Chapter 39: Lothar's Banquet

Due to Richard's sudden arrival, the second half of the meeting did not achieve any substantial results except for confirming that everyone would form an alliance. After the meeting, everyone left and discussed on their own, waiting for a new meeting to be held in a few days.

In the corner of the corridor, two children secretly watched the people coming out.

"It's amazing, such a young man can scare that damn Aiden like that. I have disliked him for a long time." The light-haired child said.

The dark-haired child next to him said nothing, but just looked at Lothar with a firm face.

In the evening, Richard took Fina and Onyxia to Lothar's temporary residence for a banquet.

"This garden is good. The old king is pretty good to you."

Lothar nodded and led the three of them inside. When they walked through the corridor, Richard saw two children fighting with wooden swords.

Richard pointed over there: "Who are those two children?"

Lothar looked over and said: "The one with dark hair is Varian, and the one with light hair is Arthas, Terenas. King Menethil's son."

"Oh? That's Varian? King Llane's son? This is the first time I've seen him. His sword skills are much better than Arthas next to him. With a good teacher, I believe he will become an outstanding warrior, just like his father."

"Yeah." Lothar's eyes showed sadness.

Richard patted his shoulder: "Believe me, you will return to your homeland."

"How long do you want to talk? I can't wait for dinner."

The wrinkled and gray-haired Khadgar urged.

Richard looked over in the direction of the voice: "That voice? Are you Khadgar?"

Khadgar rolled his eyes speechlessly. He didn't want to explain the name anymore: "It's me."

"After half a year, you've become like this. It's really fate."

"Well, let's go inside and reminisce."

After dinner, the few people talked about what happened after they separated. Khadgar and Lothar defeated the legendary wizard Medivh, but they also paid a price. Khadgar turned from a handsome young man into a gray-haired old man; Lothar also lost his two best brothers, Medivh and King Llane, and his hometown was annexed by the orcs.

"Alas, those orcs were too cunning. It's not unfair that we lost. It's just that those warriors and civilians who died in the battle..."

Lothar said with tears in his eyes.

Richard also made a sad face: "We also lost a lot of mercenaries."

The mercenaries hired by Storm Kingdom before its fall were human mercenaries led by Florcia. Most of the warriors came from the kingdoms of the Lilbana Islands. The casualty rate of more than 50% was enough to show the cruelty of the war. Richard also paid a lot of compensation for this. Although he earned a lot of money from Storm Kingdom, he barely broke even. It was not without gains. Florcia was also awarded the title of "Hero of Azeroth" for his outstanding military exploits. It was precisely because of this hero under his command that the righteous Lothar turned Richard from a passerby to an acquaintance. This voluntary help made Richard's image in his heart rise.

"The people of Stormwind will remember them. I heard from Florsia that you are the most powerful among you. This time the orcs threaten our homeland, will you fight together?"

Richard shook his head: "My appearance fee is very expensive. This time the human kingdoms have united together. If we still can't defeat the orcs, no matter how many there are, I can't do anything. I can only change the outcome of a battle, but not the overall situation."

Lothar sighed: "Your things are good, but it's a pity that they are too expensive."

"After all, everything has a cost. Don't think that we have earned a lot. I have given the commissions earned from your Storm Kingdom as pensions to the families of the victims."

"But if the price is cheaper, we can arm more soldiers and protect more civilians."

"I have done my best. After all, I only hold a majority of the shares."

Richard stretched out his hand and Fina handed him a few pages of paper.

Losa took it: "80% off!"

"This is the lowest price I can offer." "

That's enough. The money cut is enough to arm several legions. The kings of the six kingdoms will pay for it. The world will remember your contribution, Mr. Richard. You are a knight of noble character."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Well, let me interrupt you, Mr. Richard, what do you mean by 'shares'?" "

You can understand it as the right to speak. After all, we cooperate with other races. I own 50% and the other tribes own 50% in total. So I said that 80% off is the lowest price I can offer. If it is lower, the other races will impeach me."

"Your group is very powerful. Why do you want to cooperate with those races, especially the Naga."

"Each has its own strengths and complements each other. Without those other races, our group would not have grown so big. As everyone knows, we cooperate with the Naga goblins and the rare ghosts. Humans are responsible for the main business network, ghosts are responsible for cargo transportation and security, goblins are responsible for product manufacturing and new inventions, and Naga are responsible for maritime safety. One link after another, we have today. As for the Naga, they have many tribes, just like your human kingdom, you can't generalize."

Khadgar seemed to accept Richard's explanation.

In fact, these explanations are bullshit. The Li Group has no shares at all, because it all belongs to Richard. All the tribes actually work for Richard, but if nothing unexpected happens, this work is a lifelong system. As for the price, even a 20% discount is still a big profit. After all, only a small amount of labor costs are deducted from the raw materials to the processing. Especially after the goblins joined, they also made a lathe that was not very precise, which saved a lot of labor costs. As for the division of labor among the groups mentioned by Richard, that was even more nonsense. The business network was managed by the Ministry of Finance, and each race had one; the transportation of goods depended on the Hearthstone Teleportation Array; the manufacturing of products was all handed over to the people of the Lilbana Islands, which was low-cost and could create jobs; maritime security? The sea was N'Zoth's territory, who would dare to touch N'Zoth's ships?

Richard crossed his legs and leaned back in his chair. After finishing the business, the others were chatting about some interesting things. Richard saw Onyxia sitting in the back stuffing small cookies into her mouth one by one from the plate, her cheeks were squeezed.

Richard stretched out his claws, Onyxia grabbed the plate and looked at Richard warily. Richard pointed at the plate, and Onyxia handed the plate over angrily.

Richard grabbed a small cookie and threw it into his mouth: "Hey, this dessert is not bad."

"Made by Khadgar."

"Oh? Khadgar, you can also make desserts?"