LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 517: Chapter 481: Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze Chapter 517: Chapter 481: Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze “Aileen, come and verify this inventory list for me,”

Having called Aileen over, Rocky handed her the list.

Once she received it, Aileen stood right where she was and flipped through it.

An on-the-spot verification!

From the moment Aileen began checking the list, the City Lord’s Hall fell completely silent.

Rocky had utmost confidence in Aileen. He was well aware of how smart she was and what she was capable of; this type of task required no worries when given to her.

The three City Lords beside him also watched Aileen with curiosity, because this time Rocky had only brought Liliya and Aileen with him for the task, leaving the rest in the city. This sufficiently demonstrated Liliya and Aileen’s standing in Rocky’s heart. The City Lords had a relatively good understanding of Liliya since, as Rocky’s personal guard who was trusted and relied upon, she deserved the recognition. However, they were less familiar with Aileen and therefore quite curious as to why Rocky held her in such high regard.

Similarly, Abraham and everyone from the Mairente Family were also looking at Aileen; they had no clue who this woman was, let alone what she was doing.

Checking and calculating the inventory?

How could that be possible?!

Given the exceedingly large amount of compensation involved, the inventory list drafted by the families was incredibly lengthy. It didn’t just list the names of compensations. Due to the debt being offset by a great deal of goods and Sky City, the list even detailed specific conversion amounts, making the content extremely complicated. Ordinary people, rather than understanding it, would feel dizzy with just a glance.

Under such circumstances, how could a single person possibly clarify everything?

The Mairente Family had clearly underestimated Aileen’s abilities. Not only was she able to understand everything on the list, but she also easily calculated all the conversions. Hence, after roughly half an hour, she had thoroughly reviewed the list from start to finish.

After finishing the list, Aileen said to Rocky, “My lord, the other party has tampered with the conversion of goods and Sky City.”

“What!”

“That’s impossible!”

Before Rocky could say anything in response to Aileen’s remark, a group of people behind Abraham burst out in protest!

Just as Abraham had mentioned earlier, the families had indeed prepared for this compensation for a long time, and everything on the list had been checked repeatedly to ensure nothing was amiss. After all, the amount of compensation was massive this time; even the slightest error, such as a miscalculated decimal point, could result in a discrepancy worth tens of millions of Gold Coins, a mistake not even the Mairente Family could afford.

Thus, hearing Aileen’s words, the family members immediately lost their patience. In their view, this was outright bullying!

In response to their discontent, the three great City Lords immediately furrowed their brows, but Rocky, on the other hand, did not get angry; he laughed instead.

Rocky laughed as he turned to Aileen, “Tell me, what do you think is the issue?”

“Yes,”

Aileen answered and turned to glance at Abraham and his group of subordinates, whose eyes were bulging with anger. Then she spoke,

“My lord, I remember you once said that the Alliance allows the Rebel Army to offset debts with goods, and while the Alliance has not specified the conversion standard in detail, generally speaking, this standard should be based on the pricing of the top three Chambers of Commerce in Eternal City, correct?”

“That’s correct.”

Upon hearing this, Rocky exchanged glances with the other three City Lords, and they all nodded in agreement, affirming Aileen’s statement was accurate.

Seeing this, Aileen turned again to look at Abraham, only to notice that the expressions of Abraham and his group had started to change!

She then went on to say, “My lord, the Mairente Family has concealed information from the Alliance in this matter. If my calculations are correct, the conversion standard they used to offset the debt with goods is not based on the average price of the top three Chambers of Commerce in Eternal City, but rather calculated based on the highest market price for the goods.”

“For instance, the Demon Core of the Fire Lord Devil mentioned on this list is priced at 5,000 Gold Coins each in the Hunting Exchange. If bought in bulk, it would be even cheaper, perhaps only costing 4,000 Gold Coins to purchase in large quantities at a major Chamber of Commerce like the Continental Commerce Chamber.”

“However, on this list, they have used a quantity of one thousand Demon Cores to offset a seven-million Gold Coin debt, translating to an average price of 7,000 Gold Coins per Demon Core. With such a price, I can hardly imagine which Chamber of Commerce’s pricing it is based on, and as a result, they have underpaid the Alliance by several million Gold Coins.”

“There are many such instances on this list, nearly every conversion standard for the various goods has issues, and the more important point isn’t even listed here.”

“Oh? What’s more important?”

By the time Aileen had finished speaking, even Bodin and his associates were drawn in, realizing something seemed genuinely amiss…

Initially, Bodin and the others thought Rocky had Aileen check the inventory list simply as a formality, merely a way to make their own difficulties appear more justified. However, after listening to Aileen’s explanation, they found the matter to be quite serious!

Aileen had indeed found problems on the inventory list!

What did that indicate?

It meant the Mairente Family had actually been deceitful in their compensation!!

Under these circumstances, the three City Lords immediately focused their attention.

Afterward, Aileen continued, “My lord, according to the annotations on this list, they plan to use four small Sky Cities to settle an eighty-million Gold Coin debt, with each Sky City offsetting twenty million Gold Coins. However, I think this conversion method is quite flawed.”

“These four Sky Cities are all small and have been in use for many years. Moreover, they have just participated in the recent war, and one can say they are battered beyond repair. Most importantly, they only plan to hand over the Sky Cities to the Alliance without including the population within. If calculated in this manner, these Sky Cities are not worth twenty million Gold Coins; in fact, they aren’t worth a single coin. Therefore, I urge the esteemed lords to reconsider.”

Having said her part, Aileen returned to her original position and fell silent.

As she stepped back, Rocky then looked towards Abraham, whose face was now utterly pallid, “Abraham, do you have anything else to say?”

“City Lord Rocky… this… this…”

Upon being questioned by Rocky, Abraham immediately broke into a sweat. He gritted his teeth, his face alternating between shades of green and purple, and it took him a long while to finally speak, “City Lord Rocky, the family would never dare to tamper with the compensation. The content on this list… must be a mistake… Please grant me some time to return and draft a new list!”

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