Hero of Darkness-Novel

Chapter 252 - True Winner

After Ronin's remark, Kahn felt a sense of relief. Because from the words of the rogue subordinate, he could infer that their earnings were indeed big.

"So how much?" he asked.

[If we count the original investment along with the profits.. It's 50 Billion gold!

We've made a killing.] responded Ronin.

"Good. Get everyone to leave the arena one by one. Gather all the money and meet me at the mansion." ordered Kahn and hired a flying beast service to leave the Xaphar city.

Even with the Bloodborne company and Seven Deadly Sins together, their profits up to this point were only 15 Billion after all the costs and expenses were cut down.

But just in the second round alone, Kahn had tripled their profits and now achieved wealth comparable to a reputed noble clan on city level.

And all this happened because he had planned it since the very beginning.

In reality, it was his plan to raise the odds after the first match dramatically when he quickly won against the female archer.

After his win, Ronin, Omega and Oliver ordered thousands of their people from seven deadly sins who were mixed amongst the audience through the communication artifacts.

And soon, all of them started praising Kahn from different parts of the arena and vocally brought the attention of many people towards his match that was displayed on projection screens.

More than two hundred thousand people ended up getting fooled because of his sudden rise in popularity and impeccable display of skills.

And when his next match came, the already roused crowd that was systematically made to believe in his strength ended up betting most of their money and hence, Kahn's odds were raised to 90:10.

So what Kahn had the three subordinates do was order their people to bet all the money they received from the first match on his opponent.. The Templar botir warrior.

And after his defeat, those who bet on the opponent, let it be his own people or the normal audience, made a fortune.

So the five billion they bet on the opponent became forty-five billion after getting multiplied by 9 times.

And just in one day, Kahn changed the fate of a district-level organization to a moderately influential clan as far as wealth was concerned.

And since his face was hidden behind the mask, no one knew his real appearance. Only the registration number that was changed after the second match for him to appear for qualifiers if he wanted to progress to the third round.

And there, he would still have a chance to increase his wealth thanks to the betting system.

This way, Kahn has worked his way into people thinking that he is a nobody but in reality, his personal wealth was enough to make him one of the top one thousand richest people in the whole empire.

Although he wasn't comparable to the powerful noble clans or faction members, he was still working his way through by using this competition. Because one day, he wanted to have his own force that would ensure his safety and authority.

So that no noble clan or any would outright oppress him because he does not have a strong background or a powerful backer.

Behind the curtains… he was the true winner.

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Apart from Kahn and his subordinates, no one actually knew how much money they had amassed from these matches because their people only knew about the money they were given and what they won after the results. But no one could even fathom the collective numbers.

At midnight, Kahn returned to the mansion and received the daily reports from the subordinates about the company, the seven deadly sins organization and how Sirius was doing his work as a new recruit.

Ceril and Jugram had been in charge of managing and protecting the company and its assets while Armin was busy practicing his Alchemy skills and doing research as usual.

Blackwall and Rudra were hidden inside Kahn's shadow while Omega, Ronin and Oliver were in charge of managing their underworld empire as well as collecting the money.

This affirmed Kahn that his decisions in the past were right and he could focus on himself. The most important and also the hardest thing at this point was increasing his levels since he was still level 150.

Because even SS Rank the cores he was eating on a daily basis hadn't helped him level up in the past month at all.

If this continued, he wouldn't be able to become a saint until another year at this rate.

After receiving all the reports, Kahn ordered the generals to bring more people to the matches because soon, the number of strong people who qualified for the 3rd round will be revealed.

And then the money spent on bets and the benefits one would receive was many times bigger than what he currently had.

Three days later, when Kahn had to fight again in the qualifiers for the third round, he had no choice but to win the two matches he was having.

Because of which, the profits he made were only 20 billion gold coins and he officially became part of the 30 million combatants throughout the Rakos Empire who qualified for this round.

But what surprised him was the sudden turn of events that was done by the government out of the blue.

From the third round.. The matches would be facilitated in the top 10 most economically rich districts in the capital.

Kahn understood that these were the districts with the biggest influx of commerce in the whole empire so naturally, the wealth invested during the matches in these places would be enormous.

From a financial aspect, this was indeed a smart move by the government. And for a match-fixer like Kahn.. This was a golden opportunity.

Kahn then revealed his intentions to the subordinates in their usual meeting room.

He spoke with a sinister expression and the greedy side of him visible on his face..

"Time to play in the big leagues."