Chapter 154: The Power of the Base
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When Meng Han left Stormwind City, there was already a carriage in the group that looked a little luxurious. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is truly luxurious, not the feeling of flashy showing off wealth. This carriage was customized by the Adrian City Lord from the Smith family not long ago, and the Viscount's car happened to be cheaper than Meng Han.
In addition, there were more than twenty unfamiliar mercenary guards in Meng Han's team. This is the most credible mercenary group that the Mercenary Guild has found in Stormwind City, and the two leaders even have the realm of an intermediate great sword master.
At the same time, Meng Han got a message that two days later, if Meng Han and his party did not change their itinerary, they would add a new member to one of the cities they passed through, who also joined the team to protect Meng Han, and this new member would be a magician. This magician was confirmed by Bruce using his authority in the guild and using the flying demonic beasts within the guild to transmit messages back and forth overnight.
"My lord, as long as the price you pay is right, we can find you a more advanced manpower. Now that time is in a hurry, it can only be at this level. Bruce reported to Meng Han with some apologies, his humble appearance was not at all like the branch leader of the Mercenary Guild who was showing off his might in front of a group of mercenaries, but more like a personal entourage of Meng Han: "Mr. Magician, you may need to talk to him personally, if you can get the price he wants, I believe he will be happy to protect your journey along the way." ”
"Bruce, I'm still saying that, the price is not a problem, as long as he is worth the price. Meng Han seemed to be enjoying all this with peace of mind, and he didn't feel strange at all: "As for the magician, I have something that makes him happy." ”
For this lord of Huangsha City, Bruce is becoming more and more incomprehensible. I don't know if it's his own delusion, but in Bruce's subconscious, it seems that this newly promoted city lord has a little more majesty. Or maybe it's the official authority, Bruce has never been an official, he can't say it, but he has seen a lot of nobles, and he can exude this majesty at this age, as if Bruce has not seen it except for those big nobles who have been in high positions for many years.
The more this happened, the more Bruce was very jealous. Fortunately, this city lord is not the kind of person who rushes to kill everything, although there has been a little trouble in the past because of Adrian, but after Adrian's death, these gaps seem to have no reason to exist, especially after Bruce returned the quarry, and the two sides even quickly established a preliminary intention of cooperation.
This time, Meng Han was even more relieved and bold to hand over his safety to the mercenaries introduced by the Mercenary Guild, and it seemed that he was using his own actions to show his sincerity. Naturally, in the face of such an olive branch, Bruce is eager to extend as much as possible.
"If you want, Bruce, move this chapter to Huangsha City!" Meng Han surprised Bruce again as he left, "If you can find good enough people, I believe there are many people who are willing to hire a group of masters to protect their wealth and goods." You can think about it, discuss it with your superiors, and when I come back, I hope you can give me an answer. ”
"Of course, sir!" replied Bruce again respectfully, his heart almost uncontrollable with excitement. In Huangsha City, those newly promoted rich people, now the cost of guarding alone is at least more than 1,000 gold coins per day, such a big market, but Bruce can only watch the middle fee earned by Meng Han's tavern, which is really red-eyed.
"In addition, if there are any advanced Dou Qi Gong methods or magic books, also help me pay attention to them, I need a lot of them. "Promise and don't want money, Meng Han can explain this matter first, and then talk about the price after the people from the Mercenary Guild get their hands on it. Anyway, Meng Han is not short of gold coins now, presumably Bruce can also figure this out, and with more people to help him collect it, the efficiency should be higher.
"The price is very high, my lord!" Bruce did not agree immediately, but cautiously reminded Meng Han: "The high-level Dou Qi Gong method is generally in the hands of various families or great nobles, and if you want to get it, it is almost against these families and nobles, it is very difficult. Those who have cultivated will definitely not leak it, and it will be difficult to find a way from this side. ”
"Loyalty is because the stakes for betrayal aren't high enough, Bruce. Meng Han was in his carriage and said to Bruce in a grand manner: "If I give you 10,000 gold coins a year in exchange for you leaving the mercenary guild and following me, will you agree?"
"Yes, my lord!" Bruce replied categorically, although he knew that Meng Han was just a hypothesis, but he really couldn't resist the temptation of ten thousand gold coins.
"Look, even you can be shaken, and I don't believe there are many people who can keep their faith in the face of a sufficient price. Meng Han smiled: "Of course, I don't rule out that there will definitely be a large number of people who will not be tempted, but, Bruce, you can go to those who may be tempted." ”
"I see, sir. Bruce agreed, and then gave Meng Han a suggestion: "If you really need it, you can go to the largest auction house in the principality after you go to the capital, maybe you will have some unexpected surprises." It's much safer than taking it from some people. ”
Meng Han looked straight at Bruce, as if to see why he said that. In the end, Meng Han still nodded: "Thank you, Bruce." ”
"You're welcome, sir!" Bruce smiled. The cooperative relationship with Meng Han was established, and now it seems that the cooperation with Adrian is much happier than the cooperation with Adrian, at least before the cooperation has begun, the guild has already received almost fifty gold coins in the middle fee, and the quarry, from beginning to end, has only lost money, and now it has been filled in a lot.
Mages rarely appear alone in the Mercenary Guild, but not absolutely. Many magicians will choose such a way when they are training, they can not only earn gold, but also broaden their horizons, and sometimes even gain combat experience, killing multiple birds with one stone.
The magician that Meng Han saw was such a magician who came out to practice. It's the same as Wright's magician collecting magic materials at that time, it's all experience, but in a different way. In the same way, for Meng Han, the little viscount city lord, as magicians, they all have a heartfelt contempt.
"Hello, Honorable Magician, I am Antonio, apprentice magician. In front of the magician, Meng Han did not put on his noble identity, but used his identity as a magic apprentice to communicate, believing that this was easier to cooperate with than the noble identity.
Sure enough, when he heard Meng Han's magic apprenticeship, the magician's face softened a lot, and he even stretched out his hand: "Hello, my lord, I'm Matthew, a senior magician." ”
After introducing himself, without waiting for Meng Han to say anything, Matthew had already spoken directly: "I plan to go to the Giant Stone Castle, the capital of your principality, this time, and I am just stopping by with you, don't think that I am waiting for you because of your title, and you don't insult me with gold coins!"
"Of course, Mr. Matthew. Meng Han was not at all surprised by this unceremonious statement of Wizard Matthew, in his mind, if Antonio's magic trial was successful, those imaginations would be even more excessive than this, not to mention a small viscount, even a nobleman with a higher title, he could also ignore it. However, Meng Han heard something from Matthew's words, and asked rhetorically, "Mr. Matthew is not from our principality?"
"I just happened to be here to train. Matthew finally replied to Meng Han's words out of politeness to the magic apprentice.
After confirming that Matthew was not from the principality, Meng Han's heart suddenly moved, and his face was immediately filled with a smile: "I know that Mr. Matthew definitely didn't accept this hire because of the gold coins, I don't know, are you interested in this feeling?"
These were all made by Meng Han on the way, and all of them were second-level. The third-level scroll Meng Han hadn't started to make yet, but because of the increase in magic and spiritual power, the base of these second-level scrolls seemed more and more relaxed. It was originally intended to be for the Academy of Magic, but now it meets a magician from another principality, which just adds a competitor to the Academy of Magic.
During the last incident of Stormwind City Lord's pressure, the Academy of Magic remained silent, and Meng Han was deeply dissatisfied with this, but at that time, he had no way to contact more magicians, so the base of the scroll could only be sold to the Academy of Magic. Now with this Matthew, there is naturally one more potential buyer. The current Meng Han, of course, knows what kind of restraint one more competitor can give the Academy of Magic.
Of course, this was also an attitude that Meng Han indirectly expressed his dissatisfaction, if the Academy of Magic continued to do what he did last time, Meng Han would not mind selling the base of the scroll to other principalities. Anyway, in Meng Han's mind, in this world, there has never been a sense of belonging to any country.
Sure enough, after seeing the base of the scroll that Meng Han took out, Magician Matthew showed a puzzled look on his face: "What is this?" he said, but reached out and took the scroll. With his magic level, he immediately sensed the magic fluctuations above, but the fluctuations were not enough to reach the level of a full-fledged magic scroll. Since Meng Han took it out solemnly, it must not be something to fool people.
"I call this magic scroll base. Meng Han explained with a smile. Subsequently, the role of the base surface was explained. Listening to Meng Han's explanation, while opening the base of the scroll, looking at the neat and regular magic six-pointed star on it, Matthew Magician's eyes immediately lit up.
"Can I try it?" Matthew immediately made this request after listening carefully to Meng Han's words, and his expression of urgency was overflowing. At first glance, he is a person who is not good at hiding his thoughts, and he is indeed a magician, which is completely different from a person like Meng Han who has been trained in the political arena of business.
"Of course, Mr. Matthew. Meng Han didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and gave Matthew full understanding: "Our itinerary is not in a hurry. But ......"
"But what?" Matthew was much more urgent than Meng Han now, for fear that Meng Han would say something disagreeable.
"When you test the power of this magic scroll, can you let me watch from the sidelines?" Meng Han still maintained that respectful smile, and said to Matthew as if he was discussing.
"That's a pity, isn't it?" As a high-level magician, Matthew naturally knew the value of a magic scroll, and he originally only wanted to test the success rate of making a scroll, but he didn't want to waste a second-level magic scroll. Meng Han's request made him a little embarrassed.
"Mr. Matthew, how many gold coins are the finished scrolls, I bought them. Meng Han's smile had never changed, but when he said this, Matthew didn't feel that he was insulting himself with gold coins. To deal with such a nerd-type arrogant magician, Meng Han now has countless ways to make him sell by himself and count the money for himself.
"Okay, I also want to see if the power of this scroll will increase. Matthew saw that Meng Han was dressed as a magic apprentice and still held a magic wand in his face, and agreed to Meng Han's request. Of course, this is what he himself thinks.
The next thing is very simple, making a second-level magic scroll, for a high-level magician, as long as he has studied it seriously, it is not a difficult task, but it is just a matter of success rate. With the help of the base surface of Meng Han's scroll, this problem of success rate can be ignored. Soon, a second-level water-based magic thunderbolt ice scroll was successfully completed.
"This, so fast?" even Matthew didn't expect the process of making the scroll to go so smoothly. It's not like he hasn't done it before, but he has never been so relaxed once, as if the distribution of magic has been limited to where it should be, and he just needs to draw it, it's very magical.
The surprise has only just begun, and it is far from over. Soon, they found an open and remote place and began to experiment with the power of the magic scroll. Anyway, the scroll had already been paid for by Meng Han, and Magician Matthew didn't mind using Meng Han's things to test his results.
Boom, a huge sound appeared on the top of the mountain not far away, after the explosion, a burst of cold air rushed to the face, and when the smoke and dust dissipated, everyone found that the small hill had been shrouded in a piece of ice, showing a blue color.
"This, this is second-level magic?" Matthew looked at the scenery in front of him, dumbfounded. How powerful the second-level magic thunderbolt ice was, he naturally knew very well that all this in front of him had completely subverted the magic knowledge he had learned.
It also increases the level of mana. Meng Han nodded secretly in his heart, in this way, there are still many things to talk about with the Academy of Magic.