145 The Enarin Kingdom and the Gathering (1/2)
Gabriella and the merchants were already waiting for Don when he entered the throne hall as they stood up from their seats.
”Sit” Don motioned them to sit as he sat in his throne
”I took a look at the quotations and discussed it with my people, Gabriella”
Don could see the concerned look on the merchants' faces but Gabriella looked neutral and did not show any reaction
”You got yourselves a deal” as he said, Don waved his hand and then, a pouch filled with low-quality life energy stones appeared before him and flew towards Gabriella
Unlike before, after hearing Don a relieved look emerged in Gabriella's eyes as the merchants smiled in delight
”Inside, you will find half of the full payment, I'll give you the rest when you bring the promised goods”
”We would bring them as soon as possible, your majesty” She rose from her seat and said with the bow
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”How's the construction work going?”
”it will go better if it's nae for this damned rain, me king”
Don could see the dwarf was pretty annoyed and frustrated by the Agoria's weather
”When that Gabriella girl delivers tha materials, we can start work on tha roads, my king”
” The people, are they treating you alright?”
”at first, they seemed a little aff seeing that I'm a dwarf but now they be getting better”
Having an army of dwarves and elves roaming around would definitely bring trouble to his doorstep as Don let only a couple of dwarves to reveal their identity because sooner or later, the people had to come to terms with the new reality but for now, a couple of dwarves wouldn't draw much attention from the higher rank kingdoms.
”Finish the construction work as soon as possible, when we start building ships, I want you and your men in the project”
”o' course me king, we dwarves have so many ideas an' techniques aboot building a ship,” Stodemar said with excitement
”How much longer will it take to finish the construction works?”
”at least three months for tha houses me king, tha road works will take even more time”
While Don was talking with Stodemar, Don saw a guard standing in the corner waiting for him
”What's the matter?”
”Your majesty, this has just come for you”
It was a royal scroll with a griffin symbol etched on the outside, the guard handed the scroll over to Don as he motioned the guard to leave the throne hall
When Don opened the scroll, Stodemar could smell the fragrance of lavender and lilac as he waited for Don to finish reading. The scroll was an invitation to the gathering of rank 4 kings, that's going to happen in the Enarin Kingdom, one of the most powerful kingdoms among the rank 4 kingdoms.
”me king, be everything alright?”
”Yes, it's an invitation to a gathering”
”When be this gathering, me king?”
Stodemar knew that balls, gatherings are pretty common among the nobles and kings
”In five days”
”What be ye going ta do, me king?”
Don couldn't help but see a tinge of nervousness like he was hiding something in the dwarf's eyes
But before Don could ask anything, Arrora appeared behind him and whispered into his ears
”Knight said that three hundred and eighty-five people joined in the army and the orcs returned without causing any troubles”
”Good”
Indeed this was good news that now Don had nearly nine hundred troops in his army.
”And I've reached the grandmaster level”
Hearing Arrora, Don's brows slightly raised in surprise as her speed of cultivation was truly astonishing. Because of the bound energy in her magical core, she would be stronger and more powerful than a normal low-level grandmaster. And since Knight talked about going into closed-door cultivation soon, there was no doubt that Knight would reach the next realm in cultivation. However Knight was a divine beast so even after reaching the grandmaster realm, Arrora had no chance to put up a fair fight with Knight, not that she would fight with Knight.
Looking at her excited face, Don patted her shoulder
”Now go to Everlight, bring Joel and Arwen, we are going to Enarin ”
Don gave the scroll to Arrora as the dwarf stepped forward
”Me king, can I go to Everlight? I left some tools there”