Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Chapter 940 203: Presto's Desire (2)

The Empress certainly can't live in an estate with only thirty rooms — not only does it fail to match her status, but the soundproofing is mediocre!

When I have intimate conversations with Audrey and Rose in the room, the sound easily reaches Wutong's ears.

If it was just for a few minutes, Wutong might have tolerated it, reading a book or zoning out for a little while until it passed.

But the noises continue throughout the night, not only enticing but inevitably with some lewd words heard.

The Empress might just come over and beat everyone up.

Presto also noticed this problem and, while flying, fawningly said to Lin Rui, "Lord, your manor is a bit too small, isn't it? It hardly reflects your status. I have a building plan for a grand palace complex—please allow your most loyal servant Presto the honor of contributing it to you."

Lin Rui glanced at it, not answering but instead asked, "By the way, why haven't you gone back to your own territory? Why are you still here with me?"

"Go back to my territory? What territory!" Presto righteously declared, "As your most loyal servant and steed, the Golden Pansy Domain is my forever home! I was born a dragon of the Golden Pansy Domain, and I'll die a Ghost Dragon of the Golden Pansy Domain!"

The Golden Pansy Domain smells so good, only a fool would leave!

At this moment, it happily wagged its tail, for a giant dragon never becomes a slave, unless the offer is one a dragon can't refuse.

You think money can buy me? That's an insult!

I intended to loudly berate him like this, but what he offered was simply too much!

[Decree: Celestial Maiden's Words: The words of the celestial maiden shine like the starry river, granting all things vitality. [Blessing of the Starry River], all creatures within the territory will be bathed in the light of the starry river, ignoring tier attribute limits when enhancing attributes. [Vitality of All Things], when soldiers are attacked, they will be forced to undergo six determinations of evasion, block, hit, physique, will, and soul; damage only takes effect when all opponent determinations succeed. Upon entering combat, at full status, the life recovery value per second will be converted to life limit, and the spiritual energy recovery value per second will be converted to spiritual strength.]

This blessing was so powerful, it practically blinded Presto's 24k Krypton Gold eyes.

He, Presto, doesn't lack anything nowadays; doesn't he just want a stable way to get stronger?

And this trait was just a broad and open road!

As long as it stays in the Golden Pansy Domain, it can easily break through to Tier Twelve, Tier Thirteen, or even Tier Fourteen!

Previously, why didn't it dare to challenge breakthroughs? Wasn't it because its attributes were not strong enough, its traits not powerful enough?

But all of this could be easily resolved in the Golden Pansy Domain.

So, sorry, Dragon God!

It's not that I don't cherish dragon dignity.

But I really want to progress!

Lin Rui speechlessly watched this guy wag his tail pleadingly, not knowing what strong healing method was used to regrow its severed tail.

With a figure as massive as its, wagging its tail like this indeed made Lin Rui a bit overwhelmed.

He finally understood from whom the Idiot Dragon inherited its annoying personality!

Presto's trait is even better than Death's Wings.

Lin Rui couldn't help but give it a kick, saying, "Hurry and get lost. Our territory has no place for you, as you consume too many resources here."

Lin Rui wasn't disgusted and couldn't endure it to the point of kicking it out.

But its tier was indeed too high, consuming too many resources. With it here, it's unknown how much the activation conditions for the Radiant Hourglass would increase.

Lin Rui still planned on collecting a large batch of Spiritual Gems from Audrey after investing in Territorial Essence, to activate the Radiant Hourglass's effect once more.

But Presto was unwilling to leave; it now wished it could build a Dragon Nest atop Taishan Sky Mountain in the Golden Pansy Domain and live there forever!

So it immediately said, "Lord, don't make me leave. However many resources I consume, I can compensate you, twice, no, three times! As long as you ask, I can bring over a massive fortune from my Dragon Nest. I'll even pay rent to serve as your servant, work like a horse if need be!"

"..." Goodness, another one paying their own way for doing work.

It's not only Audrey who has such subordinates, but now Lin Rui has them too.

Hearing this, Lin Rui remembered that this guy was also a member of the Divine Throne Banquet.

And its foundation is deep, not lacking in wealth compared to the Golden Pansy Domain.

Lin Rui asked, "Then what about your Dragon Nest? The wealth in the giant dragon's cave?"

Presto immediately replied, "Forget it! Forget it! As a Giant Dragon Monarch, I've long stopped living in a cave; I even have a palace, with quite a few maids and pets. As long as you allow it, Lord, I can immediately bring them all to the Golden Pansy Domain."

"If you're interested, I can even give these maids to you; among them are human princesses, powerful Mages, and Elf Sword Saints."

Lin Rui immediately waved his hand; a dragon's nature is inherently lecherous, who knows what it's done to these maids and... pets?

However, Lin Rui was quite interested in its fortune.

"So your wealth, would you move it here too?"

Presto's scales shrank together, nervously asking, "Lord, you... you wouldn't be planning to rob all my wealth, would you?"

"Of course not..." Lin Rui decisively rejected, righteously.

He is a civilized person, and would never do such a thing as robbery.

But if you need some legal provision, I'll have Caroline draft a new one tomorrow.

Imposing property and wealth taxes, that's quite normal, isn't it?

If necessary, even just personal income tax should be paid!

Its giant dragon's wealth surely surpasses the upper limit of personal income tax by millions of times, 45% of the highest rate.

This also means that nearly half of its wealth has to be handed over to the territory.

Civilized means are far more convenient than robbery, not needing brutal legal enforcement; a simple statute resolves everything.

Of course, such matters are the Lord's prerogative. You can't let the territory be entirely unmanaged; once private ownership is implemented, cooperation in taxation is required for regulation, and redistribution.

This is also beneficial for the ordinary citizens of the territory, as the wealth extracted from a dragon's pocket will ultimately be used for territory construction, benefiting all citizens.

If it doesn't contribute immense quantities of Spiritual Gems, the territory's development will be hindered by it. How can the Radiant Hourglass be quickly activated again?

So Lin Rui said with a smile, "We'll only take the part you ought to contribute, after all, you also gained benefits from our territory. Only enjoying the rights without bearing the obligations seems unreasonable, doesn't it?"

Hearing Lin Rui say this, Presto promptly expressed loyalty, "It should be! It should be! The previous development of the territory provided me with such great convenience. By joining this large community, naturally I should give back, otherwise I'd feel guilty enjoying the gains without contribution."

With a dragon's greed, of course, it would want to hold on to everything.

But if it really contributed nothing, why would the other party accept it, allowing it to enjoy all the benefits for free?

So even if it's paying billions, or even tens of billions in Spirit Crystal Coins or Spiritual Gems, it can painfully accept it.

With the fish on the hook, Lin Rui casually changed the subject, asking another question.

"You're also a member of the Divine Throne Banquet, you must have quite a few precious items to trade, right? Do you have any Legendary Potion recipes in your collection, or know where to obtain such recipes?"

Presto was immediately overjoyed, thinking that joining the territory was now a settled matter, eagerly saying, "Yes! Yes! I once obtained a Legendary Potion recipe as a merit reward during a plane ranking trial; please allow me to contribute it to you."