Chapter 257 - 16: The Love of the Blood Clan Lord (2)_2

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Chapter 257: Chapter 16: The Love of the Blood Clan Lord (2)_2 Luckily, the Blood Clan’s magic generally wasn’t too bad, especially the upper-level Blood Clan. Jones stood far away, directly using magic to lift the snake dung piled up like a mountain, then covered his nose and carefully guided it bit by bit out of the castle. The entire process didn’t require touching the snake dung. As for Dora, she started vigorously digging a hole outside the castle, ready to bury the snake dung. "Maybe I should buy zombies first. Well, my money is only enough for one zombie. And zombies cleaning up... it’s a miracle if the zombies don’t make the mess worse." Sometimes, Jones couldn’t tell which was dirtier, the zombie’s rotting flesh or the snake dung. ... At this moment, under the moonlight, Adolf stood on a cliff, gazing distantly towards the castle. "What is he doing? First helping the Hydra hunt, then cleaning up its dung? Not even a single fight in between?" Holding his wand, Adolf was getting more confused, "Shouldn’t he summon the Silver Moon Knight Order immediately to hunt the Hydra in this situation? Why do I feel he not only doesn’t want to kill the Hydra, but also reached some kind of agreement with it? What exactly is he trying to do?" ... Jones ran back and forth, transporting the snake dung piled high inside the castle, while Dora’s hole was dug deeper and deeper. "Huh?" While digging, Dora suddenly saw something strange, squinted her eyes, and bent down to pick it up. The next moment, Dora screamed, "Lord Jones—!" Jones hurriedly ran out of the castle, "What’s wrong?" "Lord Jones, look at this!" Dora quickly jumped out of the hole she dug, then handed something to Jones. Jones was stunned for a moment, took it hastily, and carefully examined it under the moonlight, "This is... gold? Where did you get this?" "Dug it out." "Dug it out? There’s a goldmine here? Wow! My luck has finally come!" Cheering, Jones immediately jumped into the hole that Dora had dug. ... From afar, Adolf watched expressionlessly, sighed slowly, and murmured to himself, "Yes, there’s a goldmine. So this castle is actually worth fifty thousand gold coins, not the ten thousand gold coins you bought it for. I put quite an effort into finding this castle with the Hydra, and also quite an effort to reasonably get it into your hands. But, you—an adopted son of the Lich King—why couldn’t you even afford to buy a castle? Why couldn’t you find some Liches to deal with the Hydra? And why... would you be so excited about a small goldmine? What’s the status of the Lich King’s adopted son in the Lich King’s camp exactly?" Adolf squinted his eyes, finding it harder to comprehend. ... Suddenly discovering a goldmine, Jones’s crisis was instantly resolved. Of course, the reality was probably not as good as he thought. If it were in the Human World, owning a goldmine, no matter how small, would be a fortune equivalent to a nation’s wealth. However, this was the Blood Clan. His money would also need to be spent within the Blood Clan. In the Human World, ten thousand gold coins was an astronomical figure. No one below the Duke level could possibly come up with it. But among the Blood Clan, ten thousand gold coins wasn’t a big deal. Using gold as currency, gold, and goldmines indeed represented different values that could differ by an order of magnitude. Nonetheless, Jones’s interest could surely be paid. After all, a goldmine couldn’t be worse than his father’s two iron mines. In a hurry, Jones returned home and plunged into his father’s study. Thank goodness, although the Blood Clan appeared uneducated compared to Liches, they were indeed profoundly learned compared to humans. Especially in Jones’s father’s study, almost every kind of book could be found there. Of course, it depended on his father’s interest. Since the Jones family also managed mines, there were naturally plenty of mining books. "Alright, I need several dwarf slaves who understand mining, then a group of zombies to assist them. But the problem is, I only have one hundred and fifty-two gold coins. How do I buy dwarf slaves?" "Maybe I should find a partner, after all, I already have a goldmine. Well... then the partner surely would find out that I’m working for a Hydra. Skipping this idea." "Maybe I should borrow some money from my father. A few thousand gold coins shouldn’t be a problem for him. Hold on... I have an idea!" Jones rushed to Hilde, once again finding the goblin at the bank. "What? You want to take a loan to buy dwarfs? Then use the bought dwarfs as collateral?" "Yes, just like when I bought the castle." "Young master, that’s not possible." The goblin replied with a smile. "Why?" Jones widened his eyes. "Castles don’t run away. Even if you destroy the castle, the territory remains. Dwarf slaves might run away, might die. They cannot be collateral. Unless you leave them with me until you repay the loan. But then, why would you need a loan to buy them?" Jones stared at the goblin, expressionless. The goblin stared back at him, expressionless. "I discovered a goldmine on the castle’s territory!" "Even if you discovered a gemstone mine, it wouldn’t matter. That’s the rule." "You could come along and check with me! It really is a goldmine!" "No, I don’t want to go outside, especially to a place with Hydras." Jones continued to stare at the goblin, expressionless. The goblin stared back, expressionless. "Fine, I get it. You’re afraid I’ll feed you to the Hydra, right?" The goblin smiled slightly, revealing an expression that had seen through everything long ago, "Young master, if you have any good projects in the future, feel free to come to us. We are very willing to support entrepreneurs, provided the entrepreneur has something to offer as collateral. Also, we don’t want to have any more dealings with a castle that has a Hydra. If you don’t repay the money, we won’t take back the castle. We will send your bill to your father. I mean the Lich King. Do you understand me?" Looking at the proud goblin, Jones took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and gritted his teeth, "You will regret it. You missed a chance for my forgiveness." "Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Welcome to our bank again. Next—!" The goblin rang the bell in his hand. Helplessly, Jones left the bank. As he left, he spat at the entrance. Yes, that’s how rude it was. No need to be courteous to the goblin he wished he could tear apart. Should he go back and mine it himself? Dig out the raw gold ore, take it here, sell it, then buy dwarf slaves? That definitely wouldn’t work; gold mining wasn’t that easy. One dwarf slave cost two thousand gold coins; how long would it take Jones and Dora to dig? It’s not like every shovel full is gold. It would take a long time to find even a speck of gold. After hesitating, Jones ultimately came before Adelle’s castle. Well, this was his only "truly wealthy" "friend." ... "Oh! My dear Jones brother!" Adelle hugged Jones once again, "You have no idea how much I missed you! At the last brotherhood gathering, you didn’t come. I thought you were mad at me and wanted to leave my brotherhood! I am so thrilled to see you! So, what’s up? I just arranged a meet-up with two lovely Blood Clan girls; do you want to come and have a delightful evening with them?" "No, I don’t want to go. I just want to borrow some money." Jones said, expressionless. "Borrow money? How much do you need? As long as I can come up with it, I’ll definitely lend it to you!" Now, this is what generous friends do. Jones hesitated, held out one finger, "Ten thousand gold coins. I can pay you two percent interest. Yes, two thousand gold coins per year, the same interest rate as a bank loan."

Chapter 257 - 16: The Love of the Blood Clan Lord (2)_2

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