Episode 193 negotiation (1)
Lois’s out-of-nowhere rant.
There was no way that people who had grown up receiving only precious treatment would tolerate verbal abuse from someone they had never met before.
In particular, they were nobles from the Dominant Empire who were famous for their arrogance.
The nobles who were useful and knew how to think had long ago been fighting with swords for the empire or working in each ministry.
In other words, the nobles who currently gather in Daejeon to discuss private discussions were useless surplus human resources.
These people are unnecessarily arrogant compared to their talents.
The reaction of those people was obvious.
“Where do they come from!”
“How dare you use your mouth without knowing where this is!”
“It’s an intruder! “What are the Royal Guards doing?”
Angry shouts erupted from all over the place.
Lois tilted her head at the loud voice coming toward her.
“Is the person with the loud voice the one here?”
Then I will speak with one voice.
Lois giggled and raised her voice from deep within her danjeon.
Soon a loud roar burst from his mouth.
“shut up!”
Huh-huh-.
A loud voice echoed throughout Daejeon.
The sound was so loud that the people who were talking were startled and looked at Lois blankly.
Lois smiled contentedly.
“This is abdominal breathing.”
Lois resolved the situation with one deep breath.
In the silence, Lois’ voice rang softly.
“Your savior has been born, but if you talk like that, you’ll be bitter.”
Lois glanced around Daejeon with a smiling face.
Soon his eyes turned to the innermost part of Daejeon, a high platform.
A middle-aged man wearing fancier clothes and a crown on his head than anyone else.
Even at a glance, I could tell what position he held.
Also, he was the person Lois came to meet today.
Jumble-jump-.
As Lois walked toward him, Favreau followed behind her in silence.
After a while, the two people faced each other with a space of about 5 meters.
The first to speak was the emperor.
“Who are you? “I never invited you?”
Lois’s eyes flashed at the calm voice.
‘Ohh? ‘The emperor is the emperor?’
It was a very different reaction from other nobles.
However, Lois did not miss the embarrassment mixed in his seemingly calm voice.
“Do you feel a little sad when I say that? “I’m sure I received an invitation from you, right?”
Lois’ light remarks toward the emperor caused an uproar around her.
“this guy! “Can’t we be polite!”
“How dare you call it safe!”
Lois did not respond to their anger.
Instead, Fabro stepped forward.
thud-.
Fabro’s foot hit Daejeon heavily.
OK.
Damn it -.
The marble of Daejeon cracked and caved in.
The crack in the floor stopped exactly in front of those who had shouted a moment ago.
Fabro looked at them and gave them a fierce look.
“Be quiet. “This is where the head of our church speaks.”
Fabro’s cold voice rang out, and people who recognized him appeared.
“Um, who is the author?!”
“The great warrior of the church?”
“I told you to be quiet. Next time you open your mouth… “This will not end with a warning.”
Those who opened their mouths once again closed their mouths and swallowed dry saliva at Fabro’s sharp glare.
A slight surprise flashed in the emperor’s eyes at the title of Great Master of the Church.
‘Are you saying he’s that ageless monster?’
The emperor was also well aware of the rumors about the great sect of the church.
A being considered to be a much higher level of skill than the swordsman the empire was proud of.
In other words, if he had his way, there would be no one left alive here.
Even if it were the emperor himself who was protected by a guard in the dark, he would have to take some risk.
In the silence that had come again, the emperor opened his mouth.
“Are you the leader of a cult? But, that’s strange. When do you say I sent you an invitation?”
“Why are you doing this? “You told the kids to steal the items from our house, right?”
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“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Well, you should come out like that.”
“I don’t know how you came here… I don’t have time today to match your un-poetry sounds anymore. “Go back now.”
“really? Can we really go? “Would you regret it?”
Lois pointed to the window.
To be exact, it is a gigantic human figure looking down at the earth from the sky, outside the window.
The emperor’s eyebrows twitched.
“Was that your work too?”
“That’s what Carlos means. The Lord I serve is so merciful… “They told me to give the empire a chance.”
“What an interesting nonsense.”
“Wow, this is disappointing. Even after seeing God’s miracles, you still say it’s nonsense?”
“Do not try to deceive me with lies.”
“hmm… is that so?”
Lois smiled.
Then, the smile suddenly disappeared from his face.
“Fabro, don’t you keep hearing that buzzing sound coming from somewhere? “It looks like there are bugs.”
“this… “We will handle it quickly.”
Fabro slightly lowered his head and slammed his fist down forcefully.
Bang – blah blah blah -.
Fabro’s fist dug into the ground in an instant.
At the same time, a crack appeared in the marble and spread out, climbing up the pillar behind the emperor.
and.
Wow! Big!
With a small groan, two men fell from the ceiling.
Soon, 18 warriors dressed in black came down from the ceiling and surrounded the emperor.
Fabro’s face stiffened slightly as he looked at them.
‘They’re all Tier 2!’
Some of them weren’t even detected by Fabro.
18 second-tier warriors.
Their potential was not something that even Fabro could easily ignore.
Meanwhile, the guard warriors glared at Fabro and Royce with murderous eyes as their master was in crisis.
And the emperor under their protection.
He looked silently at the two warriors sprawled on the floor and coughing up blood.
“… … .”
The emperor was heartbroken at the inaction of Fabro, who immediately caught his guard and fatally wounded him.
He asked with stern eyes.
“Do you think you can survive here even after this?”
“We still don’t know whether we or Your Majesty will survive, do we?”
“Two surprise attacks don’t work.”
“Would you like to check? Even if Fabro and I die here, I think your Majesty can go with half of them, right?”
A tense battle of energy ensued between Lois and the Emperor.
In addition, there was increased tension between Fabro and the emperor’s secret guard.
The atmosphere feels like it might explode at any moment.
At that moment, Lois smiled and said.
“Ah, let’s not set me up like this when we don’t even have time. “I just need to get what I want.”
When Lois backed down first, the emperor also gave in.
“… “What do you want?”
Lois raised her hand when there was finally a sign of proper conversation.
Fingers spread out one by one.
“There are only three things I want. First, the return of the items stolen from us. Second, appropriate compensation for the hardships caused to us. and… … .”
Eventually, the third finger stretched out.
“Negotiation.”
“… Negotiation? “What kind of negotiation are you talking about?”
“We will take care of the monsters currently encamped outside the island.”
Surprise appeared on the faces of the nobles, including the emperor.
“Is that really true?”
“It’s true. But I’m not saying I’ll do it for free.”
“What do you want?”
“well? “What do you want?”
“… “What are you planning to do now?”
“You’re negotiating, right?”
“That’s why you didn’t ask! “If you want something, tell me!”
“Oh, it’s obvious. Do I really have to say that out loud?”
That’s what he said, but he put his thumb and index finger together and it looked like a circle.
Then he said:
“Ah, how come we, Carlos, don’t receive any donations…?” … .”
They just plainly told me to give up money.
And how obnoxious it was to make the sign of the cross.
The emperor gritted his teeth and asked.
“… “How much do you want?”
“Hey, you shouldn’t try to eat it raw like that. “You don’t have the basics of negotiation.”
“… what?”
Looking at the trembling emperor, Lois smiled, held out her hand, and bobbed it.
“Preemptively.”
“… … ?”
“Isn’t the basic principle of negotiation for the losing side to make the first move? So, give it a try. “How much can you do there?”
shaking-.
The Emperor’s face turned red at Lois’s mocking words.
Have you ever been treated like this by someone?
From the moment he was born, he was above and supported by everyone.
His patience had reached its limit after enduring Lois’s rude remarks until now.
Nevertheless, he endured it, scraping the bottom of his patience.
The emperor gritted his teeth and said.
“I will give you 1 million gold.”
“… how much? 1 million? “At best?”
“… “At best?”
The astonishment disappeared from the emperor’s face.
Meanwhile, Lois picked her ears.
Back-up.
Lois blew away the unconfirmed earwax.
“Wow, the person who owns this large piece of land has a smaller distribution than I thought.”
“why… “How much do you want?”
“Um, yuh…” “I don’t think you have any idea, so I’ll just tell you.”
“… “Speak.”
Even though she was facing the emperor’s murderous eyes, Lois just smiled.
Then, the smile suddenly disappeared from his face.
“100 million gold.”
As soon as those words were finished, shock spread throughout the room.
Regardless of the reactions of those around her, Lois’ smile returned to her face again.
“how is it? “It’s cheaper than you think, right?”
“You’re charging an absurd amount of money.”
“Why are you doing this? “Isn’t there even that much money in a place called the Empire?”
“100 million gold is the empire’s budget for 10 years.”
“Then isn’t it cheap?”
“… what?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to spend 10 years’ worth of budget to continue the empire’s legacy rather than have the system disappear like this due to the monster army ruining the system?”
“That doesn’t sound like anything!”
“Oh, if you’re worried about the amount… We also accept installments.”
Lois’s slyness finally drained the Emperor’s last patience.
Scrap-.
“Go back. “I will never forget my rudeness today.”
“really? “Are you going back?”
“go away.”
“You’ll regret it, right? Our Carlos is more introverted than we thought, so if he gets rejected like this… … .”
Lois pointed to the window.
If you kick us out of here, will you take that away?
Are you still going to tell me to go?
… This was clearly visible in Lois’ eyes.
Anyone could tell that the strange shape currently floating in the sky was protecting the island from monsters.
Saying they would take it away was just a threat.
The emperor bit his teeth.
“You came to threaten, not negotiate.”
“Hey, it’s a threat. In the first place, you were able to breathe for a moment thanks to the help of our Carlos, right? This is just a little taster for the real deal. “Does it show the customer that the product they are buying is flawless?”
Lois, confused, turned her back.
“Well, if you don’t want to buy anything, we’ll just leave.”
“… … .”
“Oh, if you change your mind, fire off a white signal. “Then I will come anytime.”
His voice exuded confidence that he could enter the imperial palace at any time.
“Let’s go, Fabro.”
“Yes, leader.”
Fabro chases after Lois like that.
Soon their new form was once again engulfed in light and disappeared.
together.
“Uh, there isn’t one?!”
“has disappeared!”
“Well, my whole body is gone too!”
Even the shape of the entire body that was floating in the sky above the island completely disappeared.
There was no trace, as if everything that had happened so far was a dream.
And that moment.
Bang- Bang-.
A loud ringing sound was heard in the imperial palace again.
As soon as the full-body shape that appeared above the island disappeared, the bombardment of monsters began again.
“Tsk!”
As Lois left, murmurs were heard everywhere again, and the Emperor clutched his forehead.
I had a severe headache.
He sat down on the chair again and glared at the spot where Lois had stayed with murderous eyes.
* * *
Lois and Fabro escaped from the imperial palace.
Big!
Crunch!
Kieeeeek!
As Lois was watching the monsters light up in the sky near the island, Fabro glanced at him sideways.
Royce’s irritation eventually exploded due to the gaze that had been following her from the moment she left the imperial palace.
“why! If you have something to say, say it!”
“… “Are you not going to hit me?”
“Listen.”
“Then I just won’t do it.”
“Then I’ll just hit you too.”
“Aaaah! do! “I will!”
Fabro, in a panic, closed his eyes tightly and shouted.
“Why did you only ask for 100 million?”
A question that Fabro has been harboring since the imperial palace.
The point is that Royce only sang ‘100 million gold’.
I don’t know when 100 million gold became a minimum, but for Royce, it was a minimum.
For all the hard work and effort put in, we should have raised 1 billion won at best.
That was the Lois that Fabreau knew.
Lois chuckled at Fabro’s question.
“What else can I say? Of course, compared to the effort I put in, 100 million gold is nothing more than a penny. cancer! “Of course.”
“… Yes, I guess so. So, how come you only asked for 100 million gold?”
“If I had called for 1 billion gold or 10 billion gold right away, how would they have reacted?”
“Of course it was terrible. Even with 100 million gold, they are foaming like that… … . How would you give 1 billion gold or 10 billion gold? “It is a realistically impossible amount.”
“That’s right. A realistically impossible amount! But 100 million gold seems like a realistic amount, right?”
“uh?”
1 billion gold is the empire’s budget for 100 years.
10 billion gold is a budget for 1,000 years.
It’s such a huge amount that you can’t even imagine.
But 100 million gold is different.
Although it may be too much at once, if you pay it back little by little, it is an amount that can be fully repaid within a few decades.
No, maybe if you raid the empire’s coffers, you could easily pay around 100 million gold.
“And it won’t just be 100 million gold?”
“yes?”
“Hehe. “There is something like that.”
Also, Fabro was grumbling to himself that he was the only one who knew and wouldn’t tell me.
After grumbling for a while, he asked with slight concern.
“But will the emperor really want to give that money?”
“They won’t give it to you at first.”
“Then what are you going to do?”
“What about what? All we have to do is hold on to the legs of our pants and squeeze them tightly. “Please help me, I will give you 100 million gold.”
“also… … .”
Fabro shook his head as he looked at Lois, who was smiling sinisterly.
Then, with a face that says so… … .
fantasy,
