This is not because Shado deliberately manipulates Cliff, but the great arcane masters are not on good terms with each other. If one of the two great arcane masters who have conflicts or even hatred with each other gets Mythra first.
No one can guarantee that after he completes the configuration of war spells, he will eliminate his opponents immediately. The floating city is a floating city, and Mythra is Mythra. The floating city only provides a movable place for war spells.
launch base.
Judging from the current territory of Netheril, the distance between the great arcanists with grudges will never exceed the limit of normal activation of war spells.
Once a fight starts, it will be difficult to end it. Even if the Northland Alliance is brought together, whether the country wants to buy it or not, the worst case scenario is that everyone will die together. There are such extreme people among the great arcanists.
In addition, we must also consider the possibility of elves infiltrating, such as Doleson Hawke, who also has a lot of grievances with Shado. If Mythra is obtained by the elves, although it may not be a fatal blow to Netheril,
But it will definitely weaken Netheril's strategic advantage in the field of magic.
Therefore, for Yin Olem, who puts the overall situation first, it will be an extremely difficult decision to choose who will deliver the first Mythra device.
If we can't deny it, we can only prepare multiple seats in advance and provide them to relevant stakeholders at the same time. If everyone can deter each other, then there won't be much of a problem.
As for Xia Duo, he doesn't need to think so much. As long as he wants to, he can deliberately provoke certain conflicts and cause trouble for the Seven Towers.
But this is not necessary. No matter how the great arcanists conflict, they will still suffer from the ordinary people at the lowest level in the end. And the most important thing is that as long as the opponent's body and soul cannot be eliminated on the spot, then there will be a compromise later.
Otherwise, where did the current situation come from? Do you really think that just one Mythra device can turn the world upside down?
And the reason why he chose Cliff was, to a certain extent, because the other party basically had no enemies. Even if there were disagreements, there would be no chance of a fight.
More importantly - Cliff is a glorious priest who has sensed the holy power and received divine grace. His words and deeds are consistent, his appearance is consistent, his behavior is relatively easy to predict, and he belongs to the safer category.
Therefore, even if Cliff couldn't get the price Shado wanted in the end, he would first provide Mythra to the other party to strengthen the power of the domestic order camp in Netheril. He was not worried at all that Cliff would not pay back the money.
money.
Instead of worrying about this, it would be better to worry about the other party being hit by a meteorite when they go out.
As for whether he can still afford it, there is no need to worry. Being able to build six mage towers is enough to show how wealthy Cliff is, and the other party also has students.
The son of Lord Leisen, whose family owns a mine, is Cliff's student. In fact, this is one of the important reasons why Shado first considered Cliff.
"Sir Cliff, how are you thinking about it? Should you choose to buy it from me or from my teacher?"
"This is actually not a multiple-choice question!"
Cliff smiled bitterly, and then his eyes became firm, "I chose Lord Chateau, but I just don't know how much it will cost to build an independent arcane fire device, and how long it will take to deliver it?"
"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, and compared to the benefits it can bring, it's not expensive at all."
Although the price hadn't been mentioned yet, judging from the almost visible smile on Xia Duo's face, Cliff felt that the price was probably not much cheaper. He suddenly felt that his heart was inexplicably cramped.
"How much, Lord Xia Duo, please give me an accurate estimate. 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."
"Twenty million?!"
Upon hearing this number, Cliff's eyes widened subconsciously. For a moment, he even felt that he had heard wrongly, but his super-high perception made him understand that he had heard rightly, it was twenty million!
You must know that building a conventional mage tower in Netheril costs less than one million gold coins. If you save a little more on all aspects, you can build it with a few hundred thousand gold coins.
The construction cost of an 11th-level mage tower with complete internal functions and facilities at the Grand Arcanist level is only about 10 million. If the Grand Arcanist himself participates in the construction as much as possible, a lot of expenditure can be saved.
But now, there is only a solitary independent arcane fire device without any other supporting facilities, and it costs 20 million. Even if Cliff has a small amount of assets, he is deeply shocked.
The accumulation of wealth takes time, but spending it may only take a moment.
Cliff suddenly didn't want the independent arcane fire device. After all, he only had such a wish. The two parties had just discussed the price, and rejecting it at this time would not be considered a breach of contract.
"Lord Xia Duo, are you serious about this price?"
"Of course I'm serious. It really can't be more serious. Even if you find my teacher, he can't be much lower than me. I'll just say a few words and you'll probably understand."
"Well, please say-"
"An independent arcane fire device, the main part alone contains millions of spell elements!"
"Millions?!"
One million is a huge number, and even people who don't know much about magic will be intimidated by such a number. For Cliff, although it is not daunting, he also knows the essence of the magic elements, so
I was even more shocked by this number.
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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 the cost or even selling it several times 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 has doubled, and there may not be expedited 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, apart from the Seven Towers, they are the only ones here. If you don’t buy them, someone else will.