The Strongest Businessman

"How did you..!" The Night Arachnid stared dumbfoundedly at Dylan as if she saw a ghost. Just from her attitude and cross-referencing it with his knowledge, he was able to accurately determine her age! It was nearly unbelievable!

\'Heh. Bingo.\' A wide smile appeared in Dylan\'s face which was currently facing the ground. He raised his head and maintained the faint smile he had since earlier, "That can\'t be right. From what I know, only fully grown adult Night Arachnids, which means roughly reaching the peak the Breaking Demarcation Realm or at least three decades or four decades old at most, are able to become rulers of a spider tribe."

Dylan intentionally paused before continuing and saw that the Spider Queen\'s complexion was becoming paler with every word he uttered. "Let me guess, your parents are already dead by some unfortunate turn of events and you the only heir was forced to take the throne prematurely. Am I wrong?"

"This... No... But how...?" The Spider Queen was at a lost for words when Dylan was able to previsely deduce her age and her family background from crappy hints

Rian was not surprise by Dylan\'s accurate deductions. He shook his head and smile bitterly, \'He\'s done it again. I really don\'t know how he does it but he definitely can read other\'s mind just by lookin into tiny details. He\'s also one helluva\' monster himself.\'

"Hehe, it seems like I\'m right. What do you think would happen to your tribe if you were to fall in battle in today? They would most likely go to the surface without your commands and create their homes here because that is what their instincts dictates. Once their offspring hatch from their shells, they would forever fall prey to this forest\'s illusions. Without children to grow and replace the older generation..." Dylan slowly spoke with a faint warm smile.

To outsider\'s, this smile would be inviting and pleasant but to Spider Queen, it was the most demonic and diabolic smile she had ever seen. The Spider Queen hoarsely said, "What do you want?"

"Simple. Yield, so that you can retreat and both sides will not suffer anymore unnecessary losses or Resist, which will be a path of doom to you and the tribe that your family painstakingly built." Dylan smiled while he said the first half of his statement with friendliness and cordiality but when he reached the latter half, unmistakeable coldblooded killing intent was shown.

\'This guy... No wonder he said, leave the talking to him. When it comes to negotiations, he is simply too good!\' Rian stared at Dylan in shock and respect. He was in awe by how Dylan was flawlessly handling the Night Arachnid like she was but a fellow businessman.

"So which option does Spider Queen want to choose. Surely, you must have already chosen a wise answer. Otherwise, how could you face your parent\'s in the future." Dylan meaningfully said.

"I... I yield. I will command my men to retreat." The Night Arachnid finally admitted her surrender. She issued an order through her bloodline\'s ability which made the army retreat back to their lair through the holes they made earlier. In just a minute, the spider beast tide was gone from their sight.

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"The... The spiders are retreating?" The large and muscular member of the Ford Protection blankly surveyed his surroundings which were clear of any spider.

"I knew he can do it." Mary looked at Dylan with pride as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Captain, the spiders have retreated!" The female member of the Ford Protection Squad jumped in joy and even hugged the captain.

"That\'s a little bit tight, Sharon." The captain blushed a little as he felt his subordinate\'s \'softness\'.

"Oh, I\'m sorry about that." Sharon immediately released the Captain after realizing how embarassing her actions were.

"It\'s fine." The Captain was similarly embarassed. He looked away in another direction while using his index finger to scratch the back of his ear. His gaze drifted to a figure several meters away from them, "Dylan Ford... He really did have a plan in mind."

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"What a wise decision as expected from the Spider Queen. I can see a bright future for you and the clan. Thank you for letting us go, Spider Queen. We shall now take our leave." Dylan courteously bowed like a royal diplomat.

"Let\'s go, Rian." Dylan smiled and glanced at Rian meaningfully. He did not spare another glance to the Night Arachnid and left in a very casual manner

"Okay. You chose well." Rian nodded to Dylan and haughtily glanced at the Spider Queen before turning around. He was stopping himself from exploding with joy because it would foil everything that Dylan had set up. But, he was beyond happy when he thought how successful their plan was.

The man and puppy duo went back to the others who were already rejoicing from the departure of the beast tide. Everyone was expecting Dylan to have a victorious smile on his return but what they saw was a solemn face which somewhat dampened the mood.

"Sir Dylan, did something happen?" Mary asked in concern.

"There\'s not time to celebrate we must leave now!" Dylan seriously said in a low voice. Hearing the solemness in his voice, they immediately recognized that something bad might indeed happen.

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The Spider Queen was going to enter the underground passage with her subjects. She knew that what she had done was for the sake of her tribe\'s survival but she could not help but let out a roar because of the indignance she had in her heart since earlier.

"Damn it! To think I would have to retreat in the face of a human! How embarassing! If not for that demon dog\'s strength and my tribe\'s circumstance... Grrr! Hm...!" The Spider Queen was in the middle of her flaming when she suddenly had a realization.

"Wait a second. Why did they choose to retreat if they had the power to decimate my tribe? They could have just done it by using that demon dog\'s terrifying skills. But they didn\'t... What would be their reason?" The Spider Queen could not help but furrow her brows for a moment.

"Unless... the demon dog no longer had any ability to do so! When we were on our way up, I heard a terrifying roar that had the same aura of the gaze that demon dog used. It must have been one of the two skills he mentioned before he released that terrifying gaze. Can an infant Demonic Beast God use such skills indefinitely? Definitely not! His bloodline strength and origin energy must have been nearly depleted from those two attacks!" The Spider Queen intelligently deduced.

"No wonder that human was so keen on leaving. It was because he knew that the demon dog no longer had any strength to fight! If I only had realized this sooner, I could have killed them all! Wait, it has not been long since our retreat, they might now have even left the forest yet!" Once the Spider Queen had this thought, a cold blooded glint in her eyes flickered along with the arousal of a sinister smile.

"Hehehe, you thought you could outsmart me human? Hahaha, our wits are simpy not in the same level! Arachnid Guards! Your Queen summons you!" As Spider Queen\'s voice resounded, nine shadows came out of the underground passage.

All of the figures which appeared had an appearance similar to a Darkness Spider but the distinct feature that each one of them had was that they had humanoid upper bodies. However, these humanoid upper exterior was no where near a human\'s. It\'s skin was completely black and it\'s head was that of a spider\'s. Each spider had eight jointed legs. The arms of the upper body were similar to jointed legs but were more of blades than arms.

These are one of the possible evolutions that a Darkness Spider might have once they reached the bottleneck of their full maturity at Core Transformation Realm, The Black Arachnids! All of these spiders were at the Blood Origin Realm of spirit beast cultivation which is comparable to the Palace Establishment Experts of humans.

In the Blood Origin Realm, beasts could undergo bloodline evolution and create their Blood Origin in their Origin Cores. Blood Origin refers to the power that would grant them immense strength but also pass down to their future generations.

However, to undergo evolution, spirit beasts must be able to cross a Heavenly Tribulation. Although the primary purpose of the tribulation is to eliminate them, it also gives them unparalleled benefits for it can refine their bloodline and undergo bloodline evoltion.

The nine Black Arachnids of the Arachnid Guards are the strongest units of the Spider Queen\'s tribe which have guarded the tribe since the reign of the Spider Queen\'s parents. They are to be only summoned in critical situations such as invasion and defending the tribe. Even though they are unable to match the Spider Queen\'s cultivation, their strength can easily kill her in less than ten exchanges.

If the Spider Queen did not have the ability to control spiders with weaker bloodlines, she would have been already slayed by these guard should they defect from her reign.

"Yes, our queen. What is the adversity that you wish for us to purge?" The Black Arachnids replied in the language of spiders while kneeling and bowing their humanoid bodies. Upon reaching True Origin, these guards were able to possess fundamental intelligence which enabled them to communicate with the queen and command their men.

"We will make way to the south and kill all the humans at sight! They have invaded our land and disturbed our peace! They have humiliated your queen and sullied the pride of our tribe. In our laws, what is the punishment for such sins?!" The Spider Queen questioned in their language.

"Death!" All the Arachnid Guards answered in impeccable unison.

"Then, let us depart and slay these invaders! Follow me!" The Spider Queen declared loudly. She ran at extreme speeds that even appraoched the speed of the wind and made her way to Dylan\'s direction with and evil glint on her face, "Just you wait, human! I will kill you with my own hands!"

"Yes, our queen!" Like a series of black lightning, they swiftly moved like the wind and closely followed their queen from behind as they matched her swift speed.