The Goddess Made A Mistake Again

Chapter 541 - Loss of a City, Gain of a Kingdom

"...W- Why?" Maverick uttered with stunned belief.Henry’s wicked smile shut and he looked up, his eyes close in thought. After a moment, he opened his mouth, "Since you already figured out it was me who ordered Lunaville’s destruction, you can’t figure out why my reason for that is?"

Unlike Maverick, the others weren’t so quick to think Henry would do something so drastic, so when they heard it, they froze. Every member, even the two lower ranks, looked at Henry with confusion, fear and doubt.

"You heard her." Henry pointed to Reina as if it made sense, "She had a plan."

"For that?" Maverick’s body lost half his strength as he slammed his hands on the table. "You destroyed Lunaville because of the backlash that might come?! How is that a reasonable explanation!?"

Shrugging, Henry said, "It has been done."

"I didn’t-" Seeing himself prone to anger, Maverick took a deep breath, "I- I am only asking why you would go so far-"

"Oh" Henry interrupted, his voice dangerously sharp as Maverick felt a great wave of danger wash over him, "I didn’t know that I would need the ’Head of Operations’ permission for my actions!"

Maverick gulped at the veiled threat. He wasn’t just getting warned, but being implied that, he too, was disposable. His was only a position, one that will quickly be replaceable if it didn’t align with Henry’s intention.

Maverick’s head fell and gritted in resignation, "I... I am only saying that... Lunaville is a goldmine. It has our best shops, people, merchandise... a quarter of the sigmat rings you bring gets sold there. That place generates the most money for us."

Henry nodded his head, considering his words to face, but who knew what he thought inside. After a moment, he sighed, a look of resigned pain on him just like Maverick.

"Lunaville... was our best place. Unfortunately, the raid by the Valkyries destroyed everything, damn those... sexy vixens!" Henry shook his head slowly.

"..."

The room drop a degree in temperature. The leaders took notice of Henry’s reluctant look and shook their heads. This topic was a dead end, they knew it... but truthfully, they couldn’t care much. It’s not like it was their territory or business that was in danger. So, to finish it up, they spoke some humble words.

"It is an unfortunate event. Our business always had its dangers, the only thing we can do is not let it linger on our minds and save whatever there may be." Francis spoke as if he was giving an advice. "Were we at least able to salvage something... or?"

Henry nodded heavily, "Not all is bad, I arranged for countermeasures in the worst-case scenario and as it is, we did recover most of the cash, jewellery, fur coats and sigmat rings."

Benedict laughed a loud bark, "That’s Perfect! With that, surely it is possible to recover Lunaville back to some degree, right?"

Henry didn’t answer, only widened his lips to a mysterious smile.

Suddenly, a hand clasped on Maverick’s shoulder. It was Rocky, he gave him a reassuring press, "Don’t worry too much, what is lost... can be regained."

Henry had a dubious look towards him.

’Since when did this cheating bastard become that wise?’

Not noticing, Rocky showed a mysterious smile, "Besides... we have just the thing that would erase this misfortune with double the riches."

Maverick raised his brows. Just what could Rocky mean by that?

Rocky turned to Henry, requesting permission. Seeing Henry give a nod, Rocky turned to all of them, "Wait here for a moment." And then he walked out of the room.

Just few moments later, Rocky came back, in his hands lay a box hidden by a cloth. He skipped happily to the head of the table and placed it. Before he could reveal the secret thing, he shooed away the two lackeys and looked toward a certain figure covered in ice.

"Should we dispose of her first?"

Rocky’s words came out like buttered slice, no hesitation to it. The others also looked at Henry, no denial in their decision.

"Don’t you fucking talk like I’m a piece of shit, you loose cock!"

"She’s right." Henry said, "She’s an expensive piece of shit. And let her see this, it’ll only be more amusing seeing her reaction."

"All right."

Rocky immediately unveiled the cloth, revealing a rectangular wooden box, just slightly wider than his chest. It was a dark walnut box, designed with a silver ’G’ on the top, looking quite expensive. He turned the box around, showcasing it to all.

Rocky showed a wide excited smile and spoke enthusiastically, "Well then, Gentleman and Bitch in ice block... let me show you, our next thrilling endeavor... The Gunho!"

He opened the box and showed the first, simple prototype that Emperor Sakurai had given Henry a long time ago.

It was a Flintlock Pistol. Not the same one that the emperor gifted him, but a copy. This one had a slightly longer barrel and its body is much sturdier than the previous version.

The Emperor may have taken a risk while giving this, but he was a sly prick. Giving Henry a rundown model which was more prone to breaking after some use. In his own advantage, even though Henry would give him gun and money, the Emperor made sure that Henry’s design would be worse to their own, a ’Fake’ if you would, and, in the end, it would be the Sakurai kingdom, which would deliver the world with the better gun.

But touché to his tiny imperial cock, Henry made his own designs, which with the (reluctant) help of his engineers, were decades more advanced than the Sakurai’s design. They also had other guns for both long-range and close-range schematics, but none would come close to Henry’s... at least until he made sure he made the most cash he can out of them.

Back to the present, Rocky looked like an excited golden retriever as he showed the gun to them.

"..."

"So!?"

"...Rocky, at least tell us what it does first?" Benedict spoke as he eyed the gun skeptically.

"Oh yeah, it does... well, actually... I-I put in this ball and click this and then it goes boom!"

"..."

"Just show them how it’s done, you idiot!" Henry smacked the excited fool.

Rocky rubbed the back of his head and started preparing the gun. To everyone’s eyes, they saw him put some dark grinded stuff into the barrel, then take a small round paper and place metal ball and put it in next. Rocky explained while he was doing this, "You put the paper in the middle to separate the powder and not to let it fall out."

Finally, when it’s done, he smirked to the others as he pointed the gun at Reina, mockingly, "Do not be spooked, Gentleman. It is completely in cont- Bang!"

"..."

"..."

Reina looked down, her eyes widening at the metal ball that had penetrated halfway through the ice, stopping a hint away from her private cave. She slowly looked up with a wide-open mouth, about to scream.

"Yo-"

"Hahaha! That is incredible! More than incredible. What is that thing? Tell us, quickly!" Benedict held Rocky’s hand, more so trying to take the gun. Not only him, but Maverick, Francis and the two other also joined, forgetting the previous blunder as if nothing and jumping to the opportunity like hyenas.

Reina quit as a mouse, looked at the gun. Her eyes shining with greed and desperation as she thought of the possibilities this scary variable would bring.

"Is that regret?"

Her tongue clicked as she heard him.

"But alas... you jumped the gun too fast." Henry laughed to himself, "Forget about that joke, you won’t get it yet. Nevertheless, it gave me such pleasure, seeing you make that face, even more so when I ordered to ransack Lunaville." Henry with a wave of his hand, froze the head, quieting any upcoming insurgence.

Clap! Clap!

The round of noise around Rocky calmed down and all looked to Henry.

"I am sure you all understand the possibilities this expenditure would bring us. But for now, its late and I am sure all of us would like to get some sleep. We will convey this meeting in the morning with a fresh mind, bright ideas and with less traitors in our mists."

"Though... before I finish this meeting, I heard an interesting tidbit."

"Can someone explain this shit I’m hearing about a Dragon?"

...

2 Days Later...

As stated before, the gang had another meeting about the business regarding the guns. They spoke about the risks, costs and expectant profits from it and they unanimously agreed to move forward.

The gang, in its secrecy will create and supply its own guns to the black market. Though Henry made sure, the only models being made were those similar to the Sakurai’s old fashion. It would bring lower yields, but the deal would the Sakurai’s would be honored... for now.

About Reina, Henry was suspiciously quiet about it, saying he had a fitting punishment waiting for her.

With 2 days being spent under heavy schedule, Henry finally arrived back to the Capital to engage in The Valere.

It was him, some simple anti-manic sleeveless armor that covered him from chest to waist and another from waist to the knees and finally, his sturdy old black block of a sword.

Look out, Leonidas Kingdom, the Motherfucking Bastard is Here!