In the distant Holy City…
An ad hoc meeting was in progress.
Ma Dong — who had been promoted to the Holy City's Financial Affairs Manager due to his status as the Chairperson of the Star Stone Company — several bosses from the Patriarch Society, and the leaders of the various families in the Holy City were all gathered.
At that moment, the atmosphere in the meeting room was somewhat tense and hostile.
Recently, the finances of the Holy City were in extremely short supply. The taxation from the Star Alliance had reached the limit that the Earth civilization could endure. For the past two years, they had been able to deal with this as they had accumulated resources over a long period of time. But this year…
