Another World Mall

"What do you mean? You want us to return at night?" Clovis raised his eyebrows. His original intention was to go back right away so as to avoid any kind of trouble. He wanted to reach Absalom safely after all.
Yet, surprisingly, Maya came here to suggest otherwise.
"Going back tonight will give the Anatas family time to prepare. They might even hire mercenaries to ambush us. Most likely, they're planning to do it around the border or even when we have entered another country to make it look like they're not the culprit." Melody couldn't believe what Maya was suggesting.
Clovis, on the other hand, finally noticed her true intention. "You want us to be the bait?"
"Yes, Young Master." Maya nodded with a solemn expression.
"!!!" The rest of the group didn't expect this suggestion.
"What we will be facing won't just be normal people, you know that, right? I don't even know how many Tier 7 and Tier 8 humans will be coming for us." Clovis squinted his eyes.
"As for that, I'm keeping track of it. Most likely, they will be coming with 5 Tier 8 humans and 18 Tier 7 humans. In the end, they are one of the biggest families in this country." Maya said it in a nonchalant way, but this just made Clovis more worried.
Clovis thought for a moment before saying, "Let's say we are able to stop, what? 3 Tier 8 humans and a couple of Tier 7 humans? We won't be able to handle the rest."
"Regarding that matter, I will be there to fight with you, Young Master." Maya raised her hand. "In addition, Madam Silvia has made another arrangement. You don't have to worry about the Tier 8 humans. Regarding the rest of the enemies, your father has sent a reinforcement."
"…" Clovis certainly didn't expect his father to send a reinforcement.
Then again, it wouldn't be weird for his father to keep track of his movements.
"What do you want me to do then?" Clovis asked.
"Kill them all if possible."
"Do you think it's possible?"
"Yes, I do. Madam Silvia knows that you have another trump card. This test is not so simple as testing your skill, Young Master."
"Do you mean Great-grandmother wanted to see my trump card?" Clovis' expression became complicated. His trump card was definitely his mall.
"It's more accurate to say that Madam Silvia wants to confirm the existence of your trump card."
Clovis didn't like the idea, but it was his great-grandmother's wish. She also held one of the keys regarding the truth he was seeking.
"Of course, Madam Silvia doesn't do this without proper compensation. Please take this." Maya took out a document.
"Hmm? What is this?" Clovis received it and skimmed the documents.
"It is the share of Golden World Agency. That small share should be worth about 2 trillion union dollars. Or you can get the dividend if you don't wish to sell."
"!!!" All of them were astounded. They knew how big the Golden World Agency was. Because it was the best map agency that was used all around the world, the Golden World Agency became one of the top 10 companies in the world 12 years ago.
The scale of the company surpassed the entire net worth of the Skylark family.
It looked like Silvia was planning to gradually use this so-called 'trial' to pass him the Golden World Agency and let him have full control over the Stel Neven Archive.
Clovis closed his eyes for a moment before asking, "Suppose I can kill them. In that case, how are you going to control the leak of information?"
"Everything has been arranged, Young Master. No one will leak that information. In fact, I may be able to use myself as a shield. I'm sure your people are capable of managing the formation to hide that trump card from other people. As for the enemy, we just have to kill them all."
This sounded pretty reasonable to Clovis. Even though he was saying "trump card," this was a trump card he meant to use. In the end, sooner or later, people would find out about Another World Mall.
Besides, this was the inheritance from his great-grandmother. She had shown her card and wanted to pass that card to him, but in exchange, he had to show how capable he was.
In fact, before giving this mission, his great-grandmother might have thought it was impossible for him to complete the mission.
And if he still chose to do it and succeeded, it meant he had another trump card, which Silvia had proven by now.
'To build an empire, you need almost everything. The logistics, the information network, the money…'
Clovis glanced to the side, specifically at Vina. She had been awfully close to Maya.
'What if… I control the information network by using this share and let someone handle it? Just like a business can be handled by a professional manager.
'With Vina and Stefany…' Clovis couldn't help but think of one possibility.
He might be able to control the Stel Neven Archive, the Golden World Agency, and the Dark Moon Mercenary simultaneously if he played it correctly.
"I understand. I don't mind playing with your script. But I'd like to know the entire script first." Clovis demanded.
Maya nodded politely. "Of course, Young Master. This is the plan."
Clovis read the script that Maya had prepared and didn't expect the plan had reached this extent. It was beyond what he had imagined.
'It looks like great-grandma loves to play it big.' Clovis thought for a moment before raising one finger. "Can I make a small correction?"
"Small correction?"
"Yes, it's like this." Clovis marked a few things and added a few notes.
Maya was confused at first, believing that Silvia's plan was already perfect. However, when Clovis was done and gave back the document to her, she was completely dumbstruck.
"Young Master. You…" Maya was speechless.
"What do you think? If you can do that, I don't mind playing with your script." Clovis smiled.
Maya helplessly smiled as if she were thinking, 'Blood doesn't lie.'
"I understand. I will prepare it according to the rearranged script." Maya politely bowed.