"But, although we don't have it now, because you have given us some kind of benefit, we will have something to repay you in the near future! In order to ensure that our reward can fall directly into your hands,

Rather than fall into the hands of others, that's why we hope that our village can sign a contract with you that we will not disobey!"

"If you think about it this way, our village itself should have nothing to give you. What can we give you in a dilapidated village with a population of more than thirty people, and many young people have fled? But,

If you plan to invest in our village and allow our village to develop, then the logic behind this will be smooth!"

"So I would make a bold guess, President Ariel... No, Baron Ariel Garcia! Mr. Mayor of Pelican City! You came to our Demon Mine Village this time not because you were lost or because you wanted to visit an old friend.

, but you want to invest in our village, right?! When others fail to invest in our magic mine village and transport those magic crystals out, you plan to personally inject vitality into our village, right?!

"

I can't say that they are inseparable, but I can only say that this Gouster, the former president of the Warsong Guild, really has a lively mind.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is not surprising. A person can form a Warsong Guild in such a remote village, and can lead the guild to the Guild Championship Tournament to qualify for the top eight, and then become the leader of this guild at such a young age.

How can a tall man be a guy with no brains?

Now that everything has been said, Ariel stopped pretending. She nodded lightly and said with a smile——

"Chief Dogster, since you have seen it all, let's talk about some serious business now. I am not talking to you as the president of the Mermaid Song Guild, but as the mayor of Pelican City.

My identity is talking to the village chief Gouster of Demon Mine Village. Is this okay?"

A bright light immediately appeared in Dogster's eyes. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Of course! Mr. Mayor Garcia, please tell me! I will tell you everything! What do you want to know? What do you want to know?"

What are we going to invest in?”

Ariel exhaled and took a sip of the water in her hand. Well, the mountain spring water is quite sweet.

When others started to eat, she said slowly——

"Village Chief Dogst, in the name of His Majesty the Blue Bay Empire, Blue Thirteenth, issued an order that Pelican City now belongs to an experimental area within our country."

"In fact, not only Pelican City, but also the entire marginal province belongs to a test area. In this test area, His Majesty allows us to use the elemental machine, a new source of power. And the existence of the elemental machine,

He does not need the operation of a magician, nor does he need to undergo arduous training. He only needs to master some very simple operating steps, and he can exert something that is ten times, a hundred times, or a thousand times more powerful than us ordinary people."

"However, the operation of the element machine requires magic crystals. Let me just say it directly. It is too wasteful to directly purchase those magic crystals that cost one gold coin per gram. So I want to get a magic crystal mine of my own. So,

I just thought of you and hope that in the next few years, we can reach a strategic partnership."

"To put it simply, we in Pelican City will pay to help your Demon Mine Village open up roads so that your village can have a road directly leading to the pipeline. We will inject capital into your village so that your village can also be prosperous and strong.

.In turn, I also hope that after the construction of roads and mining facilities is completed, we in Pelican City will have the first right to purchase magic crystals, and we can also buy these magic crystals at a very low price."

"These are my thoughts. I wonder if Mayor Gouster has any questions?"

After the Warsong Guild lost the quarter-finals that day, they returned to the village not long after. It wasn't because they didn't want to celebrate the Holy Night Festival in Hanhai City. It was because the prices in the capital were really high, and they naturally had nothing to lose after being eliminated.

The reason was just to spend the hard-earned money of the villagers just to celebrate the festival. It was precisely because they were not able to have fun and play that they were completely unclear about the elemental car incident after the Holy Night Festival, which also made Gouster listen.

I feel a little confused when talking about these topics.

However, Ariel's words of "inject capital into your village" immediately wiped away all the incomprehensibility and made Dogster understand it immediately!

At that moment, he stood up excitedly, his lips trembled, and he said nervously: "Mayor Garcia... Mayor Garcia! No problem... no problem! Are you willing... are you willing to help us build the magic mine?

Village! Build our hometown! In this way... everyone who goes out to work can come back! As long as you are willing to invest... I can agree to anything! I am willing to agree to any conditions!"

This man's expression is very sincere.

I believe his heart must be as sincere as his expression now.

Ariel had no doubt of this.

After all, if there is anyone who is willing to give you a piece of help when you are in desperate situation, then I believe that you will be willing to give everything for the other person.

Therefore, Ariel is very sure that Dogster's current commitment is true and sincere, without any conditions attached.

Of course...that's just for now.

Sometimes, even Ariel herself feels very tired. Why are human beings such repetitive creatures? Even if you once sincerely wanted to give everything for someone, as time goes by and the situation changes,

With the changes in people's hearts, as the greed in people's hearts grows...the once sincerity will gradually become the last layer of moral window paper, the last layer of simple small gaps just waiting for people to cross.

Ariel is of course willing to believe in the village chief's pleading and loyalty to her now, but similarly, as a businessman, as a president, and as a mayor, she will not make a decision just because of a person's sincerity at this moment.

Invest all your money in the love of this village.

At that moment, Ariel took a sip of water and took two simple bites of breakfast. Then she stood up and said with a smile: "Since you now know my idea and my willingness to invest, can Chief Gouster bring me some money?"

How about I take a look around first? I want to know what the current situation in your village is like."

Hearing Ariel's words, Ghost didn't seem to realize the vigilance in the mayor's heart. He also finished breakfast in two or three mouths, stood up and said: "Of course, of course! I will give it to you immediately.

You introduce! Introduce immediately!"

As the breakfast time came to an end, Dogster immediately led the way, leading the people of Mermaid Song to start walking around the Demon Mine Village.

The Demon Mine Village is not big in general. There are only about twenty houses scattered around. There is barely enough farmland to be cultivated on the hillside, so that the villagers here can barely survive without starving to death.

The overall facilities in the village looked very dilapidated, and even the fences were covered with black spots eaten by insects. It looked like they had not been replaced or repaired for a long time.

There is a mountain spring well in the village, but it is only used for supplementary purposes. The villagers mainly use a small mountain spring waterfall on the back mountain. According to Dogst, this well can only be used in winter when the mountain spring freezes.

of.

After going around in a circle, Dogster finally led Ariel and others to the real center of the Magic Mine Village, which was also Ariel's biggest goal this time - the Magic Crystal Mine.

This mine is not far from the Demon Mine Village, but it may seem a little hidden. If it weren't for the villagers here, you might not be able to find the entrance to the mine even if you circle the entire village several times.

After walking back and forth along a path in the mountain road for about ten minutes, a canyon with sharp cliffs on both sides appeared in front of Ariel. At the end of the canyon, there was a shallow

cave.

But on the rock wall of the cave, there are all kinds of magic crystal ores everywhere. It seems that as long as you break off a small piece of stone casually, it may be an element crystal.

Ariel stood in front of the cave, sticking her head out and looking inside.

The cave is not deep, but it only extends for about two or three meters into the inside. Rather than saying it is a cave, it is more accurate to say that it is a hollow.

Looking down, I saw that the ground was covered with various elemental crystal stones. These crystal stones, which are very expensive in the outside world, were placed here like ordinary stones, and no one was willing to pick them up and use them.

Ariel lowered her head, and after searching for a moment, she picked up an elemental crystal from the ground that seemed to be flashing with yellow-brown thunder and lightning, and weighed it in her palm. Then, she turned around and handed the magic crystal to the person behind her.

And the gel that comes with it.

"City...Mr. Mayor...?"

Faced with Jelly's surprise and fear, Ariel just smiled and said, "Feel it and see what you can feel?"

Looking at Ariel's smiling face, Jelly trembled all over, then nodded vigorously, covered the magic crystal with both hands, and closed his eyes.

Perhaps it was because of the affinity and similarity of the elements. Soon, his hands slowly opened, and countless thunder and lightning shuttled back and forth between his palms, forming within those square-sized fleshy palms.

There was a terrible thunder and lightning storm! And in the center of the thunder and lightning storm, there was the lightning magic crystal stone suspended there.

As louder and louder crackling sounds came from the gel palm, the magic crystal also began to shake continuously, as if it was undergoing some kind of terrible pull.

Just when Jelly had a happy smile on her face and looked up at Ariel about to accept the mayor's praise, suddenly! The lightning magic crystal in the center of the thunder storm suddenly shattered and turned into some gray.

Stones and dust were scattered. At the same time, the thunderstorm also disappeared and slowly returned to tranquility.

"Mayor...I...this...I..."

Jelly frowned, looking at her hands with regret that no longer had such a powerful lightning element, and said apologetically——

"I'm sorry...I...I messed up...but I will never mess up next time! Next time...I will never mess up next time!"

"Okay, don't worry, the president didn't blame you."

When Jelly was excited, Dak behind him reached out and put his hand on his shoulder and said with a smile——

"The president originally wanted to test the quality of the element crystals here. Normal element crystals cannot be exhausted just because a magician extracts energy once, so this can also prove that the quality of the element crystals here is indeed not very good.

."

Perhaps, Duck's words were just to comfort Jelly, but his words undoubtedly fell into the ears of Dogster next to him.

The mayor said with a face that wanted to cover up: "This is just the beginning! President Ariel, who knows if we continue to develop the mine, will we find any super-quality element crystals in this mine? By then you can

Just make a fortune!"

Ariel did not reply immediately, but just looked at the mine up and down, walked in, stretched out her hand to touch the colorful rock walls, and watched many elemental crystals moving back and forth among so many stones.

Jumping and flashing. This kind of scene is really full of "magic". If this kind of place does not appear in such a deep mountain and old forest, then it would be a good place for Ariel to protect it and make it a tourist attraction.

.

After seeing the detailed conditions of the magic crystal mine, everyone began to turn back.

Along the way, Ariel held her chin and thought carefully. This silence made Dogster next to her look a little nervous. For a moment, she didn't know if she had said something wrong or done something wrong.

I began to worry again that the mayor disliked the mineral deposits in his village and now started to regret it and refused to give money?

Back in the center of the village, some villagers had already prepared lunch - some roasted sweet potatoes.

Ariel was just about to reach out and take a piece of sweet potato, but the dog over there immediately stood in front of Ariel and showed an awkward smile. Then he reached out and picked up the largest sweet potato from the table and blew on it.

, tore open the skin on top, revealing the roasted golden meat inside, and handed it to Ariel.

Ariel rolled her eyes at him, walked around him, picked up another roasted sweet potato from the table and peeled it while saying, "I have basically seen the situation, let's have lunch now."
To be continued...