Chapter 277 - Daily life (2) (1/2)

Time slowly passed and eventually a few weeks had passed since the ceremony, little had changed except the work on the new walls had started with the foundation beginning to be dug at this moment, Mars however had other things to think about and that was mostly due to the long diplomatic letter he had received from the NNE

'So basically they want me to hand over my wealth in exchange for diplomatic and military protection... Heh...”

Mars found the letter funny, Jan that had handed him the letter however was a little nervous and asked

”How do you want to handle this Mars?”

Mars gave a shrug and asked Jane in return

”How would you handle it?”

”Hmm... Well the only real option is to surrender our wealth and officially become a part of the NNE...”

Mars gave a smile and spoke

”Well then let me change your mind about that... Send them an insult in return, make it personal too”

”Is that really... Okay?”

”Have you forgotten what happened with the first army they sent?”

”No but that was the archangel that did that right?”

Mars gave yet another sigh, this time a long one

”I did that and I can do it an infinite amount of times, it doesn't matter if the army is twice the size, all I have to do is wave my hand or snap my fingers”

Jane gave a smile, apparently she was convinced by Mars' speech

”Then I'll craft up an insult that will make them bleed”

”Good...”

”That reminds me, a group of 'sky people' arrived this morning, they say thath they know you and their elder council wish to talk with you”

”I see, so they're finally here... Show them into the courtyard, I'll meet them there”

”Yes, at once lord Mars”

Jane bowed deeply before she walked out of Mars' office, Mars leaned back in his comfy office chair and closed his eyes for a moment before he opened them again and stood up from his chair and also walked out of the office towards the courtyard where he soon arrived and waited for the sky people to arrive, as he waited he watched the training of the guards

'Yel, Varvei and Mary are doing good work with the guards... Maybe I should buy them something soon?'

”Elder”

Mars heard a voice from behind and turned around and saw about 200 sky people kneeling down in front of him along with a very confused Jane

”...Was this Xel's idea?”

Xel rose with a smile on her face, Mars gave a sigh and waved his hand

”Rise please”

The sky people rose to their feet before Mars slowly floated up into the air so they all could see him, then he spoke in a loud voice

”It's good that you all are here... First of all I have prepared homes for you all that have chosen to follow me, secondly I will provide work for you as either self employed hunters or part of the city guard, Finely I'll implant the elder council in the city's government structure so  that the power of the council will remain”

The sky people lowered their heads and all responded

”””””””We thank you elder Mars!!!”””””””

”Very good... now Jane I trust the properties I brought still stand, assign someone to bring them to their new homes, I'll personally bring the elders to live in the palace”

Jane bowed and answered

”Yes lord Mars!”

”Very good”

It took a few weeks for the sky people to get settled in the city of Ular, during which the group of demons from Green river also arrived, Mars appointed Velvet and the old demon as his assistants due to their experience in governing and assigned them to overlook the new city walls project along with Jane which took some pressure off her thanks to their help, many were dissatisfied by the sudden arrival of new high standing officials but they quickly quilted down when they learned the history that Mars had with them, after all with the potential reward of immortality they didn't want to stand out in a negative way and complain

”Well then... I think that's enough for today...”

Mars stretched and walked out of the office, then he closed his eyes and listened for a moment before he suddenly trembled and when he opened his eyes again they shone with excitement before he activated [Instant movement] and reappeared in front of Chloe's office and walked in, Chloe was busy with her work and only looked up to cheek who it was that had walked in before she gave a smile and put her focus back on her work again

”What's up Mars?”

”You...”

Chloe got confused by his statement and looked up at him again and noticed that Mars was crying

”Mars, what's wrong?”