Chapter 272: Exchange 2
Beside Gehr, a figure nimbly climbed into the car and sat down.
None other than Longbottom.
Longbottom is not a student of the Promisu Torch, but his ancestors were official wizards of the organization, so he is attached to the Promisu Torch, usually taking on similar tasks to make money, and of course he has another identity - a slave trader.
In terms of strength and talent, Longbottom is just a very ordinary wizard apprentice, and he can only cast a few tricks, but he has learned from the knowledge passed down from his ancestors that can be regarded as the top potion blending technology among apprentices, which makes him have a very good innate advantage in becoming a slave trader, and he himself is well aware of this advantage, and has been working hard in this direction over the years, and has now become a slave trader who is well-known in the mugwort rift and the surrounding area.
Gehr met him two months ago during a transport mission.
After Gehr showed excellent covert detection ability (Wind Concealment), Longbottom immediately began to be enthusiastic about Gehr, and then the two worked together a few more times, and each time they were able to gain a lot, just like today.
This kind of slave caught on the road is an additional gain for the entire team, and those who see it have a share, and when the time comes, they will be distributed according to their contributions, which can be regarded as an additional gain in the mission.
This is one of the reasons why apprentices are willing to take part in this kind of mission, as long as they follow a capable team, they can often get more than the task itself, so teams like Longbottom are very popular.
In fact, Gehr and Longbottom only needed four apprentices to complete their mission, and the extra apprentices were all for the extra rewards along the way. He didn't get the assignment himself, and that's since Longbottom and Gehr teamed up. Each quest can be caused by the impact of the Great Harvest.
As for a professional slave hunter like that, these wizard apprentices are reluctant to go. Not to mention the reputation, it is also a waste of time, at least half a year at a time, which discourages apprentices who have ambitions to attack wizards, but short-term teams like Longbottom are more in line with their appetite.
And Longbottom didn't want to organize any professional slave hunting team, that kind of cost was not something he could afford with his small family and small business now, and now this situation is the best, drought and flood to ensure harvest, and from time to time there are some extra harvests. It's all sure to make a profit without losing money, and it's still more like this.
However, Longbottom is very good at being a man, and after realizing the value of Gehr, he began to continuously increase the revenue share that Gehr can receive. With the help of Gehr, he was able to gain a lot of money, so that the fame of his team had spread among the apprentices, and his business was getting better and better, so he simply gave some personnel rights to Gehr to improve his status in the team.
Although his own profit percentage is ostensibly decreasing, the total amount of harvest along the way of each mission is much higher than before. And his share of the benefits is calculated according to the market price, but what is his status? It is a slave merchant who is directly facing customers, and in the end he knows how much he sells, but the profit is definitely higher than the market price.
For Longbottom's overtures. Gehr accepted it unceremoniously, and it was what he deserved. If Longbottom hadn't been so knowledgeable, he would have changed teams a long time ago. Now he is also well-known in the slave hunting industry, and many slave traders and convoy owners have come to him. It's just that he's still happy to work with Longbottom, so he has no intention of switching partners. Changed one by one refused.
As for personnel rights, Gehr chose Buonie and Serena, whom he knew, on the logistics staff, and asked them to find a few companions they were familiar with. Although there are no mission rewards, they can each get at least one standard hedron income after such a trip, which is already a huge amount of money for them, and they are very grateful to Gehr for this.
"Here, get one. After Longbottom sat down, he took out a small black box from his clothes, and when he opened it, he revealed a round strip made of ice cubes, about the thickness of a finger, which looked very delicate.
Geer was not polite, he directly took out one from the box and hung it in his mouth, and suddenly, a fresh breath surrounded his mouth and rushed directly into his brain, making the whole person feel refreshed.
This is the Serato Ice Bar, which is a very popular item among wizards and mortals, for wizards it can be used to stabilize the mental frequency, improve the efficiency of thinking, and slowly restore mental power, and for mortals, this kind of thing that has something to do with wizards makes them very fascinated by the taste, and is very popular with princes and nobles.
Of course, the production of this kind of thing has not been high, and the natural price will not be cheap, it is already considered a top luxury among mortals, and it is also a bit high for wizards, and the powerful apprentices who are short of money themselves will not spend such unnecessary expenses on this kind of thing that cannot significantly improve their strength and knowledge reserves.
For this kind of thing, Gell has not gotten it a few times, and now that Longbottom has a treat, he will naturally not be polite.
After Gell took one, Longbottom also took out one and put it in the corner of his mouth, and then carefully closed and put the box back on.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Gehr chewed the ice bar in his mouth and looked at Longbottom, in his image, Longbottom was not a person who would do meaningless things, or that people in the mugwort rift did everything with a very clear purpose, which may also be one of the effects that the wizard as a ruler has brought to the people living in the mugwort rift over the years because of his usual habits.
"Let's cooperate. Longbottom looked at Gehr earnestly, showing that he meant what he meant.
"Cooperation, aren't we now?" said Gehr smiled, in fact, he already understood what Longbottom was trying to say.
"No, we are only cooperating temporarily now, I want to be a permanent partner with you, we will establish and run a slave chamber of commerce together, and with your and my abilities, we will soon become the best slave merchant in the Aishi Rift. ”
"I didn't think so. Gehr shook his head, his face flat, not in the slightest hint of emotion.
"Why? Thousands of apprentices want to become wizards every year. But how many can succeed in the end? one? two? can there be more than ten? do you think you can be one of them? and it costs so much that there is no support for how you can make it to that day? How are you going to survive and how have you thought about it? If we succeed in becoming one of the leading slave traders in the Wormwood Rift, then you can also study what interests you. And you won't have any problems with your funds, and even if you can't, you can lay a foundation for your family and your descendants to have the possibility of establishing themselves in the wizarding world, isn't that a better choice?"
"Alright, tell me what you really think. When Longbottom's bitter persuasion was over, Geer looked calmly into Longbottom's eyes, his lips moving slightly, and he made a sound without any ups and downs.
"I knew it was so. Longbottom shook his head helplessly. With a wry smile on his face, "In fact, every apprentice with ideals is like this, he will think that he will be the successful one in the end, I just am unwilling and want to try again." ”
Gell looked at him, not speaking, and his eyes did not fluctuate in any way.
Longbottom and Gel looked at each other for a moment, then were silent for a moment, and their expressions turned serious: "Gel." I'd like to exchange you for your improved Wind Breath, this spell model will be very helpful to me. ”
Breath of the Wind is a universal basic spell model that conceals itself. It looks similar to Gehr's Wind Concealment, but it is much less effective than that, and Longbottom obviously regards Gel's Wind Concealment as a modified Wind Breath.
"Why? If I don't work with you anymore. You just need to find an apprentice who is proficient in wind spells, the basic spell model of Wind Breath. Almost everyone will make some adjustments after becoming proficient, and the actual effect will not be much worse than mine. Gehr was a little curious. As far as he knew, there were many variants of this similar base model, and it was not difficult to find a version with enhanced stealth effect.
"It's different, it's far from it. Longbottom shook his head, "I've worked with a lot of apprentices before you, and they all have improved models of Wind Breath, which work well in concealment, sound and smell can be completely concealed, and even some vision can be blocked, but they can't conceal the fluctuations of energy particles. Human subspecies such as elves are the most sensitive to fluctuations in energy particles, and will flee as soon as they are discovered, making the capture very inefficient. But your improved version of Wind Breath is different, not only are the other concealment effects very prominent, but even the energy particle fluctuations can be masked, which has reached the standard of many wizard-level spell models, and I can't invite anyone who can do this kind of spell at all. ”
"This should be the legacy left to you by your ancestors, although this improvement is the lowest level of spell model, but the effect is wizard-level, and it can only be successfully improved by wizards to achieve such excellent results. Longbottom continued, adding his guess as well.
Gehr did not deny that in fact this situation was not uncommon, and it was not uncommon for the children of wizards to fail to become wizards, and they often had some unique models of spells that were passed down, so that some apprentices had spells that were comparable to wizards in some way.
And this kind of speculation is also the most beneficial to Gehr, and he naturally will not deny it.
After thinking about it, Gehr nodded: "Yes, but what price can you offer?"
"How about two hundred standard hedrons?"
Hearing that Gehr agreed to the deal, Longbottom's face suddenly smiled. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately proposed a very good price.
In the pricing of various organizations, the basic spell model of the general apprentice spell level is between thirty and fifty spars, while the wizard-level first-level spell model is generally about one hundred and fifty spars, and now Longbottom has produced two hundred crystals for a spell model that is actually only a trick level, which is already very generous, you must know that no matter how good the spell model of the trick level is, it may be comparable to the first-level spell in some aspects, but the overall and the first-level spell model are completely incomparable.
"Good price, but I think it's better to go another way. Gell looked at Longbottom and said word by word. (To be continued......)