Chapter 1234: Calling It

In the next moment, the Leader handed the 29 harvested fruits to Kyle. The Karmic Luck around her stabilized again, showing that she had not broken the alliance agreement.

Now, Kyle had 54 Law Comprehension Fruits in his Soul Space. He was supposed to give Team Nightshade 20% of them. If there had been 50, it would have been easy since he would just need to give ten. But now, the number was no longer divisible by five.

Ten or eleven?

In the end, Kyle handed over eleven of the fruits, and the Leader of Team Nightshade accepted them with a smile.

This was the business opportunity he had smelled. If he could help the two teams a bit with their internal issues, there was a chance that he could get more loot without lowering his rapport with the two teams.

"Thank you," the Leader of Team Nightshade transmitted. "We will be here for a while longer. If you decide to stay, you will not be bothered by any Minor or Medium Immortals. If any of them still try to bother you, you are free to contact us. However, we request a fee of 20% if you find another source of Law Comprehension Fruits. I believe I do not need to make the requirements too stringent. I trust that you will be reasonable."

By not making the requirements too detailed or stringent, he essentially gave them a choice. For example, if they found another plant, they could just let it escape without taking any fruit. This would give them a ton of Karmic Luck, and Karmic Luck couldn't really be handed over that easily. Like this, they could circumvent the payment without breaking the agreement.

Yet, if one side decided to be a stickler about rules, the other side could do that too, and, well...

There was no rule forbidding Team Nightshade from just demanding stuff from them. After all, they had only made a loose agreement. There were no promises or oaths.

"We will think about it," Kyle transmitted. "But, for now, we might leave the Planet and return."

"You are free to do so as well," the Leader answered. "Well then, it was nice doing business with you. If you need anything in the future, you may contact us. Maybe we can both benefit from a cooperation."

"I'll keep that in mind," Kyle transmitted.

Team Nightshade gave their goodbyes and left them alone.

The atmosphere between the members had soured. The only person who didn't seem to be completely against the two Adept Immortals was the Formation Array Master. However, he also didn't really support them.

"Team Wooly Sheep has tried to circumvent the alliance agreement," the Leader transmitted. "According to the original agreement, Team Ankylosaurus is supposed to receive 36 out of 40 fruits, while Team Wooly Sheep would receive four out of the 40 fruits. As reparations, I suggest Team Wooly Sheep's share of the loot remain unchanged despite the three additional fruits in the pool. Team Wooly Sheep takes four fruits. Team Ankylosaurus takes 39 fruits."

Kyle nodded. "Team Ankylosaurus agrees." Then, Kyle handed the Leader four fruits.

This was a good way to solve the situation. All ill-gotten gains would enter the hands of the party that had been taken advantage of. Additionally, since the two Adept Immortals had used their own Law Comprehension Fruits to harvest the other fruits, they also essentially lost four Law Comprehension Fruits, which used to be part of their personal wealth.

"As the Leader of Team Wooly Sheep, I suggest returning to Wild's Summit," she transmitted.

The others looked at Kyle.

"I agree," Kyle answered.

Originally, he had planned to keep digging. After all, they could find even more valuables down here!

Yet, it was more than clear that Team Wooly Sheep couldn't operate as a real unit anymore. This act had created a massive crevice between the members.

Kyle and the Formation Array Master collected all of their Formation Arrays, and within moments, the funnel started collapsing. Of course, they retrieved their Formation Arrays from the bottom to the top so that they wouldn't be affected by the cave-ins.

"Think they will do something?" Sebastian asked Kyle via voice transmission.

"Not directly, but the two Adept Immortals don't have a lot to lose anymore. They might tell some teams about our gains in exchange for a bigger share of the loot," Kyle answered.

"What about Extended Family?" Sebastian asked. "Think they will do something?"

"I don't think so," Kyle answered. "I'm 90% sure they think that someone is protecting me in secret. While Lords are allowed to be here, they are strongly encouraged not to interact with any of the Excursion Teams. My mysterious backer would have to follow the same rule, which only leaves two possibilities."

"One, my mysterious backer is a powerful Immortal. Two, my mysterious backer is a Lord, and they're actively moving around without any identification. They probably want to find out about the identity of my mysterious backer without getting involved. After all, I am no longer their target. My backer is."

"The thing couldn't have been used on me since I'm just a Beginner Immortal, which means its target must have been my backer. Therefore, my backer knows about it as well. Killing me would just encourage my backer to release the files. That's why they have to kill my backer first, but since they don't know how powerful they are, they can't strike yet."

"If they send a Half-Step Lord, and my backer turns out to be an actual Lord, they would lose a Half-Step Lord. That is probably even worse than having to survive an investigation. You have to remember that they probably won't be convicted. All of the evidence is probably already gone. It's just that they have to be ultra careful for a long time, making things harder."

"However, if they send a Lord and my backer turns out to be a Zenith Immortal or Half-Step Lord, they also can't do anything. Lords can't just kill Immortals for no reason. Additionally, they would have to kill all of the Avatars of my backer in an instant since he could drop the files during the battle. I don't think Extended Family has members with such high Battle-Strength."

"I am almost certain that there has been at least one Lord of Extended Family who has passed by this Planet while going from one place to another. They looked at our surroundings to see if they could find my backer, but they found nothing. If they had found my backer, and if my backer were a Lord, the other Lord could have called for an investigation, since my backer would most likely travel with me without any form of identity. Sadly, they didn't find anyone."

"So, either my backer is so good at hiding that nobody can find them, or my backer is not currently present. It's also possible that my backer is that Major Immortal from Team Nightshade. If a Lord noticed the exchange, they might suspect him."

"In short, they're going to wait. They might incite some conflicts here and there so that my backer is forced to act, but they can't possibly be connected to these conflicts," Kyle transmitted.

"So, you don't know," Sebastian summarized.

"Yep."

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