"Good work John, let's hope the deal will be a success." Ekaros said as he entered his personal room, he had to prepare well for the negotiation.
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The province was in the phase of development, there were many reforms and establishments by the new Viscount.
Unlike the previous Viscount Terias, Viscount Ekaros was fully committed to develop his province. Because he wanted to develop his own personal army and that could only be done when his province generates greater revenue than before.
"I could not serve you mylord. Now I am only left as a tool for getting information." John was the butler that previously served Terias but Ekaros after winning against Terias, decided to banish Terias from his province.
John naturally wanted to follow his long time master but he could not resist Ekaros, Terias was injured and it seemed like Ekaros planned to kill them both if John insisted on following Terias.
As the situation demanded, John was beaten by both his hierarchical and physical prowess. He could not resist the orders from Ekaros.
Due to the dire circumstances, John had to let Terias escape alone while he remained to stay and serve Ekaros.
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Ekaros was a one cruel noble, even though there was no need for any additional information, he sent John on the missions to find those details and secrets.
It was intentionally done, he was always sent to difficult missions with the very large probability of his death.
John sighed as he remembered the good old days, the province was developing now, it was a good thing but he never heard back from Terias all this time.
The man he knew and served would have dedicated his time in recovery and increase of his strength. Terias would have made his name known to everyone again by now.
It was very likely that he died in the hands of Ekaros and his subordinates who hunted him.
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Maya was currently inside the room where Ekaros had went into, the room where she normally gets fucked together with Tina by Ekaros and his four close subordinates.
'Maybe it's something in their blood or I am the really strange one but all of them seem to like mature woman. First Sir Terias, now Sir Ekaros and his four subordinates too.' John gave it a thought as none of the men he mentioned were avert to the idea of engaging with mature woman.
He was not of the opinion that Tina and Maya did not look beautiful. But he had lack of experience with woman, and from what he knew, the old nobles always preferred young maiden girls.
John concentrated on the sounds coming from the room where Ekaros and Maya were. There were soft sounds of moans as usual.
Even though he had procured some really important and difficult to get documents, the man was busy fucking that maid. It frustrated him but he could not help it.
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"I hope you are doing well. It's me Alice. There's a really good mission for you in the HIKE. I didn't want to bother you with this due to your circumstances but the reward is something you would appreciate." Alice wrote in the bangle she had worn on her left hand.
The bangle was similar to the artifact of the Hike, like the ring Terias had got.
'Since he broke all contacts and changed his identity altogether. I have to give him another artifact for the Hike membership.' Alice remembered as she began to transfer the message she recorded into another artifact.
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"You have come. How far is the task I have given to you come along?" An old voice coming from the dark area, devoid of light asked.
"Yeah, good, good. I have already completed the second stage of training. I am trying to move on to the third."
"Here, someone just dropped something for you." The fully covered man, hiding his identity, threw the package he held into the dark.
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(I'd appreciate if you could vote with power stones)