Arcane Lord

"Ta Ling, teleport her here!" Sha Duo casually ordered.

At the same time as the order was issued, Cecily, who was in the elevator, received a prompt from the tower spirit: "Director Cecily, Agent Shado wants to teleport you to the tower master's study. Do you agree?"

Cecily took a deep breath. Her destination was the tower master's study. She came here just after receiving the notice from Uncle Aibo and knowing that Sha Duo was in Niya's study.

"agree!"

The next moment, a white light flashed, and Cecily disappeared into the elevator. The unmanned elevator also instantly disintegrated and disappeared.

Niya's study.

After Xia Duo issued the order, the tower spirit did not respond. He knew that the tower spirit could do it. [Xinbiquge www.xbiquge.biz] Sure enough, the next moment, a white light appeared out of thin air——

Cecily appeared before him!

Xia Duo looked curiously at this girl, who was about the same age as Niya. Her appearance could only be considered ordinary, and she even had a few small freckles hanging playfully on her face.

But she has a graceful manner and a calm face. Just standing there gives people a sense of calmness and trustworthiness.

As the only female mage in the Tower of Time besides Niya, Cecily is also quite famous in the Tower of Time.

It's just that like Niya, before Niya's identity was officially revealed, both of them were academics of Lord Epps and rarely showed up. They were in a state of "only hearing their names but not seeing their people" all year round.

Until not long ago, after Niya inherited the Tower of Time, she immediately changed the material manager from Aibok to her. Everyone finally got to know this manager whose spellcasting level was only level 2.

And while Shado was observing Cecily, Cecily was also observing Shado. As Nia's closest housekeeper, she had already secretly observed Nia's two apprentices.

This was not the first time she had seen Chateau. She had even just met Chateau at the Midsummer Festival celebration not long ago. When she saw him again today, Cecily was a little more surprised.

After these days, Xia Duo's appearance has not changed much, but his temperament has become more noble and majestic. Can the change of identity really bring about such a big change?

Cecily looked at and thought calmly, and at the same time she was not lacking in etiquette, "I have met Lord Shada!"

"Director Cecily, what do you want from me? Is there any problem at the Materials Department?" Sha Duo asked.

"Yes, although the Materials Department has received some supplementary materials from Lord Aibo, there will still be a big gap in relevant materials in the long run."

Xia Duo knew what she meant by the long term. Now that he was in charge of the Tower of Time, he had to solve the problem!

"How many materials are still missing?"

Cecily was well prepared and immediately reported it one by one, "According to the restoration plan, except for things that can be solved by following the plan in the future, there are still 500 pounds of mithril, 300 pounds of topaz, 100 pounds of peridot, and white and blue. 50 pounds each of five pure color crystals of yellow, red and purple, 20 pounds each of five pure color gemstones of blue, yellow, red and purple——"

"Etc., etc!"

Hearing the series of numbers, Xia Duo couldn't help but take a breath and quickly interrupted Cecily. Not to mention the wide variety of gems, Mithril alone would cost 500 pounds.

The market transaction price of mithril is not high, only about a few hundred gold coins per pound, but there are two other words, one is called "seller's market" and the other is called "strategic reserve"!

Shado doesn't know yet whether there is a mithril mine in Savile Territory, but there is a high probability that there is not. Even if there is, it is not easy to suddenly produce 500 pounds of mithril.

In the same way, the market is relatively stable, and it is not easy to suddenly produce 500 pounds of mithril.

“How were these materials obtained in the past?”

"Gems are traded by the Territory Chamber of Commerce through the output of the Tower of Time. Those with high yields can also be purchased with gold coins. Only mithril can only be refined by dwarves. As long as there are mithril mines in the empire, even if they are mined, It can only be sold to the dwarves. Anyone who tries to refine it on their own will ultimately fail, and the dwarves’ mithril output is allocated to the Tower of Time, which is only a little over 100 pounds per year.”

Speaking of this, Cecily's mood became a little depressed. 500 pounds of mithril seemed to cost little, but in fact it was the most troublesome to obtain.

The mithril quota is allocated according to the Arcane Mage Association based on each mage tower and the number of mages in the mage tower. And if it is allocated to you, it does not mean that it is given to you for free. You also need to pay for it.

It doesn't matter if it's gold coins, gems or magic items of equivalent value.

Upon hearing that the dwarf was actually playing with export quotas, Shado couldn't help but widen his eyes. He thought of the dwarf Broto he knew.

The image of the originally thick-browed, stubborn and cheerful dwarf in his mind suddenly became shrewd and cunning.

"What about the elves? Why not buy mithril from the elves?" Sha Duo asked again.

He had led an elf city in the projection plane for more than a year. He knew that mithril was widely used in elf society, but he had never heard that mithril was bought from dwarves.

The elves should have the technology to refine mithril.

However, after hearing Xia Duo's words, Cecily suddenly smiled and said, "Sir, you have never been to Conifera City, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Sir, the elves will not sell mithril directly to us. They will only shape the mithril into an image at will, and then put it in the store as a work of art at a price several times or even dozens of times to attract human merchants. Buy."

"..."

Shado finally understood that Netheril had become a raw material production and export country. The dwarf country might be better off, but the elves were just cutting leeks.

But knowing this didn't help much with his current situation. No matter how much he knew, he couldn't conjure mithril out of thin air.

And there are those gems, which require the Tower of Time to trade with food, gold coins, and even magic items.

First of all, the repair work cannot stop. This is the foundation of our business.

So now it’s no longer possible to reduce expenditures, we must increase revenue!

Otherwise, once the Tower of Time and the Saville Territory go bankrupt, not to mention the repair work, it will be a question of whether the Mage Tower can be saved.

Xia Duo is not yet aware of the damage to the Tower of Time. It is just that there is a problem with some of the magic circles in the low-level state of the downgrade process, which does not affect the normal use of the current high-level state.

Even the energy acquisition is normal. It's just that in the chaotic area of ​​​​the magic network, it is less than usual and the consumption is more.

Niya left in a hurry and only explained some important things. Although the repair work was important, it was not urgently needed. If it could be carried out, it would be carried out. If it could not be carried out, it would not hurt to pause for a period of time.

On the contrary, it is more important to maintain low energy consumption to increase energy reserves.

If Niya was here, it would not be difficult to make a decision, but if it were Xia Duo, he would already be racking his brains to earn gold coins through open source.

It has to be said that because of the two people's different perceptions of the current status of the Tower of Time, a big mistake occurred.