Chapter 154: Quest Rewards and Iron Ingots
After completing the so-called Monster Siege mission, Sivi was given two items.
The first is a piece of paper called [Devil's Cheap Construction Contract].
【Devil's Cheap Construction Contract】
[Consumables/Summons, Price Contracts]
[This is a price-type contract from the Abyssal Realm, filled with incomprehensible demonic language, but one thing is certain, it can enslave a demon to do something for you. 】
【Please choose one of the following effects:】
[1.For the price of this contract, you can summon a demon to build a LV1 building for you, including materials.] It only takes a second to build. 】
[2. Summon the Demon Hatcher at the cost of this contract, and after paying a certain amount of additional price, let him build a special building "Bad Demon Hatching Pool", which takes 24 hours to build.] If there is any special creature in the house, such as the 'Bad Demon', 'Anzu Demon', or 'Demon Dwarf', it will reduce its construction time. 】
[Notes: 'Sign a contract with me and become a magical boy!'] —BY Demon Hatcher]
This should be the 'Directly Obtain a LV1 Building' reward mentioned in the quest. After all, if you choose Effect One, there is no difference in the construction time of one second and the direct gain.
However, the second effect also made Sivi a little excited.
Bad Demon Hatching Pool. As you can tell from the name, this thing can hatch inferior demons, even if the incubation efficiency is not high, you can get a lot of manpower in a short period of time - the most lacking thing in the early days of the academy's construction is manpower. Even after the development of the academy is on the right track, it can put unwanted bad demons into the maze. It is used to hone the students' combat skills. And in addition to the little inferior demon, although the inferior demon is the weakest of the demons, at best it is slightly stronger than the strong goblin, but it really has the purest demon bloodline, and it is even purer than the powerful eye demon, Bafengte and other demons, as long as it is cultivated well, it can evolve into all kinds of demons in the future, even if it is a demon lord or even a demon king, it is not impossible......
However, after careful consideration, Xiwei decided to choose Effect One.
The reason is simple. Soon after, the Terrans will definitely have to fight the ancient demons summoned by the Night Nobles, and if there are a bunch of bad demons in his academy at that time, then he will be 100% hostile to the Terrans. And as the sworn enemy of the nobility of the night. Sivi didn't think that the gang would let themselves go after they knew that not only was they not dead, but they also established an academy......
To sum up, it is better to keep to yourself at this time.
Besides, the Bad Demon Hatching Pool is good. But judging from the increasingly blatant situation of those night nobles, there is not much time left for Xiwei to build the academy with peace of mind, so instead of building those special buildings, it is better to honestly choose an academy building and improve the progress in one go.
It's just that now Xiwei is struggling with whether it is better to build a protective barrier or a magic pool in this academy building......
The former will immediately take your academy's defenses up a notch - while it's impossible to keep it permanently active without a mana pool, don't forget that Sivi still has a few leprechauns. When the battle began, he could have kept the little ones away from the battlefield and protected the academy with only the magic activating the protective barrier.
In the case of the latter, the academy will have an immediate source of energy. Although the Star Vein Furnace has not yet been completed, if you want to generate magic in the magic pool, in addition to transporting your own magic power, you can only use the magic core Yaojing as fuel, but I have to say that if you have magic power. After that, whether it is a building such as a protective barrier or a sentry tower, or a facility achievement building such as a vein furnace or a magic engine, it can directly play its maximum role. …,
After thinking about it for a long time, Sivi decided to put this issue aside and take a look at another reward first-this one has no expiration date anyway, and it won't be invalid because it was used a little later......
The second reward is a magic book.
【Transcript of Van Jawris's Water Elemental Magic Experience】
【Books/Rare】
[This is a transcript of the notes taken by the water elemental wizard Fan Jawris when he was young.] Although it is only a transcript. However, because there are many annotations and interpretations of the magic of the water element, it is extremely valuable. 】
[Effect: You can choose one of the "Seven Constitutional Water Dungeon", "Cold Poison Spray" and "Sea Elemental Summoning" to fully master one of the magics.] If you carry this book with you, all water elemental magic effects will increase by 10%]
[Notes: 'The ocean is home to an infinite number of lives, and everything about it is so fascinating that you can't help but want to pursue it!' —BY Van Jawris]
Compared to the previous contract, this book is worth a lot less - although it is indeed a very good reward.
Sivi only thought about it for a while, and then learned the two-ring water elemental magic of the Seven Constitution Water Prison.
He didn't lack the means to attack now, not to mention that the cold poison spray was still the kind of slow-acting type. It's not very useful. And Sivi can summon the Tree Man Guard as long as he takes the Moon Branch, and he can summon the Shadow Servant by taking the Night Celestial Sphere, and the attack power of the Sea Element is about the same as the Tree Man Guard, and the movement speed is much slower than that of the Tree Man.
On the contrary, it is the Seven Constitutional Water Prison, which is the second-ring control water element magic, and has a strong binding force against most monsters below level 20. You must know that the level of the dungeon faced by Siwei is getting higher and higher, and the enemies inside are getting stronger and stronger, and the effect of many of the original excellent one-link control magic has also begun to deteriorate, and now that the technician crystal has not appeared for a long time, Xiwei is even thinking about whether to use up a stored certificate of strength to learn a powerful control skill, and at this time, the Qixian Water Prison sent to the door can obviously fill this defect very well.
After choosing the skills to learn, Sivi was planning to give the move a little try. However, he found that the priest who appeared in the [Monster Siege] mission did not disappear, but was still standing aside, although he couldn't see the other party's face because of the hood, but Sivi could feel that the other party was looking at him.
"Aren't you leaving?" Although he knew that the other party was made by the system, similar to the existence of NPCs, Xiwei was still not used to experimenting with skills in front of others, and withdrew the hand that had been stretched out into the robe. Ask him.
"Because the task you hired me for is not yet complete." The pastor immediately responded.
"What?" Xiwei frowned strangely, the monster siege mission should have been completed, after all, even the reward had already been obtained.
He looked at the priest suspiciously. When I opened the system layout again, I found that in the mission panel, [Monster Siege I] had disappeared. But at some point, another [Monster Siege II] appeared to replace [Monster Siege I] and appear at the bottom of the mission list.
[Mission: Monster Siege II?Warrior Class]
[Quest content: The establishment of the academy is always accompanied by difficulties and obstacles!] Now that there are thugs who are trying to show their prowess by killing or repelling the temporary academy with their companions who are temporarily supporting you! 】
[Requirements: With the assistance of the Purification Priest, repel or kill the attacker.] 】
The expression on Xiwei's face sank as he looked at this task that appeared at some point, and the joy he had received after receiving the mission reward had completely vanished. …,
"Who else is going to attack here besides those two?" He couldn't help but wonder.
However, even if he wanted to break his head, Xiwei could only maintain a black state before the other party made a move. So he simply put this matter aside and asked the priest to set up a little more sacred warning sentry, and he took advantage of this time to use the [Demon's Cheap Construction Contract] to build a protective barrier of LV1, which overlapped with the illusion enchantment cast by the leprechauns. It has formed an extremely reliable protective measure.
Then Sivi began to familiarize himself with the Seven Constitutions Water Prison.
Although there will definitely be an enemy coming to Zhilu Dao, it is a pity that the mission does not indicate when the other party will come, so Xiwei can only stand by and constantly patrol the academy to see if anyone can be found to invade.
This activity continued into the afternoon. The third batch of stone and timber from the Chamber of Commerce was finally delivered.
But this time, in addition to the sleek man, the front desk lady who had received Xiwei several times at Luo Lan's auction house also came with the carriage.
The girl is different from when she works at the front desk, wearing a black dress similar to a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a wide pair hides most of the girl's slender figure, but it also adds a sense of youth, and this kind of clothing does not look very good. But it should be quite dirty, and the chest and back of the clothes are still stamped with the emblem of their chamber of commerce. The lower half of the girl's body was wearing a skirt that looked a bit like a denim skirt, the skirt was pulled up to her thighs, and most of her white swaying thighs were exposed, which was particularly pleasing to the eye, and Sivi even found that there were many civilians in charge of transportation peeking at her thighs. The silver threads that she had originally draped behind her were bundled into a ponytail and dragged behind her, swaying playfully with the vibration of the carriage, and now the girl looked more heroic and energetic than the delicate and charming she had been in the auction house.
"Mr. Edric, we meet again." The girl greeted Sivi generously.
"Yes." Sivi nodded to her as well, but only now did he realize that he didn't know the name of the girl.
"My name is Alina? Sigma, if you don't mind, just call me Alia. Probably discovering Sivi's predicament, the girl immediately said empatheticly.
"Hello, Miss Alina." Xiwei naturally didn't mind pushing the boat down the river, but because he wanted to ask Luo Lan Auction House to help him buy steel and even some materials that were inconvenient for him to buy directly in the future, Xiwei now also wanted to have a good relationship with this chamber of commerce, which was still a little energetic.
"We know what you need." The girl looked behind her, and there were several other trucks of stone and timber behind them, but judging by the tired appearance of the trailer animals and the obviously deeper ruts, the contents of the trucks covered with white cloth were not small. Obviously, this should be the first batch of iron ingots sent to Xiwei by the Luo Lan Chamber of Commerce: "Because time is a little urgent, so only so many iron ingots have been raised so far, but we can continue to collect them if you still need them." Delivered to you. ”
Xiwei first stepped forward to inspect the iron ingots, and found that the quality of these iron ingots was indeed very good in terms of the craftsmanship of this world, and there were no rotten iron ingots after a cursory look.
"Yes, I'm satisfied." Sivi didn't hide his level of satisfaction, bargaining was not Sivi's specialty, he asked the girl straight to the point, "So how much do I have to pay for so many iron ingots?" ”
"You're so much of an outlier, it's nothing to us like that." The girl shook her head and said with a smile. Then he revealed his true purpose for coming this time: "I wonder if you can still provide magic items of the same quality as last time, Mr. Edric?" If I can, I hope that Sir will continue to conduct auctions in our Chamber of Commerce. ”…,
Sivi groaned absentmindedly as he touched the ingots.
Honestly, it's not a bad thing to give the equipment to that auction house for auction. He makes money and the Luo Lan Chamber of Commerce earns fame, and everyone takes what they need. However, if you really provide a large amount of equipment to the auction house, the danger of your own exposure will also be greatly increased. Although this time it was easy to fool the master and servant of the night nobles back. But who can guarantee that good luck every time?
Seeing that Sivi was silent, Alina was overjoyed.
This appearance at least shows that Xiwei is indeed not only the last batch of goods, whether he still has inventory in his hands or he has a stable source of goods, as long as he can establish a cooperative relationship with him, his task of getting the auction rights of the next batch of goods will be completed.
You must know that the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce still attach great importance to this matter now, and the impact of yesterday's auction has begun to spread widely in the city, making the prestige of the entire Chamber of Commerce rise a lot, and even many people have made a special trip to the Chamber of Commerce to buy those original magic items privately.
If you can get a batch of the same original magic items, make a big splash, and then hold a special auction. It is sure that with the help of yesterday's aftermath, the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce can be pushed to a peak at once, overpowering the current competitors!
"You don't have to rush, just think about it slowly." Seeing Sivi's hesitant look, Alina said softly, "The door of our Chamber of Commerce will always be open for you. ”
Negotiation is like fishing, the first thing you need to do is not how much strength you have. Instead, you have to let the fish not be scared away first, and wait until the big fish bites the hook, and then it is a competition of endurance and physical strength.
She knew very well that if she was too eager now, not only would it not be helpful to talk about the batch of magic items in Xiwei's hand, but it might also make the other party understand the level of demand here, so that she would directly ask for a skyrocketing price. Bringing the negotiations to an impasse.
"By the way, is there enough iron ingots?" Alina felt that her sincerity had been reached on her side, so she quietly pulled the topic to the other side: "If it's not enough, we can send it again." ”
Sivi estimated the number of iron ingots on the car, and then compared it with the amount that Woda had told him before, and then said to the girl, "Send ten more batches according to this quantity." ”
"Huh? Do you want that much? Alina's face became a little hesitant.
Because at the beginning, Alina didn't think that Sivi needed so much iron, so she said that she didn't need to charge for it, and now if she regrets it, it will definitely leave a bad impression on Sivi, so that the negotiation of magic items will be blown out of nine.
Thinking of this, the girl gritted her teeth and replied, "No problem, but it will take some time to raise so many iron ingots, and we will send them to you in batches." ”
Although Xiwei is not good at bargaining, he is not lacking in heart, and after seeing the girl's somewhat bitter expression, he also knows that this batch of iron seems to be a little too much.
If you want to achieve a partnership, you don't just have to take advantage of others...... Few people will like this kind of partner, and maybe another day they will be stabbed in the hand if they don't like it. Reciprocity is the basic principle of a long-term relationship.
Sivi thought for a moment, made a gesture of digging his pocket, and then took out a gold nugget from the storage box: "I have some gold nuggets here, you can help me exchange it for gold coins by the way." ”
He handed the nugget to the girl: "After the exchange, I will give you twenty percent as a fee." ”
Obviously, there is no handling fee for converting gold nuggets into gold coins, unless it is some black-hearted pawnshop, otherwise some shops will definitely not charge more than 5% of the handling fee. The implication of Xiwei's words is already very clear, and the money for those iron materials will be deducted from this.
This statement not only saves the other party's face, but also allows them not to have to pay money for collecting steel for themselves, and they will not owe much favor on their side, and it can barely be regarded as a courtesy exchange.
"Thank you for your trust in our Chamber of Commerce." The girl took the nugget from the circle of civilian coachmen in the eyes of surprise or envy or greed, and put it into her package: "We will surely give you a satisfactory answer." ”
"Then I'm looking forward to it."
After some further discussion, the girl took her leave of Sivi and followed the convoy back to the city.
Sivi wasn't afraid of what would happen to the girl on the road - although ordinary people couldn't notice it, Sivi could still clearly feel the subtle magic fluctuations on the girl's body, and there were two short daggers pinned to the girl's short skirt. Although it seems harmless to humans and animals, judging from Xiwei's experience in reading people, she probably also has the strength of a demon swordsman above the second turn, and it is not the slightest difficulty to deal with a group of unarmed civilians like pinching mud.
Instead of worrying about her, you should worry about yourself. It's already dusk, and I'm afraid the second wave of monster sieges will come after dark. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )