631 The arrival of the grade-9 mages Part 2 (2/2)
”If it is the Holy See's army, we will definitely lend a hand. In Laiyin Duchy we still have tens of thousands of people that are deployable.” The two grade-9 mages clearly bore hatred towards the Holy See. Before they became sorcerers they had toured the Tanggulasi Empire in the past and they almost had gotten killed there.
That conflict broke out because the two of them were assisting a death mage. Saleen's words were coincidentally aligned with their thoughts.
”I have invited you two masters over, but not because of the war. As you know a sorcerer has to be in command once an imperial city is developed. My teacher is busy with some matters, so he cannot come at the moment, Uncle Fellett recommended the two of you.”
”Imperial city?”
”Of course, the Metatrin family is a royal family with a different surname. Since I am going to recover my family's glory, this city has to have an imperial status.” Saleen answered very naturally. The first few portions of his ancestral record were not fabricated, only the parts from the fourth dynasty until the present day were falsified. The Metatrin family had indeed flourished for a period of time during the fourth dynasty.
The two grade-9 sorcerers were actually hesitant now. They were not very rich at the moment, the income given by the mercenary group was not sufficient to build a magical tower. If Saleen was addressed as a royalty, they were not even willing to contribute a token sum to him.
It was perfectly normal for a royalty to hire sorcerers, the sorcerers were also treated pretty well. If Saleen wanted to build a residence the sorcerers could not save on gifts because that was a matter of prestige.
Of course Fellett knew about their situation, so he continued the conversation, ”Saleen is my nephew, he and Aini are like brothers. I didn't lie about anything when I invited the two of you over, Saleen is planning to construct a magical tower for you.”
”That's right, I am going to build a ten story magical tower for both of you. It will be sufficient for your usage.” Saleen struck while the iron was hot.
Anthony and Frankie turned to look at Saleen and Saleen nodded his head gently, signaling that this claim was true. The two sorcerers burst out in boisterous laughter, then said, ”Then we will stay, but do we have to sign any contracts?”
For magical towers with more than eight stories the required material was steel rock and the costs for building the interior was even larger. The fortune which the both of them had amassed was for building a magical tower for themselves, but since Saleen was going to gift them a ten story magical tower, it would be sufficient for them. The sorcerers had amassed quite a substantial fortune, they would not lose their dignity in front of Saleen's subordinates.
Being a mage for royalty was different from joining Alchemy City. Alchemy City had many more rules compared to Holy Rock City. By following Saleen they would not need to comply with orders, they just had to protect the cities near their magical tower. If Saleen had any further requests he would not need to spend more money. Nevertheless, Saleen also would not bother them with trivial affairs.
Since the two sorcerers were talking about contracts, Saleen understood what the implicit meaning was. In a magnanimous tone, he said, ”A contract must be signed. I will state my demands. If you find it unsatisfactory feel free to raise objections.”
”Sure, please say them.”
”The ten story magical tower will surely be built by me, it will be completed within one month. Within the magical tower, I will send four grand mages to serve the both of you perennially, please give them guidance. As for magic disciples, there will be sixty of them.”
Anthony and Frankie nodded, even though they did not accept students Saleen's requests were not overbearing. On paper, the four grand mages would serve the two sorcerers, but the real people suffering were the sixty magic disciples. The four grand mages would actually learn from them.
”Every week, I will send a batch of low grade mages over, please explain one spell to them.”
Anthony glanced at Frankie, this request was still acceptable. Per week, they just had to explain one spell. As long as they explained it in detail, not much time would be expended. The both of them nodded again.
”The magical tower will be built outside Metatrin City, nearby a small town. If you are willing a few six-story magical towers can be built in the vicinity too. As for the town's defense, neither of you have to take any action if there aren't any unforeseen circumstances.”
”City owner, you are too courteous.”
With a straight face, Saleen replied, ”A sorcerer is honorable, they cannot be constantly embroiled in worldly affairs.”
These words came from the bottom of Saleen's heart, he would not need two grade-9 sorcerers to resolve the trivial problems. When Saleen's teacher arrived at Metatrin City in the future he would not be involved in the trivial matters either. Saleen was going to advance to a sorcerer soon, he knew that a sorcerer required time for practice.
”I can provide the level-6 magic nuclei you use for your experiments, as for high level magic nuclei… I will hunt them in the ocean. Both of you can follow the ships out to sea and you can get twenty percent of the income.”
”Hmm?” Both sorcerers were bewildered. Saleen was providing level-6 magic nuclei, and the supply was unlimited, but the sorcerers had to obtain the high level magic nuclei themselves. They could only receive twenty percent of the income and they still had to sail out to sea to hunt!
”City owner, the risk of hunting at sea is too high. We do not mind a twenty percent cut though…”