Chapter 360: Drafting Up Plans (1/2)
In response to them agreeing with his proposal, Argentum could not help but lightly smile as he said to them in response, ”Well, then. I'm glad to have you three on board.”
”Okay. So, all three of us have agreed to your proposal. Could you at least inform us more about what you're planning to do with this town?” Eleanor asked not long after Argentum was finished talking.
In response, Argentum let out an awkward chuckle as he replied, ”Well, here's the thing. Before I became the leader of this town, I aimed for this town since I wanted to obtain something from it called the Tome of the Four Elements. This item has helped me out in comprehending the Lesser Origin, and is currently in my possession.”
”Of course, as benefactors of this town, I wouldn't mind telling you guys on how to achieve a greater understanding of your elements, mostly Eleanor and Rosalia,” he continued.
After that, he said, ”Anyways, I soon found out that the previous leader of this town was quite abusive to its citizens, so I decided to help them out by killing their leader.”
”Just to clarify, Argentum contacted me to help,” Felix could not help but interrupt Argentum in the midst of his narration. ”I was the one who killed their leader.”
”Also, what do you mean by the previous leader of the town being abusive?” Felix soon asked Argentum. ”You didn't even give the guy a chance to explain himse—”
”Ehem.” Unfortunately, before Felix could finish his words, Argentum interrupted him by imitating the sound of one clearing their throat. He then said, ”In any case, the process as to how I became the leader of a town doesn't matter. All you guys have to know is that I plan to make this town my future base of operations.”
Listening to what Argentum was planning to do with the town, the interests of the three were instantly piqued. Not long after Argentum was finished telling the three of what he wanted to do with the town, Rosalia went ahead and asked him, ”So, what can we do to help out with the development of the town?”
”Do you guys remember me giving all of you a recipe of a potion that increases one's perception towards one element?” Rather than respond to Rosalia's question, he instead asked a question of his own, to which the three responded that they remembered.
After that, he then told them, ”In relation to what I want to do with this town, it has something to do with you guys selling the Heaven's Element Potions. In other words…”
”I would like to get a cut of the profits from it so it could be invested into this town.”
After hearing those words come out of Argentum's mouth, the three instantly went silent. Though, this silence did not last long as Rosalia was the first one to respond, saying with a light chuckle, ”Well, I did say back in my inheritance that I'll give you a cut of the profits that you wouldn't be disappointed with. Though, I wasn't expecting the cut to go towards a greater cause like this.”
”Speaking of the cut, how much were you planning to give me?” Argentum asked in response, to which Rosalia replied, ”Thirty percent.”
”Seriously? You're giving him that much?” Eleanor could not help but say in shock as she listened to Rosalia's response. As for Rosalia, she just shrugged her shoulders as she replied, ”Well, he did give us the recipe. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't even be earning money at this level in the first place.”
Judging from the shock Eleanor felt from Rosalia's response, Argentum was now quite curious as to how much a thirty percent cut from Rosalia meant. With that in mind, he then focused his senses on Rosalia as he asked her, ”Could you tell me how much in gold coins is that thirty percent cut worth?”
”As of late, I'm selling 100 gold coins worth of the stuff every day, so you'll be getting 30 gold coins every day…which totals to about 900 gold coins a month. If you give me a bit more time, I can probably sell enough to obtain 500 gold coins every day, which totals to 150 gold coins going to you every day,” Rosalia said in response, prompting Argentum to lightly nod, though he was inwardly shocked by the amount.
Although at the very late game, such an amount wouldn't be much, to Argentum, who had no need for money and was the leader of what seemed like a low-level town, 150 gold coins per day was more than enough to bring about some drastic changes to it.
Taking in a few deep breaths to come to terms with the amount of gold he would earn from Rosalia's end, he then focused his senses on Felix and Eleanor as he asked them, ”How about you guys? Are you willing to give me a cut of the profits from your sides? Of course, I'm not asking you to give me a cut that's as high as Rosalia's. Even if you just give me a small cut, that's also fine.”
”Are you underestimating us, Argentum?” Eleanor could not help but take Argentum's words the wrong way as she soon said, ”Not to mention getting a cut of the profits from me, I wouldn't even mind giving you half of the profits from it!”
As for Felix, he took on a calmer approach, though his words weren't that much different from Eleanor's. ”Just like what Eleanor said, I wouldn't mind giving half of the profits to invest in the development of the town. You just have to make sure that there's a ton of things to do in the town while I'm there, okay?”
Naturally, Argentum was in disbelief as to how the two of them were incredibly supportive of what he was doing. Was it because they've known him for quite some time already? Was it because they believed that their investments would easily bear fruit when it was handled by him?
Well, in actuality, the reason why they gave Argentum that big of a cut was because they believed he would do great things in the future. From his character to the power he could currently show at his level, the two of them knew that investing in him would always yield good things.
Of course, Argentum couldn't help but feel touched by the goodwill they've showed just now. Knowing that such level of trust was hard to come by, he told them, ”I'll make sure to not let your goodwill be wasted, Felix, Eleanor.”
Hearing this, Rosalia hastily told Argentum with a light sigh, ”Well, with them eager to help you out in the development of the town, how could I lose out? I'll also give you half of the profits I get from selling the Heaven's Earth Potions.”
After that, she added, ”Speaking of which, shouldn't you ask Melzarin if he wants to join in this? I'm pretty sure he has control over the market as well? With both of us selling Heaven's Earth Potions in different areas, the funds you could tap into would surely be plentiful.”
After giving Rosalia his thanks, Argentum then said, ”After this, I'll let Melzarin know of what I'm planning to do.”
”Anyways, thank you for giving me your support in this plan of mine,” he then added. After some time, Eleanor asked Argentum, ”Now that I think about it, what's the name of the town?”
”Verdant Breeze Town,” Argentum succinctly responded, to which the three of them instantly thought, 'That definitely suits him.'
After that, Argentum went silent for a bit as he pondered on what else he could them. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to come up with an idea as he told them, ”Felix, Rosalia, Eleanor. I'm going to have someone join in on our conversation from my side. He's the proxy leader me and Felix chose when we killed the previous leader of the town. Currently, he's the vice leader of the town.”
He then continued, ”I want to draft up a few plans we could start on. To do that, we need someone like him who knows the ins and outs of this town. Are you guys fine with him joining in on our conversation?”
”I don't mind,” Felix responded before adding, ”And I'm sure the others won't mind either.”