Chapter 129: Making a Fortune
The contract was not long, just one page, but the content was shocking.
The first one was that the elves would pay a ransom of 20 million gold coins for each elven captive. This was originally said casually by Amber Xiu, who had promised the dwarves that he would return one and compensate three times the amount. He never thought that an elf could really be sold for 20 million. In fact, an elf that could be sold for 2 million was already more valuable than a paladin.
As a result, the Withered Rose negotiated the highest price for this An, and the income alone was several hundred million. The fire of An Boxiu's soul was burning fiercely, and he was almost excited to the point of exploding. He couldn't imagine what it would look like if hundreds of millions of gold coins were integrated into the golden throne. Would it directly turn into a flying golden palace?
The second clause is also extremely valuable. Every year, Amber can ask the elves for magic materials worth no more than 10 million gold coins, which is 70% of the market price at that time. This free clause will last for a hundred years.
Withered Rose said: "The elves also have limited gold reserves, and they also need gold to stabilize prices, so they can only pay with magic materials in the future."
Amber Xiu said with satisfaction: "It's already very good. Magic materials are sometimes more valuable than gold coins."
Reading further down, if this peace talk is successful, the elves will give all the magic-breaking weapons they have accumulated to Ambersu, and will also open up the supply of various magic equipment in the future and offer the lowest discount.
Withered Rose said without hesitation: "This is the benefit I want, do you have any objection?"
"How could there be any objection? We agreed at the beginning that this is our business."
Amber knew that the lifelong goal of the Withered Rose was to destroy the Ryan Empire. These magic-destroying weapons were the most important strategic materials for her. This was also what was agreed upon during the initial cooperation, that each side would take what it needed from the elves.
Ambersu received a large amount of gold coins and the most valuable magic materials. Withered Rose received magic-destroying weapons and orders for subsequent cooperation, but the cooperation was only discussed in the name of Ambersu.
The above can only be regarded as the elves bleeding heavily, but it cannot be said that they have emptied their family assets.
But the latter one is a bit outrageous.
"The elves are 'lending' me three artifacts? What's going on?"
Amber Xiu said he didn't understand. Can this artifact be borrowed? If the artifact of the elves was lent to a lich, the blasphemy would really be killed by the elves.
Artifacts are, to some extent, the highest-level enchanted weapons, but this level of enchantment has a lot to say about it.
For example, the most famous artifact on the continent, the Magic Dragon Suit of the Ryan Empire. After putting on this set of equipment, one is equivalent to a god. Although he is the weakest kind of god, he can freely exert the power of a god in the mortal world, which is almost equivalent to being invincible.
This is the equipment that the founding emperor Ryan made using the corpse of the Dragon Tyrant after he overthrew the Dragon Tyrant. At the same time, because of his feat of expelling the dragon, he was blessed by the Lord of Dawn, making this set of Dragon suits the most powerful artifact in the continent.
The elves are not bad either. They are the race most favored by the gods. How could they lack magical artifacts?
It may not be as famous as the Dragon Set, but it may be equally powerful. This thing that is truly used to suppress luck, lend it to Amber, three pieces, the elves must be crazy, right? They may not even have enough artifacts in stock to reach double digits.
If you lose gold coins, you can save them. You don't need to cultivate magic materials. You can just forge magic weapons from scratch. But artifacts are not something you can just save up. Without the blessing of the gods, mortals can hardly forge artifacts.
This is no longer just bloodletting, this is a complete house raiding.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn't moved, but Amber quickly calmed down and said to Withered Rose, "The artifact of the elves... why are we talking about this? It would be better to ask for a few hundred million more."
It’s no wonder that Amber Xiu despises it. No matter how good this artifact is, he can’t use it.
Although the elven gods would not kill the undead as soon as they saw them, they were, after all, gods of light and nature, which was completely different from undead like Ambersu who only used dark magic. Even if the elven artifact was given to Ambersu, he would feel hot when holding it, really hot, the kind that would make his hand bones smoke.
Withered Rose said, "The elves are not really fools. I want more, but they are unwilling to give it to me. If there is too much gold loss, the economy of Silvermoon High Court will be seriously affected. Magic addiction is fatal, but economic collapse is also fatal. This is already their bottom line price."
Amber smiled and said, "Not really. They just don't want to lower their quality of life too much. The daily expenses of a low-level high elf are more than ten times that of an ordinary human. The poorest elves live a life comparable to that of human nobles."
Withered Rose also agreed with Amberxiu's statement. The elves had lived a good life for too long and could not accept falling back into poverty overnight.
"Catherine understood this, so she did not continue to give in, and would rather use herself as a bargaining chip."
An Boxiu seemed to have heard something extraordinary and asked quickly, "What do you mean?"
Withered Rose smiled and said, "The three artifacts are in Catherine's possession. After this negotiation, if nothing unexpected happens, she will resign from her position as the Elf Queen. As the price of the contract, she will 'lend' herself to you for a period of time. Her work for you is the greatest reward the elves will pay you."
Amber: ...
Withered Rose carefully sensed Amber's reaction. The lich had no micro-expressions, but his soul still had fluctuations. She really wanted to know how Amber would react to such a charming elven queen.
After holding it in for a long time, Amber Xiu finally said, "Then I'll lose money on my meal!"
Is this elf queen crazy?
Why would he, a lich who lives in harmony with the world, need an elven queen? Would he let her affect the speed of his experiments?
She was just working for him, not selling herself. Amber Xiu couldn't sell her to someone else, and he had to support the queen who had lived a life of luxury for many years. The cost was extremely high.
After thinking for a moment, Amber Xiu came to a conclusion: "This elf girl feels too guilty. Does she want to atone for her sins in this way?"
Withered Rose nodded and said, "It's obvious that Catherine feels that she has caused the elves to suffer heavy losses, so she wants to torture herself in this boring way."
"All living beings are driven by emotions and will always do irrational things. Giving up oneself in exchange for the rebirth of the entire clan will make oneself feel better. All of this is the thinking of a naive little girl."
Sacrificing oneself may seem great, but in fact it is still a form of escape. Catherine has no confidence in continuing to conceal the secret, nor in facing the pressure of public opinion after the secret is revealed, and even less confidence in continuing to be a good elf queen in this environment. Therefore, selling oneself to atone for sin is the best way to escape.
If the elves did not forbid suicide, she would have committed suicide long ago.
Withering Rose agrees with Amber's evaluation. Catherine is indeed an innocent little girl. She is probably too talented and has been protected too well since she was a child. But it seems that there is nothing wrong with it. If Catherine's talent and beauty travel on the continent, it may cause wars between countries. She must have been raised by all the elves.
In this situation, she did not become a selfish perverted woman. She was just a little naive and childish, and was willing to sacrifice for the elves. This shows that she has a good nature.
From this perspective, the elves are quite discerning in choosing their queen.
"Working for the lich is atonement. These high elves are as arrogant as ever." Amber said with emotion: "However, Ms. Qiangwei, since you have agreed to this condition, you should have other plans for the elven queen, right?"
"How about I sublease this Elf Queen to you?" Amber suggested.
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Withered Rose kept smiling, but she was very happy in her heart. Amber was willing to transfer this stunning beauty to her. This time, it couldn't be said that the undead ignored the temptation of beauty. The charm of the Elf Queen made Withered Rose a little difficult to resist. She was almost conquered by her tears several times during the negotiation process.
Fortunately, every time the Withered Rose felt soft-hearted, it would remind itself that this was a preparation for destroying Ryan, and it would immediately return to its hard-hearted state.
Amberxiu rejected this amazing gift without hesitation, which made Withered Rose even more certain that Amberxiu had developed real feelings for her, and he must be so decisive because he was worried that she would misunderstand him.
"You seem to really know me well." Withered Rose said with some emotion: "Catherine is indeed a very useful card. We undead can barely resist her charm, but humans can't. If she is used well, she may be able to cause the Lion Empire to collapse from within."
Amber rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "So, you mean to accept the sublease?"
How much should this sublease be charged? Considering the value of the Elf Queen, it should be charged by the second, right? But the Withered Rose said, "Don't rush to talk about this. You forget that we have to pay a price too. Your sealing technique needs to be handed over to the elves in its entirety. This is a buyout. We can't continue to bleed the elves."
"I have already prepared myself for this. This is a matter of life and death. Even if I have the technology in my hands, they will do their best to crack it after getting the sample. The overall magic power of the elves is much stronger than mine. It is only a matter of time before it is cracked. I might as well make a quick buck."
Amber Xiu had thought about continuing to fleece the elves by relying on copyright, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that it was impossible.
It's not that the elves are incompetent, they just didn't think of the direction of the magic network. This is because Amberxiu relied on his powerful intuition to find the most likely one from countless options, which theoretically saved hundreds of years of research time.
Then there is the knowledge related to the magic network. The elves cannot get this thing, so they have no idea where to start studying it.
But Amber has already made a finished product, and the difficulty of reverse research has been reduced a hundred times.
Just like the Internet in the previous life, hackers cannot make good games by themselves, but no matter how powerful the game companies are, they cannot stop hackers from cracking the games. A free learning version will be available within three days of the game being released.
This is just a tool for entertainment, not a life-saving medicine.
In the face of this crisis of genocide, the elves would do anything, and they would not care about copyright. Even if Amber Xiu encrypted again and again to delay their cracking speed, the result would only be an outbreak of magic addiction, and then the elves would vent all their anger on him.
At this time, they don’t care about right or wrong, cause and effect. They just need a target to vent their anger.
It's just business, there's no need to fight to the death with the elves, so it's best to buy it out in one go.
Seeing that Amber did not care, Withered Rose continued, "One more thing, these terms must be traded after the peace talks are successful."
Amber said: "According to our previous plan, the dwarves want most of the land in the Alchemy City, and the elves want those systematic alchemy industrial cities. These cities will mass-produce the sealed scrolls that can cure the magic addiction disease. This is the most perfect outcome. I hope there will be no more accidents in this peace talk."
Although he said this, Amber Xiu felt vaguely uneasy.
When you have a bad premonition, something bad is bound to happen. The most torturous thing is that Amber Xiu can only wait for the accident to happen.
After thinking for a while, Amber said to Withered Rose: "There are still a few days before the negotiation. Let's make some preparations."
Fate tells you that misfortune is coming, but you don't know whether it will be a scratch or a loss of life. In this case, prepare for serious injury and death.
(End of this chapter)