Arcane Lord

This is not that Shado deliberately manipulated Cliff, but the archmages were not harmonious. If one of the two archmages who had conflicts or even hatred with each other got Misera first.

No one dared to guarantee that he would destroy the opponent as soon as he completed the configuration of the war spell. The floating city is the floating city, Misera is Misera, and the floating city only provides a movable launch base for the war spell.

Judging from the current territory of Netheril, the distance between the archmages with hatred and resentment will never exceed the limit distance of normal war spells.

Once the fight starts, it will be difficult to end. Even if the Northern Alliance is pulled out, the country will not buy it if it doesn't buy it. At worst, everyone will perish together. There are such extreme people among the archmages.

In addition, the possibility of elf infiltration must be considered, such as Dolesen Hawke, who has many grievances with Shado. If Misera is obtained by the elves, although it may not cause a fatal blow to Netheril, it will definitely weaken Netheril's strategic advantage in the field of magic.

Therefore, for Yin Aolum, who puts the overall situation first, choosing who to give the first Misera device will be a very difficult decision.

He can't not give it, so he can only prepare multiple units in advance and equip the relevant stakeholders at the same time. Everyone can deter each other, and then there will be no big problem.

As for Xia Duo, he doesn't need to think so much. Even if he wants, he can deliberately provoke some conflicts and create trouble for the Seven Towers.

But this is unnecessary. No matter how the great arcanists conflict, the ordinary people at the bottom will suffer in the end, and the most important thing is that as long as the opponent's body and soul are not destroyed on the spot, then there will be compromise.

Otherwise, where did this situation come from! Do you really think that you can turn the world upside down with just one Misera device?

And the reason why he chose Cliff is to some extent because the other party basically has no enemies, even if there are disagreements, it is not necessary to fight.

More importantly, Cliff is a glorious priest who has sensed the holy power and received the grace of God. His words and deeds are consistent, and his behavior is easy to predict. He belongs to the safer category.

Therefore, even if Cliff can't finally come up with the price that Shado wants, he will first provide Misera to the other party to strengthen the power of the domestic order camp in Netheril. He is not worried at all that Cliff will not pay back the money.

Instead of worrying about this, it is better to worry that the other party will be killed by meteorites when he goes out.

As for whether he can pay it back, there is no need to worry. The fact that he can build six wizard towers is enough to show Cliff's wealth, and the other party has students.

The son of Lord Leisen, who has a mine at home, is Cliff's student. In fact, this is one of the important reasons why Shado first considered Cliff.

"Sir Cliff, what have you considered? Will you choose to buy from me or from my teacher?"

"This is not actually a multiple-choice question!"

Cliff smiled bitterly, and then his eyes became firm, "I choose Lord Shado, but I don't know how much an independent fire device costs, and how long it will take to deliver it?"

"Not expensive, not expensive, compared to the benefits it can bring, not expensive at all."

Although he hasn't started talking about the price, from the almost visible smile on Shado's face, Cliff thinks that the price is probably not cheap, and he suddenly feels a little inexplicably twisted in his heart.

"How much is it, please tell me the exact number, Lord Shado. If it exceeds my current budget, I'm afraid I can only pay it in installments."

"A total of 20 million gold coins, settled in mithril."

"20 million?!"

When he heard this number, Cliff subconsciously widened his eyes. For a moment, he even thought he had heard it wrong, but his super high perception made him understand that he had not heard it wrong just now, it was 20 million!

You should know that it costs less than one million gold coins to build a regular wizard tower in Netheril. If you save a little more in all aspects, you can build it with a few hundred thousand.

And the cost of a level 11 wizard tower with complete internal functional facilities at the level of a great arcanist is only about 10 million. If the great arcanist himself participates in the construction as much as possible, it can save a lot of expenses.

And now, only a lonely independent arcane fire device, without any other supporting facilities, is priced at 20 million. Even if Cliff has some assets, he is deeply shocked.

It takes time to accumulate wealth, but it may only take a moment to spend it.

Cliff suddenly didn't want the independent arcane fire device anymore. After all, he just had such a wish. The two parties had just discussed the price. It would not be considered a breach of contract if he refused at this time.

"Lord Shado, are you serious about this price?"

"Of course I am serious, it couldn't be more serious. Even if you ask my teacher, he can't be much lower than me. I just need to tell you one thing, and you will probably understand."

"Well, please go on-"

"An independent arcane fire device, the main part alone contains millions of magic elements!"

"Millions?!"

A million is a huge number. Even people who don't know much about magic will be daunted by such a number. For Cliff, although it is not daunting, he is more shocked by this number because he knows the nature of magic elements.

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Generally speaking, an ordinary spell, no matter what the level, involves hundreds of elements at most, not more than a thousand. Only a few ritual spells involve more than a thousand elements.

This is because the number of spell elements is directly related to the casting time. The more elements, the longer the spell casting time. Many spell casters choose magic to save trouble. If using magic is more troublesome than not using magic, then why use it? ?

Knowing the number of spell elements, we can roughly estimate the material carrier and labor cost of carrying the elements.

Independent arcane fire devices are strategic facilities. The relevant material quality and labor costs can be referred to high-quality magic items. So an independent arcane fire device with millions of elements is almost a hundred times the cost of a high-quality magic item.

That is about three to five million.

Of course, this is just the main body. If other ancillary facilities are included, the price may reach around 10 million, but this is still a full 10 million short of the 20 million mentioned by Xia Duo!

However, Cliff did not negotiate the price because of this. He was very aware of the unspoken rules within the caster group. Doubling or even doubling the cost for sale was a routine operation.

After all, the early research costs always have to be shared by others. If it is a conventional magic item, quantity can win. But for strategic facilities such as independent arcane fire devices, there is no way to recover the research cost in this way.

It is completely understandable that the premium for a single piece will double, and there may not be no expediting costs involved.

After such a calculation, Cliff felt that 20 million should be considered very conscientious. If it were him to run it, it could at least be doubled.

Anyway, except for the Seven Towers, they are only available here. If you don’t buy them, someone else will.