After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"Ha ha, tremble! This is the power bestowed upon me by the goddess Mana!"

Lis leaned back slightly, pointing one finger to the sky and the other in Adele's direction, striking an extremely arrogant pose while laughing loudly.

Despite being a short, half-human, he was extremely arrogant at the moment.

Many of the goddesses' blessings are extremely difficult to obtain, but the Wealth Skill and the Abyss Skill are the easiest to acquire. As long as you make sacrifices to the Goddess of Wealth and the Abyss Demon, you will have a chance to receive their blessings.

However, once the Abyss skill is used, it will attract the attention of the goddesses.

They would send down divine pronouncements, informing the local temples to eliminate those human traitors who worshipped the demons of the abyss.

Although the goddess Mana may ask her followers to make sacrifices, she will only take from them the power of the Gold Rank and their wealth. Faith in the goddess Mana will not bring them any disaster.

This is why thief gangs like theirs often worship the goddess Mana.

However, those who dare to sacrifice their entire peak Gold Rank power are a very small minority.

Lis had hesitated before—although he was dull-witted, he had become a professional in the late Gold stage by robbing caravans and stealing treasures over the years, and his band of thieves was a well-known gold thief group on the border of the empire!

In the future, it is not impossible for them to enter the Shanxi Copper Group.

But their leader, Carden, told him with a serious expression: Sacrifice! A sacrifice is necessary!

Because, in the Orion Empire, there isn't a single bandit group that's above the Gold rank that's still active!

Carden believed this was no coincidence; the only explanation was that bandit groups of Orichalcum rank or higher were not tolerated by the Empire!

Once they become a Bronze-level thief gang, they will likely be targeted by the Empire.

The path of the thieves has come to an end.

They either have to retire from their profession and become an adventurer's group, or if they go any further, they will be met with a thunderous crackdown from the Empire!

Unless they receive the blessing of the goddess Mana!

In order to persuade his underlings to make a golden sacrifice, Carden took the lead and offered his peak golden power and his vast wealth to the goddess, receiving an extremely rare gift in return—the perception of wealth!

This made Black and Liss determined.

Wealth perception allows one to roughly determine whether a target is richer or poorer than oneself. When one of them possesses the wealth skills to apply to those who are richer or poorer, they can work together to achieve a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts (1+1>3).

The balance of wealth that Lis received was also a very rare gift.

This blessing is of the same rank as the legendary abyssal skill – Obedience Magic.

In the past, they would first have the leader use Wealth Perception before selecting a target to use Wealth Skill.

But faced with two slave girls, Liss couldn't be bothered to wait any longer.

Are you kidding me? Do slaves even get paid?

Everything a slave owns belongs to the master. Even if a slave finds treasure, that income will be added to the master's income. The slave will always be the one with zero income. As long as the balance of wealth is adjusted, the slave will definitely be the winner!

"boom--!"

More than fifty gold coins quickly fell from the scales above Lis's head, crashing heavily onto the tray.

Lis laughed triumphantly, as if he could see the terrified expressions on the maids' faces.

"Haha! According to the weight of the scales—you've already lost! Kneel down!"

After she finished speaking, Adele just blinked in confusion, without reacting at all.

Liss paused for a moment.

"W-what's going on? Hasn't the assessment of the wealth scales finished yet?"

He subconsciously looked up at the sky, and what he saw made his eyes close and his mouth involuntarily open wide, almost big enough to fit an egg.

Thump thump thump thump—!

One by one, illusory gold coins fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the equally illusory scale tray.

One hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousand...

His scale tray, symbolizing more than fifty gold coins, appeared so small in comparison to the other's heavy tray!

One thousand, two thousand, three thousand...

The gold coins are still falling!

"Ho..."

Liss's throat bobbed as he stared incredulously at the scales above Adele's head.

"No...this is impossible! You are clearly slaves...how can slaves have property of their own? How can slaves have wealth that they can freely dispose of?!"

boom--!

As the last gold coin fell, Lis's voice abruptly stopped.

Ten thousand gold coins!

A full ten thousand glittering gold coins were piled up on the scale tray above Adele's head.

Upon seeing this amount of gold coins, Black and Carden, who were frozen in place and unable to move, stared in astonishment.

"obey……?"

Adele also had a vague feeling that she had taken control of this short, halfling male, including his soul.

"What an ugly halfling."

Adele glanced at Liss with disgust, her indifferent voice escaping her red lips:

"Cut yourself, halfling."

"no no……!"

Liss's pupils trembled, his face filled with terror, yet his body moved uncontrollably as he pulled the sharp dagger from his pocket and held it to his neck.

"Do not--!"

With a powerful slash of the short sword, the halfling's head flew high into the air and landed on a large tree in the distance.

Seeing his last able-bodied comrade commit suicide, Kaden opened his mouth, wanting to beg for mercy.

"put……"

Before she could speak, Adele frowned and said softly, "They... seem to be of high professional level. I wonder if they have any other accomplices."

"Sister Luna, just in case, let's take care of them now."

"Okay! Luna loves people the most, meow!"

Luna nodded happily, and sharp cat claws extended from her fair fingers, rushing towards the two immobilized thieves.

"ha--!"

……

[Ding! The host's slave has wiped out the "Money-Eyed Thieves" without taking any damage, and seized 2087 gold coins, 51 silver coins, and several treasures.]

[Congratulations, host! You have made a profit!]

what's the situation?

Mu Qiu, who was still asleep, was awakened by a voice that suddenly rang in his mind. He opened his eyes groggily and saw an invisible interface appear in front of him.

A glorious victory!

Your slaves "Adele" and "Luna" confronted the strongest gold-level bandit group in the area—the "Money-Eye Bandits"—and swiftly defeated them, slaying one silver-level bandit, one silver-level barbarian, and one silver-level ranger.

Mu Qiu: "???"

Wait a minute, what do you mean by a silver-level maid instantly killing a gold-level thief gang?

What does it mean that a gold-level thief group has no gold-level professionals, only silver-level professionals?

Mu Qiu rubbed his eyes, sat up in bed, and found that the information on the system interface had changed again.

Your "detection capabilities" have been further enhanced.

From now on, the detection range of the detection function will no longer be limited to slaves held by you or others, but will include all targets, including "slaves" and "captives".

The profits from this battle will be converted into personal wealth at a ratio of 100:1.

The total value of the treasures is 58027 gold coins, and the total value of the assets is 2087 gold coins and 51 silver coins.

Congratulations! You have gained a personal fortune of 601 gold coins, 14 silver coins, and 51 copper coins.

"You...you made a profit?"

Mu Qiu thought he had misread it.

How come he still made a profit?

"Master, master! We're back, meow!"

Outside the manor, Luna's cheerful voice could be heard.

Mu Qiu put on his coat and slippers and went out. As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw Adele and Luna returning from outside carrying a package.

"What are you...?"

Adele said softly, "Master, we encountered a band of thieves as soon as we went out this morning. However, they seemed to have gone mad and used their skills, which caused them to lose control of themselves instead."

As she spoke, she put down the package on her back.

"These are the things Luna and I seized from them. Besides a small amount of gold coins and some worthless equipment and potions, there was also a treasure map."

"Treasure Map?"

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow.

The system estimates the total value of the treasure to be 58,000 gold coins. If the treasure map accounts for the majority of the value, then the treasure inside is probably quite valuable!

"Master, would you like to take a look?"

Seeing Adele take a treasure map out of her package, Mu Qiu put it away without looking at it closely.

"We'll talk about the treasure map later; there are more important things to do now."

Mu Qiu looked in the direction of Adele and Luna, his expression somewhat serious.

"Adele, you're saying... you just left the manor today and ran into a band of thieves?"

"Ah."

Adele nodded gently, a hint of worry flashing in her beautiful crimson eyes. Her fluffy fox tail swayed, and she said softly, "I'm sorry, Master. We were worried that there were other enemies lying in ambush nearby, and they didn't seem to be in a good state, so we killed them on the spot..."

Mu Qiu didn't blame them. Instead, he nodded and said, "Adele, you did a good job. When you're not strong enough, you should prioritize eliminating the enemy and ensuring your own safety!"

"Ultimately, it's because I haven't invested enough in you guys."

"As my maids, you haven't enjoyed the privilege of taking magic potions to cultivate, nor have you received suitable weapons. Luna, go and wake up all the maids who are still sleeping. Today we're going to Radiant City for a good time!"

Less than five minutes.

Ten still sleepy-eyed orange cat girls came into the main hall and lined up in a row.

Mu Qiu nodded in satisfaction.

His maids had just been attacked by a band of thieves, and a gold-level band of thieves at that.

In order to protect his property as the master and to ensure the safety of the maids, raising their strength to the gold level should be considered a very reasonable investment!

"Let's go! Head to Radiant City!"

Mu Qiu waved his hand and turned to walk out of the main hall first.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw the mysterious businesswoman from yesterday in the distance.

The black-clad man glanced at the maids behind him. Although Mu Qiu couldn't see the expression on her face, he vaguely sensed that she seemed somewhat surprised.

"Your Excellency, it seems you... are preparing to purchase equipment for your slaves?"

"What, do you have anything here for them to use?"

Mu Qiu also stopped walking.