Super Spender

Chapter 789: 783: Tragedy

Chapter 789: Chapter 783: Tragedy

Finn Lewis hadn’t anticipated that Mike’s pitch to him about the garbage battleships in the classroom would be witnessed by a member of the Wren Clan. This seemed to indicate that Finn wasn’t the only one at this school familiar with his own affairs. Finn would certainly not forget the Wren Clan, particularly since Caleb Shaw had sold him 100 grade one warships, based on information collected by Luna Starfield.

In all the families, not to mention the aristocrats, even among the royal family, they were considered a formidable force. This power was almost sufficient to place them within the top ten. This clearly showed just how weak the federal military forces had become.

Life at the academy seemed peaceful. Even though Finn had paid for all his purchases, he wasn’t worried about people not selling to him. Otherwise, why would Mike have agreed to the contract? It was because he feared Finn reneging and leaving him with no recourse. Don’t forget, the existence of the regulatory office. If Finn filed a complaint there, even if the nine-star royal family consisted of only himself, he would prevail.

Even without a single territory, there, the regulations would unequivocally favor Finn, not their noble selves. This was precisely why they agreed to sign the contract. By signing, the purchase became voluntary and, no one could prevent it. Even if it went to the regulatory office, they wouldn’t intervene.

However, what the Aitken Family had not anticipated was that, by the third day after they received the contract and organized to transport the goods, devastating news reached them. Unbelievably, a star pirate from somewhere had directly invaded their family star system, and had robbed the warehouse storing their garbage battleships.

Not only did they capture all the supplie and personnel in the warehouse, but they also destroyed the giant warehouse built on a small asteroid and in the nearby space, due to their dissatisfaction with the inferior quality of the warships. Along with it, the entire defense installations of the adjacent star systems were demolished, with no survivors left behind.

Moreover, all the equipment inside the entire star system had been wiped clean as if licked by a dog. All electronic devices etc. had been destroyed. Even if they wanted to, they could not determine the identity of the star pirate from the debris. If the culprits had not left them a digital message, they would probably never have known their warehouse was destroyed.

If it were any other time, the Aitken Family wouldn’t feel distressed because the warehouse mainly stored the garbage battleships along with some spare energy. Since the contents weren’t valuable, the Aitken Family hadn’t placed many defense forces there. But who expected that they would be robbed like this?

The issue was, if the contents were previously considered insignificant, that was not the case anymore! The most critical part was that they no longer had a production line. The machinery had been destroyed. Where could they find a batch of garbage battleships now?

The Aitken Family was completely devastated. This occurrence was not just any news. In less than a week, the story thoroughly spread throughout the school. Everyone who learnt about the news was flabbergasted. Was Finn lucky, or were the pirates unfortunate?

The most important part was, everyone was aware that when the contract was signed, Finn, appearing somewhat foolish, had insisted that the compensation to be 1000 times the transaction amount. If calculated like this, it amounts to 120 billion star credits. Even in comparison to the nine major royal families, it wasn’t a small number.

For a five-star noble, they might not even be able to gather such an astronomical figure, even if they sold off their whole family. The terms of the contract have a timeline of three months, but unless the Aitken Family still has the production line for the warship, solely adjusting the construction line would take close to a month.

Consequently, if after full production and just barely managing to complete the order within three months, they clearly lacked sufficient time for transportation. As mentioned, garbage warships don’t have sufficient mobility. Why else would Mike agree to such a long delivery time? It was only such an extended period that allowed for the slow transportation of the battleships.

Now, even if they were produced, they won’t be able to deliver the order. But if they didn’t deliver within the agreed time, 1000 times the penalty would be activated. Try to solve a legal dispute between a five-star noble and a nine-star royal and everyone in the nobility academy laughed. This was far from easy.