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Chapter 381: The Law of Succession in the Empire
I want to make a point here.
About 300 years ago, a certain nobleman pushed a bill like this in the aenate.
This bill was called the law of succession in the empire.
This law was different from what the feudal lords were used to.
All the noblemen had no right to appoint an heir, whether it was a duke or an earl.
All their descendants had the same right to inherit.
Fighting for the right to inherit was protected by the empire's senate.
In a fight for the throne, it could even break the empire's law.
All wars were reasonable.
So, unless one of the sons was publicly recognized as exceptionally outstanding, all heirs were qualified to fight for the throne.
The original purpose of introducing this bill was to restrict the Alliance group formed by the dukes and nobles.
To prevent them from being too arrogant, they had to work together.
However, this bill was introduced less than 50 years ago.
The originator of this bill, the noble, was killed by his own son in his home.
The war between the sons would never end.
This was the symbol.
The inheritance method of the entire empire was decided by the elders, and the strong were respected.
From a certain point of view, this further increased the turmoil of the empire.
At the same time, it also increased the competitiveness of the human race.
"From the final result, I think everyone knows that my three brothers are on their own, attacking each other. They all want to get the position of the leader of the East God Alliance."
"During the process of the three of them fighting each other, James has been preparing for war, but he did not join any side. He did this because he had long noticed the ambition of Doomsday."
"Ten years later, when the East God Alliance fell apart due to the conflict between my three brothers and became weaker and weaker, Doomsday took the opportunity to invade across the provinces."
"Even though James fought hard, it was useless. In the end, all three of my brothers died in battle, and I was the only one left in my father's bloodline."
"And as a warrior, I had no way to inherit the great cause. Everyone in the East God Alliance saw that there was no hope, so they scattered and left. However, I still have a attachment to East God."
"Ulysses took a fancy to this point, so he used the name of loving my beauty. In fact, he wanted to subdue me to indirectly rope in the remaining forces of the East God for his use."
"And you can't accept Prince Ulysses because you like the dead James, right?"
Allie looked at Lei Luo, who was speaking, and slowly shook her head.
"Of course there's a reason, but I'm not that stingy. If we can revive the East God Alliance, then I won't hesitate to sacrifice myself."
"But if the east god is able to be reborn in this way, do you think that our members will receive the glory and respect they deserve?"
"In the end, aren't we just cannon fodder, living on the other people's faces? Therefore, if East God is to rise again, he must stand on his own feet. What is lost on the battlefield can only be recovered on the battlefield. Isn't that the case?"
"I really want to know how much capital you have."
As a businessman, he knew how important money was.
Therefore, out of his professional instinct, Morton's first question was this.
"When my father was still alive, he had already obtained the title of earl for me in the empire. However, because of my woman, my father didn't want me to be too tired, so he only helped me buy the identity of an earl. However, there was no land to be granted, so I was only an empty earl. Other than that, I had nothing."
"In other words, you have no capital at all?"
Lei Luo's eyes widened.
"That's not the case. The title of earl is worth about 300,000 gold coins in the empire. You can sell your identity as an earl as well. In the end, you have no choice but to sell your title. It's nothing new in the empire."
"Although a second-hand noble doesn't sound like an official title, you can sell it for about 100,000 gold coins. That's not a problem. It's also a large sum of money."
After Lei Luo finished speaking, Morton immediately corrected his mistake.
"If it's 100,000 gold coins, then the situation will be completely different."
When Lei Luo heard this, he immediately looked at Allie with a lot of respect.
However, his eyes became lazy and unruly again.
The reason was very simple. It was because Allie had completely cut off their path.
"You don't have to think about that. The title of earl is the only inheritance my father left me. Not to mention that even when my cousin was poor, he once wanted me to sell the title of earl to help him. I kept saying that I would rather sell myself to Ulysses than sell the title, so he gave up."
"You don't have the strength at all. With such a big hat, don't you feel bad?"
As Lei Luo said this, he immediately thought of something.
"Oh right, doesn't she still have the title of a princess? How much is this worth?"
"It's not cheap. This is even more expensive than a count. It costs ten million gold coins. Because this is an honorary title, there are only ninety-nine in the entire empire. Although this title is expensive when you buy it, it's not worth a cent when you get it. This is because an honorary title cannot be sold."
"This…"
Lei Luo was about to say something bad about Allie's father.
However, he saw her unfriendly expression.
He believed in the terrifying combat strength that she had displayed in Xida City.
He could only swallow his words back down.
"Princess Allie, I don't know about them, but I personally feel very honored that you've recruited them. However, I think that since you've been able to recruit us, you must have some understanding of us."
"I, Morton, am a businessman and not a great figure. Even if I want to assist you, with your strength, I'll be honest and say that no one will be able to save you."
Morton said that he would not get involved in this mess.
"There's nothing in this world that can't be done."
Allie bit the corner of her mouth stubbornly.
"That's right, but there's a prerequisite to being able to do anything," Lei Luo said as he stood up from the sofa.
"All right, Princess Allie, thank you for your kindness. There's no need to say anything else. For the sake of sending you back, tell your cousin not to be too polite. Give each of us three 80,000 to 100,000 gold coins each. That's enough."
"We're also casual people. As for this Casa, please take him in. It's difficult for him to return home because of you. You guys should treat him better. I think that's it. Morton, what do you think?"
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Chapter 382: Recruitment
Lei Luo turned his head and looked at Morton, who was still by the door.
"If you can help me revive East God, I can guarantee that each of you will become a duke, military minister, finance minister, and prime minister. I can give all of these powers to you. I only reserve the right to fight."
"As long as you let me be the emperor, I can give you any power. I only want to have exclusive rights to the harem."
"You…"
Allie was forced to blush by Lei Luo.
At this moment, even Morton could not help but speak.
"Princess Allie, to be honest, Lei Luo and I have only just gotten to know each other today. Furthermore, he is my creditor, so it is indeed impossible to talk about friendship."
"Therefore, I did not say these words today on purpose to favor him. Instead, I said what I had to say."
"I personally think that the reason why Lei Luo said these words is very excessive, but he didn't mean to hurt you on purpose
"He just wanted to dispel your thoughts. Ever since the implementation of the 'Law of the Empire for seizing the throne,' the world has been in chaos. Sons kill fathers and brothers kill brothers, but in fact, all of this is just a facade. The general power of the empire is still in the hands of the senate. To put it bluntly, the senate is decided by the twelve dukes and kings. The nobles don't care about the small matters of the empire, but if it really involves the extermination of an entire clan, especially a large clan like the East God Alliance, how could they turn a deaf ear to it? But the East God clan is truly dead. What does this mean? Could it mean that the senate has lost control over the empire? Wrong! This means that these important figures' research had tacitly approved of Doomsday's actions. In other words, the destruction of the Eastern God clan was not what it looked like on the surface. It was not just because of the internal strife that the Eastern God clan was destroyed by Doomsday. It was because there was a more complicated and deeper power struggle among the higher-ups. Princess, it would be fine if you had the military weapons. But now, you have nothing but an empty title. Yet, you want to revive the Eastern God clan. Don't you think that this can only be described as an idiotic dream? Let's not talk about how difficult it is for you to develop from nothing. Let's talk about the Doomsday dusk that the east god enmity hates. Let's talk about those who have decided to abandon the upper echelons of the East God Alliance. Between the two of them, which one of them are you strong enough to fight against? Is it possible that they will sit by and watch you grow? Princess, the path that you choose is one that is extremely close to death. Since that is the case, why don't you sell your title and become a blissful ordinary person?"
"I understand what you're saying. I only hear one sentence. Which one of you is willing to follow me?"
This time, Allie made it clear.
To put it bluntly, the reason she came here this time was only because of Lei Luo and Morton.
It was best if both of them could be used by her.
If not, then at least one of them had to stay.
"I'm sorry, Morton, I'm afraid I'll have to waste Princess Allie's good intentions."
Morton saw that it would be difficult to convince Allie though he had already said so much. He shook his head in disappointment.
"What about you?"
Allie's gaze finally landed on Lei Luo's eyes.
"There are many things in this world that are foolish. There are also many things that are unreasonable."
"For example, when a moth flies closely to a flame. But my Princess Allie, even if I want to be foolish, you have to give me something that is enough to make me foolish, right? But what can you give me?"
"As long as you can help me build a main army, no matter who it is, I can marry him."
Princess Allie's words almost came out of her mouth, and from her expression, it did not seem like she had thought of it at the last minute.
She must have already thought of it on their way there.
According to the empire's popular organization, the current organization of a main army of an army level was about five thousand heavy armored knights, ten thousand light cavalry, thirty thousand infantrymen, twenty thousand archers, and a thousand mages, as well as various logistics troops.
When Princess Allie mentioned this condition, it gave the people in the room a shock.
Morton and Lei Luo looked at each other almost at the same time.
They were both shocked and puzzled. Both of them were stunned for a while.
Lei Luo tried to probe again.
"It's easier said than done to build a legion-level main force. I don't even know how long it will take to succeed. I'm asking for an advance payment now."
Allie gritted her teeth and stood up abruptly, saying coldly, "I've already booked a room at the side. Come with me."
At this moment, Lei Luo's emotions were very complicated.
"I'm just testing you…Don't take it seriously. Sit down first. If you have something to say…We can talk about it slowly."
"What I don't understand is why do you value the two of us so much? To the extent that you're willing to lose your innocence because of this?"
Hearing Lei Luo ask her to sit down, Allie closed her eyes.
She let out a long breath.
Her entire nervous body relaxed a lot.
The moment she sat down, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. However, in order to not let others look down on her, she forcefully restrained herself.
She spoke as usual.
"I'll be honest. Before I went to Xida City to look for Youxue this time, I had already decided that after settling my grudges with Youxue, I would leave my cousin. I want to restore the glory that my father left behind on my own. Even if I was beaten to death from the start, I would still be willing. At least when I see my father after death, I would not embarrass him."
"Hmm, it seems that you still have self-awareness. If you really did that, then you would really have been beaten to death from the start," Lei Luo said. Deep in his heart, however, he had already begun to secretly admire Allie's determination and loyalty.
At the same time, he felt sympathy for her current situation. However, his sharp tongue had become his most prominent instinct, and he could not get rid of it at all.
"I don't need you to say it. I also know that this is courting death. However, so what if I don't die? Is there any pleasure in living in this world as someone else's plaything?"
"I don't understand. What's the difference between Ulysses having sex with you and me having sex with you? Don't tell me that I'm more handsome than him? Are you more willing to have sex with me?"
"Even if I have sex with you, if I'm unhappy, I can chop you up at any time. Can I do this to Ulysses?"
Allie's patience had finally reached its limit. She finally could not help but yell at Lei Luo.
"Lei Luo, don't say such unkind words. Your mouth won't rot."
Morton could not help but act like he was trying to advise her.
Lei Luo looked at Morton with disdain and closed his mouth, not saying another word.
Allie was interrupted by Lei Luo and forgot what she wanted to say, so she asked Morton, "Where was I?"
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Chapter 383: Courting Death
"You just said that you're courting death…"
"Yes, I know that I'm courting death…"
At this point, Allie couldn't help but pause.
She felt a little awkward, but she couldn't figure out what was so awkward, so she could only continue.
"However, this time, by chance, I met the two of you. I feel that this is my opportunity."
"There's no need to mention Morton. No matter what, he used to be the boss of a large trading firm. Although he used to be a businessman, as long as he sincerely helps me and goes through a few years of experience, he will definitely become my right-hand man. As for you…"
Allie looked at Lei Luo.
"According to what I said earlier, if the entire plan was designed by you and you were able to get along with this kind of attention and complete it in such a short period of time under such a tense environment…I don't know how talented you are, but based on this point alone, I know that you are not an ordinary person. Moreover, even Morton was willing to play a cooperative role in the plan. This further proves that you are a capable person."
Allie addied, "It's just that your mouth is really too cheap."
When Lei Luo heard Allie's words, he laughed lightly.
"There's nothing I can do. I've spent all my time with my teacher, ever since I was a young boy. He always uses all sorts of theories to pressure me. If I don't memorize them, it would be more difficult for me. As time passed, it became a habit."
At this point, Lei Luo turned his head and looked at Morton with a questioning gaze.
"Morton, after listening to Princess Allie's heartfelt words, has your spirit been deeply baptized?"
Morton smiled and blinked, asking in return, "What about you?"
Five minutes later, after hearing the answer from Lei Luo and Morton, Allie left the room.
She went out to look for her cousin to announce her decision.
As Allie left, Morton walked to Lei Luo's side and asked with a smile, "Why did you make such a decision?"
"Do you even need to say that? Of course it's to make a promise with my body! Such a beautiful woman with big breasts is one of the three goals of my life."
"I'm not joking with you right now. I want to listen to you seriously."
As Morton said this, his face turned serious.
This was the first time that Lei Luo had seen Morton wearing a serious expression after knowing each other for a long time.
His serious expression made Lei Luo serious as well.
This was the invisible power that Morton possessed—if he wanted everyone around him to get serious, he could.
"For now, I just want to stand firm in this chaotic world. Everything else can be discussed in the future."
"Are you really confident that you can help her achieve her wish?"
"I'm not so arrogant as to think that I can help her achieve her wish, but I think I can help her for two or three years and then make her back down."
"I didn't expect you to be so kind."
"I can't say that I'm kind. Anyway, there's nothing I can do. I'll continue to help her so that I can train myself and treat it as some sort of training."
"I'm done. What about you? Why are you helping her again? Is it because you sympathize with her?"
"No." Morton shook his head almost immediately.
"I'm different from you. You're new to the world, but you're still too soft-hearted. I've been in business for so many years. I've seen all kinds of dirty things. Poor people."
"This world is very simple. The strong survive while the weak survive. That's all. People are people after all. I can only go with the flow. I'm a very utilitarian person. I'm not a person who only enjoys the process and doesn't care about the result. I like to pursue this result in everything, so I've never done anything that I know is impossible."
"If that's the case, why did you help her?"
"My reason is also very simple. It's because I saw some kind of outcome in you. Or rather, I saw some kind of possibility in you."
"Oh?" Lei Luo looked at Morton in puzzlement.
"I want to give it a try and take a gamble. Anyway, I'm not planning to do anything during this period of time. Just treat it as a rest. I don't dare to say for a long time. I can afford to spend two or three years."
"In the end, what did you see?"
"It's meaningless if I say this out loud. One day, you'll understand."
"I hate these words the most."
Lei Luo turned his head and gnashed his teeth in disdain.
"I know I'm useless, but since both of you are going, then I'll go too. Anyway, I'm just a vagabond, and I'm not doing well. I might as well go with you guys. Maybe I can make a name for myself."
It was Arthur who spoke.
His innocence could be seen from the way he spoke. He was simply like a naive and pure child. His eyes were so bright and clear.
Just as Arthur finished speaking, he heard Casa say, "I want to go too."
"You?"
Lei Luo and Morton's eyes widened in unison.
"Why do you want to go too?"
"My father said that the best way to get along with treacherous people is to stand with them and lie to others."
"Princess Allie is right. Although I'm not a great mission, you can easily deceive me in that kind of environment. This means that you must be capable."
"Capable people and treacherous people. When these two qualities are combined, I believe that as long as the two of you work together, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself."
"Anyway, I have nothing left. I only have some equipment left. Why don't I follow the two of you to make a name for myself? If it doesn't work out, I will do as you say. I will sell my equipment and hide in a faraway province to open a brothel."
"If it works out, just like what this brother said, I might be able to make a name for myself."
"Morton, what do you think?"
Lei Luo smiled as he looked at Morton.
"Of course there won't be any problems."
Morton revealed a smile.
At the lord's castle…
Although the East God family had already declined, because of Lord Samar's mismanagement, the small territory under his command had been in deficit year after year.
It was so poor that it had to sell military equipment to maintain it.
However, Samar still built his castle into a resplendent gold.
Even the leader of the Twilight Alliance was not inferior to him.
When Allie walked into his castle with determination, he was inside, having fun with three famous prostitutes bought from the far seventh province.
When he heard Allie asking for his sword, Samar just wrapped a blanket around his waist. Then, he summoned his cousin.
Meanwhile, the three prostitutes were still naked.
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Chapter 384: Starting From Scratch
Samar's bedroom was huge. It was filled with all kinds of sex toys and unsightly equipment.
Ever since she had come to Samar, Allie had been hearing about how promiscuous the bedroom was.
That was why she had never gone to Samar's bedroom.
When she heard Samar call her into the bedroom, Allie instinctively resisted at first.
But in the end, she forced herself to go.
And when she went into Samar's bedroom, she couldn't have imagined what she had seen.
She couldn't imagine that the second most powerful general of the east, except James, had fallen to such a state.
In such a sad and angry mood, Allie kept walking forward towards Samar's bed without looking away.
She did not stop until she was only five meters away from Samar's bed.
"Are you still not going to change your mind?"
When he raised his head, he saw Allie's silent expression.
Samar seemed to have understood something.
"It's useless. There are many things that you are not clear about. Things are not as simple as you think. What you have chosen is a path that is impossible to walk on. I advise you to consider my suggestion and give yourself to Prince Ulysses. This is—"
"I know better than anyone else how difficult the path I have chosen is, but I will still walk on. This is what is called courage. I know that you cannot understand or can even try to understand because you have completely lost it."
Samar seemed to laugh at her.
He also seemed to laugh at himself.
After a moment, Samar said to Allie, "I have an abandoned village, and there is a mine nearby that does not have many resources to mine. You can settle down there. I will give you 20 horses, some food, eight carriages, two sets of armor, five swords, and 3,000 gold coins. You can go. That's all I can give you."
"Thank you for your generosity."
After hearing Samar's offer, Allie stood there in a daze for a while.
But in the end, she bit her lip and did not let herself explode.
Instead, she coldly said these words and turned around to leave. "What! 20 horses? Five baskets of food! Eight carriages! Two sets of refined armor, five swords, and 3,000 gold coins? My god, isn't your cousin too f*cking generous?"
When Allie brought these back from Samar's place, Lei Luo almost jumped up on the spot. He covered his face with both hands and shook his head in disbelief.
Allie swallowed her saliva in shame, not knowing what to say.
In fact, Lei Luo was not the only one who had such thoughts.
Other than Arthur, everyone else was shocked.
"I personally suggest that the two of you go talk to Samar again."
After Lei Luo finished shouting, Casa almost immediately stood up nervously.
"I have a feeling that we'll be killed on the way."
Even Morton shook his head with a pessimistic expression.
"It's impossible for us to obtain more things. If you want to regret it, it's still not too late," Allie said as she turned around and walked out of the window, ignoring the scenery outside.
In his life, Lei Luo couldn't stand people making such expressions.
It was as if they were saying, "Don't worry about me. Just let me die."
Seeing Allie like this, Lei Luo immediately turned around.
"Actually, what does it matter if we have more capital or less? Everyone is prepared to start from scratch."
Arthur saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, so he came out to smooth things over.
"Things are not that simple. The senate will only start to confer titles once every ten years. This means that the people of the entire empire only get a chance to get a noble title once every ten years, and those who get a noble title only get a chance to get a fief once every ten years. And once they have their fiefs forever, they can have the legal right to declare war and diplomatic power. They also have the right to expand their territory and obtain more territory. The senate's next chance to develop a noble title will be in the next year."
Hearing Morton's explanation, Arthur understood.
"That is to say…That is to say, we only have one year and ten years to raise three million gold coins to buy the fiefdom. Otherwise, it will be ten years later."
Morton shook his head as soon as Casa finished speaking.
He explained further.
"No, there are many nobles who request to implement the fiefdom every year. However, according to the senate, the territories developed by the empire are quite limited. Therefore, this price is only the official price. If you really want to get the real territory from the senate, you will need to spend more money. If you don't have a reliable backer, the cost will be more than ten times higher."
"Ten times?!"
"That's right, these nobles bought it. After all, there are too few people who can actually get the family title. Most of them only have the eldest son."
"In other words, we have to use our current trash to earn more than three million gold coins in a year's time? What kind of joke is this? It's impossible for us to have so little wealth now. Your highness, I'm a genius, not a god…"
Everyone realized this.
Whenever he talked about money, Lei Luo's expression would turn ferocious.
However, jumping was one thing.
Going crazy was another.
Lei Luo didn't give up on his promise.
He still set foot in that small village without a name.
Since Lei Luo agreed, Morton and Arthur naturally went.
As for Casa, he was bound to die.
What else could he do but follow?
In fact, the village wasn't far from where they were.
It was just that they chose to travel at this speed, so they treasured it.
The daily journey wasn't fast either.
It took them more than half a month to reach the small village.
In everyone's mind, they thought that the best candidate to be the commander was Lei Luo.
They were not sure if he had the talent to command, and he did not say anything himself.
However, everyone still relied on their instincts and thought that he was the best commander.
However, once Lei Luo got on the carriage, he and Morton stayed in the carriage and didn't come out at all.
Arthur and Allie were both warriors, and commanding the carriage wasn't something they were good at.
Thus, Commander Casa had to be the commander.
At first, everyone thought that Lei Luo was just angry and would come out in a few days.
But no one expected that Lei Luo would stay in the carriage for a whole month.
And what was even more incredible was that Morton stayed in the carriage with him for a month.
It had gotten really weird.
Even Allie found it all strange.
One day, Allie sneaked to the carriage and peaked into what they were doing…and she didn't expect what she had seen.
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Chapter 385: Bad Guy
"Do you think this will work?"
Morton was a little excited, but at the same time, he scratched his head.
"Let me ask you, do you think it won't work there?" Lei Luo asked back.
"Actually, you've noticed all the details and it will work. It's just that no one has ever done something like this before."
"To think that you used to run a business. Don't you know that no one has ever done such a thing before, which is the biggest profit?"
"That's true, but…but the essence of this matter is to swindle the senate!"
Morton raised his head and looked at Lei Luo.
A pair of small eyes flashed with excitement.
The two big hands kept rubbing against each other.
Looking at his expression and actions, it was more like encouragement rather than dissuasion.
He was obviously eager to give it a try.
Seeing Morton's expression, Lei Luo smiled and said, "Isn't this poverty? Evil is evil."
After two months, a convoy arrived at the abandoned village.
Almost none of the buildings here were intact. Every house needed large-scale renovation.
Moreover, there was not even a single villager. It had become the world of all kinds of plants and animals.
These weeds with tenacious vitality grew everywhere.
How could such a miserable situation be described as simple poverty?
This was simply a pile of ruins.
No, that was not right.
It was even worse than a pile of ruins.
After some calculations, Morton came up with the data.
If they wanted to renovate all the houses here and make them usable, they would need a total of 50,000 gold coins.
This was not something they could afford at the moment.
Lei Luo scolded them indignantly. "It's better to rebuild it! It's much cheaper to rebuild it!"
Morton reminded him, "Allie is only a nobleman, not a noble lord, so there's no way to apply for help from the senate."
"What should we do?"
Seeing her miserable state, even Allie, who thought that she had prepared for the worst, could not help but frown.
She shook her head and sighed.
"I personally think that we should give this village a name."
"I feel annoyed just looking at this stupid place. Why don't we call him 'bad guy'?"
"Yes, let's call him that."
These were the suggestions that Allie's two most trusted aides gave her.
After saying these three sentences, Lei Luo said to Allie, "Morton and I still have some matters to attend to. We'll probably be leaving for a period of time."
Morton turned around and patted Casa on the shoulder. He said earnestly, "After the two of us leave, this place will all depend on you. This is your first time managing a territory independently. You have to work hard! Only by managing this territory well can you manage your own territory well in the future!"
After that, Lei Luo and Morton, while Allie was dumbfounded, threw the whole mess of "bad guy" to the back of their minds.
Then, they made a carriage that was arranged and left.
The carriage sent Lei Luo and Morton to the nearest official magic teleportation portal, and Lei Luo and Morton lost contact.
They had been gone for more than two months.
At this moment, Lei Luo and Morton appeared in a church.
The church was managed by an organization called the "Salvation Society."
The president of the Salvation Society was a member of the church.
He used to be a powerful independent lord, but later, he felt that he had killed too many people, so he joined the church.
Gradually, people no longer remembered his birth name but knew that he was called Priest Robert.
After Lei Luo and Morton came to the church, they said that they were willing to donate a huge amount of money to the church.
Therefore, when the two of them came, although they saw that the two people did not bring a follower.
They also did not have anything good on them, but the church still did not dare to neglect them.
The highest room, good water, and good tea were prepared and served for them.
In less than three minutes, Priest Robert personally came to greet them.
The three of them took their seats.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, without waiting for priest Robert to speak, Lei Luo said, "The two of us have always been very good at helping the world. We don't have much money in the world, but we are still willing to contribute a little more for the world-saving society."
Priest Robert nodded.
But there was not much of a smile on his face because his eyes were also very vicious.
When he saw Lei Luo and Morton's appearance, a plan arose in his mind.
The two people in front of him probably didn't just come to donate money.
"I wonder how much money you two want to donate to the association?"
"Our abilities are meager, so we can only donate a mere 20 million. Don't look down on us, president."
Hearing Lei Luo's words, Priest Robert finally revealed a smile.
"To an individual, 20 million silver coins is already extremely valuable. If there aren't many people in this world who have such a kind heart."
"President, you seem to have misunderstood my meaning. What we want to donate is not silver coins, but gold coins."
Lei Luo smiled faintly and corrected Priest Robert's mistake.
"What! Twenty million…gold coins?"
Priest Robert's face changed color on the spot.
His eyes were wide open.
This was a considerable amount of money. It was almost equivalent to a duke receiving a year's worth of taxes.
With so much money, how much could he do?
"I'm afraid that even the World Service Association won't be able to take this money so easily."
He was shocked by the figure and lost his composure.
He was, after all, someone who had once been a lord and he knew what it felt like to have such a large amount of money in his hands.
When he saw that Lei Luo was still smiling when he said this, he immediately regained his vigilance.
"It's not difficult to say, and it's not easy to say either. Everything is just a thought of the president."
As Lei Luo said this, he picked up the tea on the table, put it to his mouth, and pursed his lips. He lowered his eyebrows and only looked at the ground.
"If you have anything to say, you can speak freely. It's meaningless to deliberately make things mysterious."
Priest Robert stopped smiling and sat upright.
Morton saw that the atmosphere was almost over, so he immediately smiled and went to the side of priest Robert and said, "As far as we know, as a church, the World Service Association has ten free quotas for mercenary missions below F-rank every year."
"That's right. The senate gave us this privilege so that we can issue mercenary missions and arrest those bandits who attack our church. This privilege sounds nice, but even the highest F-class thieves only need to pay 30,000 gold coins to issue it. I wonder how this will help you two?"
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Chapter 386: Media Crystal
Robert looked at Lei Luo and Morton in confusion. He had no idea what they were up to.
"Let's say a bandit group attacked the church, and you send a bandit character to arrest them. However, a team completed the bandit character according to your requirements. Then, they only need to pass your certification. Can this team automatically get the money from the reserve center of the Mercenary Guild given by the senate?"
"Of course, since it is a free F-class quest, then naturally the reward is also given by the senate. Even if we calculate it according to the highest F-class reward, it is only 30,000 gold coins. We can only publish it ten times a year at most. This is nothing to the Senate."
"Even if I give you all these ten opportunities, the total will not exceed 600,000 gold coins."
"Guild leader, you've misunderstood us. Of course, we don't want guild leader to give this opportunity to us."
Morton paused for a moment.
"Guild leader, have you ever thought about the possibility of you submitting an F-grade bandit mission?"
"After that, did you think that because you were busy with official business, you set the completion of this bandit mission as an automatic magic authentication?"
"Automatic Magic Authentication?"
"That's right. For example, as long as you set it to obtain the blood authentication of the bandit, you would be deemed to have succeeded in capturing him. After that, a team, after going through a lot of hardships, finally captured the bandit leader and used him to pass the magic authentication."
"Guild leader, at this time, will you be able to receive this sum of money on the Mercenary Guild's Mission Card?"
Even after hearing this, Priest Robert still didn't quite understand what these two people were trying to say.
He didn't say anything and just nodded.
"After receiving this amount of money, Ann said that this team should hand over the bandit leader to the guild leader, but unfortunately, the moment they received the money, this cunning bandit leader actually ran away again."
"So, after going through a lot of hardships, the team caught the leader of the bandits again. Originally, they shouldn't have accepted the money, but the leader of the team was a little greedy, so he passed the certification again. Then, would he be able to get another sum of money from the Empire Assembly?"
"That's impossible. After the mission is completed, the mission will be canceled. It's impossible for him to have the time to get the certification twice."
"That might not be the case. As far as I know, because of the complexity of the Senate's affairs, they have divided the departments very meticulously."
"For example, the announcement of the thief mission belongs to the mercenary guild, and the issuance and cancellation of the thief mission is another part. The confirmation of the completion of the thief mission and the submission of the reward is another department."
"The logic of the thief mission is like this. After we complete the mission, we first go to the Mercenary Guild's Department for Certification. After the Mercenary Guild receives the confirmation from the publisher, they then send the message to the acceptance department of the thief mission to cancel the mission, and then the Management Department of the Thief Mission Reserve will send the confirmation of the reward. After the acceptance department of the thief mission receives the message, it confirms the cancellation of the mission and then sends a message back to the certification department of the thief mission to cancel the certification. Even with the current speed of the transmission of magic information, a message needs an intermediary to spread to the entire empire. In other words, if the part in the hands of the thief mission is placed between the third province's intermediary and the next one, there will be a delay if the distance between the two is more than a certain distance. Let's also assume that if the part in the hands of the thief mission's intermediary crystal is placed between the third province's intermediary and the receiving department of the thief mission, there will be a delay of more than ten minutes. This is impossible. The senate has placed media crystals in every province. The distance between each other is not too far, so it is impossible to create so many delays."
Hearing this, Priest Robert immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"That's true, but what if the media crystal of a certain council of elders happens to be destroyed, then can this only be sent to the nearest other media crystal?"
This was what Lei Luo said.
But as the instigator, he couldn't help but smile a little smugly.
"And based on my personal premonition, this intermediary crystal that's about to be destroyed happens to be the closest crystal to this place. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"
Hearing this, he would be a fool if he didn't understand.
Robert shook his head in disbelief.
"And how many times do you have to complete this mission within these ten minutes?"
"You can't say that. Although the senate is rich, they will still be anxious if they lose too much meat. We should just stop where we are."
Robert raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him with his brilliant smile.
It was difficult for him to describe him as shameless.
"You know I can't refuse you, right?"
The two people in front of him had already accurately exposed their thoughts.
The doubts that Priest Robert had in his heart had disappeared.
On the surface, it was time for him to make a decision.
But in reality, he knew that the other party already knew his situation.
"Eight years ago, the Salan Mutual Aid Association had just closed down. More than 20 million poor people who relied on the Salan Mutual Aid Association had lost their livelihood guarantee. No lord has ever received such a large number of incompetent refugees, and the senate has never had the habit of helping, even though I personally feel that they have the obligation to help the weak. In the end, it was the president who took over the Salan Mutual Aid Association's list, which made both of us deeply admire him. I believe that in the third province, there should be many people who admire the president as much as we do. But sympathy and admiration, which have no cost, are things that no one will give. As for actually escaping with the money, that's another matter."
"Although the president has tried his best to do all kinds of publicity, the donations you received are only a drop in the ocean compared to the expenses of the World Service Association."
"The president once applied for funds from the Elder Council, but it was delayed by all kinds of complicated procedures. Even if the money was stripped away, it would not exceed one million gold coins."
"Now, all the funds of the society can only be supported by the president himself. However, this is not a long-term solution after all. If there are no new assets to be injected into society. In that case, within a year, I think that the Society of elders will not be as good as the Salan Mutual Aid Society."
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Chapter 387: Thief Mission
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"You guys have calculated it very clearly. It seems that you have made sufficient preparations beforehand."
"Of course. After all, we are taking food from a tiger's mouth. How could we come here unprepared?"
"Is the person you arranged in the medium crystal reliable?"
"An ordinary mage. Even though he works for the Mercenary Guild, his monthly income is only 30 silver coins. We only need to let him accidentally knock on the medium crystal and he will be able to earn 10,000 gold coins. In addition, he doesn't have any specialties, but he still has the dream of becoming rich…"
Before Lei Luo could finish his words, he was interrupted by Priest Robert.
"All right, we won't discuss this person, but if the magicians of the senate sense it, they would rush over as well."
"What a coincidence. On that day, a part of the teleportation magic circle of the Senate was damaged and could not be used, and one person would receive another ten thousand gold coins."
Priest Robert sat quietly.
He began to think of any loopholes in this matter.
The reason why his reaction was slow was not that he was much dumber than Lei Luo.
After all, he was once an independent lord.
However, he had never thought of doing such a dirty trick in his life, so it was understandable that his reaction was quite slow.
"If you want to get so many gold coins, you need to send a carriage to get them. If you want to get so many gold coins, you need a special carriage team to get them. Moreover, it will take time for your carriage team to go to the mercenary guild's vault to receive the money. If the mercenary guild reacts during this time, what will you do?"
"Once we confirm that the thief quest's vault has given this amount of gold coins, we will immediately exchange this money into silver coins through the exchange firm. Then, all the silver coins will be transferred into a designated amethyst card, and then it will mysteriously disappear."
"Trading firm exchange? Gold coins for silver coins, just the handling fee alone will lose two-thirds."
"That doesn't matter. We only need to triple the number of times that quest is submitted."
"How can you ensure that the mercenary guild won't be able to find out after your silver coins enter the Chamber of Commerce?"
Hearing Lei Luo Point at him, Morton said confidently, "My partner was once the most outstanding boss of the trading firm in the third province. He was once the President of Morton Chamber of Commerce."
"Speaking of these methods, I know more than the Mercenary Guild."
"If that mage is caught, then…"
"We are registered with the lowest level mercenary group. The highest level of missions we can accept is F-grade. The businesses that accept gold coins may leave traces behind."
"However, the people you mentioned above will disappear without a trace within the empire, as if they never existed in this world."
When Lei Luo said this, he looked at Priest Robert and smiled.
"Since you were once an outstanding lord, I think you should know that to the masses of civilians, the senate is simply a tax collection agency."
"It doesn't have a strong governing mechanism for the common people. Those seemingly strict management systems are only effective for honest people, but it's meaningless for smart people."
"Okay, one last question. How much money do you want from the senate and the Mercenary Guild?"
"Ninety million gold coins, and we just promised the president twenty million gold coins. We will get the remaining money."
Priest Robert picked up the teacup and drank a mouthful of water. When he put down the teacup, he said, "Then I'm afraid you can only get fifty million gold coins."
Morton immediately raised his head and glared at Priest Robert.
Meanwhile, Lei Luo was filled with resentment, but he still smiled and said, "President, I'm afraid this is not very fair, right?"
"There's nothing unfair about it. You can make other evidence and insiders disappear, but you can't make an insider disappear, because he still has to manage the livelihood of thousands of refugees."
"Even if it's a secret fee, it won't be as much as forty million, right?" Lei Luo answered with a smile.
"If it's a secret fee, of course it won't be that much, but if you add in the responsibility fee, then this price can be considered benevolent and righteous."
When Priest Robert said this, he also glanced at Lei Luo.
"Everything you've done seems to be ingenious, but in reality, there can only be one result, and that is to have the senate assembly point all the blame at me. In the end, they will definitely think that all of this was instigated by me behind the scenes. Do you think that this responsibility is worth forty million?"
"Even so, the senate is only guessing and there is no direct evidence. They have no way to punish you."
"Our society needs to ask for money from the Senate every year."
"According to the rules of the senate and the Citizens' Congress, each union cannot lose more than 100 million, while we only need 90 million. Therefore, the impact of this matter is limited to the mercenary union."
"The nobles in the senate won't even know about this matter, so this matter has no effect on you applying for assistance from the senate."
"Fifty million is the highest price I have given. I believe that the amount of money you have invested in this matter so far will not exceed 30,000 gold coins. This is a thousand times the profit, you should be satisfied."
After Priest Robert finished speaking, he turned his face away.
Lei Luo and Morton looked at each other. They knew that they could not win against this priest.
"All right, that's it then. We have two addresses here. These are the two key figures that we promised to pay 10,000 gold coins to. Please give them the money within three days."
Lei Luo shook his head helplessly.
A week later, the church of salvation issued an F-class bandit mission.
They claimed that their church was attacked by unknown bandits.
Because of the help of adventurers, they captured the bandit leader during the battle and obtained his blood.
But they claimed that the cunning bandit leader escaped while the guards were caught off guard.
The Salvation Society was extremely indignant about the attack on the church.
Hence, they issued this mission.
They also changed the method of completing the mission from wiping out the enemy bandit group to capturing the leader of the bandits.
As long as the blood and magic authentication were completed, the mission would be considered completed.
The reward for this mission was 10,000 gold coins, which was the highest reward for an F-grade bandit mission.
The mission had been released for a whole week, but no lord or mercenary group had found any information about this bandit leader.
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Chapter 388: Completed 9,000 Times
The reason was simple. This person was created by Lei Luo using magic.
How could he be found in the real world?
On the eighth day after the mission was released, a newly formed mercenary group named "It's so damn hard to choose a name" completed the mission.
They completed the mission extremely well. It was simply unprecedented because they had completed this mission 9000 times in less than six minutes.
Because the mission rewards were distributed by themselves, no one needed to review them.
These rewards were also transferred to the mercenary group's account.
Soon, this money was converted into silver coins and entered the empire's largest Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce. After an extremely complicated exchange, the money disappeared like a cloud.
If the mercenary union knew how to look up the money, then they would have to pay a special information inquiry fee to the Chamber of Commerce.
This fee was one-thousandth of the inquiry fee.
After tracking down more than twenty chambers of commerce in a row, the mercenary assembly gave up because they realized that they might need to pay ten times the amount of gold coins taken from them just to be able to track down the money.
This was only a possibility.
A few days later, in the third province, the most famous place for profligacy and the paradise of the playboy and nouveau riche…
After a month of debauchery, the originally passionate Lei Luo gradually became tired of this kind of life.
He began to realize that what he originally desired, in fact, could not really satisfy him.
The reason why he desired so much was simply because he lacked them.
When he truly had them, he felt bored.
On this day, after having an in-depth exchange with the eighty-sixth big-breasted beauty who came to the depraved system, Lei Luo paid them a thousand gold coins to leave.
Then, he collapsed in the bathtub and looked out of the window in boredom.
Lying in the bathtub, Lei Luo shouted loudly, "It's about time to go back. I wonder how the situation with the big-breasted violent woman is."
"It's really out of my expectations. You actually want to go back so quickly?"
Morton, who was holding a pipe in his mouth, walked out of the study and walked to the bathroom door. He smiled and spoke to Lei Luo, who was in the bathtub.
"Well, I think I've had enough fun. There's no point in going back and forth with those things. Alas, I'm still in the village, thinking about it day and night. After experiencing it, I feel that it's nothing more than this."
"No wonder you looked dispirited after coming here. It's true that you've been here before."
Lei Luo stretched out his hand and patted the foam on the water surface.
"You're much stronger than me. When I first came to the fallen capital, I stayed here for a whole year and couldn't bear to leave…"
Morton exhaled a long puff of white smoke.
"Well, speaking of which, I've been with you for a few months, but I actually don't know much about you. You've never told me about your past."
"Past? You're interested in my past?"
"I'm interested in it, of course. What I'm most interested in is, how did you start from scratch in such a short period of time? And how did you collapse?"
"Starting the price, it's very complicated. After so many years of struggle, it's not something that can be explained in a few words."
"However, the reason why I can start the price so quickly is because of a person's help. If that person didn't give me three million gold coins as the capital, I might still be a failed reserve officer up until now."
"Three million gold coins? The person you are talking about isn't my teacher, right?"
Lei Luo's eyes widened.
"That's right. We met in a tavern at that time. I only wanted to do business for a while, but because of my father's orders, I had no choice but to become a reserve officer and go to the military academy to study."
"Your father is a reserve officer?"
"No, he is just an ordinary gardener, but he wants me to make a name for myself. He has always hoped that I could become a lord and noble, but I have no interest in military affairs. I only want to promote business."
"Knights…Business and military affairs do not conflict. I have read a lot of war history. Behind every war, it is all about money. The number of soldiers who die from gold coins is no less than the number who die from magic and swords."
"Business and war are inseparable. A commander who does not know how to use money will not become a good general," Lei Luo said in a natural tone.
"What you said makes sense. Everyone knows about knights, but how many people can actually do it? Although we can also learn about military affairs and business, there are very few people in the entire empire who can achieve outstanding achievements in business and military affairs. In the past thousands of years, it has become a tradition of the entire empire that the plutocrats and the warlords despise and repel each other. Therefore, the prejudice between the plutocrats and the warlords can no longer be shaken off."
Morton shook his head with a smile and continued, "Not to mention others, even an unworldly expert like your teacher cannot shake off such an adult. In the past, he also repeatedly advised me to join the military. In the end, when he saw that I was determined, he only gave me three million and allowed me to pay the academy's money so that I could use it to start my own business. When he gave me the money, his face was filled with regret, as if he saw that I had wasted my life. With the emergence of the law of succession, the older generation was increasingly restricted, and the space for the younger generation would also become larger and larger. No matter how much effort the Citizens' Assembly or the senate put in, their system, which is neither too high nor too low, is destined to be excessive. They will eventually be overthrown. Of course, the people of their generation have their own points, but their era is also destined to pass. I dare to bet with you that the empire will be reshuffling, and the time required will not be more than twenty years. And as the era changes, these cliché ideas, as well as those noble nobles, will be completely destroyed."
"I think exactly the same as you," Lei Luo said.
"It is precisely because I have realized this that I can't wait to get up early. I know that as long as I make preparations early, I will be able to gain a firm foothold before the coming World Chaos. In the beginning, I did everything very well. I developed rapidly, but I was steady. In just four years, I went from Morton Trading Company to one of the largest trading companies in the third province. Such wealth is not inferior to even the most powerful alliance leader."
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Chapter 389: Commerce and War
"I felt that my wings were full, so I began to extend my hand out of the third province. I wanted to become a chamber of commerce that spanned across provinces. At this time, I met my first strong enemy in the business world, Trump."
"Trump?" Lei Luo said. "I heard my teacher talk about him. He seems to be a rare tycoon and warlord, and he is also a member of the Doomsday Dusk Alliance."
"Yes, that's him."
"What happened between you and him?"
"We had a bet. We fought in the military goods market of the third province. If I win, he will give me his share of the business in the first province. If I lose, I will give him a share of the business in the third province. This is a big bet. Based on my character, I shouldn't have agreed to it. I don't know why, but I agreed. Now that I think about it, it should be because Trump's too famous, and that aroused my competitive spirit. I want to defeat him to prove to myself that I am no longer an ordinary person, that I am a big shot who is walking towards the plutocracy."
"In the end, you lost."
"Yes, I lost even more miserably than I imagined. My thoughts were completely controlled by him. He guided me bit by bit until I put all my wealth on the Magic Crystal."
"And he was actually able to make the entire Doomsday Dusk Alliance declare war on the seven alliances at the same time. For a time, the price of the Magic Crystal in the third province soared, and I bought it to fall…"
"You've underestimated Trump's influence on Twilight of the Apocalypse. Do you think that he's just a businessman like you? Those lords wouldn't make such a huge sacrifice because of him."
"Yes, Twilight of the Apocalypse makes me feel that it's not like a traditional military group. There should be a very smart person behind it. That person is someone like you who has a deep understanding of the relationship between business and war, and is willing to integrate these two forces without bias."
"They launched this huge war with astonishing military expenditure and far-reaching influence, and all they got was my bankruptcy and the Morton Trading Company."
Morton smiled bitterly at this point.
"I've carefully calculated that if I want to raise the price of the magic crystal to the point where I would suffer a loss, the scale of the war required would be more than one billion gold coins, and one billion for six billion. This is a money-losing business, and they wouldn't have done this originally."
"When I made the decision at the beginning, it was based on this thought. Looking back now, my level is still too low. Just as you said, a person who does not know how to use business is not a good strategist, and a merchant who does not know how to integrate military theory cannot be considered a good merchant."
"You seem to have learned a lot from this battle."
"Yes, from then on, I began to understand that the chaotic world is not coming, but has already arrived. It's just that it can't be seen on the surface yet."
"If I'm not wrong, the people standing behind the Doomsday Dusk Alliance are very likely to be powerful nobles in the senate. The Doomsday Dusk Alliance, which is a military alliance that is completely integrated with the military, is completely in line with the characteristics of the new military group in the future. Once such a military group is born, it is impossible for traditional merchants to compete with it. If I want to realize my dream of becoming the empire's number one merchant, then I have to find a military group to work with me. It doesn't have to be the empire's number one military group, but it has to be first-class," Morton said as he lowered his head and looked at Lei Luo.
"Hey, don't look at me like that, okay? I'm not wearing any clothes. If you look at me like that, I'll misunderstand."
Without wiping, he only put on a towel.
Lei Luo walked out of the bathroom wet.
The huge Morton followed behind him and said softly, "Can I ask you a question?"
Lei Luo picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, turned around, and leaned against the table as he said to Morton, "I want to know what the consequences will be if I say it's impossible."
"It's nothing. It's just that the two of US will go our separate ways from now on. I'm just a businessman. I don't invest in any business that I'm not sure will succeed," Morton said as he waved his pipe.
Morton's face did not show any excessive expression in response to his answer.
He didn't seem surprised, nor did he seem to care at all.
He just held the cup of tea and blinked. Then he licked his lips.
"All right. For me, Allie is a very unexpected starting point."
Morton didn't ask, but Lei Luo had already answered his question.
Morton nodded naturally.
"Very good, continue."
"Even without Allie, I think I would have chosen a starting point. The reason why I am able to reach this point is not because of my free will. It can be said that I have no other choice. Because time waits for no man. I must do something as soon as possible to establish my own foundation. I don't want to be like my teacher."
Lei Luo smiled and shook his head.
"To me, I would rather be a grass-head king than an uncrowned king."
"It is precisely because you have something similar to your teacher and something different from your teacher that I am so interested in you. From what I see now, I was actually right all along."
"In that case, do you think you have seen through me?" Lei Luo asked with a smile.
"I actually thought of a plan, but I gave up on it after a while."
"When?"
"Just when I realized that you deliberately didn't want others to know you too well, perhaps even you didn't realize it yourself. You instinctively don't like others asking you why. You also don't like others asking you about your past. You seem very relaxed, but in fact, you always maintain a high degree of vigilance. You attach great importance to self-control, whether it's your facial expression, language, emotions, and thoughts. At the same time, you're also very used to having to control others. You always say clever things, using words and other methods that are so light that there's almost no trace of it, to make others follow the direction you want to go. All smart people have the same problem, don't they? Aren't you the same? But no, we're different. I'm only like this because I was trained on a daily basis, and I don't think you went through that yourself. You seem to be born with this ability. Otherwise, I can't imagine why you did everything so naturally and without any obstacles. In other words, you just did things so flawlessly!"
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Morton kept looking at Lei Luo as he said this.
Lei Luo turned his head slightly. He was also silent and wore a smile on his face.
"Since you want to hide it from yourself, as someone who wants to work with you for a long time, I don't think I have to disobey you."
Morton took a puff of his cigarette, shrugged his shoulders, and revealed a smile.
Although Lei Luo was smiling, the atmosphere was more or less stagnant.
He wanted to change the atmosphere.
"Morton, I want to ask you a question. I want you to answer truthfully."
Lei Luo's expression suddenly became serious.
"Do you think I treat you as a friend? To be honest, I'm not sure, but I treat you as a friend."
"That's right, you do have the habit of hiding yourself, and sometimes even to the extent of performing. But, you also have a warm power in your body. This warmth makes me involuntarily believe that you won't hurt your friend."
Lei Luo smiled happily. "I feel that there are some things that I need to let you know…"
"What is it?"
"It's about the world falling into chaos and the magister…"
Ten minutes later, Morton was so anxious that he jumped up.
"You clearly know that our time is so tight, yet you still dragged me here to waste so much time. It's really hateful…"
Morton roared loudly as he dragged Lei Luo, who was only wearing a towel, out of the carriage.
"Let me explain. I did it because I knew it was going to be the last free moment of my life…Oh my god, I dropped my towel…"
After almost five months, both Lei Luo and Morton are back on each other's bad side.
However, they didn't really have a lot of time to argue and fight. They soon arrived in the village entrance that has clearly long been dilapidated.
They found that, far from being repaired, the village was even more dilapidated than when they had left it.
As soon as he stepped out of the carriage, Lei Luo looked about him and said, "It was ransacked by thieves."
"How do you know?"
Morton was smart, but his specialty was business, not war.
"Any territory should be precious. But Allie's brother would rather leave it abandoned, because it is one of the most famous bandit areas in the empire, and he would rather leave it abandoned than send men to guard it."
When Lei Luo said this, he stretched out his hand and looked at the sky.
"You are a businessman. Your business has never expanded to this area, so you are not very familiar with this area. You must know that in this area that is only a few hundred miles away, because it is close to the sea, there are actually tens of thousands of bandit groups living here. More than a hundred years ago, this area was called 'Wings of Satan.' It was known as one of the empire's three great pirate bases."
"Since you already knew how dangerous this area was, why did you agree to let Allie come here?"
"You should have thought of this answer. Great merchant, there is no better soldier in the world than a pirate…"
"Within the empire, all the suzerains placed their attention on the commanders. However, I dare tell you that with the magic conductor's rebellion, everyone will slightly change this habit. Apart from outstanding commanders, we also need well-trained soldiers."
"You actually want to recruit pirates? Please, what kind of people are those? I know too well that they cannot become outstanding soldiers."
"Recruit? What kind of joke is that? How can I trust a paid pirate?"
Seeing Lei Luo leisurely strolling forward as he spoke, Morton began to understand a little. "You knew that the pirates would attack here?"
"Yes, but their efficiency is a little lower than I imagined."
"These pirates…were arranged by you?"
Although he didn't really believe that his deduction was true, Morton found such ideas easy to believe if Lei Luo was involved.
Lei Luo was a strange man to him. Who knew what he would do next?
"To a certain extent, you can say yes, but in reality, it's not."
When Lei Luo said this, he probably felt that he was being a little mystifying.
Therefore, he smiled and let out a sigh of relief before beginning to explain.
"Even with the status of the Dark Dragon Alliance, they would still want to capture Allie to win the favor of Ulysses."
"Then, how could these greedy pirates let her go? In their eyes, Allie is equivalent to a large amount of treasure."
"However, what slightly surprised me was that the pirate gang's intelligence was so slow that they only captured Allie after she arrived here for more than four months, causing me to waste so much time in the fallen capital."
Only then did Morton realize that this was exactly why Lei Luo stayed in the fallen capital for so long.
"What do you think the pirates will get if they offer Allie to Ulysses?"
"It doesn't have any benefits for me, so the pirates won't offer Allie to Ulysses."
"Because, after they made their move, someone immediately notified Ulysses' brothers who were hostile toward him that their brothers were colluding with the pirates."
"Their goal was to obtain Allie and then subdue the remaining power of the East God so that they could take over the throne."
"Ulysses is very smart, but not all of his brothers are stupid. They will think of some ways to make Ulysses completely ignore the pirates who wrote to him."
Morton was not a fool. If he were a fool, Lei Luo would not have told him so much.
The reason why he had been confused earlier was because he wasn't familiar with the situation of the pirates in this area.
He hadn't expected this situation at all.
But now, after hearing so much, when the two of them got back into the carriage, he began to make some judgments about the situation.
"From the beginning, Allie was treated as a bargaining chip by you, right?"
"You can't say that. I made the decision to let the pirates take Allie when I decided to carry out the plan of extorting the mercenary guild."
Lei Luo placed his hand on the edge of the shabby carriage seat and turned his face to look at Morton.
"You don't have to look at me like that. When I said that you treated Allie as a bargaining chip, I didn't mean it in a derogatory way. When Allie brought us in, we were only a bargaining chip to her. Besides, even if we didn't come, Allie would still have been captured by the pirates. So, I don't think you have any moral responsibility."
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