Chapter 185: Fran Guard, Ambassador of Bed City
Count Charon wants to see me?
This news really surprised Dal. How could he be related to Charon? The only time he communicated with him was because of the reward for the Val City incident.
He didn't have a very deep impression of Charon, as he had basically heard about him from other adventurers.
It is said that Charon once served in a team of gold-level adventurers for a period of time, but was kicked out because his strength could not keep up with the team. Since then, the poetry and distant future in his heart were shattered, and he could only return home to inherit the family property.
However, inheriting a family property is not that easy.
Although Wilder, the second young master and one of the heirs, is very close to him and will not pose a threat, the third young master Sally is in fierce competition with him, and his father Philip seems to favor Sally as well.
Just when he was struggling to find a way out.
As if blessed by God, Sean went berserk in the underground city and killed Earl Philip. Sally believed that he was not qualified to inherit the family because he failed to dissuade his father from making those unreasonable policies, so he ran away from home and there has been no news of him since.
In a short period of time, Charon's situation underwent a dramatic reversal, and the speed of the change left him stunned for several days.
It was not until the other members of the Bede family put on him the luxurious coat that his father loved to wear when he was alive and the king announced his recognition of the title that Charon came to his senses.
I have become a master!
Charon was very happy that he had successfully changed from "young master" to "master" in the eyes of others, and he even jumped on Philip's grave.
If he only had these experiences, he would be regarded as a "noble with better luck" in the eyes of others. However, the series of things he did after inheriting the family business successfully earned him favor among adventurers.
The most commendable thing is that he provided subsidies to those who bought teleportation crystals.
The higher the adventurer's level, the greater the subsidy amount!
This substantial material benefit quickly captured the hearts of many adventurers, and praise for him gradually appeared on the streets.
After that, Charon proposed that all construction in Bed City should revolve around the development policy of Sen Dungeon, completely binding the interests of the Bed family with Sen Dungeon.
Facts have proved that this policy is correct. The profits brought by the underground city industry are quickly making up for the family's losses. Perhaps after a period of time, the Bed family will be able to return to its previous scale or even develop further.
As for the blood-curdling and blood-healing potion industry, Charon kept it as it was and did not invest much effort in it, largely in order to deal with the king.
Adventurers rely on dungeons to make a living, and Charon also relies on dungeons to make a living. To a certain extent, both sides stand on the same side.
Therefore, adventurers generally have a higher favorable impression of Charon than Philip. Although Charon did not play any role in the Battle of Var City, his deeds of charging at the front also earned him some favorable impressions.
Dahl's evaluation of him is that he is a knowledgeable and capable lord.
If Charon can maintain the status quo and not get seriously ill, the Bedard family will surely prosper.
Dal thought about it carefully and felt that the only thing he could do to attract the other party's attention recently was to establish the Fran Guard?
Maybe Charon wanted to help them?
With doubts in mind, he made some adjustments, tidied his hair and clothes with the help of his fellow French guards, and came to the lord's mansion wearing formal attire that he was not used to.
At the door, he met an unexpected person.
"It's you?" Dar looked at Luluwo in front of him. "You were also called by the Count?"
"Hey, good day." Luluwo raised her hand to greet him, her smile calm and elegant. When she was not abstract, she fits people's imagination of a powerful, elegant and beautiful woman.
Dahl didn't want to complain about how this person combined "yo", which is full of the flavor of street greetings, with "good day", a word that only noble ladies use.
After some communication and learning that the other party was also invited by the Earl, the two entered the lord's mansion together.
"The Earl is waiting for you two in the workshop. Please come this way."
Following behind the guards, Dal began to feel confused.
Workshop? Why choose to meet there? Don't nobles usually like to meet in the study?
The point is why there is a workshop in the lord's mansion?
When he arrived at the destination, Dahl felt that this so-called "workshop" would be more appropriately called a collection room.
That's not right. Which noble family would have these things in their collection room?
The workshop was filled with things that Dahl was familiar with.
In the corner, there is a large pot that looks exactly like the warrior pot, as well as a smaller pot with colorful garlands hanging around it.
On the wall were hung the skull specimens of classic Thane monsters such as Gollum, Crow Man, and Curse Frog, as well as distinctive parts of other monsters.
Under these monster specimens were various weapons. Dal understood at a glance that these were all combat weapons.
These things didn't seem to have any problems, but the rest made Dal look weird.
There seemed to be two sets of replicas of the Undead Squad armor over there? The workmanship was so fine that it was almost indistinguishable from the real thing, and next to the armor was a series of Undead Squad-themed products: statues and weapons of various proportions, paintings and badges with Undead Squad portraits, and even themed underwear?
Not only the Faran Undead Squad, Dal also saw peripheral products of the Furnace Knight, the Soul Sucking Ghost, the Cursed Frog, the Explosive Scale Dragon and even the Dragon Hunting Armor!
Wait, how come there is a sketch of Artorius? Dahl remembered that after he came out of the painting world, he described Artorius' image to the guild, but many details were missing, and the sketch in the workshop was exactly the same as he described.
Count Charon even bought this? He is really at the forefront of intelligence.
It seems that all the popular monsters in the Sen Dungeon appear here!
There were so many things to see that Dahl didn't know what to look at for a moment. What was the purpose of Charon collecting all these things?
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Welcome, both of you."
Charon's voice came, but neither of them could see where he was.
Suddenly, the lid of the big pot in the corner popped up, and a... uh, soul-sucking ghost crawled out of it?
"I didn't scare you guys, did I?" Charon took off the imitation soul-sucking ghost helmet, revealing his handsome face with tough lines, and smiled at the two confused people. "I was just testing the comfort level of the kettle tent, and I feel it needs to be improved."
"What?" Before Dar could react, Luluwo ran over with shining eyes and looked at Dahu and said, "What are you doing?"
"My craftsman imitated the appearance of the warrior pot to make a portable tent. Although it looks hard, it can be softened into a cloth-like material as long as magic power is injected. After folding, the volume is even smaller than that of an ordinary tent."
Charon said proudly, "This is a new product in the Warrior Pot series that Bede will soon launch. I believe it will be a big seller."
"Wow!" Luluwo made an appropriate "wow" sound, which gave enough emotional value.
Dahl couldn't hold back his expression. He remembered that in the background story of the Warrior Pot, the pot was used to store corpses. But the corpses were those of heroes, so this product was not so unlucky.
"This round badge with the image of the Sean monster has been selling very well recently. I plan to launch more varieties, but to be honest, I don't understand why anyone would be willing to spend a lot of money on this piece of iron."
“Amazing!”
"This is a replica of a monster weapon. Although it has no combat capability, it has a high collection value. Currently, there are three types: Undead Squad, Soul Sucker, and Crucible Knight. We took into consideration that some children would buy these, so we added wooden types in addition to the collection-level iron types. The price is lower, so even farmers' children can afford it."
“Great!”
"Look at these wreaths. They are all made by Xiao Hu himself. We will hire adventurers to enter the dungeon and bring the raw materials to find Xiao Hu. However, the price is too high, so we have also launched artificial imitations. Don't worry, the workers who weave these wreaths wear coats that imitate Warrior Hu while working. They are very careful to restore them."
“Wow!”
Charon was immersed in Luluwo's exclamations and gradually lost himself, walking around the workshop introducing the products one by one.
That’s right, they are commodities, and these things are to be mass-produced and sold!
Although I know that the Bede family has been focusing on developing the underground city industry recently, I didn't expect it to develop so well.
Dahl thought for a long time and finally could only use the word "shocking" to describe it. The person who came up with these things was simply a genius.
"My Lord Earl, are all these ideas yours?" Luluwo pretended to be a sweet girl and asked in a clipped voice.
"Not all of them," Charon shook his head. "A lot of them were raised by me when I was talking to a young man."
"young people?"
"I can't remember what he looked like, I just remember he had black hair. I was walking alone for the first time in a long time and when I met him I heard all these fantastic ideas."
Charon sighed and said, "What a pity. I haven't been able to find him since then. I really wanted to hire him to work for Bede's family."
"Ahem," Dahl coughed deliberately at this time, "Mr. Earl, what do you want to talk to us about?"
He had to step out and interrupt this conversation, otherwise who knows how long Charon would finish introducing these products.
"Oh, I almost forgot about the main thing. Please take a seat and let's sit down and talk."
The three of them sat down on the sofa with a coffee table between them. Charon called the maid to bring hot tea and fruit snacks.
"Actually, I invited you two here this time because I have something to ask of you—"
Charon's words came to an abrupt end as his face was suddenly sprayed with red juice that tasted sour and sweet.
What the hell?
Opposite him, Luluwo quickly swallowed the cherry tomatoes that had burst and squirted water after she bit them, whistling and not daring to look Charon in the eye.
"I actually have something I want to ask you two."
Charon wiped his face with his sleeve nonchalantly, looking a little rough. This was a habit left over from his days as an adventurer, and it would take him a while to change.
“Please go on.” Although the other party did not blame him, Dal, who was sitting next to Luluwo, looked almost numb.
"I heard that you took in the survivors of the city of Val, trained them and formed the Faran Guard, is that right?" Charon looked at Dal, sizing up and down the "great hero" who killed Doslebo.
"Yes." Dahl nodded.
"How was the training? Did you encounter any difficulties? I heard that the guild also provided help, but as the person in charge, you must have the heaviest workload." Charon's tone was full of concern and seemed very sincere.
Dal thought about it and felt that the other party seemed to be trying to help him.
"There are many difficulties, but everyone has a strong will in their hearts. No one will give up until the demons are completely wiped out."
"Very good, this is the spirit we need!"
Charon was generous in his praise. He looked at Dahl with admiration and said:
"The Bede family has decided to provide assistance to the Farran Guards. How much did the Guild give? We will give twice as much."
It’s exactly what Dahl thought!
Dahl was not dazzled by the other party's wealth. He knew very well that there is no free lunch in the world.
As expected, Charon paused, smiled and said:
"But I have a condition."
Dahl's expression was serious. He wanted to carefully consider the conditions offered by the other party. No matter what they were, he had heard that nobles would often do things that were ruthless and cruel.
Charon slowly spoke:
"I want to ask the Farran Guard to become the big star of Bed City."
"I need to think about it carefully. What did you say?" Dahl raised his head suddenly, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.
"That's right, big star," Charon stood up and clenched his fists. "The Beder family will give the Faran Guards the greatest support they can. Everyone will fall in love with you and regard you as their patron saints. In the eyes of the public, you will become the spiritual successors of the Faran Undead Team and gain unprecedented great prestige!"
Dahl opened his mouth and couldn't say anything for a long time.
"Then, then why did you do this?" He held it in for a long time before he uttered this sentence.
“Bring the goods.”
Charon said as a matter of course: "Of course it is to make it easier for the Bede family to sell their products."
"The more famous and popular you are, the more products we sell. It's a win-win situation."
"How about it? There are only benefits and no harm. Let's cooperate, shall we?"
He extended his hand to the other person with a sincere expression.
Before coming here, Dahl had never expected this kind of situation. After a brief thought, he found that there seemed to be nothing wrong with Charon's proposal?
After agreeing, the Fran Guards will be able to obtain material support and possible reputation in the future, and the Bed family will be able to use their fame to sell more goods.
This proposal is perfect as it does not involve any immoral behavior and does not damage anyone's dignity.
Dahl was still a little worried and asked:
"My Lord Earl, if the Farran Guard agrees, how will you help us, uh, become famous?"
Charon smiled slightly, revealing an expression of confidence. He spread out a map and pointed to the wilderness near the original Val City and said:
"According to my intelligence, there are remnants of demons roaming around here."
"I will build a stage for you that will attract the attention of the world. All you need to do is think about how to kill the demons beautifully and handsomely!"
(End of this chapter)
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