Chapter 779: Business Route (Two in One)
After Edward and his companions returned to Saint Coe City, they immediately held a grand celebration banquet! As the first contributor to turning the tide of the war, Gervis was naturally sought after by all the lords of the Saint City.
After three rounds of drinks, the city lords turned their attention to Gervis' slave magicians and swift dragon birds.
Gervis had nothing to hide regarding the matters of magicians, and he directly said that it was because of the magic potion that he was able to train so many apprentice magicians.
As for where so many magical potions came from, we have to mention the elves. All the potion materials were obtained from the elves.
Edward and the others had no doubts after hearing this. After all, the elves owned such a huge treasure trove of the Sacred Forest, so it was normal for them to provide some rare materials.
In addition, regarding the matter of the Swift Dragon Bird, Gervis also blamed it on the potion, saying that he accidentally configured a potion that could control low- and mid-level monsters.
However, in order to prevent everyone from remembering the potion, Gervest deliberately described the potion in a somewhat unbearable way.
For example, the effect of this potion is temporary. If you want to continue to control the velociraptors, you must give them the potion regularly, otherwise these velociraptors will automatically get out of control after a while.
Moreover, the configuration cost of the potion is very high, no less than other magical potions. After hearing this set of rhetoric, the holy city lords who had been drooling over the potion that could control magical beasts lost interest and stopped asking too many questions.
After all, they thought the cost of each magic potion was not low, so it would be very uneconomical to need to maintain it regularly. It was only suitable for cities like Gervis that had a weak foundation and did not have the capital to tame flying monsters on their own.
Perhaps when Gervis becomes more developed in the future, he may also need to tame birds himself.
Finally, the celebration banquet ended successfully with Gervis and a group of city lords eating and drinking to their heart's content.
The next morning, Edward called another emergency meeting to discuss the next plan.
During the time that Gervis was away, Edward and others had explored the area of hundreds of miles in the God's Falling Land in greater depth.
According to the information currently gathered, the natives still have at least seven or eight huge cities, and Edward's plan is to temporarily repair the current city, and when other holy city forces take action, they will attack and advance at the same time, so that no single party will absorb the attention of all the natives.
After this proposal was agreed by all the city lords, the meeting continued to discuss some issues about defense deployment and then ended.
Gervis did not participate in the subsequent discussions and just listened the whole time. After all, his Saint Ann City was a separate building far away from everyone else, and the defense issue did not have much to do with him.
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"So your city is likely to border or overlap with the Golden Shield Family's territory!"
In the square of St. Coe City, Gervis and Edward walked side by side. Edward was very surprised that Gervis was chased all the way to St. Ann City and finally captured it.
"Grevith, you need to be careful next. If there is any danger, come and find us immediately!"
"As for the Sacred Forest, there are elves there. Even the Golden Shield Family would not dare to cause trouble there!"
Although he was surprised, Edward was still a little worried about Gervis running so far away and being left alone.
"I know Duke Edward, please don't worry!"
Gervis heard Edward's concern and nodded solemnly.
After thinking about it and hesitating for a moment, Gervis asked Edward again.
"Duke Edward, I wonder how Adela is doing lately?"
I haven't seen Adela for a long time. To be honest, Gervis really missed this lovely young lady.
When Edward heard Gervis's answer, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Gervis strangely for a moment, and then slowly spoke.
"Adela is...very good!"
"In that case, I'll take my leave now! I'll come visit your main city next time I have the chance!"
Gervis felt Edward's strange gaze and stopped talking immediately.
He also realized that it was a complete mistake to ask Edward about Adela's recent situation.
I'm afraid Edward is afraid that I will kidnap his granddaughter, and asking now would arouse suspicion.
"Okay Gervis, be careful about everything!"
Seeing Gervis say goodbye, Edward nodded immediately.
"Okay, Duke Edward, see you next time!"
After saying that, Gervis mounted his Dragon Bird and flew high into the sky with a loud bang.
The slave soldiers also followed behind riding on swift dragon birds.
“This brat!”
Seeing Gervis leave, Edward sighed with mixed feelings.
The good mood was completely ruined by the question that Gervis just asked.
When Edward, the powerful Duke, thought of his granddaughter, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
I don’t know what kind of love potion this Gervis gave his granddaughter. Ever since this guy left, his granddaughter has become dazed.
Whenever he had free time, he would stare out the window, staring blankly at the empty medicine bottles in his hands.
Of course Edward knew why his granddaughter was like this; it was because of that kid Gervis.
But this boy already has a wife, and she is the husband of the elven queen. Edward naturally couldn't bear to see his granddaughter suffer such injustice.
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After about a day's journey, Gervis returned safely to St. Ann's City at noon the next day.
This trip to Saint Coe City allowed him to contact Edward and others, and also confirmed that the team would be reorganized in the next period of time, so he could develop peacefully in Saint Ann City for a period of time.
The most important thing at the moment is to try to enhance your personal strength and the strength of your subordinates.
The matter of the slave soldiers is now on the right track. Even though the magician can only release fireballs, it can still play a strong role because it is a long-range attack and is quite powerful.
What troubled Gervis was his direct guards. Compared with other Holy City forces that started out as Golden Knights, his direct guards were naturally different.
In this case, Gervis must invest more potions in them, so that the direct guards can grow quickly and become truly combat-ready.
However, he was now facing an embarrassing situation, as all his energy points had been used up, leaving only eight energy points.
Therefore, whether for the sake of protecting his own life or enhancing the strength of his subordinates, Gervis must find a way to obtain energy points.
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"Ike! I have a dangerous mission for you to complete!"
In the hall of the temple, Gervis sat in the main seat. In front of him stood ten personal guards, including Ik. They all stood respectfully in front of Gervis waiting for his orders.
"Your Majesty, please give your orders! The guards serve you till death!"
It was rare to hear the word "danger" from the mouth of their own king. Ike and others immediately became alert. While their expressions were serious, they felt more honored.
Ever since their King returned from his disappearance, they knew that they could no longer keep up with the King. The title of Royal Guards was completely in name only, and they needed their King to protect them in every major war.
This is a shame for them as royal guards. Even if His Majesty the King doesn't say it, they would feel bad about it.
"I need you to explore all the way to the west and draw a simple map of the west and bring it back. The most important thing is to find out the location of the orcs."
The fastest way to earn energy points is to start with the orcs, so Gervis is now preparing to send Ik and others to explore the location of the orcs, and then he will harvest another wave when the time comes.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Royal Guards will ensure that the mission is accomplished!"
Ike and the others did not hesitate at all and immediately saluted solemnly and accepted the order.
"Very good! Then this mission is handed over to you! Safety is your top priority on the road, don't worry, I can wait! If your life is really in danger, I will allow you to return temporarily!"
Gervis was very satisfied with the attitude of Ike and others, and immediately gave them some instructions.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ike and others were deeply moved when they heard Gervis's instructions.
However, no one has ever thought of returning if they encounter danger. If they were given such a small task and returned without completing it, they would not have the face to be the personal guard anymore.
"Then let's get ready to go!"
Afterwards, Gervis took out dozens of potions from his space ring and distributed them to Ike and others. He also allocated twenty swift dragon birds for them to use.
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Standing on the steps of the temple, watching Ik and others riding the Swift Dragon Bird flying high into the sky towards the west, Gervis then withdrew his gaze.
The potions previously given to Ik and others contained three doses of strength-enhancing potions for each person. This potion was not for Ik and others to take themselves, but was prepared for the Swift Dragon Bird.
The strength of Ike and others is too low. Even if they take potions to enhance their strength, it is still useless when they meet the White Flag Knights.
But if the strength-enhancing potion is given to the Swift Dragon Bird, its strength can be increased three to five times, and its flying speed should be unmatched by any magical beast of the same level.
This is the reason why Gervis provided Ik and others with two velociraptors. He took into consideration the side effects of taking the potion and wanted to use them just in case.
With such preparations, Gervis believed that there should be no major problems in ensuring the safety of Ike and others.
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After standing at the door of the temple for a while, Gervis did not return to the temple, but walked down the steps and came to the square.
Arriving at the exit of the God's Falling Passage, Gervis stepped directly in.
"Caroline, how is the winemaking going lately?"
Arriving at the door of Caroline's study where the gathering place was, Gervis saw Caroline writing and drawing at the desk with her head down, so he walked in slowly and asked softly as he walked.
"Ah! Gervis, why are you here!"
Perhaps because she was too focused on the work at hand, Caroline only reacted after Gervis asked. The moment she saw Gervis, a happy smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Now that Saint Ann City is so close to the gathering place, I can come whenever I want. You make it sound like I won't even come to see you!"
Gervis walked up and embraced Caroline, made a joke, and then took Caroline to sit down on the sofa.
"I don't think so. I'm just happy to see you here!"
Caroline snuggled up to Gervase's shoulder with a sweet look on her face and immediately denied it.
After saying this, he thought of Gervis's question just now, so he looked up at Gervis and spoke slowly.
"With the elves helping to take care of the grapes, they are growing very well. We have also produced a lot of wine, filling up the entire wine cellar!"
"In a few days, when the next batch of grapes mature, we will have no place to store the wine, so I am going to build a few new wine cellars to store wine in the next two days!"
"Well! Then build a few more. Don't worry about the sales of the wine. I will start arranging sales next!"
"With you here, I won't worry!"
Caroline hugged Gervis tightly, rubbing her head against his arms, enjoying the extremely strong sense of security.
The Holy Trading Company came to the Holy Forest twice in total. The second time was after Gervis came back. However, Gervis was fighting in the Land of Fallen Gods at that time, so he was received by Caroline.
However, the caravan of the Sacred Trading Company brought bad news, saying that because Gervis had killed their prince, the orcs no longer allowed the caravan to go from the Orc King's Court to the Sacred Forest to trade with the elves and Gervis.
Therefore, the second time the caravan came to trade was the last time.
Because if the caravan did not pass through the Beast King's Court, it would have to take a detour through the Death Swamp and the Flame Grassland, but the problem was that the road was too far and dangerous. For the safety of the caravan, the Sacred Merchants finally decided to suspend trade with the Sacred Forest.
They will prepare to come to the Sacred Forest again only after the war in the Land of the Fallen Gods is over and the passages to various holy cities are opened.
As a result, the wine produced by Gervis and his team later remained in the wine cellar and could not be sold.
Gervis was not in a hurry about this. He was not short of money at that time, and there was no problem with the sales of wine. As long as the trade route was opened, he could still make a fortune.
More importantly, the wine will not deteriorate. On the contrary, the longer it is stored, the better it tastes.
However, the situation has changed. Now Gervis has spent all 680,000 gold coins.
And he is very energy-hungry, so earning gold coins must be a difficult task.
Although Ik and others have been sent out to search for the orcs, Gvisgvis also needs to make preparations just in case.
The second preparation was that he would open up trade routes within the Land of the Fallen Gods and sell the wine directly to the Holy Alliance.
In this way, he could exclude the Sacred Trading Company and have no middlemen making a profit from the price difference.
Of course, if it were on a normal day, he naturally couldn't do this. The Sacred Trading Company was a behemoth, and it would be troublesome to offend it easily.
But now the Holy Trading Company is under pressure from the orcs and is unwilling to take a detour to the Holy Forest. If Gervis sells the wine directly himself, there will be no problem.
On his way back, Gervis was already thinking about how to open up the trade route in the Land of the Fallen Gods.
To go from St. Ann's City to the city where Johnson and others were, one must pass through the small town that he originally targeted.
So his first task was to capture the small town, and then if possible, it would be best to rebuild a bridge so that he wouldn't have to take a long detour to reach the other side of the river.
At that time, it will be very convenient for the caravan to travel to the cities of Edward, Johnson and others, and they can go to the Holy Alliance from their Divine Meteorite Channel.
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After continuing to spend some time in the study room flirting with Caroline, Gervis returned to St. Ann's City under Caroline's reluctant gaze.
He was very confident that Caroline could handle all the outside matters, so he had to hurry up and do what he needed to do.
(End of this chapter)
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