After listening to Richard's words, Glo wanted to say something, but Richard looked at him and said: "There is one more thing to explain. That is, in fact, I am not a wizard, I can only be regarded as a wizard. A wizard apprentice, well, the lowest kind. So, even if what you said before is right, I can't teach you spells."
"Really not possible?" Grotto was a little unwilling to give up.
"It's really not possible." Richard shook his head calmly.
"Then... I really have no hope of becoming a wizard?" Groda said, not hiding the deep disappointment on his face.
"Not necessarily." Richard said again, "Didn't you say that some talented people will be taken to the mainland by ship to study? As long as you have talent... "
"But I have no talent." Grodao, his face was very gloomy. "I don't even have the lowest talent, so I can't meditate."
This is normal. According to the records in "The Chapter of Monroe", the chance of someone being born with a wizard talent is almost one in 10,000, only one in 10,000 people. How can it be so easy? Richard just doesn't have talent, otherwise he wouldn't have figured out how to use scientific methods to solve the three life reshapings.
The Gro in front of him was obviously the same. As a prince, he did not have the talent of a wizard - one person could not have all the good things.
Seeing Grot's appearance, Richard's eyes flashed and he said: "Actually, as long as you can return to the royal capital safely and wait patiently for a while, you will eventually become a grand duke with a territory, which can actually be better than this." Most people live a good life, so why do you need to be a wizard?”
Ge Luo was stunned for a moment: "This..."
"Of course, you have the freedom to choose if you want to become a wizard or someone else. If you really want to, then we might as well make a deal." Richard said.
"What deal?" Gro asked.
Richard turned his hand and took out a small porcelain bottle from his clothes. It contained ether, which was the anesthetic originally prepared. Such as ether, some alcohol and other things, Richard would always carry more or less with him to deal with some emergencies. Now, just in time.
Handing the porcelain bottle to Gro, Richard said: "This is a bottle of potion. Every time you take a breath of the gas it emits, it can help you enter meditation and help you overcome the first of the three difficulties in becoming a true wizard apprentice. indivual."
"Really?" Gro's eyes lit up, his expression became happy, and he reached out to take it, but Richard didn't let go.
Gro realized something and remembered the word "deal" that Richard just said. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said with understanding: "Then what do you want to get?"
"Ten thousand kilograms of fine iron." Richard said, "I need you to transport the iron to the camp within ten days. You don't have to worry about what I do, but it must be delivered on time."
"This..." Grotto hesitated.
Ten thousand kilograms of iron only weighs five tons, which is not much on the modern earth, but it is different in the current medieval world. Originally, iron was a strategic material and was subject to strict official control. The amount of 10,000 kilograms of iron was enough to build nearly a thousand cold weapons, or several hundred pieces of armor, enough to equip a small army.
That is to say, as a prince, Grotto, otherwise the rest of the little nobles would reject it without thinking. On the one hand, they don't have the ability to get so much iron in such a short period of time. On the other hand, they did not dare to do so for fear of being regarded as rebellion by the king.
Gro hesitated for a moment, looked at the small porcelain bottle in Richard's hand, frowned deeply, and after thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I promise you. Although ten thousand kilograms of iron is a bit difficult, I will try my best to get it for you." arrive."
"That's good, happy cooperation." Richard let go and handed the small porcelain bottle into Gro's hands.
As soon as he took the porcelain bottle, Gro immediately opened it impatiently, took a slight sniff, then his eyes flashed, and he looked at Richard in surprise: "This seems to really be able to..."
"if not?"
"Um." Grotto put the porcelain bottle away carefully and smiled.
…
In the end, the dinner lasted for a while, and Richard said goodbye and left at the right time.
On the one hand, the two goals of "obtaining information" and "trading" were achieved, and on the other hand, Gro's eagerness to try ether could not be concealed at all. It would be meaningless for both parties to stay, otherwise the dinner would end early. .
After pulling Pandora out of Gro's tent, Richard walked towards the outside of the camp. When the soldiers along the way saw Richard, they all subconsciously stopped and gave way. After all, Richard was a mysterious wizard and a distinguished guest at the prince's banquet. They could not tolerate being disrespectful.
In this way, Richard walked to the edge of the camp without any hindrance. The next moment, he heard a slight sound of gnawing on hard objects from the side.
Um
Richard turned to look at Pandora and frowned: "What are you biting?"
With a click, Pandora answered.
Then I saw Pandora grabbing the handle of a silver fork with one hand and biting the fork tip. With a "click" just now, she bit off one tip and held it in her mouth like a silver needle. middle.
Richard watched calmly, while Pandora glared back and forth.
Richard frowned slightly and said seriously, "You shouldn't just take other people's things."
"Scared!" Pandora responded, a little confused.
Richard exhaled slowly and tried to explain the most basic thing to the dragon girl: "If the thing is mine, you can take it. If the thing is Grigory's, you can also take it. But the other people's No, because others don’t know you. If you want it, you can spend money to buy it, or you can tell me and let me buy it for you. However, you must not take it casually.
Because others are not animals in the forest, you can't just take other people's things just because they can't beat you. Well, sometimes, of course it can be done, but most of the time you still have to pay attention to the default rules. Communicating with people is very troublesome, and many rules cannot be violated. It is not like dealing with animals in the forest, which can be solved by blindly relying on violence.
If you really like this silver fork, I could have gotten it as an additional condition of the deal with Gro and then given it to you. But since he didn't do this in the first place, the silver fork must be returned. Even if you have bitten it, you still have to give it back. "
Richard stretched out his hand, palm facing up.
Pandora frowned. After frowning for a while, she finally handed the silver fork out and put it into Richard's hand, but she still kept the broken fork tip in her mouth.
For such a trivial matter, Richard knew not to ask too much. He shook his head slightly, took the incomplete silver fork, turned around and walked back towards Gro's tent.
As he walked, Richard frowned because he suddenly discovered that... the situation in the camp seemed a little abnormal. I saw a lot of soldiers when I left just now, but now they all disappeared, as if they were suddenly transferred away.
The huge camp became a little deserted and the atmosphere was a little weird.
When he reached the vicinity of Gro's tent, Richard smelled a faint smell of blood. The next moment he narrowed his eyes, thought of a possibility, and quickly rushed into the tent.