Life and Death, Father and Son (Bonus Chapter for Legendary Orange Meow's Silver Alliance

Keeping an eye on the bowl while eating from the pot was only human nature.

It was a good thing that Minkler had ambition. Ji Jue needed partners like that—sharp, driven, and never satisfied. If some slacker took his place, where would Ji Jue earn his friends' fees?

In return, Seven Cities—or rather, Minkler's Lineage—once again displayed its talent for winning people over with money.

As one of the largest commercial hubs in the southeastern Endless Sea, Seven Cities saw astronomical sums of wealth pass through it every day.

With the current situation so tense, it had become a haven for risk-averse capital and drawn in vast amounts of outside funds.

Their family had been entrenched in Seven Cities for so many years that they practically made up one-seventh of the Alliance. When it came time to open their purses, they were even more generous.

At a time like this, Seven Cities needed protection. Its people needed to believe they would be protected. Seven Cities needed a battle hero!

Minkler, that inconspicuous damned soldier from the family in the old days, had suddenly risen in status. Having tasted power,

there was no way he could let go.

What he needed was an ally like Ji Jue—someone who would not threaten his position while providing ample support.

The two sides hit it off at once.

That very day, enormous quantities of materials were routed through the Libra Conglomerate and dispatched directly from local warehouses to Coast Industry.

On top of that, they had purchased a large batch of secondhand or scrapped alchemical items on his behalf, while guaranteeing that this was merely the first shipment. More would follow!

As long as you did not tell them to stop, they would renew the arrangement for three years first!

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