Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 676 - 68: The Opportunity to Become Rich Quickly_2

Audrey was just short of hugging Lin Rui's arm and saying she wanted it!

But fortunately, when discussing serious matters, she was still very rational and never disturbed Lin Rui.

So after the other party stated their conditions, Lin Rui calmly said, "If your Empire wants to negotiate, you need to show some sincerity. If I want a demigod-level Divine Core Fragment, I don't need to come to your Empire at all. The Elf Imperial Court's treasures allow me to pick freely, including dozens of demigod-level Divine Core Fragments! Such things might fool others, but offering that to me is just embarrassing!"

If demigod-level Divine Core Fragments were so useful, would elves and humans store them in large quantities?

Even the Lusen Chamber of Commerce could pick up one as a leftover.

Either demigod-level Divine Core Fragments have extremely harsh usage conditions, or there's a significant downside to them!

Although Lin Rui didn't know exactly what, it didn't prevent him from holding his opponent at bay.

He wouldn't get carried away by the mystical words of Divine Spirits!

Let's see what the Empire is offering?

An unnecessary demigod-level Fragment, Undead Recruitment Scrolls piled in the Treasury corners, and a mere fifty million Spirit Crystal Coins!

Is this the Empire's formal trade? Is this a ceasefire agreement signed between two great powers?

It's barely enough to send off a beggar!

One must know that the Holy Knight spends billions of Spirit Crystal Coins in lotteries!

Although Lin Rui wasn't too clear on the Holy Knight's background, based on Master Jialan's address, it's safe to say, the Holy Knight's rank is just a Duke!

She's far from the position in the Seven Holy Countries, let alone the human Empire!

A dignified Human Emperor offering fifty million Spirit Crystal Coins, not even half a young girl's allowance, to ransom hundreds of thousands of soldiers and three Heroes with two Hero's Hearts?!

Aren't you embarrassed? Or do you think Lin Rui is easy to dismiss?

Not to mention those 200 Undead Recruitment Scrolls, completely a waste of utilization. Keeping them in the Treasury requires maintaining seals, lest a problem arises, summoning Catastrophe-level creatures could cause massive wealth losses.

Now they're dumped on Lin Rui, exchanging interests while saving a heap of troubles.

So from the current Empire's exchange conditions, there's no sincerity at all!

These riches might indeed allow an Explorer Territory to soar, but for the Empire, it's not even enough for an official's embezzlement!

Lin Rui had to inspect Nancy up and down, did this guy pocket some of it?

The Empire clearly provided a large sum for peace talks, yet he pockets most of it, offering just a bit to dismiss Lin Rui.

Once the peace talks succeed, the rest enters his own private stash!

Hearing Lin Rui's resolute statement, Nancy's expression changed immediately.

The other party actually knew the reality of demigod-level Divine Core Fragments, making the negotiation tough to advance!

With a grim face, Nancy said, "Embarrassing? Your evaluation of the Empire is nothing short of a provocation! Aren't you afraid of inciting His Majesty's wrath, leading to your destruction?"

Lin Rui glanced at him and said, "Stop putting on an act. Since the Empire decided to negotiate, it won't backtrack over mere attitude."

Nancy snorted heavily and said, "No! You're wrong! The Empire values attitude above all. Wealth to the Empire is just numbers. The Empire can fight to the end for an attitude, regardless of sacrificing hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions!"

In that case, you deserve to be replaced.

Lin Rui chuckled coldly, the Empire's arrogance and stubborn, hollow stance might hardly withstand ambitious challengers.

Especially with the Elf Empress tirelessly working hard, scheming greatly in the forests. If war resumes, humans clinging tightly to the Lord of Light might not withstand the forest army!

Thus, Lin Rui remained firm and said, "Since your Empire doesn't care about wealth, then showcase your strength. If you want both face and to be stingy! Then don't blame us for being disrespectful. If we can't agree, then we'll keep fighting! Fight until your Empire takes us seriously? It's not just our humility that can change attitudes, it might also be your bowing heads in acknowledgment!"

Nancy's face grew more unsightly, but when Lin Rui displayed such a resolute stance, it was instead he who chose to take a step back.

The Human Empire faced too many issues, having initially witnessed the Judgement Court's defeat, humans were already furious, ready to send main forces to grind this position to ruins.

But the demon proliferation forced humans to draw main forces to tackle those real dire threats.

Thus, Nancy, holding back anger, said, "We can discuss the ceasefire agreement, but with a condition, you must return all obtained Strategic Treasures."

They want only Strategic Treasures, not War Command Items?

Lin Rui eyed sideways, it seems the Human Empire has a way to mass-produce banners.

Regarding Nancy's proposal, Lin Rui calmly said, "No need to raise so many conditions, your sincerity isn't enough for us to consider additional terms. Let's first negotiate the wealth for returning the captives before the rest!"

Gritting his teeth, Nancy asked, "What do you want?"

Lin Rui unabashedly said, "5,000 Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls."

Offering this would mean the Empire is showing genuine sincerity, using their true wealth to exchange for captives!

And Lin Rui is determined to get this! It's the most crucial method for supplementing the Golden Pansy Knight Order.

5,000 Golden Pansy Knights could double the size of the Golden Pansy Knight Order!

More than 10,000 Golden Pansy Knights would be the most important pillar of the Golden Pansy Domain's military strength.

Especially possessing the Courtyard Snake Knight Breathing Technique, the strength of the Golden Pansy Knights is unparalleled by other troop types.

The current issue lies in the insufficient scale of the Golden Pansy Knights compared to the Battle Priestesses, not enough to maximize the strength of 2,000 Crimson Chalice: Battle Priestesses.

[Dragon Skin Command Banner: Equip this banner to a type of Soldier whose mysterious aptitude will perfectly trigger the most common unit trait within the squad.]

This was a trophy Su Xi obtained after slaying the Two-legged Flying Dragon King, enabling a certain troop type to gain other soldiers' unit traits.

If a squad has 11 Golden Pansy Knights and adds a Crimson Chalice: Battle Priestess, she can be regarded as a Golden Pansy Knight.

Previously, Lin Rui exchanged a large amount of Plane War Reputation for 2,000 Crimson Chalice Battle Priestesses, resulting in a severe shortage of other combat soldiers.

If it weren't for the need to adapt the Crimson Chalice: Battle Priestesses into the Black Banner Guard, Holy Hall Maid Guard, and Slaughter Sisters, even doubling the Golden Pansy Knights might not be enough.

Therefore, Lin Rui must obtain a large amount of [Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls] from the Empire.

Nancy gave it some thought, nodded in agreement, and said, "Acceptable."

Nancy clearly understood, [Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls] though precious, had a determined use — supplementing elite legions severely depleted on the front lines.

More precisely, for replacements of captured or killed soldiers.

If these hundreds of thousands of elite human soldiers were lost, replacing them would require hundreds of thousands of [Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls].

Were it not for Lin Rui's lack of interest in the Judgement Court soldiers, he might not have agreed to the exchange so easily.

Now, exchanging just 5,000 [Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls] for a massive number of soldiers was undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal for the Empire. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Of course, the 5,000 [Imperial High-level Academy Elite Talent Reserve Scrolls] were just one part of the transaction.

Nancy was certain Lin Rui wouldn't just want that, thus he asked, "What other requests do you have?"