Morton City Lord's Mansion. Ye Luo had only just returned and had barely warmed his seat when Robert rushed in in a panic.
"Your Majesty Ye Luo, those people who were just sent to the major inns in the city... were they the mages from the five great kingdoms?"
Ye Luo nodded. "That's right. Last night, we defeated the Keren Kingdom's First Legion, along with the mages accompanying them to participate in the Six Kingdoms Magic Exchange Tournament. To avoid causing unnecessary panic, we didn't announce their arrival beforehand."
Robert asked in disbelief, "Then... what are those mages now? Prisoners?"
"Friends. Of course they're friends!"
"But they're mages who pride themselves on their nobility..." Robert seemed dazed.
Ye Luo chuckled. "Noble? Noble my ass! All the bustle under heaven is for profit; all the scrambling under heaven is for gain. Even if there are one or two lofty, unruly people among them, they're one in a thousand!
"City Lord Robert, as a city lord, you should understand one thing best: enemies and allies are often the least reliable things, especially when unequal interests are involved!"
Robert suddenly recalled how Ye Luo had won over the Barute Chamber of Commerce. At a single banquet, through a redistribution of benefits, Ye Luo had gone from a Demon Beast hated by all to the mighty tree the Barute Chamber of Commerce relied upon. It seemed that Ye Luo had used the same method to make the captured mages of the five kingdoms so excited!
And that was precisely what made Ye Luo terrifying. What he gave away was either something he had never possessed in the first place or something he had no need for at all, yet it allowed him to turn enemies into friends and reap enormous, tangible benefits... Ye Luo's