Huo Yuhao's lavish generosity stunned everyone present.
Their gazes swept over Zhao Kang, who was absorbing his Soul Bones, and regret surged through their hearts.
If they had been the ones to act just now, might that sky-high fortune have landed in their laps instead?
Greed glittered in their eyes.
Huo Yuhao sneered. These fools actually dared to covet things that did not belong to them, without even understanding the situation they were in. He had no idea how they had become officials.
"Your lives are hanging by a thread, and you still have the mind to think about Soul Bones? You really are unbelievably stupid!"
Huo Yuhao's words jolted them awake from their dreams, and everyone came to their senses.
The city lord's corpse was still lying on the ground, yet they had let Soul Bones blind them. It was utterly laughable.
"Marshal, all of this was arranged by the city lord! It had nothing to do with us!"
The city lord was dead, but the living still had to struggle to survive.
With the dead unable to testify, whatever they said would be the truth.
"Is that so?"
Huo Yuhao tapped the armrest with his fingertips, producing a series of clicks. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he asked with a smile,
"How much money does Star Shield City still have available?"
The officials: ???
Huo Yuhao's conversational style was far too unpredictable. The topic had suddenly jumped so far afield that they could not react for a moment.
Soon, however, someone quick-witted began to answer.
"Marshal, Star Shield City is the Empire's most prosperous city. Its annual revenue runs into tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins. But although revenue is high, expenses are high as well. The hundred-thousand-strong army consumes an enormous amount of