TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

Chapter 226: The noble families of Crystal City

"Young master, you are quite fierce..." Brisa's voice was a little tired but ecstatic. She was lying on Liu Yang's chest with her eyes closed.

"You were amazing too" Liu Yang smoothed the beautiful woman's hair in her arms. He was surprised to feel the pleasures that Brisa gave him.

"Young master, if you want some more services, you can wake me up..." Brisa slept. She was very tired after the long activity session with Liu Yang.

But how did that happen? Liu Yang doesn't normally do this kind of thing without being with his women.

The answer is very simple.

Going back a few hours ago ...

Liu Yang and Brisa were sitting around a table. One on each side, the two were talking about the information Liu Yang bought.

As he wanted to hear some information about the noble families in Crystal City, Brisa stayed in the room with Liu Yang.

Hotel rules say that the chosen maids must stay with guests until they leave.

"Young master, what kind of information would you like to know about noble families?" Brisa waited for Liu Yang to finish reading the information before asking. She didn't disturb him.

"Brisa, I want to know everything you know about them" Liu Yang knows that a big city like Crystal City has many influential and extremely powerful families.

Each of these families has many strong people as subordinates. Liu Yang needs to learn more about them to avoid being killed without knowing what happened.

"Young master, are you not from that region?" Breeze already had a vague idea of this.

Liu Yang asked her to buy maps and information about the surrounding regions and the creatures that live in those regions. This proves that Liu Yang came from another city.

"Yes, I am not from that region. I am traveling across the kingdom to train. This is the first time I have come to Crystal City" Liu Yang did not deny. He understood that it was easy to see that he is not someone from the city.

"Ohh Young master, which do you prefer to hear about families in? The most influential or the least influential?"

"I would like to hear information about the most influential people first"

As influential families are the most powerful in the region. It is normal for Liu Yang to want to know about them.

"Young master, the top five families in Crystal City are Farmwin, Rootdall, Frucca, Dawnguard, and Westwin. These five families control about eighty percent of the entire city, the other twenty percent are controlled by seven slightly smaller families. The division is this way because the five families have powerful support in the capital of the kingdom. Some members of these families are relatives of the royal family of the Temore Kingdom, because of this, they have great influence in all the cities where they have businesses." Brisa explained about the five families first.

"I see ..." Liu Yang was surprised to find that there was so much difference between the main noble families in the city with the rest.

The difference is very big.

(I never imagined that this city was managed by a small number of families. It shows that these five are quite powerful. I need to remember not to cause problems for them, but if they cause problems for me ... I will have to fight back) Liu Yang was thinking about this.

"Brisa, what parts of the city do these five families control? They must have big business over the city, right? "

"Young master, equipment stores, auction houses, restaurants, shopping malls, and clothing stores. Almost all types of stores belong to these five families, but each family had its specialty.

For example, the Farmwin family has control over almost every restaurant in the city, the cooks who work for the family are mostly people from another world. So their food is very different from ours, it attracts a lot of people. The Dawnguard family are experts in forging weapons, so weapon stores belong to them.

The five families have a tacit non-aggression agreement between them. None of the five families will attempt to steal customers from each other. They will only cause problems for the other seven families and some smaller noble families."

"I see"

(This is quite interesting ... It seems that people from another world are in great demand in certain segments of society.) Liu Yang understood many things from this short report.

"Young master, do you still want to know about the smaller families?"

"Yes. Could you tell me what these seven noble families are? "

"Young master, the seven minor noble families are Woodlow, Helstsu, Stanner, Watmoon, Claycus, Brideth, and Froughtt. The other dozens of small noble families are irrelevant because they are subordinate to the big families"

"I see What do these smaller noble families do?"

"Young master, in Crystal City, no one has the courage to compete with the five great noble families in the city. The seven smaller families act as city watchmen, to be more exact they are like spies of the kingdom's government. These seven families fail to match the five large families, but they are still quite influential in some regions outside Crystal City."

"This is a little bit interesting. Are the seven families also members of the royal family?"

"Not. They are just government officials. The members of these seven noble families in Crystal City are just a few low-level influential people. The real power of these families is in other major cities in the kingdom. Like the five families in Crystal City, they can be powerful and very influential in this city, but if they go to another powerful city, they will not be as influential. "

"I see ... So it means that each city has its core of influence" Liu Yang had already seen this several times in the other cities he visited. But he thought it was only in some cities that this kind of thing happens.

Liu Yang never imagined that within the Temore Kingdom there were so many powerful noble families.

Liu Yang's noble family was still quite weak, even though he is from Gold-Miner City. He needs to increase his power and expand his influence within the kingdom.

The problem with doing this is the shock against other noble families.

At the moment, Liu Yang still had no plans to develop his noble family. But eventually, he will have to do this to create a safer place for his lovers.

"Yes, young master. You're right. Each city has a group of noble families that dominate the city. The only city that is governed by just one family is the kingdom capital. The family that rules the capital is the royal family"

"Ohh Brisa, I appreciate your help. I already learned everything I needed. Here is a little compensation for your time" Liu Yang did not know the rules of the hotel, so he figured it was a problem that he had been with Brisa all this time.

"Young master, I don't need this. But I hope the young master will give me something else"

"What?"

"I want the young master"