539 Oracle Fycro Part 2 (2/2)

”Mister mage, this man is not a Myers.” The captain was a bit embarrassed, but still explained to Fycro patiently.

Fycro understood immediately. Holy Rock City had created war puppets and from what he knew, they destroyed the Eastern Sea Allied Army. Even the millions of troops in the Eastern Sea Allied Army could not stand against the swarms of soldiers from Holy Rock City. After a few major battles, the number of captives from the Eastern Sea Allied Army were more than two-hundred-thousand. These captives, according to the laws of the Qin Kingdom, could be bought and sold.

Since they were not from Myers Mainland, to foreign invaders, Qin was considered merciful by not executing them.

”Mister mage, please save me! I don't want to go to the mine. I am willing to become your follower!” The captive from the Eastern Sea Allied Army shouted loudly from inside the shop.

Fycro smiled and said, ”How much do I need to pay to buy this man?”

The captain seemed to be put in a difficult position and said, ”Mister mage, originally he would not have cost much, but he escaped and injured a few of our soldiers in the process. If you are Qin, it will be difficult to buy him.”

”I am Sikenqinyan,” Fycro said honestly.

”Then that would require one-thousand gold coins as a deposit. If he does not create any trouble for our country within a year, you will only receive a return of five-hundred gold coins. It is not worth it,” the soldier tried to dissuade Fycro, out of goodwill. Using one-thousand gold coins to buy a grade-1 swordmaster was indeed too expensive. Usually, gold coins were still extremely valuable to a low-level mage.

”Where can I sign the contract for purchase?” Of course, Fycro did not care for the one-thousand gold coins. Now that he heard that the swordmaster was supposed to be sent for mining, there were some questions that he wanted to ask him. With regards to the Eastern Sea Allied Army, he was also interested to understand more about that too. The Holy See had never had any control over the seas, and to Fycro, that was a huge miscalculation.

If they could develop fleets like Cloudflow, the Holy See would have expanded to the mainland long ago.

”In that case… Mister mage, please follow me to the town hall.” The soldier had already tried his best to dissuade him, but since Fycro was still insistent, he could not be bothered to persist any further. Mages usually tended to be strange people, so who knew what he was thinking.

Fycro managed to purchase the swordmaster successfully and spent a total of more than one-thousand and two-hundred gold coins. Amongst them were one-thousand gold coins' worth of deposit. It was unlikely that he would get the deposit back.

Fycro brought the swordmaster back to his room and signed a follower contract with him before questioning him.

Fycro was a bit disappointed after the questioning. Although the swordmaster was the military officer of one of the Eastern Sea countries, that country was a small one and was not even able to construct its own vessels. The situation in the Eastern Sea was ideal. Hundreds of small countries located on more than three-thousand small islands, such places were perfect for the spreading of faith.

The countries of the Eastern Sea suffered huge losses in this expedition. If the Holy See could seize the opportunity, they would definitely be able to convert a lot of new disciples.

The only trouble was that the Eastern Sea countries also had a religion of their own. Their faith did not lie in any Gods, but with a royal family. According to legend, a noble family from the first dynasty came over to the Eastern Sea islands and built a unifyed kingdom. The empire did not last long and broke apart soon after. Nevertheless, the subsequent emperors or kings all acknowledged this noble family to be their spiritual leader.

”The descendants of the first dynasty?” Fycro analyzed and decided that it was still possible. If this family was that powerful, it would not have allowed the kingdom they built to collapse.

The issue about the mining was simple. There were quite a few mines in the northern part of Metatrin City. The Supreme Court had conducted reconnaissance of the area before, but did not treat it with importance since it was so far away. Metatrin City laid claim to these mines and allowed noble families and merchants to invest and mine.

The noble families of Phoenix had escaped here, but the journey was not entirely a rush and they had time to bring along all their family properties and were still very affluent. The only thing they lacked was manpower.

Irene was in charge of organizing the manpower, so she bought many slaves in Lianyun City and then sold them to the investors of the mines. The slaves were sent to the northern side for mining.

Due to a lack of suitable mining machines, this method was the fastest way to earn profits.

After what the swordmaster told Fycro, he thought to himself, ”Since I did not kill the swordmaster and have already spent more than one-thousand gold coins on him, I might as well keep him as my runner.” The purpose of him coming alone was to strike a deal with Saleen. He left all the fighting and killing to the Pivotal Council and the Supreme Court.

In any case, the deal that he was trying to strike was a major one. If he succeeded, he would no longer be restricted on the Myers Mainland.