Chapter 782

Margarita stood up from the sofa, leaned slightly towards Rennes, and said excitedly, "Thank you, Speaker Rennes, for your favor."

Her salute posture is very elegant, which makes people feel like spring breeze.

From Ren's point of view, you can just see a touch of whiteness, the bottomless gully attracts infinite reverie, and the ultimate feminine charm is just right, which can be called a superb stunner.

Sorceresses are goblins!

Ren secretly praised in his heart, but his face was calm, and he said calmly: "This is only the first round of bidding, not the final result. Dean Margarita, please sit down."

"Okay, I'll keep bidding."

Margarita took a deep look at Ren, and sat down coquettishly.

Although this is only the first round of bidding, and there are two more rounds to follow, the auction also needs to pay attention to strategy. If you win the first bid, you will lead everyone and occupy a certain advantage. She thought she had grasped Ren's weakness, and her confidence suddenly increased, and she considered how to increase the size.

The eyes of the soul could see her state of mind, and Ren didn't express much.

If there were no Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers and mage avatars, the lifetime loyalty of a hundred female sorceresses would be very competitive. I am not coveting their beauty, but their strength.

Like Margarita said, warlocks are also spellcasters.

Spellcasters are always superior to other extraordinary professions. Warlocks do not have as high requirements for talents as wizards, so the number of them is much higher than wizards.

Eratusa Warlock Academy is the second largest academy in the empire after Bluworth, but the difference is that Bluworth is a comprehensive academy that recruits other extraordinary people besides wizards, and there are 800 out of tens of thousands of students. Multiple wizards, which is already the most of any academy.

And Eratusa Academy only trains warlocks, more than 2,000 teachers and students are all warlocks, that is, spell casters!

And mostly women.

More than 70% of the warlocks in the empire are students who graduated from Alatusa. For many years, the academy has been implementing the "pillow wind" policy with beautiful female sorceresses. The influence in the empire is so great that even the holy soul wizards dare not ignore it. .

With so many warlocks in reserve, Dean Margarita must be able to pick out more than a hundred beautiful female sorceresses.

Ren guessed that Margarita would further increase the sorceress as a bargaining chip.

pity……

He couldn't help shaking his head secretly. No matter how good a female sorcerer is, they are not as good as the Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers.

Beauty is the biggest advantage of a sorceress, and it can also be said to be a disadvantage.

The few women who are already there have already caused Rennes quite a headache, and he often has to manage precise time to prevent them from meeting together and causing a fire in the backyard.

Not to mention a hundred sorceresses... Even if there are two or three more, those with less sensible personalities can't bear to make trouble every day.

Instead, you can assign female sorceresses to Thundercast Soldiers and give them wives.

Anyway, Lei Zhutianbing is his avatar, and the feeling is the same, a hundred wives, a hundred times the happiness!

Uh...it seems so immoral to do so.

When Rennes communicated with Margarita, the bidders were all looking at Margarita, each of them looked surprised, and couldn't figure out how she could win.

Everyone was also guessing what price Margarita offered, which could impress Rennes.

You know, their bids are not low.

"snort."

The Queen of the Storm snorted, her face was rather unhappy, and she sneered, "Margarita, you wouldn't sell yourself to Ren for the floating city, would you?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people in the hall were a little strange.

Ordinary people may be kept in the dark about the boldness and debauchery of the Queen of Storms, but almost everyone in the upper echelon of the empire knows about it. Selling her body for a floating city is more likely to be done by her.

Margarita's complexion changed slightly, and she replied neither humble nor overbearing: "I have always kept myself clean, Your Majesty, please don't speculate and ruin my reputation. However, for the benefit of all the warlocks of the empire, I am willing to dedicate myself. I'm mediocre."

She had a bit of shyness on her face, but her eyes were determined.

The men present couldn't help applauding secretly.

The first half of Margarita's sentence satirizes the Queen of Storms, not being "clean" enough, and the second half of the sentence expresses her determination to win the floating city.

As for mediocrity...

If the beauties famous in the empire are mediocre, then there are not many beautiful women in the whole world!

All of a sudden, the men couldn't help but envy Ryan's beauty.

Ren, on the other hand, glanced at the corner of the hall with a guilty conscience. Viola and Oxilia were both there. Although they looked calm on the surface, the eyes of the soul found that their emotions were fluctuating violently. Margarita A little hostility arose.

"alright."

Ren quickly stood up to prevent the two women from being torn apart, "Dean Margarita, please be careful, and Her Majesty the Queen need not be too excited."

"It's all up to Chairman Ren." Margarita gently agreed.

The Storm Queen is angry, but she has no confidence to make trouble in front of Ren. As long as Ren discloses the contents of the memory crystal, she will have no face to stay.

"There are four people who want to communicate with me this round, and we will start in the order proposed." Ren opened a portal, "Akland, please follow me."

The landing point of the portal is still the control room of the floating city, this is the safest place, not afraid of being eavesdropped.

The two entered the control room, and the portal closed.

"Ren, the Mechanics Union is not going to buy the floating city." Akaland made his official statement at the first sentence, which surprised Ren, thinking that if you don't plan to buy the floating city, what are you doing here?

Akalande said again: "This is the president's decision."

"Why?"

Ren was at a loss. He had a close relationship with the Mechanical Union, and the two parties cooperated deeply and were very happy. However, he had never seen the mysterious president until now, and even the chief vice president Belisariu had only met once. The one with the most is Akalande, who has become the mouthpiece for both sides.

"The president thinks that the mechanic union is not suitable for mastering the floating city." Akalande explained, but his face was also full of doubts, "Anyway, I don't understand."

Ren was thoughtful.

The Floating Void City needs a spellcaster to exert its greatest power, and the holy rank is naturally better.

There is only one holy-level mechanic in the Mechanics Union, at least on the surface, and it is the chief vice-chairman, Belisariu, who is usually honored as "Great Mechanic" or "Holy Mechanic".

A mechanic is a half-caster, and his strength and status are similar to that of a warlock. He can completely master the Floating Void City, and then strive to enter the Supreme Council.

The "unsuitable" that the mysterious president said refers to the mechanic union, not the mechanic.

But they passed up a great opportunity.

Obviously, the Mechanics Union and the mysterious president must have considered it from other perspectives. Giving up the Floating Void City will allow the Mechanics Union to gain greater benefits.

"The Mechanics Union doesn't want the Floating Void City, so you're here to join in the fun?" Ren asked directly.

"Yes."

Akalande laughed at himself, and said helplessly: "The president said that you still have to participate in the auction, and it would be abnormal if you don't participate. He also asked me to cooperate with you and raise the price for you."

Ren was speechless, it turned out to be an uninvited babysitter.

Dark shooting needs a hairy support!

He has been cooperating with the Mechanics Union for so long, and he has always felt that this large and rich organization that represents advanced productivity reveals a bit of weirdness everywhere. They seem to be planning an astonishing plan, and their appearance coincides with this plan, or in other words, what they have done is extremely beneficial to the Mechanical Union, so they keep showing their favor to themselves, and they almost didn't directly Send money.

This matter must be clarified, there is no free lunch in the world.

All the gifts given to him by the Mechanics Union may have been secretly priced, and will be returned with interest in the future.

"Ren, what should I do?" Akalande asked.

"Let's play by ear." Ren thought that you don't have to be a fool, you have come here, so use it, and said with a smile: "You have to be more active and show the strong financial resources of the Mechanics Union, but you can't directly tell the price. You have to suppress your competitors in terms of momentum, make them feel a sense of crisis, and leave a glimmer of hope, so as not to scare them away."

"good!"

Akalande promised but was timid. There are quite a few holy soul wizards. What if he offended him and retaliated against himself afterwards?

Ren saw his worry, "Don't act too much, lest people discover your true intentions, in short, you can grasp it yourself."

After speaking, he opened the portal.

Akalande returned to the hall, and immediately put on a vigorous expression, as if he had won a major victory, but he couldn't announce it yet.

This gesture immediately caused the bidders to scream inwardly.

"Countess Kailin, Ren let you go." Akalande said loudly.

"Thank you."

Kailin Pummer went in worriedly, and when the portal was closed, he immediately said earnestly: "Earl of Glamorgan, my bid has almost wiped out the wealth of five families, and the territories have been pieced together with great difficulty. Big, I just hope that Your Excellency the Earl will give us a chance to redeem the floating city that we have devoted countless efforts and resources to."

"I understand your painstaking efforts."

Ren seemed to be very moved, but he rejected her request flatly, shaking his head and saying, "Your bid is not enough."

"But we really can't afford any more." Countess Kailin looked helpless, "Half of the 40 million was borrowed from banks and other parties, and we can only borrow so much. Your Excellency, we evaluate The value of that territory can reach up to 30 million gold shields..."

"Glamorgan is enough for me." Ren interrupted her. "The territory of the empire means little to me. The whole new continent is waiting for me to explore."

Countess Kaelin sighed inwardly.

Of course she knows what Ryan has now. Outside of Glamorgan, there are the Principality of Augustus and Gotham City, the entire Shield Island, and the Abraken area. The area is thousands of times larger than the entire Morocco, and the potential is unlimited. It's hard to impress Rennes with just a piece of fiefdom in the western suburbs of Modu.

I have been in business all my life and have rich experience in business negotiations, but in the face of the absolute status and strength gap, these business skills are useless.

How can we talk with too few chips?

After thinking about it, Countess Kailin finally gritted her teeth and took out a map of Modu, on which the boundary line was drawn.

"What if we are willing to cede more territories?"

Ren glanced at the map. This is a fief located in the southwest of Modu. Its area is about half the size of Glamorgan. It can just connect Glamorgan with the territory proposed before, forming an arc-shaped encirclement, covering most of the area. A Modu is surrounded by arches.

As a result, Glamorgan's territory is larger than the other five noble families combined.

In order to get back the Floating Void City, the nobles of Modu really spared no expense!

"Let me think about it again."

Ren didn't make a decision right away, and opened the portal to let Countess Kaelin go back. The next person who came in was Rosita, the saint of the Church of the Earth.

She was nearly two meters tall, muscular, and hulking. Even wearing thick leather armor could not conceal her exaggerated chest muscles. Her rough brown skin was reminiscent of the color of the earth. She has short shoulder-length hair, but her facial features are surprisingly delicate. If she shrinks to the appearance of a normal woman, she should also be an outstanding beauty.

"Lady Rosita."

Ren nodded to indicate that this is the respect due to a saintess of the earth who is over twenty-five and the number two person in the church of the earth.

"Chairman Ryan."

With a very friendly smile on her face, Rosita said: "I haven't thanked you in person yet, that sandworm soul has been of great help to the church, and soon another saint of the earth will be born."

"Ma'am, you're welcome. We trade fairly." Ren responded modestly.

The sandworm demon soul has exchanged for the giant thunder elephant of Talador, and the power element of the elephant heart has greatly improved himself.

As for the request of the Church of the Earth, the construction of a church in Gotham City to develop believers has not been followed up so far. It must be the goddess of magic who rejected the goddess of the earth.

Rosita didn't mention the matter again, and asked curiously: "Don't Chairman Renn want to create a millennium covenant with the Ring of the Earth?"

"I am a loyal follower of the goddess." Ren replied seriously.

Faith is no small matter.

Many people in the upper echelon of the empire have heard that from the mouth of the holy soul wizard of the Supreme Council, Renn is deeply favored by the goddess of magic, and he is probably the goddess's voter.

Rosita had also heard about it, and immediately thought that Ren didn't want to get too close to the Church of the Earth, so as not to lose the favor of the goddess.

The three gods of the empire are solid allies, and the relationship between mortal believers is also very good.

But that doesn't mean there are no taboos.

The floating city is a great product created by wizards with the help of the goddess of magic. If the Church of the Earth gets involved in the floating city, there will inevitably be controversy, which may affect the trust between the two gods.

She didn't have any idea about Floating Void City, but Patriarch Laudia thought that she might as well give it a try, so she could only come to the auction.

The Earth Church is not as rich as the Mechanics Union. The vast majority of believers are ordinary people, poor commoners, farmers, and women. Not only can they not donate money, but they often have to give alms from the church to tide them over.

Originally not rich in finances, we still have to maintain the earth churches in various places, train pastors and earth nuns, and taking out 20 million gold shields is already the limit. We can only use the Millennium Covenant to increase the bargaining chip, and by the way, we can catch up with Ren, the new star of the empire. relation.

Now it seems that all these plans are in vain.

"Then don't bother Chairman Ren, and I won't participate in the remaining two bids." Rosita simply gave up the bidding.

The last to enter the control room was the Storm Queen.

"Ren, what exactly do you want to sell me the Floating Void City?" As soon as she entered, the Queen of Storms asked straight to the point.

"Just give the money." Ren replied.

"Fifty million gold shields, including me, isn't it enough?" The Storm Queen gently brushed her long silver hair, her eyes were like silk.

I have to say that her appearance and figure are extremely rare. Today, she took off her usual tattered magic robe and changed into a brand new luxurious skirt. On the shoulders, a fresh perfume was also sprayed, which seemed to contain aphrodisiac ingredients, which made people feel refreshed.

The title of queen, or holy soul wizard, can inspire an infinite desire to conquer.

She boldly showed her love, with an enchanting posture that is completely at your disposal, almost no man can resist such a temptation.

But Ryan is no ordinary man.

He admired the Storm Queen's figure, but there was no wavering in his eyes, and he shook his head calmly and said, "Not enough."

"It's not interesting."

The Queen of the Storm curled her lips and put away her gestures, but she was extremely unwilling in her heart. In her life, she has a clear distinction between love and hate, never conceals her feelings, and by virtue of her status, she is always at the disadvantage of men and women, and has never been unable to get a man.

However, Ren has been hitting a wall here, and threats and temptations are not working.

The more she can't get it, the more she wants it.

The Queen of the Storm stared at Ren coldly, and said in a deep voice, "80 million gold shields will buy your floating city, and I don't even want an extra copper liso."

"You don't want it, of course someone else wants it." Ren was unmoved.

The Queen of the Storm sneered, "Xinxiang Floating City is too small and its development is limited. 80 million gold shields are already a sky-high price. Do you think everyone is a fool? Buying a damaged floating city for 80 million, I might as well use it to enhance my floating city, or build another one."

Ren didn't refute.

The Storm Queen's words are not unreasonable. Floating Void City is the most coveted magic item for spellcasters, and its power is equivalent to an artifact.

But under normal circumstances, only one floating city is enough.

Because there is only one body of the caster.

Although it is not difficult for a holy soul wizard to sit in one of the floating cities and remotely control the other, the second floating city is a pure spell-casting fort, and the most powerful protective effect is meaningless.

The reason why the floating city is so powerful is that its attack power is only second.

The reason why it really makes countless spellcasters covet is actually the protective barrier supported by the core of Iola, which is quite difficult even for the gods to descend.

As long as the spellcaster hiding in the floating city does not come out, it is almost impossible to fall and remain invincible.

That's why Xinxiang Floating Void City was breached and taken back, which shocked countless people and made them unbelievable.

The strongest fortress only needs one. When facing a strong enemy, you must never come out. Even teleporting to another floating city is a great risk. It is very likely that the enemy will seize the opportunity. If the teleportation is cut off, it will be a disaster. .

From a strategic point of view, the value of the second floating city is not even half that of the first.

The price/performance ratio is very low.

The effect of the floating city is decreasing from the second one. Controlling two floating cities at the same time can't get the effect that one plus one is greater than two, or even less than two.

It's better to invest money in the existing floating city, continue to enhance its power and expand its scale.

Therefore, no holy soul wizard in the history of the empire has a second floating city, not because of lack of money, but because it is not worth it, and it takes a lot of time and energy to build and maintain, which is not worth the loss.

But if it is a ready-made floating city and the economy is ample, then it can be considered.

The three holy soul wizards who participated in the auction today, Queen of Storms, Tim Kenan, and Great Sage Congerald, all had this in mind.

Moreover, they don't necessarily use the Floating Void City for their own use.

For example, Tim Kenan might hand over the Floating Void City to the student, Master Bigby, to help him advance to the Holy Soul, enter the Supreme Council, and give the Balance faction an extra vote.

Much the same is true of the Great Sage of Congerald.

No matter what the reason was, their bid would not be higher than 80 million gold shields, and no matter how high it was, it would be better to build another one by themselves.

Ryan is well aware of this.

But he is not worried, these three holy soul wizards will not bid with all their strength, but other people who do not have a floating city will!

The Duke of Silver Star, the Lord of Blackstaff and Margarita, this is their chance to get the first floating city, and they will never miss it.

Their final bid will definitely exceed 80 million gold shields.

Especially the Hestaff City Lord couple who are not short of money, the Floating Void City is more meaningful to them, because the Floating Void City can send them to the Supreme Council!

Ren believed that the Queen of Storms would not be so stupid that she couldn't figure it out. This woman was just talking in a fit of anger and arguing with herself.

"Your Majesty, please."

He didn't want to waste his words, and opened the portal to send the Queen of Storms back.

Only four people proposed to communicate in this round, and all of them are over. Ren also returned to the castle hall and said to the audience: "Now the second round of bidding begins, and the time limit is also ten minutes."

Twelve more engrams fell into the bidder's hands.

After only a few seconds, someone completed the bid, and Akalande handed the memory crystal to Ren, with an expression of winning, which attracted the attention of the audience.

Ren caught the crystal and read it, but it was empty.

But he had a surprised expression on his face, and although he quickly restrained himself, it still caught the attention of the bidders. No one knew about the huge financial resources of the Mechanical Trade Union. Immediately, the bidders became nervous and felt great pressure.

Under the stimulation of Akalande, all bids were completed in less than five minutes.

After Ren read all the memory crystals, he immediately announced: "The winner of the second round of bidding is Vice President Akland."