Chapter 238: Failure

Amao looked at Mofate as if looking at a fool.

Mofate said seriously and earnestly, "Don't look at me like that. Not everyone can receive an Oracle; that I can receive an Oracle shows that I am a person chosen by the gods!"

"I believe you were chosen by the gods, otherwise you would not have such legendary experiences." Amao was not flattering; he knew very well how cruel the calculations of this game were. Although, when calculated, the people who died were just numbers, to the game, the lives of these people were truly real.

"Even you believe me, yet my parents do not. I told them about this, but they thought I had a problem and even told me to stay away from those nonsensical gods." Mofate's eyes dimmed, "How do you think I should convince them?"

Mofate's parents did not believe in the words of various churches, because they both believed that the Bloodthirsty did not need to worship any gods, as long as they worshipped the clan elders in their family.

Although the clan elders did not help them this time, they still believed it was the help of the clan elders toward them.

By comparison, Lijia was not as agitated as Mofate. After she sobered up, she looked at the moonlight outside the window, calmly placed her hands on her chest to pray, and then turned over.

She knew that coming to spread faith for the Lord now was truly a bit too hasty.

However, as long as she could open up a situation within the noble circles, the problems would all be solved.

……

The entire wharf area was in a state of operation. Governor Jones covered his nose and then said to Saina at his side, "There is simply too much dust here. Tell them we will collect a management fee for the dust; do not let them let the dust drift into those noble areas."

"Understood. Besides that, we must also collect their hygiene management fee." Governor Jones could not see the contempt in his daughter's eyes; in reality, Saina would not deliberately let him see the disdain in her eyes either.

Ever since the problem of lightning strikes appeared in the factory area, Governor Jones began organizing the servants of those nobles to conduct patrols, with the excuse that the War Church's Patrol Guard did not have enough manpower.

As for the Police Station, it also began organizing drills every few days, and the costs were all collected from those merchants. Recently, the costs in the Factory District had increased quite a bit, so some merchants were preparing to move their factories to the wharf area.

However, the presence of the Government Building had never been high, and Governor Jones always had to show his own presence, so he would not let go of this place, the wharf area.

Even if he had handed over the management of this place to Saina from the very beginning.

"Father, how much is appropriate to collect for the hygiene fee and the dust fee? Are there any regulations or the like?"

"The wharf area must collect at least forty thousand Xide; as for how to collect enough, that is your own problem." Saying this, Governor Jones waved his hand again and said to the coachman, "Go to the farm area again, especially those farms of the Xiahui People."

"Many of the farms in the West District now belong to nobles," Saina reminded him, "Do we need to collect fees from them as well?"

"We collected from the factory area, so for those nobles, we cannot leave them alone either. They usually graze cattle and sheep, which in itself is a kind of destruction to the environment of Tana City. Do you know? In the Royal Capital, there are already people proposing regulations to manage the climate, and I am just formulating Tana City's policy by referencing the Royal Capital's policy." Governor Jones made excuses for himself; of course, this was not necessarily just an excuse.

After all, the city operation expenses of Tana City had always been collected and then distributed to the nobles, though it was just for show.

Saina was noncommittal. She did not care much about these behaviors of her father, and she also knew what kind of person her father was; even the previous governors had all done the same.

"No problem, then how much of a fee do we need to collect here?" Saina said with a smile.

If collecting fees from the factory area and the wharf area was not a difficult thing to handle, then collecting fees from the farm area was not so easy.

After all, there were a large number of nobles in the farm area, and collecting fees here was a very offensive thing to do.

If Saina really wanted to become the new Governor of Tana City as the rumors said, she would definitely not accept such a task.

Yet Saina accepted it very readily.

Governor Jones turned his head back and said nonchalantly, "You are indeed much stronger than your younger brother and sister, but haven't you considered? This way, it will be impossible for you to be in my position, unless those nobles are willing to support you."

"Being able to assist you is my honor. You are, after all, my biological father. If there are some things they are unwilling to do, then just leave them to me." A look of admiration appeared on Saina's face, as if she really wanted to assist her father.

However, only she herself knew what she was actually thinking.

This kind of contact with nobles and collecting fees would certainly make those nobles dissatisfied.

But she also brought opportunities for cooperation with the Xiahui People, and she believed those nobles would not give up these opportunities.

As long as their relationship with those new Believers became more and more tightly bound, then these people could push Governor Jones out at a critical moment.

Governor Jones looked at his eldest daughter with gratification, "It seems your stepmother thinks too much. You are my daughter, and of course, you won't be as petty as her."

"You don't have to say that. I do have my pride, but I am more willing to do my current job well rather than coveting a position that doesn't belong to me in the first place." Saina smiled slightly. She was actually quite happy that her father felt a sense of crisis, which showed that her actions had indeed affected him.

"That's perfect. Don't forget to come to the banquet tonight. Although work is very important, your sister's birthday is also very important." Governor Jones felt his life was getting better and better; his eldest daughter was more sensible than before, and his career was also flourishing.

With the implementation of this fee policy, he could collect at least one hundred thousand Xide. With so many Xide, even if he had to return a portion to those nobles and use another portion for municipal maintenance, he could still have quite a lot left over, allowing him to have two more Nongzhuang and one more private port in the Port City.

……

The fact that Governor Jones's daughter was going to hold a birthday party could be considered a major event in Tana City.

Although in many matters, the Governor and the administrative officials in Tana City were like invisible people, if they really made some noise, there would still be quite a few people paying attention.

Everyone hoped to be at this banquet, especially those players.

After all, one could meet quite a few people here.

Those nobles had quite a lot of industries in their hands. In any case, these nobles in Tana City were old-school nobles. Although their titles were not particularly numerous, they would definitely be smoother in management than those merchants. After all, bearing the name of a noble already meant having a pass, and doing business was much easier than for others.

Saina stood at the entrance with her male companion Evans, just like the previous few balls, standing at the entrance as if welcoming guests.

"Your complexion is really getting better and better." Yezi gently lifted her dress. She was now a hot dancer in the entire Tana City and had also received good praise in Gannaer. Recently, there was also an opportunity to perform in the Royal Capital; there was no noble in Tana City who did not know her.

Seeing that this new Believer had successfully infiltrated the inside of the nobles, Saina nodded, "In a while, you can go next to Lady Shilaode. She is very interested in the art of dance; perhaps she can give you some help."

"Thank you, but what does that lady look like?" Yezi asked in a low voice.

"The one in the blue dress over there." Saina patted Yezi's waist and then said to the next player, "Long time no see. I heard that your prints are hard to find in the Royal Capital."

"It's all the credit of those craftsmen; I am just an ordinary painter." Chen Ai was also wearing a light-colored evening gown, revealing her figure.

Besides Chen Ai, big merchants like Andrew also participated in this gathering, and not just him, but also those outstanding players, such as Zhongshan Laoren, such as Yunxiao and Feng Buxi and others.

Those envoys from Gannaer and those envoys of the Storm Church from Rierna had also arrived.

However, at this moment, someone suddenly broke in from the outside. Saina only took one look and directly let them pass.

"Frontline battle report, my lady! The people of the War Church have suffered heavy losses; we must consolidate our defensive lines again!" That government staff member knew his movement was too big, but this was the battle report that had just been sent from the very front.

If it weren't for Governor Jones insisting on holding some birthday party at home, this battle report should have been on this lady's desk long ago.

It was only when some personnel of the War Church stationed in the Port City came to report that these employees of the Municipal Building knew about this matter.

"Say that again?" Harote walked out from the crowd.

The War Church had gone with full confidence this time.

How could they have suddenly lost?

It was not just him who was surprised; even the players were very surprised.

Because on the forum, the results reported by those players who followed to the barbarian territory had always been good news.

The Barbarians are not Gannaer; they cannot rely on those strange Formations to pull off so many supernatural feats.

As long as the people from the War Church are not particularly incompetent, the situation of losing is impossible.

"We didn't dare to open your letters; this was also told to us by the church personnel stationed in the port area. There are about five hundred of them now, and they have all come to Tana City, hoping to discuss the issue of their stationing with us."

"Are you saying that we are now facing the threat of War again?" Governor Jones truly could not imagine why, just as his good days had begun, there had to be that damned War again.

If things continue like this, I fear Tana City will have to start conscripting soldiers.

This is not something everyone wants to do, and if the mission is not completed...

Jones dared not think about it; he was even planning to take his wife and children and flee right now.

As long as he lets his eldest daughter stabilize the situation here, it will be enough.

Saina seemed to see through her father's thoughts, and she grabbed her father, "Not many people know about the news of the defeat at the front line yet. It can be seen that this must have just happened; we can report it to the Royal Capital as soon as possible."

"That is not the problem." Governor Jones looked at Harote to the side, "Bishop, should we make any preparations?"

"We need to send people to check the situation at the front line to see how much longer they can hold out." Harote frowned, "The situation with the Barbarians has become increasingly dire in recent years, and they will definitely look for trouble with us. Defense Arrays are not difficult to produce, but the problem is, where are we going to find so many people to defend against the fighting at the front line?"

"We still have those Xiahui People; I think they shouldn't just abandon us," Governor Jones said in a low voice, while pulling several Bishops together.

Sarana rolled her eyes and then followed at the very back of the group.

She did not care about the War; if she were truly afraid, taking the Train directly to the Royal Capital would be the safest option.

Right now, this piece of technology, the Train, is in the hands of the Wealth Church; as long as it is running, most Believers of the Evil God cannot catch up.

Especially those Barbarians—they are all people with only muscles and no brains; as long as one can still run, why participate in real, life-or-death combat?

At least Sarana is unwilling, and she is also unwilling to let her own subordinates go to their deaths.

"I think we can first confirm how soon the enemy can arrive, at least to be able to evacuate the members in time. Of course, we cannot overestimate the strength of those Barbarians; at least we wiped out over ten thousand of them at the time, didn't we?"

No one listened to her statement. Just after she finished speaking, Harote said to Jones, "In addition to reinforcements from the Royal Capital, we also need to recruit a portion of people locally as a defensive force, and at the same time, we should send out scouts."

"We don't have scouts; the people left behind by the War Church don't have any Awakened among them." After hearing Harote's words, Jones was already losing his composure.

At this moment, he looked at those nobles; these nobles all had some trump cards under their command, and it was not as if they had no Awakened.

However, at this time, even Viscount Philip did not look at him, but was looking into the distance.

There was no help for it; at noon, this Governor had also sent his eldest daughter to notify everyone that the Farm area was going to collect management fees.

How could the nobles, whose Slave costs had recently increased, be willing to pay these strange fees?

"What do you think of this Governor's approach?" Chen Ai and Yezi hid in a corner and began to discuss, "I just went to the forum to check; Zhuguli said over there that they didn't encounter any enemies at all, but it looks like it's because the two sides split their forces. I'll have to ask about the specifics in a while."

"I heard that there is still a difference between the positions of the players and those real Awakened, because they cannot obtain military merit, so they have always been on the relatively safe front line," Yezi also stated the information she had gathered, "However... this time we might not have to pay the tax."

"You're right, only a fool would pay," Saina, who was to the side, seemed to understand the conversation between the two and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)