And on the other side, with enough samples, especially the new ones, Dick immediately had the Lincoln Merchant Alliance's alchemists start experimenting.
Dick's hands were shaking when he got the results of the experiment.
"Sir Dick, we have to get this Universal Core! With this thing, the Lincoln Merchant Alliance's Magic Tools can be increased by 48%!
"Especially the Spiritual Magic Tools with the highest profits, the increase is the most obvious. Sh * t, it fits most Spiritual Magic Tools … No, it should be said that the current popular Magic Tools, except for some extreme Magic Tools, all Spiritual Magic Tools have an average increase of 62%!
"Sixty-two percent!
"With this thing, those idiots from the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance can eat our Lincoln Merchant Alliance's ass!"
An Alchemist was fervently giving a speech in front of Dick, but Dick was foolishly looking at the experiment report, his eyes lifeless.
The price of a Spiritual Magic Tool wasn't the most expensive, and the sales volume wasn't the highest, but overall, the profits were the highest!
For the same Magic Tool, let alone a 62% increase, even a 10% increase would be enough to beat all the other Magic Tools of the same type!
In the fiercest competition in the Sten Kingdom, this represented an all-around suppression!
Starving to death, this kind of situation was very common in the Sten Kingdom.
"Moreover, this is a completely new material, it should be a new material discovered by the Gilded Rose. We simply can't find a similar material in our alchemy experiments, they must have discovered it in some plane.
"Without this material, even if we cracked the technique, it would be useless.
"Sir Dick, we have to reach an agreement with the Gilded Rose! "This Universal Core can increase the power of a True Spirit Magic Tool by 5% to 30%.
"We have to get the Universal Core first! "We absolutely can't let those idiots from the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance get the goods first!
"Once they get it, our Lincoln Merchant Alliance will be suppressed, and we might even lose a seat in the House of Lords …"
Dick felt a chill run down his spine. As an Alchemist, how could he not understand the meaning of this data?
He jumped up from his chair and energetically rushed towards the Gilded Rose.
After rushing to the Gilded Rose and seeing Lin Yun's carefree appearance, Dick calmed down a bit.
'Damnit, it doesn't matter. At worst, I'll just be bitten by the Gilded Rose, but if I feed the Gilded Rose, the Lincoln Merchant Alliance would get ten times the return from the Sten Kingdom.
Regardless of the Gilded Rose's conditions, he would agree as long as he agreed to cooperate with the Lincoln Merchant Alliance.
"Lord Merlin, I came this time with full sincerity. I want to cooperate with the Gilded Rose on the Universal Core."
Lin Yun immediately refused.
"Sir Dick, I believe you understand that the production of the universal cores is not enough …"
Dick's expression was solemn, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.
"Lord Merlin, we don't need technical cooperation, we only need procurement cooperation. I know that the Gilded Rose's price for large transactions is 50,000 purple golds. Our Lincoln Merchant Alliance can offer 53,000 purple golds!
600,000 universal cores a year can even allow the Gilded Rose to use the Lincoln Merchant Alliance's relationship in the Odin Kingdom to share the sales network … "
Dick had a serious expression as he listed a lot of conditions, each one of which was very beneficial to the Gilded Rose.
Apart from the price, the fact that the Gilded Rose could use the Lincoln Merchant Alliance's relationship in the Odin Kingdom wasn't something that could be measured with purple golds. With the connections the Lincoln Merchant Alliance had established over the years, it was impossible for something like this to happen.
If someone wanted to deal with the Gilded Rose, the Gilded Rose wouldn't be the last to find out. They would even have to investigate for a long time to find the suspect.
By sharing the sales network, the Gilded Rose's expansion would be a lot smoother. At the very least, they would be able to gain a firm foothold in the Odin Kingdom. No one could deal with the Gilded Rose.
This kind of backstabbing wouldn't be as big as it was now. Ruffians coming to cause trouble for the branch stores wouldn't happen again.
Dick said a lot, but Lin Yun still calmly lowered his head in contemplation.
Lin Yun didn't react, but Dick was worried.
'Damnit, those idiots from the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance used this kind of method to destroy the Gilded Rose, and I was just watching from the sidelines. If not for those idiots, I might not have cared about this matter.
'Who would have thought that the effect of the Universal Core is as good as the rumors say? No, it's even better than the rumors say. If those idiots from the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance succeed, our Lincoln Merchant Alliance will be in big trouble.
'When the time comes, the Lincoln Merchant Alliance will be suppressed. If we lose a seat in the parliament, it will be ten times harder for the Lincoln Merchant Alliance to pass any bills in the future.
'At that time, the leader will definitely come and choke me to death. My soul will burn like a Soul Lamp for ten thousand years before dissipating …'
Dick was worried, but he didn't show it on his face as he calmly waited.
It had to be known that the number of seats in the Sten Kingdom's parliament was fixed. However, some merchant unions occupied one seat, while others occupied four or five, or even more. Many bills needed to be voted on by the parliament members, so an extra seat was a little more insurance.
Losing a seat didn't seem to affect the Lincoln Merchant Alliance too much, but it represented a loss of power. Those who originally supported the Lincoln Merchant Alliance might no longer support the Lincoln Merchant Alliance.
The resulting chain reaction would definitely be a huge blow to the Lincoln Merchant Alliance.
Lin Yun remained silent for five minutes, and Dick couldn't bear it anymore.
"Lord Merlin, if you have any other requests, please don't hesitate to speak. As long as we can accomplish it, we will definitely agree. Even if it is difficult, we will carefully consider it …"
Lin Yun sighed and looked at Dick with an awkward expression.
"Sir Dick, I am very moved by the sincerity of the Lincoln Merchant Alliance. I just thought about it, since Sir is so sincere, no matter how difficult it is for our Gilded Rose, we should do something.
"Six hundred thousand Universal Cores a year is really too much, we can't produce that much in a year.
"I'll go talk to the other partners. I believe that with my reputation, I should be able to convince them to squeeze out a bit of a share. Sixty thousand Universal Cores a year should be the maximum amount we can produce.
"After all, materials are too hard to come by. Even I have risked my life a few times for these materials, and the losses are disastrous …"
Hearing this, a flash of understanding flashed in Dick's mind.
'That Merlin is said to be at the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm, but even he encountered life-threatening danger. This material must have been found in a very dangerous plane.
'No wonder our Lincoln Merchant Alliance never found this material, it must have been produced in some high level plane. They accidentally discovered a Planar Path, and it might even be in the vicinity of the Planar Path!'
After thinking of this, Dick thoroughly gave up on finding this material. A place that could put a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse in great danger … Apart from finding a Planar Path, even if he knew which plane it was, there was no way to get it.
"Lord Merlin, sixty thousand is too little, one hundred and fifty thousand!"
Lin Yun shook his head, refusing to budge.
After a few minutes, Lin Yun still didn't budge, and Dick became more and more anxious. He kept thinking about what the Gilded Rose needed and what could tempt them.
After thinking for a long time, he suddenly recalled that the Gilded Rose came from Andalusia, and after arriving in the Odin Kingdom, they were very keen on opening a shop and opening a branch.
Dick suddenly had an idea, and he didn't think too much before directly stating his price.
"Our Lincoln Merchant Alliance can help the Gilded Rose open a branch in the Sten Kingdom!"
But Dick regretted it after saying that. That price was too high. Almost all the alchemy businesses in the Sten Kingdom were in the hands of the merchant alliance. If the Gilded Rose went there, the Lincoln Merchant Alliance would inevitably offend many people and touch on their interests.
Dick was a bit muddle-headed, but Lin Yun still maintained his rationality. If the Gilded Rose dared to open a branch in the Sten Kingdom, based on the path of development in the Odin Kingdom, even with the help of the Lincoln Merchant Alliance, the Gilded Rose would go out of business in less than a month.
Rashly inserting themselves into the business of the Sten Kingdom would be met with fierce resistance. Only slowly nibbling away at the business was the best method.
"Sir Dick must be joking. If the Gilded Rose keeps opening branches in the Sten Kingdom, I'm afraid the Lincoln Merchant Alliance will offend many people …
"But Sir Dick's words are very tempting. How about this, I'll add another twenty thousand All-purpose Cores and the Lincoln Merchant Alliance will help the Gilded Rose open a branch in the Sten Kingdom.
"Let's specialize in potioneering, and the location will be in Angel City, how about it?
This shouldn't make things difficult for everyone. "
Hearing this, Dick was so moved that he almost cried.
'Just one branch? And a potioneering shop? Doesn't that mean that the All-purpose Cores definitely won't be sold in the Sten Kingdom?
And in a chaotic place like Angel City filled with scum, scoundrels, and evil mages? '
Dick suddenly didn't know what to say, so he directly signed this cooperation agreement.
The Gilded Rose "deducted" eight hundred thousand All-purpose Cores from their partners, while the Lincoln Merchant Alliance didn't pay much more than the other partners, and there wasn't even a single troublesome matter.
Opening a branch in a place like Angel City, no one would say anything about the Lincoln Merchant Alliance. That place could be said to be one of the few places that wasn't controlled by the merchant alliance. Almost all the shops outside the Sten Kingdom were opened there, and they could open as many as they wanted.
There were no laws there, and whoever's fist was the law. As long as they paid their taxes on time, who cared what they opened? Opening a brothel, selling slaves, capturing other races for sale, opening an assassin's shop, whatever they wanted …
After signing the contract, Dick felt a bit guilty as he took out a frozen fruit.
"Lord Merlin, I really have to thank you this time. I feel a bit guilty for making the Gilded Rose do something that would affect its reputation. I'll give this Void Hanging Fruit to you as thanks. Please don't refuse."
After saying that, he stuffed the Void Hanging Fruit into Lin Yun 'hands and left without looking back.
Lin Yun looked at Dick in a daze, feeling a bit guilty.
'Did I trick that guy into becoming a cripple? 'That guy is actually the supervisor of the Lincoln Merchant Alliance? He hasn't been tricked to death yet, this is really strange … '
'He even has a Void Hanging Fruit … The Lincoln Merchant Alliance is truly rich and overbearing. Their business might have already started expanding to other planes.'
This kind of thing that only grew in the void and could only grow with the mana of a Void Storm wasn't that easy to obtain.
Every Void Hanging Fruit Tree was guarded by a powerful Void Behemoth. For them to be able to obtain it, they must have traded for it from some plane's natives. They simply didn't know its value.
After putting away the Void Hanging Fruit, Lin Yun couldn't help smiling.
The Void Hanging Fruit would be the most popular thing in the future, or it could be said that it would be the favorite thing of spatial mages. Mages that didn't comprehend the Law of Space wouldn't have too many benefits from eating it. At most, they would be able to open Spatial Doors faster.
But mages that comprehended the Law of Space would be able to comprehend a wisp of Spatial Law Fragment after eating a complete Void Hanging Fruit, which would greatly benefit their comprehension of the Law of Space.
Moreover, this thing was very difficult to reproduce. It required a huge amount of mana that would make Heaven Mages despair. No plane could let this thing grow. Only in the void, with the terrifying mana of a Void Storm or an Elemental Storm, could the Void Hanging Fruit grow.
But this thing could actually grow in a Natural Demiplane.
After unlocking the ice, he ate the fruit in two or three bites, leaving behind the core seed. He buried it next to the Mana Lake in the Demiplane and even dug a canal to bury the seed in.
With this kind of abundant mana, the seed would definitely germinate and grow, and it would even grow better than in the void. This pure and huge amount of mana was a lot stronger than the mana of a Void Storm. The Law Fragments condensed by the matured Void Hanging Fruit Tree would also be a bit more complete.
After eating the fruit, he comprehended a few more Spatial Law Runes, but the benefits weren't obvious. It was clear that the environment in which the fruit grew wasn't very good.
He didn't know how long it would take for the fruit tree to grow, so after casually arranging a defensive array, Lin Yun no longer paid attention to it.
He then continued crafting some Black Patterned Silver to make the Universal Usage Core.
On the other side, Dick hurriedly returned after signing the contract. After calming down and thinking about it, he figured out something different.
'Lord Merlin should know that even with the help of the Lincoln Merchant Alliance, it would be very difficult for the Gilded Rose to gain a foothold in the Sten Kingdom. The only way was to open a shop in Angel City.
'As long as they could gain a foothold in Angel City, they would slowly expand outwards. That was the only way to succeed. He was definitely tempted, but he also knew that this matter couldn't succeed, so he chose Angel City.
'Only dealing in potioneering might be for the sake of our Lincoln Merchant Alliance …
'Such a good person, he is a pure alchemist, not a merchant. Only such a person could develop a Universal Usage Core that could change the current Magic Tool Structure and transcend eras.
'In order to guarantee the interests of the collaborator, he continuously refused our invitation to cooperate.' Ah, it was so easy to get the contract, I should properly compensate Lord Merlin.
'I should find a shop in the best location in Angel City. Yes, I should also send something to the City Lord of Angel City and have him take care of the Gilded Rose.
'Those idiots of the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance, Lord Merlin is such a good person. They clearly could have used a very straightforward and justifiable method to cooperate, but they insisted on using this kind of petty scheme.
'Hmpf, Lord Merlin is a person who can be persuaded but not cowed. Even if we don't sell, we won't let them succeed. What a bunch of idiots. Look at our Lincoln Merchant Alliance, we expressed our sincerity and obtained the largest share of the contract.
'Once we get those Universal Usage Cores, we'll teach those idiots of the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance a lesson. These brainless idiots with no business methods can only wait for our Lincoln Merchant Alliance to snatch their seats in the House of Lords!'
Seven days later, Lin Yun took ten thousand Universal Usage Cores and followed Dick on the airship flying to the Sten Kingdom.
Eighty thousand a year, less than seven thousand a month. But this time, Lin Yun actually brought ten thousand on the first delivery. This made Dick inwardly sigh, and he even fiercely cursed the idiots of the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance many times.
During those seven days, Lin Yun specially crafted a Magic Tool to search for the Bone Plane. After stepping on the airship, it took them three days to reach the Sten Kingdom.
After appearing in the Sten Kingdom, the environment thoroughly changed. What they saw was a world covered in ice and snow. The entire world seemed to have turned white.
As they approached Angel City, they could clearly see the dividing line from the sky.
Half of the earth was desert, while the other half was ice and snow. From the sky, the entire world seemed to be divided in two. On this dividing line was a city that was only ten kilometers in size. Let alone people, there wasn't even a single blade of grass in the surroundings. The city's surroundings were terrifyingly overgrown.
Looking down from the sky, they could see many people fighting not far from the city. Blood splattered everywhere, and soon, the battle ended. Broken corpses were left on the ground. Then, just as the people fighting left, a Necromancer with a few Undead creatures appeared on the battlefield and took away all the corpses on the battlefield.
And similar things were happening in the surroundings of that city five times at the same time. Within a few dozen kilometers of the city, the fighting never stopped.
Dick looked outside the window with an awkward expression.
"Lord Merlin, Angel City … Well, it is a bit chaotic, but those idiots also know who they can provoke and who they can't. With your strength, no one in Angel City would dare to provoke you.
"As long as you display a bit of strength, the Gilded Rose will definitely be safe to open a shop here. Moreover, the profits here will be a lot higher than in other places.
"Because there are no ordinary people here, only mages, swordsmen, and so on. There are even many other races here …"
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