Final Lord

Chapter 284 Expedition to the Minotaur Labyrinth
"Lord, sir?!" He hurriedly stood up, the chair scraping loudly on the floor.

Wang Bufu's gaze swept over the documents on the table—the tax returns of the New Gru territory for the past three months, with every income and expenditure clearly marked, and even accompanied by comparative analysis and optimization suggestions.

“I remember, William, you used to be a male servant under Butler Ming, right?” Wang Bufu’s voice was unreadable.

William's Adam's apple bobbed, his fingers unconsciously tracing the ink stains on his cuff. "Yes, my lord. After the establishment of New Gru territory, I... I wanted to do something more useful, so I asked Steward Ming to help me get an opportunity to work as a scribe in the New Gru territory's Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"And then you rose from a copyist all the way to the position of executive director?" Wang Bufu's lips curled up slightly.

“Very good. I didn’t expect that a young man like you could gain the unanimous recognition of the entire New Gru territory. You are talented, gifted, and hardworking. Someone like you deserves to be given further opportunities.”

Before William could react, a heavy scroll was thrown in front of him.

"You know about the City of Life, right?" Wang Bufu asked.

“I know!” William quickly replied, “Some of the migrants brought from the shackles were taken by you to build the City of Life.”

“This is the five-year development plan for Life City.” Wang Bufu’s voice left no room for doubt. “I need you to design a talent selection program to select usable grassroots officials from among the refugees and work with you to implement this plan.”

William's fingers trembled slightly as he unfurled the scroll, the ink lines flowing across the paper, outlining a magnificent city blueprint.

Half an hour later, his pupils suddenly contracted—what a detailed plan, what a magnificent blueprint! If the plan were to come to fruition, a miraculous city he could not even imagine would transform the desolate wetlands into the most fertile plains of the Stag Kingdom!
"My lord, this..."

"Why, you can't do it?"

Hearing Wang's defiant voice, William abruptly looked up, his hesitation instantly replaced by determination. "No! I can!"

His voice trembled slightly with excitement, but his back remained ramrod straight. "Within three days, I will prepare a complete selection system for you—exams, recommendations, and practical assessments—nothing will be omitted!"

Wang Bufu nodded in satisfaction, then turned and walked towards the teleportation array. Before leaving, he left behind a sentence:

“I have high hopes for you. Don’t let me down, William Finnil.”

The flame ignited once more, and Wang Bufu's figure vanished into the distorted air.

William took a deep breath, looked down at the scroll in his hand, his fingertips turning white from the force.

He knew that his fate had been completely changed from this moment on.

……

Of course, Wang Bufu didn't just randomly find someone to manage Life City and then wash his hands of the matter.

William Finnnell was the talent he sought out.

Name: William Fennier

……

Occupation: Interior official

Rank: Ordinary 2rd level 5

Professional skills:

Quick Recording: Has an excellent memory and can quickly memorize information.

Government Affairs Processing: Proficient in information processing and finding appropriate solutions.
Attributes:
...Personal unique talent (this talent is not yet unlocked):

Wise and Capable City Lord (A): Increases administrative efficiency by 50%, and increases city development efficiency by 20% when serving as city lord.

[Trigger task:
Wise and capable city lord
Mission description:

He is the destined city lord, and under his leadership, the city will prosper immensely. But for now, he is merely a pitiful male servant, still requiring extensive training.

Mission Requirements: Please assist William Fenrir in completing his internal affairs training, reaching the Transcendent Rank 3, and assuming the position of City Lord.

From the moment he was given this mission, William was destined to become Wang Bufu's chosen servant.

Because of the fire, the ultimate power of the territory was completely in the hands of the king, who could confidently entrust the administration of the territory to William.

Even if William becomes corrupted by power, his decline in loyalty will be clearly visible on the attribute panel.

Therefore, Wang Bufu became a hands-off manager with complete peace of mind.

……

Three days later, while the emerald-green morning mist still lingered around the Spring of Life, Wang Bufu's expeditionary force was ready to set off.

On the makeshift parade ground, three hundred cavemen warriors stood in neat square formations. Their gray-brown scales gleamed metallically in the morning light, and the forest of poisoned spears rose and fell slightly with their breath, like a lurking behemoth.

The blind cat, standing at the very front, straightened his hunched back and gripped his staff, which was inlaid with fluorescent bacteria, tightly with his gnarled fingers—those dark blue bacteria were exceptionally bright at dawn, enveloping the entire formation in an eerie halo.

The harpy force on the left displayed a completely different aura. Twenty harpy warriors neatly folded their wings, their bronze armor, forged by blacksmiths, jingling in the morning breeze. Their sharp claws dug deeply into the ground, their amber vertical pupils constantly scanning the sky, ready to take flight at any moment. The leader, Heska, gently stroked the bone whistle around her neck, her eyes fixed intently on Wang Bufu.

The Evil Eyes squad on the right is the most peculiar. Ten slightly suspended giant eyeballs are arranged in a perfect geometric array, their purplish-red irises constantly contracting and expanding, and their neural tendrils intertwining like living cables to form a support frame.

When Wang Bufu's gaze swept over them, all the evil eyes simultaneously emitted dark purple mental fluctuations, stirring up fine ripples in the air.

“Remember your mission.” Wang Bufu’s voice, amplified by the fire, rolled across the battlefield like muffled thunder. The silver threads on his cloak flowed with his movements. “This expedition is not for conquest, not for plunder—we will bring back our compatriots who can build our territory together.”

Of course, we can also take some emergency measures when necessary.

Set off!"

As Wang Bufu raised his hand in signal, the carriage driven by Mair, leading the undead truck convoy, slowly drove over.

"Get on the vehicle!"

Under the king's brief and forceful command, the troops began their orderly boarding. The cavemen phalanx marched in perfect unison into the shadows of the carriages, the harpies flapped their wings and flew into the upper compartments, while the Evil Eye squad floated and glided into the specially designed spherical recesses. The entire boarding process was as smooth as a precise machine, without a trace of chaos.

When the last soldier was in position, Mair straightened up from the driver's seat.

She took out a heavy bag of gold coins and poured them into a specially designed groove in the carriage shaft. Before the crisp sound of the coins clinking had faded, dazzling golden patterns had already spread along the veins of the vines throughout the entire carriage.

"The road to wealth begins!"

As Mair chanted, the space around the carriage began to distort. Golden ribbons of light erupted from beneath the wheels, paving a golden road through the void.

As the first rays of dawn pierced through the clouds, the entire carriage had already vanished into the distance, disappearing like a streak of light at the edge of the plains.

(End of this chapter)