I Am Super Rich

-Book VIII-

Chapter 351

 "Kid, do you want to stand up? Do you want to take revenge? Do you want to reign supreme?"

"Who'sthere?" Fergus opened his eyes suddenly.

He saw a man in a black robe beside the bed.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" Fergus asked, glaring at him.

"You don't need to know who I am.

You just need to know that I can make you stand up again.

I can make your strength grow by leaps and bounds, become a peerless talent, and crush everyone in the younger generation of the Milky Way Empire," the black-robed man said.

"W-What did you say?" Fergus asked in disbelief.

"I said I can make you stand up again. I can make your strength grow by leaps and bounds, become a peerless talent, and crush everyone in the younger generation of the Milky Way Empire," the black-robed man repeated.

"Impossible!!! I know there's no cure for my body anymore unless I leave the Milky Way and go to a higher civilization."

"Really? If you don't believe me, forget it. Goodbye! Just pretend I was never here."

After the black-robed man finished speaking, he was about to turn and leave.

"No, I believe you! I believe you! Don't go, please don't go!" Fergus cried out hurriedly as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

"That's right," the black-robed man stopped and turned to Fergus.

"What do I have to do for you to cure me?" Fergus asked.

"You'll find out later," the black-robed man replied.

"Okay! As long as you can cure me and make me a peerless genius, I will accept any of your requests and never regret them."

"Very promising! Next, you need to open your heart. Don't have the slightest resistance in your heart, or you may die if this fails."

"Alright, I'd be dead if you didn't show up. I'm not afraid of death," Fergus closed his eyes and said firmly.

The black-robed man gave Fergus a look.

He took out a potion vial, put it to Fergus's mouth, and said, "Open your mouth."

Fergus opened his mouth when he heard that.

The black-robed man poured every drop of the potion into Fergus' mouth.

"Swallow it all."

Gulp!

Fergus swallowed all the potion in his mouth.

After that, the black-robed man took out four more potion vials with syringes, stuck them on Fergus's limbs, and injected all the potion inside him.

Fergus did not feel anything because his limbs had already been crippled.

Finally, the black-robed man took out another potion vial and stuck it in Fergus' neck.

"Hmph!"

Fergus groaned.

After he injected all of the potions into Fergus, the black-robed man put his hand on Fergus's head and said, "The next moment is the most critical.

You must endure it. No matter what image appears in your mind, don't harbor even the slightest resistance in your heart. If you can persevere, you will succeed. If you can't, then sorry, you will die."

Soon, Fergus's body began transforming.

The limbs that David had crippled started inflating.

A sharp pain overwhelmed Fergus but he did not show any pained expressions.

Instead, he started cackling.

"Hahaha!"

It was because he started regaining feeling on his limbs.

Even though this was not a pleasant feeling, Fergus did not care.

He could endure everything as long as he could stand up again.

Gradually, the meridians on his entire body started inflating.

The excruciating pain continued to intensify, spreading from his limbs to his whole body.

Bean-sized beads of sweat slid off Fergus' body, and scary images began to appear in his mind.

He saw that he had turned into a half-human, half-beast monster.

Fergus instinctively wanted to reject it, but when he thought of what the black- robed man said, he immediately extinguished this thought.

As long as he could stand up again, he would not mind being a monster.

Fergus did not care.

He wanted to make everyone who looked down on him regret it.

—

The Octagon on which David was riding continued to head toward Planet Royal.

In the bounty hunter world, Moe and David, who suddenly appeared on the most wanted list, had caused quite a stir.

They were new faces on the wanted list, and their rankings were high, so they easily attracted the attention of many bounty hunters.

It was because the ones who were always on the list but never caught were experienced criminals.

They knew that the empire were hunting them, so they would not show their faces easily.

After all, the Milky Way was so large.

However, new arrivals on the most wanted list were different.

These people would not hide before they realized they were on the empire's most wanted list, so the bounty hunters could easily catch them.

Therefore, all eyes were on Moe and David.

However, after seeing Moe's detailed information, they all shook their heads simultaneously.

He was the current king of the Sangruil Sinners, and his combat power was unknown.

Who would dare to target such a character? Although the information stated that his combat power was unknown, how could the king of the Sangruil Sinners be easy to deal with? Hence, his combat power was estimated to be at least above Infinity Rank.

Even the top three bounty hunter groups would not dare to provoke such a giant easily.

Therefore, all eyes moved onto David, a peak Cosmos Ranker.

Even so, he could rank in the top 100 of the empire's most wanted list, so he could be described as the ideal target of many hunter groups.

Even a few large bounty hunter groups were moved, and they wanted to accept this task.

With that, more and more bounty hunters began to look for David's traces.

—

On Planet Boundless, Burke crossed his leg while watching the news within the bounty hunter circle.

'Good!

'Great!

'Excellent!

'It seems that many bounty hunters have noticed David.

'If I tell them where David is, countless bounty hunters will begin swarming to him immediately.

'David is doomed no matter how powerful he is.'

Burke got up and went to another room, where more than a dozen staff were busying themselves.

When one of them saw Burke coming in, he hurried over and greeted respectfully, "Lord Burke!"

"Where's the Octagon you've been monitoring? Can you figure out his route and final destination?" Burke asked.

He had someone tampered with David's Octagon ahead of time.

Therefore, they could trace David's location.

"Lord Burke, the target has now reached the Styx Region. According to the travel path the target is taking, we can guess that he should be heading to the Royal Region where Planet Royal is located."

'The Royal Region?

'Why is David going to the Royal Region?

'How dare he head to the Royal Region after he disobeyed His Majesty's order?

'Isn't he walking right into a trap?'

Burke did not understand what David was going to do.

However, he did not care.

No matter what David was doing, it would not change his fate.

Since David was going to the Royal Region, this made things easier.

Most of the bounty hunter groups were stationed in the Royal Region.

If they found out David was going there, the bounty hunter groups that did not want to take action would also seize this golden opportunity.

"How long until the target will arrive in the Royal Region?" Burke asked again.

"Based on their speed, they might take about ten days to reach the outskirts of the Royal Region."

"Alright!, got it. Continue keeping an eye on it."

—

David was on the Octagon.

The three sat opposite each other.

"Master David, we were a few days away from the outskirts of the Royal Region.

The Royal Region is the most prosperous place in the Milky Way and our destination this time," Mia said.

"David, Mia, please come with me to Planet Royal to be my guests once we arrive at the Royal Region. I want to thank David for saving my life, and my father also wants to see you," Astrid said as she looked at David expectantly.

She genuinely wanted David to go to Planet Royal.

Once they got to Planet Royal, she could find a way to make David stay for a little longer.

Otherwise, they would part ways soon.

It was hard for her to find a man she did not hate.

Astrid did not want to part with David so soon, especially after getting along with him these days.

She enjoyed being with David.

She felt safe with him.

This was the feeling that only Astrid's father, the emperor of the Milky Way Empire, could give her.

"Your Royal Highness, we won't go to Planet Royal. You will be safe once we arrive in the Royal Region. I believe that Sangruil Sinners would not dare to sneak into the Royal Region. We still have a lot of things to do.

How about we come to Planet Royal again after we're done?" David thought for a while.

He did have a lot on his place right now.

His first task was to buy a few more chambers of commerce and spend 1 trillion.

After that, he would act once he got 10000 lavish points to break through to Infinity Rank.

Otherwise, a partial Infinity Ranker like him would not be safe in the Royal Region where the big shots gathered.

Moreover, the Tuffin family was still bothering David.

He would never be at ease until he got rid of Grandmaster Tuffin.

In addition, David was not willing to meet the emperor of the Milky Way Empire now.

The strength gap between the two sides was too significant.

If they met each other, he would not even have the right to speak.

David did not want to go to a meeting where their identity, status, and strength were completely unequal, even if the other party wanted to thank him.

"Ah? Can't you wait? Can't you go and have fun in Planet Royal for a few days?" Astrid asked nervously.

"Your Royal Highness, not right now. We have something urgent and important to take care of. I'm sorry, we can't accompany you to Planet Royal, but don't worry, as long as we finish our task, we will definitely come to look for you on Planet Royal," David assured.

"But… Well… You must come to Planet Royal to find me once you're done," Astrid said disappointedly.

"Don't worry. We will definitely do so," David said affirmatively.

Time passed day by day.

The Octagon that David and the others were riding on was slowly approaching the periphery of the Royal Region.

In the Royal Region, they would hand Princess Astrid to the people coming to pick her up.

After that, they would head to their first stop.

This was where Mia's family lived.

David wanted to set up his base camp there temporarily.

Right now, he did not have anyone, so he could only ask the Concord family to manage the chamber of commerce.

He did not care about profit anyway.

As David's Octagon got closer and closer to the Royal Region, Burke revealed David's whereabouts at the appropriate time to the bounty hunter community.

In an instant, it caused a violent shock in the community.

Countless bounty hunters in the Royal Region went to the location where David was scheduled to arrive.

However, most of the idle bounty hunters came purely to watch the fun.

After all, David was one of the top 100 most wanted people in the empire.

Some bounty hunters with low strength might never have a chance to see this happening in their lifetime.

Therefore, they wanted to come and see what was going on.

Only some top bounty hunter groups genuinely wanted to capture David and hand him over to the empire in exchange for huge sums of money.

Several bounty hunter groups were also secretly competing to see who could catch David.

This was an excellent opportunity to become famous.

Anyone who could capture David while competing with so many people could rapidly establish the reputation of their bounty hunter group and overtake other bounty hunter groups.

Hence, this could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Chapter 352

Gold Imperial Star in the Royal Region is the home of the Golden Eagle Bounty Group, ranked third in the Milky Way.

At this time, the Golden Eagle Bounty Group was holding an internal meeting.

"Captain, should we capture David, ranked 98 on the most wanted list? It's making a lot of noise in the bounty hunter world," someone asked.

"Originally, since we had just returned from hunting two adult Star Pythons, we should let everyone rest for a while to recover from their injuries. Although David is ranked 98th on the most wanted list, he has limited value to the Golden Eagle Bounty Group. We should not participate as per reason, but after David came to the Royal Region, capturing him this time was no longer a matter of value but a game between several bounty hunter groups. If we don't join in, the outside world will think we are cowardly, thus negatively affecting our reputation."

A middle-aged man sitting on the main seat said, He was Elio Aureliano, captain of the Golden Eagle Bounty Group.

"Then let's f*ck him up! The Golden Eagle Bounty Group has never been afraid of anyone!"

"Yes, let's f*ck him up! I'll go and make arrangements. David will be in the Royal Region soon, so we can't fall behind."

"Wait! The ones with injuries should just stay home and recuperate," Elio said.

"Okay, we got it, Captain."

The same thing was happening elsewhere.

Several bounty hunter groups in the Royal Region were discussing the capture of David, including the first and second-ranked bounty hunter groups.

In the end, everyone reached the same conclusion.

Capturing David was nothing, the important thing was the reputation of their bounty hunter group.

They could not afford to be looked down upon by the outside world.

Therefore, everyone unanimously decided to capture David.

For the next few days, all the bounty hunter groups in the Royal Region were dispatched to the surroundings of the Royal Region, where David was about to arrive.

They were all ready and waiting for David to arrive.

The movement of these bounty hunter groups also alarmed countless forces in the Royal Region.

They were all sending people to the location where the incident was about to take place to join in the fun, leading to more and more people rushing over.

Meanwhile, David had no idea about this.

He was still living leisurely daily while watching the two fairies perform for him.

Then, he would buy the information he wanted to obtain from the Meteor Chamber.

Although he would not get many lavish points, no matter how tiny a mosquito was, it is still meat! Moreover, he could also pass it.

Ten days passed quickly.

When David's Octagon arrived outside the Royal Region, everyone in the Octagon's control room was stunned.

'W-What's going on?'

They saw countless ships parked in the void in the distance as if waiting for their arrival.

There were black-horned ships, Octagons, Milky Way Battleships, and even a few Galaxy Warships.

'Is there going to be a war?

'Who is at war with whom?

'Are they going the wrong way?

'Did we wander into a battle between two big forces that is about to go off?' If the other party misidentified them, their Octagon would be turned into a beautiful firework in the void if the Milky Way Battleship decided to fire at them.

In addition to that, they would also be killed.

"H-Hurry, go tell Master David about this," the commander of the Octagon stammered.

His clothes were drenched with sweat.

Bean-sized sweat droplets were rolling down his forehead.

"Y-Yes!"

A staff member ran frantically out of the control room to notify David.

At this moment, David was having tea while chatting with the two fairies in the living room.

Astrid looked a little dejected these two days.

They were about to arrive at the Royal Region.

In other words, she would soon part with David, causing her to be in a bad mood these days.

"David, Mia, you must come to Planet Royal to visit me," Astrid said reluctantly.

"Don't worry, Astrid. We will," Mia replied.

"Yes, we will," David replied.

At this moment, they heard a sound.

Thud!

They saw a staff member of the Octagon barge into the door before falling to the ground.

Then, he got up quickly, knelt on the ground, and stammered, "M-M- Master David, bad n..news!"

"Why are you panicking? Get up and tell me," David reprimanded.

Mia and Astrid also looked curiously at the man kneeling on the ground.

"M-Master David, t-there are many battleships in front of us. They're densely packed, as if they are waiting for us," said the person who barged through the door.

"Okay, I get it, don't worry. You may go now," David said calmly.

David was wondering what was going on.

These should be the people the empire sent to pick up Princess Astrid, but his staff were terrified.

They were indeed inexperienced.

"Huh?"

The person was a little stunned.

'Master David doesn't seem nervous at all. Does he know why those ships are here?'

"Don't worry! I know why those ships are here. They won't do anything to us. Just continue moving forward," David added.

"Yes, Master David. I will convey your instructions right now."

After this person left, David looked at Astrid and said, "Your Royal Highness, don't worry! When we are done with our own business, we will go to Planet Royal to find you. The people sent to pick you up have already arrived, and we will send you there right now."

"D-David, I-I'm sorry…. I haven't told my father when I'll arrive, and I haven't called anyone to pick me up. So, I don't think those ships are here for me," Astrid whispered.

She did not tell her father when she would arrive at the Royal Region because she wanted David to send her back to Planet Royal.

Hence, she lied to David and said someone from the Royal Region would pick her up.

Now that they were outside the Royal Region, this lie was naturally self-defeating.

"What?"

David asked with wide eyes.

"David, I wanted you to send me back to Planet Royal, so I didn't tell my father I was in theRoyal Region. I don't think the ships are here for me," Astrid looked at David and said aggrievedly.

"Really?"

David asked seriously, looking at Astrid.

"Sorry, David!"

Astrid's tears of grievance were about to escape her eyes.

David looked at Astrid speechlessly.

'I didn't say anything, so why are you feeling aggrieved?

'If I say anything more, she might burst into tears, judging from her expression now.'

David shook his head helplessly and comforted, "It's fine. I don't blame you."

"Really?"

Astrid lifted her head immediately and asked in surprise.

"Yeah. I don't blame you. Let's go and see what those ships want."

David got up to leave after he said that Astrid quickly followed behind him while Mia was the last one to leave.

She was not worried about the purpose of the ships in front of them.

This was the Royal Region, and the emperor's most beloved Princess Astrid was with them.

 

David first walked into the Octagon's control room, followed by Astrid and Mia.

"Master David!"

Everyone in the control room greeted David respectfully.

"Hey."

David responded and looked in front of the control room.

Seeing this, even David was a little shocked.

He saw the densely packed battleships parked in the void in front of them.

They were so numerous that they were almost obscuring the rest of the void.

'What's going on?

'If they're not here for Princess Astrid, why are they here?'

Moreover, David's strong mind power felt that the atmosphere seemed a little off.

Mia was instantly scared stiff.

She had never seen such an event before.

She was scared even though she knew that no one would dare to do anything if they realized that Princess Astrid was around.

She thought there would only be a few ships, but why were so many of them there? There were at least tens of thousands of ships, big and small.

Since there were so many ships here, was there going to be a war? Mia also shared the same thoughts as everyone else.

'Did we wander into a battle between two big forces?'

Only Astrid remained calm in the entire control room of the Octagon.

She was Princess Astrid from the Milky Way Empire after all.

Although this was the first time she had witnessed such a scene, it did not frighten her.

It was because Astrid was taught by her father, Emperor Nimbus, from a young age that their family ruled the entire Milky Way.

No one dared to disobey the Barlowe family's orders.

Besides, Emperor Nimbus was number one in the Milky Way.

Astrid was his favorite daughter, so no one in the Milky Way would dare to take action against her, except for the Sangruil Sinners,who had popped up recently.

These people had intense hatred toward the Milky Way Empire, and they despised the Barlowe family even more.

As long as there was a chance, they would definitely not spare the people of the Barlow family.

If they were in some remote area in the Milky Way, Astrid would be worried about the SangruilSinners.

Unfortunately, they were in the Royal Region, the center of the Milky Way.

A place where Sangruil Sinners would never dare to appear.

Even if they came here, they could only hide their identities.

They would not be so brazen.

"David, don't worry, I'll go out and see what's going on," Astrid said.

She was the only one who could resolve this now.

She wanted to see who dared to block the road ahead.

At this moment, Astrid was no longer the quiet girl in front of David.

Instead, she was the beloved Princess Astrid of the Milky Way Empire.

If she revealed her identity, it would definitely be more shocking than the tens of thousands of ships ahead.

However, David did not have the habit of standing behind a woman.

In his opinion, men were born to protect women, not the other way around.

No matter who they were, or what their identity was, it would still be the same even if she was Princess Astrid of the Milky Way Empire.

She was just a woman to him.

Therefore, David would not choose to stand behind her.

Besides, as long as the boss did not show up, David would not be scared of these ships in front of him.

Chapter 353

"Don't go out yet. I really want to know why these warships are gathering here and whether they are coming for me," David said seriously.

Astrid was just about to persuade David so he would not act recklessly because of rage.

In the end, she did not say anything when she suddenly saw David's serious expression.

Men should be like him.

No matter what happened, they should be calm, cool-headed, and indomitable.

Her father, Emperor Nimbus, was such a man, and David was the same.

Astrid unconsciously compared David to her father, Emperor Nimbus.

Both of them could give her a great sense of security.

The Octagon moved forward, and David stared at the countless battleships ahead.

Soon, it reached the front of the group, and their path forward was blocked. Therefore, the Octagon could only stop.

After the Octagon stopped, some of the ships in front of them circled behind it to surround David and the others.

"David Lidell, you can't escape now. Come out and surrender!" A voice came from a Galaxy Warship.

David narrowed his eyes. These ships did come for him.

'What's going on?'

This was the first time he had come to the Royal Region, but these people knew his whereabouts and were waiting for him here.

Something was not right.

'Is it the Callisto family?

'Can't be.

Even though the Callisto family was one of the eight prominent families and ranked second in the ranking, they could not mobilize so many ships.

Moreover, there were so many Milky Way Battleships and several Galaxy Warships.

The Callisto family would not have this strength.

The Tuffin family was even more out of the question. Firstly, their strength was way too lacking, and secondly, the Meteor Chamber was watching the Tuffin family's every move now. Hence, David would know if the Tuffin family planned to do something big.

'If that's the case, who else had such power?'

David had countless questions in his mind.

Since he could not figure it out, then he would not. He decided to ask them straight away.

He scanned the scene in front of him with his mind power.

He did not find any Infinity Rankers.

"Who are you? I don't think I know you, right?" David asked.

His voice came from the Octagon's loudspeaker before spreading to the countless ships.

"Hehe… It doesn't matter who we are. It's also fine if you don't know us. The only thing matters is that we know you. Stop spewing nonsense. Come out and surrender now. You've wasted a lot of our time. Do you not see all of us waiting for you?"

Another voice came from another Galaxy Warship.

"You have to at least let me know what's going on after doing so much to kill me, right? Who has the authority to make so many of you wait for me here? Also, what are you trying to do?" David asked again.

"You're so f*cking annoying. How can you have so many questions? Get out now and follow me. If you behave, I'll give you some of the reward money." This time, someone else spoke.

Before David could say anything, someone retorted, "Yves, there are so many of us here, so why should David go with you? Wouldn't that mean all of us here have wasted our time?".

"What does that have to do with me? Did I ask you to f*cking come? I'll kill you right now if you dare to make another squeak!" The man named Yves barked back.

The one who questioned Yves just now did not dare to say anything anymore.

Clearly, he was worried that Yves would really kill him. Everyone knew of Yves Townsend's style. David learned something from the conversation. Someone paid money to capture him, and these people were not from the same gang.

There should be a lot of different forces here.

When Yves saw no one speaking anymore, he continued arrogantly, "Hehe, David, if you don't come out, don't blame me for going over there to capture you myself. Don't blame me for crippling you when that happens since I don't know my own strength. Who asked you to be so disobedient?"

David's strong mind power traversed the distance between the two sides and directly reached the Galaxy Warship that Yves was in. Yves was a beginner Celestial Ranker. Then, David discovered that there was actually a mid–Celestial Ranker on this Galaxy Warship.

These people were not weak!  

"Captain Kraut, take care of your dog. He doesn't have the right to speak here. If he continues barking, I'll teach him a lesson for you," Elio, the Captain of the Golden Eagle Bounty Group, said.

Yves did not dare to speak. Clearly, he could not afford to provoke Elio. David's mind power followed the sound, and it came from another mid–Celestial Ranker.