Novel Full Chapter 375 - 349: A New Buyer
“What? You want me to send people to the Wubei Territory?”
Wiggin raised his voice, questioning his father in complete confusion.
Lurans grunted in affirmation. “The Wubei Territory needs to build a port, establish a new city, and develop various industries. They have a massive labor shortage.”
“We have plenty of cities and manors with surplus populations. It won’t be difficult to transfer some to the Wubei Territory.”
As he spoke, he picked up a sheet of sheepskin from the table. Mosite took it and handed it to Wiggin.
“These are the Wubei Territory’s policies for Free People and Peasant Slaves. If you publicize them, plenty of people should be willing to go.”
Wiggin only glanced at the policies on the paper. Setting aside whether they were attractive or not, he looked at Lurans, still confused.
“Father, Ronin has essentially been separated from us. It’s one thing to give him some support, but why are you going to such great lengths for him?”
“Besides, you said last time that you wouldn’t revoke Bretton’s right to inherit the Marquis title. But in the future, with two lords bearing the ’Wushan’ name, who are our subordinates supposed to listen to?”
He said, “Perhaps you aren’t aware, but Marvin, Sandro, and Vitorino have all sent their sons to the Wubei Territory. They will surely treat Ronin as their leader in the future. When that time comes, after Bretton inherits the Marquis title, aren’t you worried that the two of them will turn against each other and start a civil war?”
Wiggin was happy that Ronin had just sent him Over Two Thousand Gold Coins.
But he was displeased with the actions of the three Viscounts.
’I’m the next in line to inherit the Noble Title, so why aren’t any of these Viscounts trying to cozy up to me?’
Lurans chuckled. “You certainly are thinking far ahead.”
It couldn’t be said that Wiggin’s thinking was wrong. On the contrary, such a possibility did exist.
But when would it be Bretton’s turn to inherit the Noble Title? How many years from now would that be?
At the very least, Lurans would have to die first, and then Wiggin would have to die as well.
Even if Lurans only lived to be 150, that was still 74 years away.
’In over seventy years, I can’t even imagine how powerful Ronin will have become.’
“Wiggin, your concerns aren’t wrong, but you don’t understand Ronin.”
He waved his hand and said with a smile, “You’ll understand my intentions soon enough. For now, just do as I say.”
Wiggin spread his hands. “Fine, Father. I hope your decision doesn’t bring us any trouble.”
Watching the servant push Wiggin away, Lurans smiled and shook his head.
’Seventy-four years… given Wiggin’s condition, my son will likely pass away before I do.’
Of course, that was assuming they both died of natural causes.
“My lord, Dean Miloslav has arrived,” Mosite reported.
Lurans was taken aback. “That old fellow is early this year. Show him in. Oh, and go notify Ronin. Tell him to come as well.”
“Yes, my lord.”
At this moment, Ronin was in his room, opening chests of Gold Coins one by one.
As the ten chests of Gold Coins filled the room with a brilliant golden light, a line of text appeared in his vision:
[“Prosperous Fortune” achievement completed. Attribute Points +4000, Energy Essence +8000]
In an instant, Ronin’s “savings” skyrocketed again.
’With so much Energy Essence, I can upgrade Ridder to Silver Moon Level first. Then, after saving up a little more, I’ll be able to raise Macken to Meteor Level.’
For a Knight to advance from Meteor to Silver Moon, it required 4,000 Energy Essence, assuming no aptitude upgrade was needed.
Ronin hadn’t expected to acquire such a large amount of Energy Essence so quickly.
He had originally thought that obtaining a Hundred Thousand Gold Coins in one go would require a huge order after his business was up and running.
While pondering this, he opened the achievement panel to check the requirements for the next tier of [Prosperous Fortune], only to find that the description had changed:
[Prosperous Fortune]: Obtain 500,000 Gold Coins at one time to receive the final tier achievement reward: Attribute Points +10,000, Energy Essence +20,000
This time, the description included the words “final tier.”
It was obvious that once Ronin completed this tier, the Prosperous Fortune achievement would disappear, just like the seven-day login interface had.
Although Ronin felt it was a bit of a shame he couldn’t keep farming it, he found it reasonable that achievements had a final tier.
’Five hundred thousand Gold Coins… that’s a steep requirement.’
Getting five hundred thousand Gold Coins from a single deal was extremely difficult; the Wubei Territory’s current scale was nowhere near enough.
In fact, forget the Wubei Territory—even the Wushan Territory couldn’t manage it.
But Ronin could simply arrange several deals, and once they totaled five hundred thousand, he could collect the payment all at once. That would probably count as obtaining it “at one time.”
Pushing the thought aside, he looked at the other achievements. It was clear they also had final tiers.
Take [Famous Throughout the World] for example. He had already reached the rank of Count. Above that should be Marquis, Duke, King, and Great Emperor.
For [King of Slaughter], the next step was to kill an Eighth-level Extraordinary Unit. Above that, there should be two more tiers: Ninth Level and Legendary Level.
Ronin didn’t know if there was a level beyond Legendary, but if there was, there might be even higher tiers.
Besides these two achievements, he had completed five tiers of [Population Prosperity] and four tiers of [Siege and Conquest].
If Prosperous Fortune had nine tiers in total, then there weren’t many left for the others either.
’But by the time I complete all the achievements, my power will probably be at the pinnacle of the continent, right?’
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK~
There was a knock on the door.
Ronin stuffed the ten chests into his Space Ring. “Come in.”
The person who entered was a servant under Mosite. “Young Master, Butler Mosite sent me to inform you that Dean Miloslav has arrived.”
“Good, I’ll head over right now.”
He wanted to see Dean Miloslav mainly to ask about Magic Potion Materials.
Elron’s Support Enhancement Potion and Awakening Potion needed to be made as soon as possible.
「Lurans’s study.」
“Heavens, old friend, you’re actually cured?”
Miroslav squeezed Lurans’s arm up and down, his tone filled with disbelief.
The Soul-Devouring Surge that had plagued him and Silva for so many years had actually been purged!
“Quick, quick, tell me, how did you do it?”
Lurans gave a mysterious smile. “About that… forgive me, but I need to keep it a secret for now. When the time is right, I’ll tell you the details.”
He didn’t want to tell outsiders, but Miroslav knew his condition like the back of his hand, so there was no hiding it from him.
Besides, they were friends who had been through life and death together for the better part of their lives. So, he only concealed the part about Ronin, choosing to be honest about his own recovery.
“You rascal!”
Miroslav chided him with a laugh, “Now that you’re better, you’re trying to keep secrets from me? You were begging me for help when you first fell ill!”
Lurans shot him a glare. “I was paying for your services. When did I ever beg you?”
At this, Miroslav sighed. “Well, now that you’re cured, the ’Fiery Potion’ I have on hand no longer has a buyer. It looks like it’ll go to waste.”
Lurans nodded. “It would be a shame to waste it.”
He thought for a moment, his eyes lighting up. “I know! Why don’t you sell it to Ossen? He could definitely use it.”
“Didn’t you tell me not to sell it to him?”
Miroslav raised an eyebrow. “What, you don’t think he poses a threat to you anymore?”
“Your potion only alleviates the pain, it can’t cure him. What do I have to be afraid of?”
Lurans sneered, “The only reason I told you not to sell it to him before was to vent my anger. I didn’t want that old bastard to have an easy time.”
Miroslav nodded. “In that case, I’ll make a trip to Black Python City after a while. That fellow Ossen forks over more than a hundred thousand Gold Coins to me every year. That must be a heavy economic burden on his domain.”
The Wushan Territory paying such a high fee every year had already forced them to reduce the number of Knight Orders to five.
If Ossen’s Count’s Domain also maintained such high expenses, it would be a major test for his domain’s finances.
And this, in turn, would further weaken the threat from the Hyde Clan.