The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 240 - Agreement
...[.The capital of the Kingdom of Salvation, Reinard, has now become a ruin!]...
...[.What was the cause of the attack from the Farna Kingdom?]...
Various news sites began to discuss the same thing, namely the collapse of the City of Forgia in the virtual world overnight. In other words, it is only about 1 to 2 hours of real-world time.
The cause of the collapse of this city is still not known with certainty by many players because of the lack of concrete evidence in the form of recordings or photos.
However, some sources mention the following.
"I swear! I was enjoying a meal at a store! There was a sudden commotion and some people led us to leave this City as the Salvation Army started slaughtering their own people!
As soon as all the residents came out of the city walls, a very amazing thing happened! I saw the largest magic circle that produced a whirlpool on the land and flattened the city! I really don't lie!" It was clearly a middle-aged man who was being interviewed by one of those television stations.
On the other hand, or rather in MeTube, many people uploaded the final events after the collapse of the Capital.
Just like what was uploaded by a player named [Nia] who came from Indonesia.
The novice player who only played Re:Life to do the culinary Review was recording the state of Reinard after it was destroyed.
With the 1st point of view camera mode, the woman walks while explaining whatever she sees.
"Gaes, as you can see for yourself. Debris is everywhere." Said Nia while walking.
The sound of the rock cracks that he stepped on continuously sounded at every step.
"Wait, there's a guard. I have to hide." Nia said with a soft look.
He was immediately hidden behind a wall that was out of nowhere.
But her half-baked hideout certainly got her caught.
"What are you doing here? Civilians are forbidden to enter." Said the guard or soldier of the Salvation kingdom while pointing his spear at Nia's neck.
"Tu-wait! I'm just looking around...."
The video in the world of Re:Life ends there because Nia's head has been severed.
After that, Nia continued with the video that appeared to be from her room.
"Did you see gaes yourself? I was just looking at the state of the destruction of a city! But that Salvation soldier killed me without even giving me a chance to speak! So conspiracy theories about the rotten Kingdom of Salvation have been proven! Then...."
Nia then continued her video by talking about conspiracy theories. Although it cannot be proven, its error is equally unprovable.
That is what is quite popular with many MeTube viewers around the world, especially Indonesia.
The small channel, which initially only discussed culinary issues, has now begun discussing conspiracy theories.
Subscribers jumped from 12,000 to 340,000 in just a few days.
But in the end, no one knew for sure about the cause of the destruction of Reinard City.
...***...
...In an Underground Room...
"Kugh.... You guys...."
A man tied up in an iron chair. He seemed to be chained from various sides making it impossible to move or act.
"We are the representatives of King Arlond. More precisely the organization of darkness that works to serve him." Said the woman wearing the black mask and robe.
Hearing that, the man who was tied up, or better known as Chris, seemed to smile.
"Buahaha! Just kill me! As long as you know I'm...."
"Player right? We NPCs also understand that you can come back to life. So a lot of soldiers are still patrolling Reinard waiting for your resurrection, right?" Ask the woman in a voice that seems not interested at all.
Hearing that answer, Chris could only goosebumps. That was because all of his escape plans seemed to be able to be read so easily.
But before he could utter a single word of complaint, the man who was the Assassin first spoke up.
"Originally you know, we don't care about your life. But you're a guarantee to us. His Majesty Arlond asked both of us to keep you here until the whole Kingdom including your Minister chooses to accept the peace. Of course, you can choose to continue the war where we will take control of the entire territory of the Kingdom of Salvation immediately."
Chris was a little frightened listening to the last words spoken by the Assassin Man.
'Possessing Salvation?! If it's their current ability, I don't think even Salvation will survive. Losing my title as King is bad.... But at least if I'm still working with Eric, even if I have to pay that kind of money, then I can still do something.' Chris thought to himself.
"Peace what?! Isn't that just blackmail?!" Chris was upset.
"Hmm? So you know what blackmail means? I thought you didn't know considering your entire act during this war was to blackmail the Farna Kingdom."
Chris started to get a little aware of what he was doing.
He began to realize that his greed to this day has been too excessive, even to the point of upsetting many of his members. Even so, he continued to try to fulfill his wishes no matter what.
All it needs right now is a little encouragement and reassurance to....
"Just calm. His Excellency Arlond explained to us that the Player would suffer great suffering if held in this world for 10 days only. Isn't that a shameful weakness? Ah and also, we can do a little game for you." Said the woman while sticking her knife into a table.
At that moment, Chris' determination was already unanimous.
"I will accept the peace treaty if I can pay your request within 10 years.6 million gold coins per year, can I?"
The Assassin Guild serving Arlond directly immediately smiled. They were given the freedom to act and make decisions as long as Arlond was absent.
Therefore, their flexibility must be very high to deal with this kind of situation.
These Guild Assassins were formed slightly earlier compared to the formation of the Elite army during those 20 months. The formation of this Guild was even without the knowledge of the Farna Hero, the Ministers and even Eric though.
With a total executive count of 13, and a core member of 100, they were the most sharp and deadly swordsmen the Farna Kingdom had ever formed.
Their role in the previous attack?
Of course as implementing Plan B if Salvation rejects the proposed peace.
At the time Chris was negotiating it....
"We will allow payment every year if you pay 8 million gold coins. Do you understand?" Ask the Assassin.
"You kidding?! Isn't that more than...."
"We've been kind enough to receive payments on a regular basis. If you reject it, the 60 million option in advance can also be done." Said the Assassin Woman with a terrible smile.
In the end, Chris received a bit of a light 'game' before fully agreeing the terms of the Farna Kingdom to pay 8 million gold coins per year.
Of course, the strongest consideration is the safety of the Kingdom of Salvation which they can destroy at any time.
Chris thought that accepting this peace could save his kingdom even though it would provide tremendous hardship.
And with that, the downfall of the Kingdom of Salvation began that day.