Chapter 600 - Chapter 600: 193. Mysterious Exploration_2 (1/2)
Chapter 600: 193. Mysterious Exploration_2
If they didn’t want to settle down in such a distant place, there was only one solution: finding an island near the western side of the archipelago and leasing it for a long period.
Due to the longer lifespan of wizards, the island lease term in this world could be extended to 50 or even 100 years.
If Noland Lee and Denise Green didn’t plan on spending the rest of their lives here, then leasing an island would be the best choice.
Saleswoman Nellie also gave a brief introduction to the leasing situation of the islands.
Starting from the inner circle, the island lease starts at 300,000 gold coins per year. The further east you go, the cheaper the lease. Approximately 3000 kilometers east of the inner circle, the lease cost drops to 2000 gold coins per year.
A quick calculation would show that the 150,000 gold coins Noland Lee and Denise Green planned to spend on purchasing an island could potentially lease a cheap one for 75 years.
To buy or to rent?
The key wasn’t in the amount of expense.
Money wasn’t the issue.
What Noland Lee was truly concerned about was the “commute” time.
Opportunities were everywhere in the inner circle. In the present situation where gold coins equate basic attributes, Noland Lee might frequently have to commute between the inner circle and the island. The time he spent on the road could be reduced by using level 100 flight spells.
However, no matter how much time he shaved off the “commute”, he would still need to spend at least 20 hours flying across the majority of the Suman Archipelago.
Moreover, the energy consumed by flight spells is calculated by distance, with a fixed rate of 1 point of Death Energy + 1 point of Energy for every kilometer.
More flights would quickly consume tens of thousands of Death Energy and Energy points.
Considering this, perhaps leasing an island would be a better option.
“Nellie, is there a way to quickly reach the west side of the archipelago from the east?” Noland Lee asked.
“Yes.” Nellie reached across the model of the archipelago on the table, tracing a glowing circle around its outer edge.
Many tributaries diverged from this glowing circle, extending deep into the archipelago, ultimately forming a network lurking under the waters of the archipelago.
There was a tributary of the circle passing by every 20 or 30 islands.
“The Deep Sea Branch constructed a magic ocean current that connects the entire archipelago near the seabed of the Suman Archipelago. The glowing lines on the 3D model signify the locations of the magic ocean currents,” Nellie explained.