Chapter 438
438 – Delia’s Hintings
Everyone at the party happily chatted with each other, with Dorcas and Jack presenting the current situation of Brettel City in detail. Naturally, Dorcas and Jack would reveal certain issues which wasn’t public knowledge to Han Shuo, hence they told him the whole truth.
Gilbert must have had frequented Brettel City often in these last three years, as he seemed very familiar with the people here. He was talking cheerfully and wittily with Dick and the others, while putting a straightforward smile on his face, which seemed very calm.
From the words of Dorcas and Jack, Han Shuo became even more aware of the difficulties met by Brettel City. He realize that beneath the unbounded grandeur exterior, crisis secretly awaited Brettel City as well.
The Lancelot Empire had achieved stable internal politics. With Lawrence weiding the power, and after some purging, sounds of the rebels could no longer be heard in the Lancelot Empire. Therefore, it wasn’t domestic problems that the Lancelot Empire was confronted with, but it was threats from the few surrounding nations.
Brettel City, being the easternmost major city, also faced threats from foreign cities and empires similar to the Lancelot Empire. As Brettel City grew stronger and stronger in their ability to threaten the seven grand duchies, with exception of the two duchies of Helen Tina and Burt Zili, the other five duchies made more and more frequent contacts with each other. Their fighting against each other also quieten down.
Other than the seven grand duchies’ menace, the Brut Merchant Alliance, geographically separated from Brettel by the seven grand duchies, was also eying Brettel City covetously. On one hand it was because Han Shuo had killed Celt, the commander of Brut Merchant Alliance’s Redbud Knights. On the other hand, Brettel City’s existence severely threatened Brut Merchant Alliance’s interests.
Prior to Brettel City growing so prosperous, overwhelming majority of supplies which the seven grand duchies needed were bought from the Brut Merchant Alliance. Certain specialties of the seven grand duchies was exclusively traded to the Alliance. The huge profit margin which Brut Merchant Alliance obtained from the seven grand duchies made a lot of merchants become filthy rich.
However, thanks to Brettel City’s rapid development, those merchants from the seven grand duchies, who put profit before everything else, began to make frequent contacts with Brettel City. On top of that, most of the goods from Brettel City were far cheaper than those from Brut Merchant Alliance. More and more merchants from the seven grand duchies renounced their collaboration with the Brut Merchant Alliance, and began establishing cooperative connections with merchants within Brettel City.
Hence, Brut Merchant Alliance’s interests had surely suffered damage. Brut Merchant Alliance is a country jointly controlled by big merchant guilds, and it goes without saying that the merchants in that country treasure gold coins above all else. Thus, Brut Merchant Alliance viewed Brettel City as an enemy, and started to secretly back those five grand duchies, with the intention to assist them in eradicating the menace that is Brettel City.
Even for Dorcas, someone rather sluggish in this aspect, could tell that there was some other flavor in her talk. After getting a cue from Jack’s eyes, he immediately came to his senses, and berated Delia.
Dorcas, as Delia’s superior, held a supremely frightening power in the army of Brettel City. Even the usually bold and fearless Delia was somewhat afraid of him. When he saw Dorcas berated her in a displeased expression, she thought that they really have something important to discuss, and so she apologized to the three and left. But right before leaving, she turned her head to take another look at Han Shuo. Her eyes were completely filled with seductive provocation and enticement.
“Bryan, you now have a beautiful and tempting trouble. I don’t know if I should feel happy or worried for you!” Jack waited until Delia left the three to themselves before he mockingly said to Han Shuo.
“Mind your own business, you don’t have to worry about me. I know what’s going on!” Han Shuo smilingly toasted to Jack, finished the fine wine that was left in his glass, and he then said to the duo, “I’m going to leave Brettel City for a while to take care of a certain things. But it won’t be too long.”
“Go ahead, my Lord. Don’t worry, we will manage the Brettel City well,” Dorcas stated immediately in a respectful voice.
“You left for three years and there wasn’t much trouble in Brettel City. The Brettel City now will still function even if you leave it. Just go ahead and do whatever you need to do,” Jack said smilingly.
Han Shuo nodded and did not give them any lengthy parting speeches. He knew that with Jack and Dorcas there, Brettel City definitely will not suffer any sort of great calamity. Previously, sacred knight Blount who had heavily injured him and his earth elite zombie, managed to escape death. Now that Han Shuo is in Carnal realm, he had absolute certainty that he could kill Blount. Therefore, he decided to finish Blount as to take revenge for his earth elite zombie.