After Prince's glib, silver-tongued, and fiercely articulate verbal battle,
finally,
the shares were settled at a fifty-fifty split.
There was no help for it.
This was the highest goal William could achieve only by pulling rank and deploying shameless actions.
After all, Eastern Region Alliance Chamber of Commerce could expand its trade routes to Seven Continents and sell to every top faction, kingdom faction, and empire faction—something Dawn City currently could far from achieve.
Coupled with Forbes's decision to increase investment, which massively boosted Dawn City's production capacity without intending to demand the secret of Rune Core, Dawn City actually profited immensely in this aspect.
And while Gods Continent seemed about to merge, at which time distances would shorten and Dawn City could also open up its own commercial channels, it would still take at least ten years for William to achieve that goal.
Ten years.
It sounded neither long nor short.
Yet with these ten years, William guaranteed he could make a fortune through mana weapons, and even change the war pattern of Gods Continent, making major factions not dare to easily wage war.
Because with these weapons,
virtually aside from Legendary-Class Professional, Epic-Class Professional were no longer invincible either. A few Mana Annihilation Rifles aimed at Epic experts would break their shield with one shot, and if a few more hit, it might well cost them their little lives, making large-scale wars no longer so easily initiated.
"Actually, I still did it so Gods Continent could fight a bit more easily against Dark World," William sighed. The losses caused by Third Dark Invasion were simply too great.
Ten years later,
Dark World would invade completely. Even with the diversion of quite a few forward outposts, it would be of no use, with Legendary Demon as generals and Dark