"Wait! Miss Anna, there's a mistake in your calculation!"

Upon hearing the discounted price Anna quoted, Cook P. Jones suddenly shouted loudly.

Anna was taken aback, looking at him with a puzzled gaze.

Are you kidding me? This is about my year-end bonus!

I absolutely cannot have miscalculated!

At this moment, Cook P. Jones looked at Anna with a proud expression, his eyes shining brightly!

He extended his own hands and clapped them together forcefully! He spoke up seriously and loudly:

"Huck! Merge with me!"

As soon as the words fell!

Huck, who was squatting by his feet, let out a low "woof"!

Immediately after, this large, robust dog transformed into a flowing mass of shadow, swiftly merging into the shadow behind Cook P. Jones......

A smile of having gained an advantage appeared on Cook P. Jones's face.

"Miss Anna, it's now the teleportation fee for five people!"

"A 300,000 Spirit Stones activation fee, a 500,000 Spirit Stones destination setting fee, and the teleportation fee for 5 people, totaling 3.8 million Spirit Stones!"

"Plus the shareholder status of myself and Loren!"

"After the 20% discount! That's 3.04 million Spirit Stones!"

With that, he reached out and took a small grey bag handed to him from behind by Hankley.

This small bag contained the spoils of war from Hankley and the other two last night — dozens of Spatial Rings!

Cook P. Jones took out 6 Spatial Rings from the bag and tossed them to a completely bewildered Anna.

"No need to thank me, Miss Anna, hurry up and activate the teleportation gate~"

Anna: "......"

After taking the 6 Spatial Rings, Anna scanned their interiors with her Spiritual Power, then she sighed:

"Mr. Cook, these six Spatial Rings combined only contain around 3 million Spirit Stones."

"There's still a shortfall of 40,000 Spirit Stones......"

Regarding this, Cook P. Jones wasn't flustered in the slightest.

"Miss Anna, you forgot to calculate the value of the Spatial Rings themselves."

"Six high-quality Spatial Rings, custom-made by the old aristocracy, are probably worth about 40,000 Spirit Stones!"

Anna: "......"

She was left speechless once again!

This shareholder, Mr. Cook, is really...... quite something......

"Alright then, sigh......" Anna said somewhat despondently.

At that moment!

"Wait!"

Loren, who had been quiet for a long time on the side, suddenly stepped forward, his eyes lighting up!

"Miss Anna, coincidentally, I also have some spatial storage devices here......"

Then!

Without waiting for Anna to give any response, Loren very swiftly pulled out dozens of spatial storage devices from inside his coat!!

Using his Spiritual Power, he made these various spatial storage devices float in the air, sending them towards Anna!

Anna: "......"

So tired, just let it all end! Why are all the shareholders I encounter like this?!

As Major Figures, please don't so easily ruin the image I have of you in my mind!! You bastards!!

Finally, under Anna's extremely resentful gaze!

Loren's 67 spatial storage devices sold for the high price of 530,000 Spirit Stones!

These 67 spatial storage devices were still the spoils Loren obtained from his large-scale slaughter at the Lakeside Square.

The reason the price was so high was because among them were 9 high-end spatial storage devices used by Legendary powerhouses!

Each was valued at 20,000 Spirit Stones!

Loren smiled and collected 530,000 Spirit Stones from the 3 million Spirit Stones Anna had just received......

This also meant Loren's assets returned to 3.41 million Spirit Stones!!

And the deeply resentful Anna, during this "Teleportation Gate" service, earned the tavern 2.47 million Spirit Stones, plus 73 spatial storage devices......

"Mr. Destiny, you and Mr. Cook have shrunk my year-end bonus for this year by more than half......"

Anna's tone sounded exactly like a pitiful person whose dreams had been shattered.

Regarding this, both Loren and Cook P. Jones tacitly remained silent......

Loren lowered his head to look at the ground beneath his feet, as if trying to see a flower growing from it.

Meanwhile, Cook P. Jones guiltily started whistling......

Behind the two, Seena, Hankley, and Tannas looked somewhat sympathetically at the utterly shattered Anna, expressing a certain degree of pity with their gazes......

Finally, with an expression mixing resentment and brokenness, Anna turned to face the metal door covered in magic engravings, weakly raising her hand and placing it on the metal door.

"Illusionary Night's Dream Tavern, Bartender Anna, applying to use this teleportation gate......" her tone was despondent.

As the words fell, the black door before her emitted a burst of deep, azure-blue light!

The black metal door vanished into thin air!

In its place appeared an energy gate resembling an azure-blue water curtain, with occasional ripples flowing across its surface.

After the teleportation light gate appeared, Anna's lifeless voice sounded again:

"Destination, Beastkin Star Domain, City of Canbera......"

"Number of teleportees, 5 people......"

As Anna's words ended, the azure-blue teleportation light gate erupted with intense light!

After a brief burst of radiance, the azure-blue teleportation light gate returned to its initial calm state......

Anna withdrew her hand, took a step back, and her resentful voice rang out:

"Mr. Destiny, Mr. Cook, I look forward to our next reunion!!!"

"I imagine that time will probably be when the Tavern Founder convenes the Shareholder Meeting......"

Although Anna's tone carried absolutely no sense of anticipation for the reunion.

Both Loren and Cook P. Jones still hypocritically approached Anna, each bidding farewell in a completely insincere manner.

"I will miss you, Miss Anna!"

Cook P. Jones's tone was reluctant, he even reached out to hold Anna's small hand, and a glistening tear appeared in his eye.

"Of course, I look forward to our reunion~"

In comparison, Loren seemed to have a bit more of a bottom line, he merely made a gesture of tipping a hat that didn't exist on his head, and gave a slight nod.

Anna: "......"

So, the first thing when dealing with Powerful Individuals is to demystify them!! You two bastards!! Hurry up and give back my year-end bonus......

Facing Anna's forced, tight-lipped smile, Loren, with his mischievous streak rising, couldn't help but grumble inwardly:

So much fun, I'll definitely do this again next time......

After Loren and Cook P. Jones finished their hypocritical goodbyes, they exchanged a knowing glance and, one after the other, walked into the teleportation gate emitting azure-blue light......

Following behind the two, Seena, Hankley, and Tannas, after casting one last sympathetic look at the still-shattered Anna, also silently walked into the teleportation gate.

Miss Anna, having shareholders like this isn't your fault......

The light curtain on the teleportation gate flickered gently three times in succession.

In the blink of an eye, deep underground in the tavern, only the graceful, pitifully lovely Anna remained......

Clearly, the Illusionary Night's Dream Tavern has certain performance requirements for its bartenders......

In this "Teleportation Gate Incident," Anna, who earned the tavern 73 spatial storage devices, will likely have to say goodbye to the year-end bonus she had imagined......

If not completely deducted, it should at least be reduced by more than half......

"Two stingy bastards! More than half of my year-end bonus!!!"

"I've been looking forward to it for a whole year!!! Damn it!"

After everyone left, Anna finally erupted with her somewhat indignant voice!

Full of resentment.