"Your name is Grimm, and you're from the Sarubo Family of the scattered Taryn region?"
A rat-headed councilor raised his head from the tall judge's stand. He adjusted the gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose and looked at Grimm doubtfully.
"Yes, my lord!" Grimm tried his best to reply calmly.
Otherwise, if anyone were to see a person who resembled a large rat wearing a silver robe, a flat hat, and a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles leisurely flipping through documents, their first reaction would be to throw their heads back and laugh out loud.
However, Grimm did not dare! He really did not dare!
Although Grimm's appearance was laughable, he was still a Grade 3 Magus!
After all, Grimm was a criminal waiting to be judged, and any disrespectful behavior would bring him unpredictable punishment.
"While you were in Sky City, you violated the spatial regulations here. You did not apply in advance and opened a small spatial wormhole without permission. This action would pose a certain degree of threat to the safety of Sky City. Do you admit to this? " Ratman Councilman Pyro Pyro slowly read through the documents handed to him by the silver-robed Enforcer Randolph, repeating Grim's crimes word by word.
"My lord, I do not deny that I violated the regulations and conducted spatial experiments without permission. However, I do not agree with the accusation that the spatial experiments will affect the safety of Sky City! " Grimm had the urge to laugh out loud as he faced the court of justice in this foreign world. However, this matter was related to his personal interests, so he could only endure it and deal with the other party with reason and evidence.
"Do you have anything to add to Sir Grimm's answer?" Pyro asked the silver-robed enforcer Randolph.
"My lord, the spatial committee acts according to the rules of Sky City. The defensive mechanism of Sky City has detected the spatial wormhole and estimated the intensity of the wormhole to be XXX Daher. The wormhole has a radius of one meter, and it connects to a low-magic secondary material plane. The location of the connection is between Star Sector 0713 and Star Sector 0941. Since it's an unknown, distant region, rashly connecting to it will cause Sky City to face the possibility of contamination. That's why the three of us agreed that His Excellency Grim should be severely punished for his recklessness! "
The silver-robed enforcer Randolph's reply was sonorous and forceful, but Grim rolled his eyes.
You can already detect that the opposite side of the wormhole is a low-magic Secondary Plane, and you're still worried about it invading the Sorcerers World? This was simply sophistry!
However, in order to not expose Kabi's Teleportation Device, Grim could only shake his head and play along with Randolph's act.
"Sir, I think Mr. Randolph's conclusion is too arbitrary, and he doesn't have any direct evidence to support his conclusion …" Grim still wanted to defend himself, but the Ratman Councilman Pyro interrupted him by knocking the wooden hammer. "Sir, I think Mr. Randolph's conclusion is too arbitrary.
"Your Excellency Nunnally, we're discussing Grim's mistake of opening a wormhole without permission. Why are you here?" Ratfolk Councilman Pyro turned his head to look at Nunnally.
"Sir, this Sir Grim is a guest invited by the Byron Family. He has just won a Arcane Competition for us. As he came in a hurry, we didn't have the time to explain the rules here to him, and that's why he made such a mistake. I hope the Alliance Council can take this into consideration and punish him leniently. The Byron Family is willing to pay for his punishment! "Nunnally obviously did not want to give up on the Void Stone so easily.
"But it's a Void Stone!" Although the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro looked like an old pedant, he was not a stubborn old man. At this moment, he directly pointed out the crux of the problem with a smile on his face.
"Since Sir Grim has made a mistake, the only way for the Silver Alliance to let it go is to hand over the Void Stone. Of course, we won't take it for free. We'll buy it at a price that both parties can accept. As for you, Nunnally, don't even think about getting involved. I can use my authority to give you 2% of the Byron Family's resources from my personal share as compensation. What do you think? "The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro smiled and stopped Nunnally's unrealistic thoughts.
Nunnally hesitated for a moment, but in the face of such a powerful Councilman, he could only accept it helplessly.
As for Grim's opinion, to be honest, it was no longer important at this time!
The only thing he could do was to make his request and do his best to minimize his losses.
"Say it, kid!" The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro was obviously quite satisfied with this unexpected gain, and his mood became much better. "What do you want in return?"
The loss of the Void Stone was within Grimm's expectations, so he pretended to be in great pain on the surface, but his heart was racing.
"Sir, I'm also quite interested in Voodoo Puppets. I came to Sky City this time to collect some knowledge related to Voodoo Puppets, as well as some resources to manufacture puppets. Also, I've always been interested in Puppet Amulets … "Grim softly stated his conditions as he stared at the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's expression.
Bargaining completely depended on the bottom line of both parties. If he asked for too little, he would be letting down his Void Stone, and if he asked for too much, he might incur the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's displeasure. Hence, when Grim mentioned the Puppet Amulets, he saw the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's sharp, furry face tremble, and he knew that he should not raise the price.
"Voodoo Puppet knowledge, resources, and Puppet Amulets …" The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro frowned and pondered for a moment, before reluctantly nodding in agreement. "I can't give you the advanced knowledge of the Alliance, but universal Voodoo Puppets are not a problem.
As for resources!
I can allocate a batch of resources from the warehouse, enough for you to manufacture 20 standard Voodoo Puppets. You can choose any type you want.
Puppet Amulets … That's the most difficult thing to obtain.
The Alliance's rules forbid the sale of such strategic treasures to non-members. However, I do have a simple product that isn't restricted by the Alliance's rules. I can give it to you …
Now, let's see if the Void Stone in your hand is worth these things! "
The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro slowly stated the price he could afford. However, his eyes immediately lit up as he stared at the gray Void Stone in Grim's hand.
That size, that quality …
The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's thin face twitched slightly. He quickly grabbed the Void Stone and sent a few puffs of black smoke into it, silently inspecting the detailed data inside. After a while, a look of surprise finally appeared on his face.
It seemed that the quality of this Void Stone was far higher than his estimation!
"Randolph, take him to my Wizard Tower and give him all the knowledge and resources. Just follow the standards I mentioned just now, and let him choose any he wants. Also, kid, this is for you! "
As the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro spoke, a pin-like crystal amulet was thrown into Grim's arms.
Puppet Amulet!
This was the Puppet Amulet!
Grim suppressed his excitement and put away the Puppet Amulet. After bowing to the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro again, he left the small courtroom with Randolph. It was obvious that Randolph and the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro had some special relationship, otherwise, Randolph would not have brought Grim to him.
There were no less than 12 small courtrooms surrounding the circular Alliance Parliament Hall, and there were even 5 Grade 3 Councilmen stationed in them. Yet, Randolph had brought Grim to the Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's place. Grim would not believe that Randolph did not have any personal intentions.
… …
The Ratfolk Councilman Pyro's Wizard Tower was still located in the Central District.
When Grim and Nunnally arrived at the Wizard Tower under Randolph's guidance, a magic puppet butler was already waiting for them.
Nunnally did not follow them in, but waited outside with Randolph. Only Grimm followed the marionette into the wizard tower.
Perhaps the Councilman did not want Grim to peek into the secrets of his Wizard Tower, so he only took a few steps into the Wizard Tower when a dazzling lightning fence appeared in front of him. The lightning fence separated the space inside the Wizard Tower into different paths, and at the end of each path was a small short-distance teleportation spell formation.
The magic puppet butler turned around and walked on one of the paths, and Grim had no choice but to follow.
When the light from the teleportation spell formation dimmed, Grim found himself in a large private library. In the huge circular room, there were layers upon layers of bookshelves along the walls, filled with countless books, scrolls, and scrolls on Witchcraft.
Most of the books were flashing with the dazzling light of a defensive spell formation, faintly resonating with the defense system of the library. Many strange little elves were shuttling back and forth between the bookshelves, as if they were doing some maintenance work.
Of course, these little elves were not real living creatures, but puppets made of a special material that could not be identified.
"Master wants to prepare a general knowledge of Witchcraft Puppets that are Grade 2 and below!" The magic puppet butler's voice was metallic, but it was very clear.
After receiving the order, all the little elves in the room immediately got busy. They quickly shuttled between the bookshelves, using their slender arms to carry out one book after another.
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