A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1282 - Chapter 1282 864 Chapter Invitation_2

Chapter 1282: 864 Chapter Invitation_2 Chapter 1282: 864 Chapter Invitation_2 After all, it was somewhat embarrassing.

In the following days, Duanmu Huai regained some leisure time. Although he was a Judge and also the ruler of Arkham City, most matters were handled by others. Duanmu Huai only needed to review reports and affix his seal; he didn’t need to intervene unless it was something particularly troublesome.

As for that black bead, it was behaving itself, lying quietly in Duanmu Huai’s inventory, appearing to be useless–a true possibility?

Duanmu Huai remembered that similar incidents had occurred more than once in the game. For instance, a quest might involve expelling a Demon, requiring players to find a Sacred Book and then arrange an Array according to the book to expel the Demon–this being the standard procedure.

However, some ruthless players, too lazy to set up the Array, would simply confront and kill the Demon directly.

Thus, the Sacred Book became useless, but since it was considered an essential plot item for expelling a Demon, it would disappear after creating the Array in a normal scenario. However, without creating the Array, the Sacred Book wasn’t used and couldn’t be discarded or destroyed, leaving players no choice but to keep it, taking up inventory space–an issue players had complained about several times, yet the bug had never been fixed.

Thinking positively, maybe this bead was actually a quest item used to eliminate Ghouls, but since the Ghouls were already disposed of, it wasn’t used?

Well, as much as Duanmu Huai wanted to think that way, the possibility was slim–after all, there had been no active quest to eliminate Ghouls.

How could there be a quest item then?

“Alright, that’s about it.”

Duanmu Huai set aside the documents in his hand, stretched lazily, and at that moment, Ogis crawled onto his back again, using her hands and feet.

“Ogis, do you really need to cling to me?”

“Mhm.”

“Ah… alright, suit yourself.”

Hearing Ogis’s response, Duanmu Huai could only sigh helplessly. Ever since the day they returned, Ogis had clung to him like ivy; but since Duanmu Huai was tall in stature, Ogis on his back resembled a small cat, not causing much hindrance.

“Ding ding ding…!”

Just then, the communication device suddenly rang, and soon Mia’s ever innocent and cheerful voice, seemingly without a care in the world, sounded in Duanmu Huai’s ears.

“Good morning~~ Master, there’s something I need to report~~~”

“What is it?”

“It’s a call from Mr. Dada Niel, should I connect?”

“Dada Niel? What trouble has he stirred up now?”

Hearing this Merchant Voyager’s name, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes speechlessly. In his memory, the other always contacted him to handle troubles–well, it was Duanmu Huai who had told him not to call unless it was something important, so he couldn’t really blame him.

“Connect it.”

“Right~~~”

Soon, the screen in front of him flashed, and the small mustachioed, shrewd-looking merchant appeared on Duanmu Huai’s screen. He paused for a moment upon seeing Ogis lying on Duanmu Huai’s shoulder but soon smiled at Duanmu Huai.

“It’s great to see you so well, Your Honor, the Judge.”

“Get to the point; what trouble have you encountered this time?”

“Well… strictly speaking, it’s not exactly trouble…”

“Hmm?”

“I was wondering if Your Honor might be interested… in attending a banquet?”

“A banquet?”

“Yes…”

While speaking, Dada Niel also explained the situation to Duanmu Huai. It revolved around the previous issue involving the High Tower Council, War Planet, and Demon Planet alliance. They had sent Duanmu Huai a message before, but he had dismissed it stating that the Tribunal does not get involved in political affairs and sent it back.

Now, including Dada Niel, the four parties had successfully completed negotiations, reaching an agreement–essentially, under the aegis of a few planets controlled by Dada Niel, forming an alliance with several other planets, with Dada Niel’s commercial association becoming the only officially designated Commercial Alliance within this alliance power.

Elsewhere, such an arrangement would have been difficult, but the problem is that people on those planets were either killed by Aliens, Demons, or Orcs, with no regular commercial institutions to be found anywhere, so naturally, Dada Niel welcomed this franchise.

As expected, they planned to hold a celebration banquet and sign the contract there.

Since the Tribunal had contacts with these planets, and Dada Niel knew that without the Tribunal, he couldn’t have achieved his current status, he specifically invited the Tribunal to attend the banquet.

In addition…

“The Galactic Business Alliance will also send representatives…”

“You’ve actually teamed up with people from the Galactic Business Alliance?”

Hearing this name, Duanmu Huai furrowed his brows; the Galactic Business Alliance was a large inter-Galaxy commercial organization and quite a renowned commercial alliance entity in this world.

The reason Duanmu Huai’s Tribunal hadn’t dealt with them was simple.

The Galactic Business Alliance was full of Alien Species.

In other words, all Aliens.

They weren’t ancient Races like the Spirit race, Ancient Saints, Fear of Death, or Star Gods, nor were they once-glorious civilizations like Humans and Orcs–let’s put it this way, the Alien Species in this alliance were all young Alien Races that had grown up in the thousands of years following the destruction of the Human Empire.

To use a human analogy, the Ancient Saints are like the grandfathers, the Human Empire the older generation, while the Alien Species in the Galactic Business Alliance are more like those rebellious teenagers with colorful mohawks, clueless about their own identity.

Yeah, that’s pretty much it.

Previously, Duanmu Huai hadn’t thought of targeting them because this Alien alliance was too far from the current Tribunal turf, making it unworthy to traverse half the Milky Way for them, especially when the Faelun World was still very dangerous, risking the significant for the trivial.

But now, they were coming to him?

“You should know the rules of the Tribunal.”

“Of course, I’m aware.”

“That’s good.”

Although Dada Niel didn’t say much, Duanmu Huai understood what he implied.

“Alright, I got it.”

Duanmu Huai pondered for a moment and nodded.

“I will attend the banquet.”

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