Ascension To Divine Throne - Chapter 119

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Jack, Want to Collaborate?
Chapter 119: Old Jack, Want to Collaborate?

Canlight City, 16th Street, Jack’s shop.

It had been a while, but Jack still looked at William with a deadpan expression as he entered the shop.

He found it strange. This guy was obviously a noble, so why did he keep coming to his shop?

Normally, nobles avoided 16th Street, right? And this time, he didn’t bring that golden warrior guard but instead wore a white bat on his head.

Jack had never seen such an unconventional noble before.

William didn’t care about Jack’s strange gaze; after all, this guy looked down on everyone.

When William came over just now, he clearly felt that 16th Street was much emptier than before.

Not that the shops were all closed; there weren’t many people lying under the eaves or lurking around.

He didn’t know if they had all disappeared as the intelligence said, or if they were just scared and had gone elsewhere.

But William couldn’t be bothered with that now; he had other concerns.

He rummaged through the various items piled by Jack, occasionally setting aside some special materials.

Although the First Magic Workshop, the Academy, and the Kingdom provided many magical materials, William could only access some of them. For more obscure ones, he had to prepare them himself.

Rather than commissioning purchases from the guild, it was better to come to Old Jack’s place to look for them.

After all, Jack had a wide range of sources for his goods, and many of them were black market items, priced quite cheaply.

As William searched for various rare materials, Ashley gently pushed open the door and walked in.

Seeing William’s gaze on her, Ashley obediently greeted him, “Hello, mr. William!”

“Ashley, hello,” William greeted the little Easter egg with a smile.

But soon, William noticed something different about Ashley. Her aura was more condensed than last time, with a hint of sharpness.

Was she recently promoted to a professional and still couldn’t control her aura well?

Why was Jack starting to train Ashley so early?

William remembered that in his previous life, after players appeared, Ashley was still just an ordinary little girl.

“Hmph!”

Jack noticed that William seemed to have sensed something, snorted coldly, and pulled Ashley aside.

Wearing a face that seemed to want to drive someone away, Jack impatiently said, “Done? Stop dawdling; don’t waste my time.”

William didn’t mind. He placed some selected special materials in front of Jack.

They were all magical gems, magical medicine materials, and precious metals.

“You’ve taken quite a lot; that’ll be a thousand gold coins!” Jack was somewhat surprised; for him, this was already a big deal.

Although William felt a bit stingy, he still took out bags of coins from his storage ring and handed them to Jack.

There was no other way; these were essential materials for research, and he had already been frugal enough.

If he had bought them normally, the price would probably have been around fifteen hundred gold coins.

If he hadn’t received an investment recently that could cover some emergencies, William wouldn’t have been able to buy so much.

With the materials in hand, William wasn’t in a hurry to leave. He smiled and asked, “Jack, 16th Street doesn’t seem too peaceful lately, does it?”

“So what if it isn’t?” Old Jack replied impatiently, but as he was still counting coins, he couldn’t just directly chase William away.

“I’m just worried about Ashley’s safety,” William chuckled and nodded towards Ashley.

“You don’t need to worry about her!” Jack put down the coins. At this point, he didn’t intend to continue counting. If it was a bit less, so be it. Getting rid of this annoying guy in front of him was the most important thing.

“You can’t say that for sure. After all, you’re getting up there in age,” William said with a light laugh.

“Getting up there? Do you think you’re stronger than me?” Old Jack chuckled, a bit amused. This kid, who was just at the Silver-ranked level, dared to provoke him? Did he not know about my strength?

Or was it because of the courage given to him by that Golden-ranked warrior who wasn’t here?

Old Jack was prepared to teach this kid a lesson, to stop him from constantly hovering around his apprentice for no reason.

“I advise you not to make a move,” William seemed to sense Old Jack’s restlessness and warned, “Although you’re an assassin at the Golden rank, I still have some confidence.”

Jack calmed down upon hearing William’s words.

This kid knows his own strength; he’s still so composed?

Trying to intimidate me?

No, he could have brought that Golden-ranked warrior with him, but he didn’t.

So, he’s very confident now, thinking I can’t harm him? Does he have some life-saving item?

Old Jack sized up William, with myriad thoughts in his mind, and said calmly, “Kid, if you have something to discuss, just say it. Otherwise, you’re not welcome here.”

“Nothing special, just wanted to talk about a collaboration with you, Jack,” William said with a smile.

This was what he had planned before—to collaborate with Old Jack. On one hand, he could get the materials and magical tools he needed. On the other hand, it could serve as a means to attract players.

After all, in his previous life, Jack’s shop was well-known among the player community.

Players didn’t care if Old Jack sold contraband; they just cared if it was cheap and useful.

Of course, William only intended to propose cooperation, not to directly bring Old Jack into the guild.

The most important thing about this small shop was actually Jack himself.

Old Jack had numerous connections, which allowed him to obtain so many goods of uncertain origin. This fully demonstrated his ability and network.

William’s guild couldn’t openly sell these items, so it was better to cooperate with Old Jack to expand the guild’s influence among the player community.

However, while William’s vision was optimistic, Old Jack’s refusal was straightforward.

“No matter what kind of cooperation, I don’t need it,” Old Jack said.

William nodded indifferently. He didn’t expect Old Jack to agree with just a few words from him. This time, it was just setting the stage, anyway. There was still time.

“When you change your mind, you can find me at 36 Fis Street,” William said casually.

“And you, Ashley, just come to me if you need anything!”

William reached out to pat Ashley’s cute little head, but was slapped away by Old Jack.

“That’s enough, you can leave now,” Old Jack said, not expecting to have anything to ask of William.

After all, as someone with well-informed sources, he didn’t recall any big noble surnamed Cain.

As Ashley looked on with curiosity, Jack, under her attentive gaze, pulled out a stack of papers with writing from behind the wooden counter and carefully examined them.

These were the regular messages Old Jack bought from the gang in Canlight City. Most of them were useless, but some were helpful for Jack’s “business”.

Suddenly, he picked up a relatively new piece of paper, his movements freezing in mid-air, his expression changing unpredictably.

Ashley, curious, tiptoed to take a look. Under Old Jack’s careful guidance, she had already learned to recognize the words on the paper to some extent.

“According to the intelligence, Viscount William Cain is very likely to be taken as a disciple by the legendary mage, ‘Flame of Judgement’ Apollo Stephens.”