Chapter 2651 They Had To
After learning what was going on, he sent his men out right away to buy all the materials.
Those materials wouldn’t do much good to Erudia at that moment, but it was still extremely precious.
Lab of Gods could definitely use them.
Buying a heap of materials at the lowest price and using those same materials to create weapons against Erudia.
It was almost too good to be true.
That was definitely something the citizens of Erudia weren’t expecting.
They didn’t think that Lab of Gods would be that cruel.
“Ah, I think it’s better if we keep them instead of selling them. What if we need to use those materials in the future?”
Drew seemed troubled at the time.
He didn’t want to sell those materials anymore. It was fine for them to keep the materials at hand, even if they had stopped the construction.
The damage was already done, and selling those materials at a lower price wouldn’t actually help that much.
Hence, he thought it was better to just keep them at hand.
“Yeah, let’s not sell them.”
Drew’s eyes shone with determination.
“What’s the point of keeping them? We have no use for them right now, so they’re nothing but scrap metal. Moreover, we have to make up for the loss that the entire country has incurred. We should sell every single ounce of material we have with us to make up for that loss as best as we can.”
“He’s right. Why are we keeping them? Please don’t tell me you’re still thinking about building those shelters.”
Naturally, the others were against Drew’s decision.
“I just think that it’s a waste. It’s true that the price they offered is pretty decent, but we’re still incurring a huge loss.”
Drew was exasperated because there was nothing they could do to turn things around.
Nicholas sighed and commented, “How I wish Crown King never told us anything about this. We won’t suffer any loss if that were the case.”
Chandler chimed in, “Yeah, we could’ve dealt with the threat those Warmachines pose at the last minute, even if he never told us anything. We’ll incur a loss, but it won’t nearly be as grave as this one.”
Craig grinned bitterly and shared, “I actually had my men crunch the numbers. The ratio of the loss we’re suffering now to the loss we would have incurred if we knew nothing was thirty thousand to one.
“In other words, we are losing thirty thousand times the money we would’ve lost if we were unaware of the situation.”
Everyone else looked surprised.
Even Drew was taken aback.
Thinking back, however, it made sense. It would’ve been an effortless task to deal with the Warmachines, and the country wouldn’t suffer much loss.
In fact, the medical cost they would incur to treat the wounded as well as the other overall costs would’ve been negligible.
They could’ve been ambushed, and their loss would still be inconsequential.
Those Warmachines weren’t that powerful, after all, and Erudia had the power to destroy them quickly.
That was why the difference in the loss they incurred was that great.
Drew didn’t feel right to keep protesting after he heard the difference in loss.
In a way, he had no choice but to agree to sell everything.
When Divine Brigadier learned about what was happening, he hurried over to stop the transaction.
He knew so much more than the others and thought that selling everything was not a good option.
Erudia will be in a heap of trouble if those materials ended up in the hands of those with malicious intentions.
“You can’t sell them! Let’s keep them for now. The buyer will just take advantage of the situation and pay less anyway. Besides, have you looked into who the buyers are? What if they turn out to be our enemy?”
Divine Brigadier tried his best to convince the others to change their minds by analyzing the situation.
“You’re right. It’s a smart thing to think of the future.
“However, the current loss we have endured is too much. It’s one-sixth of the National Treasury! Our economy has taken a tremendous hit, and we have to tend to that matter right away to minimize the loss. You understand what I’m talking about, right?” said Craig. “Here’s a summary of the data. You should take a look at it.”
Divine Brigadier and the others scanned the documents they were handed.
Everybody looked surprised when they saw it.
They weren’t expecting something quite like that.
“We have no choice and have to make up for that loss as quickly as possible. You understand, right?”
Chandler and the others looked troubled.
“Yeah, I understand that your hands are tied.”
Divine Brigadier sighed deeply after reading all that.
He stopped trying to convince anyone to do anything.
“The buyer will be here soon. We’ll sell everything to him and make up for some of the loss we incurred.”
