Alinx.
The luxurious carriage slowly drove into the Cadier Family and finally stopped at the entrance of the mansion. A servant quickly lay on the ground beside the carriage, waiting for his master to get off. However, after waiting for a long time, no one got off the carriage. The servant broke out in a cold sweat due to fear. After a full ten minutes, Frank finally got off the carriage. The smile on his face made it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
The servant on the ground had just heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Frank casually say, "Get rid of him. He's so dirty and sticky that he even dirtied my boots."
"No, don't —"
The unlucky servant's voice quickly faded into the distance. Frank returned to the study that was filled with incense. After sitting on the chair, he took a long breath …
"Bang!"
"Clang!"
"Crack!"
"Clang!"
A series of chaotic noises came from the study. The servant who brought the tea stopped in her tracks at the door, shook her head, and retreated.
However, under the gloomy gazes of Morton and Charles, the servant had no choice but to brace herself and enter the study.
"Ah —"
Soon, the servant's terrified scream came from the study.
"Come in."
Morton and Charles looked at each other. Both of them carried the prepared clothes and pushed the door open and walked in. They ignored the debris and debris on the floor. Their gazes lingered on the figure in front of them for a moment before they immediately lowered their heads.
Although it was daytime, the study was very dark. The maid who had just entered had already disappeared, leaving behind only a few pieces of clothing and puddles of blood and wet mucus on the ground. Frank, who should have been hunched and old, was now exposed. A strange black light was swimming around his muscular body, making him look much stronger than Aubrey.
Both Morton and Charles were excited at the thought of their father's appearance, which they had just seen.
Was this the power the Cadier Family could obtain?
They could finally have their own power!?
Frank slowly exhaled a mouthful of black gas, and his sturdy body began to shrink again. He took a new set of clothes from Charles and Morton, and after putting them on, he sat back down on the chair and propped his chin up in silence.
"Father …"
Morton could not help but ask, "When can we obtain power like yours?"
"I have such power?"
The smiling Frank raised his head. "Do you think that power just now is very strong?"
"Isn't that so?"
"Of course not."
Frank shook his head. "Charles, Morton, my children, you must believe in yourselves. You are my sons, and you are more outstanding than me. The power you will obtain will be greater than mine … and that time will come very soon."
Charles and the Moreton brothers were overjoyed when they heard this, and their eyes were filled with unconcealable longing.
Frank leaned back. After a moment of silence, he said, "Did you know? Victor and the others are making a move."
Morton was stunned for a moment. "What's going on?"
Charles was stunned, and his expression changed greatly. "The Royal Faction is going to make a move!?"
Frank glanced at Morton without batting an eyelid, feeling very disappointed. After all, Morton's political sense was not as good as Charles'.
"It might not necessarily be a fight. However, this is not good news for us."
Frank pointed at the parchment scroll on the table. "Take a look. This is the temporary decision made in today's meeting."
Charles really wanted to take a look, but thinking of his current identity, he could only suppress his impulse and wait for Morton to take a look first.
Morton picked up the scroll and looked through it. He scratched his head and gave a few dry laughs, then silently handed the scroll to Charles.
To be honest, he couldn't understand it.
Charles revealed a faint smile. My stupid Odoudou, you want to seize the right of inheritance? You are still too naive …
He quickly skimmed through it, and the more he read, the more shocked he became.
"Proposing to increase the labor benefits of mine laborers?"
"Temporary regulations on mine safety? Requiring mines to have safe mining conditions before mining is allowed? Safety standards will be issued later? "
"In view of the fact that the market for Magic Crystals is dominated by the nobles of the empire, they are proposing to classify Magic Crystals as luxury goods and impose a consumption tax on luxury goods!? Is Victor crazy about money!? What are they trying to do!? "
Charles couldn't help roaring, "The market for Magic Crystals isn't big to begin with, and they actually want to increase taxes!? Are they trying to force our Cadier Family to rebel!? "
"They had this intention to begin with."
Frank calmly said, "Keep reading, there's more to come."
"— — Because the previous temporary regulations set Magic Crystals as luxury goods, there will be a luxury goods export tax on exports to the City of Silver. Damn!"
Charles flew into a rage, "They are definitely doing this on purpose!"
Everyone knew that the Irus Empire's Cadier Family was the largest producer and seller of Magic Crystals, so these temporary regulations were clearly aimed at them!
There wasn't much profit to begin with and now there was a tax increase. With the deterrence of the magicians from the City of Silver, it was a problem to increase the price of Magic Crystals, so there was even less profit!
It was clear that the royal family had been plotting for a long time, their goal was to suppress their Cadier Family!
"There's more to come."
Frank's expression didn't change at all, so no one could see his emotions.
Charles kept reading and when he saw the following content, his heart began to beat wildly, "The empire's first regiment will begin a combat exercise soon? They plan to transfer people from the third regiment to make up for the shortage in the first regiment? The first regiment will begin to equip themselves with new armours and weapons, evaluating the defensive capabilities of the new armours and the offensive capabilities of the new weapons!? "
Charles took in a cold breath, "Lord father, this is fake, right?"
"In the past few days, Aubrey Tiantian has been running to the first regiment, it can't be fake, right?"
Frank softly said, "Could it be that you think he'll put on an act for me with his intelligence?"
"… … He wouldn't."
"So, this is very likely a signal ….. It's not a good signal for us."
Frank lowered his head after saying this, "We haven't completely infiltrated the domestic intelligence network yet, but Victor can't sit still. He might have sensed the threat and his actions are a demonstration to us."
"Perhaps, he's just lying to us?"
"Lying to us? What good is it for him? "
Frank revealed a very gentle smile, "Lying to us isn't good for him at all. Don't forget, the third regiment is guarding the Sacred Sword Scar mainly to deter the Grayson Kingdom. Now that he's even called back the third regiment ….. His goal is very clear, it's to scare us."
"… … Lord father, will there be a war?"
"The possibility is not high, but it can't be ruled out."
Frank let out a turbid breath, "No matter what, now that the royal family has shown their cards, it's our turn to play our cards. Because the Spade family has a strong foundation, these policies haven't hurt their foundation, so they might not react immediately. But we're different. We've already made our choice, so now we have to play our cards."
"You mean … … to start the plan?"
"… … Put the plan on hold for now. The most important thing now is to raise funds, and at the same time, win over more people and get them to join our camp."
Frank calmly said, "Although we and the Spade family are both aristocrats, we're different from them. You know the situation of the Cardier family now. Since we've joined the Dark Serpent, we have no other choice but to overthrow Victor and make ourselves king."
"Of course!"
Charles said with a face full of fanaticism, "It's not just for the position of king, but more importantly, that lord can bestow us with power!"
As a member of the Cardier family, whose bloodline was extremely difficult to awaken, Charles did not have a strong desire for power. He longed more for personal strength, and he longed to become a Revelation.
However, his innate bloodline limited his chances of becoming a Revelation, and it was infinitely close to zero.
He had tried all kinds of expensive herbs, but none of them had any effect. Under normal circumstances, it was completely impossible for him and Morton to awaken their innate talents and become Revelations.
However, with the help of that lord, his father, Frank, had successfully obtained the power of a Revelation!
And they had also received the initial gift of being able to use a part of the power!
As they contributed more to the Dark Serpent, they would be able to control more and more power. One day, they would become existences that even strong people like Aubrey would have to look up to!
Power, only power was the truth!
Charles clenched his fists, and his gaze was firm. "Father, since Victor has already made his move, we can't fall behind. We need to speed up the process of bribing people, and at the same time, we need to start planning our own armed forces."
"You don't need to worry about the armed forces. Other than the soldiers we've trained, the Dark Serpent also has a part of its power that we can use."
Frank waved his hand and said, "The most important thing right now is the problem of funds. Raising this army isn't a joke. With the financial resources of our Cardier family, we can only support it for a few years. If we want to fight a tug of war, I'm afraid we'll need even more funds. So, the most important thing right now is to obtain funds."
"Funds … …"
Charles was silent for a bit, "It's very hard to obtain large amounts of funds in a short period of time. Our Cardier family's main assets are those magic metal mines and those Magic Crystal mines, unless we sell the magic metal mines."
"That's impossible."
Frank cut him off, "You should understand the importance of magic metals. It's not just wealth, it's also a strategic resource. Compared to the magic metal mines, I'd rather sell the Magic Crystal mines."
After saying this, Frank was suddenly stunned. Victor's plan wouldn't be to force him to sell the Magic Crystal mines, right?
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