Lord Malan finally saw the dark side of Ghost. The usual cool smile disappeared and was replaced with a cold murderous look. Even he felt slightly nervous after hearing about the poison in Ghost's hands.
"Use this to kill your brother" Michael handed over the poison to Lord Malan.
Lord Malan took a long sniff yet he could smell nothing. It was no different than water.
"As you said earlier, I do have ambitions and I like House Bradley to be my ally. After killing your brother, you and I know that it'd take even more cleaning in the house before stabilizing the family. I'll help any way I can to strengthen your position as the house leader"
"In other words, we'll supply you with this poison to take care of the vultures and anyone who opposes you in House Bradley," Gaya said. Lord Malan knew that he had to kill more people after killing his own brother. Until now, he was trying to be ignorant of the fact but these two youngsters reminded him.
Michael now took the upper hand in the negotiation. Lord Malan was desperate enough to ask his help to kill his own brother, how could Michael not use this opportunity to establish a connection with House Bradley?
If he could get his arms around the leader himself, House Bradley would be as good as his own. At this time, he would help do their dirty work, in the future, however, they would be the ones doing his dirty work.
"In return, I want House Bradley to provide me the security service for all my future business empires"
"What's your current price? 25% in profits? We'll give you 10%" Gaya finished Michael's sentence. Malan very well knew that the moment he revealed his desperation, they gained the upper hand. Yet, this deal did sound like a good one to regain House Bradley's power. He heard about the Majestic and the restaurant Ghost was building; it didn't take a genius to realize the revenue of fifty Majestic stores. If House Bradley were to protect everything Ghost builds,10% of the profits would be in millions per month. Just imagining it tempted Malan, overcoming the reluctance of killing many people on his way to the throne.
"Don't you have a single problem with my plan?" Lord Malan couldn't help asking. The last time he saw Ghost, he was with Nathen and they seemed like good friends.
"If you're asking me if I have a problem with killing Nathen's father, I don't. You approached me with a good deal and I took it, it's how this world works Lord Malan. We have to grab the opportunities that come in our way because they don't come often"
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Finally, Michael left the House Bradley compound leaving Malan with the poison to kill his brother. How he poisons his brother didn't bother Michael.
"So what happens to your no killing innocent rule?" while walking through the snow-covered street, Gaya asked.
"Do you really think Malan's brother is innocent? Besides, even if he is, we cannot conquer this world without directly or indirectly killing a few innocents. I'm not stupid or naive to think we can get everything we want without sacrificing a few innocents or bending some of our moral codes"
His words made Gaya arch her brows. She gently placed her hand on his shoulder,
"You are playing Lucifer, human, you're not him. Don't become the evil dark lord that the guardians claiming you will be"
"I know but there will always be dark before dawn" the more Michael moved forward with his plans to conquer this world, the more blurry the lines between good and bad become.
Soon, they found a dark alley to change their faces and clothes to become completely new persons before leaving for the Southern Continent.
"Where to?" Michael asked. He now looked like an average-looking youngster with shoulder-length raven black hair. As the majority of the youngsters in this world, he sported the clean-shaven look instead of his current stubble beard look. His grey long-sleeved, leather jacket covered him too well below his knees and was half buttoned up slightly off-center. The sleeves of his jacket were quite narrow and reached down to well below his hands, they were decorated with a decorative band almost at the edges.
The jacket had a wide v-neck which revealed part of the stylish black shirt worn below it and was worn with a dark rope belt, which was held together by a big belt buckle. The rope belt was mostly decorative but did serve its purpose
His black pants were simple and quite narrow and reached down to his soft leather boots. The boots were made from pretty unusual leather but were otherwise an ordinary design.
Gaya on the other hand changed her hair from golden to dark brown and put the hair into a long ponytail instead of letting her hair free as she usually did. She wore the exact same clothes as Michael except she wore a breasts holder underneath her shirt.
"To Kingdom Dradel"
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