Chapter 88: News from the Magic Suppression Prison!
Everything in Modo City is built with money.
Soren has basically never pursued luxurious enjoyment. All his accumulated wealth is either used to increase his strength or to cover the expenses of Modo City. Otherwise, Soren could definitely live a more lavish life than a king. However, as a high deity, he doesn’t regard material enjoyment as important. As long as he enters the realm of deities in the future, Soren can do whatever he wants, as he will have the resources of a kingdom at his disposal.
Three days later.
It was a very calm day.
However, for the residents of Modo City, today was still filled with many novel things, such as a ship docked in mid-air at the harbor. At this moment, Modo Harbor had gathered a lot of people, not only residents of Modo City but also many merchants from the Southern Coast and other places, all of whom were staring in astonishment at the floating airship before them. They weren’t entirely unfamiliar with such a thing; from the perspective of outsiders, the whole floating airship was essentially a ship, but with sails replaced by balloons and a propeller-like device mounted at the rear.
Merchants naturally have a keen eye for chasing profits.
So, at the first sight of the floating airship, they immediately recognized the huge business opportunity hidden within it, and then they sought to inquire about it through their connections with the upper echelons of Modo City. Officials from the City Hall had already encountered several groups today wanting to give gifts in exchange for information. In particular, some established merchant guilds controlled by nobles from the Southern Coast directly asked if this floating tower was for sale, stating that as long as it was for sale, price was not an issue.
The business opportunity was one aspect.
On the other hand, the forces behind the merchants recognized the strategic value of the floating airship.
Although this thing was far inferior to Modo City’s floating tower, a battlefield capable of flying with several cannons on board would possess astonishing combat power!
At the very least, you could easily take down many enemies from the sky.
The situation was better than Soren had imagined because many people expressed great interest on the first day the floating airship was showcased.
Merchant guilds from Arendelle also had nobles secretly expressing their willingness to spend a fortune to purchase one.
At this time.
Soren and Gloria, who were both quite short on money recently, no longer held back. Seeing the positive response, they directly raised the price to twice, stating that a standard configured floating airship conversion would be sixty thousand Gind.
The pure profit was about forty-five thousand Gind!
Even with such a high price set by Soren, the conversions of floating towers were still quickly sold out.
The Northern Witch Council ordered one, the Wizard Alliance took one (presumably to study it), then nobles from Arendelle customized three (wealthy Arendelle has many established nobles with accumulated wealth). Next was an order from the Southern Duchy, and there were also two orders from the merchant guild of the Eastern Kingdom.
Even the merchant guild secretly controlled by the Rosad Duchy placed a batch of orders.
Of course, Soren would not turn down money. The technological content of the floating airship was not high; the core was still the application of energy and floating rings, with part of the technology for floating rings already traded out. However, the core materials for producing Star Silver were still firmly in his hands. This meant that, even if the Wizard Alliance and the Northern Witch Council knew how to make floating rings, they still needed to purchase materials from Modo City.
There was no need to worry about this since the production of Star Silver required materials synthesized from the Astral Realm, and the yield from Modo City was not very high.
In the end.
The big take came from the Church of Wealth. Lady Wealth, the richest deity, directly placed an order for a dozen floating airships. Twelve floating airships amounted to seven hundred twenty thousand Gind, and Soren netted nearly five hundred forty thousand Gind.
It must be said that high-end alchemy technology is truly lucrative!
That day, Soren received the orders presented by the City Hall officials, along with numerous prepayments from many merchant guilds, amounting to a terrifying sum of over three hundred thousand Gind.
As long as all current orders were completed, Soren could earn nearly eight hundred thousand Gind in one go!
This had far exceeded the maritime trade tax.
“This is simply a money grab!”
Soren delightedly looked at the order statistics before him and said to Gloria beside him, “At this rate, we’ll soon have enough funds for the second phase of expansions.”
Gloria’s expression was rather calm as she slowly said, “The alchemy technology required for the floating airship is not high.”
“The Northern Witch Council and the Wizard Alliance will definitely replicate it. At most, it will take one or two months for them to be capable of producing their own floating airships.”
“Our future orders will probably only come from the Southern Coast.”
“The focus should shift to Star Silver production; creating floating rings absolutely cannot do without Star Silver. Even if they figure out the technology, they must still purchase Star Silver from Modo City.”
Soren nodded upon hearing this, “That makes sense.”
“However, by then, the number of floating airships should be considerable, and trade should also be restored by then.”
Conservatively estimating.
The research on floating airships could bring approximately three million Gind in wealth to Modo City, and these figures count as cash. Once trade is restored, Modo City’s tax revenue will also begin to increase, with various benefits continuously flowing in, greatly compensating for Modo City’s current massive financial expenditures.
In fact, the Church of Wealth has always wanted to give Soren money.
However, Soren simply did not want it. Accepting the Church of Wealth’s money would inevitably require giving up some control over many aspects of Modo City. Soren absolutely did not want the Church of Wealth to meddle in the internal affairs of Modo City.
Allowing them to develop in the harbor was already Soren’s limit; Modo City’s internal control must remain firmly in his hands.
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Everything was progressing in an orderly manner.
Soren received news from the High Priest that after defeating a group of ocean behemoths, they had successfully approached the location of the Pirate Island. However, they had not yet landed on the island because it had become the habitat of the Koutao Fishmen.
This was a type of large fishman.
Some Koutao Fishmen stood over two meters tall; they were much more difficult to deal with than Dark-scaled Fishmen or other fishman varieties.
In the entire sea area, only Sharkmen could possibly counter them.
The message returned by the High Priest included a line that piqued Soren’s interest: “My Lord, near the Pirate Island, I sensed chaotic magical energies.”
“This is not a dead magic zone, but I can feel some sort of restriction.”
“It feels a bit like a Maze, but it cannot be confirmed yet. However, low-level spellcasters find it very easy to fail in casting spells here, as if some force is binding the energy of this place.”
“I suspect it is due to the Magic Suppression Prison, but we need to enter to confirm.”
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