I BECAME A SKULL IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH THE LABYRINTH MASTER'S WORK.
CHAPTER 104: OBSERVING THE CAPITAL DYREMANN
Elos knocked on the table for a few moments while thinking before saying "Our military will be divided into 3, namely the army, sea and air. Bare will still be a general of the army, Lumina will be a naval admiral while Elage will be an air force marshal. Then the position of the mercenary leader previously occupied by Elage will be replaced by Wrath, you may not know him yet but you can try to get to know him later when you work together. Pride, tell Wrath and Lust about my decision and the work I gave them".
"Okay, sir", answered Pride.
Seeing that Bare's problem was also over, Elos looked back at everyone "Is there any more advice?".
Elos waited for 5 minutes and there was no one to give any more advice, so Elos again said "Then our meeting ends, do not arbitrarily choose another person to sit in an important position. If something like this happens again in the future, you'll have to relinquish your post, no matter what the reason".
"Ready, sir!", replied everyone firmly.
After that everyone started to leave from this room, finally the news of the bribery and death sentence from Elos spread throughout the Animal Man Kingdom and Portus Aureus Province.
At first some people were surprised, after all there were nobles at the Marquis level and ministers who died, but when they found out that all this was Elos' decision and had a clear reason then many people supported him. However, the name of Elos as a good leader to the people and his soldiers is known to everyone, so they know that this action of Elos is not without reason.
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Different from the people of Elos who already understood about him, when people from other kingdoms knew about the actions of Elos then they considered Elos as a tyrant who killed people without giving the right punishment, so they considered Elos as a tyrant, those people are wrong but many think that the death penalty is too severe. So the name of Tyrant Elos spread to countless people, even saying that Elos was more cruel than the devil.
After that, the Merchant Federation or the Ray Kingdom had not made any moves regarding this incident at all. They knew that the plan of sending the 7 cursed slaves had failed, but they did not show their opinions in the slightest as if they had not planned anything.
Knowing the response of the other 2 kingdoms who decided to remain silent, then Elos also did not give any response to them. As long as they had nothing to say about Pride and the others, Elos did not discuss it with them.
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In the morning, in front of the gates of the Capital of Dyremann.
A woman wearing a robe came near the gate of the Capital of Dyremann, the guards immediately stopped her and told her to show her identity, she immediately gave a card to the guards.
"Kania, an 8th rank adventurer! Young lady, you have quite a high rank! But let me give you some advice, even though the Fjorten Labyrinth is still a new labyrinth but there are already many powerful monsters there. Even the best adventurers in the city are stuck on the 5th floor, so misses should also be careful not to get killed in the labyrinth" said the gatekeeper who developed the robed female adventurer card "Miss Kania, please go to the capital, there is no problem with your identity".
Kania nodded while keeping her adventurer card before stepping forward towards the Capital of Dyremann.
After passing through the gate, Kania was very surprised at the streets in the city that was already crowded.
Though it is still very early in the morning, but there are already many people passing by or are opening their stores.
Kania pulled the robe on her head again to make her face more covered before walking on the main street of the Capital of Dyremann.
When walking in the city, Kania can see the residents who talk to each other and laugh, more precisely the state of the streets in this city is very lively.
Kania has often come to various capitals in the kingdom or country in this world, he can say that the crowds and prosperity of the capital of Dyremann that he sees now are not inferior to the great capital.
Even this Dyremann Capital was not inferior to the Royal Capital of Light that he had once been to.
"Is this really a city led by a Tyrant? Why don't I feel that way, if a Tyrant is leading this city then the residents shouldn't be able to smile without such fear" Kania said doubtfully.
He walked down the street in the corners of the city because the corners of the city were poorer than the center, therefore the corners of the city were the best place to judge the true state of a city.
However, Kania had often encountered a very prosperous city in its center, but in the corner of the city there would be many corpses of people who died from starvation.
There were no bodies or people sitting on the side of the road from hunger, and he found children playing and laughing.
Kania found a place to eat for breakfast, because it is still early in the morning then this place to eat is crowded with people.
Among them were peasants who would go to the fields, soldiers who ate breakfast before going to work and people with other jobs.
Kania was looking for an empty chair in this dining hall, the sounds of people talking could be heard all over this dining area.
Looking at Kania who was already seated, a servant approached her carrying a glass of water "Miss, what will you order?".
Kania stared at the glass of water on her desk with the strange "I didn't order water".
This world is different from the earth, the existence of water is not that cheap in this world. After all, there are not many high-tech tools that can purify water, although there are some made using magic tools but the number is rare and has a high price. Therefore, clean water is very valuable.
The waiter smiled, "Miss, this water is free".
"Free?" said Kania strangely, he had already come to many places to eat but had never found a place to eat that provided free water.
Kania examined the water carefully, after making sure there was no poison then Kania tried to drink it "This is really drinking water!".
Looking at Kania's attitude, the maid only smiled, however she knew that almost everyone from the other kingdoms who came here would experience the same shock.
"Miss, it seems that you're still just coming to the capital of Dyremann?", asked a man sitting at the table beside Kania.
Kania nodded "I am an adventurer traveling to various places, at first I did not plan to come to this city because I had heard that the ruler of this kingdom was a tyrant. But because I feel hungry then I think to eat for a while, after all I shouldn't be in trouble if I just eat here right?".
"Hahahahaha", hearing Kania's words, the man's client and the waiter laughed.
"Is there anything funny?", asked Kania strangely.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm not laughing at you" said the man's customer "Miss, do you know that I'm a farmer! Be it then or now, I always go to the fields every morning and come back at night. I have a 15-year-old, do you know what he's doing with his 3 younger siblings now?".
"Brave?" said Kania doubtfully because the children of farmers often can only be farmers or soldiers because due to large taxes, most of the farmers in the world are poor. Therefore, they could not open their own shop, go to the academy to study or various other things that required a lot of money. But Kania hesitates to talk about this out of fear that this man in front of her is angry.
The man was not angry at Kania's words, even he slightly smiled "If it was then your words must not be wrong, but for now then it is wrong. My son is now studying in the academy, more precisely 3 of my children are studying in the knight academy while the other 1 of my children are studying at the Dyremann science academy".
"What?", said the surprised Kania "Will the farmer's job in this kingdom be able to earn money?".
The man shook his head "Although the tax has already been lightened by master Elos, but it is still difficult to get my 4 children to study in the academy. At most I can only let 2 of my children study at the academy use the money from the fields, he said, but Mr. Elos made a new rule a few months ago that every child under the age of 17 should receive compulsory 3-year study and be free to choose their destination academy!".
Kania feels all over her head confused, the place to eat that gives free water is already very great, but giving free education for 3 years is much more surprising.
However, in a world lacking books and knowledge, every knowledge is valuable. A teacher will only give his knowledge to his talented students or people who pay dearly, be it swordsmanship, knowledge, to even farming techniques are not easy to get.
Therefore, Elos who created the royal system to provide free education for 3 years has greatly surprised Kania.
Looking at the surprised Kania, the man spoke again "Maybe to you the lord of Elos was a cruel tyrant, he said, but for us who are the inhabitants of the Animal Man Kingdom where the lord Elos leads then the lord Elos is a very good leader! At least the leader who could turn this city from a dead city to prosper like now was just a great leader, he said, if not then this city would still be a dead city like it used to be in this barren land".
