After the completion ceremony for the Tower of Aiseng ended, Rayne and the guests teleported back to Gotham City. That evening, a small banquet was held at Highland Fortress.
More than a dozen representatives from various factions of the Empire attended.
Several prominent figures from Gotham City were there as well, along with Kuilu, Livlin, Yizite, five Dwarf kings, and three Kings of the Hill.
Although the banquet was small, its level was extremely high. Rayne spoke with every guest for a while. After half a day of fermenting, the news of Aiseng's reconstruction and the Friendship Treaty signed with the Dwarves had already spread throughout the Aurelian Empire.
Everyone at the banquet was concerned about one thing: the East Coast Development Plan of the Archon!
When Rayne spoke with them, he stayed on this subject.
Now, he could speak openly and tell everyone his thoughts. Using Vejestri's Tenth Circle Spell, Magic Torchlight, as a base, he would reclaim the cities of the Elven Empire one by one and bring the east coast of the New Continent into the Empire's territory.
Everyone was stunned by this plan.
Each Magic Torchlight Rune Array required an Iola's Core for support, and producing one Iola's Core cost fifty million Gold Shields!
If they had not witnessed it personally in Aiseng, or if someone else had proposed it, everyone would have scoffed at the plan.
But this was a plan proposed by Rayne.
Rayne was the Archon of the Empire, commanding the strongest Legion in the world. He was also the Empire's Richest, and today he had obtained five hundred million Gold Shields' worth of Alchemical Materials from the Dwarves through the Friendship Treaty. He absolutely had the financial power to realize this grand plan.
Forget five or six Iola's Cores—even more than ten,