After these people gathered, Zhao Hai sent them away, leaving only Laura, Green, Kun, Nier, and Meg to accompany him in Faith Mansion.
They were waiting, not for anything else, but for Carlo and the others to come. Now, weren't there already several groups of mercenaries coming to Casa City? They wanted to clean up these people and then leave.
This time, they were forced to leave Casa City and the Purcell Duchy. Their hearts were stifled with anger, and if they didn't vent it out, they would feel uncomfortable.
Zhao Hai knew that in two days, the mercenaries would arrive in Casa City. When that time came, they feared that they would act. For the past two days, they had been completely well-behaved. They closed their doors and declined visitors. Faith Mansion's doors had been completely closed. No one went out, and no one came in. Compared to the previous two days, when there was an endless stream of horses and carriages, it was as if they were in two different worlds.
Although the powers within Casa City felt strange, they weren't too surprised by the fact that Laura had sent people away a few days ago. They only thought that Laura and the others had secretly left. As for the goods that had been pulled into Faith Mansion, the people from the large firms didn't care. Every merchant like Laura had their own secret passageways, and there weren't just one or two firms that had secret passageways. Those goods could be transported through these secret passageways.
Large firms had their own ways of survival. In the continent's first large firm headquarters in Central City Market, almost all of them had secret passages that led outside the city. This was almost an open secret, but no one knew how deep these secret passages went, or where they led.
It could be said that these secret passages were the last life-saving means of these large firms. They were the most secretive existence of a clan. Aside from the most core members of the clan, no one knew where these passages were. Therefore, the large firms simply didn't care about the whereabouts of the goods.
On the contrary, the attitude of Laura and the others made the large firms think of another point. One must know that these secret passages were the most important lifeline of a clan. They couldn't be used lightly unless it was a matter of life and death. Now that Laura and the others had used this secret passage, it meant that they had reached a point of life and death. This made the large clans, who didn't know that Boris was involved in this matter, really confused.
The large clans thought that Laura had done this because the Purcell clan no longer supported her. Laura couldn't defeat the Markey Dell clan, so she had to give up everything here and prepare to escape.
However, the large firms still didn't move against Laura. In their view, although the Purcell clan wouldn't help Laura deal with the Markey Dell clan, the current Laura wasn't so easy to provoke. A few days ago, Zhao Hai had entered Faith Mansion and didn't come out. These people had seen that Zhao Hai's strength was very formidable, which was recognized by everyone. They didn't want to provoke a formidable Black Magician.
On the other hand, Laura's store's business was still going on as usual. Nobody tried to snatch the business there. This was because Laura and the Purcell clan had already publicly announced that Laura had transferred the ownership of Magic Lily Store to the Purcell clan. From now on, Magic Lily Store belonged to the Purcell clan.
Regarding this news, the large firms still attached great importance to it. The Magic Lily store now controlled about 40% of the Purcell Duchy's daily necessities market. This share was really too high. In the past, the Magic Lily store was in Laura's hands. Laura only cooperated with the Purcell Duchy, so she didn't suppress them too much. But now it was different. These stores were now in the hands of the Purcell clan. In other words, in the Purcell Duchy, the state controlled a large portion of the daily necessities market. In the future, it would be impossible for them to cause trouble in the daily necessities market.
It was precisely because they knew that Laura was leaving that they weren't in the mood to pay attention to her. Instead, they paid attention to the Magic Lily store. Now that the Magic Lily store was in the hands of the Purcell clan, it was hard to say what kind of changes would occur in the Purcell Duchy's daily necessities market.
The mercenaries didn't make Laura wait too long. On the fifteenth day of Zhao Hai's arrival in Casa City, the mercenaries had already entered the city.
As soon as these mercenaries entered Casa City, they were already being watched by the Purcell clan. The Purcell clan was aware of their movements, and they even told Laura about this situation. Evan still felt somewhat guilty towards Laura, so he wanted to compensate her in this regard.
Laura was very grateful for Evan's good intentions. Although the information network in her hands could be used, Laura didn't use it. After all, the Magic Lily store was now in the hands of the Purcell clan. If the Purcell clan were to find out about her little tricks, they might not be happy. Therefore, Laura wanted to wait for the wind to blow over, and then use the information network in her hands.
In the next few days, Laura didn't stay idle. Those who were willing to follow her were sent to Fort Iron Mountain. Zhao Hai wasn't prepared to keep people in Stony Mountain. Cai 'er had already collected the Rainbow Vine, and the Dark Mist had also dispersed. However, because it was Zhao Hai's domain, without Zhao Hai's permission, most people wouldn't dare to enter.
Places where Dark Mages stayed, few people had the courage to go. They were afraid of being poisoned. In addition, the continent had clear regulations regarding personal property. Like Stony Mountain, where Zhao Hai had bought, if someone were to enter, Zhao Hai could kill them without any repercussions.
After sending those people to Fort Iron Mountain, they weren't afraid of them running away. Even if there were spies among them, Zhao Hai wasn't afraid. Fort Iron Mountain was guarded by undead, and there were also eagles patrolling the sky. Even if those people knew about the situation inside Fort Iron Mountain, it would be impossible for them to spread the news.
Moreover, in the past few days, they had also decorated Fort Iron Mountain. Laura had moved Faith Mansion's things over. Faith Mansion's area wasn't small, and there were a lot of good things inside. Before, Zhao Hai didn't decorate Fort Iron Mountain. He only placed some simple furniture, which was very rough. Now that Laura had moved Faith Mansion's things to Fort Iron Mountain, it really did have a bit of a noble's rich aura.
In the past few days, Zhao Hai led Laura and the others to carefully look around Fort Iron Mountain. He showed them the mountain lake, the mine, and the rabbit farm. Kun and Laura sighed again and again. They didn't think that Zhao Hai would be able to build such a place in such a short time.
Zhao Hai didn't hide anything from them, so he led them to the Space Ranch to have a look. Zhao Hai's Space Ranch had now been upgraded to Level 5. This upgrade was thanks to Laura. This time, Laura had brought a lot of the Magic Beasts that they had raised before into the Space. Among them, there were Polypods and some Long Haired Pigs.
With these things, Zhao Hai's Space Ranch had been upgraded. Moreover, they could now raise a hundred more animals. This made Zhao Hai very happy, so he immediately raised some Long Haired Pigs.
The Long Haired Pigs were rated as Level 4 inside the Space. Outside the Space, they were rated as Level 1. They weren't aggressive and were the most common carnivore on the continent.
Zhao Hai didn't raise too many Long Haired Pigs. Now that Higanbana shop wasn't under Laura's control, it was inconvenient to cooperate with the Purcell clan. Therefore, Zhao Hai raised these Long Haired Pigs mainly to provide meat for themselves, and also to use in the future.
These days, Laura and the others had a good understanding of the Space. They were also accustomed to the various magical aspects of the Space. But now, the most carefree one was Karen.
Since Karen got the basement of the Space's villa as a laboratory, he rarely came out. Every day, he would be busy inside. Only when he was tired would he come out to take a nap, or go outside to the prairie to relax his mood. His days were free and unfettered.
From Zhao Hai's point of view, Karen was simply more of a homebody than the otakus on Earth. If there was nothing to do, he would almost never come out of the house. Besides eating and sleeping, he would also stay in the laboratory. If he was bored, he would go outside the villa for a walk, but he never mentioned that he wanted to leave the Space.
In his own words, he didn't like to see so many people. When he was in Faith Mansion, he didn't go out of the mansion. If he was bored in the house, he would just walk around the courtyard. It had been a long time since he left Faith Mansion's gate.
Zhao Hai listened to him and was speechless for a while. Karen could be called a different world's version of an otaku. He was even more of an otaku than Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai was also very impatient. Wanting an otaku to come into contact with the outside world was very difficult. Not to mention, Karen was wholeheartedly devoted to his research. This kind of otaku was like a person who was wholeheartedly devoted to a career. Wanting to change him was too difficult.
However, Zhao Hai didn't want to change him. In any case, the Space's area had increased greatly. If he wanted to go out for a walk, he could go out for a walk. If he didn't want to go out for a walk, then he could just stay in the house. The air in the Space was good, there was no danger here, and it was also good for his body.
As for what Karen was researching, Zhao Hai didn't inquire too much. Even if he did, he wouldn't be able to understand. Karen's research was all about magic formations. In the past, although Adam knew about the existence of magic formations, with his ignorant and incompetent character, how could he come into contact with magic formations? Zhao Hai was also busy every day, so he didn't have the time to come into contact with magic formations. He simply didn't understand.
However, even if this was the case, there would still be people left in Faith Mansion every day. This was because Evan would send them information from time to time. Zhao Hai was counting on this information.
The information they received today was very simple. In the evening, the mercenaries would come to deal with Laura. Moreover, the mercenaries had already informed Evan that it would be best if he didn't get involved in tonight's matter.
Originally, Evan wanted to scold those guys and make them run away. However, for the Purcell clan, Evan endured this anger. He also told them not to make too much noise, otherwise he wouldn't be polite.