"I-I will go speak with my father about it."
"I will give you an answer before the end of the day."
Li Ya said as she rose to her feet, her maid mimicking her.
"Thank you for your help, your highness."
Zhou Zhou also stood up, his vice doing the same.
"Let me see you out."
He said to the princess.
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"We're here."
Loth announced as they caught sight of Dark Night Town two kilometers away.
"It's massive."
Dai Lui inspected the scarlet city.
"And heavily fortified."
Lu Sheng added.
"Request for the scarlet city lord once you arrive within acceptable range."
"I will shoot down the front gate as a show of force."
He said while watching the Green Fanged Orcs patrol the city walls.
"Alright."
Dai Lui nodded as Loth landed the sunsoar.
Climbing down, he took out a sunstrider from his spatial ring and rode it toward the city.
"Enemy approaching! Archers, take it out!"
Viewing every non-scarlet fog monsters as enemy, the patrol commander immediately gave the order.
His voice quickly died down as the city's gate exploded into pieces of steel.
"Enemy attack!"
"Sound the alarm!"
Shouting in Sraol, the commanding orc gave instructions as he ducked for cover.
Riding a bit further, Dai Lui came down from his sunstrider.
"Lord Zaha, we mean no harm to your city."
"Rather, we wish to help King Tahan."
He said at the top of his voice.
After a few minutes of silence, a voice responded behind the wall.
"Who are you people?"
"Who we are doesn't matter."
"What matters is what we are here for. And that's to help King Tahan and his kingdom."
Dai Lui replied.
Behind the walls of his city, Zaha was in a dilemma.
Stepping out to meet the unfamiliar sraol would mean his death of his companion decides to attack.
'What if the sraol is right? And want to help His Majesty?'
Then he would be a sinner of the Tahan Kingdom for making his king lose the opportunity.
"My lord, should we seek reinforcement?"
One of his officials asked him.
Exhaling deeply, Zaha emerged from behind the wall.
He approached Dai Lui while checking out his surroundings in search of Lu Sheng.
'I can't see anyone.'
He thought.
"What help do you wish to render to His Majesty, King Tahan?"
Waving his hand to the side, Dai Lui took out the Aurora Tower.
Zaha's eyes widened as he took in the sight of the war.
"How di-"
He was barely a few words in when he sensed something different about the Aurora Tower.
"Impossible! This is impossible!!"
He frantically took several steps back as his eyes trembled in fear.
"How can the Aurora Kingdom have a Diamond-tier Aurora Tower?"
"We'll lose the war once they start building more towers."
He mumbled as he kept his gaze on the war machine.
"How would you like your king to own this?"
Dai Lui controlled his expression as he asked.
"Are you from the Aurora Kingdom?"
"How many Diamond-tier Aurora Towers have been built?"
Replying to Dai Lui with a question of his own, Zaha hoped to get as much information on the Aurora Kingdom.
"Scarlet lord Zaha, this is the only Diamond-tier Aurora Tower in existence."
"I'm sure you would've known if there were more from the scarlet fog troops in the war."
Dai Lui tried to calm Zaha.
Thinking on what Dai Lui said, Zaha saw enough reason in it.
"H-How did you get this, then?"
He asked the local.
"We made it ourselves."
Dai Lui replied before posing his own question.
"How much is the Tahan Kingdom willing to offer for it?"
"I can't decide that."
"Only His Majesty and his ministers can."
Zaha said calmly.
"Then inform them of the situation."
"We'll be leaving in five hours."
Dai Lui said before getting on his sandstrider and riding towards Lu Sheng and Loth.
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At noon, Hui Teng reported the improvements of the subjects after today's training in the Hall of Truth, the Dreamland Tower and the Monastery.
With a population of 34,512 people, Blazing Sun City had the following tiers of professionals:
2,121 Black iron-tier professionals.
20,810 Green bronze-tier professionals.
8,627 White silver-tier professionals.
2,353 Yellow gold-tier professionals.
573 White platinum-tier professionals.
21 Diamond-tier professionals.
6 Extraordinary-tier professionals.
And 1 Epic-tier professionals.
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"Just as you instructed, only the four Black iron-tier professionals that properly utilized the Dreamland Tower was allowed into the Monastery."
Hui Teng said as he kept back the dossiers into his spatial ring.
"Good. It's a pity the limit of the Monastery is only the White platinum-tier."
"The city would've had more than just 21 Diamond-tier professionals.
Zhou Zhou said as he rose to his feet.
"Let's go to the war room."
"The others would've gathered by now."
He said to his deputy.
"Yes, my lord."
Hui Teng rose to his feet before following Zhou Zhou out of the main estate.
"My lord."
One of the stable boys picked to personally serve those in the manor bowed as he brought a pair of horses to Zhou Zhou and Hui Teng.
Nodding at him, Zhou Zhou and Hui Teng took hold of the reins of their horses before climbing on them.
Tapping the horses with their legs, they rode towards the exit of the manor.
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