Chapter 7: the king is not so great
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"Why is my support fund so small? Others seem to receive 5 or 6 times as much as mine. Please explain, Your Majesty the King!"
Facing Jason's questioning, the king frowned.
He was extremely displeased with Jason challenging his authority repeatedly.
"You'd better explain it to me, Your Majesty, or don't blame me for what I might do!"
Seeing that the king didn't answer, Jason asked again, this time with a tougher tone, full of threats.
"Oh, really?"
The corners of the king's mouth kept twitching, his right hand tightly gripping the armrest of the throne, and the veins on his arm kept bulging. He was forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart.
When the king was preparing to disadvantage Jason, he had already anticipated that Jason would come to ask about it, but he didn't expect such a bad attitude and even daring to threaten him.
"Huh~~~"
The king let out a long breath, finally calming down a little, and said slowly: "sir Shield Hero, I think you have misunderstood. The purpose of the support fund is to cover the future expenses of the heroes in the kingdom."
"The Spear Hero, Sword Hero, and Bow Hero have many adventurers following them. Whether it's food, drink, housing, transportation, or equipment replacement, they will need to spend more money."
"As for you, Shield Hero, you are alone, so you shouldn't need to spend as much. Besides... don't underestimate 100 silver coins; it should be enough before the next wave of calamity arrives."
The king spoke slowly, reciting the words he had prepared in advance.
His explanation was well-founded, and most people couldn't find a reason to refute it.
"Your Majesty's words are indeed correct. Since these adventurers are willing to follow us, we must take good care of them. The cost will indeed increase, unlike you... one person is full, and the whole family is not hungry."
Itsuki nodded, agreeing with the king.
"I agree too."
Ren doesn't talk much, but his attitude says it all.
The adventurers who chose to follow them were quite moved when they heard what they said, and felt that they were following the right people.
As for Motoyasu, who had just wanted to slash Jason but was slashed himself, he was still in a state of doubting his life and did not participate.
For Jason, it doesn't matter whether the three heroes participated or not. He sneered and said, "If you say that, then I should need more support money."
The king couldn't help frowning, not quite sure what he meant.
"Compared with the other three heroes, I should have an extra expense. After all, I still need to recruit adventurers who are willing to follow me. It's not hard to understand, is it?"
Jason continued.
"Well..."
The king didn't expect to be taken advantage of by Jason, but it was absolutely impossible to hand over more support funds to him.
"Look... In fact, the main reason is that the country is currently suffering from severe calamities, and a lot of money is needed constantly. The current treasury is empty, and we really don't have much money."
The next second, the king sighed softly and said this, but no matter how one looked at it, he was not the kind of good king who worried about the people.
"I see! So the country has no money, right?"
Jason shrugged and said helplessly, seemingly accepting the fact.
"Yes... sir Shield Hero can understand, that's really great."
The king nodded in surprise.
"Of course... After all, I'm not an unreasonable person. Finally, I have another question, and I want His Majesty the King to answer it."
There was a vague smile on the corner of Jason's mouth.
"Please ask!"
The king obviously didn't notice the strangeness revealed in Jason's demeanor.
"Since this country has no financial resources, does that mean that even if we save this country, we will not get any benefits? After all, there is no money!"
Jason glanced at Ren and Itsuki as he spoke. He remembered that these two wanted to seek benefits for themselves when they first arrived in this world.
"Now, just be my spearmen...brothers!" Jason thought to himself
Hearing Jason's words, Ren and Itsuki were immediately displeased.
"So it turns out that the benefits promised to us before were just lies to deceive us!"
"Your Majesty, you'd better explain this clearly!"
Faced with Ren and Itsuki's angry questioning, the king froze for a moment, not expecting that things would turn out like this.
"No, no, no... you've misunderstood..."
The king waved his hands in panic, trying to explain, but didn't know what to say.
In terms of cunning, he and Jason were not on the same level at all.
Just when the king was in extreme embarrassment, a man in a robe walked to the center of the hall. He was wearing a hood, and his head was lowered, making it impossible for people to see his face clearly.
"My lords, the heroes, you have indeed misunderstood His Majesty the king. If you successfully resist the wave of calamity, the king will naturally use the power of the whole country to repay you, noble heroes. Even if the finances are tight, even if the country will regress for decades, in order to repay the heroes, he will not hesitate."
It has to be said that the man in the robe spoke very well, not only dispelling Ren and Itsuki's concerns but also raising the king's righteousness to another level.
At the same time, he gave Jason a sense of 'extreme danger'.
"It turns out that His Majesty the King is so righteous, but now he can't even spare some silver coins, which makes people doubt the authenticity of his words."
Jason looked closely at the robed man, trying to discern his identity.
"It's just some silver coins; of course, there's no problem, Your Majesty?"
The man in the robe said to the king while lowering his head even further, as if he was also afraid of Jason.
"That's right, come here... give the Hero another 700 silver coins."
The king hurriedly shouted, and an official immediately handed Jason the bag containing the silver coins.
He took the bag and added it to the 100 silver coins he had been given before, which now totaled exactly 800 silver coins.
"Ding! The selection conditions are completed, and a double experience card will be rewarded for 6 hours."
Now that the reward had been obtained, Jason didn't want to waste much more time on this matter, so he smiled in satisfaction.
When he turned his head, he found that the man in the robe had disappeared.
"Could it be the Pope?"
Jason frowned. Although he couldn't be 100% sure that the man in the robe was the Pope of the Three Heroes Church, he was certain that there was a 70% to 80% possibility. The ability to keep one's head bowed like that was telling.
"It's getting late now. All heroes, please rest in the palace for the night and set off tomorrow morning."
Then the king's voice sounded again.
"I don't need to; I want to start now. And finally... I want to have a few words with you, Your Majesty the King."
Jason put the money bag on his waist and walked towards the king on the throne as if with some purpose.
Before he could take a few steps, some soldiers quickly blocked his way and aimed their spears at Jason.
As soon as Jason grasped a long spear in front of him, the next second, unimaginably, the long spear in the soldier's hand was directly pinched off, and it looked extremely effortless.
"Hey, hey, hey... I hate it the most in my life when others point their weapons at me. If there is another time, your brains will end up like this spear. Don't blame me for not warning you!"
Jason threw the broken spear in his hand on the ground casually, making no effort to hide his killing intent, and the soldiers around couldn't help taking a step back in fright.
Ignoring these soldiers, Jason passed through them and came before the king.
"You... what are you going to do?"
The king's back was pressed against the throne, and a look of horror couldn't help but appear on his face.
"Don't be nervous. I'm just here to warn you: don't think that I don't know about your little tricks with your daughter. In the future, I advise you not to provoke me, otherwise I'll make one of you pick up shit and the other be an BBQ!"
After finishing speaking, Jason turned and left. He would not stay in the palace overnight, lest someone try to poison him.
Looking at his retreating back, even if the king didn't know what BBQ meant, he could still understand that this was definitely a threat involving his daughter. He was immediately enraged to the extreme.
But in his current state, he was helpless. He slammed his right fist on the throne, venting his impotent rage.
Ren and Itsuki looked at each other, not quite sure what Jason had said to the king that made him so angry his whole face turned purple.
It seemed that he would pass out at any time due to the increase in blood pressure.
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