Magic Industrial Age

Night,

Stars twinkled, a cool breeze rustled.

Temple of the Sun God, the Golden House of the Red Dragon.

Lorien met the Red Dragon Virgil here again, scrutinizing him from head to toe.

The little old man was hunchbacked, his face pale, full of fatigue, and his breath unsteady.

Lorien even smelled blood, though faint, it lingered.

"Bishop, are you injured?"

Lorien was incredulous, "Really? Someone can actually hurt you?"

"It's not easy for humans to hurt me, but there are too many non-human existences in this world."

The Red Dragon Virgil rolled his eyes, sat on his golden bed, wiggling his butt to find a comfortable position.

He opened his mouth with deep resentment: "Do you think those old guys are easy to deal with?

Each one of them has a weird temper. It's never been easy for me to persuade them and get things from them, has it?"

As he said this, he suddenly looked up, his eyes full of resentment and indignation.

"Your greatest skill is your silver tongue, turning the dead into the living, the false into the true, seemingly giving me great benefits, but all you've done is draw a bunch of empty promises!"

"I listened to your nonsense, really thinking I had a great advantage, being driven around by you, running around tired, and seeing no benefits!"

"Really, really, fooled by you!"

Lorien's expression was normal, without a trace of guilt from being accused, and even said, "I absolutely disagree with what you said."

"You are a Red Dragon, you've lived longer than I've eaten salt, and you've seen more ups and downs and the vagaries of fate.

There are always some powerful figures who can rise from humble beginnings and climb to great heights step by step.

This act of providing charcoal in the snow, investing first, is truly a win-win situation with many benefits!"

"I've seen the kind of person you're talking about, but I've seen more who die halfway, dead beyond dead!

So, I don't like looking at the long term, I just want immediate benefits!"

"Then let's talk about immediate benefits!"

As he spoke, Lorien had already raised his hand, took a ledger from the Aphorism Ring, and threw it in front of the Red Dragon Virgil.

"This is the immediate benefit you want!"

Virgil took the ledger and flipped through it casually. Although he was a Red Dragon and had lived long enough, he was still dizzy looking at the string of numbers in the ledger.

So, he said directly: "What is this account? Just tell me!"

"Raymond Mana Group's income for the past six months!"

Lorien took the ledger, flipped directly to the end, and said, "Let's not talk about last year, it was all rectification and wars, not much income.

But in the first half of this year, six months, there was finally some income.

This is the account, let you, the shareholder, take a look, don't always say I'm a liar."

As he said this, Lorien turned the ledger over, pointed to the last number, and said, "Read it, what's here?"

The Red Dragon Virgil squinted his small eyes: "Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, five at the beginning..."

"Five hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand! Five hundred thousand gold Thalers?! Are you kidding me?"

Lorien said, "Do you think I would joke with you about this?"

"But this is only half a year, only half a year!"

Lorien retorted: "Railways, textiles, mining, steelmaking, processing machinery, plus secret medicines, a total of seven items.

An income of 500,000 gold Thalers in half a year, is it okay?"

"Okay? That's quite okay!"

Virgil jumped up directly: "I have 5% of the shares, which is a profit of 25,000 gold Thalers?

I didn't do anything, and I have an income of 25,000?!"

The Red Dragon Virgil was counting on his fingers: "25,000 in half a year, that's 50,000 in a year, 100,000 in two years, 500,000 in ten years..."

"The gold I used for this golden house is only 250,000 gold Thalers, which means I can build two like this in ten years?"

"Wow!"

The Red Dragon Virgil's eyes were full of little stars, he seemed to see countless gold Thalers shining.

The little old man's fatigue had long been swept away, and he became unusually excited.

Lorien ruthlessly interrupted him: "You're calculating it wrong!"

Instantly, the Red Dragon Virgil's fantasy was shattered, and looking at Lorien again, he lost his energy: "I knew it, I knew there was no such good thing!"

Lorien then said: "Bishop, I think you have misunderstood!"

"What I said is that in the past six months, the various industries have only just been sorted out, the production capacity has not been increased, and the income has been less.

When the territory is stable in the second half of the year, the income will only increase more and more, and the growth of wealth will only become faster and faster.

So, it will definitely not take ten years, at most three to five years, your golden house can be rebuilt."

"Really?"

"Bishop Virgil, great Red Dragon, I haven't lied to you before, and I'm not lying to you now!

You just wait and see, and you will know how worthwhile your investment is."

"Hahahaha, I have never doubted you! Absolutely not!"

The Red Dragon Virgil's face changed drastically, he patted Lorien's shoulder hard, changed the subject, and said, "That, can I cash out the dividend for the past six months now?"

"That's naturally not possible! These wealth still needs to be invested in production, but the year-end dividend is certain, please rest assured on this point!"

"Hahaha, that's fine, that's fine too!"

The Red Dragon Virgil's mood improved again, although he still didn't see anything, he always felt that there were mountains of gold and silver waiting for him in front of him.

Lorien changed the subject and said, "Of course, 5% of the original shares is still less, if you have 10%, 15%, or more than 20%...

Then the income will be very considerable!"

"That makes sense, then how can I get original shares?"

"Of course, invest in me!"

"Invest? You actually want to get gold from a Red Dragon?"

Lorien said angrily: "Bishop, do you think I want gold?"

"Then you want the Isis Wine Spring?"

"Not just the Isis Wine Spring, but also you!"

Lorien said helplessly: "You should have heard about the God's Grace Day, right? That Duke Carlisle of the Bonaparte Empire actually killed me directly.

Almost, really just a little bit, my life would be gone!"

"If I encounter this situation again, if you are willing to take action, I will definitely offer the shares with both hands!"

"Are you trying to get my attention?"

"This is a win-win situation."

"I have to think about this, I have to think about it again!"

The Red Dragon Virgil frowned, he didn't agree immediately, but seemed quite tangled.

"Lorien, there are some things you don't know, we are not without restrictions."

"But I didn't ask you to do anything extra?! I just hope to protect my safety, is that not okay?"

"This, it's not impossible! But, but..., how should I say it?

I still have to think about it!"

Lorien didn't show too much anxiety, but said: "Then you can consider it later, let's get back to the topic, do you have the secret holy technique I need?"

"Yes! Of course, I do! Take a look at what I have found for you, see if there is anything you want, if it is not enough, I will find it for you again.

I will risk this old face to find you something satisfactory."

"Then can I take a look first?"

"Of course! But, after all, the holy technique has its special features, you can look at it here, but you can't take it out.

Moreover, although I have found a lot, some of them are incomplete, you can use it for reference, but you must not practice it!"

"Don't worry, I have my own opinion on this."

"Then come with me."

Virgil led the way, leading Lorien out of the back door of the Golden House.

Lorien then realized that this Golden House actually had other mysteries, much larger than he imagined.

The back door was a corridor, a deep and labyrinthine corridor, with lanterns hanging every distance, but the places that could be illuminated were limited.

So, in the alternation of darkness and light, roads appeared and disappeared.

Lorien followed the Red Dragon through it, only feeling that he had walked very far, completely dizzy.

Of course, he has Deep Blue, and roads are condensed in the void, showing the correct path, and the surroundings are all dark.

However, Lorien always felt that it was not that simple.

He couldn't help but ask: "Bishop, this is?"

"Virgil's Endless Maze, a level 8 magic.

Don't expect to remember the route to get in and out, these roads are constantly changing."

"Then how do I get out?"

"Before dawn, I will come to pick you up. But, remember, don't run around, otherwise, if you are exiled to the void, I won't be able to find you."

Lorien was speechless: "Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"

"Hehe, what's here is not just the secret holy technique, but also the treasure of this old dragon, so, what do you think?"

"That's really necessary!"

During the conversation, Lorien had already pushed open a door with the Red Dragon Virgil and entered a room.

This room didn't look big, it was closed on all sides, but it was a white marble building, and there were magic lamps.

So, the whole house was lit up, like daylight.

And here, there are shelves, on which are displayed dragon skin, stone carvings, strange books, golden sheepskin scrolls, skulls, horns, burning flames...

In short, messy items are all carriers of secret holy techniques.

"A total of nine, it's all I can find at this stage, you can take a look first.

Specifically, you can talk about it after you read it."

"Okay!"

"Then I'll go first, I'll come to pick you up at dawn."

"Okay, and, Bishop Virgil, you can consider my suggestion just now?"

"Okay!"

During the conversation, the Red Dragon Virgil had already turned and left, Lorien looked at the closed door, as if isolating him in an independent space.

However, Lorien didn't rush to look at the holy technique, but narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about his conversation with the Red Dragon Virgil.

To be honest, although there was a component of忽悠, Lorien really wanted to tie this old Red Dragon to his chariot.

Only in this way, can he be regarded as attracting a real high-end combat force, and he has a little sense of security!