I BECAME A SKULL IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH THE LABYRINTH MASTER'S WORK.
CHAPTER 60: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CITY OF LEIT
All the troops belonging to Elos were placed in the barracks of Portus Aureus City, in the barracks there was a sound of happy cries and laughter because there was a lot of food and drinks prepared for them.
After the journey and the war for these few days, the soldiers felt a little tired. Therefore, all these foods completely release their fatigue.
Elos stood in front of the soldiers, be it Riona, Lumina, Bare, Zeyi and the soldiers instantly became silent, they all stared at Elos as well as waited for her permission before eating.
"I know that all of you have experienced many difficult things over the past few days, even among you who have received many wounds to fight with me, I am very grateful. No need to waste any more time, I'm sure you're all hungry! Please eat and drink all that Admiral Lumina has prepared for us, do not sleep before your stomach is no longer starving! Don't forget to thank Admiral Lumina too, all the soldiers please start eating!", cried Elos who raised his glass, there was tea that he had prepared.
The soldiers raised their glasses, and no one brought liquor, for they were soldiers in the midst of war. This makes them not to be drunk, whoever the soldiers are drunk then they will be punished severely according to the new military law made by Elos.
"Thank you, Mr. Elos! Thank you Admiral Lumina!", cried the soldiers who drank a drink on the glass in their hands.
Then the sound of shouting and laughter came back, the soldiers immediately ate a lot of food that was on the table.
Elos smiled, he stepped off the stage before returning to the main seat of the dining hall, Riona and Lumina were sitting right next to Elos while Kronev did not have a chair that made him sit on the floor. However, Kronev's body was so large that almost all of the chairs he was sitting on were broken, so he preferred to sit on the ground.
After Elos sat down again, he said, "Lumina, this victory is all your help. Without you then we will take even longer to capture these 2 cities, I am very grateful".
Lumina smiled gently listening to Elos "Master, this is what I should do. As a follower of master, then it should be for me to resolve the matter of master".
Elos nodded, he sat quietly looking at everyone around because he could not eat, even though the situation was quite noisy but everyone was still very orderly, no soldier makes a big fuss or fights each other.
"How did Portus Aureus City come to be? Did you get any money or something like that from the mayor's previous treasury?", asked Elos curiously.
Lumina shook her head while smiling bitterly "The mayor who was previously poor, he only has at most 10 gold coins in his storage"
"What's? 10 Gold coins?", Elos said in disbelief "Isn't this mayor cheating us, even the mayor of Hiam City has more money than this. There was no way the mayor of Leit City which was a big trading city could be so poor like this".
"these 2 people are so rich that they can take away the power of the mayor, how rich are they really?" asked Elos again.
Lumina explained all the information she got "The Leghi Chamber of Commerce controls all the sea trade business, especially she sells slaves from different regions as well as races like Elves, Elves, Dwarves and others are the most profitable trading business now. Leghi was the actual ruler of the Port, not the mayor. While the Iter Chamber of Commerce controls the salt business which is a big money-making business as well, in addition it has almost all lodging, restaurants and various shops in the city. I heard, half of this land town actually belongs to the Iter Chamber of Commerce".
"If left unchecked then they can be quite troublesome for us to take control of this city" Elos said as he thought "How are they now? Do they still live in the city? If they're still here then it's better to-".
"Master need not worry, I've cleared and arrested everyone from the Leghi Chamber of Commerce. Even the entire Leghi family was caught, no one managed to escape. They're all in jail now, I'm waiting for you to determine their punishment. Right now the dock is back in our hands, even I take all the ships that are there because these ships are needed if we plan to attack Nate Island. As for the Iter Chamber of Commerce, I let them live", Kat Lumina.
"Why did you arrest the Leghi Chamber of Commerce while Iter didn't? Did Leghi sell the slaves that made you clean them?", asked Elos.
"No, I took all of Leghi's power because they refused to surrender. As for Iter, they agreed to return the trading business to us, but the lodging business and the others were still in their hands. Even so, they agree to give 20% of their business income every month to us. Then they returned 80% of the land they had in this city, they only needed a master to let them live" Lumina said.
Elos nodded "Let Iter stay alive, they've given us so many gifts that I'm not an ungrateful person. After all it was very difficult for others to give up their wealth, the best example was the Leghi family. Zeyi, take note and tell Rolir when we return, the head of the Iter family will be given the title of Baron noble for all their gifts".
"Okay sir!", replied Zeyi who ate his banana and took notes.
Elos stood up before saying "You can all keep eating, I have some other work. Lumina, Riona, if you've eaten then accompany me to meet this Leghi family. I will determine their punishment after meeting them directly".
"I'll come along, I don't eat anymore anyway" said Riona who immediately finished all her food to follow Elos.
While Lumina did not eat from earlier, therefore she just stood up "I'm coming, after all there is nothing else to do here".
"Then let's go, I wonder how the faces of the people who have ruled the entire port of Leit City for so many years. Not to mention they definitely have a lot of treasures stored, I will try to make them say where to hide all those treasures" Elos said with a smile, as the chamber of commerce that has ruled the city for years to decades, Elos believes the Leghi Chamber of Commerce holds an important treasure. At the very least, they definitely had a lot of hidden wealth.
