Chapter 895 - Haggling
Chapter 895 Haggling
“Speak. Why did you want to meet me?” Greem asked unamusedly.
“My lord, I heard you promised the goblins on Goblin Plane some Queyras alloy?” The air in the steel hall vibrated slightly. Gazlowe had to create a voice by vibrating the air with his mental powers to accommodate Greem.
“News spreads fast for you!” Greem smiled faintly, “It hasn’t been long since I said those words in the Goblin Plane and you’ve already heard them here in Lance!”
“Of course. The Goblin Plane was my homeworld, after all. I still have some connections there.” The brain monster chuckled.
“I warn you, the priority of your current development is Lance. You must defend this forward outpost with your life. The dragons must not expel you from this plane. You had best not interfere with whatever is happening over at the Goblin Plane and affect the clan’s development.” The brain monster’s performance in recent years had been excellent, but Greem couldn’t help but remind him to stay in line again.
Gazlowe feared the strong but went after the weak. If Greem didn’t keep a tight grip over him, it was very likely that it would result in backlash from him.
As for loyalty? Greem wasn’t as foolish as to believe in the loyalty of a Third Grade brain monster!
“Hehehe, this proposition sounds good. But those little goblins seem to be able to do this as well. Moreover, if I gave them two magic generator furnaces, they would be able to provide me with two Sky Patrol Motherships!”
Gru’s squid-like brain subtly communicated with his main self.
Without any hesitation, Gru increased his offer.
“Two magic generators, we provide you with a Mothership along with a three-hundred strong magical machine army, all of them high-quality advanced First Grade fighters.”
“I provide you with three magic generator furnaces, you make me two Motherships and give me five hundred magical machines.”
“This…”
“Moreover, the Mothership you make for yourself will have to be beholden to orders when the clan requires its service. Of course, if any damages were to happen to the ship, the clan will reimburse you and compensate for the losses!”
Gru silently discussed with this main body for quite a while before ‘reluctantly’ agreeing.
In truth, this was only a strategy of the brain monster!
It sounded as if this deal would force the brain monster to pay a considerable sum. However, at its core, it did not hurt any of Gazlowe’s real benefits. What did he lose in creating Motherships and magical machines for Greem?
Just some magical alloy and time!
He could make up for the magical alloy by finding metal veins in Lance to mine. The factories and magical energy used to create the machines all belonged to himself. With enough time and effort, he could produce as much magical alloy as he wanted.
That was why Gazlowe believed the deal to be worthwhile, even if Greem’s conditions appeared to be extremely ‘strict.’
“Then, my lord, how many magic generator furnaces do you intend to provide us with initially?” Gru finally couldn’t suppress the urge to prove at Greem’s bottom line.
“Let’s proceed with six magic generator furnaces! When you show me four Motherships, I will hand over the six magic generator furnaces.”
Gru couldn’t help but be overjoyed.
Six Motherships; this was no big problem for the Capital of Eternity. It would take them a month at best to successfully create all of them. However, that would be straining the metal reserves of the city.
It seemed like they had to increase the number of mine scouting parties on the outside to find all available metal veins near the city.
Both parties quickly reached an agreement, one that satisfied and pleased them both!
Greem did not stay in the Capital for much longer. Instead, he returned to the teleportation array and went back to the World of Adepts.
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World of Adepts, Tower of Fate.
When the blinding white light of the array faded, Greem saw Alice, who was waiting there to greet him.
Berserk Witch Sofia and a newly advanced Fate Witch followed behind her.
Her face looked even paler than the last time he had seen her, but her mental condition didn’t seem too bad.
“How are you? I heard you exhausted quite a lot of Fate power during this war. You didn’t damage your soul origin, did you?” Greem strode out of the array and held Alice by her waist.
Even though they had already consummated their relationship, Alice was still not used to Greem’s public displays of affection. Her face blushed when she felt Greem’s warm and large hand wrap around her waist. She glanced at him angrily but did not push away the hand.
“It’s been a few days since our victory and you only just came after I called for you so many times. Hmph! It seems I have no place in your heart.” Alice couldn’t help but complain.
“Don’t change the topic of conversation. Tell me, how much Fate power did you lose during this war?” Greem once again asked softly.
Alice couldn’t help but let out a sigh, “We Fate Witches do not have much combat power to speak of; all we can rely upon is the blessing of Fate. Thank the stars that we won in the end. Otherwise, I would have suffered a huge loss!”