The next day, the world was in an uproar.

The press was shaken.

The arcane mages were the first to "fire" at the mages.

Clearly, they were ecstatic about the outcome of the battle at Emerald Valley.

Around 200 dragons perished in Emerald Valley; the mastermind behind it all is... them?!

When Li Aili saw this headline, she fell silent at first.

Then, she had to admit that she was very curious about who the mastermind behind this was.

After quickly skimming through the overview of the battle, Li Ai Li saw the arcanist gleefully point out in the middle:

As everyone knows, only mages can use defensive towers!

Li Aili: "..." It seems that the arcanists believe that the magician is the 'mastermind'.

Setting aside the Arcane Researchers Weekly, Li Aili began rummaging through the pile of newspapers on the dining table for the Magician's Daily.

Clearly, the Arcane Researchers' Daily had piqued her curiosity.

How does the mage view yesterday's dragon-slaying battle?

Soon, Li Aili found the "Magician's Daily" among the newspapers below.

Upon seeing the title, Li Aili almost burst out laughing. The title, written by a magician, read: "The Fall of a Dragon, or a Conspiracy of an Arcane Mage."

Li Aili looked down and, wow, there was 'solid evidence' here too!

The Daily Magician points out that Emerald City made extensive use of arcane magic, specifically: arcane telescopes, arcane megaphones, and arcane projection devices...

With so much 'evidence' to say that arcanists did not 'aid the enemy,' the first mage would not believe it.

Li Aili couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Arthur, sitting across the table, looked up.

Li Aili shared this amusing anecdote with Arthur in a cheerful mood, "I've discovered that the one who understands you best is always your arch-enemy."

Li Aili handed the two newspapers to the elegant housekeeper.

Conrad handed the newspaper to His Highness Arthur.

Arthur took the newspaper and quickly flipped through it.

"Honey, don't you think this table is in the way?"

Li Aili began to eat breakfast, but said, "I'm more curious about how the magicians and arcanists will react when they see the rival's newspaper today."

Arthur smiled and smirked. "It probably won't be a very positive reaction."

Knock, knock, knock, the restaurant door was gently knocked on.

Conrad, smiling as he watched his two hosts chat, turned to open the door.

The door opened, and Wendy, with dark circles under her eyes, and Joanna walked in.

"The statistics are out..." Wendy plopped down in the guest seat, picked up an elf white bread from the bread basket, and started munching on it.

Joanna handed over the list of dragon materials that she had compiled overnight to Li Aili.

Arthur stood up without making a sound.

When Li Aili saw the number on the dragon horns, she exclaimed, "Ah! Why did nearly two hundred dragons come, but only 78 horns were left in the end?!"

"A dragon has at least two horns!"

She took a deep breath. "Arthur, are all the creatures attacking my territory unicorns or hornless dragons?!"

The Duke, who had already slipped out of the restaurant, said in a fading voice, "My dear, I have a lot of work to do today."

Li Aili: "..." (╬◣д◢)

Dragon scales and dragon skin are the most abundant items, and the total gold coin income can reach as high as seventy to eighty million gold coins.

Great, we've recovered our losses this time.

It's such a pity that it has dragon horns.

A single dragon horn can fetch at least a million gold coins, and the older the dragon, the more valuable its horn.

Li Aili saw on the account that the horn of an ancient dragon was priced at 10 million gold coins.

Thinking about all the losses, I suddenly felt so heartbroken that I wanted to breathe oxygen.

Surprisingly, the harvest from dragon bones was the smallest.

Wendy, tearing into her elven white bread, 'smiled' and said, 'Forget about the pumpkins outside the city, but that elf who's always making 'explosion pills,' is nobody going to do anything about it?'

Upon hearing this, Joanna whispered to Ellie, "Tomasson stayed in the dormitory last night because, after settling the accounts, Miss Wendy went to his door and waited for him."

Li Aili looked at her bratty younger sister teasingly, "Tomason, huh?"

Wendy picked up her teacup and took a sip, not continuing the personal topic. "I did the math. The income from the dragon materials, plus the ransom from those damned knights, isn't enough to fill our financial hole."

"But we won't be in the embarrassing situation of running out of gold coins anytime soon."

"So, from today onwards, let's all cut back on food and clothing." Wendy gave her sister a nasty look as she enjoyed her honey cake.

Li Aili paused in her scoop of cake. "No need. I think from today onwards, the city hall staff in charge of selling real estate will be extremely busy."

"Oh, I almost forgot, a lot of people have escaped. Does the city hall have enough manpower?"

Joanna then remembered the problem, "Ah! This... I'm afraid it won't be enough."

"Those who stayed behind this time were all refugees."

“And these people are illiterate and can’t handle the work of the city hall.”

Li Aili took out two demon summoning circles.

"Come on, let the devil urgently hire a large number of clerks from the Denton Merchants' Association to work as temporary workers at the city hall for a few days."

Wendy couldn't help but doubt the confident Ellie, "Are you so sure?"

"We've slaughtered nearly 200 dragons, putting ourselves in direct opposition to the Dragon God and the six great empires."

"Even though we won, those with brains will be even less likely to come here, right?"

The cake was too sweet, so Li Aili picked up her teacup and took a sip of the fragrant black tea.

"That depends on how many people have been driven to desperation by the dragon and the six kingdoms."

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