the last king of darkness

Chapter 227 Good day

Rhodes scratched his head, inexplicably having an ominous premonition.

"I... will, please believe me, Your Excellency Dalin."

The knife-like wrinkles on Dalin's face stretched out, revealing a little smile.

"It's not that I should trust you, but that everyone should believe in you, and that the [-] million people of Trorian should believe in you."

"If you can do this, your name will be immortalized in the history of mankind. Thousands of years later, when people mention you, they will also know that there is a black rice bucket who has brought hope to everyone."

Rhode's face darkened, it might as well not know.

Dalin took out a commission and a medal from the table.

"You have become the mayor of Fanxing Town as a defender. Since it is still sinking in the darkness where monsters are rampant, Wangcheng will not pay you any area salary."

"You have also obtained the command of a battle group as a third-level commander, and you also have the right to form a battle group by yourself, but you need to pay all salaries for people other than them."

Rhodes' heart ached a little.

A Mephis needs 8000 silver ropes, and his weekly salary is only 10300 silver ropes. After raising her, only 2300 silver ropes are left.

"Not only that, but you will also be responsible for all the expenses of the battle. The Royal City can only give you a part of the material support."

"Due to the nature of the advance experiment, you can only bear the cost of developing Fanxing Town by yourself, but correspondingly, your spoils can also be freely sold to Wangcheng."

Rhodes opened his eyes wide, which is a bit unreasonable, right?

Just raising a Memphis makes me a pauper. How much does it cost to open up a town?Can I stand it?
Horus coughed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. The four-month-long Kuroshio has caused us huge losses. The gaps in all aspects of the royal city are very large. The elders are unwilling to spend any more money for the expansion they oppose. Come out with a penny."

"In addition to canceling the Flesh Mill, Wang's new bill has been postponed as a whole, and there is indeed no money in finance."

Dalin took out a contract form and said, "Considering your situation, we have already contacted the giant Mehalla merchants for you, and they can provide you with a loan at a lower interest rate."

Rhodes opened his eyes wide: "What are giant merchants? Why don't you cut them off because you lack money?"

Horus looked at Rhodes seriously.

"I found that some of your thinking is very dangerous, even more radical than Jon. Mega merchants are legitimate businessmen who fully abide by the laws of the royal city. They engage in normal trade and production activities and provide us with a large amount of taxation and stable income. order."

Rhodes frowned: "Then what should we do when we are facing life and death?"

Horus replied righteously: "It is the duty of every citizen to dedicate everything to Trorian."

Rhodes glanced at him speechlessly, you are not stupid at all, really.

Molly leaned over and pushed the contract sheet in front of Rhodes.

"This is a loan guaranteed by the War Department for you, 30 silver, [-]% interest rate, and will be repaid within one year."

Rhodes was startled.

"[-]% interest rate? Isn't this a money grab?"

Molly pushed her gold-rimmed glasses, and said coldly, "If Lord Dalin hadn't guaranteed you, they would not have been willing to borrow money for such a high-risk project."

"The big businessmen think that this is a junk salary ticket that can't cover the cost. It can only create a lot of bad debts. They only agreed to borrow money because of their relationship with His Excellency Dalin."

"And the leader of the giant businessman, Mehra, bluntly said that he does not see any hope of success in you. If you can pay back within three months, he will not ask for interest rates."

Rhodes' fist clenched for a moment.

"Okay! I borrowed it!"

"Sign here."

"Please pay attention to this line of fine print. The above-identified year is the shortest year of 330 days. If you deny this, then it will be calculated according to the longest year of 515 days stipulated by Wangcheng."

"It's the same here, the shortest month has 22 days, and the longest month has 63 days."

"Don't sign this one up, it will put your borrowing on a weekly compounding model and you'll pay back a lot of money."

"Fuck! Are these profiteers the devil?"

After avoiding several minefields under Molly's guidance, Rhode finally signed all the names.

I finally understand why there is only a weekly salary and no monthly salary.

Only one week is fixed.

Molly put away the contract slip.

"You will receive the money within three days. According to my duties, the money will be managed by me, but the repayment will be made by you."

For some reason, Rhodes suddenly felt like a mid-life crisis.

The feeling was bad and he got rid of it right away.

"Your Excellency Dalin, may I apply to transfer the people who pledged silver to my team?"

Dalin smoked a cigarette and answered after thinking for a while.

"Taboos are not allowed, but taboos are okay."

"Is there any difference between them?"

"Taboos are modified monsters. They can't go deep into the darkness, otherwise they will lose control. The taboos are people, but they are bound by the silver oath because of certain taboo issues."

Horus said blankly: "In the old days, they should have been executed long ago. It is the king's kindness that gave them the right to live."

"I want Memphis."

Dalin frowned and smoked silently without answering.

Horus said coldly: "Anyone is fine except her. If you just want a woman, I can arrange for you the most beautiful healing nun in the church to go with you."

Rhodes moved in his heart and asked, "Then can you arrange a nun group for me?"

Veins clearly appeared on Horus' dry face.

"This is impossible! The elders will not allow such a transfer, and all of their salaries are paid by you, you don't have that much money! I can only give you one place!"

Rhodes thought for a while, then suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and shouted, "I want Aunt Uther."

Everyone's faces became extremely weird, only Dalin smiled.

"Uther Ironthorn is not only a central healer, but also has completed all combat courses by himself. He is a powerful combatant. The cost performance of this personnel is very high."

Horus also came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Okay."

"Then I still want Memphis!"

"no!"

"Then I want Lord Alan!"

Horus said angrily: "Are you dreaming? You can mobilize the four knights? To use the highest combat power in the royal city, you need to convene a joint meeting of the entire army. Your actions are experimental, and even high-level combatants are not allowed to participate." May approve."

"Then I want Memphis!"

Horus's dry face was about to crack.

"You change someone!"

"I want her. I made an agreement with her, but others disagree. It's very troublesome to mobilize."

This sentence made Horus shaken.

In the end, Rhodes agreed after repeated trials and tribulations.

But he warned: "Don't abuse the power of Memphis. Once the curse seal is abnormal, the silver oath will automatically trigger the soul countermeasures, ranging from coma to death on the spot."

Rhode's heart trembled, remembering that Mephis was unconscious when he fought her for the first time.

Thought she was overusing her powers, but later had no problem freezing the more powerful corrupted dragons.

It seems that the degree of her seal is controlled by the silver oath, and it will be untied if there is a strong battle, and it will be stricter in daily life.

Rhodes thought for a while and asked, "Is there a switch to control the degree of her seal? Can you give it to me?"

Horus sneered and said: "Don't dream, the Silver Pledge is a forbidden armed force belonging to the king's city, and its authority is only half a level lower than mine. As long as Mephis says no, we will not be able to adjust it, and opponents will Get in the way."

"All right……"

Rhodes gave up in disappointment, and asked about the transfer of the secret branch troops.

Originally, he just wanted to mobilize a few friends to come in, but Dalin gave a better plan.

The essence of the establishment of Kingworth's secret branch is to select students who are more suitable for growth in combat and assign them the most suitable combat environment to achieve rapid growth.

If Fanxing Town can become such an area, it can receive regular support.

Considering Rhodes' relationship with the hidden branch, this is very likely to be successful.

The matter was basically dealt with here. In the end, Dalin told him that Star City had been included in the No.12 defense zone, and Fanxing Town also belonged to the No.12 defense zone in theory.

If you encounter troubles that are difficult to solve, you can try to seek help from Qingyu, the guardian of the No.12 defense zone, which may be useful.

This is good news, he has a lot of connections with Miss Qingyu.

Looking at it this way, he still got a lot of help.

Then I saw the row of powerful items that had been prepared in the dream.

Rhodes was suddenly full of confidence.

He had a strong premonition.

The good days for him and mankind are coming.

(End of this chapter)