Over the next week, all of Kayden's subjects were able to perform the surgery, even more so after Locke willingly shared a breathing technique to deal with pain and increase concentration.
Kayden tested it out and was impressed with the results. It was practically like having your mind immersed in cold water all the time. Everything was sharp and slow in his vision. The pain could be ignored with just a little willpower.
"Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting," Kayden said. He and his subjects were sitting at a long wooden table with different foods arranged on the table. "I will give half a billion gold coins every month to you."
"Isn't that something like 30 million gold coins each? That's crazy, Kayden!" His servants didn't know that the boy had won even more money besides the bet with the king.
