Sean and Gibson continued to observe Azaroth and his retainers every day. They only took a small break for lunch and defecation.
The two were very confident about their stealth so they weren't worried that Azaroth had detected them. Moreover, they also noticed that their target hadn't made any suspicious movent.
His daily life seed quite average. He got up early and would go to construct an array.
He would return at noon to speak with his retainers and eat food. anwhile, Gibson saw that the retainers were barely able to stand on their feet.
The gravity arrays were too much for them.
After the noonti, Azaroth would return to constructing his array while his retainers trained to get used to those gravity arrays. This continued until dinner ti.
Currently, Sean and Gibson were together and eating their food. They had to cover up the smoke while cooking the food and make sure it wouldn't give away their position.
It was so rice chicken porridge.
Sean began to talk to Gibson while eating his food, "It's already the fourth day and yet nothing interesting has happened."
Gibson rolled his eyes and replied, "You wanted sothing to happen? It is good for our kingdom if he isn't involved in so suspicious activity."
"But man. It feels as if there is no need for us here. It's not like we are sending so useful information to the Kingdom. It would make no difference whether we do this job or not." Sean complained while eating.
Gibson sighed out but he didn't reply anything. He was used to such words from Sean. The guy complained about every job they went on.
Even when the job was interesting, Sean would begin complaining about how this job required so much effort and all.
If not for his skills and his coordination filling perfectly with Sean, he would be changed his partner long ago.
Well, if Sean knew what his partner was thinking, he would have thrown that bowl of rice porridge at him.
The two were eating their food when they sensed the presence of so people. The group seed to be consisting of 20 people or more.
At the sa ti, Azaroth also sensed these people. He smiled shrewdly 'They finally arrived.'
Azaroth wasn't precisely waiting for these people. He knew so people would co but not their identities.
It was nearly the noonti so Azaroth returned to Kloras Town from the training ground.
anwhile, those people t the guards and also saw Azaroth's retainers.
So people laid their eyes on Yrellea, Laura, and Tiana, and began to rate them in their mind. According to them, they must be re slaves under the Mayor here.
"The mayor has good taste. I find that golden-haired woman quite attractive." A man who was slightly obese stated as he leered at Laura.
Another man next to him conversed while leering at Yrellea and Tiana, "You need to have better taste. That black-haired woman has a much more seductive feeling while that silver-haired woman seems much more mature."
"You can have the ones you like while I will grab hold of the one I like." The man shrugged while he continued to gaze at Laura.
Laura did sense the gaze of degenerate n but she ignored it. During her ti in the prison of the Silent Death Organization, she had gotten used to such gazes.
She felt that it wasn't even worth reacting to them.
Yrellea was the sa as Laura. She was also used to the gazes from degenerate n. But the sa couldn't be true for Tiana.
She felt very uncomfortable when n stared at her with lustful motives in their minds. She felt like they were going to eat her whole or maybe force themselves upon her.
Soon enough though, Azaroth ca out and t up with these people.
Sean and Gibson were both keeping an eye on Azaroth from different directions. They couldn't miss this eting.
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The eting took held in an open space, with Azaroth's chair on a pedestal and the other attendees' seats on the ground.
Just the fact that Azaroth seed to be seated on a spot higher than them displeased them.
One of them conveyed those feelings, "Why are you sitting on the pedestal? Do you intend to state that you are above us? You might not know 'Mayor' but we are so famous rchants and agents. Treating us like this might not be a good idea for you."
The other rchants were in agreent with those words but no one spoke out their minds like this.
"Is there anyone else who has the sa problem as this gentleman over here?" Azaroth asked the other people who had gathered here.
Even though many of them agreed with those questions, no one spoke up.
Azaroth waited for so ti but no one seed to stand up and agree to those words. He then began speaking while turning towards the man who had spoken his mind, "I will now answer your question. I am sitting on a pedestal because it is a fact that I am above you. Whether it is the social standing or my family background, both are incomparable to any of yours."
Those words were highly provocative yet the n here couldn't do anything but ntally agree with Azaroth.
The truth was revealed. This was a well-known fact! This was the reason they hadn't backed him up before. They weren't idiots, and they weren't easily swayed by their feelings.
"I am Edwin Rhodes, the Mayor of Kloras Town. It is nice to et all of you here today." With those words, Azaroth introduced himself and also conveyed his identity to these individuals.
His earlier words had already made an effect on these people. They now knew he wouldn't be an easy pushover.
Those who thought they could make use of his young age and fool him were now hesitant. They decided to observe more which was a wise decision indeed.
A man in his late middle age years stood up and began speaking, "I am Jake Stone. I, along with almost everyone else here, heard rumors that a part of the land in this town will be given away for free to anyone who arrives first. Is this true?"
Azaroth nodded his head and explained, "Let clarify more. The size and location of the land that shall be granted for free will be decided by . You can request a location but it depends on whether soone else is using it or not. If soone is indeed using it, then I will give it to the highest bidder. And if it's useful to , then the part of the land will be non-negotiable. If you want more land, you will need to buy it at 1.5 tis the base market price. You will receive no help in constructing your house. Also, for the next year, agriculture will be the main focus of whoever lives in Kloras Town."
Many of those who heard Azaroth's speech appeared dissatisfied. It was as though they had arrived with high expectations just to be very disappointed.
Jake Stone was the one who spoke, "I see. Then what land is going to be non-negotiable?"
This was, of course, the question that everyone else was curious about as well.
Azaroth was quick to reply though, "The land in the forests, the center of the town, and the land in the left portion of the town."
In the left portion of the town was the Alpine Gerbil Woods. No one wanted to get their land so close to the forest.
The people were relieved to learn that Azaroth only wanted the territory in the forest, the town center, and the area near the Alpine Gerbil Woods.
It seed as if they didn't co here for nothing.
When Jake Stones noticed the reaction of his comrades, he frowned slightly.
He then looked towards Azaroth and thought 'He has seized the initiative. First, he gave a description that made it seem as if we all ca here for nothing but now, it seed as if we can indeed get so gains. Now, we can't negotiate the price or the location of the land.'
"Then if I may know, how will Lord Mayor grant the land to us?" This ti, another man stood up and asked Azaroth.
He was quite respectful with his speech and was actually one of those rchants who possessed a good relationship with the Rhodes House.
"40 thousand sq. ft," Azaroth spoke, having already calculated everything. This was nearly an acre.
As Mayor of the Kloras Town, he had nearly 20,000 acres of land. Well, if he included the training grounds and the agricultural land as well.
Out of this, Azaroth only wanted houses on just 2000 acres of land. The rest was to be used either for his personal purposes or for agriculture.
He wasn't going to ask them to grow up crops to sell them. He wanted them to focus on agriculture to make Kloras Town independent from the Sinyalian Kingdom to so extent.
They should have ans of survival without receiving assistance from the Sinyalian Kingdom.
Once the people here knew that Azaroth was going to give away nearly an acre of land, they imdiately stood up and began speaking, "I need one."
"I want one too."
"I don't care about the location, just give one."
Initially, they had imagined that Azaroth would only give away a small piece of his land but who would have thought it would be one whole acre.
Even though they were all reputable businessn or brokers, they thought getting an acre for free was a great deal.
"I am pleased with your response. Don't worry, you won't regret it." Azaroth spoke with a cunning smile, "I also have a suggestion for you."
When Jake Stones heard Azaroth, he had a forced smile on his face. He could almost anticipate Azaroth's words because he had used them against other rchants as well but alas, he knew no way to counter them.
"For this one year, just create a building here and let so laborers stay here. As I want to focus on agriculture in this one year, it will help if laborers are available in the town. In return, I will exempt you from taxes for one whole year." Azaroth's words were rather calm but it sent waves in the minds of the rchants.
None of the rchants here had plans of living in Kloras Town. They had heard that this place was demolished by the beasts soti earlier. There was no telling when the beasts would attack again.
However, buying land in this place wasn't a bad idea. Particularly when they would receive it for free.
It would also be a great idea to send their laborers here. They could use them to build their mansion or estate.
Jake Stones subtly nodded as he had thought the sa.
'He has a good plan. The workers would be virtually free once they had completed their separate tasks. They could then be used by the Mayor if they were paid separately. In this way, he can further expand the town without having to go through the effort of recruiting laborers.'
But now, Jake Stones was stumped. He understood that Azaroth was going to use those laborers to expand the town but then what? Just what was he planning ahead?
"Let's begin the paperwork. Submit your detailed copies of your identities and you can leave. Once I have verified them, I will send the land papers to your address." Azaroth spoke with a calm voice.
Such a scene was expected by all the rchants and brokers and they ordered their servants to pull out the papers from their carts.
The servants were on work imdiately.
And in just one day, Azaroth granted the land to 6 individuals including Jake Stones.. The rest of the people who ca with them were their servants after all.
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