Emperor of Arcane

Harley is the nominal financial officer of Bloodmoon City, but the actual person in charge.

As a level 15 high-level peak knight, he possesses Blood Moon City's leading combat power, and is actually the city lord's full-time "nanny".

He rubbed his sparse hair with a headache, and while calculating the financial losses, Harley touched his chin:

"The gold coins owed to the Bank of the Goddess of Wealth have reached 50,000. We have to find a way to pay them back, otherwise they will clamor again."

"Hey, the cost of the City Lord's experiments is getting bigger and bigger, and now I don't listen to my advice. What should I do?"

While Harley was thinking hard, there was a knock on the office door.

His original frowning expression disappeared instantly, and his whole temperament became majestic and fierce. He simply arranged his "strong man" hairstyle and said in a deep voice:

"Come in!"

As soon as the door of the office was opened, Harley saw a burly barbarian warrior who could put a little pressure on him.

Raising his eyebrows subconsciously, Harley's eyes swept past Beelzebub's burly figure and landed on Matthew who was following him.

Seeing Matthew's young face and the arcanist mark on his chest, he blinked in surprise and asked proactively:

"Sir Matthew Searle? What brings you to the Town Hall?"

As the actual controller of Blood Moon City, Harley naturally knows very well what major events have happened recently.

He also understands the grudges between Matthew and the Carlisle family better than ordinary people.

However, Harley usually didn't bother to deal with most aristocratic matters.

As long as the other party pays taxes honestly, he doesn't want to pay attention to these guys, unless some fools can't think of it and are ready to taste the "care" of the lord who is short of money.

Although he was very familiar with Harley, Matthew still pretended to see him for the first time, showed a surprised expression, and asked tentatively:

"There is a transaction change on the territory development rights between the Carlisle family and I. We need to register it and pay a handling fee."

Glancing at Matthew in surprise, Harley put down the account book in his hand and took the information handed over by Butler Ralph.

He did not show any impatience, but replied quite calmly:

"In fact, changes in territorial transactions that are smaller than the management scope of a village or town do not need to be reported to the city hall..."

Matthew, who knew that Harley and the City Lord were extremely short of money, suppressed the smile on his face and said softly calmly:

"I know, but the entire Misty Swamp is a bit big, so I'm going to solve it all at once."

"Of course, I am also happy to pay a handling fee and determine the specific scope of the territory and the transaction contract as quickly as possible."

Raising his head subconsciously, Harley glanced at the calm Matthew in shock, and flipped through the information in his hand at a very fast speed.

He recalled the information about the Misty Swamp and warned Matthew thoughtfully:

"The misty swamp area is not suitable for renovation because there are overflowing fishmen and dangerous swamp crocodiles, so the value there is not very high."

Matthew was not surprised by Harley's secret reminder.

He is just such a person, a good and conscientious man, except for being a little greedy for money...

However, Harley's greed for money will only be obtained by legitimate means, not for himself, but for the careless lord!

"I know, I just want to gain control of the Misty Swamp as a barrier to guard the territory."

"We are also going to try to do some experiments to see if we can use the Misty Swamp."

Regarding what Matthew said, Harley didn't say anything more. He signed the prepared documents, stamped them with the seal of the city hall, hesitated for a while and then said:

"The area of ​​the Misty Swamp is 200,000 square kilometers. In order to avoid some trouble, you'd better pay all the transfer fees at once."

"However, it is difficult to recover the cost of developing the Misty Swamp, so you only need to pay 80,000 gold coins. If you have financial difficulties, you can choose to deliver it in installments."

Butler Ralph glanced at Matthew in surprise, and the latter gently shook his head at him.

Although he didn't know why the lord insisted on doing this, he would not refute it.

He walked up to Harley and handed over a check issued by the Goddess of Fortune Bank that he had just received:

"Lord Matthew insists on paying 50,000 gold coins, but I hope Lord Harley will do a small favor to help Lord Lord's Bay Town apply for city status."

Looking at the several zeros on the check in surprise, Harley originally wanted to hear how difficult it was for Matthew to ask him to help, and considered whether to refuse.

Unexpectedly, the latter actually asked such a question, which really surprised him!

It’s not that this job is difficult.

On the contrary, as long as he helps Matthew apply for city qualification and the other party approves it.

Not only will it allow Blood Moon City to complete the rare task of developing territory, but it will also obtain more scarce resources approved by the Sevedon Council.

At the same time, it can also give the city lord an extra helper who can pay taxes and share recruitment tasks!

This is a great thing!

However, there is a problem. If Matthew's Gulf Territory ability is not met, he has to apply forcefully.

This will make him personally labeled as "greedy" and make it more difficult for him to be promoted in the future.

There are usually some knights who are old and weak and no longer have the ambition to develop their territory.

In this way, before dying, he can upgrade his title to Baron, so that his descendants and family can have a better starting point.

Considering Matthew's age of 18 and his status as an arcanist, there is absolutely no need to be so eager for success!

Butler Ralph, who thought of the lord's development plan, showed a faint bitter smile and helplessness on his face at the right time, and said to Harley in a hesitant tone:

"For some reasons that cannot be told to others, Lord Matthew needs to be promoted to Baron as quickly as possible."

"Halley-sama doesn't have to worry about money. We can support it by recruiting us. However, regarding the huge gap in population, Harley-sama still needs to coordinate..."

With a slight frown, Harley knew that the previous words were just excuses, and this sentence was the other party's real purpose.

"I'm not afraid that you don't have any demands!"

"I'm afraid you're too demanding!"

The corners of Harley's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, thinking of the Gulf Territory's actions of recruiting and accepting refugees.

He immediately understood that the other party was increasing the population in this way, so as to meet the city's application conditions and complete the title promotion as quickly as possible.

He can help with this!

After looking through the last information, Harley couldn't help but ponder slightly, turned to Matthew and asked hesitantly:

"Your last request is to purchase a set of two large teleportation arrays. I can approve this request."

"However, you have to help Blood Moon City complete the task of resettling more than 50,000 refugees."

"Moreover, the money must be paid first, and at the same time, you must ensure that these two sets of large teleportation arrays cannot be leaked out!"

After a long detour, Matthew finally achieved his goal. He motioned to Butler Ralph to pay directly and said with a smile:

"No problem, my territory is short of people right now!"

Get the last obstacle in the Misty Swamp intact and clear it!

Although Harley felt a little weird in his heart, he was too lazy to think too much.

Let him be!

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