Chapter 196 Raising Funds

Before the war, Caesar had undergone only six sessions to modify his foundation to be compatible with new parts of the death law that was added to his heavenly law cultivation technique, and according to Rubin's initial estimates, he would need 14 additional sessions.

And if he managed to compress a few sessions of them to be every 3 weeks instead of every month, this means that he would need a year to complete the adjustments to the entirety of Caesar's foundations

And now, in the same year, he has to collect nearly 30 million gold coins worth of resources and energy stones…

That is a lot!!

Only a Royal Family with thousands of years of accumulation could confidently say that they can spend this much money within one year, yet even they would definitely not use this much gold if not to stop some kingdom's crippling issue!

That night, after reading all the manuscripts and engraving them into his soul, Robin spent a few more hours sitting still with his eyes closed, trying to think of ways to raise that money, and most importantly, thinking of a way to collect all those resources.

Profits from selling talismans and classified weapons? ...no, impossible.

If he wanted to rely on these two, he would have to wait for at least five years, and during those five years he must allocate every single copper coin of the profit to purchasing the needed materials

And that's impossible for a growing family as the Burtons!

The family needs huge expenses in the coming period to consolidate its new borders, build new citadels and forts, mobilize and equip new armies, and establish more projects and factories in the new lands.

Relying on these two branches, which are the main source of income for the family, means that he will need to wait about 15 years for the profits to accumulate in the treasury... and this of course will not work for him.

He already postponed his mission for nearly 4 years now, if he waited much more to go on such a mission, then he better not go at all!

After staying still and squishing his thoughts so much that he started to get headaches, he inserted his soul sense into his ring and sent, "Sage Albert, are you there? I need you for something important.."

After about five minutes the reply finally came, "Oh, Robin? Welcome, I salute his magnificent the Burton Duke, or may I call you *Your Excellency* now like the rest of your family does?"

"Please don't make fun of me, Your Highness, how can this little boy earn any title out of your mouth? Simply calling me Robin is honor enough," Robin quickly replied.

"Oh? Your social skills have improved a lot, good, then tell me what's important you need me for.."

Robin paused for a few seconds and then sighed and replied, "Sigh~ Honestly, there's a big problem that I have faced and I can't find a solution except to ask you for a solution."

"Oh? And what could be this thing that troubles even our genius boy?" The Sage spoke earnestly

"Money... I want to ask you for money, lots of it..."

"Money? Hahaha," the sage burst out laughing, "I would be lying if I said that the royal family earns more per month than you do now, our treasury has only recently started to recover after the taxes you send us! You know how to joke, boy, no no honestly, what do you want? "

"Your Highness… I wasn't kidding, I know how precious your lordship's time is… I want 30 million gold coins within a year."

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After a fall minute of silence, the sage finally spoke, "Why haven't you laughed and said it was a joke yet?!"

"Because... it isn't?!"

"No, no, this must be a joke… If it isn't then you are mad! I'm not going to take 30 million gold coins out of the royal treasury for you! What would you do with all this money anyway?!" The sage quickly replied irritated when he realized that Robin was talking seriously

"Honestly, I have a big project I want to do and I need large amounts of energy stones and rare resources, the value of everything combined is about 30 million... and I can't wait long to collect them, only one year is available, so I contacted you to guide me, Your Highness."

"What kind of project is this that requires all these resources?! Whatever it is, postpone it or find another way, what you ask for is impossible." The wise replied emphatically

30 million gold coins? This amount of gold can transform the fate of a nation, it can transform a kingdom from poverty to wealth!

"Strange... I heard that you wanted to buy the method of making Level 6 Fire Explosion talisman for 50 million coins when I ordered the attack on Dolivar, but now that you have taken the method of making Fire Explosion talisman and the method of making Darkness talisman, and above them, the method of making Vitality talisman.. is the 30 million coins really too much for the three?" Robin spoke sarcastically

"...the matter is different, the agreement between us did not include any talk about gold, it was an exchange of another kind." The sage replied slowly

"What exchange?! Please don't forget that you took them in exchange for killing the saints of the Tawi family and the Rufus family, but in the end, we managed it ourselves and no blood touched the Royal Family's hand...

the royal family in the end took the method of creating the three talismans without paying anything, don't you see that this is unfair? if we considered how you valued the Fire Explosion Talisman in the past, then you currently owe me at least 200 million gold coins." Robin was irritated and nervous at the same time.

The royal family is the last source he can think of for that sum and without it, he will have to wait at least another decade, which will simply make his already difficult task impossible.