Title: My First Trading Partner is An Awaken
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"I checked inside, Master. But it seems that this is only a storage facility used by Aswangs to deep freeze human flesh."
It was Kudiman who checked the warehouse in ten minutes. He also said that there are only 10 Aswangs inside the warehouse and 7 that are on guard.
Kudiman also drew the position of the guards and the Aswangs for the others to understand. After a brief plan, Mang Dondon slowly raised the ward around the warehouse to hide what they were going to do.
In the plan, Henry, Kudiman and Donmuc will intercept the guards while the 10 will be left to the shaman and the two albularyos.
Henry finds where to exploit the warehouse and not to be compared to the two Engkantos with him who can't be seen by the naked eyes and can still pass through the warehouse without delay.
"Henry, you deal with these two Aswangs in the rear and we do the rest of the guards in the entrance," It was Donmuc who assumed the team leader of the strike team.
After Mang Dondon raises the ward again to isolate the warehouse along with the help of his two colleagues, they immediately take action.
Henry is uncharged in the rear and he did what he needed to do. The three guards are relaxed and with his precision and strength, the coin in his pocket becomes a weapon.
"Shooooo —----"
The Aswangs noticed the sound but they didn't know where it came from and it was too late to dodge the incoming coins with the speed of a bullet.
"Ahhhhh —----!"
"Ahhhhhh —----!"
They died just like that and didn't even know how they died. They didn't even know who did it and the last thing they saw before they died was that their fellow Aswang had a hole in their heads, just like each one of them.
The idling behavior of the rear guards didn't disturb the rest of the Aswang inside the warehouse.
Thus, Henry moved towards the inner portion of the warehouse and he specifically went to the higher ground to know the specific location of the Aswangs.
In the entrance, for engkantos like Kudiman and Donmuc, it was easier for them to deal with the guards. They used their native weapon to instantly kill the Aswangs silently like an assassin.
However, when they managed to go inside the warehouse, in the middle part, they found that the Aswangs were lying on the ground and bleeding in their heads.
Some of the Aswangs had their heads exploded due to the extreme precision of Henry. Due to his strength of pseudo-E rank level and his enhanced senses, it was way easier for him to do it.
"The battle is over?!" It was Gregorio's surprise.
He knew how awesome Henry was in the first warehouse, but when he recalled that Henry had adjusted, he was even more surprised.
"Henry, I didn't know that you'd become brutal after your baptism for killing these abominations," Calixto said. "I honestly wouldn't want you to be my enemy."
Mang Dondon laughs with the remarks. Henry can only smile and comment, "I noticed that these Aswangs had a small presence as compared to what I had encountered. I tried using peso coins to deal with them and yet it works."
"We did encounter such a style of fighting in our early years but that person had some talisman in his body before he could do what you did," Gregorio interjected.
"Let's be idle after we fix this mess. We need to clean this up since it's nearing dawn." Mang Dondon reminded them.
"Master, although I would like to do what you wanted me to accomplish, the risk of exposure is too high. The most stable tree where I can transport these things is the tree we used a while ago." Banoy can only complain.
Mang Dondon frowns, "That's why I don't like to work in cities. And yeah, it's truly a risk."
"We can burn the place but the time is not enough to incinerate all the aswangs here. And yeah, there are residences surrounding the warehouse and they could immediately call the fire department to deal with it."
Gregorio analysis.
"That's not an option." Calixto frowns from their predicament.
They were used to dealing with their killings in forested or mountainous areas in their province since most of their targets are residing in those places.
However, they had neglected to include their hidden exit due to the power of Banoy who can make portals to different places and they failed to know the prerequisites of such power.
"Yeah, as you can see, although I can create portals, that's limited to trees of at least eight years old. That's the minimum to create portals within my power," Banoy explains to them.
Mang Dondon and the rest of the engkantos are aware of this but it slips in their mind as they are rushing to deal with the Aswangs.
"So there is such a case," Henry thought. Calixto and Gregorio are also dumbfounded about the limitation of such power.
"It's one of the reasons why most of our kind resides in the outskirts of the country and or to ancient trees you could think of." Kudiman added.
"Mang Dondon, can you extend your ward to reach our former entrance?" Calixto asked.
"I can't. And even if I can do it. It will still take time and effort to haul these things." Mang Dondon calmly said.
"No choice, we can only put these Aswangs in the freezer to preserve it." Gregorio said.
Thus they did the best thing they could do. With the help of the engkantos, they immediately place those corpses in the freezer. With their power, even the blood that splashes in the warehouse are collected.
"Let's go." It was Mang Dondon. The three Albularyos and their respective spirit familiars exited in the warehouse while Henry takes a small time to collect all the things inside the warehouse.
"I should have collected all the machines and containers in the first compound we ransacked!" Henry lately thought about it.
His platform storage has infinite storage and he just needs to pay 5 percent of the total weight of the things he places on it.
Thus, in a small time frame, he collected the container freezers and the rest of the machines inside the warehouse. Even the corpse and the human meat inside it were included.
There are also five delivery trucks, a 4x4 truck and a utility vehicle he collected. When he exited, everything were cleaned up except for the garbages that is in one of the pillar of the warehouse.
"Young man, where did you go?" Mang Dondon asked. They are moving towards the Balete Tree in the residential area to use it again to transport them towards Henry's home.
"I just rechecked the place again, old man," Henry said.
Mang Dondon didn't find any unusualness of Henry. Even the two albularyos didn't know that their dilemma was already solved.
Just like the first time Henry witness Banoy's power, along with the ward used by Mang Dondon to conceal their whereabouts to the waking residence where the Balete Tree was, they went into the portal again but this time, they had exited to the cotton tree inside Henry's property.
"Banoy, your ability is truly awesome!" Henry exclaimed.
"It's a pleasure to use it to eliminate those abominations, Henry. However, I am nearing my limit as I have used it many times in the past hours." Banoy replied.
Mang Dondon is also aware of this, so after they wake up Diego who is resting in the Nipa Hut, they immediately go to Bulacan province using the ability of his spirit familiar.
As for Henry, since it is still 4 o'clock in the morning, he immediately went towards the compound where they killed the first batch of their target to collect everything inside the warehouse.
There are five warehouses in the wide compound and still, no one is coming in the place when he arrives five minutes later.
Without further delay, he had collected everything.
He exploited the platform to collect the things he can possibly use like the conveyors belts, the forklifts, the hydraulics, lockers, cabinets, racks and many more.
Even the ten different cars and ten delivery trucks were collected. Nothing is left out since even the five warehouse structures are not spared.
[The host had collected 33,450 tons of materials. Since you choose to store it, the host needs to pay five percent on everything]
It was the trading platform.
Henry didn't mind as five percent is too small to give trouble to that one clan of Aswangs who choose to go against his kind.
He went back home to rest.
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"Hey dad, are you not busy with our veggies in the greenhouse?" Henry asks as he finds it unusual for his dad to do nothing and seems to have something on his mind.
Most of the time, even in his breaktime, he usually stays in the greenhouse since it's wide and concealed enough to do his thing.
Now, he is reading some files in his smartphone while drinking coffee.
"Son, tell me. Am I crazy to think that our visitors, Mang Dondon and his other colleagues, just went into the Cotton Tree last night?"
His Dad, Jimmy, frowns and mixes with confusion and fear. He was stunned and frightened when he witnessed how the old men went inside the tree.
"Are you friends with engkantos?" Jimmy asked.
Henry just smiled and knew that such a reaction is normal. "Yes dad, I know some engkantos but those old men and the young man with them are Albularyos. Mang Dondon is one of their leaders."
"And yes, one of them can use trees like what we have to make portals to move around from places to places to help people in need." Henry explains.
"Yeah, I heard about that. Even your siblings heard it. We were also shocked when we heard about your operation against Aswangs!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"How the heck —--, oh. I forgot that you already enhance your senses with the help of the potions you drink regularly." Henry said clearing his confusion with regards to his family's awareness about the purpose of the Albularyos.
"Yeah, Dylan and and your two sisters wanted to confirm to you in person about it but I told them that you just got home and needed some rest." Jimmy said as he drank his coffee.
"Thanks dad." Henry said as he also poured hot water for his intended coffee. "Remember when I told you about my trip in Bulacan last time?"
"Yeah, you told me that you had helped the Mayor's brother to deal with his sickness using the potion you made. Is this related to that? The Aswangs?"
The curiosity of his dad made Henry smile as he could see the eagerness of the old man to know the truth. Well, not an old man in appearance as his father had truly optimized his body and continued drinking it to enhance further brain capacity.
His dad now looks like in his late twenties. His white hair is gone, the wrinkles are gone and yeah, in short, everything is enhanced within and outside Jimmy's condition.
"Yep, they wanted to add the mayor's brother in their ranks and they chose to infect him," Henry said.
"Yanggaw! I heard it from your late grandfather and to mine. I didn't believe it since I hadn't encountered such a thing in my entire life." Jimmy said.
"It's normal, dad. Based on Mang Dondon, these Aswangs had the innate power of illusion when they matured, and they could choose to whom they wanted to reveal themselves." Henry said.
His dad became silent and wanted to learn more about it and as Henry moved towards his story, he became increasingly alarmed.
"You mean to say that there are clans of Aswangs operating hidden even to the government and police?" Jimmy's increasing awareness made him despair.
"Yes. Since you had already optimized yourself along with my siblings, I guess it's high time for you to know about this. That's why we have more reasons to train ourselves even further." Henry said.