Chapter 731 Red Robe

For Calgar, this is the biggest opportunity and the biggest challenge of his life.

Because next, he will be a representative of the Red Mage Association and discuss with the Inquisition about the Red Mage Association establishing a base in Arkham City.

For any Red Mage, foreign negotiations are a lucrative job. Because if you can get the consent of the lord of this territory, you will become the representative of the base here. For the Red Mage, this means a large amount of money and magic items and the possibility of improving their status in the Red Mage Association.

Although the boring exchanges and banquets at the beginning will take up the time that the Red Mage uses to study magic, the wealth and magic items that come with it can offset this deficiency, so the foreign negotiation representative is a good job for the Red Mage.

Well, except this time.

Because they have to face the Inquisition.

Sitting in the solemn and glorious lounge, although Calgar forced himself to stay calm, a layer of fine sweat still appeared on his forehead. For the Red Mage Association, they are very eager to establish a base in Arkham City and trade with the Inquisition. On the one hand, it is the habit of the Red Robe Mages to expand new spheres of influence. On the other hand, the Red Robe Mages are very jealous of the technologies mastered by the Tribunal.

Especially the steel machine that can carry soldiers to fly freely in the sky, which makes the Red Robe Mages jealous. Anyone with a brain can imagine how powerful this vehicle is. It can cross the sky at will and go to any place they want without worrying about being discovered.

And those steel guards, they are powerful, loyal, and have their own thinking ability. Although the Tribunal has stated that this is the soul loyal to the Tribunal who actively possesses the steel armor, the Red Robe Mages are more inclined to believe that this is the Tribunal using some unique technology to restrain and control these souls.

After all, people can be brainwashed, and theoretically souls can also be brainwashed, right?

Unfortunately, these are not for sale in the Tribunal.

Of course, the Tribunal will also trade with the outside world, but their foreign trade is... ore!

Although it is reasonable to sell raw materials, it is also a common method in many territories, but the problem is... the Tribunal's ore trade is too exaggerated.

Calgar once heard that a Chamber of Commerce chose to barter with the Tribunal after trading with it, and then the Tribunal directly gave him an iron ore as big as a house!

And it was an iron ore with a very high purity!

In the end, the Tribunal used their steel machine to deliver this iron ore as big as a small house directly to the city of the Chamber of Commerce, and then the Chamber of Commerce sold it back and made ten times the profit.

After all, iron does not seem as valuable as gold and silver on the surface, but for all regimes and countries, this necessity is the most indispensable, whether it is for making weapons or equipment. The best raw materials can make the best finished products, and these are needed by any country and person.

Therefore, the trade exports of the Tribunal are also mainly ore raw materials, including gold, silver, copper, iron and the like. Of course, the most unimaginable ore exported by the Tribunal is meteorite iron!

The so-called meteorite iron is the part left after the stone that fell from the sky is melted. These meteorites are rare, but they are quite powerful. Whether it is forging weapons, armor, or jewelry, if you can integrate a little bit of meteorites into it, the effect will be multiplied. Even when using magic, as long as you can add meteorites, the effect of the magic circle will be enhanced.

Historically, meteorites are very rare. Almost every time the sky stone falls, it will attract a large number of adventurers and wizards to collect this mysterious and rare ore, and there are many people who kill people for this. After all, every time the meteorites can be left, there are very few, at most the size of a palm, so everyone naturally can't grab them in time.

However, this thing is actually sold by kilogram in the court of justice!

Of course, you can sell it by kilogram.

Now everyone is crazy.

In the past, because of its scarcity, meteorites were all priced but not sold. Some countries even keep them in the treasury as national treasures, but the Inquisition seems to have no shortage of them at all, and they will sell them to you at a bargain price - that's impossible, but although it's expensive, at least they will sell it to you if you pay for it!

Or you can choose to barter...

So the Inquisition immediately became a big fat piece of meat in everyone's eyes.

As mentioned before, meteorite iron can multiply the effect of weapons.

For example, a magic weapon starts at +1. If you add a little meteorite iron when forging, it will be directly upgraded to +5 level, and the same is true for armor.

The same is true for those magic jewelry equipment. Generally, when making magic props, the materials will become more expensive depending on the magic to be attached to it. For example, a fireball staff may need diamond dust and gold nuggets and crystals to make it, so the cost is naturally not low.

And for equipment mixed with meteorite iron, you can enchant a fifth-level magic without any problem. There are even rumors that a staff forged from meteorite iron can even enchant a ninth-level magic...

Okay, it's just a rumor. This thing is so heavy, let alone enchanting it. Ordinary mages can't even lift it. If a mage can wield a meteorite staff weighing hundreds of kilograms, why should you be a mage? Just change your profession to a barbarian.

After learning about this incident, many people's first reaction was that the Tribunal's territory might hide a huge meteorite mine. Otherwise, it would not explain why the Tribunal would spend so much effort to build a wall around the entire territory! So many forces sent spies, and many adventurers also entered the territory of the Tribunal, trying to find the mine. Although the Tribunal is indeed very powerful and no one dares to rob it openly, if I steal some or pick up some pieces and take them out, won’t I definitely make a profit without losing anything?

As a result, this group of people scanned almost the entire Lost Land from head to toe, but were surprised to find that there was not even a mine here!

How is this possible? Regarding the gold, silver, copper, iron, gemstones, crystals, meteorite, etc. that are sold by the Tribunal every day, which one does not need to be mined and collected? Moreover, the size of the ore produced by the Inquisition every time is so exaggerated. Are you telling me that there is not even a single mine in the entire territory?

So where did their ore come from?

If Duanmu Huai knew their questions, he would definitely tell them - where else could it come from, of course it came from the sky.

There are so many asteroids, if you just pick one and dig it up, it will be enough to feed Faerûn for ten years.

However, Duanmu Huai does not intend to directly monopolize the entire Faerun ore trade. After all, he has to give others a way to survive. For example, the Dwarf King once entrusted an envoy to come to the Tribunal and expressed his hope that the Tribunal would not sell at a low price. At the same time, he was also very embarrassed. The request can purchase part of the meteorite ore...

Of course, strictly speaking, what the dwarves sell in foreign trade is generally not raw materials, but finished products, but the cost of the ore must also be included in it. If Duanmu Huai sells raw materials at too low a price, then the price of finished products on the market will also drop, and then these dwarves will earn less, right...

However, Faerun also produces some unique ores, such as Mithril. Duanmuhuai has dug so many planets and has never seen anything similar.

The raw materials currently sold by the Tribunal are mainly copper ore, iron ore, concentrated iron ore, silver ore, gold ore, various gemstones, crystals and meteorite.

Except for copper and iron, which can be bought and sold at will, others must be purchased through regular channel partners.

For example, the Tribunal has signed an agreement with Alustriel, Silvermoon City, Waterdeep City in Kelburn, and Baldur's Gate, and will sell a certain proportion of their various ores every year, including meteorite.

This is very unfavorable for Sale, the country of the red robed mage.

Because almost all of these raw materials can be used in magic equipment. Purcell has always been the largest producer of magic equipment, and they even have a monopoly on the magic equipment trade in many places.

After all, Purcell is a country of red-robed wizards. They have a large number of magic apprentices and wizards, enough to carry out mass production of magic equipment at an industrial level.

But red-robed mages are not good people. They like to smuggle slaves, and even engage in various conspiracies and assassinations and illegal transactions in secret. It can be said that the reason why most cities can hold their noses and allow red-robed mages to come to them is The stronghold was set up there for the sake of the magic equipment produced by Purcell.

But things are different now. The Tribunal is open to selling all kinds of magic equipment raw materials. Even diamonds and gems are sold very cheaply. Enchanting and making magic props are not as difficult as before. Therefore, various territories and countries have begun to improve and even prepare. Build your own magic equipment industry chain.

If you didn't do it before, it would be worth the loss, but now that the raw materials are so cheap, once you succeed, you can kick the red robe mage out of the game. As far as the red robe mage is concerned, if there are no magic equipment for sale, who would care about these backstabbing bastards? !

For the Red Robe Mage Association, this is troublesome.

In Purcell's foreign trade, magic equipment is the most important. Of course, the red-robed mages who rule Purcell do not want to see this situation, so they sent envoys to the Tribunal for negotiations, hoping to obtain The same share of mineral transactions.

However... Calgar knew that the Red Robe Mages were not optimistic about this mission, so they sent him.

Although the Inquisition's methods are tough, everything they do is to protect mankind.

However, the person who is not dead, who is at the top of the Red Robe Mage Association, and who rules Seer... is a lich.

Well, although we don’t say this to the outside world, everyone knows it.

To be honest, Purcell was indeed aggressive, but because other nearby countries were equally powerful, they stopped after being repelled several times.

But now…………

Thinking of this, Calga sighed.

Countries have begun to develop their own magic equipment industries, and the business of the red-robed mages has been hit hard. Many red-robed mages even chose to accept solicitations from other lords and countries and left Sayre because they were tired of the life-and-death infighting within Sayre.

Profits are falling, people's minds are agitated, and there is internal instability.

To be honest, Calgar felt that even if the Red Mage Society reached an agreement with the Tribunal, it would not be of much significance. Even if the materials transported by the Tribunal could reduce costs to a certain extent, the monopoly of magic equipment was a political issue rather than a commercial issue. For the territories and countries that wanted to cut ties with the Red Mage Society, there was no better opportunity than this.

So would the Tribunal agree to his request?

To be honest, Calgar felt that it was unlikely.

"This sir."

Just as Calgar was thinking, a maid came in, and Calgar hurriedly raised his head.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Lady Amaryllis is waiting for you."

"Thank you."

Calgar nodded and stood up.

Next, the important negotiation.