The Mercenary Guild was very efficient. It took half a day to put the news about the Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce in front of Roland.
The core layer of this chamber of commerce is full of players, but on the periphery are many game NPCs, responsible for some simple but large amounts of labor work.
For example, unloading goods, guarding low-end material warehouses, etc.
High-end goods and supplies are all contained in the player's system backpack.
The number of players is around 230, with occasional increases or decreases. This may be because new people join the club from time to time, or old people quit the club.
As for the number of NPCs employed, it is quite large, at least around 5,000. All the major commercial cities in Holevin have their logistics warehouses.
Even Delbon City has one of their logistics warehouses.
It can be said that the business tentacles of the Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce have spread out in the country of Holevin.
They have even vaguely gained the ability to control the economic direction of the Hollevan country.
The sudden surge in magic materials was essentially their fault.
But what is very interesting is that the average level of all players in this chamber of commerce is only Lv2. Now the average level of all players is Lv4, and Lv5 is ready. They hold back the average player level.
Roland looked at it for a while and then threw the information aside, losing interest.
Economy and business are indeed important, but in this world, strength is more important.
This group of players whose average level is only slightly above Lv2 care too much about money.
In this world, strength is the most important thing.
No matter how strong the Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce is, can it be stronger than the United Progressive Organization
The United Progressive Organization group consists of more than a thousand enthusiastic players with an average level of Lv5, and they have a large number of NPC elite armored warriors, numbering at least 100,000.
If they were a guild, there would be no F6 or the Phoenix Guild.
But such a progressive organization was wiped out in less than two days.
In comparison, the cornucopia is nothing!
Those girls from the Phoenix Guild can overwhelm them with just one-tenth of their manpower.
"The road has gone astray."
Roland said lightly.
In a peaceful world, there is nothing wrong with focusing on business. The capital in a peaceful world is so powerful that one almost despairs. But in this world, it is only right to develop business after having strong force guarantee.
Otherwise, you are just making wedding clothes for others.
If the cornucopia cannot pull together a powerful mercenary army in a short period of time, something will happen within half a year.
Roland made this judgment after reading the information.
Then he ignored it and began to concentrate on studying magic.
Although there is no way to study causal magic, there is no new information. But other magic can still be practiced.
For example, the spell Grease.
Roland rarely uses this spell because it doesn't make much sense to him.
Grease is a spell that low-level mages love to use. Together with spider web and small fireball, it is the "three axes" of junior mages.
First use the greasy spell to make the enemy slip or lose their footing, then use the spider web spell to trap the person, and finally use the small fire spell to directly ignite the person.
Oil and cobwebs both make the flames burn more intensely and increase spell damage in disguise.
It is a magic weapon for novice magicians to defeat enemies.
Roland skipped this step directly, and his small fireball could destroy half the stadium.
But this does not mean that the magic of Grease is useless.
Because Roland discovered some time ago that the 'oil' summoned by the Grease Technique is 'insect oil' from the void star realm. It can not only be burned, but also 'edible', and it tastes quite fragrant.
Then Roland had an idea... Since these oils can be eaten, I changed the spell model to focus on increasing the amount of 'oil' summoned, rather than focusing on sharing the area to make people slip like auxiliary magic.
If it succeeds, and then spreads this spell model, then many spells that are relatively short of money in the early stage, or law beginners from poor families, can rely on this spell to sell some insect oil every day, so that they can have enough money to live. , pay some tuition? Doesn't life have to be so poor
The price of oil in this world is quite expensive, not to mention that the Astral Insect Oil is pure, transparent, and tastes good. It looks like high-quality oil, so the price should be quite high.
Roland thinks that after promoting this improved magic, other magicians will have similar ideas and come up with more spells that can make people eat, giving themselves an additional identity as a 'producer'
Just do it.
Roland began to retreat and focused on modifying the spell model of Grease.
Under normal circumstances, the astral insect oil summoned by the Grease Technique weighs about half a kilogram at a time, and can spray an area of about ten square meters in front of the wine, creating an area without relative friction.
The amount of oil is too low. It needs to be added or changed.
Roland's improvement plan went relatively smoothly in the early stage.
The amount of oil summoned increased steadily, but when the 'production' reached three kilograms, it hit a bottleneck.
The output cannot be increased no matter what.
Roland was a little confused.
I changed the model countless times, but to no avail.
He didn't know why.
This time Roland was on the mathematical model again, looking at the recorded data.
After spending more than ten days and re-derivating it many times, he discovered that there was a piece of data that was not marked in the mathematical model.
This is what he keeps missing.
The 'size' of the oil outlet channel.
Grease spell is essentially a summoning magic. When summoning insect oil, a space channel is needed.
The size of this pipeline determines the amount of oil output at the same time.
Now that you understand this, things will be much easier to handle.
Either lengthen the oil discharge time, or increase the diameter of the pipeline.
It is impossible to increase the oil output time. The limit of the first-level magic is here. If the oil output time is increased, then it will have to be pushed to the second-level magic.
This is not a qualified initial 'production' magic.
As for increasing the diameter of the pipe.
That involves the application of space magic.
In other words... if it continues to be strengthened, this magic will become a recovery magic, with dual attributes of summoning and space. It's very troublesome and extremely difficult to cast.
It is also inconsistent with Roland's philosophy.
Therefore, summoning three kilograms of oil at a time is the limit.
Okay... Fortunately, it can also reduce the mental energy consumption of the spell. At most, it can be summoned a few more times.
Roland drew the spell model on a piece of parchment, and he planned to dedicate this magic to the goddess of magic.
He did not plan to upload it directly to the forum again. After all, many of the improved magics had been taken to other countries by unscrupulous players for their own benefit. What made Roland even more unhappy was that they even changed the names of the creators. Become yourself.
There is no bottom line.
Roland put the parchment into his system backpack. At this time, the door of the laboratory opened and Andonara came in holding a large clay pot.
"We're out of gas at home. Get some quickly."
Roland flicked his fingers, and the clean and transparent liquid like pure water slowly poured down from the small black space in mid-air and fell into the clay pot.
It was filled up in no time.
The air is filled with a very pleasant fragrance.
Andonara took a deep breath, then hugged the clay pot and left.
Ever since she tried food made with this oil, Andonara didn't like other animal or vegetable oils.
Roland had tested this stuff on mice before and found that it was not addictive, it just tasted great.
Just after Andonara left, Vivian entered the industry again. She moved her nose and smelled the remaining fragrance of the oil. Her expression was also happy, and then she said: "Roland, Mr. Douglas wants to see you down below. He said yes." I have something very important to tell you."
Roland nodded: "Ask him to come up."
Two minutes later, the two waited face to face. Vivian poured a glass of fruit wine for each of them and left the room.
Roland took a sip of the fruit wine and asked, "Is there something important? Your expression is clearly smiling, it doesn't look like there is anything important."
Douglas's smile grew wider: "Important things may also be good things. Haha, something happened to Charles's Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce."
"What's wrong?"
Roland was a little surprised.
"A group of NPCs, together with many masked players, raided the headquarters of the Cornucopia Guild and stole a lot of low-level and large-scale magic materials." Douglas smiled and said: "This matter has not been posted on the forum yet, but it will probably be soon. .”
Roland looked at Douglas's expression and felt a little strange: "Aren't you and Charles friends? Something happened to him, why are you so gloating about his misfortune?"
"Not friends, just acquaintances." Douglas waved his hand: "There is no real friendship between us. The superficial relationship is good. We just care about each other's property or power. It's just a social means. .”
Roland shrugged. The other party was so sincere that he didn't know how to answer the question.
Douglas continued: "It would be easy to handle if you were simply robbed. The real big problem is that the Hollevin royal family and the Magic Association jointly spoke out, saying that the Cornucopia Guild maliciously monopolized magic materials and disrupted the market, and ordered them to wait until the 20th Queen of Heaven, release a large number of high-end magic materials at low prices to stabilize the market, otherwise we will launch a nationwide arrest."
"It's not surprising..." Roland nodded. He had expected this, but he suddenly discovered something was wrong: "Did the royal family directly say that they are 'monopolizing magic materials and disrupting the economic market' in such a modern term?"
Douglas gave a thumbs up: "You are really smart and react so quickly. Yes, according to the information I have gathered, the royal family has recently recruited a small group of elite players. It is estimated that there are financial talents among them. Anyway, Now the Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce is in trouble. If they really spit out magic materials to stabilize the market, they will definitely lose money and lose money. After all, during the acquisition process, the price of magic materials slowly increases. When they finally acquire it, it is estimated that all They stocked up the goods at a premium of three or four times the original price.”
Roland subconsciously tapped his fingers on the table, and after a while he said: "The royal family's plan to divide them has been successful. Those players who robbed the Cornucopia Chamber of Commerce probably did so after receiving a mission from the royal family."
"But aren't they afraid of getting famous or something?"
"As long as there is a mission, killing players will not increase the red value." Roland smiled. For some reason, he suddenly remembered Antis: "It is probably some kind of ocean privateering certificate, land privateering certificate or something like that." Just play it."
Douglas chuckled: "Awesome, this operation is cool, I think it must be a strategy from the players recruited by the royal family."
Roland smiled bitterly in his heart... Actually, it was from him. When he went to the Royal City to deliver money to the Bard Guild two weeks ago, he chatted with Antis for a while and mentioned the concept of privateering certificates. At that time, he was just chatting casually. , just looking for some topics to chat about.
Unexpectedly, Antis actually used it.