A sigh emerged from Hyun-woo’s face. It wasn’t necessary to say again but Gwon Hwa-rang was a tactical strategist. When participating in the Seutandal war, all the general strategy tactics relating to warfare came from Gwon Hwa-rang. If it wasn’t for Gwon Hwa-rang at that time than Seutandal might’ve already fallen into the hands of the Nakujuk and the Hermes alliance. Yet even Gwon Hwa-rang couldn’t find a way to clean up the lawless port. Even if Seutandal ran to Seutandal immediately, he wouldn’t be able to change anything.
‘Is there a way to pass through the deadlock area to reach the lawless port?’
Then an abrupt idea came to Hyun-woo’s head. It was the conversation he just had with Lee Myung-ryong. Lee Myung-ryong had managed to capture one of the henchmen in the organization. And he didn’t know the hiding place of the other criminals except for his close friends. However, that henchman was in charge of disposing of the goods and then handing it to Jepeteu in New World. Well it was just one henchman and he wasn’t the one who moved the funds. Anyway, there was a high probability that he was beside Jepeteu in the game. And Jepeteu often stopped by the lawless port!
‘In other words, that henchman must go to the lawless port often with Jepeteu. Then he must know a way to pass through the deadlock area. That’s it. Because he had never met a pirate, there was no chance to get information about the lawless port. But now one of the pirates is caught by Teacher. And even with the plea bargain, the henchman will still go to jail for a little bit so there is no need for him to hide information about the lawless port.’
“I might have a method to find a way through the reef!”
“What? R-Really? How?”
“Please wait a moment.”
Hyun-woo ran to the living room and called Lee Myung-ryong.
“I understand. In fact, I’ve actually gone to the lawless port once as well. It was just before Jepeteu attacked you at sea. But I didn’t know that you were related to the lawless port and I also didn’t know that there were reefs in that zone. The henchman has been with Jepeteu longer so he will likely know the route. I’ll hang up for the moment. I’ll check and call you back later.”
Lee Myung-ryong was presently a part of the bandit group. If Hyun-woo mentioned the lawless port to Lee Myung-ryong then he could get information. However, Hyun-woo had been unaware that Lee Myung-ryong was playing New World. After waiting 10 minutes, Lee Myung-ryong called back.
“Hyun-woo, I found it!”
“Huh? Really?”
“Yes, as expected he is one of the followers who accompanied Jepeteu. After hearing his words, I realized that I met him in New World. He is the one called Sunfish who way always next to Jepeteu. I never imagined that he had used plastic surgery in New World.”
Lee Myung-ryong explained and laughed with amazement.
“Huhuhu, that guy has confessed information about the organization so there is no point hiding anything else. After I bought him a bowl of noodles, he immediately drew a map to cross through the reefs to get to the lawless port. It was sent to your house on a motorcycle courier. Then……”
Lee Myung-ryong hesitated and continued talking.
“The one who needs this map is Hwa-rang hyung-nim?”
“Yes, but why?”
“Then could you tell Hwa-rang ajusshi something before you give him the map?”
“What?”
“No, I mean…..I was listening to Sunfish. He said that the lawless port contains several warehouses where the items they looted are stored. I’m not trying to be patronizing but isn’t it because of me that he will manage to occupy the lawless port? It’s been a little hard for me these days so could you ask Hwa-rang hyung-nim to split a bit with me? Of course don’t say that. If you mention that I’m involved then he won’t do it. Oh, of course you can have half of the share that I receive. How about it?”
“……!”
Hyun-woo listened to Lee Myung-ryong’s words and realized he missed something important. Yes, the lawless port was the stronghold of the pirates! Naturally it would be the place where the pirates disposed of their loot. If the lawless port was occupied, then the Seutandal battle fleet would collect all the items stored. Since it was the spoils of Seutandal, it was natural for it to go to Isabel. But the number 1 contributors of the lawless port invasion were Hyun-woo and Lee Myung-ryong. They had the right to claim a share of the spoils.
‘But for Teacher to be the first one to suggest it……’
It was proof that Lee Myung-ryong was becoming addicted to the game. However, Lee Myung-ryong didn’t want a share of the spoils for money. After Lee Myung-ryong had encountered Baekgu, he realized how important level was. Even though Lee Myung-ryong was a merchant, he had no chance against Baekgu because of his level. As expected, he needed to raise his level. This was the first time Lee Myung-ryong had been greedy in the game. And the fastest way to raise the level of a merchant was to trade! The more profit he obtained, the more experience he would receive.
The best thing for a merchant was the loot of thieves, aka stolen goods. It wasn’t the buying of stolen goods of course. When selling it, the purchase price would be ‘0’. In other words, the entire sales price was calculated as profit. If he received 10% profit after a business transaction of 1000 gold, he could make 100 gold from the stolen goods. After his troubles in Giran, Lee Myung-ryong came to know about this system. But a law existed in New World where experience was cut after trading with stolen goods. In some cases, they could even become chaotic. But what if the Seutandal battle fleet legitimately took it back from the pirates?
As the representative of Seutandal, Isabel could make it as ‘safe stolen goods.’ And as it was the pirate’s home base, the number of stolen goods would be frightful. Just a bit of the stolen goods would be an extravagant quantity for a normal user! When handling the stolen goods, Lee Myung-ryong’s level would rise quickly! It was a dream for any merchant!
“I understand. I will tell him.”
Hyun-woo hung up and started to negotiate with Gwon Hwa-rang. However, it wasn’t a negotiation. Gwon Hwa-rang didn’t have a choice.
“Hrmm, I have to give a fee if I want the information. Because the lawless port is a threat to Seutandal’s survival if left untouched. Our primary purpose is to clean up the pirates. In addition, Isabel will definitely agree if you are the intermediary. Okay, I can persuade Isabelle to give you 20% of the stolen goods recovered. Once I occupy the lawless port, I will speak with Isabel and send the promised stolen goods to Ark’s store.”
“Thank you.”
Hyun-woo smiled and replied. 20% of the loot in the lawless port! As it was the base of the pirates, the stolen goods would go for a minimum of thousands of gold. If the goods was worth an estimated 30,000~40,000 gold than 20% would be 6,000~8,000 gold. When considering the deal with Lee Myung-ryong, he could receive 50% of that. In other words, couldn’t he just sit back and receive 3,000~4,000 gold?
‘Hahaha, didn’t I suffer thinking about the price of the memory crystal when the video is actually getting me thousands of gold? If I can get the stolen goods then giving 500 gold to Buksil is nothing. Isn’t this like falling over and picking up money?’
Thus, the National Police Agency’s investigations accidentally led to the clean-up of the pirates.
…….Ark seemed to have gained a financial windfall.
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