In fact, Lin Li was also a little surprised. Although he had stepped into the Sanctuary-realm, he was obviously still incomparable to the three arbitrators. Did he really have the right to discuss with them? However, upon hearing that Andoine was leaving, Lin Li didn't think too much about it, and simply got up to send Andoine out of the room.
As for Aldwin and Macklin, Andoine had already disappeared by the time they reacted and followed him out.
After Andoine came out of Lin Li's room, he was about to return to the Eternal Tower when he saw Leddings standing at the side of the room. Hence, he casually asked, "Leddings, is the person you've been waiting for not here yet?"
"Ah, no, no, I think he's held up by something. I can't wait anymore, I'm going back now." Leddings was frightened out of his wits by Andoine's words, and the cold sweat that he had just restrained broke out again. After stuttering and explaining, he lowered his head and left quickly without waiting for Andoine to say anything.
"Strange, am I that scary?" Andoine rubbed his chin and looked at Leddings' back in bewilderment.
After Lin Li sent Andoine off, Aldwin and Macklin were no longer in the mood to continue chatting. Hence, they bade farewell at the door and left. After sending the two of them off, Lin Li looked up at the night sky again, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. Didn't that guy say that someone was going to look for trouble with me? Why isn't he here yet? If he still doesn't come, I'm going to sleep …
At this moment, the person Lin Li was waiting for didn't dare to look back at all, and fled back to his residence as if there were countless demons chasing after him. Of course, Leddings couldn't help but curse his disappointing student along the way. Isn't he trying to get me into trouble? Of all people, why did he have to provoke such a powerful guy? Fortunately, I'm cautious enough. Otherwise, my life's hard work would have been ruined by that disappointing student.
"Teacher, you're back! That kid has been taught a lesson! " Seeing that his teacher had finally returned, Gerosso, who was so excited that he didn't notice the expression on his teacher's face at all, and simply rushed forward to ask him about the outcome.
"Smack!"
Leddings had been suppressing his anger for a long time. Seeing that Gerosso still dared to ask about this matter, he immediately slapped him, pointed at him, and scolded, "Are you trying to get me killed?! Of all the people you could have provoked, you had to provoke this kind of person. Is he someone you can afford to provoke? "
"Teacher, you …" Gerosso was dumbfounded from the slap. He looked at his teacher, who was exasperated, and moved his lips, but he didn't dare to ask for the reason.
"Don't call me teacher. If I were to become your teacher, I would be killed by you sooner or later! Do you know who he is? Aldwin can't even put on airs in front of him. Chairman Andoine doesn't even treat him as an outsider. Do you think your teacher is an arbiter? If you can't figure out his background, don't go around stirring up trouble! " The more Leddings thought about it, the angrier he got. He, who rarely cursed, was now cursing at Gerosso like a storm.
After waiting for his teacher to finish scolding him, Gerosso didn't dare to utter a single word. He covered his face with one hand, and walked out of his teacher's room. It was not until he was far away that he dared to show a resentful expression on his face. He rubbed his face and cursed in his heart, How would I know that kid had such a powerful background? Forget about Aldwin, how did President Andoine get involved with him too!?
What should I do? Can't I take revenge!? Gerosso was indignant, but what else could he do? Lin Li had the support of the chairman. Could he really find an arbiter to back him up?
All of a sudden, Gerosso's eyes lit up as he thought of someone. Isn't my younger brother's teacher the deputy chairman Rosen? He had heard that Rosen and Andoine had always been at odds with each other, and the two of them would often argue fiercely at the venue. That at least showed that Rosen was not afraid of Andoine. If Rosen knew that the person who crippled the student he had high hopes for was in the Sky Garden, would he take action to deal with Felic!?
The more Gerosso thought about it, the more hopeful he felt, and the depression in his heart was immediately swept away. He rubbed his face and recalled the time when he followed his teacher to visit Deputy Chairman Rosen. He then ran towards the residence of the deputy chairman without hesitation.
"I didn't expect that kid to become a councilor so quickly. I have to speed up the plan. Otherwise, I'm afraid things will get out of control sooner or later." Rosen sat there with a sullen expression while tapping his fingers on the table. Clearly, he was already in a rather irritable mood at this moment.
At this moment, a middle-aged mage in his forties walked in. He had brown curly hair, was tall and burly, and was emitting powerful Legendary-level magical waves. After seeing Rosen, he bowed slightly, and said, "Chairman Rosen summoned me late at night. What can I do for you?"
Upon seeing Hubert enter, Rosen's expression finally eased up a little. He pointed at the chair beside him, and said, "Have a seat. I asked you to come over because I'm going to propose a motion to the Supreme Council tomorrow."
Hubert had been following Rosen for many years, and he could be said to have been groomed by Rosen to become a high-ranking councilor. Hubert was naturally very familiar with Rosen's habits. Hence, as soon as he heard Rosen's words, he immediately understood that the proposal was probably not simple.
If it were an ordinary proposal, Rosen wouldn't have to appear in person at all. He would usually hand it over to the reliable councilors. It was because Rosen was confident that he would be able to get the proposal passed smoothly even without using his identity as the deputy chairman.
Using his identity as the deputy chairman to propose the proposal meant that the proposal might involve two problems. One problem was that the proposal might not be in the interests of the majority of the councilors, so he had to use his identity as the deputy chairman to suppress them. The other problem was that the proposal was likely to involve Chairman Andoine, or there was a high chance that Chairman Andoine would oppose it.
"If there's anything I can help with, feel free to let me know," Hubert said without asking anything, and directly expressed his support for Rosen.
Hubert's answer made Rosen look much better. He nodded secretly, and said, "You should be familiar with the situation of the Tower of Dusk, which is the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic."
"Yes." Hubert's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that the proposal was indeed related to Chairman Andoine.
As Rosen's trusted aide, Hubert naturally knew long ago that the young president of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic was the student of Chairman Andoine. He also knew that the young president named Felic had obtained the position of the president because he had defeated Rosen's student, Gryffindor, in the trial.
"The Breezy Plains Guild of Magic has the largest Tera Mine that has been discovered in Anril so far. Almost most of the needs of the Supreme Council in this regard are provided by them, but they actually only provide a quarter of their production. "Rosen's tone was extremely calm, and he did not reveal the slightest bit of emotion.
However, Hubert knew that Rosen must be extremely resentful at this moment. If it weren't for Felic's appearance, Rosen's student, Gryffindor, would probably be the current president of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic. Everything that the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic had now would belong to Gryffindor and Rosen.
However, since it concerned Chairman Andoine, Hubert also knew that it wouldn't be easy. Hence, he carefully asked, "Do you mean to ask them to increase the supply?"
Rosen smiled and shook his head, and said, "No, it's everything. In my proposal, I'll ask them to hand over the ownership of the Tera Mine to the Supreme Council. If the proposal passes, I'll let you be the manager. "
"Ah!" Hearing this, Hubert couldn't help but gasp. Chairman Rosen's appetite this time was so huge that it was beyond his imagination.
The Tera Mine had always been known as a magical treasure, and it was also known as the lifeline that supported the development of magic civilization. Its value was definitely not something that could be measured with money. After the Tera Ore was smelted, the precious Tera Mithril would be produced, which was one of the important and indispensable materials for high-level magical equipment. It wasn't that Tera Mithril could add any abilities to high-level magical equipment, but rather that without Tera Mithril, there wouldn't be any high-level magical equipment.
Besides, Tera Mithril could also greatly enhance the stability of magical power. Hence, it was also in great demand in various magic experiments.
Mages learning magic was not just about reading magic books, reciting a few magic incantations, and closing their eyes to meditate. In order to understand the power of magical elements, mages usually had to conduct some magic experiments, and the experience gained through experiments was far more intuitive and profound than reading magic books.
The more important use of magic experiments was to let mages study and understand unknown Magical Domains. It could be said that almost every experimental result had an incomparable role in promoting the development of magic civilization in Anril. Without the existence of Tera Mithril, the magic civilization of this world might have completely stagnated when it came to humans.
After all, humans did not have a powerful bloodline like the High Elves, and in order to master the power of magic, they had to continuously explore through magic experiments. Only Tera Mithril could allow humans' innovative abilities to shine in the field of magic, and allow the development of human magic civilization to surpass the era of the High Elves.
Originally, the production of Tera Mithril in Anril was very low, and it was basically discovered as a rare associated ore in some other precious mineral deposits. Even if some Tera Mines were discovered occasionally, the reserves were extremely low, and it would not take long for them to be mined clean.
The Tera Mine in the Breezy Plains was actually discovered by Lin Li two years ago. After all, he also had Master-level attainments in ore prospecting. After the discovery of the Tera Mine, Lin Li did not make it public at all. Otherwise, given the strength of the Tower of Dusk at that time, they would have long been devoured by the forces of the Breezy Plains.
In order to gain a backer and prevent the Tower of Dusk from getting into trouble after the news was leaked, Lin Li decided to report the news to the Supreme Council. In fact, the Tower of Dusk had not been mining on a large scale all along, and the share that they supplied to the Supreme Council was already half of the production at that time. After all, at that time, the Tower of Dusk did not have the ability to digest more Tera Mine.
However, after Lin Li returned from the spacetime rift and gained a trace of Sanctuary-realm power, he began to expand the scale of mining. Hence, with the increase in production, the share that they supplied to the Supreme Council became a quarter of the production.
In fact, given the value of the Tera Mine, the amount that the Tower of Dusk was supplying to the Supreme Council was already equivalent to a huge loss. Hence, when Hubert asked Rosen if he wanted to increase the share, he did not expect Rosen to have such a huge appetite. He actually wanted to cut off the entire Tower of Dusk.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Hubert also understood that Rosen's decision was not unreasonable. Even if he only asked the Tower of Dusk to increase the share of the supply, would the young President of the Tower of Dusk agree readily? Would Chairman Andoine just sit back and watch the proposal be passed?
Besides, what good would simply increasing the share of the supply bring to Rosen's faction? Since they were going to fight with Chairman Andoine, they had to think of a way to maximize the benefits. If they lost, there would naturally be nothing to say, but if they won, the gains would be too great.
Besides, Hubert had heard very clearly just now that Rosen had promised to let him take charge of the Tera Mine after the proposal was passed, which was definitely a lucrative task. Putting aside the huge benefits that could be gained from intercepting the Tera Mithril, even if he really handed over all the Tera Mithril that was mined and smelted to the Supreme Council, it would definitely be a profitable task.
The Tera Mine produced more than just Tera Ore. There were also more precious and rare accompanying gems. For example, the Tera Crystal that was unique to the Tera Mine contained the purest mana that could be extracted and used by any mage. There was no need for any conversion at all, and there would be no waste during the extraction process. It was simply comparable to the effect of a mage meditating for years or even decades. Besides, due to the fact that the Tera Mithril had the characteristics of enhancing the stability of magic, the quality of the other accompanying gems was also greatly superior to the gems of other mines.
The main thing that the Supreme Council needed was the Tera Mithril. As long as they could ensure the supply of Tera Mithril, no one would be able to say anything about the job. It was not that the Supreme Council did not fancy the high-quality accompanying gems, but rather that the production of the accompanying gems could not be calculated like the Tera Mithril, nor was it something that the Supreme Council needed. Hence, as the manager, they could almost use it as they pleased.
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