778 An Order from Alchemy City Part 2 (1/2)
”What else can happen? The people of Alchemy City have all agreed that the magic nuclei business must not be snatched away by anybody else. Oh yes, Saleen, sell me some magic nuclei at a cheaper price. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy them in the future when Metatrin City is gone.”
Hogina was someone without any conscience, so she was able to say what she said. What she meant was that if Saleen did not agree to the request, Metatrin City was finished. As for her, she wanted to buy as many things as she could from Metatrin City before that.
Saleen and Lex looked at each other and laughed. Lex said, ”So this is an order and not a negotiation. Hogina, when is Alchemy City expecting a reply?”
”Ah? I forgot!” Hogina said and quickly adjusted her magic chords to search for the directions that had been imprinted into her brain through magic.
”Aiya, they want the reply now!” Even Hogina was shocked by this piece of memory that she had retrieved. In her opinion, something major like this would often require a few rounds of discussion before there was a chance of success. She could sense that demanding a response immediately was not appropriate either and so, her expression was no longer relaxed.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
”We are mages, so we can't possibly pretend to agree first then go back on our words later. Besides, Alchemy City will surely want a bond to be signed for something major like this. If we go against the bond, Alchemy City will surely not hesitate to attack us with full force.” Lex spoke with certainty.
Saleen continued, ”We will just have to reject it. We will become the slaves of Alchemy City very soon otherwise.”
”Saleen, you will not stand a chance against them. Alchemy City is too powerful and you are just…”
”I am just a grade-6 mage, a small King. In the eyes of the grade-9 sorcerers, I'm not even worth as much as a magic beast. Hogina, have you seen any mages just give in like this?”
”Yes.” Hogina nodded. Saleen could not continue after her response.
”But we are not that type of mages. Hogina, what do you plan to do?” Lex asked.
”Nothing. I will stay for a while and see what items I can buy. When teacher comes, he will go to Cloudflow and I will follow him. With regards to Alchemy City's request, this is all I need to do.”
”That's all?”
”Hmm, I'm not here to pick a fight and I'm not a match for both of you anyway. Saleen, where will I stay?”
Hogina's naivety still left Lex feeling guarded and she said, ”Hogina, don't you need to report back to Alchemy City?”
Hogina shook her head and said, ”I only need to report back before the tenth of April. I had miscalculated the dates.”
There was nothing much that Lex and Saleen could say. She still got something that had been imprinted into her brain with magic wrong. Hogina must have invested all her intelligence onto the knowledge of magic. There were other mages like this and there were quite a number of them too.
”I'm not that stupid. If I report back now, I will not be able to buy any items here. It is as if I am going against Alchemy City otherwise. Teacher will not allow that. After I have bought what I need to buy, then I will report back to Alchemy City. No one will care about any transactions I make before that.” What Hogina said left Saleen and Lex completely dumbfounded.
”You can stay at…”
”You can stay here.” Lex interrupted Saleen in mid-sentence and said, ”Your men will stay at the hostel. You can think about what you want to buy tomorrow.”
Saleen had no idea what Lex was planning, but she was already ordering someone to serve this young female mage. She pulled Saleen out of the small tower and back to the magic tower before saying, ”Hogina's stand reflects her teacher's stand. How fond can she be of us? If not for her teacher's instructions, she would have reported back to Alchemy City immediately.”
”Imposa, that guy… looks very unique.” Saleen could only use such a simple and crude way to describe him. For a mage to transform his lower body into alchemy equipment, someone like that was perverted and strange.
”What Imposa is trying to tell us is that the situation in Alchemy City is not as stable as it seems. There must be a number of mages that are unhappy with their current situations, but are unable to resist the power of Alchemy City. What Alchemy City is doing to us is giving us an opportunity.”
”What opportunity?”
”Your teacher is heading to Metatrin City. Alchemy City is actually fragmented. Once all the Sregl Island mages make their way to Metatrin City, many unhappy mages from Alchemy City will also follow suit. With the rules that we have in place in Metatrin City, these mages will find that they are much more respected there compared to Alchemy City.”
”But that's in the future. What happens now?”