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Chapter 702 - 702 17 Oncoming Undercurrent_1

702: Chapter 17, Oncoming Undercurrent_1 702: Chapter 17, Oncoming Undercurrent_1 In the Mountain Domain, Hudson’s mood had been quite terrible recently.

Along with the establishment of the Territory Monster Breeding Center, there were increasingly more disputes and conflicts.

As personnel from all major forces settled in, their old grudges and disagreements were also brought to the fray.

Within the past month alone, there had been more than thirty clashes of varying scales within the territory.

Hudson had personally intervened in three large-scale disputes.

Each of the involved parties held great influence.

It was very difficult restraining their behavior, which led Hudson to resort to laissez-faire management.

As long as it did not interfere with the territory’s development and didn’t involve any bystander, he would turn a blind eye to any discord between the major forces.

Nonetheless, this laissez-faire approach did not improve the situation.

Instead, it worsened the territory’s security even further.

“These bastards have been quite outrageous.

If we continue to allow this, it will inevitably lead to massive trouble.

What solutions can you propose to address the current deterioration of public security?” Hudson asked, rattled by the state of affairs.

The current chaos had nothing to do with the law.

The Mountain Domain had already established relevant laws, but these were ineffective against such influential figures.

The major issue was that whilst it was easy to make laws, enforcing them was difficult.

So many individuals caused disturbances, recognized the trouble they had caused, and then simply disappeared without a trace.

In the Extraordinary World, it’s extremely hard to apprehend someone if they really want to evade capture.

Hudson, at the very least, did not have the ability to issue a worldwide manhunt.

With the involved parties gone, the only remaining option was to seek accountability from the forces they belonged to.

On this front, everyone was quite respectful.

Those who destroyed the territory’s facilities paid their dues accordingly.

To delve deeper into the issue was a futile effort.

The excuse presented was, “we can’t find the parties involved, and hence, we cannot ascertain guilt.”

It looked as if they had a serious attitude, but in reality, they were merely trying to brush off the issue.

Smashing a few tables and stools during a brawl was a trivial expense.

Fortunately, everyone liked to solve problems on their own.

The losing side in these conflicts would also directly take it up with the opposing party, without seeking out Hudson, the host.

This was the primary reason that Hudson could not enforce stricter regulation.

If he announced comprehensive management, then the victims would likely demand explanations from him, as the Lord.

“My Lord, the main issue here is that many powerful factions are mixed together.

We’re unable to manage them and it’s also not appropriate to interfere.

Eristics patrolling the territory are all Elite, but they’re mostly ordinary people.

They have no capability to intervene when conflicts break out among these major forces.

Even if we catch someone, they are likely a Noble, potentially even from an overseas kingdom, so dealing with such individuals would not be proper according to the rules.

An ideal solution would be to hand these people over to the Kingdom for the Department of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the involved major force.

However, it is maybe due to our heavy reliance on them, that the staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs now avoid us whenever they see us.

The only real solution is to negotiate with these major forces and reach a consensus on the management.

Or we could build them a city, serving as a home to these research and security personnel deployed here, mitigating the impact on our territory’s public security,” Michel suggested first.

As the Security Official of the territory, he had been suffering due to these individuals for a long time!

In order to solve this problem, the officials in the Security Department exhausted all possible options.

He initially thought making an example out of a few would act as a deterrent, but that turned futile.

They killed many, but failed to deter any.

No matter how sternly they reacted, all they could control were the Noble’s servants.

They had no authority to handle the Nobles themselves.

Unless they killed or gravely injured a Noble Lord during a conflict, a trite brawl, for the Nobles, is indeed a trivial matter.

“Any other suggestions?” Hudson continued to ask.

“My Lord, I may not have a good plan, but I do have an unconventional idea.

Whenever we receive news of a brawl, let Mister Maxim handle it by beating those involved up.

We can claim that your Dragon is in heat – irritable and quite fond of fights.

Seeing others fight makes him itchy to join in himself.

Over time, everyone will naturally be more cautious,” Cain calmly suggested.

Fighting fire with fire may not be an ideal solution, but it can certainly be very effective.

As a Breeding Dragon, Maxim held a special status.

Even if he was slightly heavy-handed, they couldn’t do anything apart from having some extra offspring to compensate for his actions.

“A good idea.

Let Maxim teach those troublemakers a lesson first.

Then, it will be much easier to negotiate with the major forces.

We will proceed with this solution.

Additionally, we need to speed up the construction of places for the hatchlings and their living grounds.

Send word to all major forces that Maxim has entered its initial mating period and ask them to arrange for female beasts to come in batches for impregnation,” Hudson decided.

No harm was done in bluffing.

Yesterday, out of the three cows sent in, Maxim only ate two.

The remaining female cow had to be carried out.

To verify this, Hudson successively sent in several female cows, pigs, lizards…

each of them bore the mark of mating.

Confronted with Maxim’s peculiar taste during mating periods, Hudson was speechless.

Even in heat, Maxim still had his pride, or so it seemed.

He could maintain rationality when his master was present at least.

Of course, it could also be the Mysterious Compass’s effect.

Ever since the contract was signed, a connection was established between the Compass and Maxim.