Chapter 5

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

All the customers in the initially harmonious gym raised their hands in surrender.

One by one, the customers stood and let the armored man next to them interrogate them.

On the other side, the armored knights rode tall horses in a row and blocked the entrance of the gym.

The entrance was also crowded with passers-by who were watching the show. At this moment, when the people saw the gym being inspected by the knights, they did not dare to breathe loudly since the situation did not look good.

Seeing this scene, Mike was puzzled.

What was going on?

But when the armored knights saw a person coming out of the office, they immediately stopped him.

Mike was surrounded by them, so he quietly observed these people and began to analyze them.

According to his memory, these armored people should be the knights in the Imperial City. Although his gym came out of nowhere, he didn’t swindle or steal anything. These people couldn’t prove that his gym was illegally obtained.

Moreover, Mike was a viscount, a proper noble. Even if he opened a shop, there wouldn’t be any procedural problems.

What exactly went wrong? Could it be that his gym was too advanced and attracted the attention of these knights?

As Mike thought of this, he looked at the knight next to him who was looking at the exercise bike. Mike guessed 70% to 80%.

So he had a countermeasure.

But at this moment…

A tall and sturdy man took off his armor and came to Mike’s side.

After Babacino received the benefits of the gym, he immediately became addicted to it. He only wanted to become stronger immediately. He didn’t want to get off the treadmill at all. After handing over a few hundred gold coins, he completely forgot that he had arranged for people to rush over.

“It’s Lord Babacino! This person is Mike. We have caught the swindler!”

When all the knights saw this man’s appearance, they immediately became extremely respectful.

At the same time, they were also somewhat puzzled. Didn’t their captain go to the front line first? He should have caught this swindler ahead of them. Why did it seem that from the captain’s behavior, he didn’t seem to be in a hurry to catch Mike after entering the gym.

However, the knight didn’t think too much about it and was still showing off. He was very proud that he had caught the criminal first.

He had to wait for the captain’s praise!

Unexpectedly, in the next second…

Captain Babacino’s expression changed, and he berated, “What swindler? Why are you making such a big fuss!”

“There aren’t any swindlers here. There’s just a handsome guy who wants to change his life and turn over a new leaf!”

Hearing the captain describe Mike in such a way, the knights felt as if their world was spinning.

In just a few short minutes, could it be that a huge change had happened?

Seeing their captain say so, the other knights said in disbelief, “Sir, don’t be fooled by Mike. His gym is fake!”

The citizens outside looked at each other. Weren’t they here to capture Mike?

Why were their own people arguing with one another?

Could it be that Captain Babacino had been bribed by Mike in the past few minutes at the gym?

This was the question in everyone’s heart.

Although Mike didn’t have any money before, after the incident at the gym, it had indeed caused quite a stir among the citizens, hadn’t it?

Mike had the money to bribe them.

Looking at everyone’s suspicious gazes, Babacino slapped his head and said regretfully in his heart, “I was muddled.”

However, from the looks of it, if Babacino did not prove that the gym was real today, he would probably not be able to establish a foothold in Danafu City-State in the future.

Babacino planned to do something to prove himself.

As everyone knew, a beginner swordsman could easily split open a wooden door, an intermediate swordsman could easily split open a rock, and a great swordsman could split open the ground.

Thus, without saying anything else, Babacino directly left the gym and went to the ruins of the space beside him. When the onlookers saw the actions of the great captain, they also followed him.

Finally, Babacino chose a place that would not affect farming.

With just this place, he used all his strength. In the blink of an eye, the sword in Babacino’s hands had split open a wide hole in the ground, which was at least 5 meters deep.

At such a level, even a great swordsman could only split open the ground and would not be able to create such a deep hole.

If Babacino was angry, he could split open the ground. Such a coquettish action simply blinded the eyes of everyone present.

Looking at the shocking gaping hole in the ground, it proved everything.

All the residents living in Danafu City-State had heard the bards singing about his legendary experience, but they had never heard that he could do such exaggerated action.

Was this something that a great swordsman could do?

This was simply beyond the level of a great swordsman!

Could it be that Babacino had recently advanced again? No, if he had advanced through this historic breakthrough, the kingdom would truly announce it, and the whole country would not be able to spread it.

Under everyone’s shocked and confused eyes, Babacino slowly said, “This is the result of me getting stronger after exercising in the gym for 20 minutes!”

Hearing this, all the citizens understood.

It seemed that Mike’s shop was real. It could truly make people stronger in a short time.

Therefore, everyone went wild. If all of this were true, it would be too amazing.

The gym had such a magical effect!

The citizens were all shocked!

Twenty minutes of exercise in the gym could truly make a great swordsman who had not broken through for many years break through the history of Danafu City-State. What if it was 30 minutes or 50 minutes?

At this moment, everyone wanted to go to the gym to exercise.

Especially those who had been paying attention to the gym from the beginning but were afraid of false advertising. After all, 500 gold coins was not a small amount of money.

However, from Babacino’s point of view, he was the captain of Danafu’s knights. With his guarantee, his credibility and advertising ability were not just a little bit strong. To be able to obtain such an accurate result, what did he care about money? Five hundred gold coins had to go in for training!

Who didn’t want to become a powerhouse like Babacino and get the same status as him?

Therefore, Babacino disguised himself as a publicity stunt for Mike.

The people in the market all went home to get their money. One by one, they all squeezed their heads.

However, not everyone was rich. After all, the rich were in the minority. The number of commoners was very large.

These poor people wanted to exercise, but they had no money. Even if they encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they could not grab it.

Just when they were frustrated and discouraged…

Mike’s eyes lit up. With such a large base, it was a waste not to earn money. The experience provided by the rich had to be obtained and so did the experience provided by the poor.

So…

Mike called the servant and pushed out the pulldown machine in the gym.

In local parlance, anyone who could pull up to 10 centimeters could get a free card and use the equipment in the gym.

When these words came out…

Those who didn’t have money seemed to have found hope.

When Babacino heard these words, he was also overjoyed. Although he didn’t lack money, he wanted to use the gym equipment for free and for a long time.

Before he started working out, he was one of the top figures in Danafu City-State. Now that he had tasted the benefits, he was even more confident.

Babacino felt that he had absolute confidence that he could take first place!

Thus, he was the first to sign up to show off. 

When the other citizens saw that Babacino was also going to participate, they were even more curious about how much power he had to break through now.

Almost everyone was praising Babacino.

For a moment, the cheers were endless. The crowd shouted for him to show his hand and let everyone see.

On the other side, Mike watched all of this silently and smiled without saying a word..