Chapter 78: Familiar Names
Why is the Viterus Empire so strict in restricting foreign magicians?
It turned out that forty years ago, Cyril, the current Emperor of the Viterus Empire, had just married his lover Heloise...... A couple of people who love each other are about to become dependents.
But Dick, another nobleman who was also in love with Heloise, invited a group of magicians from abroad to assassinate them at their wedding.
In this assassination, Emperor Cyril survived, but his lover Heloise fell in his arms and left him forever.
Since then, in addition to vowing revenge on his enemies, Emperor Cyril has also imposed very strict restrictions on magicians who enter the empire, and even expelled a number of them indiscriminately.
Now that these restrictions have not been lifted, the strict monitoring and the seven-day deadline have forced Zhou Ming to hurry up and find a way to get the letter of recommendation.
It's just that there are only a few elders of the Magic Association in the huge city of Nirata, and it is already quite difficult to pull their line and ask them to help write a letter and get it done within seven days.
Actually, there is another way.
That is to gain the trust and appreciation of His Majesty Emperor Cyril and to obtain the qualification to join the citizenship of the Waitros Empire.
That is, you can become a member of the Waitros Empire and live freely here.
It's just that this method is more difficult than getting a letter of recommendation, after all, the emperor is not so easy to see, even if he is qualified for naturalization, he must enter the imperial mage corps, serve the empire for three years, and perform well in all aspects in order to become a glorious Waitros Empireman.
So the second method, Zhou Ming completely ruled out.
All he could do was get a letter of recommendation.
How?
Money opens the way.
In order to break into this continent, Zhou Ming was not unprepared.
The magic crystal card he carried on his body contained a deposit of 50 million gold coins...... At the moment, none of them have been spent.
Among the four space rings with 1 cubic storage space on his hand (he has a total of 8 space rings, he wears four of them, and then gives one to Teacher Sayles, two to his wife, and one to the old fox), there are more than 5,000 bottles of various magic potions, hundreds of magic scrolls, and a large number of materials...... The total value of these things is more than 100 million gold coins.
So take money to open the way, Zhou Ming has this capital completely.
In addition, Zhou Ming has a very good relationship with the Mainland Chamber of Commerce, and he is a strategic partner of the Mainland Chamber of Commerce, so Zhou Ming can also use the connections of the Mainland Chamber of Commerce to provide convenience for himself.
So in the next five days, through a series of divine operations, after millions of gold coins were smashed, Zhou Ming took three lines.
A channel of contact was established with three elders of the Magic Association.
Two of the elders knew their names, and one did not give his name.
In addition, the specific needs of the three elders were also investigated.
The first elder named Mirance was recently raising funds to build a mage tower that belonged to him, which cost about 500 million gold coins, and Zhou Ming wanted to ask him to write a letter of recommendation, and he had to provide about 50 million gold coins for sponsorship, and the other party agreed to help.
Otherwise, don't talk about it.
"Writing a letter of recommendation requires 50 million gold coins, it's not ......"
Henry was stunned, isn't this a lion's mouth, just a letter, how dare you take so much money?
Zhou Ming shook his head, for a magician who has entered the legendary realm, millions or tens of millions of gold coins are nothing, just a number, the key to receiving more depends on his mood, if he is in a bad mood, he will open 50 million, 100 million, if he is in a good mood at the time, it is possible to receive 5 million, 10 million.
Obviously, the elder was not very good-tempered, and it would take a great deal to ask him for help.
The second is named Reynold, he is a little easier to speak, and he is also a grandmaster-level pharmacist, he has recently been preparing the legendary [Dragon Blood Elixir], which is formulated with the blood of the true dragon, which can greatly improve the physique of the swordsman, but due to the low power of the preparation of this potion, after many failures, the blood of the true dragon in his hand is used up, and now he needs to replenish a batch of true dragon blood.
If Zhou Ming could help him get some true dragon blood, Reynolds promised to write him that letter of recommendation.
"True dragon blood, do you want me to slay the dragon?"
Zhou Ming shook his head, the current dragon clan basically lives on the Dragon Island east of the East China Sea, which is farther away than going to the Magic City, and Agni No. 1 will fly for at least two years.
And the strength of the dragon is very strong, some dragons have strong physical attack power and can be immune to magic attacks, and there are also some magic dragons, the strength of the adult body is basically above the legendary level, and the forbidden spell mage and the magic saint level are not nothing.
With Zhou Ming's current strength, going to Dragon Island is simply looking for death.
Therefore, the request of the second elder, Zhou Ming could not do it.
But......
The request made by the third unnamed elder, Zhou Ming could completely do it.
It can even be better!
Because the elder's request is: buy a top-of-the-line version of the "flying backpack".
Not bad.
Flying backpack.
Using the principle of the Wind Demon Engine, the flying backpack that Zhou Ming had made in the Dolan Empire had spread to the Waitrose Empire a few years ago, and had become a popular flying device among magicians.
And in Nyatta City, the largest flying rucksack production organization is the Continental Chamber of Commerce.
Even the second-generation flight backpack launched by the Continental Chamber of Commerce can be clearly seen, with a large number of design details from Zhou Ming.
So when they first received this demand, Zhou Ming and they were a little overjoyed, isn't this God helping them?
However, the elder also made a hard request: "The flying backpack I want, whether in the sky or on the ground, must be faster than all flying backpacks!"
No problem.
There is not the slightest problem.
With the help of the system's huge computing power, it only took one day for Zhou Ming to improve 36 details on a set of top-of-the-line flight backpacks, making this top-of-the-line flight backpack not only achieve an 11% weight reduction, but also an increase in the maximum speed of air flight by 22%, and a 17% increase in the maximum speed of ground activities.
And Zhou Ming didn't spend a penny, and his improvements were priceless in the eyes of the technical engineers of the Continental Chamber of Commerce.
……
Summer year, January 20.
Zhou Ming can legally stay in Nyata City for the last day.
When the improved version of the top-of-the-line flying backpack was delivered to the elder's home, Zhou Ming and the others could only wait for news.
……
In the north of the city, in a large Gothic-style villa with an average of more than five floors.
"Ding Dong~"
After the magic doorbell rang, the servant opened the door.
"This is a gift from the Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Elder, please accept it. A person in charge of the Continental Chamber of Commerce handed over the gift box in his hand.
"Okay. The servant took the gift.
In the afternoon, a forty-year-old man in the laboratory on the third floor finally walked out after being busy.
The servant hurriedly reported to him: someone from the Continental Chamber of Commerce had sent a gift.
"Oh, they sent the 'fastest' flying backpack here?"
Terry Gannis's eyes lit up, and he asked the servant to bring the gift, and then he took the gift, went up to the top floor, unpacked the gift box, and took out the flight backpack that was so beautifully made that he was amazed, and he couldn't wait to put the flight backpack on himself and test it.
See if it's the fastest flying "flying backpack"?
After more than an hour of testing.
Back to the top of the villa.
Terry Gannis had a flower on his face.
"Winnie will love it. ”
"She's going to love this birthday present!"
"I bet I can't fly as fast as that flying rucksack!"
Terry Gannis is extremely satisfied, his great-granddaughter is about to turn 27 years old, and he has been thinking about what gift to give to his great-granddaughter these days, but his great-granddaughter's eye is more picky, and the gain staff worth tens of millions is not eye-catching, and all kinds of good-looking blessing gems and magic gems are not particularly liked.
Considering that she's been honing her magic skills all these years and trying to improve her speed, Terry Gannis thinks she'll love giving her great-granddaughter a set of flying backpacks known as the "fastest flying" as a birthday present.
However, as a high-ranking elder of the Magic Association, Terry Gannis never accepts gifts from others easily, and rarely helps unrelated people, and it is his impartial and selfless personality that has allowed him to serve as the elder of the Magic Association for six consecutive terms.
But he accepted today's gift, and he was willing to be busy with the "little favor" proposed by the other party, as long as he won the smile of his great-granddaughter, what was it if he gave up a little principle?
Really.
It's evening.
After a day at the Niata High School of Magic, Winnie returns home.
All kinds of birthday gifts were placed in front of her.
Parents, grandfathers, great-grandfathers were all at home and offered their blessings.
That's when she realized it was her birthday.
As of today, she will be 27 years old.
Her mother, Olivia, gave her a puppet in the image of a prince, and nagged: "Daughter, you are not young anymore, it is time to find a prince of your own." ”
Winnie didn't bother to pay attention.
Her father, Innes, gave her a magic robe, which has a strong waterproof and fireproof function and strong defense, and told her: "You often compete with others in the ring, you must pay attention to safety." ”
Winnie nodded.
Grandpa Hall sent a few bottles of [Super Magic Potion], hoping that she would be promoted to the Great Magician as soon as possible.
"I just broke through Grandpa yesterday, and I'm already a great magician now. Winnie said with a smile.
Grandpa Hall waved his hand awkwardly: "Then I wish you an early promotion to the legend!"
Hall Gannis was indeed embarrassed, due to talent limitations, his strength had been stuck at the level of a high-level magician, and he didn't expect that even his granddaughter would surpass him.
As for the flying backpack given by her great-grandfather, the moment the gift box was opened, Winnie's eyes lit up.
When she heard her great-grandfather say that this was a flying backpack that was customized from the Continental Chamber of Commerce and was "the fastest flying in the air and on the ground", Winnie immediately put the flying backpack on her body and went outside for a ride.
More than an hour later.
Winnie is back.
She said excitedly, "It's so fast, it's faster than I thought!"
"Now I'm not afraid of any opponent anymore!"
"They're fast, I can be faster than them!"
"Great-grandfather, thank you for this gift to me, I love it so much!"
Winnie was very excited, and she was a little eager to try.
Because when the flying rucksack first appeared, she had the idea of buying it, but she wanted to test her limits, so in the ring, she competed with many opponents wearing flying rucksacks.
The result was naturally more embarrassing, and under the high-speed blows of the opponents, Winnie's mind once sounded the man who had brought her a shadow.
But she gritted her teeth and persevered, on the one hand, to overcome the shadow in her head, and on the other hand, she wanted to exercise her reflexes in a disadvantaged situation.
After two years of training, Winnie feels that she has made great progress.
Now, she's got another set of "fastest flying" flying backpacks.
Her self-confidence swelled.
She thinks that under the same level, her strength will not be worse than that of any magician!
She even made a trip to the Kingdom of Adude to find that man and take his life with an absolute advantage.
Let him see his progress and let him see her speed!
Then use his corpse to prove his growth!
In short, Winnie's mood at this moment is unprecedentedly transparent and comfortable.
……
After a sumptuous dinner.
At night.
Terry Gannis's study.
A magic lamp is still on.
Buried on his desk, Terry Gannis was following through on his promise to write the letter of recommendation.
"Great-grandfather, why haven't you slept yet?"
Wearing a pajamas, Winnie walked in, her room was downstairs in the study, and her rest habits were not good, not only could not hear the slightest sound, but also could not have extra light.
Great-grandfather was struggling to write in his study, and when the magic lamp was bright and his thoughts were not smooth, his great-grandfather liked to stomp his feet on the floor, so it was no wonder that she could enter a meditative state.
"I'm sorry Winnie, I'm going to interrupt your rest, I'll write it right away. ”
Terry Gannis said apologetically to his granddaughter,
However!
On the letter placed in front of his great-grandfather, from that large paragraph of text, the sharp-eyed Winnie suddenly saw a familiar name!
A name that is all too familiar to her and that has been etched by her!