I Can Contract Beauties-Chapter 212: Problematic?

Damian nodded his head upon hearing his words.

"Well, you might not know this as you are still new here, but the Dark Snake Assassin has always been a thorn in the Red Family’s eyes. In fact, not only us, but the other families here in Blazing City could share this sentiment."

"Although there are a lot of information brokers and mercenaries active here in Blazing City, the Dark Snake Assassin’s whereabouts and hideout has always been a mystery. According to the intelligence we gathered, this is due to their leader’s skill. It was said that it is a premonition kind of skill that he would be warned if there is an incoming danger. Due to the nature of his Innate Beasts Innate Skill, it was said that he does not doubt the loyalty of his members. We managed to capture some of them alive but they would somehow die in a strange manner before we could interrogate them," Damian explained the truth.

Even with the pressure of the Red Family, the information brokers would always say that they don’t have any deep information about the Dark Snake Assassins.

As for what the others could gather, it was fairly inferior and could even be said as superficial.

Hearing his words, Miguel narrowed his eyes and discerned that he was speaking the truth.

Damian indeed felt that way toward the Dark Snake Assassins.

As for them being unable to gather enough information, and them being unable to interrogate the members of the Dark Snake Assassins, he felt that it was surprising and was out of the ordinary.

’Is it possible that they still didn’t know of the existence of the poisonous pill?’

In the Immortal Cultivation World, such a method was very common among assassins. In order not to divulge any information, they were even prepared to stab themselves to death or cut off their tongue so that no information would leak to the outsiders.

As for the information brokers not giving them any hints, Miguel thought that it was impossible as he was able to gather such complete details with just one try. The information broker did not even hesitate to give the information to him and she only requested Gold Coins and nothing else.

How could the Red Family, whose headquarters were in Blazing City, not do it?

A frown appeared on his face as he realized a problem.

Was it just a coincidence?

Or was that information broker the problematic one?

Due to the fact that he wanted to respect the other person’s privacy, Miguel chose not to scan the other party with his Innate Skill and [Divine Sense].

However, even without him using his skill, Miguel could tell at that time that she was just an ordinary Silver Grade Grimoire user.

Her strength even paled in comparison to Domen who had just broken through to Silver Grade not too long ago.

At that time, Miguel even felt that she was only task to receive the ’guests’ while the real information broker was hiding behind the scenes.

However, after thinking deeply about it, Miguel still felt that it was too coincidental.

Of all the information brokers that Maras’ could recommend to him, he chose to suggest to them the Swine Bar located at Grain Street, who happened to have the complete and detailed explanation of the Dark Snake Assassin’s group.

Miguel looked at Damian and asked, "Do you know of the information broker in Swine Bar at Grain Street?"

Damian thought for a moment before nodding his head.

"Yes, I seem to have some vague recollection about them. It’s just they are no longer that active in the scene anymore and our Red Family has our own intelligence personnel so we had never actually maintained anh sort of deep relationship to any of the information brokers in the city. Well, in fact, some of them might even be the spies sent by our Red Family. As for the Swine Bar, I know for sure that they are not included in the list of the Red Family’s informants," he explained.

Miguel nodded his head and thought, ’It seems that Maras is not the problem since even Damian knew of the existence of that information broker.’

’Could it be the mastermind’s work?’ He thought. The possibility of this was high as the mastermind might have used their skill to control that information to discern his intentions.

Well, like Aaliyah said, it seems that this mastermind truly has eyes and ears everywhere in Blazing City.

’It seems that I must visit that information broker again some time soon.’

Anyway, after Damian finished expressing his apologies to Cardino’s behavior and his gratitude for him eradicating the Dark Snake Assassins, he finally asked Miguel’s reason for being here.

"I need these materials. The sooner you can find them, the better," he stated as he handed a list to Damian.

This was one of the benefits he obtained after signing that agreement with Damian and the Red Family. It would be a waste if he did not make use of it.

The Red Family should also be able to get the items easily since they have connections that he didn’t have. He also believed that they would not mistreat him and charge him exuberantly as he was one of their elders.

Damian took the list from his hand and began browsing through its contents.

His expressions would change from time to time, perhaps indicating the difficulty of obtaining the materials he listed.

"I can probably deliver half of the items listed here in two days. As for the others, they are fairly hard to obtain so it might take a week, depending on luck," he stated seriously.

Miguel nodded his head, "No problem."

"As for the payment, I’ll list it first and you can just pay it later," Damian explained.

He did not ask what Elder Journey would do to the items as he was not in the position to ask any questions.

"Right, does your Red Family have a buy and sell store in the Blazing City? I have some items here that I can sell for a low price to the Red Family."

What he was referring to, of course, was the excess swords and armors that Aaliyah had forged during these past few days.

Most of them were defective compared to the one’s he and Edith got, though, they were still functional and were still Graded weapons.

As for the reason why he was trying to sell them to the Red Family, aside from the fact that they had no use to them, this was also requested by Aaliyah. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

In her opinion, even though she no longer plans on lifting the Red Family from their current position, she has no plan in seeing it fall to an even deeper pit either.

The weapons and armors that they will sell for a low price can help the Red Family, albeit a little.

Hearing that, Damian, who had managed the Red Family quite well, immediately perked up his ears.

From what he discerned from Elder Journey’s words, he seemed to be offering him some business opportunity?

"We naturally have stores scattered around Blazing City. There are also stores inside the headquarters but the items can only be bought using Red Points. Aside from that, we also have branches all over the empire, and it is through such stores that we were able to keep the family on running."

As a big family, how could they not have any source of income aside from some ’protection fees?’

"Well, in that case, I have some Level 1 to Level 2 Armors and Swords here that I can sell to you for a low price."

"Hmm? We can naturally accept such a trade. As for the price, the Red Family can appraise it in front of you and if you feel that we are cheating you, you can also cross-check the prices with the other stores situated here in Blazing City," Damian stated confidently.

Miguel noticed that he was not speaking any form of lie so he nodded his head and agreed to such arrangements.

In fact, even without the others appraisal, Miguel still knew of the value of the items he was giving to them.

His daily reading and research in the library does not only include history and names and effects of the items. At the same time he was studying those topics, he was also comprehending the true value of money in this world. With his superior and enhanced intellect, doing such a thing was not a problem to Miguel at all.

An intact corpse of a commonly seen Level 1 Normal Grade Beasts ranges to around 50 to 400 Gold Coins depending on the rarity and their usage.

An intact corpse of a commonly seen Level 1 Bronze Grade Beasts ranged around 400 to 2500 Gold Coins depending on the rarity and usage.

The prices for the other usable parts such as the claws, horns, leather can also be sold separately for a higher price.

As for the Silver and Gold Grade, such beasts were already hard to kill so they were even more precious than the previous two.

And as for the items made of them, the prices would more than double for the same level and grade.

"There’s no need for such trivial matters," as he said that Miguel immediately summoned his grimoire and let it spit out dozens of swords and armors in the free area inside Damian’s office.

They were neatly piled and glistened under the dim light of Damian’s office.

At that moment, though, the swords and the armors were not the only ones that glistened.

Damian’s eyes were also the same the moment it landed on the treasures dished out by Elder Journey.