Building a Safe Zone with My Harem In The Post-Apocalyptic World-Chapter 84: Blackmail

Jade paused and turned her gaze forward, thinking carefully before speaking.

"Their leader is called the Prophet. The person changes, but their nature stays the same. Sadistic. Obsessed with destroying every civilization they encounter. It almost feels like the same person is moving between different bodies."

She continued quietly. "They’re also suicidal. As if death means nothing to them."

"Something without a face or name..." Gideon murmured. "Could that be their leader?"

Jade nodded. "Yes. That’s another name for it. Void. Whenever a disaster happens, that name appears somewhere behind it. And wherever Void shows up, aberrants follow. The bigger the civilization, the more monsters they send to destroy it."

"As for the rest, I will send you documents given by Johan’s colleagues. He has more connections than I, and honestly, helping him is the best decision you’ll ever make."

However, Gideon’s attention was on different things.

"Huh. Then it’s possible the Verdant Devourer was meant to attack Climber Rift," Gideon said.

After all, Henry had clearly failed to control it properly. The creature required sacrifices, and those travelers had likely been meant as offerings. If the ritual had succeeded, the Devourer might have left its nest and destroyed Climber Rift easily.

"When you put it like that..." Jade clenched her fists. "It’s possible. Which means they’ll never stop looking for ways to destroy my territory. Those damn zealots."

Then she suddenly leaned her head on his shoulder and looked up at him with wide eyes, her voice turning sweet.

"You’ll help me, right, Lord Gideon? After all, if my territory gets destroyed, yours will be next."

Gideon grimaced immediately. "God, stop doing that. You’re not the cute type like Freya or Summer."

Jade straightened and crossed her arms. "Fine. If you refuse to help me, I’ll tell Delilah that you slept with her daughters. Both of them." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

He laughed. "Do you have proof?"

"Oh, I have," Jade said confidently. "And I know you had sex with Freya in the kitchen during the party. Under the counter while people were talking right in front of you."

She grinned wickedly. "You know what? I’ll just tell everyone that you two had sex in the middle of the market. My market. You even traumatized some poor kid. I’ll spread pictures of you everywhere in town as the ’Pervy Lord.’"

Gideon chuckled. "Ah, we’ve moved from bargaining to blackmail, I see. Unfortunately for you, I don’t care about being called a ’Pervy Lord.’ At least it won’t destroy my territory—"

Before he could finish, a loud shout cut through the air.

"GIDEON! HOW COULD YOU! JUST SAY YES!"

Everyone nearby turned their heads toward the voice. Freya stood there, her face red like a boiled crab. She looked furious, as if she might explode at any moment.

"Ugh..." Gideon scratched his head even though it wasn’t itchy. He groaned when he saw Freya’s teary eyes and the dead glare she gave Jade.

"Fine," he muttered. "But you owe me. And you’re paying double."

Honestly, Gideon would have agreed even without the blackmail. He still needed Freebound. They were his main connection to other factions and the source of information beyond his territory. Losing access to this place would be a huge disadvantage.

In truth, Gideon had only been trying to squeeze more benefits out of Pathmadre.

Jade burst into laughter as she grabbed his hand and shook it. "Whatever you say, Mr. Pervy Lord."

Meanwhile, Freya let out a relieved sigh, though she still looked annoyed at him.

’Yeah... I probably pushed her too far today,’ Gideon thought. ’I’ll have to pamper her later if I want to fix this mess.’

Not long after teasing both Gideon and Freya, Jade finally left. She still had countless things to handle, leaving the two of them behind in an awkward mood.

Gideon glanced at Freya, but she immediately turned her head away and refused to look at him.

"I see you changed your pants."

It was the worst possible way to start a conversation.

Freya shot him a glare and punched his arm, this time without holding back.

"Shameless! Jade’s eyes are everywhere, and so are her ears! You should know that!"

"I’ve only known her for less than a week," Gideon replied with a sigh before reaching out to rub her head.

"So yeah, I didn’t know her people would report everything to her that fast. Besides, you enjoyed it too, right? And look at Jade, she seemed pretty chill."

Freya shook her head and slapped his hand away.

"Chill? She just blackmailed you! How many inappropriate things would we have done if she hadn’t told you about this today?!"

"A lot, I guess." Gideon shrugged. "But that also means it’s her strongest weapon."

He leaned closer and whispered near her ear. "So technically we can still do ’inappropriate things’ in this settlement, perhaps? Or you just want to stay here/ after all there are lots of corners we have never visited before. We just need to be more careful."

Freya’s face instantly turned red. She wanted to punch him again, but she knew it would never change Gideon’s perverted nature.

"Why don’t we go to the mercenary guild?" Gideon said casually. "I heard they can get you anything you ask for."

His last words made her pause, her eyes widening slightly with interest.

"Will you pay for everything?"

Gideon nodded. "Of course. Don’t you know how rich I am?"

Freya’s eyes lit up immediately, her hands clenching in excitement. There were so many things she wanted to buy, especially the new diesel engine called the Hybrid Generator Engine.

It could directly process the liquid inside an aberrant core without needing a separate machine first. With that, she could finally finish building the desert expedition truck she had been working on.

"Fine. But I’m going to make you poor," she said while crossing her arms and puffing out her chest.

Gideon smirked. "The only way you could make me poor is by buying an empire."

Freya shook her head in disbelief. "I wonder where you get that confidence. Let’s see if you can handle me."

"Bring it on." His smile turned cocky fast which made Freya plan to make him broke.