2025-01-06 22:03:24Instantly, Aiden felt his world come crashing to the floor. Everything was over in just how many minutes.
It was not even up to an hour, yet he was doomed. First, he was fired for no reason and was also accused of stealing money he didn't know about. Then his girlfriend also broke up with him. Now his sister's health was declining rapidly. What was he going to do? How was he going to be able to pay for her treatment? No one would be willing to borrow a penniless man like him money. How was he going to do it? "Alright sir, I'll be there soon," Aiden responded and then ended the call. At the moment, he was at a dead end and didn't know what else he was going to do. The world was already against him and he had nothing else again. How was he going to survive this? [ Ding! Conditions for Activating System met "Activating System" ] A voice rang in Aiden's head before he could do anything. "Huh? What's that?" Aiden muttered and looked around, not knowing what else to do. "Activation complete, launching System." The voice rang once again. "Aren't I going to be a little bit crazy?" Aiden muttered, his gaze darting around for the source of the voice, but he couldn't find anything. There was no one around, so it meant that no one was playing a trick on him. Before Aiden could think too much, the voice sounded again. "Launching System." "Welcome to the Empire Building System. Dedicated to creating the largest Empire ever seen." [ Numbers of Empire owned: 0 Number of companies Owned: 0 Rank in the World riches: 12233....... A series of numbers appeared and Aiden didn't even dare to read it. Rank in Alvoria Riches: 1,234,447,363,636,363th Rank in Oakridge: No Rank, definitely a pauper. ] Aiden froze, not Knowing what to do. What the heck was this? He had to be dreaming, there was no way this was real. Raising his hand, Aiden hit himself, he believed he was in a bad dream and thus wanted to wake up. "Ouch!" He yelped as he realized that it was real. He was not dreaming. Looking back at the transparent screen in front of him, Aiden didn't know what to do and just stared blankly. His heart pumped against its chest as if it were trying to find a way out of his chest at all costs. "Ding! New mission alert" The mechanical voice rang in Aiden's head, and the next moment, a screen appeared. "Be a company owner in the next twenty-four hours. Penalty: Death. The screen read and Aiden's eyes almost popped due to shock as he couldn't believe his eyes. How the heck was he supposed to buy a company when he didn't have any funds? And the penalty was even death? Though he didn't want to believe in this mysterious thing, he knew that there was nothing he could do about it; he didn't want to die yet. Many thoughts rang in Aiden's head and soon, he heard the mechanical voice again. "Ding! The host has received a hundred Million." Aiden's eyes widened in shock as he couldn't believe his ears. Hundred Million? Who the heck was this mysterious thing kidding? He was going to eat shit If that was the case. "Beep!" A loud sound suddenly jolted Aiden out of his thoughts and he looked at his phone with a frown. "Dear customer, you've received the sum of one hundred Million dollars, from account 24343xxxxx. Your account balance is now 100,000,000." The message read, and Aiden's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets due to shock as he couldn't believe his eyes. What the heck was happening? This was too good to be true. There was no way he was going to believe this. Thinking about this, Aiden looked around and saw an ATM in the distance. Without thinking, he ran forward, and with shaking hands, he inserted his card into the machine. Nervously, he pressed five thousand and the next moment, the money came out of the machine. Aiden froze looking at the money hung on the machine. His heart beating rapidly. He could feel his breath suffocating and he didn't know what to do. What the heck was happening? This was too good to be true. He had to wake up from this nightmare. There was no way he would have such an amount of money in his account. After all, he was penniless and the only money in his account was just about five hundred dollars. What the heck was happening? What was that strange thing? It called itself a system. What kind of technology was that? What should he do? Aiden wondered. All he could think of was just how he had gotten this strange stuff. Walking away from the ATM to avoid suspicion, Aiden kept the money in his pocket with trembling hands. The strange thing called itself Empire Building System. Also, it tasked him with purchasing a company. What company was he going to purchase? Who was going to sell a company to him in Oakridge City? The system had said that he was going to die if he didn't purchase a company in twenty-four hours. He was not ready to lose his life, at least not yet. This was a dangerous situation, how was he going to scale it? Aiden sighed and pushed all thoughts to the back of his mind. First, he was going to have to save his sister. Since he had the money, he would be a fool if he didn't pay for his sister's operation. Then he was going to use the rest to purchase a company. He didn't care what kind of Company it was going to be. Thinking about this, Aiden flagged down a taxi and got in heading to the hospital.
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"Sir, sign here," The doctor pointed at a place on the paper asking Aiden to sign."Also here," He continued after Aiden signed the papers pointing at another spot."Thank you very much, we'll commence with the operation soon," The doctor smiled and then walked away quickly to arrange for the operation.Aiden sighed and walked to his sister's ward. Looking at the weak and skinny girl on the bed, he couldn't help but shake his head and his eyes became red."Brother." A weak voice called just as Aiden reached his sister's side."Kayla, " Aiden forced a smile holding his sister's bony hands while caressing them slowly.His sister had been sick since she was little and their parents were not rich enough to afford the operation. After they had passed away in the ghastly accident, the task of taking care of her had fallen upon him.Her condition had gotten worse and she had been hospitalized. Because he couldn't afford the money for a full treatment, the hospital could only help give just a
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Aiden nodded and got onto the scooter and the man drove away. The man driving the scooter had a frown on his face.Though he couldn't believe that Aiden was going to have the money to buy the company, it was none of his business.He had already called the owner and told him that he had gotten a buyer.He had already been paid, so he couldn't care less if the other party was going to be able to buy the company.Soon, the two arrived at a rather magnificent building. The building looked huge and one of the most beautiful in the area.Aiden was shocked in his heart seeing this. All he thought was that the company he was about to buy was just a small company. He didn't expect the company to be this huge. What the heck was happening?He wasn't going to care anyway. All he wanted was to acquire a company.Stopping the scooter, the man alighted from it and so did Aiden. Just by the gate of the huge building was a medium-height figure in a Tang suit looking like he had been waiting for the tw
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"Host now has a company." The mechanical voice came again and Aiden couldn't help but breathe in a sigh of relief.He didn't know he was going to be able to tell the System that the company was given to him.But it seemed like that was none of the System's problem, and it just counted it directly."Host has received ten million dollars and a skill." The mechanical voice sounded again and the next moment, Aiden's phone beeped.Checking, he saw the alert of the ten million and couldn't help but smile."Skill would be uploaded into the host memory." The mechanical voice came again, and the next moment, a light screen appeared in front of Aiden reading."Skill uploading...."In front of it was a percentage bar which read 2% out of a hundred.Soon, the percentage bar got to a hundred and the mechanical voice sounded."Skill uploaded."Aiden felt a warm stream of energy flow into his head. Instantly, information poured in like a flowing stream.After a while, the stream of information stopp
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"About that sir, we'll be needing quite several things." Dominic looked at Aiden, wondering how the latter would be able to revoke the court order."You should pen it down then," Aiden suggested."That'll be better." Dominic agreed, then turned to pick a pen and blank sheet."You should list everything that we need to make the company functional again," Aiden added."Alright." Dominic nodded and began to scribble on the paper.The sharp noise from the pen cut through the silence as Dominic wrote while Aiden watched."Here sir." Dominic soon finished and handed the paper to Aiden.Aiden stretched his hands and collected the paper from Dominic, his eyes scanning the entire content."I...""Ding!" The mechanical voice sounded, interrupting Aiden, who was about to say something."Complete all the necessary steps written in the paper in a month." The voice said."Host has received five hundred million dollars and a skill." The mechanical voice continued.Just like the last time, a light sc
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"After we get a lawyer, he would be the one to reopen the case and then take it to Court." Dominic continued."The hardest part is where we would have to look for evidence that the company was innocent." Dominic sighed as he concluded.Aiden nodded with a smile, it seemed like this was easier than he had thought.Get a lawyer to tender back the case to the court, then look for evidence. And that was all. As long as they could convince the court they were innocent, it was going to be done.Though this sounded easy, he knew how hard it was. If he failed to find solid evidence, then that was the end of it.There was no way the court would want to listen to him again, so he had to be careful.Aiden sighed and glanced at Dominic who was staring at him and couldn't help but frown, after a while, he asked,"What's wrong, why are you staring at me that way?""Mr. Aiden, I appreciate your efforts to bring back the company, but I don't think we will be able to succeed." Dominic sighed."And who
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"I didn't expect to meet you here, Aiden." The lady sneered, stopping a few meters away from Aiden, staring at him, disgust written all over her face.Aiden's expression changed, turning around and seeing who it was. He wasn't expecting to meet Amelia here, but that's none of his business. She had already told him that they were not of the same world, so there was no need to bother about her."Here's my card, hurry up and swipe it." Aiden pretended as though he couldn't hear Amelia and turned to the sales girl, giving her his card."Didn't you hear what I just said?!" Amelia flew into a rage seeing that Aiden was ignoring her."Hurry up, please; I can't have some rabid dog barking into my ears." Aiden knitted his brows, turning to the girl, uttering with a serious expression.The sales girl gulped upon hearing this and quickly nodded. She could tell that Amelia and Aiden had some hostility, but it was none of her business. All she needed to do was just pretend as though she couldn't s
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Hours later, Aiden staggered out of the room, held by Elsa as she helped him back to the living room."Benjamin, remember, it's just the same way as you did to your grandfather, no difference," Aiden muttered weakly, his voice barely audible."Don't worry, he already knows that," Elsa shook her head as she helped Aiden out of the house.Though she didn't know why he had exerted himself to this point, she also couldn't blame him at all. It was his choice after all.Also, he had gotten guards for himself which was also an amazing thing. Though she wasn't exactly sure as to why he would want to recruit all the twelve men, she couldn't help but nod satisfactorily."You need to rest first, I'll take you home," Elsa sighed as he sweated against Aiden's heavy frame while leading him to the car.If it was not for the food he ate constantly after treating each person, she was afraid he would have long passed out.Getting into the car, she helped him into the back seat, then quickly got into th
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"I want you all to work for me," Aiden revealed, and instantly, the atmosphere dropped. The expression of the men changed and they flared at Aiden."Old Man Ethan has told me all that happened to you and I'll say I'm really sorry about that. But I would need your skills, which is why I want you to work for me.""As for the benefits, if anything were to happen to you during the course of working for me, then I'll take care of your family forever.""You can sign a contract about that later if you don't trust me," Aiden shrugged seeing their expressions."Now, moving on. I'll be paying you all a salary of five hundred thousand every month. And once you accept my offer now, I'll give you two million each to take care of your family problems, give you a week to prepare and come back to me,""I'm not forcing you all to accept or decline. But even if you decline, I'll still treat your injuries, so you won't lose out on your coming," Aiden concluded; his last words, though low, sounded like a
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"They should be here any moment," Ethan soon walked back to the dining after excusing himself to call his comrades over."Thank you, old man," Aiden nodded slightly, then continued to eat.Ethan smiled and didn't say anything. Though he was not sure about what Aiden had to offer, he knew he was not treating them for free.His skills were something they couldn't buy with money even if they had it. So whatever he was offering, it had to be Worth it.Benjamin, on the other hand, had long lost his appetite and was just sitting like a dummy, not saying Anything.Elsa, on the other hand, wanted to see what Aiden wanted to do. Aiden was still wondering what the potion inside his pocket was meant for.Everyone at the table had sudden thoughts going on in their heads, but they were all secretly staring at Aiden."Ring!"After what felt like an eternity, the doorbell suddenly rang, pulling the four out of their thoughts."I'll go get the door," Benjamin stood up instantly and headed towards the
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"Develop the land into a farm. And then raise the Worth of the farm to a hundred million," The System's mechanical voice sounded at this moment and Aiden couldn't help but nod slightly."Host has been given Three Hundred million." The mechanical voice rang out again, and the next moment, his phone beeped, but he didn't bother checking it.Aiden frowned slightly. He had been trying to figure out how the System worked, but he was still confused. This was the second time it was actively issuing a mission to him. Well, he was not going to refuse.Could he even refuse even if he wanted to?No way was going to happen. The System was not going to let him."Young friend," Ethan's voice came at the moment, pulling Aiden back to his senses."Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts," Aiden shook his head while smiling slightly."Don't worry it's fine," Ethan shook his head, signifying it was all cool."You did ask me how I got injured right?" Ethan stared at Aiden, bringing back an old topic.Hearing
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(The Next Day)"Here we are again," Aiden sighed, staring at the Woods family Villa right before him.The day before, he had been so exhausted that it took Kayla a lot of effort to wake him up to eat.After returning him home, she thought he was drunk and thus went to prepare his favorite meal, after which she prepared some other stuff.After waking up this morning, he was met with Kayla's stern face warning him to drink again.Aiden tried to explain he was not drinking, but there was nothing he could say, she was not listening to him.Having no other choice, he had to agree not to drink again. Well, since the beginning, he was not drinking; it was just that he was tired from treatment.He wondered why that was happening and tried to check his knowledge, but he found out that there was nothing wrong with him."Didn't you want to come? Or haven't you rested enough?" Elsa broke the silence, rolling her eyes at Aiden who was complaining."That's not the case?" Aiden hurriedly shook his h
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Hours later, Aiden sighed, wiping away his sweat while removing the last needle.The next moment, he staggered backward, almost falling, but was caught by Benjamin, who had walked in with the paste and the hot water alongside the dregs of the herbs."Are you fine?" Benjamin inquired, his voice soft while holding Aiden who seemed rather weak."I'm fine," Aiden nodded weakly and after a while, managed to balance back on his feet.He knew this was going to happen and was already prepared for it. He felt so exhausted that he wanted nothing but to sleep at the moment.But he couldn't, there were still some other things he needed to do."What's next?" Benjamin inquired, staring at Aiden who stepped back slowly "Plaster the paste on your grandfather's body, let his skin absorb the medicinal properties of the herbs," Aiden instructed, wiping away the sweat on his face."Remember, do not leave out any place. I repeat, not even a single spot," Aiden warned."Even his face?" Benjamin stared at
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"Sir, here's what you asked for," The sales girl soon approached the three bringing over a bag filled with the herbs Aiden had asked her to fetch.She had also witnessed what happened. Thus, she trembled slightly as she gave him the bag containing the herbs."Thanks," Aiden nodded slightly and took the bag away from the girl then gave her his card.After a while, the payment was complete and the three proceeded to leave the store.The crowd made sure to make way for them, afraid they were going to offend a tyrant like Aiden, so they were able to leave pretty quickly.Getting back to the car, Benjamin took the wheels once more without any complaints this time.His respect for Aiden seemed to have risen to another level. With what the latter had done to Lucas, he was sure he wouldn't suffer under his leadership.Though Aiden was the type who would protect his people. At the same time, he would be the most ruthless person on earth if he was betrayed and he could tell this."I agree with
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"And who the heck are you?" Lucas growled, glaring at Aiden who had stepped forward at this moment."None of your business," Aiden snapped, then turned to Benjamin and asked with a smirk."Haven't you always wanted to teach him a lesson?" "Yes," Benjamin nodded, clenching his fist, his eyes red and he couldn't help but remember all the humiliation Lucas had put him through.Elsa, on the other hand, shook her head in pity. With Aiden's sly nature, she was sure it was not going to end well for Lucas."Who do you want to teach a lesson?" Lucas flared up hearing what Aiden said."Don't you know who I am?" He scoffed, glaring at Aiden and Benjamin."I'm the Young master of the Ross family. I don't know who you are, but since you are helping the Woods family, you've directly become an enemy of our family,""And that's exactly why I want to teach you a lesson," Aiden chuckled and stepped forward."So do you want to become an enemy of our family?" Lucas glared at Aiden."Of course." Aiden no
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"Huh?"Else froze not understanding what Aiden meant by that. But before she could say anything, he had already walked into the store and was annoyed. But at the same time, she wondered what he meant by that.Having no other choice, she followed the two into the store."So what are we getting?" Elsa stood, her hands on her waist, her hands darting around the large store.The thick scent of the herbs made her feel comfortable and she couldn't help but nod.The place was bigger than she thought it was going to be. After all, this was the first time she was here.Aiden, on the other hand, couldn't help but shake his head slightly. Though the scent of the herb was helpful, it would become a toxic substance to the body if one was there for too long."Let's get what we need quickly," Aiden spoke, snapping both Benjamin and Elsa out of their thoughts while walking toward one of the sales attendants.He was too lazy to start picking up the herbs himself. The shop was large, and he would start
