Fantasy Lord: Beginning with Daily Intelligence-Chapter 203 - 147: Shocked Family Members, Alliance Forged
Inside the room.
Ladon, Mos, Burn, and Tono were all incredibly stirred, none of the four had anticipated such an exhilarating piece of news.
Each one’s face was flushed, their excitement almost palpable.
Especially Tono.
That was his father.
No one could be more thrilled than him by the news of his father becoming a Sky Knight.
"Gentlemen, this is our opportunity!"
"With Father advancing to become a Sky Knight, the inevitable result is that the Dressrosa Family will rise to a Marquis Family. If we seize this opportunity, it will be more than just our family rising to Marquis status."
"The Northern Province is vast and can accommodate more than just one Marquis Reman, more than just one Count."
"This is our chance. If we can take hold of these interests and have the family’s support, we can fully digest them."
Seeing everyone’s excitement, Thor naturally understood, but what he aimed to convey wasn’t just this, so after a brief moment of excitement, his voice rang out again.
His voice was not loud, yet it was enough to reach into the minds of the excited four present.
"This!"
Even Burn hesitated upon hearing Thor’s words.
Ladon, and Mos’s eyes brightened involuntarily.
Even Tono showed a bit of agitation.
Before this, all that Thor had spoken of was something they hadn’t given much thought to.
On one hand was the threat of Divine Revelation, on the other hand, Burn was well aware that such massive interests in the Northern Province were not something their Dressrosa Family could handle.
Even if they managed to occupy these resource points with the help of the Divine Revelation incident, expanding their interests, once the risk ended and it posed no significant threat, much of what they took in would have to be relinquished.
And should the Divine Revelation truly pose a huge threat, there would be no need to say more.
The benefits and risks simply do not equate.
The so-called dilemma mostly stemmed from sunk costs, rather than anything else.
But at this moment, the situation seemed completely different.
Count Engle became a Sky Knight.
In the Kingdom War, the Dressrosa Family was bound to become a Marquis Family, and with a Sky Knight in the Dressrosa Family, they would be considered one of the top families even among the Marquis Families.
The interests absorbed wouldn’t necessarily have to be relinquished.
No, it shouldn’t be said "not necessarily".
They absolutely wouldn’t have to be given up.
For a Sky Knight was enough to protect them well.
Then the only concern left was the risk of the Divine Revelation.
The risk of Divine Revelation is substantial, but considering such great benefits, it seemed worth attempting.
"Uncle Burn, records of the Divine Revelations in the kingdom have shown that those causing destruction were only those not foreseen."
"Even during the incident in the Nanyue Province, when the Divine Descent was imminent, the kingdom managed to quell it with ease. Did it cause significant damage to the kingdom beyond the commoners?"
Looking at the hesitant Burn, Thor spoke again.
And his words stirred Burn’s heart.
The few exchanged glances.
Finally, Burn exhaled a long, rough breath.
"Thor, what do you plan to do?"
He spoke and directed his gaze towards Thor.
Clearly, he had been persuaded by now.
Listening to Burn, Thor also exhaled in relief.
He hadn’t expected persuading others would be so difficult, almost a failure, but fortunately, the first hurdle was cleared.
"Uncle Burn, my brother and I have formed a merchant association named the Eagle Merchant Association. With many powerful lords fleeing during this Divine Revelation incident, they’ve abandoned numerous resource points. We can fully utilize the Eagle Merchant Association......!"
After a sigh of relief, Thor proceeded to elaborate on his ensuing plans to the group.
Listening to his presentation.
Everyone present, including Tono, began to focus intently.
After all, Tono only had a rough idea so far, nothing as detailed as Thor was describing now.
"This is the situation, Uncle Burn, Brother Ladon, Brother Mos, Brother, what are your thoughts?"
As Thor concluded, he looked towards them.
The group then fell into contemplative thinking.
Until after a moment.
Burn slightly focused and spoke.
"This plan, indeed feasible, worthy of a descendant of the Assad Family. But your shares are too few; you should retain your shares, Tono three percent, Lord Barbus two percent, Rajos two percent, plus your nine percent from the Maine Alliance’s three retreating lords, a total of sixteen percent, more than enough for expansion."
Burn nodded thoughtfully, then spoke with a slight meditation.
Hearing Burn’s words, Thor couldn’t help but look at Burn, his uncle, with a hint of surprise.
"Don’t look at me like that, Thor; your talent is exceptional, much stronger than ours. You are, after Brother Engle, the one most likely in the family to breakthrough to Sky Knight. The more opportunities you have, the more the family can develop."
Seeing Thor’s gaze, Burn understood what Thor was thinking and spoke earnestly.
Listening to his words, Thor couldn’t help but be moved.
In his heart, he couldn’t suppress a wave of emotion.
