Arcane Lord

Xia Duo has seen the Tower of Time's contract, which is similar to the way of placing an order. The Tower of Time will issue the order in the current period, and the Chamber of Commerce will provide the goods in the next period.

If there is a loophole, it probably means that the Tower of Time has no so-called "priority".

In fact, it’s not that those chambers of commerce are unwilling to sell to the Saville Territory and the Tower of Time, because doing so would be a breach of contract and they should be “out of stock”!

He asked Ai Burke to confirm his guess, and Ai Burke nodded, "Someone has paid for all the output of these chambers of commerce at a price higher than the market price. The price is high, and there is no need to send it so far. You will naturally do it." Choose to deal with it nearby, after all, the Chamber of Commerce is here to make money.”

Xia Duo was silent. He actually preferred the fixed-share purchasing method. Multiple suppliers might be able to keep the price down. The current ordering method was too unstable.

From the emergence of this purchasing method, Xia Duo speculated that the Mage Tower might have been undergoing changes. Thinking of this, he asked Ai Burke, "Have the prices of magic items, especially magic scrolls, been falling in recent years?"

"The price has dropped?" Ai Bok didn't know what Sha Duo's guess was, but not long ago he was the material manager of the Tower of Time and was very sensitive to the prices of magic items.

He didn't realize it before, but when someone specifically mentioned it, he immediately reacted, "That's true. How did you know?"

it is as expected!

For a time, Xia Duo's thoughts started to spread again. It seemed that Netheril was not only experiencing a period of great territorial expansion, but also a critical period of transformation of production relations.

Thinking of the [Mither Energy Core] that has never been heard of, perhaps this era is the beginning of the counterattack of Netheril, the "Long Aotian".

So how will the elf react?

"think too much!"

Xia Duo shook his head. Those things were not what he needed to consider now, so he still focused on the present.

The current Tower of Time is like a factory that is about to cease production due to loss of raw material supply, but at the same time, the Tower of Time also functions as a consumption place.

Once those "worker" mages lose their income, even if they have some savings, how can they afford the various services provided by the Tower of Time in the long run!

Mages need knowledge to improve themselves, and the Tower of Time needs mages to maintain a certain degree of influence. The two sides are interdependent.

To some extent, interests are aligned.

Once the Tower of Time cannot provide job opportunities, or the job opportunities provided are not enough for mages to obtain knowledge stably, and it becomes a one-sided output, then this relationship will no longer be stable.

Perhaps by then, the mages will have left.

Without the mage in the Tower of Time, how much influence can a single mage tower have?

Not to mention anything else, the Arcane Law Federation alone will reduce the Mithril share of the Tower of Time. By then, the Tower of Time may not even be able to perform basic maintenance.

So the most important thing now is to get the raw materials?

Shado looked at Cecily, who was just the material manager of a low-level mage, "Cecilia, how many raw materials does the Tower of Time still have in stock? How long can it last?"

"Because the repair project of the Tower of Time, although it was later slowed down, the consumed parts could not be restored. Later, they were replenished, but they were still insufficient, so - the current materials can only last less than a month!"

"Can you go directly to Sevington to purchase and sell? Bring more dimensional bags!"

"Of course you can, but you have to be prepared that the rewards from going there will not be worth the cost of maintaining the teleportation circle!"

"Is this still a loss?!"

Well, Xia Duo actually knew that, but he just wanted to complain that this permanent magic circle still needed maintenance! Shouldn’t it be built once and used permanently?

What "reality" likes to do most is often "unsatisfactory"!

Because the purchased raw materials cannot be completely converted into magic items that can be sold, the Tower of Time does not have sufficient funds, and it is not yet able to make a single purchase without having to go out for a whole year or even several years.

If they are really sold through the teleportation circle to Sevington, they may not even be able to earn back the maintenance fee of the teleportation circle.

Of course, another option is to have the arcanist Aibo "transport" human flesh. This is obviously unrealistic. It may be feasible once or twice, but it happens again and again. Who has such a big face to let an arcanist do it? As a "human flesh transport plane"?

In fact, in the final analysis, the influence of the Tower of Time is not enough. Otherwise, even organizing the Ordinary Chamber of Commerce to go to Severington for purchasing would not be a problem.

But then again, if you have enough influence, you won't have these troubles.

Xia Duo sighed softly, "By the way, did Niya send back any news? Also, did the merchants say who bought the raw materials this time?"

He had reason to doubt the Rodney Territory. Priest Cole had just left, and the raw materials for the Tower of Time had been intercepted. How could it be such a coincidence? As for Priest Cole's ship, it had only been away for three days, and it was far from Rhodes. Ni Ling is still far away, but you must know that there is still magic communication in this world!

"No. Niya did not send back any news, and the chambers of commerce did not mention the identity of the purchaser."

Aibo's answer made Sha Duo a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt that it was necessary to do something, "Contact those chambers of commerce to see if we can rewrite the contract and replace it with a fixed-share contract. I think the leaders of these chambers of commerce in Savile Town will still be inclined to this. , if it is intercepted at the source, how will their performance be achieved? I think they must be very anxious now!"

Xia Duo still knows something about the chambers of commerce in this world. Unlike the complete corporate organizations on earth, the chambers of commerce here are somewhat similar to franchise stores.

The branch president's wealth is largely linked to the branch's performance. The Tower of Time contract is of course signed with the general association, but orders and performance still count towards the branch.

After all, the relevant handovers are handled by the branch.

Once these orders are lost, a sharp drop in income is inevitable. Who would have trouble with their own money?

The reason why these branch presidents can become branch presidents in one place must be related to the federation. If they can influence the federation through these branch presidents, maybe this trouble will no longer be a trouble.

On the contrary, it will become an opportunity for the transformation of the Tower of Time.

Ai Bo also agreed with Sha Duo's judgments. "Mayor Thain mentioned that the leaders of the chamber of commerce were a bit fierce in their words. Now that I think about it, they probably weren't directed at Savile."

"Since you think so, let's inform Derrick and have a good talk with them later. Even for those chambers of commerce, how can a temporary high-price acquisition be compared to a long-term stable fixed income!"

"Well, it's just the funds from the Tower of Time -" When it came to converting the contract, Aibo hesitated again.

But Xia Duo made a direct decision, "I think the current Tower of Time needs to change its thinking!"