Electus - Chapter 469

Flying towards the Hidden Domain, ordering 5 Fire Blasting ladies to occupy the Carved Path and make sure for none of these enemies to pass. That is, if those ill.u.s.tratios have obeyed Mollara’s rule to not go beyond the burnmark.

Gathering the elders to peek at this message, finding them in the Library actually. With Bittore and Osira not here, it is only sane for Mollara and the elders to have control over this situation. They need to call the big shots.

“Read it already.” An elderly man insisted, eager to hear what bullshit King Xakro brings.

Rolling the Parchment down, it went all the way down her knees and with one glance Mollara could see several medium stretched Paragraphs.

“Greetings to whomever stands between me and the riches I’m trying to attain, I am King Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll. I am the King of Occidentis Ignis, I am the King of the very Country you call home [Septemtrionis Ignis] and I used to be the King of Meridionali Ignis [ill.u.s.tratian motherland] too before Count Talato declared independence and made himself King. That fool… he will face my wrath.

I’m aware that you have bested the Snow Ignites who bested my whole Armies, you should be quite aware since you are actually out there to receive this letter. I did not know if there would be any superior living around Maleemia, my Soldiers reported no sign of life months ago but I figured that no one would go through the hassle of battling the Snow Ignites without any benefit. Someone has to be up in the cold mountains in Maleemia’s County and if you are reading this then I was right.

With titles aside, whomever you are and however big your army is to defeat those Snow Ignites, I think we can reach an agreement that will make both of us very wealthy.

In these mountains taking place on Maleemia’s County lies dark blue Ores in between whom have extreme value. Now I can go on and on about using a County that’s under my ruling, but I’m afraid it will provoke another War. One that my Armies can not handle, especially with Meridionali Ignis beyond my control.

Now the deal concludes of these parts, my Miners, my Transport men and anyone whom I sent will obey the rules you set in Maleemia’s piece of land, in Maleemia’s County you call home.

My Workers will cover every bit of work, I will cover every expense. The dark blue Ore of which my Miners will obtain, will be sold out of the Continent and County Maleemia will receive 50% of the Income. Meaning you, as a respected Count or whatever you call yourself, will obtain 50% of the Income.

I figure that an Army big enough to beat the Snow Ignites demands crazy financial influences, this deal can and will interest you since the Income you will obtain will be without any expenses and large in number.

I’ve struck a deal with Ratan and they already demand 5,000 sets of full body Armour, each set of which costs 7,000 Gold Coins! It broke beyond my expectations I must admit, but Ratan is clinging to the fact that Armour from this Ore is nearly indestructible.

From this order alone your County, your County of Maleemia will earn 17.5 million Gold Coins while Crutal Town will take a hold of the other 17.5 million.

It is not certain how long it will take to fulfill this order, but I’m guessing it will take a bit over a year simply because pre indestructibility points towards an extremely high melting point. I can afford to hire more Blacksmiths if you deem it necessary.

Nonetheless, I hope you agree to this plan to make both of our factions wealthier. You may list a set of Demands over my Workers and a set of Demands regarding this Project you deem crucial. Each of my Workers are commanded to obey or else I will cut their heads off if you don’t.

As a first wave I’ve sent 70 Miners amongst the land of Maleemia, once Ore quantities made transparent, I will send more Miners depending on the demand.

My Miners know what to do, where to start working, how to keep theirselves fed and how to settle in. All you need to do is grant them permission of the mining spot, everything else is on us.

I hope you deem the Income from this project worthy of your time. My intent behind all of this is to keep another potential war away, this might sound odd coming from me but our Continent is a few thousand men away from extinction because of those wretched Snow Ignites delaying my plans.”

“Ha, they think that we have thousands of Soldiers.” An old man laughed, loving the fact that the former ruler of the whole Continent himself is practically begging.

Thinking about this, risk free-wise. Another elderly lady added. “You know this can work to our advantage. All these Miners saw were ladies flying up and down the mountain side.”

While the same old man who practically called them dumb, complimented the idea. “They can’t climb further than the Crater, the mountain is too steep so they will never figure out how many of us are up there but they do see us as superiorly powerful.”

“17.5 million…” Another elderly man reminded, seeing that these people are forgetting about the Income.

Staggered, actually hoping for the elders to agree upon an attack. Mollara hollered, “You actually want to cooperate with Xakro? The fool who killed so many Ignites?”

“And the same fool we can use for 17.5 million.” The old man reminded, the same one who is clinging on the Income.

Embracing the fact of this small tribe being financially free, from the looks of it, at least a couple of Centuries from one project. One of the elderly ladies listed another advantage. “If anything goes beyond the rules we set, you 13 ladies can burn everything to the ground, it’s child’s play.”

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“Has everyone behaved.” Mollara asked, dropping down from the sky and consulting with the 5 of her own and bringing along 4 more Fire Blasters.

“They haven’t really moved from that spot over there.” Answered one of the Fire blasting ladies.

While the other pointed out something funny, “One keeps yelling that a lady told them to wait.”

Liking the fact of finally having authority over ill.u.s.tratios, Mollara embraced this decision. “Yes they do seem to obey rules, they are about to make us very wealthy too.”

Stepping a few steps forward from her group, Mollara shouted. “Negotiator, approach.”

Fast walking his way towards the ladies, the ill.u.s.tratian man gave a warmer introduction this time. Requesting, “Please call me Halkef.”

Pointing at the burn mark and making sure he doesn’t cross it, Mollara asked. “Okay Halkef, where exactly do you need to start Mining?”

Sliding an inch on the burn mark and then taking a step back, Halkef specified. “King Xakro has taught us to dig right through the mountainside where Maleemia town used to stand, apparently there used to be Mines before the Domain’s official wipe out.”

Understanding that this doesn’t go against the overall anti-attack plan, Mollara shortly answered. “Okay that’s doable.”

Now with aims to set these men straight, she added. “You are well aware of the racial tension, therefore you won’t have much freedom of movement. The Carved Path, the road connected to it and the Mines will be the only few spots you can walk freely on.”

Of course Mollara can’t specify that if any ill.u.s.tratio goes up, there is a penalty. That will solely point towards the fact that the “army” is hidden above. This way however, the ill.u.s.tratios will think that the Settlements are near the Carved Path or anything closer.

Giving a sigh of relief that the successors are willing to cooperate, Halkef added. “That’s all we need really, I think the Mines will prove good enough to bash sleeping bags in there right? Should be warmer too.”

Wanting to keep them alive, Ironic but she is mostly thinking about the 17.5 million. Mollara cited, “You can sleep out of the Mines too, but it will be colder. No matter how prepared your group is, you will freeze to death even if it snows lightly.”

Scraping for the best, Halkef added. “I hope there isn’t a blockade in front of the mines then, my men are really tired.”

Cooperative, although never wanting to help an ill.u.s.tratian. Mollara weighed in her authority, “Oh the Mines are heavily barricaded, you can never bust through it with Pickaxes but me and my ladies will blow it all open to kick start everything for your men.”

“We appreciate that.” Halkef lightly added, trying hard not to piss these obviously powerful ladies off.

Wanting to assure that these men, these ill.u.s.tratios will follow the demands end to end, Mollara slowed down her speech so Halkef can catch everything accent regardless. “You must remember, you only have access to the road, the Carved path and the mine. If your group is to challenge this group, I will personally burn all of you alive and the deal will be cut short.”