son who went to Demon Realm for training. Demon Realm might be the only hope that could help the family to overcome the difficulties. As the heir of the family, Charles volunteered to come to the Demon Realm and successfully established a connection with Kanita.

After Kanita's first investment of 7 million, the deadlock was finally opened. Then through a series of means such as the return of funds and so on, the situation was greatly alleviated, and the benefits obtained were handed over to Kanita. There were still many investment projects in urgent need of capital activation currently. The Kemplot Family had already gathered nearly 200 million funds, and it was estimated that they were still short of 50 million black crystal coins. Since Kanita couldn't solve it, he came to seek help from Lord Josh.

## Fact from Fiction

Charles' remarks were seemingly true. Completing Crystal City was indeed the task of the Kemplot Family, and Carlo was suffering from this problem, but the situation was not as bad as Charles said. In the elaboration, Chen added some economic management terms such as marginal cost, risk of morality, and supply law from time to time. Even if Josh was cunning and seemed to understand a bit, he was also confused while listening. He just felt that human business methods were truly extraordinary. No wonder the human world was much more prosperous than the Demon Realm.

"There is still a shortage of 50 million black crystal coins, and the return rate is 70%, so the total is 83.5 million. Just like what I promised Mr Kanita previously, it will be returned in three installments. My brother, Samuel, will remain at the Demon Realm as a sign of sincerity."

"As for the issue of trust," a light appeared in Chen Rui's hands. It was an equality contract, a high grade contract.

Josh felt the power of that kind of contract, so he no longer had any doubts. He showed a rare smile, "I think we can discuss the cooperation details next."

Charles also smiled because this "contract" was made by him using the spiritual link, and the attributes could be cancelled.

It was really not easy to earn Josh's trust, and he even paid a great price for it, but the result was very satisfactory because this big fish finally got hooked.