Bab 200: Chapter 200: The Truth Behind Noah Bergs

"The city lord made a decision; a somewhat simple decision to be honest but unexpected." Russell said with a solemn expression.

He placed the teacup in his hands down and stared at Lucas.

"The two oppositions had both good and bad points. The advantage of the first was that we would gain your trust and have a smooth and sailing relationship. However, the disadvantage was quite obvious. We would lack control and access to the technology.

"The second side however, gave us this control and access. But in exchange, we would lose your trust and potentially offend the vestige-smith backing you. We might even not gain anything out of it since we don't know who the vestige-smith is or his personality, and so, can't really predict his reactions. Hence, the city lord had to step in."

RusselI then paused for a moment, but this caused anticipation to well up within Lucas. Nonetheless, he didn't say a word and waited for Russell to continue.