Floid didn't say anything throughout the meal. He just ate about three plates of food and a few plates of dessert. Floid was also very impressed with the food that the maids made. He noticed that the maids took a lot more care as they made this food. Was Rosavellt trying to impress him or something? She went far beyond what she usually does!
Floid finished eating a few minutes before Travy and Quinn quickly came forward and took his plate with a scowl. Floid only smiled as he watched her carrying the plate. Quinn turned to look at Floid when she noticed that he was looking at her and she stuck her tongue out at him when she saw him smiling at her! Quinn knew that it was a childish thing to do, but she didn't care! This is her brother and she can act like a child in front of her brother if she wants!
Quinn finally took the plates and she forced herself to bow when she noticed Rosavellt glaring at her from the other side of the table. Quinn would have left without even bothering to bow, but Quinn was terrified of Rosavellt and Quinn would rather not get on Roaavellt's bad side at all.
Pyra come to Travy and took his plate and once they were both gone, Travy immediately sat up. It was time to get down to actual business.
Travy spoke up first.
"My lord, I would like to congratulate you on conquering the kingdom of Uta. It is a feat many thought impossible, but my faith in you never wavered. I am sure you will have many more of such great feats in the future,"
Travy's attempts at kissing ass didn't even make Floid react. Floid nodded his head absentmindedly and he stretched his hand to the side. Pyra immediately came forward and handed the papers that she collected from Travy to Floid.
Floid opened the papers and he started to scam through the finance of Trad for the past few months. Floid left Travy and Raven in charge of running Trad for the last few months. The two of them were in charge of all the importation and exportation that the kingdom did and they were also in charge of keeping the people in check.
The citizens of Trad didn't know that Floid was the one in control of Trad, but they were not fools. Many of them were very rich businessmen and they must've already heard about what happened to both Aquinas and Uta! I'm sure that they know they are not safe! Even if they don't know I already took control of the entire kingdom, they must think that they will be the next to be invaded and they must be panicking.
That is why Food was thinking of finally getting rid of the kingdom of Trad. Floid didn't need them anymore. After he got rid of Uta just recently, Trad outlived its purpose and it would be a waste of space to leave humans alive in a kingdom that demons could be occupying. I think I'll just capture all the huma?thre and use them as food for the other demons after Im done using them now. They can't work on the farm since most of them are aristocrats that never worked a day in their lives. They would just be collateral.
Floid turned the page of the report and he saw that Raven and Travy actually managed to triple the gross income profit of the kingdom in the past three months. Floid hummed in surprise. This was very impressive! He didn't think that Travy and Raven would be able to do something like this especially since they didn't have that many people to sell their goods to. Who the hell have they been selling their goods and resources to for them to make this much money??
Floid asked Travy the question and Travy answered happily It is obvious that he is proud of what they did.
"There are some small villages and towns around the continent that we were able to extort money from in exchange for some protection. Of course, we didn't actually protect them much once the demons decided to attack them, but the taxes that they paid along with the taxes that the other businessmen in Trad paid was enough to fill the coffers at an unbelievable pace! We ensured that we collected the taxes in either gold or mana stones so that they will not lose their value as time goes on."
Floid nodded in understanding. So they were using the fear of the demons to extort money from the humans. That was a genius plan and Floid was surprised that someone like Raven would agree to a plan like that. Raven seemed like the sort of person that would want to hurt humans if he had a choice. Raven was even willing to give up his life as he tried to bargain for the lives of the other people in Trad. Maybe Raven was just trying to impress me so that I don't turn my attention to Trad? Floid knew that this could be the case and he scoffed at Raven's attempts to flatter him.
Floid could easily take money from the humans if he wanted. If Raven thinks that money was enough to stop Floid from destroying them then Raven is a fool. Floid appreciates Raven's individual value more than the monetary value of the towns. Raven had a good mind for business and if Floid was going to spare any human after he takes over Trad, it will be Raven. Raven can work with Travy and handle the finances of the demon army.
Floid finally set down the papers and relaxed back in his seat. He was impressed by what Raven and Travy accomplished and he would allow them to keep doing what they are doing. Floid didn't really need the humans in Trad. But Floid decided that he would keep them for now. He needed them for his next plan.
Floid spoke to Travy and Travy sat up straight immediately he heard Floid call his name.
"Travy. I need you and Raven to shift your focus from the small towns outside the kingdom to Uta. The small towns will not exist after the next few months so there is no need to promise them protection since the demon will soon occupy most of this continent. Instead, you are going to be providing materials to the demons here in Uta. I plan to shift the capital of the demon continent from Hampshire to Uta."
Ravys eyes widened in shock once he heard this! This was a really big deal. To shift the entire capital to a new place, the number of demons that would need to migrate would be enormous! But this was also one of the best decisions that Floid could make. Hampshire was a very large city and it will be able to house a lot of demons, but it was nothing compared to Uta.
Uta was at least ten times larger than Hampshire and it can house far more demons than Hampshire could. There is a saying that a kingdom is only as strong as its capital city. This means that the kingdom would be able to stand strong so long as the capital city was still standing! Floid understood this saying perfectly and he decided to move his capital city to a much stronger region.
Travy immediately nodded.
"We will begin the preparation immediately, my lord. You will receive weekly reports about our progress -"
Before Travy could finish his short speech, Floid cut him off. Floid wasn't going to be here for the next few weeks, so Floid decided to hand over the authority for building the capital city to someone else. Someone that he knew he could trust with something this important.
"Send your weekly reports to my servant, Rizi. She will be in charge of this construction and you will receive your orders directly from here. Ensure that there are no problems with the transportation and quality of the goods. My other servant, Andromeda will be in charge of the humans that will be working on the project, so report all your problems to them both,"
Travy looked surprised. What in the world was going on? Does the demon lord not want to handle this on his own? Travy wondered why he had to report to the servants when he usually reports everything to the demon lord directly. Travy wanted to ask why he had to report to the servants, but he knew that he would be overstepping his boundaries if he asked that question. He was also just a servant and he had no right to question the demon lord's orders no matter how curious he is.
Travy was sure he would figure out why eventually! He is a businessman and he can easily spot small things like that without needing any help!
Travy bowed as he accepted the order.
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Down in the underwater kingdom, a small convoy of mermaids was waiting close to the shores of Aquinas for the convoy of vampires to arrive. Today was the day when they were supposed to meet the vampire lord, Dracula and they were still a little bit annoyed by the fact that they had to ask for help from vampires at all!
Talia was at the front of the group. And she could hear the muttering and annoyed voices coming from her two sisters behind her. Both of them were very vocal about how much they didn't want to do this. They didn't even think they needed the help of the vampires to deal with the lizardmen! But that is not what Talia was trying to do here! Talia knew that if there was a war, the mermaids and lizardmen would both have heavy casualties! Since the lizardmen were only half-men, they would not be affected a lot by the mermaid's songs and so the mermaids wou!d have to fight them. The lizardmen were stronger than the mermaids physically so no one really knows how this battle would turn out.
Talia didn't want any of her sisters to die. She didn't want this to lead to a war where they might end up reducing their numbers for no reason. It is already difficult for them to produce offspring because they are all females! If they start a war and many of them die, then it will take almost a hundred years for them to bring their population back up to the point it was before!
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