Chapter 298
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Chapter 298: The Corleone Family
At the same time, at the largest casino in Laria, the Corleone Casino.
Vito Corleone is the owner of the Corleone casino and the leader of the entire Corleone family.
The Corleone’s underground power spreads throughout the Pande Empire, or rather, they have shadows everywhere in the world.
The Buoyano family in the City of Freedom is closely connected to the upper class; they are the representatives of the upper class and have many ties to Grand Duke Luxembourg and even the kingdom.
Unlike the Buoyano family, the Corleone family can truly influence politics in the Pande Empire; many wealthy people and nobles are under the control of the Corleone family.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this family is the largest gang in the world.
Even the arms dealer Russell does not dare to confront the Corleone family head-on.
Vito Corleone came to Laria because he was invited by Cardinal Ricardo.
After all, he is a Red Bishop; he deserves some respect.
Now, Vito sits in an office with a glass of red wine in front of him and a cigar in his hand, looking very sophisticated.
Just by looking at him, he could bring endless pressure to the subordinates present.
The king of the underworld did not earn his title for nothing.
"Sir, here is the list of the top one hundred and twenty of the Knight Tournament. Eight are still not revealed, but we have already investigated the abilities of these one hundred and twenty people." A man in black respectfully handed the list to Vito.
Vito took the list and casually began to flip through it.
As the leader of the biggest gang, he didn’t need to personally get involved in such small matters.
Anyway, since he had nothing to do, it was good to test the abilities of his subordinates.
Laria was the most economically developed place in the Pande Empire, and the betting business for the Knight Tournament was extremely important.
Using this to test his subordinates’ abilities was perfect.
"Karoso Colloa…" Vito paused when he came across a name, "Specializes in mysterious magic, casts mysterious spells seemingly using his followers as a medium, requires no magic power to cast, and his four mysteries are to summon a follower that must be attacked, grant that follower a One layer shield, revive that follower, and reduce the life and defense power of enemies summoning followers to the minimum."
"The fifth mystery is unknown."
"The other cards only showed one legendary weapon card, a few normal knight cards, and other unknown ones…"
"Who made this document?"
A man in black stepped forward, "Sir, it was me…"
"Take him away." Before Vito could speak, the butler in black beside him spoke first.
"Sir, sir, please give me one more chance…" The document maker’s face changed.
The two men in black did not wait for him to react much; they quickly covered his mouth and dragged him out.
"A document that is unclear will only make us a joke," Vito said as he set the pile of papers aside.
"Sir, the tactics of the other knights can be traced, but everything about Karoso is unknown. He arrived in Laria on a ship from the City of Freedom, and before the City of Freedom Incident, he was only a fourth-tier…" the butler explained softly.
"Then put up all the battle information we can find from before; the unknown is the charm of gambling." Vito twirled the red gemstone ring on his finger, "In the Knight Tournament, only the gambling on the top eight matches matters; the rest is just child’s play. There’s no need to act yet."
"Yes, sir…" the butler slightly bowed.
"Sir, about the underground auction…" Another man in black stepped forward, "Right now, many churches are sending people here, including some important figures from several associations…"
"It will go on as scheduled." Vito stretched out his hand and carefully examined his red gemstone ring, "Our reputation cannot be ruined over such a small matter."
"Yes, sir."
……
After a whole day, the audience finally chose the people they wanted to bring back to life.
Barov, the knight forced into giving benefits, three popular contestants from last year’s tournament, and three others who are good at telling sad stories, joined the resurrection army, able to compete for a spot from one hundred twenty-eight to sixty-four.
The official match is in the morning, and the chaotic competitions will be in the afternoon.
As soon as Karoso stepped into the church, a man in a black suit followed closely behind him.
"Is there something you need?" Karoso greeted him normally.
Right now, all the inns in Laria are booming, and prices for food and small trinkets have started to rise.
It is clear that the Knight Tournament is not only making money openly and through underground businesses, but it also brings a complete improvement to the city.
Since Karoso lives in the church, he doesn’t have to worry about food and lodging…
"Young Master Karoso, here is the information about the contestants we are offering, each book for a thousand Forged Coins, and it is guaranteed to be worth the price." The man in black took out a book from his pocket and said with a mysterious look, "All the detailed information about the contestants is in here."
"Does it include information about me?" Karoso pointed to himself.
"Of course," the man in black smiled. "The most important part is the battle information inside. I believe it will help you go further on your path to honor."
Without hesitation, Karoso took out ten Magic Crystal Coins and handed them to the man in black.
Karoso was never a person with chivalry; he was a practical man.
After the man in black left, Karoso began to look through the information bit by bit.
It must be said that this information is indeed very detailed, describing each person’s fighting style, their preferred cards, and their fighting techniques.
Only the information on two people is somewhat unclear: one is Karoso, and the other is Aileen.
Aileen is described as a descendant of an unknown knight, with a note added (subject to doubt, further investigation could not continue due to time constraints).
In contrast, Karoso’s information includes his battles against Carrey at school, his fight with Teresa, and his dueling with Null and others; all of these scenes and details are recorded.
Whenever Karoso fought in front of a crowd, he never escaped.
There are even some explanations of the cards Karoso used during his dungeon adventures.
Looking at the information before him, Karoso felt shocked.
He roughly understood how powerful this underground organization was.
Even the players’ stories only provided a little understanding of the Corleone family.
……
At the same time, in the hotel where Aileen was staying.
"What? You want me to buy this kind of thing?" Aileen said angrily, "This is cheating, cheating!"
"Many people will buy it. If everyone else buys it and you don’t, won’t that be unfair to you?" a man in black said politely.
"No, I believe that a true knight would never stoop to such despicable methods!" Aileen pointed at the man in black and said, "I will absolutely not buy!"
"And not just me, I believe my friend Karoso won’t buy it either. Let’s wait and see!"
