THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 160: WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?
Now Myro and Albert were in an empty room on the top floor of this inn, a room where they were guarded by dozens of elite Praetorian Guard troops and the king's bodyguards.
As long as there were people who dared to come here for no reason, they would definitely be killed instantly.
On the highest floor of the inn there are only 2 bedroom rooms that become the best room in this inn, 1 Room was used by Albert and Myro while 1 room was again emptied by the innkeeper so there was no problem someone would listen to their conversation.
Ren stood behind Myro while an Orc who looked like the head of a guard stood behind the king, they just stood still behind their respective masters unless something happened to their master.
The waiter prepared tea to Myro and Albert before leaving here as quickly as possible, according to the innkeeper, his duty was to prepare tea as well as food for the guests.
After that he had to leave as soon as possible without listening to the slightest talk of the 2 guests, as long as he dared to listen even a little, he must have been killed.
The waiter is also a smart man, knowing Myro and Albert are guarded by dozens of heavily armed troops already proving their identity is not at all a person he can disturb unless he is ready to die.
When the servant had left the room, Albert said quickly "Baron Myro, I never thought you were planning to meet me, let alone that you seemed to keep all this secret from the Azeroth Kingdom. So, how do I release my son, Nak Rolf and General Guliger? Do you need money or anything in exchange for the prisoner?".
Myro did not immediately answer Albert's question, he took the tea that was on the table and drank it "Tea that was pretty good! King Albert, there seems to be a misunderstanding here. From the beginning, I planned to release the crown prince and the others, but I could not release them carelessly because the Azeroth Kingdom might suspect me. You must understand, even though I have managed to capture 3 important people from the Orc-Goblin Kingdom, if all the prisoners disappeared for no reason then the Azeroth Kingdom must have realized it".
"Don't waste any more time, Baron Myro! You just need to tell me, what price I have to pay to release the 3 prisoners" said Albert gloomy.
"The price you have to pay is the city" Myro said smilingly "You have to give me 5 additional cities in exchange for those 3 prisoners, we will make a hoax here. Before General Herfu came, I again attacked the Orc-Goblin Kingdom in order to gain more awards from the Azeroth Kingdom".
"In the beginning everything went easy, I managed to capture 4 cities without any problems. But when I captured the 5th part of the city, the enemy managed to seize the prisoners I had, in exchange I was able to take the 5th city. With the return of Guliger, the Kingdom of Azeroth would definitely not dare to attack you any further. Besides, I will also try to persuade the Azeroth Kingdom not to fight you again for at least 2 to 5 years".
"After the war is over, let's form a partnership. I will protect you from the Kingdom of Azeroth as long as you do not attack, but instead you will have to pay me an annual tax. It does not have to be money, you can pay it in the form of weapons or armor. Then, we can also provide you with food every year to reduce Orc deaths from starvation, but you will have to pay for the food. Don't worry, I'll sell the food at the market price".
Albert looked at Myro carefully before thinking about his gains and losses.
The Orc-Goblin Kingdom had more cities than the previous Cavalry Kingdom, they had 20 cities and fortresses.
Myro had already taken 4 cities as well as the Rulfes Fortress, then now he planned to take 5 more cities which made the city in the Orc-Goblin Kingdom territory to be almost half of the pre-war stay.
Not to mention, King Albert only needs to give Myro 5 cities that are not too valuable, namely 5 cities that border the City of Folk like this City of Ferlis.
Although there are still many losses, but the gains brought back Guliger and the prime minister's son are much more important. As long as he managed to bring his son back, the prime minister's support to the king must become even stronger.
Not only that, forming a cooperation with Myro is very profitable. Albert was most afraid of the Azeroth Kingdom suddenly attacking them again. No matter how great the Guliger was, the royal army was already running out. As long as the Azeroth Kingdom let Herfu put on a full assault, they were bound to lose. Therefore, paying taxes every year to Myro was much better if he could indeed stop the Azeroth Kingdom's attacks on them.
Then Myro allowed them to buy food at market prices, this was very valuable for Orc Goblins.
The human traffickers of the Azeroth Kingdom were very cunning, and when their kingdom was starving, the merchants immediately raised the price of the food they sold in order to make even greater profits.
Their reason was that if the Orcs of Goblins were interested in buying then buy, if they had no money then let them die of hunger.
In the end the starving Goblin Orcs had no other choice but to buy expensive food, those who had no money had to die of hunger or attack humans for their food.
Although Myro's offer was very profitable, there was 1 problem in Albert's head "Baron Myro's offer was very attractive, I don't mind working together. But I have an important question, Why should I trust you? The power of Baron Myro should not be strong enough to influence the Azeroth Kingdom to stop attacking us, besides there is a possibility of you betraying us after obtaining 5 cities and money. How can I trust you?".
"I know you'll talk like that" said Myro smiling confidently "I have a reason why you should trust me, because we'll be a family soon. I plan on making a grand wedding between the Orc-Goblin Royal Family and the Cedar Family mine!".
Everyone in the room was shocked, even Ren looked at Myro strangely because he had not discussed the matter this time with Ren.
Albert who stood up from his chair in shock asked doubtfully "Baron Myro, are you planning on getting married-".
Myro immediately stopped Albert saying "Don't panic, King Albert! The one who got married was not me, but the best talent of our Aras Family! If you think I tricked you, you can find the information yourself after returning to your palace, I'm sure your spies can confirm the truth of the easy information. I will marry my most precious sister, the most talented jewel of the House of Aras, Luca Aras! I will marry my sister to your daughter who is famous as the most beautiful Orc in the kingdom! Hows it? I can't possibly trick you and sacrifice my most talented brother just for a plan to defeat you in the future right?".
Luca was indeed the child who had the most talent in the Aras Family, but given his nature and hostility towards Myro, then Myro would not hesitate to give it to the Orc-Goblin Kingdom.
Baron Aras must have been sentenced to lose his title when this war was over because Baron Aras lost Aras City, the entire Aras Family would have no choice but to take refuge in Myro which is still a noble, and the entire Aras Family would have no choice but to take refuge in Myro, which is still a noble, it did not even rule out the possibility that Baron Aras would retire and appoint Myro as the head of the family.
If he becomes the head of the family, then there is no problem letting Luca marry another royal princess as long as it is for the sake of the family.