Esenhard's benevolent feat of granting freedom to the champion Ricksat quickly became a sensation throughout Wasam City. The Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the Esenhard family not only swept away the haze, but also improved a lot of fame, which can be said to have earned enough eyeballs. However, the price behind it is known only to him, and in the middle of the night, Esenhard, sitting alone at his bedroom desk, flipped through the ledger, his brow furrowed.

Five perfect gems of different colors cost the family more than half a year's net income, and the people were fooled by that vigorous ceremony, but the eyes of the gold owners were bright. No matter how good Isenhard has been to his reputation, it is a hard fact that Warsam's title will not be able to defend it, which means that this tournament is destined to produce a new champion, so why not bet on the bigger trainers who have more resources to do so?

Therefore, a considerable part of his investors have begun to wait and see, the new round of funds has not been in place for a long time, and the time is approaching when the hot money is about to be turned off, and the time to have to use the reserve funds is approaching. This is probably fatal for the Esenhard family, who are not wealthy.

"!" Esenhard slammed the ledger on the table, burst into a foul mouth in frustration, and shouted as he looked at the door, "Someone!"

The slave who was on the night watch ran in and asked, "Master, what do you command?"

"Go, call Thor. 」

A few minutes later, Thor appeared at the door, and Esenhard waved his hand for him to come and sit across from the desk, pushing the ledger over, "Look at it. 」

Thor flipped over, and his face changed: "Master, this ......"

"Now, with the exception of Fort Horn and Elysium, all the nobles have withdrawn. Esenhard said solemnly, "And if we hadn't caught Peron's grip, Elysium would have been gone. But you also know that even if a nobleman like him is caught with pigtails, he can't always compromise with us, and if he doesn't give him enough sweetness, sooner or later he will put us in it!"

Thor nodded, yes, Count Peron is in a high position, this little trick can't balance his power at all, if the leprosy count is really ruthless, crushing the Isenhard family is as simple as stepping on ants. Therefore, it was also a big risk to let Haishan whisper and beat him that day, although it temporarily avoided divestment, but it also left a lot of hidden dangers for the family.

"Of the other investors, the only one who seems to be more stable is the Blacksmith Guild of Eresa......" Thor said as he carefully studied the ledger, "but in the end, the name of the 'King of Blacksmiths' is more honorific, and the actual control of the guild is very questionable...... As for the rest of these civilian merchants...... It's even more unreliable, looking at the information, many of them were your loyal viewers back then, but after all, you are you, your training ground is your training ground, and businessmen will withdraw from the profits, and the benefits and risks will ......be withdrawn."

"Yes," Isenhard said, "As soon as Ricksat was injured, several fan-backed investors withdrew their funds, and immediately after this freedom-giving ceremony, three or four more left. As we stand, without the new hot money injection, we can only survive for three months at most!

Thor shook his head, "It's hard. After all, our foundation is too thin, and it is really difficult for small and medium-sized trainers to operate independently without a champion effect. If you lose the championship competition this time, if you want to survive, I am afraid you can only rely on a certain big chamber of commerce. 」

"No, in that case, you won't be able to turn over for the rest of your life!" Isenhard vetoed: "When the time comes, my gladiators won't even report their family's name when they fight, which is equivalent to being completely ruined. It's easy to go from independence to vassal, and it's even more difficult to get out from vassal to independence!"

"But Master......" Thor wondered, "it's better than going bankrupt!"

Isenhard was reluctant to say, "The Isenhard family must be independent! But in this tournament, the variables of winning the championship are really big, and we must come up with a perfect way out!"

Thor frowned, thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "The risk will be great, but the emergency is still possible...... Maybe...... We can take out a loan!"

"What?" Isenhard's eyes widened, "Go find the Knights of Light?"

"Yes. Thor went to the bookshelf, took down a copy of "A Brief History of the Knights of Light in Candras", flipped to a page, pointed to the sentence on it, and said, "The Knights of Light, although they are the elite soldiers of King Leorik, are not maintained by royal taxes, and their military expenses are financed by the Order's own huge banking system. Since Leoric came to rule in Candras as a governor, he has gradually used the Knights of Light to monopolize the finances of the entire kingdom, so if we can borrow money from the banks of the Knights, we can temporarily resolve our financing crisis. 」

Esenhard took the book and flipped through it for a long time. Loans are naturally a solution, but the risks are also quite large, first of all, although the interest is much more benevolent than the private loan sharks, it should not be underestimated. If there is a slight change in the training ground, you may not be able to pay it back. The cost of default is enormous: the Order is directly accountable to the royal family, and the money owed to the Order is equal to the money owed to the King, and when the time comes, the entire family may be collected by the Order to pay off the debt, and Esenhard is likely to be relegated to slavery!

"Damn...... However, there really seems to be no better way!" Esenhard sighed, "Tomorrow, herald brothers, prepare for the tournament with all your might. Even if you can't win the championship, you must make sure that there are enough stars!"

Thor got up and took his leave, and came to the stands in a wistful state. He stood by the railing and looked at the training ground at night, the sea breeze blowing his hair, cool and pleasant, but not blowing away the gloom in his heart. He rolled up his sleeves and looked at his arm, and the slave logo faintly appeared, he knew that this was a ploy by Elena and Esenhard to tie themselves to the mansion. As long as this mark is not truly erased, he will never escape from their palms. Therefore, whether he wants it or not, his fate is linked to this family, sharing honor and disgrace.

"Master Thor, what are you doing?" a pleasant female voice sounded in his ears, and he turned his face to see that Suyna the Black Pearl was standing not far away, looking at him with a deferential and slightly reverent look.

"Master Isenhard just spoke to me. Thor replied, "Why don't you go to sleep at such a late hour?"

"There's still some chores to do...... Suina replied. Saul smiled and said nothing, as a housekeeper, he already knew what the beautiful slave girl in front of him would do with Zhang Long in the stable around this time every day, although he didn't know what it was, but it shouldn't be out of line. So he didn't really care, and he didn't report to Isenhard.

"Hmm...... I'm so grateful that day, Master, that you could say those words of sympathy for the plight of the villagers of Lake......" Suina smiled and curtsied to Thor, "You were like a true knight then!"

"I'm just a declining aristocratic boy. Thor smiled faintly in return, nodded goodbye, and turned and disappeared into the cloister.

At the same time, Zhang Long laughed heartily in the treatment room and slammed his fist into Rixat: "Haha, Captain, I have almost mastered the method of 'guarding the heart' of the Holy Light!"

"You stinky boy, change your words quickly, I haven't gotten used to it myself, sigh......" Ricksart smiled heroically, but he touched the wound in his chest, grinned in pain, turned his head to Lucas next to him and said, "Don't patronize him, take a look at my wound first, I have to accompany my master tomorrow...... No, Master Esenhard, attend the pre-match note for the trainers!"

The old therapist smiled with satisfaction: "Don't worry, you can't make a mistake in two major things!"