Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Chapter 63 Jian: Why do I feel like we've lost out?

"This time, the death toll is far higher than any disaster we've experienced before."

"Yes, and we even signed a contract with the Baltan Trading Company in order to obtain the weapons."

"Sigh...that's inevitable, but what's the next step?"

Inside the council of the Land of Light, the high-ranking officials of the Land of Light were still sitting there.

There's nothing we can do; although they've been holding positions without doing their jobs, they haven't completely lost their backbone.

When the Aliens of Empera invaded, they led the resistance, but were defeated and had to flee.

Later, when Ken and Beria raised a resistance army and tried to persuade them to sign a contract to buy the goods, they agreed.

In the end, they fought fiercely on the battlefield, saving many residents of the Land of Light, and some even sacrificed their lives!

Therefore, it is understandable that they are still sitting here.

Even if Norman were here, let alone Jian, who was originally from the Silver Clan, there would be no excuse to replace them.

The impact of light on the Ultra race is enormous.

They had already eliminated crime, and after becoming light, they amplified their inner kindness and positive emotions.

Even if one's mindset changes and becomes somewhat confused after living a long time, it doesn't mean they would actually do bad things.

"Since we signed a contract with them, we naturally have to fulfill it. Although they asked for a lot... they dared to contact us when the power of the Aliens of Empera was at its strongest, which can be considered a favor."

This was said by Jian, who was sitting in the lowest seat.

His position is very clear.

Regardless of whether the other party is acting from a business perspective and has reached an agreement with them to take the opportunity to make a big profit, since the other party has expressed goodwill, they must reciprocate that goodwill!

"Yes, that is indeed a very important point."

"Agreed, let's organize the supplies and hand them over."

"Um."

Jian nodded, got up and left the council, and went to another area where supplies were being sorted out.

"How's the sorting going? Is it enough to pay off the previous debts?"

"It's not enough. We've collected all the usable resources available now, and we've even destroyed the warehouses built by the Aliens of Empera. Our warriors have wiped out the Empera Empire, but those aliens have looted the warehouses. What we've collected is still not enough to repay that debt."

"..."

Jian was having a bit of a headache. After doing the math, why did he feel like he'd been cheated?

Armed with weapons given to me by the Baltan Merchant Guild, I defeated the Aliens who ruled the universe, shattered the Alien Empire, and spent many years fighting with other aliens for resources before finally inheriting the Aliens' legacy.

And now you're telling me that one-tenth of the entire Ampera Empire's assets are less than the debt we owe for the weapons we ordered?

Is this reasonable?

"Why, why do we owe so much?"

Jian stared blankly at the bill.

"The interest each year... It took us hundreds of years to conquer and destroy the Empire of Empera. All the interest from those hundreds of years adds up to this much."

Jian:……

"Then why didn't you pay it back in the first place?"

Jian's question is actually quite easy to answer.

After his decisive battle with Alien Empera, the Land of Light should have taken a break and regrouped.

However, their goals differed from those of the Shadow Empire. The Shadow Empire's fleet went out with only warehouses and supplies in mind, and had no interest in aliens or monsters.

Therefore, for a century after the battle, they continued to plunder the resource warehouses of the Emperor's Empire in various star systems.

The shadowy empire's tentacles once reached millions of light-years away!

What the Land of Light wants is not resources, but the complete annihilation of the Emperor's Empire and the dispelling of darkness!

So they spent much more time, and by the time Jian returned, it was more than a thousand years after the decisive battle!

Correspondingly, due to their constant absence on campaigns, Ken and Belial had temporarily forgotten about the debt agreement they signed years ago...

Looking back now, it's not too late.

After all, the area of ​​the Emperor Empire is too large, and the Emperor aliens are not dead!

Although he was seriously injured and went into hiding, his strategist, the Alien Mefilas, led the newly formed Dark Four Heavenly Kings and gathered a large part of the army to resist.

It would take at least ten thousand years to completely eradicate them!

"Because it wasn't available back then!"

Ultraman, who was guarding the warehouse, was speechless.

Ken was not surprised to receive this answer. At that time, the entire Land of Light was enslaved, and all resources and technology were looted. It was only thanks to the protection of the Plasma Spark Tower that those artifacts were not lost.

Even if the Land of Light were to completely clean the entire planet, it would still have very few resources available.

This has led to an awkward situation.

If the debt is settled in one lump sum, then no more interest will be added. But the Land of Light will not be able to recover, and its 150 billion residents will probably have to lie down and live for the next thousand years.

But if they only pay off the interest and don't settle the debt, it would probably take everyone working for a hundred years to pay it back.

As for not paying it back for the time being... well, let's not consider that.

Although the Land of Light can develop again with these resources, by the time it finishes developing and wants to pay back its debts, it may be too late!

"Then let's give them all!"

Jian's eyes twitched, but there was nothing he could do; a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one!

It's better to resolve this now than to be dragged out later.

"real?"

"Yes, the parliament has passed it."

"OK."

The warehouse manager was very efficient; he sat down and began to inventory the supplies, then contacted the Baltan Trading Company.

Meanwhile, the goblin merchants, having received the news, were eager to get started.

The scale of the universe is so vast that even using their own standard cosmic year, they cannot accurately calculate the passage of time within the universe or the relative time under different gravitational forces; at most, they can only give an approximation.

for example.

The goblin merchant Quiddock had been trading across the universe for a thousand standard years, but recently he returned home only to find that all his wives were dead…

Upon investigation, it was discovered that 1,100 standard years had passed on the dwarf planet, just reaching the lifespan limit of his wives!

Because they lack talent, even with sufficient resources to cultivate, they cannot break through to the peak of the surface level.

A peak-level Earth Realm expert can live for at least five thousand standard years, while those who haven't broken through to the Earth Realm can only survive by taking gene-enhancing drugs.

However, such beings who rely on drugs to prolong their lives can only live for about two thousand years at most, after which the effectiveness of gene therapy will decrease.

However, Quidok returned a hundred years too late, which meant that the gene-enhancing drugs he brought could not be delivered in time...

Well, for other species, it might be very heartbreaking.

But for goblins, if they lose their wives, they can just marry another!

So recently, Quidok has been living a very comfortable life.

While nourishing him, it also fueled his ambition, making him want to conquer another empire for his emperor!

And this first step begins with collecting payments!

Headache, taking a day off after the first update.

(End of this chapter)