Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 415 - 269 Bringing Nuclear Peace to the Sky Dome Continent (1)

Chapter 415: Chapter 269 Bringing Nuclear Peace to the Sky Dome Continent (1)

Saint Monica was still pure.

The news was absolutely shocking, but Qin Chu’s control over his expressions was very strong. No matter what kind of turmoil was stirring in his heart, his face showed nothing.

In his mind, he consoled Phil, that even though he was interested in Saint Monica’s body, it wouldn’t be easy to succeed.

However, if he did succeed, wouldn’t that mean that the entire Earth Mother Goddess Sect had fallen under his control?

Interesting!

After exchanging pleasantries with Saint Monica, the three of them personally led Qin Chu to the banquet venue.

That was the troublesome part about high society, they always found various excuses to hold banquets.

This time, Mr. Brave had achieved a resounding victory on his first expedition, even killing the Second Prince of Demons, Edrich, so naturally, these high-society figures wouldn’t miss the chance to celebrate properly.

Following the banquet, Augustus, Wozworth, Saint Monica, and Qin Chu, along with Rose Vesper of the Hero Team and the Empire’s nobles of Earl rank and above, held a small-scale meeting.

Compared to the earlier banquet, this meeting behind the scenes was truly important.

Though the number of nobles of Earl rank and above was originally substantial, it had drastically decreased due to a large number of noble deaths during the previous two rounds of upheaval, and the conference room couldn’t even be filled.

Besides the nobles, there was another special individual in the meeting room.

He was a short man with a sneaky and sneering appearance.

He had no noble air about him; his entire image exuded slyness and vulgarity, especially the two small mustaches at the corners of his mouth, which took his sleazy demeanor to the extreme.

All the nobles were seated, except for him, who was hunched over to the side with a flattering smile on his face, his aura completely out of place in the surroundings.

And this man, Qin Chu knew him.

His name was Lex.

Years later, this cunning and vulgar man would become the wealthiest person in the entire Oville Empire... no, even in the entire Sky Dome Continent.

He would control all of Sky Dome Continent’s lucrative industries of arms production, medicine making, and food processing.

He even controlled all the news media on Sky Dome Continent.

From being a somewhat famous merchant to a magnate with wealth rivaling nations, Lex’s transformation was nothing short of dramatic.

And the reason he was able to achieve this was likely because he joined hands with members of the Hero Team behind the scenes. With members of the Hero Team as his backers, and even boasting under their name using the then still alive Hero’s reputation, gave Lex the opportunity to control so many lucrative industries.

Wozworth was still sitting in the chairperson’s seat at the meeting, his face full of smiles, "Qin, let me introduce you to Mr. Lex here, a merchant and also a swordsmith."

"The weapons he forges are all top-quality masterpieces."

"Qin, you still don’t have a handy weapon, why not have Lex forge one for you?"

Lex’s wrinkled face filled with smiles as he scurried over to Qin Chu, bowing and scraping in the most obsequious manner possible.

When shaking hands, he seemed to tremble with excitement.

"I’ve long heard of Mr. Brave’s illustrious reputation; I never imagined I would have the honor of seeing you in person today. It is truly my good fortune. To forge a weapon for Mr. Brave is the greatest honor of my life," Lex quivered as he spoke, his cheeks flushing red.

Qin Chu discreetly withdrew his hand and smiled lightly, "Then Mr. Lex, I’ll leave my weapon in your care."

"Of course, of course." Lex patted his chest, assuring him, "Mr. Brave, rest assured, I will use all my skills to forge a weapon that befits your stature. I won’t let you down."

"Thank you for that."

Heh, heh!

Lex was indeed a quite excellent swordsmith; the appearance and performance of the weapons he forged were beyond criticism and satisfying.

Even after he became a great businessman, he still personally took care of the maintenance and upkeep of Qin Chu’s weapons.

But it was this damned scoundrel who added a hidden mechanism inside Qin Chu’s weapon, which exploded during his fight with the Witch. At the time, Qin Chu only thought that the clash was too strong for the weapon to handle.

And Lex’s crimes didn’t stop there.

In the first week, the toxins that Rose Vesper added to her medicines were also manufactured by Lex.

Defaming his reputation, turning him from a hero who saved the Sky Dome Continent into a villain despised by all, was also the work of the news media controlled by Lex.

This gaunt and frail-looking old man was full of bad schemes; for his own benefit, the guy could do anything.

Recalling the information that Catherine had brought to him, in the early days after Silf and Aili arrived in the Imperial City and met with Saintess Rose Vesper, two people had come to visit.

One was Carlos, the head of the adventurer’s guild, and the other was this merchant, Lex.

It seems that even before meeting with Qin Chu, Lex had already hooked up with Rose Vesper.

Too bad there were too many people around, otherwise Qin Chu would have loved to take the opportunity to thread one of the silk lines just retrieved from Silf’s body into Lex’s, which would certainly be quite a spectacle.