Chapter 492 - 462: Purchasing Military Equipment to Strengthen City Defenses
Da Fei was resolved, determined to develop his own channels!
Importantly, one of the main reasons why the Mage Academy of the Seven Cities Alliance is a neutral power difficult for players to join is because low-level players have a hard time receiving quests there. Aside from daily trading, it’s hard to even find NPCs who will exchange a few words with you in the city. Those Mages are arrogantly self-absorbed, and even for running errands, they have Demon Servants to dispatch, so there’s no need to issue quests to players.
Therefore, how to join the Mage Academy and adopt the Hero profession of Alchemist has always been a major issue that plagues professional teams from various countries. Of course, for professional experts, there are no unsolvable problems, but it requires the sacrifice of valuable early development time, and no team is willing to take this risk at the onset. Thus, looking around the world, aside from the Indian Zone’s Eight Heavenly Dragons Team, which specifically allocated a division to focus on the Mage Academy, other countries have not engaged in a large-scale assault on this power.
Therefore, it was an opportunity not to be missed for Da Fei to meet such a Lamp God who could open up business with this power.
Da Fei then asked, "So, how much is that batch of inventory worth? If it significantly contributes to the defense of the city, I will consider it."
Sain’s electric eyes twitched, and his indifferent tone finally became a bit excited, "It’s worth about 30 million Gold Coins, which isn’t much compared to the Lord’s order. But considering the expired quality, you can make a deferred payment, or of course, trade with equivalent resources. Although they’re expired goods, that’s relative to the standards of the Seven Cities Alliance. For the City Lord’s city which is currently devoid of magic defense facilities, they’re still of great help."
million!!! Da Fei’s sphincter tightened! Damn, ’paying a hefty price for a horse’s bones,’ I’m essentially tossing out 30 million to test the waters! Alright! As long as deferred payment is an option, there’s no problem. Anyway, with debts of several hundred million already out there, what’s another 30 million?
Moreover, there’s a good side to being in debt, the creditors are afraid I’ll kick the bucket! Now that I owe Makar a huge debt, he’s tied to my chariot of war and will certainly not let me die easily. This Sain must be thinking along the same lines, right?
Da Fei nodded, "Good! I trust the quality assurance of the Seven Cities Alliance. I’ll buy the batch!"
Sain’s electric eyes flashed like thunder, excitedly saying, "Worthy of being a City Lord favored by the Great Duke, then please fill out this purchase application form. The procedures of the Seven Cities Alliance are always straightforward, just sign your name and select the payment method, and I will naturally bring the invoice to you!" After speaking, he immediately took out a scroll shimmering with magic light.
Da Fei took the scroll and saw that it was a purchase application form with the options he mentioned - man, this form is really simple! Just the way I like it!
—System Prompt: You have submitted a shopping application to the Holy Crown City Alchemy Guild of the Seven Cities Alliance, your reputation in Holy Crown City +500, your reputation in Holy Crown City becomes ’Unfamiliar.’
Da Fei was pleasantly surprised and laughed! So buying stuff from their guild also increases reputation? The reputation in the City of Mages seems a bit too easy to earn, doesn’t it? Or perhaps it’s easy to gain reputation, but not so easy to be eligible to buy anything? Well, buy and cherish, what others don’t have, I do; I’m spending this money comfortably.
After signing, Sain took the scroll and excitedly said, "Lord, please wait for my message, goodbye!" And with that, he disappeared into a puff of purple smoke.
There was a stir among Da Fei and his advisors - impressive level! With such ability, and he’s just an ordinary salesperson, it really makes you wonder how mighty the Grand Mages are.
In any case, it was time to immediately mass-produce the Dual Core Slime Monsters.
Da Fei opened the city panel, selected the sewer option, and used the recipe rewarded by Makar!
—System Prompt: Your city’s Sewer construction has obtained the ability to produce "Giant Slime Monster" and "Dual Core Giant Slime Monster" troop types.
Oh yeah! Select to manufacture Dual Core Slime Monsters!
—System Prompt: Please configure the required formula materials to manufacture the "Dual Core Giant Slime Monster" troop type!
Set it up!
——System Prompt: You have configured 100 Light Attribute Magic Porcelain Filtering Crucibles and 100 Dark Attribute Shadow Crystal Stirring Rods. The current environment meets all the conditions for producing that troop type, and manufacturing has begun! (Note: As the production of this troop type is limited by special materials, the output of this troop type is not subject to production bonuses from fortresses and the Necromancer Calamity.)
Oh yeah! This is panel operation; it’s so simple with a recipe! No need to run down to the sewer to smell the stink anymore! It’s just a shame there’s no bonus, but it doesn’t matter. As long as the regular Slime Monsters receive the bonus, the more of them there are, the stronger the giant slime monsters will get when they begin to snowball.
In any case, the giant slime monsters are finally being mass-produced, and the day to purify the pollution is close at hand! Once the goods from the Seven Cities Alliance arrive, my city will be full of Magic Towers. Am I scared of your Spider Demons coming from the sky? Wahahaha!
Next up are these ten Charging Crystals. Charging Crystals are building equipment, and since they’re equipment, of course, they must be placed in a building’s equipment slot to work. Level 1 buildings typically have one equipment slot, and the number increases with the building’s level. Thus, they can be equipped inside the watchtower on the city walls, and they can also be equipped in the Mage Towers I’ll build later, but there’s no rush for that. We’ll wait until Sain’s Magic Towers arrive before equipping them.
Right now, it’s about equipping them on the Flying. Although ships are also a type of mobile building, they have many more equipment slots than standard buildings. For example, the ship’s bow has two positions – one for a figurehead or a bow cannon, and the other for a battering ram. Then the side of the ship is where additional armor can go. Each mast is an equipment slot for the sails.
The observatory has another slot, which can be equipped with various attribute-boosting flags or even that Divine Artifact lightning rod that Da Fei acquired.
And on the deck of a large ship, there are 8 equipment slots, 4 in the front and 4 in the back. They can fit boarding gangplanks for melee combat at sea, landing boats, trawling nets for fishing, and so on. If it’s a specialized whaling ship, of course, you equip it with Whale Hunting Cannons.
Currently, the Flying’s deck is occupied by a Teleportation Array and 4 landing boats. With 3 empty spots, that means I can equip 3 Charging Crystals. And if I remove all 4 landing boats, I could fit 7 Charging Crystals – 7 crystals, 70,000 Mana, who knows how many times I could use the Teleportation Array or how long it could supply Mana to the Magic Sail?
Just thinking about it gets Da Fei all excited! Anyway, let’s start by equipping one first.
As for charging, it’s easy! We’re not ready for war now. Radiant City has 3,000 Flower Demons, each with 5 points of Mana, which is 15,000 Mana in total. Even if the charging conversion rate is only 25%, it can still store three or four thousand Mana! Not to mention all those idle Banshees and Druids. Anyway, start charging.
Just as Da Fei and his various advisors were busy directing the workers to transport the Charging Crystals, the Teleportation Array flashed with white light again, and a familiar voice trembled: "Mr. Da Fei, are you there? The application is approved, and I’m back!"
Da Fei, startled, twisted his head to look. If it wasn’t Sain, who else could it be? Goodness me! To return so quickly, not even several minutes to take a dump have passed - that’s some exceptional efficiency from the Seven Cities Alliance!
Seeing the astonished expressions on Da Fei and his advisors’ faces, Sain smiled knowingly: "Our Seven Cities Alliance never wastes time due to the immortal life of the Lamp God. Our pursuit is always the simplest, most efficient, and fastest – the Lord’s application has passed. All the Lord needs to do is sign, and the goods will arrive immediately, with the Golem Construction Team ready to start work!" He then pulled out that same scroll that shimmered with Demon Light!
Goodness me, what else to say? Okay, I’m all for simplicity and speed! Besides, let these high and mighty Mages see just how bold I am!
Da Fei, too lazy to look, signed off with a flourish, and then the scroll vanished with a boom, and another fluctuating Space Gate appeared.
Then out of the Space Gate clanged dozens, hundreds of Steel Puppets carrying boxes!
In that moment, Da Fei gaped in shock; man, if he were the enemy, opening such a Space Gate right inside my city, I’d be wiped out instantly! This is the power of the Seven Cities Alliance!
Thinking of this, Da Fei was suddenly alarmed! Speaking of spatial capabilities, the Hell Race is unrivaled. They could absolutely pull the same trick, sending a hero to sneak into my city and then open a Hell Gate – I’d be finished too!
Damn! Da Fei broke out in a cold sweat, speechless, ready to build a Magic Tower and a Mage Tower, and transplant Anti-stealth Holy Vines – whoever comes in is falling into a trap! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)