Chapter 996: Paras
Sam looked at all the resources he could get access to with the dozens of heirlooms in his hand and out of all of them, the one thing that is exclusive to him since he was the one asked for it, attracted him the most.
It is the heavenly wine. The heavenly wine which Sam asked from Sun Wukong directly.
But this one is a little different because it has higher potency and could be used on Astral Plane cultivators.
Even though Sun Wukong made an exception and gave this wine to him, he also placed an exorbitant price on it.
At first, Sam thought that two to three second phase heirlooms and a bunch of first phase heirlooms would do it.
But now, when he saw the price he was stunned.
He would need to lose almost one-third of all his gains for this wine. But the one silver lining is that the quantity of wine is also huge and it was given in the same type of gourd he was given the first time.
This could be stretched for a decade or even more if he controlled his drinking habits and didn't use it for normal drinking purposes and only used it for proper causes.
After grudgingly buying that wine, he exchanged the rest for the resources for himself and his subordinates.
The shopping was over and he is back to zero heirlooms. He went to different areas where his Astral Plane subordinates are stationed and distributed the resources to them.
Now that he has a bunch of Astral Plane cultivators, he doesn't have to worry about the resources of lower-level cultivators. After the expansion, the resources for Consummate and lower level became common in the organization and as long as one has enough dedication and efforts, they would be able to breakthrough to Consummate realm easily, even if he is an old man.
The organization has grown that big.
After Sam finished with the distribution, he waited for his team to assemble once again.
They came by the end of the seventh month. There is still one more month until the deal with the rest of the players ends.
In these seven months, the team not only took a proper vacation without worrying about anything, they also got the information Sam needed.
This time though, everyone wanted to outdo the others and got some information by directly talking to the other party.
The remaining three are all Transcendent stage cultivators of Astral Plane and it is fair to say they are all far stronger than the members of the team.
So, they were careful when speaking and didn't dare to cross the line. After all, being a subordinate of an Astral Pre-transcendent Initial stage cultivator is not something for an Astral Plane transcendent Initial stage cultivator to be proud of.
Some might feel, even a suggestion like that might be completely over the line and take it as an insult. Particularly when they are roaming the world on their own without being dependent on anyone.
Sam looked through the information he got and had a headache when he saw it. Out of three one is driven by revenge.
A guy who uses a battle-ax as his weapon and is getting revenge for his deceased parents. This should have been an easy situation. After all, Sam would only need to prove that he could help him get that revenge, and then everything would be great.
But Sam couldn't do that promise because he doesn't know what kind of revenge that guy is after.
His original home is a lower realm which doesn't even qualify as a first phase organization. He is from a planet that could be considered the same level as desolate. His parents died for some reason. They couldn't get the reason or the name of the person out of him.
But his parents are dead and he going after the killer.
He is currently staying in the realm with a bunch of second phase powers and throughout his journey, he destroyed many powers as he increased his cultivation level. But he still didn't stop and many people stopped believing that this is all for revenge and it is just some lunatic trying to get his name out there.
But the person that talked to him was saber monarch and he is good at reading people as much as he acts like an idiot.
He might not be good at analyzing their thought processes and behaviors like Sam does, but he could tell whether a person is a pure lunatic or if he is a normal guy driven by revenge.
He is sure that this guy is definitely being driven by revenge. But why would someone who is in the lowest level of planets have an enemy that might be living this high or even higher?
That doesn't make sense.
There is another piece of information that might help Sam understand this guy's situation better. From what Saber Monarch observed, he is currently trying to deal with an elven branch.
Until now, nobody figured out what kind of power destroyed this guy's parents, but the destruction he caused affected a large diverse group in terms of races, strengths, and authorities.
And currently, he is going after an elven branch which has a bit of a higher level than normal elven branches and a lower level than the true elite. This branch could be said to be the bridge connecting the true elite and true subpar branches.
Sam circled the name of the guy as he sighed.
Paras. That is the name of the guy and his nickname is Axe grinding lunatic.
He is their first target as he is the only guy that has an opening for Sam to exploit. If by any chance Sam manages to convince this guy and make him join his team, then he could use him to try and convince the remaining two.
So, he passed the orders to the team to gather and get ready to leave to the Dark eye realm the realm where Paras is currently residing.
Sam took a look at the list and smiled. Because the elven branch that was being targeted by Paras is actually on the list and it is even Hou Yi's organization.
This is a great thing.
While there is still time to do anything according to his deal with the rest of the players, he can at least gather the intel on the enemy for this one month and only make a move after the eight months period is over.
This elven branch will also need quite some preparation anyway since it is actually on the top end of the list of second phase families.
Even though he might not have finished the second phase operations with this family, he is sure as hell that he wouldn't start with this one.
But now he has to.
After reaching the Dark Eye realm, Sam and the team separated and lived separately in different inns. He separated the tasks for the team. The Elven branch is the largest entity they faced until now and they have a middle-stage Transcendent cultivator of Astral Plane as head with a bunch of peaks and late-stage Pre-transcendent cultivators of Astral Plane as their subordinates.
They cannot do it on their own, but they can sure as hell finish this with the help of Paras.
Since Paras is alone, he takes a longer time than the team to collect information on the family and it also happened that it is not his specialty.
But with Kiran, Gran, Sia, and the bunch of shadow mice he has at his hand, Sam gathered much more information compared to Paras in a much shorter time frame.
After one month of information gathering, Sam went through with his team, it is finally time for him to meet Paras directly.
All this while Saber Monarch kept regular contact with the guy and they regularly drank together in one of the inns.
The very night which signifies the end of the eight months time period, Sam went to meet him directly when both Saber Monarch and he are drinking. Sam just slipped into their private room calmly and took a seat.
Paras frowned and said.
"I think you got the wrong room kid. Get out."
"I am in the right room Paras. I came here to meet you."
Saber Monarch sighed and said.
"Meet Sam, my boss."
Paras was surprised and spoke.
"This is the boss you are talking about?"
"Yes. He is the boss."
"Are you kidding me? He is so weak."
"Well, he is weaker when I first accepted him as a boss. He is quite strong compared to that time. Anyway, that is not important at the moment. He is here to talk to you. I believe we can help each other."
"I am sorry, Sam. I work alone. I don't work for organizations."
"You don't have to. You just have to work for me."
"Why would I do that?"
"I don't want to waste my time explaining how I could be of help to you on your long vendetta of vengeance.
I have a deal. Let us cooperate in taking down this Elven Branch. I will help you take them down and I will get the heirloom. That is the deal. I will slowly explain why you should work for me or with me or whatever that makes you feel comfortable. If you are still not convinced, let us just forget everything that happened and go our separate ways."
Paras looked at Saber Monarch and the latter said.
"Take it Paras, he can help you."
Paras took a deep breath and said.
"Deal."