When Edmund went out to look for magic materials, he found a silver mine with Mithril. However, the silver mine had an owner. The owner was not an ordinary merchant or noble, but the prince of Florence. Although wizards did not care much about the secular world, they still had to respect the royal family.
So after some consideration, Edmund decided to talk to the prince and buy the silver mine from him.
After talking to the prince for a while, the prince didn't have much of an opinion about selling the silver mine. However, he made a request that made Edmund hesitate. The prince wanted the wizard organization to support him in becoming the king.
It was obviously against the rules for wizards to directly intervene in the affairs of the secular royal family. However, considering the importance of Mithril, the Emerald Tower decided to agree to this matter after some discussion. They already knew the strength of the other prince. The two princes were similar in strength. As long as they supported the prince, he had a 90% chance of becoming the new king.
To the sorcerers of the Emerald Tower, this could be said to be a piece of cake. However, things did not develop according to their plan. Unbeknownst to them, the issue of the succession of the throne had already been instigated by the demons behind the scenes. As a result, both princes were dead.
A Legendary-level demon was a very powerful enemy to the Emerald Tower. Even if it was due to the suppression of the plane, it was not something that anyone could deal with. Just as the Emerald Tower was fretting over how to deal with this demon, an even more powerful figure appeared and killed the demon directly, successfully ascending to the throne as the King of Florence.
The series of changes were too fast. They did not have time to react at all. After all, their wizard organization had a parliamentary system. Every major decision needed to be discussed. In the end, Suhlen had become the king just after they had made the decision. The silver mine that was previously discussed with the first prince directly became the property of the royal family. The Mithril that was about to be in their hands was gone …
As for using some tricks to seize it, the Emerald Tower did not dare to do so. After all, they were not confident in dealing with a powerful figure who could easily kill a Legendary-level demon. However, they could not give up on the Mithril. So after some discussion, the Emerald Tower decided to contact Suhlen first to see if they could buy the silver mine that was associated with Mithril. If it was not possible, they could also discuss cooperation.
However, after talking, they found that His Majesty was not easy to deal with. He was too smart. Just from a few words, he seemed to have discovered something.
"Yes, a silver mine," Edmund said with difficulty. Most wizards were not good at negotiation, especially with nobles. They felt that it was a waste of time. They preferred to use their time on research and all kinds of experiments.
Suhlen shook his head. "Wizard Edmund, I am negotiating with you with sincerity. However, you are hiding something. I hope you can be more honest."
"Sir Suhlen, we are not lying to you. We really want a silver mine."
"Haha." Suhlen chuckled and continued, "Silver mine? If it was just an ordinary silver mine, would you wizards be so interested in it? You don't care how much a silver mine is worth. Am I right, Sir Edmund? "
After hearing Suhlen's words, Edmund did not speak.
"You want to buy silver ore? Silver itself doesn't have many uses in magic. It's usually used as a supplementary material. Even if you use it frequently, you can just buy a small amount every year. What you're interested in right now is a silver mine. What's so special about this silver mine?"
"There are not many associated minerals in a silver mine. Let me think. What is it? Copper mine? White iron mine? Lead? Or silver mine? "
"No, these are all associated minerals of low value." As Suhlen read out the names one by one, Edmund's expression became more and more unpleasant.
"If it's not these, then it must be a mithril mine!" Seeing Edmund's nervous expression, Suhlen directly said the answer.
At this moment, Edmund's expression changed drastically. After seeing the change in his expression, Suhlen knew that he had guessed correctly.
"Looks like I guessed correctly. It is a silver mine with associated mithril!" Suhlen said directly.
Edmund and the other wizard were silent for a moment before saying, "Sir Suhlen, since you already know, then you should know how important mithril is to us wizards. I hope you can cooperate with the Emerald Tower to develop this silver mine."
"Since the silver mine is in my territory, why should I share it with you?" Suhlen chuckled.
"Sir Suhlen, mithril is not as easy to extract as you think." Edmund shook his head and said, "Also, if you are willing to share this mithril mine with us, then you will gain our friendship."
Suhlen knew how difficult it was to extract mithril. It was said that this metal was first extracted by the dwarves, but the dwarves' method of extracting mithril was very troublesome. The mithril mined in the underground world in Northern Town would take at least a week or more to extract, and the amount extracted was very limited. As for the Mithril ores that were refined by wizards, the production and speed had indeed increased. However, only Hathaway and Alex knew how to refine Mithril ores.
It would take too long to extract mithril, and both of them had things to do. They couldn't spare a lot of time to extract mithril.
At this moment, Hathaway walked out from the back of the palace, "Suhlen, the things on this list are missing. We need to order them quickly."
"Alright, I'll send someone to buy them later!" Suhlen said with a smile.
"Are they your guests?" Hathaway glanced at the two wizards and asked.
"Yes, they want to develop mithril with us!" Suhlen nodded.
Hathaway's eyes lit up when she heard about mithril. She immediately looked at Edmund and Alex. "Mithril! You found a mithril mine? "
A powerful aura surged towards them, and the pressure on Edmund and Alex doubled. They couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. However, at this moment, they were sure that this extremely young witch in front of them was a legendary figure. They were shocked beyond words. "Greetings, esteemed witch. We did find a mithril mine!"
"Really?" Hathaway looked at Suhlen. Suhlen nodded.
"That's great! It's a mithril mine!"
"Calm down, Hathaway. The mithril mine is right there. It won't run away." Suhlen comforted her.
He then pointed at the two wizards in front of him and said, "Let me introduce you. These two are wizards from the Emerald Tower. This is Sir Edmund, and this is Sir Frank."
"This is my wife, the chief wizard of the Northwind Duchy and the Kingdom of Florence. Her name is Witch Hathaway."
"It's an honor to meet you, Witch Hathaway!" After hearing Suhlen's introduction, Edmund and Frank quickly bowed respectfully.
"Mm." Hathaway nodded slightly at the two. The two wizards were not dissatisfied with Hathaway's attitude. It was already good enough that a legendary wizard greeted them.
"It's not impossible for the Emerald Tower to develop the mithril mine with us." Suhlen smiled and continued, "You'll be responsible for extracting the mithril, and I'll be responsible for sending people to mine it. In the end, I can make the decision and give you 10% of the mithril."
"Sir Suhlen, 10% is too little. The Emerald Tower can't agree to this." Edmund rejected Suhlen's request immediately. "50%. We want 50% of the mithril!"
50%? Do you want to eat sh * t? Suhlen rolled his eyes.
"Sir Edmund, you have to understand that the mithril mine is mine. You're only responsible for extracting the mithril. You're not the only ones who know how to extract mithril!" Suhlen said coldly.
"Please correct your attitude. Otherwise, I can change my business partner at any time."
"Then we want 40%!" Edmund said.
"10%. That's it." Suhlen shook his head and refused.
After that, Suhlen and Edmund bargained fiercely. In the end, both sides decided to split the mithril 80%. Suhlen would take 80%, and the Emerald Tower would take 20%. Other than extracting the mithril, the Emerald Tower also needed to send some people to be the spell consultants of the Kingdom of Florence.
To put it nicely, they were spell consultants. In reality, they were a group of wizard workers who came here to assist Hathaway and perform all kinds of basic work in Hathaway's laboratory. The basic work of a legendary wizard's laboratory was very attractive to these wizards. Suhlen didn't have to spend much money at all. These wizards were all fighting for it.
As far as they were concerned, if they could work as assistants in a legendary wizard's laboratory, they would be more than happy to be taught by a legendary wizard. Suren successfully recruited a group of wizard laborers at a price that was almost as cheap as cabbages.
With these workers, many of the transformation plans in San Felto City could be carried out. With them, the construction of various runic matrices would also be easier, which would greatly reduce Hathaway's workload.
Other than these benefits, Suhlen and Hathaway agreed to participate in the Emerald Tower's academic exchange. At the same time, they could also buy various magic materials through the Emerald Tower. Even the Emerald Tower's spell knowledge could be exchanged for equivalent value. Of course, although they said that they wouldn't keep the precious spell knowledge, they would definitely keep some of it. Suhlen and the others would do the same.
Even so, they could still exchange for a lot of new spell knowledge.
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