
Sam returns to Mov with no hiccups and as they are about to reach the town of Mirage, Buck once again comes to talk to Sam. This time, he came up with a spatial ring.
"This is the item you want. Everyone, the Flavos kingdom can offer in terms of the metal is inside this thing."
Sam took the ring and examined it before saying.
"Why did you just give it to me now?"
"I didn't bring it all this time, some people were assigned to take it and they gave it to me at the last stop."
"Why?"
"Do you really think these things are easy to come by? Metal mining is done in a completely different way than you could have ever imagined. They would not dare to exchange metals for money directly near the waters of the Flavos.
That's why we have to take a detour. Otherwise, I will drop those people in Mirage city and let them go. Even my close colleagues don't know about this deal and I use dropping those guys as cover."
Sam smiled and said.
"You are truly capable. How did you get these things?"
"You really think I'm gonna say it out loud?"
Sam shook his head slightly and stared at the horizon as he looked at the Mirage city they were approaching. It's so beautiful to see.
Buck also enjoyed the view at sunset and said.
"You know, it's been a long time since I made a deal on this scale. I've long since stopped smuggling metals and herbs. Especially military grade items. I almost got caught once and then I lost the fleet and almost lost my life when I did the biggest deal of my life."
Sam looked at him and took out two wine jars and offered him one before asking.
"What's going on?"
"I used to have a rule that I would not deal with empires and nobles. But one of my subordinates who I liked and wanted to make him my successor was drunk with the authority I gave him and made a deal with him. And he only told me after the deal was made. If we retreat from it now, the prince will deal with us directly.
The prince has a mole in the ranks of the other imperial farmlands and obtained some special potions from them, my job is to transport them without any problems. The empire we took had a rather good emperor so he realized something was amiss and caught the rat of the land and sent the fleet to our court. I had a rather large fleet and tried my best to divert them and finally complete the objective.
But when we turned in, we were fucked. My subordinate imperial prince made a deal with and the other imperial princes of the empire from which the herbs originated, he said, people are chasing us on the sea together and they want to blame a third party when they take the goods.
So, we were caught and while fleeing almost all of my crew had died. Only a few people survived and they left the trade."
"Then why would you agree to such a deal with me? You even became an intermediary to buy those things."
"I don't know the truth. After that deal, no one came to me with a deal of your scale and the people who came to me with a military or noble related deal were all simple, they did not interest me. But that deal you gave me, made me want to test my skills all this life.
At the same time, I was dreaming. I wanted to have my own shipping company with the best ships and retire peacefully as I roamed the rest of the world with those ships casually without worrying about getting caught.
But each time, I took a step toward that goal, my old habits as a smuggler began to emerge. I cannot save enough money to achieve that goal. But since you gave me the fleet directly, I might be able to do it and retire."
"Are you sure only your smuggling habits stopped you from owning a fleet? You can still save money and all it takes is to have it big enough to store all those spirit stones."
"Well, there's a lot more to it, but I want to keep it to myself."
They arrived in the city before it was completely dark. And Sam went to his resort. Buck followed.
The next day, he reported to the Navy base and went for a training session. The first batch of dolls are already out and they just need to be assembled properly. So, Sam went on to show them how to assemble and train them properly.
He even organized a small tournament to select the first batch of flatfish puppet troops.
One week passed and Yodha finally appeared with the rest of the team. To his surprise, they stormed into Sam's cabin.
Sam who was cooking something for himself looked towards the team members who came and said coldly.
"How dare you threaten a prince?" The prince in the group instantly tried to pull one over Sam.
Sam looked at him and it was a gaze filled with contempt and indifference. He looked at Yodha and said.
"You're the only reason, they're still standing here. Tell them to come out if there's nothing they want to say."
"Give me the lotus." Team leader barking.
"Then you can make love without wasting my time."
"I'm asking you to hand over the lotus, or you'll be punished for insubordination." The team leader tried to pull out his rank.
"And who said I'd care about that. Go and file a complaint and see if anyone tries to take action. First, they'll curse you to the point of bleeding and then they'll tell you that your rank can be raised up your ass. For all they care about because I don't take orders from you, asshole." Sam became impatient.
He looked at Yodha and said.
"Tell them to get out of this place right now. They are blacklisted from using any service that comes from me, my resort, my, or any other product that comes from a Twilight organization that includes current and future partnerships that we have. . And this will extend to all their personal and military subordinates."
Yodha was stunned and asked.
"What do you mean direct subordinates?"
"Since this hotshot wants to give orders to me, every soldier under his command can forget about grenades, puppets, dolls, and any other weapon I would sell to the military and it extends to the remaining people standing tall. And as I mentioned the service, it also includes training. The special division and its battalion are carried out for future training programs."
There was a newborn who was a special division commander and team leader who was the battalion commander in front of him at the moment. So, when Sam said this, their faces paled. Especially the special division.
They plan on special combat training at sea and proposing to Sam's time, now gone.
"Instructor Sam, it has nothing to do with me. I'm under orders."
"And I'm going to dinner" Sam said in an unreasonable tone.
"I, as the imperial prince ordered you to hand over the lotus right now, otherwise, you will be arrested for insubordination and investigated. And while you are being investigated, all of your business will be taken over by the Imperial authorities until you are proven innocent."
Sam did not answer him once more and simply turned off the stove and picked up the plate as he set his table and was about to eat it.
The prince became enraged by this and came forward to flip the table, right before doing so, Yodha shouted.
"Stop."
The prince did not listen. As Sam was about to start eating, he looked towards Yodha for a sudden shout and turned around, only to flip the table. Plates fell and the food Sam spent an hour cooking, all spilling onto the floor.
Sam finally looked at the Prince with an expression other than disgust. It was a cold and emotionless expression. He stood up from his chair and stood up. He walked to another table where scrolls and papers were placed and wrote something, before taking out a communication device and calling out the Orphans who ran the resort.
After he came, he immediately handed the paper to her and said.
"Take this to the Navy base and give it to the General in charge there. Tell them I am resigning. Call your other three brothers. Close ship factories and machinery businesses to any military and government. Send a message to the grenade factory that we stop production for the military indefinitely.
All soldiers and government officials are banned from entering the resort from today. I want this executed starting tomorrow morning."
Orphan One heard everything and did not even see the prince and the others and proceeded to execute the orders.
Yodha nodded and said.
"Sam, don't do anything stupid."
"Stupid? You'll realize that the dumbest thing you've ever seen is this prince spilling my food."