Multiworld Merchants

Conspiracies

"What did you say? Those robbers didn't manage to take all their money?" a man asked his men who were reporting something to him.

"Sorry, Duke Louis. Those robbers we're asking for can't take all Mr. Adam's money. Not only that, we can't get him hurt in the least" the man explained.

Duke Louis kicked the table in front of him. The table was quite thick, but the table was instantly split in two due to the rigors of the blow dealt by Duke Louis.

"Don't I already say you have to do it right. You're saying they're very reliable robbers that we can handle well? Why is everything falling apart like this?"

"I even paid the city guards not to go through the streets where the soup was going well. But the truth is, you didn't do any of this right, Jacob. All my plans are falling apart like this" cried Duke Louis.

"I'm sorry, Duke Louis. However, I did not know that Mr. Adam brought a battle mage with him. The battle mage was quite powerful Duke Louis. The robbers managed to be quickly snatched by the battle mage," explained Jacob.

"I don't want to know. Do something to make the merchant lose all his money" said Duke Louis, looking furious.

There's a reason Duke Louis did this. The man wanted Adam to lose all his money. That way, Adam will not have the capital to continue his business. Duke Louis' target is not to make or Adam bankrupt or anything like that. The plan is bigger than that.

With Adam without capital, Duke Louis offered to lend Adam money. When that happens, Duke Louis can slowly make a request-gathering to Adam as a debtor.

Duke Louis sees great potential in Adam's business. He wanted to take over slowly the man's business. Seizing them by force is not the best way. After all, Duke Louis was a noble. He still had to maintain his dignity and dignity as a noble.

So, Duke Louis needs to come up with a conspiracy to get Adam to give up his business slowly. If necessary, he would make Adam reveal all the ways of producing his goods and give him full permission to reproduce them.

"I'm sorry, Duke Louis. It was my fault for not investigating Mr. Adam thoroughly. I will help you find a solution to this problem, Duke Louis," Jacob replied.

"It should be like that" Duke Louis said.

"What about Duke Arnold, does he have any suspicions about the loosening of the city?" ask Duke Louis.

Duke Louis had already told someone to bribe some city guards so they wouldn't work well on the day he set. This was a considerable risk taken by Duke Louis.

After all, Vredeburg City was a city under the rule of Duke Arnold. As a Duke, it was obvious that Duke Arnold did not like any other noble, let alone a Duke, messing around in his city of power. It was almost the same as the call of war.

"For the time being everything is still safe, Duke Louis. Duke Arnold did not suspect a single thing about the incident this time. The crimes that took place within the City of Vredeburg increased quite rapidly in the past three months. So, Duke Arnold doesn't think that this is a conspiracy that you masterminded, Duke Louis," Jacob explained.

"Goodoo. Your head will be at stake if Duke Arnold comes to me on this matter. You heard that, didn't you?" ask Duke Louis.

"Now go. Find out more about this Adam merchant. Find out where he's been all this time. I want you to keep an eye on him without stopping" asked Duke Louis.

Ever since hearing about the items Adam sold from Duke George, Duke Louis has been paying attention to Adam. He told someone to follow Adam's movements in Red Stone City. However, his man never managed to follow Adam's movements.

They always say that Adam just disappeared after passing through the teleportation portal. Duke Louis has also sent several men to wait for Adam in the destination he teleported to. However, they also did not discover Adam's existence.

Adam just disappeared. It was very difficult to find Adam's permanent residence in the Guerio Continent.

"All right, Duke Louis. From what I heard, Mr. Adam now has a bodyguard. If we find it difficult to follow Mr. Adam's movements, we can try to follow the movements of these bodyguards. That way, we can know Mr. Adam's position and what he's doing" Jacob explained.

"Yes. Do that. I want to know the habits of Adam's merchants well. As the saying goes, know your enemy well if you want to defeat him" Duke Louis said.

...

Duke Louis looked at the watch in front of him. This was one of the watches that one of his men bought from the Vredeburg auction house. Duke Louis never thought something this small could help him figure out the time. He never imagined a small metal band could do all that.

When I first saw this watch, Duke Louis had a very crazy hypothesis. A watch can show time, what if it is modified into a magic object, this watch can be used to control time? Wouldn't that be a very valuable weapon?

Not only that. Duke Louis also heard of the existence of even more extraordinary objects, which Adam had never sold to the public. If Duke Louis doesn't remember wrongly, the objects are called televisions and cell phones.

Those two things are even better than a watch. If it was a magic item, it would most likely be able to get someone trapped into something like a television. Duke Louis was able to slowly capture all of his enemies. Nothing will stand in his way.

Moreover, Duke Louis thought that if he used all of that well, he could become the strongest person that existed in the Guerio Continent. He will defeat all existing kingdoms and unite them into an empire with himself who becomes its emperor. It was Duke Louis's greatest ambition.

"For safety's sake, I should be able to make Adam's merchants submit to me. Whatever I will do for the sake of the opportunity to become the ruler of this Guerio Continent. If this kind of conspiracy is difficult to get him to submit, then I need to think of another way" said Duke Louis, who is still focused on clockwork.

"I need to find out who is close to him. If necessary, I should find the woman he loves. It'll be easier to threaten him."

"Ah, thinking about it makes me have a new idea. If the merchant Adam did not have the woman he cared about and wanted him to protect with a soul, I could make him have one like that," murmured Duke Louis who now shows a wide grin.

As a man, Duke Louis firmly believes that there is no man in the world who rejects beautiful women. He can send someone he knows to seduce Adam, making him fall in love. If they get married, then it will be easier for Duke Louis to arrange for Adam.

"This is a good plan. I just need to find the candidate. I'm sure everything will go well. I don't need a lot of resources doing this plan."