Then Henry used 100 gray pearls, 50 white pearls and 5 green pearls to make up energy equivalent to 400 gray pearls to upgrade his Divine Speed talent.
After again experiencing two minutes that felt like returning to the womb, Henry regained consciousness. Divine Speed LV1 upgraded to LV2 - agility and movement speed additionally increased by 40%, upgrading to LV3 requires energy equivalent to 4000 gray pearls.
Impressive. The further along, the larger the base numbers became. Talents that upgraded proportionally were all types with unlimited potential.
Having finished upgrading for now, below the release progress bar were 212 gray pearls, 19 white pearls, 6 green pearls, plus 165 gray pearl shells, 249 white pearl shells, and 11 green pearl shells.
These resources were sufficient for the next battle Henry was about to launch.
Henry's reason for immediately clearing out the black market was to cut off the source of his massive bounty.
There were two sources: first was Brendan or others from the McKinley family; second was Denver's black market.
Eliminating the second source was most direct and effective.
Directly wiping out the place and institution that published and collected bounties - those assassins and desperados wouldn't even have a place to claim rewards, so how could they still have motivation to risk assassinating Henry?
Another reason was that Denver was the first city Henry wanted to control, so he couldn't allow such a powerful hostile intelligence agency to exist.
Moreover, if he could obtain this intelligence agency's files, it would definitely provide enormous help for his control plans.
What S-level, A-level, B-level purchasing qualifications?
Henry indicated that high-end intelligence techniques meant making this intelligence directly shared, or even exclusively his own.
In this savage Western world, offending someone you couldn't afford to provoke led to exactly this result.
Henry had deliberately tested that red-haired youth in the black market to see if this black market had any bottom line.
The result showed they had no bottom line whatsoever, completely deranged.
He had only arrived in Denver for less than half an hour, yet they had already sold multiple copies of his latest intelligence.
Since they were so ruthless and vicious!
Henry definitely couldn't let them continue plotting against him.
This was also why Henry finally blew up that villa - to notify all desperados: Denver's black market was finished.
Next, Henry's elimination target was the leader of McKinley Manor.
Henry was sheriff in Fresco Town, but once outside the town's boundaries he was just a commoner with no law enforcement authority.
In Fresco Town, as long as Henry sensed danger he could immediately draw and shoot decisively. Even if he shot the wrong person there would be no problem.
If Sheriff Henry thought you had problems, then you definitely had problems.
Conversely, doing this outside town would easily make Henry a wanted criminal.
In fact, many Western sheriffs of this era became outlaws and wanted men after leaving their jurisdictions.
Like Billy the Kid who died under Henry's gun - he had originally been a sheriff but later became a bandit with a $5000 bounty.
The McKinley family could easily arrange some desperados to force Henry to act, or simply have friendly sheriffs frame him, easily making Henry a wanted criminal.
If Henry were naive and surrendered, he would be even more easily manipulated.
Henry absolutely wouldn't allow such a handsome guy like himself to become a wanted criminal - not even close!
So the main McKinley family authority in Denver must die without question.
This was also the oath Henry had secretly made early on before Linda.
Couldn't let Sean wait alone down there too long.
The time was still early. Henry began tallying his other gains. He wouldn't specifically count guns and ammunition - anyway there was enough for Henry to fight several major battles alone.
Over an hour later, Henry found today's cash had increased by $64,875.8. The bulk came from several boxes of cash in the finance room on the first floor of the black market main building and a box of cash in Dressler's hidden compartment. Additionally, two people who came to trade at the black market had brought considerable cash.
The 197 people from the Dodge Gang and Hispanic gang had increased Henry's funds by $4,236.7.
These two sums brought Henry's cash flow to around $128,000, equivalent to about $15 million purchasing power from his previous timeline.
Henry happily took out 2 servings of beef steak and 2 servings of venison, plus 3 pounds of bread, and began feasting heartily with milk.
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At the same time, in Denver's McKinley family manor, the sumptuous dinner had ended. Brendan invited Richard to the study to enjoy cigar time.
Brendan exhaled a puff of mellow McNudo cigar smoke and asked Richard, who was also enjoying a cigar: "Richard, sorry for putting you in such great danger this time. I never expected that even 37 guards couldn't protect the convoy's safety."
Richard also exhaled a thick puff of cigar smoke, hiding his face behind it.
"It was indeed unexpected. Our situation was very critical at the time. Fortunately Sheriff Henry arrived in time."
"Although this might bring back bad memories for you, it's very important for our next plans. Could you tell me the details?"
"Of course. When we passed through Death Valley, we even sent 10 guards to search the peaks on both sides, but..."
After a long while, Brendan, having heard Richard's account, confirmed repeatedly: "So this time the Dodge Gang ambushed Henry while incidentally attacking you, plus there was another 70-man gang lying in ambush at Guillotine, but all these gangs were completely killed by Henry alone?"
"I only saw Henry kill the 6 bandits guarding us, plus over a dozen bandit corpses gnawed by gray wolves. I didn't witness the rest personally - it was what Henry said himself, but I believe his account."
"If you had personally seen Henry kill 22 adult gray wolves in just a few seconds, you would believe him too."
"Moreover, when we were ambushed, fifty or sixty Dodge Gang members showed themselves. Later when we passed through Death Valley again, none of these people reappeared."
After speaking, Richard took a deep drag of his cigar, then exhaled a stream of white smoke, as if trying to drive the heart-stopping experiences of the past two days from his mind.
"Having gone through this incident, I realize I'm not yet prepared to participate further in Colorado mining. So I'll return to Pittsburgh in the next couple days. Sorry I can't help you arrange a meeting with Mayor William anymore."
"I understand. I'm very sorry for the danger this caused you and your wife. I'll make compensation. Also, do you need me to arrange guards to escort you back to Pittsburgh?"
"Thank you, but no need. This time we'll return east with Henry."
"Alright then. I deeply apologize for the danger caused to you and your wife."
Richard extinguished his cigar and stood up saying: "This was all an accident. You don't need to worry too much about it. I'll take my leave."
Brendan stood up to escort Richard and his wife out of the manor gates.
(End of Chapter)
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