Chapter 698 The Purvi bound for the Maztec continent
Linn didn't rest long before he asked Hill to borrow Liszt. He had to discuss the price of all resources with Laila clearly: this lady was completely untrustworthy and was likely to take advantage of loopholes.
Laila has always been willful and may have deliberately created some excitement in order to attract some people to Luskan, but Lynn was not willing to let Hill suffer such a big loss.
It was indeed possible to do that kind of gimmick in Faerûn in the past. At that time, there were only so many merchants who could travel far, and even if adventurers wanted to make money, they could only make the price difference of 1 or 2 items.
But now there are nearly 100 million undead. Not only do each of these guys have a lot of storage space, they are also always very rich, not to mention some of them who are very financially minded: Lin En has long discovered
These middlemen who are good at buying and selling can not only make money from the same people, but also pay the price difference between several cities.
For people like Laila, it is useless to emphasize trouble with her. She doesn't care about the trouble at all... At most, she will correct it immediately after something happens, but this will not be good for Hill's reputation.
Moreover, Linn felt that Hill would probably choose to bear the loss after learning the truth, rather than harming his own honor.
He was not Laila who knew only a little about the undead, and he had no idea that the undead would not make money by taking advantage of the price difference between the two cities.
It will be Hill who will foot the bill then...Lynn will never agree to this kind of thing.
He is back now because Laila's city government has been initially set up, and she must write a letter of appointment and give it to Hill for his seal.
Then we have to hold a meeting with the officials and the city guard before we can discuss with him the pricing of supplies between the two cities.
However, most of these officials are from Aglaia City, and are basically used to the undead style, so there should be no discomfort.
Hill is powerful enough to turn all undercurrents into calm. At least for a few years, these officials will work honestly.
In the future...it will depend on whether Luskan is so prosperous that people can no longer tolerate their greed.
Lin En knows very well that no matter how well they speak or how upright they appear, not many people can stick to their original intentions in the face of increasingly powerful temptations.
He doesn't even believe in himself, let alone others.
"Hill..." Lin En was about to speak, but stopped when he saw Hill throwing his city lord's seal around.
"Respect your seal...it will be very troublesome if it is lost or broken." Linn couldn't help but say.
Of course he knew that this seal was very strong. It was made by Hill using meteorite iron mixed with fine gold and some special metals. Moreover, the writing on it was very deep, and even the patterns in the scratches were clearly visible. Most people don't have this.
I can carve it out.
After all, that kind of meteorite iron is actually the main material of the Demon-Breaking Dagger, so magic cannot be used. Hill also used a strange alloy formula with a terrifyingly high ignition point, at least it cannot be burned in a steel-making furnace.
But...Lynn sighed helplessly. Hill always threw away such precious things. If he hadn't needed it when he came to Luskan this time, his friend would have almost forgotten that he still had this thing.
In ordinary Aglaia, affairs can be settled with a small seal of the city lord... As we all know, that seal is in Lin En's hand.
Lin End even suspected that Hill would use such good materials to make this purple-gold seal that didn't even use ink pad because he believed in the ancient experience taught by that group of people when he built the city.
He probably doesn't understand that the City Lord's Seal of Silver Moon City is just mithril mixed with some fine gold powder.
Now it's good, this seal is indeed strong enough, so strong that Hill can use it to play the game of throwing objects in the air.
Hill stopped hesitantly before saying: "I was just wondering... should this seal be placed with Martha in the future?"
"Here in Luskan, after confirming these senior officials, you won't need to keep coming to stamp them." Linn comforted Hill who was troubled.
He could feel that Hill didn't pay much attention to Luskan, and maybe the entire city wasn't as important to him as Tarling Ruth.
But where you have it, why let it go?
Linn thought for a while and then said: "Hill, are you worried that you will leave Toril in the future, so do you need someone to keep this seal?"
Hill nodded silently.
"When you leave, you can leave the seal at the Aglaia Temple." Linn said simply, "Martha's place...isn't it actually safe? What if a god takes action?
These are all uncertain things. Everything that happens here in Toril is normal.
Only Aglaia, if something happens, she should have a way to send the seal directly to her kingdom of God, right?
If there is any big matter, you can ask Martha to go to the Aglaia Temple. For other small matters, the small seal in my hand is enough."
Linn sighed. In Hill's heart, Toril would always be just a stopover place... He had no intention of staying here for a long time.
I just hope that his friend won't leave too early or too fast.
Hill felt Lynn's regret and smiled and said: "It's too early for you to worry! I was just thinking about traveling. I will definitely not leave Toril in a short time! The legendary story of midnight...
…I must watch the finale.”
He really wanted to see if the Maztec continent had really been exchanged with the continent of another world.
Lin En raised his eyebrows in surprise: "At this time, you still want to run out?"
"If the undead haven't come back, I will definitely stay in Aglaia." Hill said nonchalantly, "Aren't they back now?
The gods cannot descend, and ordinary mages cannot even use magic... If the number of arcanists is to return to its peak again, it will take at least dozens or even hundreds of years to cultivate them.
Who else on the continent of Faerûn can compete with them now?"
No matter how many warriors other countries have, can they resist the undead who can still use magic?
In fact, Aglaia is the safest at this time.
Hill wanted to take a walk before midnight...when the lady began to slowly remember who she was, he would definitely have to come back to watch the fun.
Lin En finally understood what Hill wanted to do. He thought about it and nodded in agreement: Rather than watching the strange growth of the midnight girl here, it is better to wait for her to wake up and see what the goddess has.
Feel.
After Hill had stamped his seal, Lynn got back into negotiations with Laila.
The tug-of-war between the two lasted for nearly three days, and with the help of two tower spirits, they finally reached an agreement: he still gave in, and Laila acquired various handicrafts, magic materials and even fragments of rare objects from Icewind Valley.
You can set your own pricing, there is no need to keep it the same as on the mainland.
The rest were normal economic transactions. In this regard, both Laila and Lynn were very happy, so the negotiation almost came to an end quickly.
During this period, Hill built a 10-meter-high bridge above the water in both the central and eastern sections of the Miral River. For Toril, the maximum height of the magic ship would not exceed 7 meters.
, there should be no problem.
However, during this period, in addition to the clergy of Tire and Helm who began to build their own temples on the north shore of Luskan, a group of Tempus priests also found Lyra, hoping to build a temple to the Lord of Battle here.
This group of Tempus priests... In fact, everyone knows what they want to do, which is to become a Tempus War Guard.
The War Guards are indeed very good war auxiliaries, but their boss Tempus's requirements for advanced conditions make many people find it unreasonable: first of all, they cannot be in the lawful camp... This is understandable, as war will always be in
Disrupt order.
But the most important thing... you must have participated in at least five battles, and be on the winning side in at least three battles involving fifty or more people.
This is very difficult. Tempus also requires that his priest cannot be the one who provokes the war. Although he can make insinuations and seduce others to take action, without the initiative, it is easy to lose track of the direction of the war.
Over the years, the priests of Tempus have participated in countless battles, but it is said that there are no more than 2,000 people who have been promoted to war guards.
So after discovering that Luskan was about to enter the war, this group of Tempus priests rushed over from Baldur's Gate without hesitation, not even arriving much later than the Paladins of Tyr... They were
Came here riding a gryphon.
Hill, who was notified by Laila, agreed to their request after thinking for a while.
Just to deprive Baldur's Gate of its most useful source of soldiers, Hill would agree to this request.
Although he doesn't intend to deal with those villains, Hill is not a temperless person.
Moreover, there is another point, if they are around, Heim's group will feel uncomfortable... Tempus hates Heim even more than Tyr... Their work styles are completely incompatible.
Hill felt that the only unstable factor in Luskan was the Temple of Helm. They could completely fall out with Lyra over a trivial matter... Even if they suddenly fell out during the battle and were held back, it wouldn't be of much use. The undead would definitely
Give them enough lessons, but it would be better if someone could keep a vigilant eye on them.
The priest of Tempus, in order not to let his advancement be hindered, will definitely watch over the people of Heim responsibly.
Hill's wariness towards Heim was not something that could be explained openly.
Sometimes, he wondered if the patron saint had been replaced by AO.
Fortunately, neither Lin nor Laila had any reaction to Hill's arrangement of the northern temple area to several major temples in order. The Helm Temple was sandwiched between the Temple of Tyr and the Temple of Tempus.
After everything came to an end, Hill, who returned to Aglaia, packed his luggage, put the city lord's seal in the temple of Aglaia, and put it away. On a sunny dawn, he sat in Purvi.