Under such circumstances, the maximum operating cost of mana machines, vehicles and equipment is the mana consumed every minute and every second.
This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to fully promote magic energy equipment.
In addition to the requirements of the process itself and manufacturing costs, magic energy drive is a luxurious drive method.
For most ordinary people, it is far less cost-effective than human and animal power.
Only guys like Zong Shen who really have money at home don't care.
There are not too many mana vehicles and equipment in the current territory, and the collected [mana crystals] can fully meet the consumption.
Even if the size of the territory expands further in the future, he does not have to worry. After all, the potential of the Azshara mine has not been exhausted, and there are still a large number of undeveloped mineral veins.
In addition, due to the invasion of blood-burning demons and the outbreak of the Era War, the mines collapsed, burying part of the ancient mines and veins.
As long as Zong Shen develops all the Azshara ore veins, it will be enough to meet the construction costs of a giant city, and there will even be surplus ores that can be used for trade.
You must know that the reserves there could have allowed the giant city of Azshara to be mined on a scale of tens of thousands of miners for hundreds, thousands of years.
Until the disaster and war broke out, the mine had only been developed for a hundred or two hundred years.
And according to Zong Shen's knowledge, the reserves of Azshara's mineral veins are indeed not small, but looking at the entire Endless Continent, there are many larger mineral veins than this.
Because the Endless Continent is simply too vast.
The vastness of the land and abundant resources are not enough to describe the resource potential of this super giant continent.
Today's aboriginal people in the human kingdom have their own large-scale mining areas that are being exploited. Many giant cities and state cities are built around nodes such as mining areas, inland shipping terminals, and coastal terminals.
Fortunately, for this reason, the Azshara vein has always existed in the mineral geography books of the indigenous people, but no one came to mine it.
The same goes for Baron Bezos, the leader of Boss State who once went to explore the mines when he was young. He also considered the cost of exterminating spider web monsters, kobold tribes, and other burrowers and undead living deep in the mines.
Developing the Azshara mine seems to be a very uneconomical thing in the eyes of the aborigines, which actually makes Zong a little easier.
In any case, these three magic paddle steamers should be put to use soon. Zong Shen already has relevant plans, but the priority is not high.
His principles have always been relatively pragmatic.
I already have a good idea of the arrangements after the defensive challenge is over.
The first priority is naturally the new planning and adjustment of territory construction.
The second is the population acquisition plan, which plunders the indigenous population and development resources from surrounding villages and Seakabang City. At the same time, it carries out the reform of the free people that they want to do, shapes the circular economic system in the territory, and promotes the enthusiasm of the territorial people.
Next is a series of ruins exploration plans near the territory.
After the challenge is over, he can still sit in the territory for ten days, and then he has to rush to the giant city of Lentax to make an appointment with the bard Ingram.
As for the Giant City Athletic Conference and banquet, it will not start until fifteen days after the challenge ends.
In other words, he will arrive at the giant city early and will have four or five days of activities before the start of the competition.
The next step was the plan to open up an inland port for shipping to the giant city of Dagalisini. He planned to hand over this matter to Howie to take charge of it in advance.
Howie had previously proposed the formation of a territorial caravan.
Simply let him go and let him start with inland shipping and build a caravan.
Just wait until the caravan is basically formed and then call him back to the territory.
This move can be regarded as planting a nail in the giant city of Dagalisini in advance.
This giant city is also the closest to his territory besides Lentax, but the two giant cities are in different directions.
The former is to the west of Zong Shen, and the latter is to the east.
In addition, the caravan can also gradually operate, carrying out material trade and procurement along the Longmian River, while expanding its influence and radiating the caravan to all cities upstream and downstream.
They will become a blood transfusion belt for the territory, continuously delivering resources to the territory and bringing back financial profits and news from various places.
You must know that although Zong Shen's strategy module is well aware of the situation in the Endless Continent, it is essentially an information database that requires keyword retrieval.
It is not convenient to ask for information when you lack basic knowledge of other cities.
After all, the Endless Continent is so vast, with numerous states and giant cities, and countless large and small forces and settlements. Setting up a caravan at this time can be a great help in collecting information.
With Zong Shen providing funds and some products with lower manufacturing costs under the lord's privileges, as long as the dispatched Howie is a little more attentive, it will not be difficult to grow bigger and stronger.
Today there are three paddle steamers, and in the future he may have a large river trading group!
Zong Shen smiled silently, then left the cockpit and jumped off the paddle steamer.
His actions and plans are always far ahead of the lords of the same period.
When other lords began to try to rob villages and caravan settlements in groups, he was already thinking about Bangcheng and Giant City.
Now they are even preparing to implement the plan to form a territorial caravan that they had conceived before, which can be regarded as a further tentacle to the outside world.
After putting the [Level 5 Universal Paddle Steamer (Orange)] in front of him into his personal storage compartment, Zong Shen stepped back to where the redemption interface was projected.
In the sub-option of [General Combat Class].
He has completed the redemption of [Magic Scroll], [Buff Potion], [Magic/Rune Alchemy Technology Consumables] and [Magic Machinery].
There is currently one last sub-option left, which is [One-Time Summoning].
Zong Shen is not interested in this type of props and items.
Because even if you only rely on the summoning skills attached to the equipment, you can summon a summoning army of nearly four or five squads.
This [disposable summoning] item is of little use to him, but it can be exchanged for some and given to the heroic talents in the territory.
When necessary, these summoned warriors can serve as cannon fodder or pioneers.
With this thought in mind, he opened this sub-option.
[One-time summon type]
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[First level summoning type]
[Limited exchange:∞]
(Exchange points: 35)
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[Second level summoning type]
[Limited exchange:∞]
(Exchange points: 80)
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[Third level summoning type]
[Limited redemption: 300]
(Exchange points: 140)
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[Level 4 Summoning]
[Limited exchange: 100]
(Exchange points: 280)
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[Fifth level summoning type]
[Limited redemption: 50]
(Exchange points: 400)
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[Level 6 Summoning]
[Limited redemption: 20]
(Exchange points: 700)
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Level one and level two are unlimited, and there are different limit standards from level three to level six. Of course, their redemption point prices are also different.
As we all know, the number of summoned warriors that each summoning item can summon generally ranges from 1 to 6, but its existence time is very limited.
So the exchange price here is not cheap at all.
Zong Shen opened the list and compared it carefully.
First, I spent 3500 points to exchange for [First-order Striped Hyena Summoning Fang (White) x100]. Each Summoning Fang can only be used once. After activation, 5 [First-level Striped Hyena (Normal Level)] can be summoned.
, attacks with bleeding and corrosive toxins, good mobility, and large numbers, making them suitable as vanguard cannon fodder.
For the second and third level summoning items, Zong Shen chose to exchange them for [Level 2 Wandering Crossbowman Summoning Seal (Green) x30] and [Level 3 Furbolg Warrior Summoning Skin (Blue) x20], which cost a total of
5200 challenge points.
[Level 2 Wandering Crossbowman Summoning Seal (Green)] Each one can summon three [Level 2 Wandering Crossbowmen (Elite Level)]. They hold light crossbows and can provide certain long-range attack support, which is suitable for facing large enemies.
Summoned to relieve attack pressure when being besieged by low-level swarm enemies.
[Level 3 furbolg warrior summoning skin (blue)] can summon four level 3 [furbolg warriors (captain level)] to come to help. The overall attributes and abilities are the same as those of the furbolgs that Zong Shen killed in the woods.
Almost like a warrior.
Suitable for missions such as melee penetration and frontline injury-bearing missions.
Immediately afterwards, Zong Shen discovered a good product among the fourth- and fifth-level summoning items.
After some selection and consideration, he exchanged the fourth-level [Goblin Tank Summoning Order (Purple) x30], the fourth-level [Grey-Haired Werewolf Summoning Mane (purple) x20], the fifth-level [Tauren Totem Warrior Summoning Scroll (
Orange)x20], which cost Zong Shen 22,000 challenge points in total.
[Goblin Tank Summoning Order (Purple)] can summon two [Tier 4 Goblin Tanks (Commander Level)] to assist in the battle. Each tank has four goblin drivers, and can activate the magic core engine for collision.
It can also perform magic bombardment.
It can complete tasks such as charging, opening roads, and fire support, and has extremely high practical value.
[Grey-Haired Werewolf Summoning Mane (Purple)], as the name suggests, is used to summon the fourth-level [Grey-Haired Werewolf Warrior (Commander Level)]. The summoning item itself is a bunch of gray mane. After use, three [Grey-Haired Werewolf Warriors (Leader Level)] can be summoned.
Werewolf Warriors], these werewolves have excellent jumping ability and movement speed, and their instantaneous movement efficiency even exceeds that of rangers and scouts of the same level. Their feet are strong and can jump to a height of twenty to thirty meters, which is equivalent to eight or nine floors.
, the double claws are powerful and can clamp the enemy and tear the armor, and can also perform strong control skills such as Wolf Kiss.
It is suitable to be given to spellcasters and shooter-type heroes to take on the task of close defense.
Sometimes you can also perform raid or lure missions, which can be regarded as a very cost-effective way to summon warriors.
Of course, each summoning item can only be used once and is considered a consumable.
In the future, [Tauren Totem Warrior Summoning Scroll (Orange)], each summoning scroll can summon two fifth-level [Tauren Totem Warriors (Overlord Level)]. They and Zong Shen were in the Bloodhoof Clan that they saw.
Those tauren warriors holding huge totem poles are the same type.
It can be said that it has both offensive and defensive capabilities. The huge totem pole can be used both offensively and defensively.
Behind the pestle is the totem shield wall, which can be used as a sweeping shock weapon when pulled up.
It can be given to Vereesa, Luna, Mariel, Alsia, Tasia, Madeleine, and Marpel to keep with them.
Finally, Zong Shen also chose two types of sixth-level summoning items for exchange.
He exchanged a total of ten copies of these two summoning items, spending 7,000 challenge points. The former can summon two [Wind and Thunder Double-Headed Giant Eagles (Epic Level)]. As a giant eagle and raptor monster, its two heads can spit separately.
Wind blades and thunder can also fly with high maneuverability, and their claws are like gold and iron, which can tear apart beasts. At critical moments, they can also fly people quickly away from the battlefield.
In terms of maneuverability alone, it even surpasses the dragon-veined gryphon at the same level, making it the fastest flying bird of prey.
The latter can summon two [Crimson Dragon Turtle War Beasts (Epic Level)]. The scales of this dragon turtle war beast are reddish brown, and the carapace on its body has sharp spines.
The huge, epic-level Dragon Turtle War Beast can reach twenty-five meters in length, and the highest point of the turtle shell on its back can reach seventeen or eighty meters. When it swims in the sea, it looks like a floating island.
It can continuously spit water arrows and water light chains to attack.
The spiked carapace has its own physical damage retaliation effect and its own defense capability is extremely high.
Entering the defensive posture of shrinking the shell, it has a double resistance of up to 260 points.
The speed of swimming in the water is not too slow. The submersible speed can reach 35 knots and the floating speed is more than 26 knots. It can be summoned as a riding beast in the water and can also serve as a human shield.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These two summoning items can be distributed to close heroes to save their lives in an emergency, and the strength of the sixth-level summoned warrior is not low.
So far, Zong Shen has finished redeeming [one-time summoning] items. In this redemption option, he spent 37,700 challenge points.
The current remaining challenge points are [3278072] points.
He put away all the summoning items that appeared in front of him, and then used his mind to control the exchange interface to return to the first-level interface.
The [General Combat Category] has been redeemed, and then comes the [Talent Recruitment Category]. Zong Shen estimated that it should be various types of talent recruitment coupons.
It just so happens that he is currently forming a research and manufacturing team for the territory and needs a large number of talents from all aspects to support him.
At present, the machinery, equipment, and magic technology of the territory are all maintained by the iron from the dwarf uncle who is a senior blacksmith and the senior goblin engineer.
Both the dwarf uncle and the iron man can train relevant apprentices.
However, in the final analysis, apprentices can only serve as starters. If they want to grow, they need continuous learning. Zong Shen needs more senior talents to enrich his research team.
In the aboriginal system, senior craftsmen are respectfully called "masters" and special craftsmen are called "masters", which are already considered very high-level talents.
Further up are the great foreman, great craftsman and the so-called master craftsman.
Once you reach the level of Grand Foreman, you can lead a giant city-level workshop.
As for the number of master craftsmen going up, there are not many master craftsmen. Each one can teach many apprentices, has a respected status, and his own skill level is close to the pinnacle of the industry.
The final master craftsmen are truly rare.
You must know that every master craftsman in the Endless Continent is also a famous existence.
For example, the maker of the [Wings of Convergence (Purple)] that Zong Shen obtained before is a famous master craftsman, and a super craftsman who has obtained master-level certification in many fields.
Now that guy is anonymous, has the lifespan of an immortal species, and lives a life of seclusion in the city. If Zong Shen can recruit him, there will be no need to worry about future research and manufacturing in the territory.
The significance of talent is beyond doubt.
The reason why the aboriginal people can produce various high-end instruments and standard equipment in batches is because there are a large number of craftsmen talents, combined with major workshops, forming a relatively integrated production system.
Thinking of this, Zong Shen started to look forward to it.
With a thought, he opened the redemption option of [Talent Recruitment Category].
As the interface refreshed, rows of sub-options appeared in front of him.
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[Senior Professional Title Technical Talent Recruitment Voucher (Limited)]
Those hero-level recruitment rolls can only specify what kind of qualifications they have, but recruitment is somewhat random. It is possible to recruit heroes in logistics and internal affairs, and it is also possible to recruit heroes affected by combat type. The specific recruitment will have to wait.
Only by looking at the talents attached to heroic talents, that is, [Hero Skills], can we get the conclusion.
There are currently many heroic talents in the territory.
Some of them were recruited from the indigenous people, some were improved by Zong Shen using the power of [Heroic Crest (Orange)], and a large part were inherited from unclaimed territories.
Most of the heroic talents in the territory are logistics and internal affairs types.
The proportion of fighting types is small. Fortunately, the heroes promoted by Zong Shen using [Hero Crest (Orange)] are also fighting types, which makes up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.
Therefore, Zong Shen is more eager for combat-type heroic talents.
Especially when we need to lead troops in battles in the future, talents in this field are indispensable.
As for the heroic talents in logistics and internal affairs, they are naturally also very important, but an efficient administrative structure can greatly increase the efficiency of internal affairs. And based on Zong Shen’s experience, most of the heroic talents found among the aborigines are biased.
In this regard, there are relatively few battle types. Maybe you can find many in the aboriginal military system, but there are not many among the people anyway.
No matter what, these talent recruitment rolls are something he can't miss.
The first is the [Senior Professional Title Technical Talent Recruitment Volume]. After opening the list, it also provides almost all types of technical classifications.
Currently, Zong Shen's territory has a senior blacksmith, a mid-level blacksmith, a senior pharmacist, a senior agronomist and a senior goblin engineer.
After some thought, Zong Shen made the exchange choice.
Dwarf blacksmiths basically master some rune forging techniques, but their skill level is lower than their own forging techniques.
After all, the rune forging technology of the Three Fort dwarves had a gap after the end of the era.
Although it has not been completely lost, the skill left behind has become a minor skill. If Zong Shen wants to study this, he needs to start with the technology mastered by the dwarf blacksmith and look for ancient books and products made by ancient crafts.
Trace back and restore the peak level of rune forging technology step by step.
The future [Advanced Goblin Alchemist] can be regarded as filling the gap in talent in this area in the territory. The medicines and materials produced by the alchemy technology system also supplement the application of magic energy.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It goes hand in hand with rune forging technology, and its importance is self-evident.
In addition, Zong Shen also chose a [Senior Goblin Engineer]. Anyway, multiple [Mechanical Workshops] can be established in the territory. In the future, there will be two senior mechanical engineers in the territory, who can carry out dual backup research and manufacturing tasks at the same time.
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The last two [Senior Human Magic Technicians], a [Senior Elf Enchanter], and a [Magical Materials Graduate Student] have all filled the territory's talent gap in this area.
With the above-mentioned talents joining the territory, it is enough to initially build multi-field complementarities, and formal research can be carried out in the future.
Many magic instruments and products are manufactured by combining technologies from multiple fields. Therefore, in many cases, only the iron hand Barenke or the dwarf uncle can be mechanically dismantled, and they cannot be reproduced even if they know how to stay away. Among them, there will be
There are many components that involve processes in other technical fields.
And the higher the level, the more powerful the magical energy equipment and products are, the more so.
The exchange of eight talent recruitment coupons cost him 1,200 challenge points, but Zong Shen believed that the expense was still worth it.
Then he redeemed all the remaining recruitment coupons for heroic talents with various qualifications. The specific type of heroes will not be known until they are recruited.
At this point, the redemption of [Talent Recruitment Category] has ended in a hurry.
Zong Shen spent a total of 31,400 challenge points.
The remaining challenge points are [3246672] points.
Returning to the first-level exchange interface, the next category exchange option is [common supplies]. Zong Shen took a look and found that they were mainly food, clothing, etc., so there was no need to exchange them.
Zong Shen still has a lot of dinars on hand. He can ask the aborigines to buy them or plunder them directly. Anyway, he will attack the chaotic city of Seakabang soon.
So he chose to ignore this redemption option.
So now there are only the last two redemption options left in front of him.
They are [Limited Redemption Category] and [Good Luck Continuous Destiny Vouchers]. You can know their final options just by looking at the names!
Zong Shen first opened the [Limited Redemption Category]. He wanted to see what good items there were worth redeeming!
Obviously the limit here is not the same as the previous limit.
The previous limited exchange was more like a "current limiting" behavior of the lord system.
This prevents certain items from being exchanged too much at once, affecting the balance of subsequent development progress. After all, this is a large-scale collective exchange among lords.
A slight oversight will affect the overall subsequent development rhythm.
The limited editions here are obviously some unique and good products.
Similar to those items that Zong Shen provided in limited quantities after the fiery challenge.
However, we have to open it and read it before we can confirm the details.
The redemption interface in front of you then expanded, and rows of options for redemption appeared.
[Limited Redemption Category]
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[The limited items/types/quantities available for this redemption category are determined by the overall score of the lord. Each lord has exclusive limited items. Some lords will have multiple redeemable items, and some lords will encounter unlimited items.
Exchangeable items]
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[The Lord of Greed’s Cornucopia (Special)]
[Limited redemption: 1]
(Exchange points: 30000)
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【Mirror of Everything (Gold)】
[Limited redemption: 1]
(Exchange points: 18500)
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[Psychic Vision Skill Book (Gold)]
[Limited redemption: 1]
(Exchange points: 20,000)
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[Weird event simulator (special)]
[Limited redemption: 1]
(Exchange points: 40000)
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【Lucky Maple Leaf(Unknown)】
[Limited redemption: 1]
(Exchange points: 66666)
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Zong Shen understood the value of these items after just a cursory glance.
The limited-edition items offered here are all of good quality, and they also have a bit of a "personalized" feel to them.
Of course, the redemption points they require are not low.
However, Zong Shen still gritted his teeth and chose to wrap them all up, and did not skimp on it. No matter what items the mysterious merchant Beta had that were worth redeeming, he could not miss these good things in front of him just to save points!
A total of five limited-edition items appeared in the list, which cost Zong Shen 175,166 challenge points in total.
This caused his point balance to drop significantly, becoming [3071506] points.
So far, he has spent more than three million points with Alpha!
The five redeemed items were quickly revealed one by one as the points were deducted, floating in front of him.
The different auras emitted from the surface of each item already prove their extraordinaryness.
The first thing Zong Shen looked at was the big gold basin that was as big and shaped as a washbasin.
The sides of this basin are decorated with orbs and gems, and the whole body is shining with golden light, which is particularly eye-catching.
This exaggerated-looking basin is the [Lord of Greed’s Cornucopia (Special)].
Speaking of the Lord of Greed, we have to mention the [Lord of Greed’s Money Bag (orange)] that Zong Shen had obtained before. That thing can be used to buy dinars for free, and it can also save money and earn interest. It can be regarded as a kind of
"Financial Management Tools".
Since the cornucopia in front of us is also related to the Lord of Greed, it must mean that it also has the ability to increase wealth.
The style of the Lord of Greed is very suitable for a handsome guy like Zong who is greedy for money.
He stretched out his hands with anticipation and took this [The Lord of Greed’s Cornucopia (Special)].
Since it dares to use "Treasure Bowl" as its name, is related to the Lord of Greed, and is an item of special quality, Zong Shen has every reason to believe that it must have this function.
Otherwise, how can it be called a cornucopia?
Zong Shen, who was holding the cornucopia with both hands, looked at it curiously.
Just looking at the appearance, this thing is indeed a bit exaggerated. The decorative orbs, gems, amber, agate, and turquoise combined with the glittering color scheme give it an aura of nouveau riche.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zong Shen thought, even if it is used as a handicraft, it would be a good choice to hold water for washing every day.
There are four large characters engraved on the bottom of the treasure basin. It seems that the glyphs are not the current common language of the human race in the Endless Continent, nor are they the language of the ancient orcs. Instead, they look a bit like the ancient Chinese fonts on Earth.
The four characters were arranged squarely, with horizontal and vertical strokes, giving it a very regular and stern aura. Unfortunately, Zong Shen couldn't understand it.
Even the strategy module, which has always been very responsive, did not give immediate feedback.
This made Zong Shen couldn't help but ask in his heart.
"Please translate the meaning of these four words for me."
His mental request appeared, and the feedback from the strategy module emerged.
(17,379 complete languages and writing systems are being searched quickly in the database, please wait patiently)
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"Hey guys, don't you understand the strategy module?"
"It seems that the Lord of Greed is quite famous!"
"Speaking of which, when we obtained the [Lord of Greed's Money Bag (orange)], the strategy module did not introduce the so-called 'Lord of Greed' in too much detail. It seems that some extremely high-level characters and characters were involved.
The past.”
Zong Shen squinted his eyes and thought, and his intuition told him that the cornucopia in his hand was not simple, and the greedy master behind it was even more unusual.
Recalling the money bag I got before, I thought about how it was a legendary item that actually had the active effects of [Equivalent Exchange] and [Wealth Surprise], as well as being unreasonable and unreasonable from an economic point of view.
[Interest] This passive effect!
If you think about it carefully, the currency used by [interest] is the dinar, which is commonly used in mainland China.
The origin of this dinar is mysterious, and it is suspected to be a universal currency issued by the mysterious system. This proves that even the [Greed Lord's Money Bag (Orange)], even if it is of legendary quality, can still affect things like the Lord System.
Supreme Rules.
Even if it only affects dinars, it can be considered as a shallow touch on the authority of the lord system.
From this point of view, both the money bag and the so-called cornucopia in front of us should essentially be just tools once used by the Lord of Greed.
The money-grubbing master behind them is truly a remarkable being!
Seeing Zong Shen holding the cornucopia, he was stunned.
The mysterious businessman Alpha suddenly took a step closer and caught his attention.
It wasn't until Zong Shen raised his head to look at Alpha that this guy said with a look of reminiscence.
"The merchant of all realms, the ruler of greed, the first gleam of wealth..."
"Lord of Greed!"
Alpha Barabara has a long list of names.
If the merchant from all realms at the beginning is true, it will be very valuable.