724 One-million Gold Coins Part 2 (1/2)
Earl Besta stood to the side and listened. He knew what Saleen's intentions were, so he did not raise any objection. He was very afraid that Saleen might create trouble for Antos in the heat of the moment.
Saleen's bounty was a warning to Antos to stop opposing Metatrin. At the moment, the world was in more and more turmoil, there were many people who were willing to assassinate Antos.
Once the bounty was disseminated, Antos could either continue offending Saleen, or he could ask someone to mediate and ask Saleen to retract the bounty.
By getting Saleen to withdraw the bounty, it would mean that Antos had softened his stance. Whatever compensation Saleen had to pay would be borne by Antos, that included interest and fees for canceling the bounty. Antos would have to pay at least one-hundred-thousand gold coins.
Saleen's retaliation might not appear powerful nor weak, but Saleen was loitering here deliberately. He allowed the winged skeleton to have thoughts of killing the enemy. ”A twenty-thousand man army wants to besiege me, does that mean that the winged skeleton's past year of summoning will go down the drain?”
Saleen's consumption of magic nuclei was very high and that was largely because of the winged skeleton. The jade skeletons created by the winged skeleton possessed intelligence, they could summon other spirits. Other than steering warships and training the navy, these skeletons would help Saleen amass a spirit army during their remaining free time.
Saleen did not have so many Green Spirit rocks. In order to help the spirits maintain their offensive power, he had to install a colossal magic array to absorb strength from the death plane regularly to rear the spirits.
Most of the Green Spirit rocks were with the winged skeleton. Around fifty-thousand spirits were stored, while the remaining spirits had to be sustained using magic nuclei.
”This time around, a number of spirits were brought along to be given to Lex as soldiers for her warship. Since I have come under attack, I shall let these spirits battle with Qin's army for a while. It will be good to let the winged skeleton have some practice targets.”
Saleen did not continue interrogating the six white-robed mages, he only spoke to the two injured mages, ”The person who wounded you is called Cuisi, do you hate him?”
The two mages raised their heads, Cuisi's whip had disappeared, Cuisi was simply standing behind Saleen with an unfeeling gaze. The two mages laughed bitterly and said, ”Cuisi is Sir's subordinate, we would not dare…”
”That's great, I was still worried that you two might die without rhyme nor reason. A mage is precious, don't put your own lives at stake. What grade are you all at?”
”Sir, we are all grade-2 mages, the Qin army never has grade-3 mages. The grade-3 mages are thinking of how to advance to a grand mage.”
”A grade-2 mage is still useful.” Saleen's words made the white-robed mages demoralized, they still thought that Saleen wanted to recruit followers. They never expected Saleen to overlook their capabilities. At that moment, Isabella and Eleanor entered the room.
”Sir!”
Seeing the gray magic robes worn by the two ladies, the fantasy harbored by the six mages was destroyed. The two female mages were clad in robes with three magic symbols, it was the trademark of a grade-6 grand mage.
”Seems like Saleen's followers have to be at least at that grade.”
Of course Saleen would not sign a follower's contract recklessly, the number of follower's contracts a mage could sign was limited, it was dependent on the magnitude of a mage's mental strength. If too many contracts were signed, contractual loopholes would appear easily.
Saleen had signed contracts with Nailisi, the winged skeleton, Nicholas, Jola, and Su. They were all experts above grade-6. A contract with any of them took up more than two contractual slots. Nicholas alone already occupied six contractual slots, this was to ensure that the contract would be stable.
Regarding the signing of contracts, a low grade follower would occupy one contractual slot at the minimum. Saleen would never waste one on a grade-2 mage.
Having a grade-2 mage as a follower was pretty good for other grade-6 mages. Saleen could not be satisfied, he demanded the best talents.
At that moment, Tolesi entered and whispered the arrangement at the city entrance to Saleen. Saleen nodded and said, ”Besta, the enemy only has about twenty-thousand men, the battle will be over very soon. I need to get to Daliang City as soon as possible. After the battle, I will ask Soldier to create some undead soldiers and zombies to aid you in defense.”
”Thank you, Your Highness…” Besta knew that Saleen was worried that the Qin people might continue wreaking havoc after his departure.
”You don't have to thank me. This time, I want to give a warning to Holy Rock City that they have gone overboard.” Finishing his sentence, Saleen told the six white-robed mages, ”Follow me to Daliang City, but before we leave, we have to sign a contract. Mm…” Saleen pondered, then asked Isabella and Eleanor, ”Do you need manpower?”
Eleanor shook her head, she did not need any male mages to follow her. If she lacked manpower, she could request a few female Caucasus warriors from Sika, whereby it was even possible for her to cultivate one or two mages.
Isabella also shook her head, by following Saleen, she would not need any disciples as everything had been taken care of by Saleen. ”If I accept these mages, I still have to spend money to take care of them.”