Chapter 1029: Harness the chariot_3
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Having finished speaking, Noland Lee coughed a few times, revealing his weakness:
“Cough cough cough… I hope the association will accept my application.”
Gregory Tote took the contract and money bags, removed his monocle to gently wipe it clean, then put it back on.
A faint glow from the casting of a spell flickered across the lens as Gregory Tote deployed some sort of detection spell to probe Noland Lee’s injuries.
[System Message:]
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[“Gregory Tote” has initiated “Eye of Covert Investigation (Level 85)” against you.]
[Your “Disguise as a Living Corpse” is Level 100, higher than “Eye of Covert Investigation (Level 85)”.] noveldrama
[The opponent has failed to see through your disguise.]
Noland Lee chuckled inwardly, the superiority of spell levels was truly not to be underestimated.
A 100-level disguise spell was certain not to be uncovered by a lower-level detection spell, such was the truth within the Realm of Wizards, the inevitable result under the operation of Ascension Fortress.
Gregory Tote glanced at Noland Lee, whose face was deathly pale, his brow furrowing slightly with a flicker of disappointment flashing in his eyes, but he swiftly concealed it.
The task he had been given was to see if the “Thunder Wizard” previously spotted in the Dark Zone was Noland Lee Jarvis.
From the results of “Eye of Covert Investigation”, it seemed that the gravely injured Noland Lee did not match up with the “Thunder Wizard”.
If there had been a match, then Gregory Tote would have been credited with a discovery and received a reward from the Pure Light Court.
Now, he had undoubtedly missed an opportunity to distinguish himself, which was hard not to find disappointing.
“Mr. Jarvis…” Gregory Tote said languidly as he flipped through the Magic Contract Book, checking Noland Lee’s signature.
He raised a polite smile and said:
“We are delighted to receive your endorsement. The Wealth Creation Society welcomes every new member who can pay the full membership fee. Congratulations, you are now an official member.”
A suitably pleased look appeared on Noland Lee’s face.
Gregory Tote pulled open a drawer and took out an exquisite metal box, instructing his female attendant to hand it to Noland Lee.
Inside the box was the official magic badge of the Wealth Creation Society, containing a Storage Space with a standard magic robe, ornament, wand, and top hat.
Gregory Tote also handed over a member manual to Noland Lee, and with a cheerful tone, he said:
“Mr. Jarvis, you are in luck. We have a very popular Wealth Project at the moment. You must have heard about the Pollution Zone that has appeared in the Dark Zone, haven’t you?”
Noland Lee took the magic badge and manual carefully and slowly nodded in agreement.
Gregory Tote continued:
“The Wizard Advancement Association has increased the remuneration for research tasks. Whoever finds a way to inhibit the spread of the Pollution Zone will be rewarded with 30,000 magic gemstones, rather than the previous 10,000. Calculating based on the cheapest wind type magic gemstones, each has an open market value of 120,000 gold coins. 30,000 magic gemstones will amount to 3.6 billion gold coins.
“The Wizard Advancement Association did not specify the type of magic gemstones, meaning we can demand the highest-priced Thunder and Lightning Magic Gemstones, totaling over 12 billion gold coins.”
With a grin, Gregory Tote rubbed his hands together, miming the universally recognized gesture of a rogue merchant:
“The Wealth Creation Society is eyeing this fortune, and we intend to do everything we can to get our hands on it. Currently, the Wealth Creation Society is raising funds. We will distribute the remuneration provided by the Wizard Advancement Association according to the final contribution ratio. Mr. Jarvis, would you be willing to participate?”
Noland Lee maintained an appearance of indecision and unhealed injuries on the surface but was inwardly laughing.
He knew Gregory Tote would bring this up.
The magic contract he had signed with the Wealth Creation Society stated:
If Noland Lee funded the Wealth Project of the Co-Creation Council, he would enjoy triple benefits:
First, he would be apprised of the latest progress of the project and know who the executors were.
Second, he would acquire the final proceeds from the project.
Third, if the executors made mistakes leading to the failure of the Wealth Project, they would bear all losses.
The immediate question was, after the Wealth Creation Society contributed the gold coins, who would conduct the research to halt the expansion of the Pollution Zone?
The answer was the Pure Light Court.
The Pure Light Court would utilize Noland Lee’s Thunderclouds to bombard the Pollution Zone, using Thunder and Lightning Energy to reduce the reach of the Pollution Zone and thus achieve the goal of inhibiting its expansion.
On the one hand, the Thunderclouds used by the Pure Light Court came from Noland Lee.
On the other hand, the gold coins used by the Pure Light Court to buy the Thunder and Lightning Energy included Noland Lee’s share.
For the Pure Light Court, this was essentially a double gain from both magic and gold, which could rightly be considered a huge profit.
When the Pure Light Court bombed the Pollution Zone with Thunderclouds, the area was sealed off airtight.
Noland Lee could not witness the experiment firsthand, but judging by the Pure Light Court’s proactive experimental attitude, the Thunderclouds indeed had an advantage in inhibiting the expansion of the Pollution Zone.
With solid experimental conclusions already at hand, the Pure Light Court’s use of the Wealth Creation Society’s gold coins to test the Thunderclouds and the suppression of the Pollution Zone was a natural process.
There was no possibility of failure for the entire Wealth Project.
Should this momentum continue, the Pure Light Court would gain experimental data on Thunderclouds and the Pollution Zone for free, the Wealth Creation Society would receive the remuneration from the Wizard Advancement Association, and the Wizard Advancement Association would obtain a way to suppress the Pollution Zone, resulting in a win-win-win for all three parties.
In the future, the Wizard Advancement Association would purchase Thunderclouds from the Pure Light Court, who in turn would buy the ‘Thundercloud Magic Scroll’ from Noland Lee, becoming the intermediary between the two.
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