Chapter 108 - Natives>Imports

"So. King Zar... refuses to fulfill the request i specifically... assigned him too?...Why?"

Asked King Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll, as he stood in patience, hearing what Guard Commander Chan has to say.

"I'm about to quote his own words Sire. he said

"I'm sick of my father's ways of life and i want to bring equality in Pameres Kingdom.""

Guard Commander Chan was trembling as he quoted what King Zar said. Knowing how capable the King is, fear is implanted in his mind.

King Zar didn't have fear towards his father. Because actually, Zar doesn't even remember meeting King Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll.

The only time he was face to face with his father, were minutes after birth. Where Xakro refused Zar as a son and ordered for Zar to live in Pameres Kingdom, ordering the past King, to raise Zar to the point of Kinghood. But not Grand King hood as Zar wasn't carrying the Powers, he was considered unworthy  for such title.

So Zar grew up knowing that his own father didn't accept him, and even blamed himself for it, feeling like a failure in a big part of his 27 years of life.

But now he managed to take a stand and he did rather great progress so far. Considering how Bad Pameres Kingdom was, with 1/3 of the homeless escaping the streets, and with a possible income of over 10,000 Gold Coins just from Blacksmithing.

The Kingdom is progressing considerably better when compared to the progress they had while being in the ill.u.s.tratain Alliance where they could make 5-10k Gold Coins income in total each month, because a lot of Gold Coins went in expenses.

Now even people who escaped the streets are helping the homeless as much as they can with what Gold Coins they can afford to spare.

"Did you...tell him that refusing to fulfill a task the...Grand King ordered, would kick the refusing Kingdom from the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance...with no hope of return. He can't undo... what he did."

Said King Xakro in a cold low tone as if he was dead of emotions, as if he killed each brain cell of his and was only able to speak. It would give anyone shivers.

"I did. But he firmly stuck to his words. He even considered you a fool locked in your Castle!"

Said Chan as he swallowed his own spit and heard his voice crack mid sentence.

"What!"

Yelled King Xakro as fire arose underneath his throne and flew harmlessly above his head for 20 feet high before it disappeared into thin air, leaving Guard Commander Chan to piss his pants. But it escaped unnoticed by King Xakro, otherwise he would burn Chan into a crisp even though he had many plans about him.

"Sire i can make you eat his words for you. Let's burn his Kingdom to the ground. Let's show him what the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance can do!"

Said Guard Commander Chan in hopes of preventing the King from burning his own Castle down with this sort of rage.

"That... would be the Dumbest idea now. Our motherland... is in a military shortage Crutal Kingdom lost... 939 People when the Electus had an outburst and... the Snow Ignites could attack... any moment. If they managed to... invade the Capital of Septemtrionis... Ignis with an army of 300 and... withstand so many attacks after without losing a soldier, they surely discovered... some sort of power that aided them to Victory."

"So what I understand from that is, you don't want to lose more Soldiers?"

Said Guard Commander Chan struggling to keep up even though the King took his time finishing his sentences.

"Correct. I can't risk weakening... the Capital. Right now i need... to spend a fortune to strengthen our... defences. We are very near... the border. The Snow Ignites could attack... any time they please."

"How can we strengthen our defences? We can't ask any of the other Kingdoms for assistance. Pameres Kingdom was our only option. They couldn't of nearly provided even half of what you asked for as far as I saw, but in this shortage, they would at least prove a bit useful."

Chan saw for himself how many homeless people Pameres Kingdom had. I mean even through the hardest attempts, Zar was only able to hire a handful of homeless people.

"A rich city, is a strong city. If we can get... more income, we can afford more well... trained troops. By Killing 939 people, the Electus pushed... us from the title of "Capital City". Pameres... is the Capital Kingdom now and Zar is the... Grand King."

"How can we make Crutal Kingdom richer Sire? Experienced workers are harder to get than Guards. Ignis doesn't have more to spare no matter where we go!"

"Indeed. But we have... untapped resources that we overlooked.

We still have over 1000... Imported Guards. They aren't natives.

The dirtbags... on the streets aren't proving useful on Pameres Kingdom... but Zar accepted them as natives, permanent residents. He doesn't have any... imports. That's his upper advantage."

Said the King with his tone rising in rage in the last words of his sentence.

"So you think that we should turn the Guards into workers. How is that strengthening the defences? We would be losing Guards that way."

"If we can get... a bigger profit, we can hire mercenaries... from other Continents or even... pay for Soldiers from other Continents. They... wouldn't refuse a deal with... us but we need to be able to... accomplish this task without leading the Kingdom... to an economical collapse.

Even if we turn 500 imported Guards into workers, we would... still have over 1000 Guards in total due to the Natives."

Said King Xakro while losing his breath often mid sentence. This is due to the wounds he was born with, for those who are wondering.

"Which would also give us the title of being the Capital Kingdom again.

Sire. Whenever you have a plan, it starts off as crazy and ends up so advantageous. I honestly admire you."

"No time for... admiration. Get me Aaron. You both will be... very busy this month."