Chapter 652 - Out of Money Again (2/2)

“Pavel Korchagin?” asked Roland subconsciously.

“Just Pavel.” He smiled delightedly and innocently. “I’m wondering if you could help us with something that troubles us.”

Roland made a gesture. “I’m all ears.”

“There are more than seven hundred people in my guild…”

Upon hearing that, Roland almost blew a whistle.

The Phoenix Guild was the guild with the greatest number of members on the surface.

Apart from the hundred core Elven Summoners who were Masters or very close to it, they had three hundred peripheral members who were Summoners too.

But not many girls loved fighting and leveling up. Those peripheral members preferred traveling. Some were even casual Summoner players.

Everybody had different purposes when playing the game.

Roland didn’t expect a guild that had seven hundred members to have been hiding so well. Few people would’ve known about them if they hadn’t revealed themselves.

However, it was quite understandable considering their military background. Pavel continued, “As of now, we only have Warriors and Archers. We have some logistical classes too, but we’re still seriously unbalanced. We can only launch physical attacks, and we don’t have a variety of offense and defense methods.”

“You don’t have spellcasters?”

Pavel shook his head.

Roland was briefly stunned. “No Warlocks?”

Pavel shook his head again. “What about Priests?”

“We’re atheists, and we have our own belief.” Pavel put on a helpless smile.

One had to worship a certain god in order to become a Priest.

Roland realized his intention. “So you want me to help you raise Mages?”

“Yes.” Pavel nodded. “In fact, we can transform into Warlocks, but we aren’t used to the magic they use. Neither the Devil Contract nor the special chaotic spells are useful to us.” That was quite natural. The Warlocks’ class features made them Chaotic Neutral at best in terms of alignment.

However, the players before him were probably all Lawful Good.

It was possible for them to become Warlocks, but the power of their spells would be discounted.

Also, they wouldn’t be able to contract devils, which would mean they would only be half as strong as a normal Warlock.

As for the Priest class, it was impossible for them to become one.

Therefore, the Mages, who weren’t bound by alignment, were their only choice as spellcasters.

“Okay, I can do that.” Roland nodded. “My Magic Tower can take another hundred apprentices.”

“Thank you very much.” Pavel didn’t expect Roland to be so nice to talk to. “We don’t need a hundred. Twenty will be enough. Right, what’s your tuition fee?”

“For you, free!” said Roland casually.

He would be making a fortune soon; it wasn’t a problem to feed some twenty apprentices.

Pavel shook his head. “That won’t work. We can’t let the people suffer losses. It’s against our discipline.”

Roland thought for a moment and said, “Okay then, just give me however much you want to.”

Pavel smiled and said, “Three days from now, our men will report to you in Delpon.”

“Then I’d better go back and prepare myself.” “Okay, thank you.” Pavel thought of something and said, “Right, feel free to ask for our help if you ever need us in the future. We’ll give you a hand as long as it isn’t anything evil.” “You’re too kind.”

Roland waved at him and then teleported back to Delpon.

He began his magic experiments the moment he returned to Delpon.

He parsed the magic nodes of Nimbus Cloud Flight layer by layer and modified them significantly.

On the third day, twenty apprentices came to Delpon as promised.

They caused a minor fuss when they entered the city.

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It was because they marched in two rows and moved in the same rhythm. They were quite intimidating too, and could easily strike anyone as elite soldiers. Cage, Andonara’s uncle, happened to be patrolling on the city wall with a team. He was quite shocked to see the 24 newcomers.

He ordered to shut the city gate immediately and then nervously asked them where they were from and why they came to Delpon.

The newcomers replied truthfully.

Cage was relieved to learn that they were here for Roland. He asked someone to confirm it with Roland, while he kept an eye on them from the city wall.

A patrolman asked in surprise, “Boss, is it necessary to be so nervous? There are only 24 of them, but more than two hundred of us. We can easily defeat them with the advantage in numbers.” “Keep dreaming.” Cage slapped the head of the patrolman heavily. “You probably can’t take them down even if you have another hundred men.”

“Seriously?” All the other patrolmen were greatly astonished too.

“First of all, they’re all professionals. Although their level is low and they look like Mages, they carry the intimidating aura of soldiers,” Cage continued. “Also, they’re highly obedient. They have been standing in two rows at the rim of the road without moving at all. They’re not just elites; they’re soldiers ready to sacrifice themselves.”

“So they’re standing very steadily. What’s the big deal?”

Cage looked disdainfully at the patrolman who just spoke. “What do you know? Obedience is what matters most in an army. They may be outnumbered, but if we fight them, we’ll definitely collapse first. Morale is too important on the battlefield.” “They’re so good?”

Cage nodded. “If they’re hostile and they’re let into the city, they can probably crush our line of defense and then escape with half of them still alive.”

All the patrolmen were quite shocked.

Cage then said, “But don’t be too worried. They’re only strong to the likes of us, and they’re barely useful against a genius Mage like Roland.”

“You’re right. That’s why they’ve come to learn magic from us.” Roland landed from the sky.

“Roland, they’re indeed here for you, right?” Roland nodded. “Let them in.”

Watching them enter the city, Roland landed too and led them to register at the magic school.

He also told Vincent who they were.

Vincent was astounded. “Sweet mother of god. Even the authorities are studying magic from you?”

Roland opened his hands.

He then returned to his manor and continued his magic studies.

Five days later, Andonara came to him. “Roland, sorry to interrupt your studies, but I have to inform you that we’re running out of money.”

“How is it possible?” Roland was quite surprised. “Don’t we have a lot of gold coins?”

“The spell you’ve been studying requires the best magic resources and materials, so…” She made a helpless gesture. “If you pause your study for a while, we’ll be able to make the money back based on our income.”

Magic studies were always costly. A city would be considered wealthy enough if it could support two top Mages.

“How long will it take?”

“About three months.”

It was too long. Chances were that the expedition to the Realm of Devils would already be over by then.

Roland thought for a moment. Since he probably couldn’t get any money from the Goddess of Magic, who couldn’t establish her enterprise until half a year later, he would have to make money on his own.

So, he posted a thread on the forum.

I’m out of money, so I’m auctioning the Dragon Meat Reagent.

A moment later, his thread was abound with replies. [1] Cao Cao, a character from the Three Kingdoms who took many married women.