Chapter 40: Crystal Lotus
".....?!!!!!"
The silence in the Elven Throne Hall was deafening, a tangible shock wave rippling through the King, Queen, Council members, and even the stoic soldiers. Blood Eye, Nioh, and Nicolas, typically unshakeable, found themselves equally stunned, their gazes fixed on Sunny as if he had suddenly sprouted five heads.
"Come again?" The Queen finally managed to articulate, her voice barely a whisper.
"I don’t like repeating myself," Sunny’s voice echoed from the holographic screen, flat and unwavering.
The Queen’s eyes darted to her husband, who was nodding in agreement. She then turned to the council members, a collective wave of affirmation sweeping through them as they, too, nodded their heads in unison.
’Gosh!! Five trillion isn’t a joke!! They are all nodding their heads like lizards!’ Nioh thought, a flicker of genuine amazement crossing his usually impassive face.
"That’s why the King is the best," Blood Eye whispered, a rare hint of admiration in her tone.
"Closing the deal with just one statement," Nicolas added, equally impressed.
The Queen turned back to the screen, a decisive nod of her head. With a flick of her wrist, a shimmering silver crystal, intricately shaped like a lotus flower, materialized in her palm.
"Use the highest Grand of a construction robot, and construct a manufacturing building, a combat manufacturing building," she clarified, her voice gaining strength. "Then infuse this into the construction robot, and it will automatically construct the device that makes the mercenaries." She paused, her gaze settling on Sunny. "But... training mercenaries are expensive; you will have to constantly inject Galaxy Crystals into the device; it must never run dry."
Sunny simply nodded, his expression unreadable, as Nioh reached out and took the silver lotus.