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Most of the northern witches had special prophecy and divination abilities.
This often made them have quite amazing intuition, and they could vaguely feel some fragments of the future. For example, Søren had only stayed here for a day, and he found that the northern cities seemed to be preparing for war, and it seemed that they had been preparing for it for some time. The food, weapons, important materials, and so on here were now all under the unified management of the Council of Higher Witches. Compared to other places, the response of the north was quite fast.
Søren was also calculating the time when the Time of Troubles would begin!
At the latest, the first batch of gods and saints would appear around October this year, and now it was almost February. Who could better deal with the Time of Troubles in the future would depend on the preparations in the next eight months. Because once the war between the gods began, all kinds of divine power would wreak havoc in the mortal world, and at that time, it would be difficult to produce. In addition, the Abyss Demons would invade the material plane, and the Purgatory Devils would sow discord everywhere. At that time, the resources of the entire material plane would be scarce.
Søren had been hoarding food, and Snake Island had now become a big granary!
It could be said that the price of food on the south coast had basically increased by more than 50% because of his large purchases, and the price of food continued to rise, and it was estimated that it would more than double around March.
At noon the next day.
Søren's pirates brought back a message. The fleet he ordered had arrived at the deepwater port, but because of the fear of Søren's power, the deepwater port refused to let Søren's fleet dock, and it also urgently reported to the Higher Witches Council. If it weren't for Gloria's identity, the Higher Witches Council would have directly expelled Søren's fleet. The stronger the power, the more attention it would attract. The fleet Søren ordered had the threat of capturing a port city, so in the end, even if Gloria was there, the fleet couldn't dock.
"Let them stop at the entrance of the sea."
Søren took a look at the topographic map of the North, pointed at a location, and then said, "Send the first batch of things back first. I'm currently negotiating a deal with the Witch Council, so it may take two days."
One-Eyed Dragon, who was standing in front of Søren, bowed and said, "Don't worry, sir. I'll bring the first batch of items onto the ship now."
Soon, One-eyed Dragon left with a group of people.
Søren stood on the balcony of the wizard tower and watched the caravan leave. He then turned around and walked towards the direction of the laboratory. Gloria seemed to be very busy as she was in her research mode. They didn't spend much time together in the past two days because Gloria was very busy and so was Søren. Søren had never been a pretentious person. Since he had such a close relationship with Gloria, it would be quite stupid if he did not use his relationship with her to seek cooperation from the Witch Council.
The Witch Council was quite rich in resources!
And they also had something that Søren was very short of, that was, a large number of rare grade equipment.
That's right.
Any wizard alliance would carry out high-value arms trade, including alchemy weapons, rare grade equipment, puppet golems, and so on. This kind of trade was difficult to buy without connections.
The heavy footsteps of the Clay Golem sounded!
Søren heard the dull voice of the Clay Golem behind him. It opened its mouth and said, "Sir! There is a wizard named Saruman who wants to see you. "
Saruman?
When he heard the name, Søren was a little startled.
Immediately, he remembered that he mentioned to Gloria in the letter that he needed a wizard who was proficient in alchemy and could refine large quantities of guano stones into high-quality fertilizers. Yesterday, Gloria mentioned to Søren that someone would come to see him today, but she didn't say his name. He didn't expect it to be Saruman. This name was not common in the North.
It made him think that he had misheard!
Søren heard the words and nodded gently. "I know. Bring him in. "
Soon.
A clay golem walked in with a male wizard who was not young. He had a beard that was close to gray, and his face looked rather old. However, his wizard profession level was not high, probably only around level 10. This meant that his talent was not very good. Not all wizards could progress all the way. Many wizards were stuck at the threshold of grade 3 for their whole lives. Otherwise, Gloria could have become a member of the High Witch Council when she was only about grade 4.
There were also many male wizards under the Northern Witch Council, and Saruman was one of them!
He should not be young.
Even if he did not use a special ceremony to prolong his life, his face was so old that he was nearly sixty or seventy years old. Søren was observing the old wizard in front of him, and the other wizard was also observing Søren. From any point of view, this was a wizard who would never be able to advance to the legendary level. Although he was dressed neatly, he looked a little messy. His eyes were tired and bloodshot, as if he had not had a good rest for a long time. A part of his staff could be seen, but it did not look like it was repaired.
Just as Gloria had said, this was an adept who was in dire straits and was in dire straits!
Wizards were very rich.
But most of the time, they were short of money. Even Gloria's liquid funds were not as much as one-third of Søren's!
Otherwise, this woman would not have taken more than thirty thousand Kindler coins from Søren when they were intimate last night.
She needed a lot of expensive alchemy materials!
Anyone who had dealt with trade knew that the ratio of liquid funds was actually very tight. If Søren did not do business without capital, perhaps the capital chain would not be as abundant as it was now.
This kind of wizard happened to be what Søren needed!
Because wizards with too much potential were not easy to control, wizards with the potential to advance might not be willing to work under Søren.
It just so happened that this kind of wizard's profession level was not high, and he was not young either. He might not have much ambition to advance to the legendary level, but at the same time, he had a lot of alchemy experience. This was the kind of person Søren needed.
"Before you came, they should have told you what happened, right?"
Søren looked at the old wizard named Saruman in front of him and slowly said, "Your job for the next three years is to serve me. I will pay you twelve thousand Kindler coins every year. At the same time, you can also pay the price to exchange spells, knowledge, and materials from Gloria. She will give you a higher exchange authority."
A wizard's debt was divided up layer by layer.
The expensive cost of learning spells must be divided up among the low-grade wizards. Otherwise, the cost of training a high-grade wizard would be too high.
Søren set the time limit for three years.
For him, three years was enough. By then, if this wizard in front of him wanted to stay, he could stay. If not, he could leave.
For a wizard like this who had no chance of advancing to the legendary level, it should not be a problem for him to work for him for a year or so.
"Okay."
The old wizard named Saruman looked at Søren. He was a little confused because Søren looked like a wizard, but he obviously had the sharp senses of a rogue. He might be a part-time adventurer. He lowered his head slightly to show his respect. No matter how you looked at it, Søren could stand in the wizard tower and talk to him. There was no doubt that his status was higher. The low-grade wizards usually respected high-grade wizards.
He nodded slowly and said, "According to the contract, I will go to the outer islands to work for you for three years. You will pay me twelve thousand Kindler coins every year. After three years, I can decide whether to stay or leave."
Søren looked at him and replied, "Yes."
"If there is no problem, let's sign the contract. You can prepare. We will leave in three days. "
The price of hiring a wizard was very expensive.
Although Gloria also knew alchemy, there was no way she could turn guano stones into fertilizer.
Saruman in front of him was also a wizard who knew alchemy. Gloria said that he had good alchemy skills, so this kind of thing should not be a problem for him.
When the high-quality fertilizer was produced, Søren would have one more source of income. At the same time, the cultivation of the outer islands would rise.
Basically, it would be easy to be self-sufficient.
Because of Gloria's existence, Søren did not have to worry about the wizard in front of him playing any tricks. Therefore, he readily paid half a year's worth of remuneration. Anyway, after killing the adult white dragon, his value had increased by a lot. He had more money in his hands, and the goods from the east were easy to sell in the north. The witches simply could not refuse the fine silk and porcelain. No matter in which era, the spending potential of women was quite amazing. These rich witches could easily sell more than a hundred thousand Kindler coins.
There were not many things that could be taken away from the wizard tower.
Because although Gloria was in charge of the wizard tower, it was not her personal property.
…
Hiring an alchemist wizard was only a part of Søren's plan.
In addition, he also wanted a batch of extraordinary weapons to equip his elite guards. The limit of the military weapons that could be bought in the south coast was the exquisitely crafted military weapons. These weapons were still far from being grade 1 extraordinary equipment. Søren wanted to buy more than a hundred thousand Kindler coins worth of grade 1 extraordinary weapons from the witch council to equip his pirate corps. This kind of + 1 extraordinary weapon could only be equipped by the elite corps on land, so whether he could buy it or not depended on Gloria's authority.
This kind of large arms trade must be approved by the witch council!
According to the current market price, the price of a grade 1 extraordinary weapon was about two hundred Kindler coins. This time, Søren was ready to buy equipment to equip five hundred elites.
The elite troops in a small city might not be equipped with such a high level of equipment.
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