Having a king-rank Pokemon was already a big deal. Sujan had 4 tier-2 king rank Pokemon, and she was pretty proud of herself. But Axel, a 17-year-old boy, had three pseudo-champion rank Pokemon? How did that make sense?
If Axel were going to grow up in the same ratio, he would have multiple master rank Pokemon in a decade. How was the league going to deal with such a monstrosity?
"I have done my job. I will expect my return very soon.", said Axel.
"Don't worry. Like you, I also don't go back on my word.", said Sujan.
Being a commander of a tide battle, her words carried weight. If she refused to honor it, her reputation would hit all all-time low. That was why Axel agreed to help her without any written notice.
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Axel told his team to take a rest for a few days until the tide battle was over on the west side. The discussion with the mayor could only be done when the tide battle was over.
"Sir, I feel that we should train our Butcher. This time, the butcher took 200 million Poke dollars. That is a lot of money.", complained Dory.
The body of a Pokemon was filled with resources even though they were dead. Some parts of the body would be used in antidotes, while others would be used for defense, and still others for offense. There were numerous uses of their body parts.
But a certified and experienced butcher is needed to separate the body parts of those dead Pokemon. It was a common practice for any mercenary team, including those in the league, to hire a professional butcher to handle it.
The league also had its butcher, but the number was small, and with the rising tide battles, its butcher could not handle all the work.
"200 million Poke dollars is a lot, but that only means that we have killed a lot of Pokemon this time. But you are also right. Just like the school and day care, we need to set up a butcher for our team."
Axel wanted to add the butcher subject in the school, but he felt that kids should not learn about these things. So, he discarded his idea.
"But don't worry. This time, I have made a sweet deal with the mayor, and we will be getting 90% of the carcasses. We will also receive 10% of carcasses from the north and west, and 30% from the east. We are also getting 3 billion Poke dollars from the mayor.
So, we have earned a lot.", said Axel.
Dory had a bright face after hearing how much they were going to earn in this tide battle. Even though they were gaining so much, they would also have to pay the team a lot of money for the tide battle.
"How much is the estimated amount after we sell all the carcasses?", asked Krishna.
"The butcher estimated that we will be getting 55 billion Poke dollars, excluding all the king rank Pokemon."
"That is a lot of money. How much for killing almost 50 king-rank Pokemon?", asked Axel. He was excited to hear the amount.
"Sir, that is debatable. Because the carcasses of king-ranked Pokemon are extremely valuable. We also killed a four-tier-3 king rank Pokemon, nine tier-2 king rank Pokemon, and 30 tier-1 king rank Pokemon.
The average price of a tier-1 king rank Pokemon body is around one million Poke dollars. The average cost of a tier-2 king rank Pokemon is around 100 million Poke dollars, and the price of tier-3 king rank Pokemon varies a lot because they are scarce. An estimated average cost will be 5 billion Poke dollars at the minimum."
Axel cursed himself for not killing that Ceruledge. But since he had given a word, he could not go back.
"So, around 21 billion Poke dollars."
"Yes, that is right. Also, since our leader claimed the 3 tier-2 king rank Pokemon, that is an additional 300 million Poke dollars."
Everyone was happy with the money. Their monthly fixed expenses were around 600 million per month. With 13 billion, they had already recovered more than a year's worth of fixed costs.
"Now, we only need to fight tide battles to increase our investment."
"Sir, you are forgetting the 1 billion Poke dollars you promised to the family members of the dead members. Additionally, we will need to provide some form of compensation to the members after the tide battle. We will also have to deal with injuries, which is going to cost us a lot."
Dory laid out a series of expenses that they might have to deal with.
"How much is the estimated amount of expenses?"
"It is 70 billion Poke dollars."
"WHAT??? That much?", shouted Axel, refusing to believe it.
"Of course. We have 120k members. Now, I know that we will not pay all of them the same amount of money, but with an average of 500,000 Poke dollars per member, it is 60 billion Poke dollars. Another 10 billion for all the treatment of Pokemon of our team members."
Axel instantly realized that having so many members might not be a good idea. They had earned more than 70 billion, but now 70 billion was going to members and other expenses.
He felt that even $500,000 per member for a tide battle was too little. Very little. But there was nothing he could do right now.
"What about the money from other sides? Can we estimate that?"
"We don't know what they are facing. Therefore, we cannot discuss it. It is better to wait."
"Okay, I want to discuss the process of butchery and who we sell those carcasses to."
"Sir, we sell the carcasses to the delivery agent rather than top companies like Devon corporation. It is quite easy to do it and they pay us upfront.", said Dory.
"But why? Aren't we losing money by dealing with a middleman?"
"We are. But keeping the dead bodies inside the store is also very risky. They will start to lose their value, and we must deal with them as quickly as possible. Companies like Devon Corporation don't deal with us directly. They also deal with delivery agents like we do."
"Sigh, we need to change that as soon as possible. To whom do these delivery agents sell? Who are the biggest top 10 companies that deal with Pokemon carcasses?", asked Axel.
Since Dory and Ashmita were dealing with the money of Fairy Tail members, they had extensive knowledge about it.
This time, it was Ashmita who spoke. "Sir, there are only eight companies that deal with Pokemon carcasses.
1. Devon corporation
2. Silph Co.
3. Macro Cosmos
4. Greater Mauville Holdings
5. Poketch Company
6. Electric Company
7. The League
8. The Barden city
Even though Silph Co. is from the Kanto region, Devon tops the list for receiving the highest carcasses.'The league' is the league, but they don't have much influence on these areas, and 'Barden city' is a company founded by the royal family of the Kanto region.
It had just been 30 years since that company started, and it had been growing rapidly."
"Good. Now, send a letter to every company stating that we will exclusively deal with their company for 10 years if they offer a favorable price and handle the carcasses.
Also, tell them that this proposal only lasts for 5 days."
Axel had to specify the time because the carcasses would start to rot after a few days. But he believed that with his name and reputation, the companies would give them the best price."
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After a few days,
The tide battle on all the fronts had ended, and now it was time to discuss with the mayor.
Every commander, along with Gary and the mayor, was in a serious meeting, and only Axel was smiling.
"We have been able to defend the tide. I would like to express my gratitude to all of you. Now, let me give you the details of the casualty.
On the north side, the casualty rate is 45%. On the west side, the casualty rate is 54%, and on the east side, it is 62%.
I must congratulate Mr. Axel for only having a casualty rate of 0.045%, which is only 54 deaths."
The rest of them were shocked to find out about Axel's situation. Only 54 deaths!!! Sujan lost more than half of the people in this tide battle, and Axel only lost 54 members?
That was a scam. It had to be.
"The money will be distributed as follows."
At the end, Axel got an extra 20 billion Poke dollars from all three sides, including the 3 billion Poke dollars from the mayor. He was pretty happy about it.
The mayor wanted to announce the end of the tide to the public, and Axel was forced to attend.
The mayor did the right thing and said that Axel was a hero for what he had done. Unknowingly, Axel's reputation was increasing day by day.
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"Dory, it has been 5 days. Did we receive any response from those eight companies?", asked Axel.
"Sir, we got four responses. From Devon, Silph Co, Macro cosmos, and Barden city."
"Oh, that is nice."
Axel didn't hope to get a response from any of them. Most companies did not have headquarters in the Kanto region, and it was tough to change their line of work to accommodate Axel's request.
"Who gave us the highest bid?"
"Sir, it was the Barden city."
"Really? Are you sure?"
"Yes, sir. Devon came in second, and Silph Co came in third."
Axel looked at the prices that Barden City had offered. The prices of each kind of Pokemon carcasses were mentioned, but the prices were high.
The Barden City belonged to the royal family. Axel didn't know why the royal family was hell bent on spending so much money, but he had no reason to say no to it.
So, he quickly agreed to the proposal.
"How much will they receive from them?"
"Before, we were receiving 55 billion Poke dollars on normal Pokemon and 21 billion Poke dollars on king rank Pokemon. Now, we will be receiving 70 billion Poke dollars on normal Pokemon and 25 billion on king rank Pokemon.", said Dory with a happy face.
"So, the total amount that we earned in this tide battle is 115 billion Poke dollars."
He had to give 70 billion Poke dollars for various expenses, but he had still earned 45 billion Poke dollars.
That was a substantial amount of money, and he could use it in many places.
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