Chapter 253 Affairs
"In the cave outside Stratford, at this exact coordinate, send someone to retrieve the silver dragon's hidden treasure. There are a total of 30,472 gold coins and 12 kilograms of red and blue sapphire jewelry. There must be no mistake in the number. I will check it myself."

"The Crown Ring of Stars is in the silver casket in the Trifa Church."

"Silver dragon scale armor, under a stone brick in the corner of the Fatri Hall."

"Two-faced Flower Words, on the bookshelf at the Witch's Veil Tavern."

"A large number of spell scrolls, a total of 372, are located in the waterfall in the southern part of the Agul Forest. There is a hidden wizard tower there."

"Here, in the Catalina Castle, there is an observation array. The old silver dragon of the Melward family will use it to spy on the situation in the North. Go and destroy it."

"So wealthy, worthy of being the Silver Dragon Clan."

Cassius lay on the Iron Throne and told the information he had extracted from the Silver Dragon.

The ogre wizard Rump stood in front of him, carefully adjusting his gold-rimmed glasses. He used a feather pen condensed from magic power to write quickly on the illusory magic paper, recording these valuable information one by one.

The poor silver dragon, thinking he had gained the loyal love like in a romantic novel, poured out everything to a guy disguised as a golden dragon, but in fact he got the most realistic and naked fraud.

This fictional image of herself has become more and more perfect in Olivia's mind, and has even become her support and last straw in her desperate situation.

Cassius knew very well that when the truth was revealed, this carefully created illusion would be shattered and the other party would definitely collapse.

And that time would be the best opportunity for him to completely break through the other party's psychological defenses and "conquer" this naive young silver dragon.

"Tsk, tsk, that's a bit sad."

Thinking of this, Cassius even felt a little bit sorry.

After all, he shamelessly considers himself a "good man with moral bottom line", or at least a hero, rather than a typical brutal dragon - but the enemies of the red dragon obviously do not think so, and they need to be severely corrected.

Although he had such thoughts in his mind, Cassius did not stop talking about it. After all, thinking in the mind is one thing, and the benefits in practice are another.

He thought for a moment and continued:

"The Astral Crystal is in the wine cellar of the Ranger Tavern in Merk City. But that seems to be the base of the Harper Alliance. Let our people be careful."

"The plane amulet is also in the wizard tower I mentioned before."

"The minstrel's Anstrasse harp is at Werner's in Stratford. Show them the code."

"The Scepter of Power is in a chest on the thirteenth floor of the Kariana Tower."

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By the time he had finished speaking, beads of sweat were dripping down Trump's forehead, because the paper had been filled with information about all kinds of rare treasures.

It was obvious that Olivia was really speaking from her heart, telling the dragon all of its most precious treasures in one breath.

Trump took out a gold handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. With his intelligence, he probably guessed what happened, but he pretended not to know. "You just woke up, and you were able to find so many rare things. I really admire you."

"During the three years that I have been asleep, how have the kingdom's affairs been handled?"

Trump immediately perked up. He took out a long-prepared magic crystal from his dimensional bag and skillfully projected the large amount of information contained in it.

This reporting format, called "PPT", is simple and efficient. Thanks to Trump's deliberate promotion, it has become widely circulated in the Kingdom of Burning Ashes and has become a major feature of the kingdom's spellcasters.

"Master, in the past three years, the kingdom has conducted a thorough census. Taking advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion, we have also investigated all the people hidden by the nobles and landlords. Now there are 470,000 citizens in the kingdom, including 80,000 dragon vein followers and 390,000 humanoid creatures."

"In the past three years, we have followed your instructions, using serfs as cheap labor and vigorously developing the magic industry. Currently, there are 17 food processing plants, 6 weapons factories, and a daily necessities factory in the country, which can accommodate nearly 40,000 workers and supply the country with food and armaments.

"In addition, in terms of business and trade, we sent out..."

"The laws of the Kingdom..."

"Regarding the rebellion started by the remnants of the northern nobles..."

Rumple kept talking until Cassius yawned and then stopped, playing the magic image to the last part of "This is your great achievement!"

In fact, not only through Trump's report, but also from his conversation with Olivia and the situation he saw with his own eyes, he could know that the kingdom was thriving in the direction he expected. Cassius only provided the general direction, and many of the details still had to be completed by Trump, Medorash and other followers.

However, the report also mentioned many potential problems in the kingdom, the most prominent of which was the conflict between races. Trump had already done his best to make races that were once enemies and even food for each other barely live in harmony.

Cassius began to praise.

"Very good. The kingdom has made progress on the path of the great blueprint and has already taken shape. You have contributed to this."

Trump half-knelt on the ground in excitement.

Cassius continued:
"Are you ready for the military merit system and awarding ceremony that I mentioned before I fell asleep?"

Rumple quickly presented the scroll and replied, "It has been prepared. They have designed the specific steps of the ceremony. Please take a look. All citizens of the kingdom will remember this great moment."

Similar to the system in the North, the titles in the Kingdom of Burning Ashes are also divided into dukes, marquises, earls, etc., and each title has several small levels. But the difference is that the titles of the kingdom do not have actual fiefdoms and can only be obtained by meritorious service.

But this is not a so-called "empty title" or "honorary title". Because in Cassius's plan, these titles have corresponding treatment, and the most important thing is related to the dragon vein level of the holder of the title.

Those who have made contributions can obtain more powerful dragon veins, and as their titles rise, they will advance step by step. The dukes and marquises standing at the top of the pyramid can even receive the red dragon's personal blessing and become the descendants of their ancestors.

This will make the Burning Kingdom's huge war machine even more terrifying. Every member of this system, whether human or monster, will do their best to gain more powerful power and longer life.

The Burning Kingdom's chariot will thus become more solid, and every citizen will become a part of it, making Cassius' plan to crush the northern countries more solid.

(End of this chapter)