Act XLV. The wall fell and everyone pushed it
"Are you alright?"
Sheila looked at Reiner and Claire, no one expected Piram to be so unscrupulous.
"Uh, I should be fine."
Reiner looked at his body, all the acid was blocked by the invisible barrier, not a drop was scattered in the circle, he looked at Claire again, the teacher's face was a little pale, but he could still stand.
"Claire, what's wrong with you?"
He hurriedly supported Claire, who was a little low in temperature and looked very haggard.
"It's fine, it's just a state of running out of mana."
Claire didn't refuse Reiner's support, she was indeed a little weak at this time, and she didn't care about the difference between men and women.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's the Three-Ring Magic, the Wall of Sighs of Isaris?"
Leslie said to Claire as she apprehended Pyram in handcuffs with forbidden powers.
Nodding slightly, Claire looked at the silver pendant in her hand, which was a silver bird, standing on top of the thorns, she thought for a moment before continuing to speak.
"It's all the effect of this magic item, which allows me to forcibly use this spell."
After the magic is engraved into the props in the form of a magic circle, it can be directly injected with magic power to release without preparation, and it can even make people cast magic at the cost of running out of magic power, but this kind of behavior has a great load on the body, and the appearance of magic backlash is already the lightest situation.
Reiner knew about this as well, and he looked at Claire with some gratitude, but the teacher noticed Reiner's gaze and hurriedly turned his face away.
"No, don't get me wrong, I didn't do this to save you."
Hearing Claire's defense, Reiner didn't speak, only smiled.
"Magic items with third-order magic are expensive, and last time I was lucky enough to see a longsword with the three-ring spell 'Pluto's Flame Burst' attached to it, and it sold for a high price of two hundred gold coins."
Leslie recalled, seemingly curious about the origin of Claire's pendant.
"This was given to me by a nobleman who used to bully me as compensation when I was a child, of course, I don't remember his name for a long time."
Claire put away the pendant, apparently reluctant to mention it.
"Then again, this guy is really in a panic."
Sheila said as she kicked Piram, who had fainted.
"Assaulting a sheriff, attempting murder, stealing magic, plotting bomb attacks, the evidence is conclusive, and although there has not yet been a formal trial, I think he will have to spend the rest of his life in prison and exile."
Compared to the assault on the sheriff, stealing magic is the most serious crime, and it's no wonder that Piram ended up unscrupulous in the end.
"I have a question, Sheriff Leslie, what will happen to the alchemy workshop in Piram?"
Reiner looked around, because of the commotion just now, most of the workers and alchemy apprentices did not dare to act rashly, hiding in the corner of the wall and shivering.
"According to the law, those who steal magic should pay a large amount of compensation to those who are stolen, and at the current scale, I think that the Atelier of Pilam may become your property in the future, Mr. Ian Gray."
Leslie smiled, seeming to gloat.
Hearing this, Antoine was shocked, he had always thought that Reiner's measures were nothing more than normal business competition, and the purpose was only to fight against Piram, but now it seems that he was targeting Piram's alchemy workshop at the beginning, and now, Piram has fallen, and all his property has been attributed to Reiner, which can be said to have made a fortune in an instant.
Thinking so, Antoine looked at the young man Reiner with a little more admiration in his eyes.
Of course, none of this Reiner knew, he just wanted to beat the competition, but he didn't expect to pick up a big bargain.
"Ahem, in that case, it's a good result."
He pretended to be calm, and his heart was already overjoyed.
This is the Piram Alchemy Workshop, which not only has a variety of industries, but also has a sales network covering several surrounding large cities.
Leslie and Sheila immediately escorted Piram to the prison, while Reiner and the others finished taking notes and waited until Claire had recovered before leaving, and met the visitor as soon as they went out.
It was several men in robes, who were waiting anxiously outside the door, and when they saw Reiner, they immediately smiled.
"Mr. Ian Gray, we are the owners of several atelier that were previously annexed by Atelier Piram, word has spread that the unequal agreement he forced us to make before will also be nullified, according to the law, if we can come up with enough money, we can redeem our atelier ourselves."
The first one said, his temples were gray, and he seemed to be the highest status among them.
"Uh, so you want me to redeem your alchemy?"
This can be a bit of a problem, and Reiner thinks that while these atelier workshops can bring in a lot of cash flow, the property of Atelier Piram will also be quite depleted, and Reiner still wants to re-sign a cooperation agreement with them if possible.
"No, Mr. Ian Gray, what we are thinking about is whether we can become a partner of the Crescent Academy and produce Coke together, like Atelier Antoine's Alchemy, you see, Coke is now gradually gaining popularity in the southern part of the kingdom, and one or two Atelier Alchemy Workshops alone are far from satisfying the market demand."
The workshop owner shook his head, and then said.
It seems that they are also interested in the benefits of Coke and want to catch up with this trend of making a fortune.
This was exactly what Reiner wanted, and he thought for a moment before he spoke slowly.
"First of all, those unequal agreements should be abolished, and on this basis, after you pay a certain fee, I will give the production and production license of Coke, and share the profits of Coke from now on, how about this proposal?"
This can be regarded as the simplest chain franchise model, the alchemy workshop wants to reduce the technical cost of producing Coke, and Reiner does not need to spend extra money to buy the production line, which can be regarded as a win-win deal.
"That's great, Mr. Ian Gray."
The owner of the workshop originally thought that Reiner would take the opportunity to open his mouth, or rely on the capital advantage to suppress other alchemy workshops like Piram, but he did not expect that he chose such an ingenious method, so that both parties can obtain the highest income at the lowest cost.
"We can talk about the specific contract later, and now I have to say goodbye."
Reiner gestured to Claire, who was holding her, and said to the owners.
"Okay, okay, we'll talk about it another day."
The owners of the workshop watched Reiner and the others get into the carriage, but the smiles on their faces did not dissipate for a long time.
They were finally free.