Arcane Lord

"Lord Shado has also heard that there is a new god challenging the Lord of Glory? I have also heard about it, but I have not personally witnessed it, but the new god is indeed a drow ascending to the gods! And he personally attacked it not long ago Killed a high mage of Cormanthor!"

"Um."

Shado did not refute. Anyway, he could go to Iolum, Jenna, or even Byron to verify these information. The Grand Arcanist should have a more accurate source of information.

If it is indeed the drow who ascended to the gods, then it is natural for Cormanthor to be so nervous.

After all, the Crown War ended up being a battle between Ilysri and Arivanda, and Ilysri ended up losing and destroying the country, and the remaining people were exiled.

And Cormanthor claimed to have inherited the "great glory" of Erevandar and wanted to restore the so-called "Great Elf Empire", but at the same time, didn't he also inherit the hatred from Ilysri?

Although not all drow were transformed from the Sree elves in Ilysri, they definitely accounted for the majority. Even those small numbers were the survivors after the country was destroyed by Erivanda like Mai Yeli Tower.

After the death of their mother country, they turned to Ilysri and continued to fight against Arivanda. Those who survived were eventually exiled underground together.

If such a being does not hate Arivanda and even Arivanda's successor Cormanso to the bone, then there is something wrong!

Today, a new god suddenly appears among the drow, and a new god who dares to challenge the Lord of Glory. Can Cormanthor not be nervous?

But the problem is——

"Lord Collins, are you waiting for me here just to tell me this information about Cormanthor, the Northland Alliance, and the Drow God?"

"Of course it's more than that."

Collins spoke eloquently about this: "Cormanthor is currently seeking to establish the Northland Alliance as soon as possible. Once the alliance is established, although it is very likely to be threatened by the drow god, it will be difficult for the drow to return to the surface for a long time. In this rare period of peace, I would like to invite Lord Shado to open up the Comanso trade route together!”

"Opening up trade routes?"

Xia Duo tried hard to recall the specialties of Collins Territory, but with his memory ability, he couldn't even think of any specialties of Collins Territory.

Are ruin hunters considered a specialty? Then we have to ask the elves if they are willing to introduce this specialty product to dig their own "ancestral graves"!

"I wonder what specialties Collins has? What is the output? Can the supply be stable? Is it suitable to be put on the Cormanso market?"

Chateau asked several questions in a row, which immediately confused Collins. The other person seemed to have never considered such a question before. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"I have excavated a large number of elven ruins. Currently, what Collins considers as a specialty is a variety of ancient elven spices transplanted and multiplied from the ruins. Some of them have even disappeared in the northern elven countries for a long time. They are definitely suitable for scientific research. Manso Market.

"But when it comes to the production situation, I still need to send someone to investigate before I can give an accurate answer."

spices?

Shado was immediately overjoyed. If it were in Netheril, these spices might not be easy to sell. After all, the people of Netheril have not yet reached the stage of pursuing their appetite. Even a few high-level spellcasters, the existing spices are enough to satisfy them. His taste demands.

But elves are different. They are not only very particular about their clothes, but also their diet and daily life. These particularities have even spread to civilians.

With the number of people in Cormanthor who are not part of Netheril, this is definitely a huge market!

As for the production problem, Xia Duo is not worried. Lord Collins must have relevant means to transplant and multiply so many spices, and the means and technology mean that they can be copied. This is not a non-renewable resource, and the production volume is definitely not question.

In addition, Xia Duo is interested in promoting Daxia cuisine. If he can obtain some new spices, he may be able to suppress the invisible invasion of elves to a certain extent!

As for complete defeat, it is almost impossible. The strength of culture is closely related to the strength of comprehensive national strength. The culture of a weak country may become a whim of strong countries, but it will never become the object of strong countries' pursuit and imitation.

The current Netheril is not strong enough to carry out cultural invasion of the elves, but at least it can make efforts in this regard.

Magical civilization must not only be strong in strength, but also strong in culture, economy, and even all aspects.

…

"How does Lord Collins plan to cooperate?" Shado asked.

"I heard that Lord Shado has a good relationship with some Cormanthor elves?"

It is said that? Shado almost subconsciously thought of the Cormanthor elves who had come to Severton by boat to seek refuge.

At that time, the drow offensive was fierce, and Kingkiller continued to exist. They faced the dual threats of drow and dragon plague. Even if they hid in Netheril, many elves were still afraid and went all the way north to Severn. Dun came to seek refuge.

Perhaps Collins learned from those elves, and the so-called "good relationship with some Cormanthor elves" should refer to his "blackmail" partnership with the Silverleaf family.

He estimated that the elves who escaped to Severton would not have anything good to say.

Faced with the probing gaze of Lord Collins, Shado couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He said "cough" as a cover-up, and then said: "I do cooperate with some Cormanthor elves. Could it be that Lord Collins wants to use the elves as agents?"

"That's it!"

Collins nodded affirmatively, "Foreign human goods and domestic elven goods are definitely not the same concept. The price may increase dozens of times. If there is a reliable Cormanthor elven agent, I am willing to split 60% net profit!”

The 60% of the net profit that Collins refers to is of course given to Xia Duo. As for how much Xia Duo shares with the elf agents, that depends on Xia Duo's own ability.

As for Collins's 40% profit, if the spices were sold at elves' prices, it would be much higher than the entire profit from selling at human prices!

The key to this is a reliable Cormanthor elf agent. He must have a certain identity and status in Cormanthor and be able to avoid some troubles in the transaction process, but he must not be too important, otherwise he may jump at any time.

No, that’s not even called defection, but “thinking about the interests of the country and actively reporting illegal smuggling”!

Losing one or two batches of goods is secondary. The key point is that once this matter and this operation are exposed, it will be difficult to do anything later.

Xia Duo is not completely sure about the Silver Leaf Family. It’s not a matter of trust. Trust can be trusted, but——

The Silverleaf family in Cormanso may not be as powerful as Lord Collins imagined!