Chapter 215
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Chapter 215: United Father and Son
Listening to Grand Duke Osiris’s story, Emperor Augustus’s expression grew serious.
"Gods walking in the world, interesting…" Emperor Augustus sighed, "Don’t say thirty percent; I would even let go of fifty percent. The debts Canglang Province owes to the empire will be completely erased."
"What do you want to do?" Grand Duke Osiris’s gaze sharpened.
"Neymar, she is your adopted daughter, right?" A faint smile appeared on Emperor Augustus’s face, "She was not born in Canglang Province but in Winterfell City, and I supported her in her childhood."
"She has a villa in Winterfell City, gifted to her in my name."
"I am her first teacher."
"When she comes of age, I want her to marry…"
"She can only be Your Majesty’s goddaughter." Grand Duke Osiris rudely interrupted Emperor Augustus, "This is the bottom line!"
Emperor Augustus’s face darkened.
Facing the powerful Emperor Augustus, Grand Duke Osiris showed no signs of backing down, staring firmly at Emperor Augustus.
"Your Majesty, think carefully, is it truly a good thing for you to control the marriage of Neymar, who possesses divine power and blood?" Osiris continued.
Five minutes later, Emperor Augustus smiled.
"What I meant was to let her marry Karoso, in my name as her guardian," Emperor Augustus said with a smile. "She is like a sister to Teresa, how could she possibly marry my son?"
"I certainly understand Your Majesty’s intentions. If Your Majesty truly wishes to wed Neymar to Your Majesty’s prince, as a loyal subject, how could I possibly disagree? That would be Neymar’s fortune. But unfortunately, she is not only my daughter, so I cannot have complete control," Osiris said with a laugh. "Since the great emperor does not have this intention, let the young ones handle their own matters. The future belongs to the youth."
"Yes, I know of your loyalty to the empire," Emperor Augustus nodded. "The empire will build Churches of the Wisdom God in every major city, to help the Church of the Wisdom God become a legitimate and recognized faith."
"Yes," Grand Duke Osiris nodded.
"Of course, Osiris, you understand," Emperor Augustus said seriously. "The foundation of all this is that she truly is defined as… the embodiment of a true god."
"Otherwise, everything I agreed to today will not count; the money owed must still be paid, and as for the funds for building the church… I want fifty percent of the profits from this time’s City of Freedom Canglang Province."
"Your Majesty, I am very confident," Grand Duke Osiris said with a bow.
……
After Osiris hung up the call, he dialed another number.
On the other end of the line, Minaret with white hair and pale skin was wildly showing off her food.
She was in a hideout for thieves beneath the City of Freedom, which now had very few people left and showed signs of battles everywhere.
Minaret was holding a hamburger, shoving it into her mouth as if she hadn’t eaten in a year.
In front of her was a large bucket of cola, bubbling away.
"I have completed my mission," Minaret said as she gulped down the hamburger.
Osiris found it amazing; her black skin was her true form, yet this woman could change her skin color freely without any magical aura, truly a true master of thievery.
"I have a favor to ask you," Grand Duke Osiris said.
"What do you want?" Minaret instantly became alert. "Let me tell you, my mission is done, I am free now, and our only relationship is that I could take your head at any moment."
"Can I borrow your head for a while? I’ll give it back after this." Osiris said casually, "You are a bounty hunter and also a killer, right?"
"Yes, but I only kill nobles, especially the wicked ones." A gleam of bloodthirst flashed in Minaret’s eyes, "For example, your head would be nice. I am very curious about who would put a bounty on you."
"Ha, alright, I’m waiting." Grand Duke Osiris smiled, "I have some information I want to give you."
"What information?" Minaret asked with curiosity.
"Some locations where dark elves are held…"
"What did you say?" Minaret put down the hamburger.
"I have a list of about a hundred dark elves, locked up in several cities near the City of Freedom, belonging to… Blade of Dawn. They have forgotten the glory of the dark elves and are serving the enemy."
Grand Duke Osiris didn’t have information about Blade of Dawn; Canglang Province was indeed powerful, but no matter how strong, it was just a province.
Faced with the giant Church of Dawn Goddess, Canglang Province could not make a move.
Moreover, the strength of Canglang Province has always been reflected in its military, while everything else is quite average.
Especially with the establishment of underground organizations, Grand Duke Osiris is a new noble and lacks the heritage of the old nobility, which is a significant shortcoming.
This information was not obtained by Grand Duke Osiris, but was provided by Karoso, as mentioned in the bullet comment.
Grand Duke Osiris had previously mentioned that dark elves are natural thieves, and this race seems to be born for stealing.
The Church of the Dawn Goddess aims to do everything to the best of their ability, so they naturally captured some dark elves, making them their sharp weapons; this is all written in Celica’s personal biography.
"What do you want in exchange for this information?" Minaret said in a low voice.
"I want you to rescue them in a short time, and then…" Grand Duke Osiris said calmly, "help me seriously injure someone."
"Who?"
"The current Cardinal of the Kingdom of Persia, the former Blade of Dawn with the red gloves, Sword Master Celica."
Karoso did not know that Minaret would help Osiris with his tasks, but he knew that after giving Grand Duke Osiris so much information, he should have a way to hurt Celica, buying some time.
"Sword Master… Ha, then I will go meet this Sword Master."
……
At the same time, Karoso and 『』 were together in Karoso’s room.
"Karoso, I remember you gave me some cards to make in my dream. I only finished one and went out to help you fight." 『』 looked at Karoso with a serious expression, "That Emperor Goufuh card, is it real?"
"Yes." Karoso nodded.
"Do you have any idea how big of a storm this will cause…?" 『』 sighed, "Who gave you this card? This could change the entire Nature Mage community!"
"Do you know what this means? It means that the status of all Nature Mages will rise along with the tide."
Nature Mage is a not very valuable profession; although talent is important, the requirements to become a Nature Mage are not as strict as those for wizards, and it does not need a lot of magical materials and books.
The strongest power of a wizard is knowledge. The more knowledge a wizard has, the more valuable they become. If they can use what they have learned in real battles… then an eighth-tier wizard is basically unbeatable among all professions of the same level, making them a nightmare on the battlefield.
In comparison, the Nature Mage is a bit weaker.
Nature Mages do not need to study as much as wizards because they focus on improving their connection to nature.
In a battle, a Nature Mage of the same level as a fighting wizard will be totally overpowered.
Summoning followers is the strength of a Nature Mage, but that was a long time ago. Now, anyone can summon many followers.
In close combat, they can’t beat warriors, and in long-range, they get dominated by wizards. They also need to protect themselves from thieves and hunters.
With so many professions, only the Nature Mage lacks any movement cards, making them very weak at surviving. This is why Nature Mages are not very valuable.
However, if they had this card called Emperor Goufuh, everything would be completely different.
When a Nature Mage has double the magic power, all problems will be easily solved!
Is there no spell stronger than a wizard’s? I can overpower with my magic.
If the quality is not good, let’s make up for it with quantity.
Afraid of being cut by thieves? I have plenty of magic; I can summon many followers.
No way to move?
When my magic is enough, I am like a cannon. As long as I use a lot of magic to keep the enemies away, I can defeat them all, and then no one can get close.
"I know," Karoso said, "so I want to ask Teacher 『』 for a favor."
"What favor?" 『』 raised an eyebrow.
"Create three Emperor Goufuh cards: fifth-tier, sixth-tier, seventh-tier!" Karoso said. "Then send them to the Nature Mage Association, so they will protect Neymar for six years in exchange for these three cards."
"Emperor Goufuh cards from three different tiers…" 『』 placed her hand on her leg, and her breathing became faster.
Soon, 『』 calmed down and helplessly said, "You need to be more careful from now on. What if you speak like that to another Eight-tier Card Maker, and they take you away? In the face of such interests, even your father might not be able to protect you."
Both the Zero-star Card and the over card were not published by Karoso personally. The Zero-star Card belonged to Alita, while the over card was attributed to the Card Maker team of Canglang Province.
These people all have one thing in common: they can protect themselves, but Karoso cannot.
If 『』 were a free Card Maker, she could secretly take Karoso away or claim these three cards as her own…
Can a duke be strong enough to fight against the entire Nature Mage Association?
"I know you are Teacher 『』, that’s why I can talk to you like this and only dare to give these to you in my dreams." Karoso grabbed Bai’s hand tightly and said, "Even if it was Teacher Null, I wouldn’t dare to give this."
『』 looked into Karoso’s clear eyes and couldn’t help but feel moved.
『』 felt a bit sentimental, realizing it was worth being kind to this child.
"Okay, but…" 『』 patted Karoso’s head and said with some confusion, "There is a material I’ve never heard of, and strangely, in the dream world, your family has this material…"
"This material has always been here, but it has never been released." Karoso said confidently, "These three Emperor Goufuh cards are also one of my Canglang Province’s top secrets."
"Then why don’t you let your father contact the Nature Mage Association?"
"Well, our card-making team in Canglang Province is not just one. This team only answers to me. There are some things I don’t want my father to handle, and I definitely don’t want my older brother to deal with them." Karoso came up with what seemed like a reasonable explanation.
"I see, your noble families are really complicated." 『』 understood immediately when she heard about the internal power struggle, "Alright, as long as you get the materials, I’ll help you make these three cards and deliver them to the Nature Mage Association."
"Thank you, teacher."
……
Kirmin’s room.
"Huh?" Kirmin’s eyes widened as she stared in terror at Karoso before her.
"Young master, what do you mean?" Kirmin’s head buzzed.
When she saw Karoso coming to find her late at night, she instantly became alert.
She originally thought that the matter of the City of Freedom was just a small role for her, as she felt very insignificant.
She thought it was all over and that she could go home tomorrow, but then Karoso came for a surprise visit.
She thought Karoso was lonely after fighting for a few days and wanted to take out his frustration on her, so she was ready with some new excuses.
Instead, Karoso told her to hurry up and make Kirmin’s juicer, which left Kirmin completely confused.
Damn, this is worse than asking me to sacrifice myself!
"Young Master, how do you know I have plans to create machinery for decomposing and integrating materials?" Kirmin asked cautiously.
This juicer for Kirmin was research she started in the second half of last year.
Most of the money she earned from Karoso was invested in this machine.
It is well known that researching this kind of thing requires a lot of funding, and Kirmin has been working many jobs and trying every way she can to make money, all for her research.
Although she is a cunning merchant and a bit paranoid, she has always been very dedicated to machines.
Even though the robots she made were called junk by her teacher, she remained determined, firmly believing that her path was the right one.
"I want you to be my future butler, so I naturally need to check you thoroughly," Karoso said calmly. "You talk about those strange diseases, but they don’t exist, and there’s no way a noble would ever fall for you."
"I know more about you than you think; otherwise, why would I dare take you to my family’s dungeon to see our secrets?"
"Um, young master…" Kirmin’s lips twitched.
The other nobles who hired her and wanted to harm her usually felt disgusted by her excuses and had no desire to investigate further.
After all, nobles rarely lack for women; if one doesn’t work out, they simply move on to the next. Kirmin was not worth their time.
But Karoso was different; he understood Kirmin very well.
"Without saying anything else, I won’t hurt you." Karoso said, "I am not interested in your appearance; I am interested in your abilities, whether it is your business skills or your talent in studying mechanics."
"There are many people with business skills, so what I value most is your unique research ability."
Kirmin never thought of herself as a business genius, but this research ability…
Kirmin’s heart was pounding wildly.
It was the first time in her life that someone recognized her research ability, and it was because they wanted to recruit her!
But her natural sensitivity made her ask more questions.
"Don’t lie to me, I know my grades."
