Chapter 310: 241. Smart move in times of chaos.
Rona smiled mysteriously as she heard Plato"s plan to make all the wolves fight each other.
After the performance by Donovan Entertainment, there was a big applause as the artists felt exhilarated for the first time since it was such a big occasion. Donovan took over as he thanked everyone and let everyone know about the future plans of Donovan Entertainment. Quill took over the podium for the announcement of the next event after Donovan left.
d.u.c.h.ess Rona smiled as she watched the end of the performance done by the artists of Donovan Entertainment. She asked her butler, "Try contacting Donovan later on, I would like to talk to him for cooperation with our theaters in Aelius after the announcement of our North-South Peace deal with Sky. I think investing in media may become a good investment for us in long term. We should buy a press and try opening our own regional newspapers along with a Book publis.h.i.+ng house. His contacts will be useful for us in acquiring the Printing presses and other things. Lord John seems like a gold mine if I can have good relations with him."
The butler nodded as he left to give instructions to some of the guards while Joel and Plato focused on the next event.
The butler thought, "It seems Princess Rona wants to dabble in media since it can help her in increasing her influence and power. A smart move in the times of chaos."
Plato noted Princess Rona"s instructions mentally and understood that she was trying to increase her influence for her family.
After the event, Quill spoke as Donovan and his team left the podium, "I hope everyone enjoyed the show today. Now, coming to the main event the next event will be the biggest Auction of Sky where there will be many opportunities for everyone today. I hope everyone enjoys the event and takes the chance. As for the items in the Auction, all of them have been verified by our Floating Palace so no one needs to worry about the quality." Quill stopped and smiled as he looked at the reactions of the people partic.i.p.ating in the auction.
There was a gasp among all the people as no one expected an auction today on such a short notice after the previous auction. Many businessmen were excited but worried as well since some n.o.bles didn"t look happy.
During this time, John for the first time used his scanning and status check on people near him,
He murmured as he used his status check, "lets check Taylor first."
Suddenly rows of data came into the vision of John as he used Status check.
-Name - Taylor.
-Mana - 100.
-Power - 319.
-Level - 6.
-Status - Healthy.
-Species - Human.
-Talent - Good at Administration, Diplomacy, Investigation and Nurturing talents.
Other Information can be revealed after Status check upgrades to the next level.
John thought as he looked at the data, "Hmm... This seems useful. Ok, lets look at others over here. let"s look at master"s status."
-Name - Vlad Bluesea. (t.i.tle - Vlad of the Dark, )
-Mana - 1900
-Power - 4500
-Level - 40.
-Status - Mortally Injured for quite a few decades. Can be cured.
-Species - Demon (Shadow Demon).
-Talents - Good at a.s.sa.s.sinations, Protection, Scheming, Training, Spying, Dark arts and Military Planning.
John was quite surprised as he looked at the data as he murmured, "Master is injured! Now, this is surprising. I did hear that he was once injured when he took his revenge and swore loyalty to Duke Fredric. The injury may also be related to schemes done by Diana"s uncle Draco so I can"t guess. Anyway, I better focus on trying to find a cure for Master. However, it will be hard to convince master since he hasn"t even mentioned his injury."
John checked a lot of people as he was quite surprised when he saw the results, especially Arzaz who was the retainer of Second Prince Bidder who had a level of 44. When John did a status check of Arzaz, Arzaz subconsciously looked back at John as he felt something.
Arzaz was quite surprised to have such a feeling as he smiled and nodded to John and turned back to the event as he murmured, "Now I know why Lord John was able to have such results in the previous war I think he possesses the Heavenly Eye or the All-seeing eye but He may not have got any results on some of us like me. He somehow gave me a creepy feeling when he was looking at me. Is he gay? Bulls.h.i.+t. Unlike the outer exterior, he is quite stronger as compared to most of the people as even I can"t gauge him."
Arzaz then looked at Vlad and then Plato as he muttered, "It seems even these both old coots are weaker than Lord John. From the looks, I can see that Plato has not improved after he left the battlefield and entered politics. Duke Fredric and Vlad are more stronger than him currently. He is better as a strategist so he can"t be compared to combatants however it"s a pity that he stopped focusing on his Martial ways."
Prince Bidder who was focused on Auction spoke as he heard his mutterings, "What are you muttering about? Speak clearly."
Arzaz shook his head as he said through telepathy, "Lord, it seems that we underestimated Lord John"s Prowess. I think even I can"t handle him on a 1vs1 currently. However, there is good news."
Prince Bidder was quite shocked after he heard Arzaz as he knew his prowess, "Even your Fire Demon Transformation can"t handle him? As for the good news, what is it?"
Arzaz shook his head and spoke, "Nope, not even Fire Demon Transformation I have this instinct and feeling where I know that I can be in mortal danger when facing certain enemies and opponents and Lord John gives me the same feeling of mortal danger. Lord John gives the same sort of feeling as General Leo Ruthless, the 4 Personal Guards of Lord Apollyon and Lord Apollyon himself or the Leaders of Beast tribes. From Lord John, I feel that even trickery might not be useful against him. As for the good news, Lord John has finally noticed me and he may soon meet us today so we must be prepared."
Prince Bidder was in long thought as he heard Arzaz and made a decision, "After hearing you I have made a decision. I will put in more chips and investment on Lord John to show my sincerity for our collaboration today. I have heard that he repays sincerity ten folds and I don"t want him as my enemy after your earlier evaluation so it is better that we have good or atleast neutral relations with him."
Arzaz nodded and spoke, "That is true, He did offend the Fjord Duchy for the former slaves Taylor and Jake. Though people might think that it was politically motivated to open a Pandora"s box but I don"t share the same opinion because from the way he does things I think he would have taken more time to prepare for rebellion if that was the case. This rebellion seemed rushed but also calculated due to changes in real-time. I guess backing up his people at that time was the best chance to win the hearts of common people and slaves as well as to show his resolve to the common populace."
Bidder nodded as he heard Arzaz"s evaluation of the escalation of the previous rebellion.
Meanwhile, John too nodded to Arzaz as he smiled and understood why Arzaz looked back at him.
John thought as Arzaz looked back, "Ohh! he noticed the status check, now this is interesting. Hey Sarah what do you think?"
Sarah spoke as John asked the question, "That was instinctive due to years of rigorous training, additionally, this status check is of the lowest level."
John meanwhile checked the Advanced store for software and rolled his eyes as he saw the sky high prices, he spoke, "You seem like one of those game developers who offer free games but make us spend thoroughly through in-game purchases."
Sarah whistled as if she didn"t hear John and muttered, "Hmph, the very fact that you got Aeros.p.a.ce engineering knowledge this cheap in enough to make me vomit bucket loads of blood. If I encounter those peeping b.a.s.t.a.r.ds again, I swear I will beat the s.h.i.+t out of them to make me suffer a loss. As for high software costs, isn"t it obvious? Software runs the things the way you want or else you are free to opt for manual labor. Software"s job is to make productivity efficient."
John sighed and didn"t bother arguing with Sarah.
John then looked at Taylor and spoke, "Taylor, didn"t you say earlier that Second Prince Bidder wanted a meeting with me today? You can inform them that they can meet me after the auction today."
Taylor was surprised at the sudden change but soon nodded after hearing John. He then asked his men to deliver a letter to Arzaz and his men for the meeting later on.
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