A strange world

Chapter 410 Chapter 68. Grand Dinner

[Progress of New Star Moon Bay:]

Where do I get the territory from? (Finish)

Where should I choose to build my territory? (Finish)

What kind of territory do I want to create? (Finish)

Here I come to Gem Bay and Floating City!

【Floating City Progress:】

What is the arcane energy core? (Finish)

How much does Arcane Energy cost? (Finish)

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"You want to build a floating city?"

Annan sat down on the carpet with messy hair, and his eyes like black gemstones lost their sparkle: "Ah..."

Alice understands Annan's lack of security - after the fall of Xingyue Bay where he devoted all his energy, Annan hopes that his new Xingyue Bay will never fall.

"The most expensive thing about arcane energy cores is never the price, but the cost of maintenance." Alice told Annan: "A stable minimum arcane energy core requires about 600,000 gold coins, which can only raise a manor. The consumption of maintaining the operation of the arcane energy core is enough to buy a new arcane energy core every seven years. In order to prevent the floating city from disintegrating naturally, you also need to smelt the foundation of orichalcum. The floating city is safe and fragile, you must With strong power to protect the arcane core and prevent the city from falling and killing people, you can have the prototype of a floating city."

"Now, you have a floating territory with exquisite buildings built on it. Then there are the issues of resources and taxation. Because you have no heritage, you need to cultivate a piece of farmland on the ground. Because you have no heritage, there will be no nobles. Living in the floating city contributes taxes. Even because of the safety of the floating city, it is a very dangerous decision to let mercenaries board the floating city."

If floating cities were so easy to build, there wouldn't be only a few dozen floating cities in the entire Allen Continent - there would actually be many ancient families that turned their lands into floating islands.

"I checked the information and found that unactivated arcane energy cores are almost not consumed..." Annan came to his senses after Alice's ramblings and explained.

"you mean?"

"It doesn't matter whether it floats or not, but whether it can float or not is important." Annan got up and straightened the mage's robe that was messed up by Ilimayas: "And how can tourists come here when it's floating in the sky."

"As long as you understand."

Alice closed her notebook.

"It is said that the Mage Tower will allow mages to easily access the mysteries of knowledge..." Annan thought about her father's idea again: "Does Mr. Swaro need the Mage Tower?"

"You first build a mage tower that meets the status of a legendary mage." Alice knew what Annan was thinking.

"How much does a mage tower cost? The one in Breeze City is fine."

Buying arcane energy core requires 400,000 gold coins, which made Annan mistakenly think that he had 400,000 gold coins, and said inflatedly:

"It ranges from two million gold coins to three million gold coins. The mage tower in Breeze City has castrated part of its functions and only costs less than two million gold coins."

There were chaotic footsteps in the corridor, and the official of the etiquette department came to deliver the dress.

Alice returned Annan's notebook and closed his mouth:

"You'd better decide whether you want the arcane core first, or my father."

…

Alice randomly chose an evening dress, while Theophilus and the others were competing for the best-looking clothes. As students accompanying the team, Xian Na and Ai Xue were also qualified to choose dresses to attend the banquet - Xian Na chose the one that Annan liked. For the dress, Ai Xue chose a long dress in cool colors.

Annan chose the most valuable dress and put away the second most valuable gift under the pretext of "spare".

In the evening, the motorcade parked in front of the embassy set off and took the students all the way to the palace gardens surrounding the Montreal Mountains, where a grand dinner was held in the huge palace filled with limestone columns.

The high-status princes and nobles attended the banquet one after another. The difference from the previous days was that they had no intention of paying attention to anyone and purely enjoyed the banquet, but now they all greeted Annan.

Annan responded enthusiastically. The aristocrats and wealthy people valued Annan's future, while Annan was concerned about the gold in their pockets.

There are also some guys who know the inside story, such as the vice presidents of other colleges.

It is said that Annan became a student of Solz Magic Academy because of the fiefdom, so can they use the fiefdom to win Annan over?

"Are you interested in joining the Royal Academy of Magic?" A middle-aged man wearing a dark gold mage robe took the initiative to strike up a conversation, "If you are willing to serve as a professor after graduation, we will also fund you with a mage tower."

"Mage Tower?"

Annan seemed to see a towering mountain of gold coins.

"Don't believe their lies. Warlocks want the Mage Tower to be useless." A thick voice cut in from the side. A strong man holding up an ill-fitting dress lowered his head and said: "Boy, you don't seem to like studying. How about coming to Onyx Knight Academy? I’ll give you whatever you want.”

"Including arcane energy cores?"

"Including arcane energy cores."

Annan was moved, but still refused. It’s been too long to go from student to professor…

After a while, after showing "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower", and "Betal's Redemption", Annan might have saved up enough 400,000 gold coins.

"The agreement you have with Dhruv Gutta is very interesting. You are always welcome to be a guest at the Onyx Knight Academy."

Annan expressed confusion: "Who is Dhruv Gutta?"

Next, Annan went around to meet nobles at banquets, mainly ladies and young ladies. When I struck up a conversation with a girl named "Elena", a scent of fragrance wafted over me.

"Stay away from my daughter!" A figure stood in front of Annan and said infatuatedly: "Stay with me!"

"But...sir, you are a man."

Far away from Elena and her father, Annan saw a young knight who had fought against him before. Annan invited him to come to his future territory. The young knight said, I want to go back and build my hometown.

Annan made an exception and toasted him with a glass of wine. He came to the dining table and saw a special dish: a lamb lying on the dinner plate. The belly was cut open to reveal a roast goose. The roast goose was cut open to reveal a fish. The belly of the fish was cut open. There was nothing there. It must have been eaten by a guest.

Annan couldn't help but take a bite of the goose meat, which had no special aroma.

"I see your doubts, young man." A strange voice sounded from behind, and Annan saw an acquaintance - the twin ministers of the Keating Principality, Finance Minister Flanning.

"It doesn't taste as good as expected." Annan put down his knife and fork.

"Because it's a status symbol. We like to use this special ritual to make ourselves look nobler than other people."

The thin Froning smiled and said, "Your Susan spinning machine works great, young man."

"Thanks."

Annan said something to him, and Minister Flanning left temporarily, when Alice came over.

"Why do you like aliens?"

Annan was silent for a moment: "Is it obvious?"

"No one knows, no one knows."

"Well...because both too big and too small are fine. Just right is nothing special."

"What?" Alice was stunned.

"What?"