Chapter 1169 - 540: The Eve (II)
Game Time: 10:30 PM
Marshal Territory, Mithril City, Crystal Pavilion Grand Viewing Hall
The top floor of Crystal Pavilion wasn’t just where you would find the grand viewing hall; it was also the best viewing spot in the entire city apart from the city hall rooftop. The decor oozed luxury without being tacky, with a variety of precious plants thriving year-round under a permanently active temperature-controlled barrier. Some of the varieties were so beneficial that their mere scent was incredibly valuable, making the place feel like a perpetually blooming garden.
This kind of grand viewing hall was a standard feature in all cities bigger than a medium size, combining exorbitant prices, lavish decor, hovering service, comprehensive security, and top-tier dining. It made any wealthy guest staying there feel more at home than at home.
By the way, the grand viewing halls in Crystal Pavilion were also perhaps the safest places in Mithril City. In fact, they were among the safest in many places, if not the safest outright.
It wasn’t because the security guards were particularly fearsome or the defenses particularly thorough. Even though each Crystal Pavilion was guarded by at least one or two epic-tier powerhouses (which means most of them were of epic tier), that wasn’t exceptional. Places like Anka Market, City of Freedom, City of Light, and Land of No Master, where epic tiers were as common as dirt and advanced-stage fighters were worth nothing, one or two epic-tier bodyguards weren’t something to boast about. Of course, in such places, the guards arranged by Crystal Pavilion were absolutely legendary, but that misses the point...
The point was that from the very beginning of building this high-end brand, Gold Coin Commerce Association had thrown down the gauntlet: anyone who dared to lay a hand on guests of the Crystal Pavilion Grand Viewing Hall was picking a fight with the Gold Coin Commerce Association.
What exactly does "laying a hand" mean? It’s quite straightforward. From the moment a guest pays their room fee, they receive a gleaming VIP badge. As long as they wear this eye-catching badge within a ten-mile radius of the Crystal Pavilion without initiating any aggression, anyone who attacked them would be picking a fight with the Gold Coin Commerce Association.
It may seem like there were many loopholes to exploit, but that wasn’t the case. The badge itself was an incredibly precise, invaluable alchemical creation. Once activated by the wearer, it could transmit real-time images, sounds, and other information via the high-tech sensors hidden inside it—much like a dashcam.
Thus, Gold Coin Commerce Association could clearly know whether the owner of the badge was wearing it and the basic features of the attacker if the guest was assaulted.
Of course, if the guest wasn’t carrying the badge or left the ten-mile radius around the local Crystal Pavilion, then the Gold Coin Commerce Association wouldn’t be responsible. After all, their goal was to protect the guests, not to let them use Crystal Pavilion as a power backup to act recklessly around the world.
Historically, many had sought refuge in this way and most had their safety well secured. Initially, there were some incidents of guests being killed either in their rooms or near the Crystal Pavilion, but the Gold Coin Commerce Association proved their promise with strength. The perpetrators behind those ’accidents’ invariably met grisly ends. Even if crimes were committed by hired killers, the association invariably unearthed the masterminds behind the scenes to kill them or make their lives a living hell.
Because they had the money, they could do whatever they wanted, plain and simple.
By the way, the room rate for the grand viewing hall in the Mithril City Crystal Pavilion was 180,000 Gold Coins per night, with high-tier members enjoying a rate of 179,995 Gold Coins along with a professional foot care service.
Honestly, to buy a day’s backing for less than 200,000 Gold Coins was objectively a great deal. Whether the grand viewing hall was worth that price, nobody cared, nor were they concerned.
And before the Lord’s Allied Forces returned to Mithril City, Commander Purple Mirror of the Zijing Guard had reserved the grand viewing hall at the Crystal Pavilion for Clewo for a whole three days. Clearly, the Emperor had decided not to continue staying at the Mithril City Hall where he had previously stayed.
Considering the recent minor chaos at the Violet position during the attack on Mercury City and the injury of Commander Purple Mirror, the Emperor’s move had allowed several keen-sensed individuals to vaguely sense something...
More surprisingly was the response from Crystal Pavilion. It was said that the chubby goblin manager had rushed out personally after Purple Mirror requested to book the grand viewing hall for three days. He shook Purple Mirror’s hand vigorously for half a minute in excitement and declared that this masked handsome guy or beauty in front of him was the 163,217th guest since the establishment of the Mithril City Crystal Pavilion. Congratulations, the room fee for three days in the grand viewing hall was waived, and two VIP membership cards and three professional foot care services were included for free. Moreover, the top floor had just been tidied up two minutes ago and was ready for immediate move-in!
Thus...
"I was just idling around out of boredom, so I went to the front desk to chat with the manager under the name of the Fire Claw Territory princess, and I had a peek at their guest registry."
In a corner of the first-floor lobby in Crystal Pavilion, Double Leaf walked over to Motan with two dishes of snacks and sat down on the black velvet sofa in front of him, her mouth twitching as she said, "It turns out that Commander Purple Mirror was indeed the 163,217th guest, although the number doesn’t really matter—those goblins are quite ’serious’ about it."