Capítulo 28: I Love Democracy
Daniel begins actualizing the three cards one by one. As the light from the actualization process dimmed, three people stood in front of Daniel.
"Greetings, Lord creator." The priest spoke first as he bowed in reverence followed by the red hair muscular man and black hair beautiful vampire in a black tight suit.
"Lord creator?" Repeated, Daniel.
"Yes, you are the lord's creator. Our one true god." The priest still repeats the same notion when talking about Daniel.
Daniel went silent for a moment as he didn't know how to respond. When pondering about it from the perspective of these three, he is the Lord's creator as they say. Because from the basic lore to the lore of every card and every ability, he was the one who created them.
But the problem is that in this world, he was just a former ordinary person, not the god or something like the three say. Besides, he guessed that if some fanatic heard what these three called him, they might come at him to get his blood.
"Well, you shouldn't call me Lord Creator in the presence of a third party. It will bring me a lot of complications in this world." Daniel ordered.
"As you wish, my lord." The priest said while two others bowed, accepting the decree of their lord in unison.
"Do you have a name?" Daniel asks the priest who was the only unnamed creature amongst the cards he actualized.
The priest stops and thinks for a few seconds.
"No, My lord. Currently, I don't have a name, but somehow… I think I used to have one. A long time ago… I think."
"Used to have one? What do you mean?" Daniel inquired.
"I vaguely remember that. I used to have a name for other people to address me, my lord. But now I can't remember it… at all." The priest added "at all" at the end after trying to remember for a few seconds.
Daniel nodded in understanding, the unnamed creatures didn't have a name was something he had expected. But, the information that they have some vague recollection that they used to have a name was a surprise for him.
"Ok, Then from now on. Your name is Richard. As for the last name. Let's wait for a bit, ok?" Daniel smiles but the red-headed muscular man immediately raises his hand, waving it, trying to catch Daniel's attention.
"Mi lord! Mi Lord! I can't remember my name either! Give me a name! Give me…!" James excitedly said before a slap at the back of his head stopped his nonsense.
Slap!!
"Stupid dog! You dare lie to our lord!? Aren't you so proud of your name as James The Mad Dog before!?" Maria slapped James' head, scolding him like she was scolding a naughty Siberian Husky.
[Wait… was his personality like this?] Daniel felt a bit of uncertainty in himself regarding the lore he wrote long ago.
"Awww" James let out a small cry while stroking where he got hit.
The priest didn't care about the antics between the vampire and the lycan he gracefully bowed toward Daniel.
"It is a great honor. I'll cherish this name of mine, My lord." Richard said in reverence.
Daniel nodded, then took his smartphone out of his pocket and showed it to the three people in front of him.
"Do you know what this is?" Asked Daniel.
The three look at each other in confusion before James decides to answer.
"It's a smartphone, My lord."
"Correct, How do you know?" Daniel inquired, as he was sure that during the late middle age, he used as the background in the lore didn't have a smartphone.
"I don't know my lord, but I just know. I also know that that thing was called TV and that thing was an Air conditioner, but I'm sure this is the first time I saw them." James answered.
Daniel nodded in understanding before he conducted a small test session for the three people to see what they know and what they don't know.
The result was that all of the skills and basic knowledge one uses for living in the modern world including reading and speaking the language was known to the three people, but they are not considered to be experts.
For example, They know what a car is and how to take a bus but they don't know how a car was built.
While the knowledge from the field relates to their origins such as the knowledge required one to be a priest and orator Richard was considered a master in this field.
Maria was also an expert in terms of hacking, lockpicking, and anything that required one to be an infiltrator or spy. In the modern world. She knows it all.
As for James, he was considered an expert in beating people up and how to effectively knock someone out and he could choose whether to knock someone out painlessly or knock someone out painfully.
Daniel looked at the three of them and saw that their clothes were a little too old-fashioned to wear in everyday life.
"Your clothes are a little outdated, take that notebook over there and order some new clothes from the quick delivery service and have them shipped here. I'll pay for it." Said, Daniel.
The three were about to refuse but Maria knew that they can't blend in the crowd and would be stuck out like a sore thumb if they were to use their current outfit. So Maria stopped the two who were about to refuse and then went to choose some good cloth that would not embarrass their lord when they met with other people.
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— Veneziale Estate - Conference Room —
While the three actualized people are choosing their new clothes and waiting for the special delivery service with the mindset of a wide-eyed happy shopper.
The Veneziale Family has a very serious meeting among the higher-ups.
Ardito who sat at the head of the long table as the Don of the family is staring deadly at three of his Capos amongst the group of all of his eight Capos.
"Carlo…" Ardito paused, staring at his Capo name Carlo while suppressing his anger.
"Repeat what you just suggested… This time… THINK…. CAREFULLY." Ardito asks Carlo with an unfeeling voice, making the latter shudder.
"D… Don… I… I suggest… We should not… Get on the bad side of the royal family." Carlo's shaking voice stopped but the silent anger in Ardito's eyes was still there.
Ardito's finger starts to slowly repeat knocking and the table as his patience begins to be worn down by his own Capo.
"That was understandable… but what comes after that… Could you please… say it? Mr. Carlo."
When Ardito becomes more formal and distant when addressing Carlo, the people in the room start to grow more and more uncomfortable. They feel harder and harder to breathe as time goes by.
"I said… we… we should… we should notify the royal family. About him… targeting… them…." Carlo finishes his sentence and fearfully looks at Ardito.
Ardito was still gazing at Carlo with unfeeling eyes but still didn't say or do anything to Carlo.
The Don then looked around the table and said out loud.
"Anyone who agrees with Carlo, raise their hand. Don't be shy, I love democracy." With a smile, Ardito changed his tone and encouraged anyone who agreed with the Capo to raise their hand.
Now, Other than Carlo and his two friends who raise their hands. There are two other Capos who raise their hand. Leaving only the two Capos who witnessed Daniel's power and another Capo still standing without doing anything.
The 3 underbosses who sat near Ardito and the Consigliere who stood behind them didn't even have any reaction regarding the question from the Don.
"Good…" Ardito threw a small key chain toward the Capos group that wanted to inform the royal family.
"You five go to the garage, get three Lamborghini, and share it between you guys. The meeting has ended, you guys can go first." Said, Ardito.
"Thank you, Don Ardito!" The Capos group immediately received the key chain and went out of the meeting room in glee.
At the front gate of the large garage within the Veneziale estate, a boring guard who sat at the guard post in front of the garage noticed five Capos happily walking toward him.
"Oh! Mr.Carlo, Why are you here? Didn't you have a meeting with the Don?" The guard remembers Carlo because he was the head of the royalist camp within the Veneziale estate.
"Oh! I came to get the Lamborghini, three Lamborghini in fact." Carlo said happily while showing off the key chain.
The guard's brow twitched a little when he saw the key chain but didn't say anything.
"Please let me check the key first. Mr. Carlo" The guard said, opened his hand, and asked for the key.
"Sure! Go ahead." Carlo replied and lightly tossed the key chain to the guard.
The guard received the key chain and went into the guard post while Carlo was still happily chatting with his cohort and laughing as they were still in a good mood.
Everything was nice and smooth, today was the happiest day in Carlo's life before he felt a sharp pain in his head and his consciousness faded as darkness claimed him.
"Eh?" One of Carlo's friends felt weird as Carlo suddenly fell down with a bloodied wound on his head.
Pft! Pft! Pft! Pft!
Four sounds of gas rang and more corpses lying on the ground as the guard walked toward them gun with a silencer in hand and double tapped on their head to make sure that they were forever staying down.
The guard returned to his guard post and picked up the walkie-talkie. Behind him a key chain dangling on the large metal safe box, within it there are guns of many sizes, but all of them have silencers attached.
"Everything is settled Mr. Veneziale, I'll inform the cleanup crew." The guard said respectfully toward the walkie-talkie.
In the meeting room, Ardito nodded in satisfaction and said out loud.
"Good work, don't forget to return the key to me." Said the Don.
"Yes, Mr.Veneziale."
After the guard ended the communication from his walkie-talkie. The people who are still remaining in the room felt chill to the bone.
"You said you love Democracy, Mr. Veneziale." The Consigliere who stood behind Ardito can't help but ask.
He was the newcomer who is the specialist in the matter related to the Curtained World that Ardito hired from the Syndicate Union after he got his ass handed by Daniel. So daring to ask this question after Ardito pulled such a stunt was normal.
"Of course, I love it. Mr. Luciano. Why not? Democracy made me aware of who is opposing me." Ardito brightly said then turned toward one of his underbosses.
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Capítulo 29: Forming a Team
"Find five good people from the list of meritorious soldiers to replace those royalty suckers." Ordered, The Don.
"Yes, Don Ardito." The underboss bowed toward The Don and took his leave to do what he was told.
Ardito then continued the meeting with the remaining people. They discuss which business of the royal family they will attack first and how to defend themselves against retaliation from the royal family.
One needs to know that even the Veneziale Family was not the gang that had the influence to cover the whole country, but the influence they had within this city was enough for the royal family to think twice before doing anything to them.
Even though the fighting forces in the Veneziale family took a large hit by clashing with Daniel last night, the number of associations and the assassin from the underworld under their payroll and connection with was enough to tire the low-level mage and kill them off.
After they had a clash with Daniel last night. Ardito immediately contacted the Syndicate Union to hire a specialist regarding the matter and how to deal with the people in the Curtained World as his new Consigliere.
As for his old Consigliere, he was now on the way to England to find a good Butler school for his son.
While the meeting was still on way, the door of the meeting room was open and a man in a black suit humbly walked into the meeting room.
"Sir, Mr.Magitek and his people have arrived. I have Anne entertaining them in the VIP guest room right now. Shall I inform him that you are still in the middle of a meeting Mr.Veneziale?" The same guard who worked last night said to The Don.
Ardito looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that it was nearly 2 PM.
[It seems that the meeting took longer than I thought.] Ardito thought before he stood up.
"The meeting will continue tomorrow. Go back and rest, everyone." Said The Don before turning toward one of the Capos who was the father of one of his son's friends that made a mess yesterday.
"Cooper, tell the kitchen to prepare a feast. We need to receive Mr.Magitek and his people as best as we can."
"Yes! Mr. Veneziale." The Capos replied and immediately went out of the meeting to do what he was told.
"Mr. Luciano, please follow me. It's time for you to shine." Said The Don.
"Yes, Don Ardito" Luciano nodded and followed behind.
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At the VIP Guest room, Ardito led his Consigliere to the room and the first thing they noticed was a large red head muscular man in a black biker outfit who stood behind the man in a blue suit who was sitting on a Sofa watching the animal documentary while munching on the cookies.
Two other people are sitting near the man in a blue suit. One of them is a kind-looking man in a white suit who is sipping tea while enjoying a conversation with Anne the Maid.
The other one was a grumpy-looking but beautiful female black hair secretary with a ponytail in a black business suit. She was typing in her notebook non-stop.
Ardito was about to enter the room but was stopped by Luciano who held his arm tight and pulled him back, away from the door.
"What's the matter, Mr.Luciano?" Ardito asks.
Luciano didn't say anything, He was looking at the people in the room once again before whispering to Ardito's ears.
"In the room, the female secretary is a Vampire, and a noble lineage at that, because she didn't even flinch when faced with sunlight. The muscle man in a biker outfit should be a werewolf, and the ancient lineage werewolf, beware of his temper and make sure to not anger him." Luciano gives the info about the people in the room to The Don
"What about the man in a white suit?" The Don inquired.
Luciano looks past the glass door into the room once again then tell Ardito.
"He should be an exorcist, No… he should be… a paladin at least. Should come from the Vatican." Answer Luciano.
"Vatican? Paladin?" Ardito Repeated in confusion.
"Mr.Magitek said that he doesn't care about the haunted property right? He should come to cleanse those haunted properties for him. As for Paladin, this guy was far stronger than a normal exorcist and could go toe to toe with a noble vampire and even won." Luciano explained.
Ardito nodded repeatedly as he digested the info he got from his Consigliere.
"Let us go in, we can not keep them waiting, can we?" Said Ardito, before leading the way to the VIP guest room.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Magitek. Are these the people you mentioned on the phone?" Ardito greeted Daniel, who set his teacup down on the table.
"Greetings, Mr. Veneziale. Let me introduce you to my people, then." Daniel greets Ardito and then begins to introduce Maria, who is still typing incessantly on the keyboard.
"This is Maria..." Daniel was about to say more, but Maria quickly stopped typing and bowed to Daniel first, as if to apologize.
"There's no need for you to introduce us yourself, my lord, let me do it for you." Said Maria, sliding her notebook from her lap onto the table and standing up.
"I'm Maria, As you have been informed by that man. I'm a Vampire, infiltration, and counterintelligence specialist." Maria said as she shook hands with Ardito.
Once Ardito heard what Maria said, He was startled but did not let it show in his eyes. Because once the door of the VIP guest room was shut, the sound outside should not be heard by anyone inside the VIP guest room.
This shows whether the vampire's hearing capabilities are far better than humans' or she had already bugged the places. She said herself that she was an infiltration specialist and counterintelligence specialist after all.
Maria then turned toward Richard.
"This is father Richard, from the Vatican. He is a preacher and expert at negotiating."
Richard stood up and shook hands with Ardito.
"God bless you, Mr. Veneziale."
"You too, father." Ardito smiled widely; he felt strangely at ease and fondness when hearing Richard's voice. It's like he was talking to a long-time friend whom he could trust.
"And lastly." Maria looks toward enthusiastic muscle heads who quickly come to the front and hug Ardito tightly.
"Gah!"
Ardito let out a groan, he swore that he heard something broken, and a sharp pain on his rip registered in his brain.
"Nice to meet you! Mr.Ardito Nice to meet you! HAHAHA!" James laughs loudly while repeatedly slapping Ardito's back.
Pow!
A hooked left punch comes right at James's face, hitting him half nose half mouth, knocking him down to the floor and rescuing Ardito before his second rib begins to crack.
Maria, who just knocked James to the ground, turned toward Ardito without any frown and her eyebrows twitching as if this was a normal thing.
"As you can see Mr. Ardito. He is a werewolf and our muscles, Who… unfortunately, also have too much muscle on his head.
I suggest you not give him any job that uses the slightest bit of brain cells to him, but if you happen to have some problem that can't be solved with the brain or on the negotiation table. He is your guy."
Maria introduces the redhead who is standing up from the ground as his bloody nose has already healed.
"Mr. Ardito. I apologized for my subordinate behavior." Daniel waved his hand and a soothing light shone on Ardito's body, healing his cracked rib cage and all of his health problems.
Card: Healing Light
Picture: A priest waved his hand and a light shone on the body of a wounded soldier.
Rarity: Common
Type: Spell
Mana Cost: 1 Light 1 Non-Element
Description:
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Flavor text: As the light shines, both fresh injury and hidden threats to one health vanish.
Ardito felt that the pain from his cracked rib had vanished and his body was lighter, his mind clearer and he felt refreshed as if all of his health problems had vanished.
"After this, you can do a check-up at the hospital and see if your health problems still remain." Said, Daniel.
"Thank you, Mr.Magitek." Ardito thanked Daniel but then he noticed that the vampire name Maria was gazing at him as if she wanted to stare a hole into him.
"Our lord values you very much. Whatever he wants you to do. Do not disappoint him." Maria warned Ardito then sat down on the sofa and continued her work on the notebook.
"C'mon, Maria. Don't do that. Mr.Veneziale, please sit down first." Richard quickly smoothed the tension and gestured for Ardito to sit down.
"Mr. Veneziale," Daniel called out.
"Yes, Mr.Magitek, How may I help you?"
"How long do you think it will take for you to complete our deal?" Daniel inquired.
"If we were to take a bite of the royal family business in this city. I need at least a month." Answered Ardito.
"What If I let my people work alongside you and put them under your command?" Daniel asked again.
Ardito looks at the three people who come with the powerful mage in front of him. A rush of excitement entered his mind.
"Mr. Magitek, You mean… I can…" Ardito wants to say that he can order these supernatural beings as he sees fit but he didn't dare to voice it out himself so he could only use his hand and suggestive voice.
"Yes, You can order them as you see fit during this time, You can even bring them to help you gain some power and influence from the other gang. But don't take it for granted and give them the respect they deserve." Daniel instructed.
"Ohhhhh! That… that was, of course, Mr.Magitek. I'll cherish this opportunity. If I could get help from your subordinates, I'm sure it would take less than a month! No! I'll complete the deal within a week!" Ardito reassures him with a wide smile.
He could be these three supernatural beings to help him smash and grab some territory from his enemy!? This is like a dream coming true for him!
Daniel nodded in satisfaction then continued.
"Then, During this time, at least before I got my new workshop. I'll stay here as a guest, in case some of the Royal family magicians decide to pay a visit when James is outside doing what you want him to do." Daniel stated. He decided to give his help to the man in front.
"Ohhhh! Thank you very much! Mr. Magitek." Ardito was excited at the opportunity, now he even has a powerful mage to defend his home. It's like the manpower he lost during the clash with this powerful mage was just a price for gaining his help, and it was even a very small price for him to pay!
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