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Chapter 1389 23. Interview with Richard, Honorary President of the Savings Bank

The air in the vault began to boil, and the shelter that protected them turned into a furnace that would roast them to death. The desperate people screamed, but soon they could not make any sound due to the burning heat.

The red dragon narrowed its pupils, and its breath changed from blazing flames to dark red heat waves, wanting to torture the humans inside for a while longer.

The old nobleman opened his dry lips and uttered a gossamer whisper: "Great Lord, I will return to your arms today..."

The mages kept casting spells in an attempt to cool down the vault, but it turned into a steamer instead.

Richard covered his face, his eyes burning with heat as he roared, "We won't do this, we'll all die here!"

"Then rush out!"

The roar of the stationed mage was distorted by the heat wave, and the only three remaining golems were activated at the same time, pressing against the vault door and pushing it out.

The pupil behind the hole disappeared, replaced by a dragon claw blocking the door.

"Overload mode!"

The stationed mage waved his staff and cast the final blessing spell on the three guardian golems.

The light wind and heavy earth surrounded the golem. At the same time, the core inside the golem began to release energy crazily. The beautiful but cold metal face began to shine.

The air in the vault became increasingly hotter, and people began to faint. The metal door that had been burned dark red by the dragon's breath caused puffs of green smoke to come out of the six metal hands that were leaning against it.

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The scales of the dragon's claws scraped sparks like a meteor shower on the vault door, the golem's knuckles began to melt, and the magic core and runes in its body bloomed to their peak light - the door hinge made its first groan.

"Click!"

The elbow of a guardian golem cracked due to the heat and distance, and it fell to its knees, with its five steel fingers wedged into the door frame like rivets.

The door of the vault was finally pushed open to a gap as wide as a palm. The moment the cool air from the outside poured in, the ferocious head of the red dragon appeared behind the gap, tilted back, and bright firelight seeped out from the gaps between the scales on its throat.

"Evil dragon, don't even think about doing evil in this city!"

Several meteors suddenly appeared in the sky where the roof disappeared, and reinforcements arrived.

"Human, don't try to stop me!"

The red dragon turned its head, and its brewing dragon breath burned towards the sky.

Everyone in the vault, thinking there would be no reinforcements, was stunned.

The aftermath of the battle outside caused the earth to tremble, and the vault became a safe shelter again.

At some point, the red dragon suddenly let out a terrified roar: "No! You agreed--"

The roar stopped abruptly, and a huge shadow fell from the sky, completely smashing the bank into ruins.

Richard and the others were trapped in the vault again, but soon, several pairs of invisible wizard hands moved away the dragon corpses and rubble outside.
"The dragon has been destroyed, you are safe." Philoctetes, the chief wizard of Meteorite City, said kindly.

The guards in the city also arrived at this moment and began to search for the wounded.

Looking at the survivors who were helped out and the unconscious old nobleman, Richard was a little confused.

What's going on? Am I overthinking...?
Two hours later, Richard and other employees and guards of the savings bank returned to Liberty City through the portal to recuperate. Francois, who took over the matter, patted Richard on the shoulder, who was flattered.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Then he learned that the Empire had recently announced that it would send an embassy to visit Liberty City.

The man in the next bed was someone Richard didn't recognize, but he was very good at talking about politics. He said that Meteorite City was frightened by the Empire. By sending an envoy at this time, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the Empire was standing up for Freedom City.

If you think about it carefully, the rumor that Annan is the illegitimate son of the Golden Family does have a lot of credibility.

For example, when the coalition forces were called together to stop the ratmen at the Great Wall, it was no surprise that the Empire killed the most ratmen, but the second place was surprisingly the Liberty City.

They wouldn't believe that Annan had never even met the emperor.

However, many people also know that Annan has no relationship with the empire - after all, even the bloodline of the Montreal Golden Family cannot enjoy such gentle care.

After learning that the bank was attacked by a dragon, Annan did only one thing: he asked Voice of Freedom to publish the incident and describe it in detail.

But don't be biased, just let the reader think.

After arranging all these, Annan became a hands-off boss and devoted all his energy to the filming of "The Truman Show".

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"Exclusive Interview with Richard, Honorary President of the Savings Bank" was published with the new issue of "Voice of Freedom". What is interesting is that its previous article was "Dreadnought Battleship "Broken Law" Ends Visit to Freeport".

[The dragon attack in Meteorite City caused a total of 56 injuries and economic losses of nearly 3,000 gold nars, but surprisingly no one died.

All this was thanks to Richard, the president of the bank, who allowed innocent people to hide in the vault to avoid being killed by the dragon.

Next, let’s interview the person involved.

"President Richard, what were you thinking when you opened the vault and let people hide in?"

"I didn't think anything of it...Our customers are everything to us, and we can't just sit back and watch our customers get hurt."

“But the vault stores a large amount of Kinnars. What if something goes missing?”

"Uh, no..."

"What if it happens?"

"Of course it's the savings bank that's paying the compensation... We have to protect our customers and we have to protect our customers' deposits. There's no conflict between the two. In fact, on the afternoon of the dragon attack, many locals asked to withdraw their money, and we returned all of it according to the process."

"That's great! Thank you, President Richard."

"No... No, you're welcome."

The evil dragon that attacked the savings bank has been slain, but this incident is still a warning to us.

A blue dragon who wishes to remain anonymous commented that they firmly resist such criminals who disrupt order and tarnish the image of the dragon race.

As for the fact that Meteorite City allowed the evil dragon to brazenly barge into the city and create chaos, the savings bank will write a letter to the City Lord's Mansion and consider asking for compensation.

We ended up interviewing the Lord of Liberty City, Annan Reeves.

"Lord Annan Reeves, what do you think of this incident?"

"President Richard has done a great job. Although a savings bank is a place where money circulates, it is people-oriented. At any time, people are more important than money. At the same time, I would like to assure all customers who deposit money in the savings bank that no matter if the savings bank is attacked or any other accidents happen, as long as your money is in the savings bank, we will be fully responsible."

Evelyn, editor-in-chief of Voice of Freedom, reports for you. 】

The news also came with an image: an overly young man was looking around nervously and waving stiffly in front of him. Behind him was a collapsed ruin and a crouching red dragon that looked like a small hill.

The concerns about whether the bank is safe were extinguished by this report before they could spread. It was also a blessing in disguise that made more businessmen willing to deposit their money in the bank.

(End of this chapter)