Chapter 463: Layout and Plan
In a head-to-head confrontation, Joaquin Roland will definitely not be able to touch Count Roland at all.
But Joël Roland was unwilling to give in, so he often "disgusted" Count Roland.
What is certain is that as long as he does not go too far, Count Roland will not lose face.
Because the environment of the entire Plantagenet Dynasty was like this.
In the atmosphere of advocating classical honors, Joël Roland is the actual legal heir of the Roland family. If Count Roland is too "harsh" to him, it will inevitably become a reason for nobles who have conflicts of interest with the Roland family to attack him.
Jois Roland also has a good grasp of speed, hovering on that critical line, which can always make Count Roland unhappy, but he will not risk his reputation to deal with himself.
In fact, it is the so-called pick the soft persimmon.
Gothe, on the other hand, was regarded as a soft persimmon by Rois Roland.
On the surface, there is nothing wrong with him. Gothe is just a grassroots mage after all. Even if the Killer Vine really kills him, there will be no family behind him to stand up for him...::::
But he was personally invited by Count Roland to attend the title awarding ceremony. Such death on the day before the ceremony would definitely have a huge impact on Count Roland's reputation, enough to disgrace him.
That's it... Gothe fell into deep thought.
This Joaquin Roland, is the intelligence lagging behind?
I am now the youngest Warrant Officer Mage of the Sea Sentinel, and my military rank has reached the rank of local officer. If he died in Auckland City, how could the Sea Sentinel not pursue the case?
Even Count Roland will be held accountable. Can Joaquin Roland bear the consequences?
Unless Joël Roland's intelligence was so lagging that he didn't know that he had been promoted to warrant officer, we could barely explain his boldness.
Or maybe he is sure that his method is so perfect that even the sea sentry cannot find him?
Unlikely...：． .No need for the Sea Sentinel to take action, a [prophecy] can make many things surface.
This is an extremely illogical place.
After thinking about it this way, Gothe always felt that the attack on him might not be a simple disaster.
"The Count is very sorry for the attack on Master Gothe. He may not be able to give you a satisfactory explanation for the time being, so please accept this manor." Here, Butler Howard said sincerely after explaining the reasons for everything.
Gothe was silent for a moment and did not answer directly. He just stretched out his hand and took the roll of sheepskin land deed.
Butler Howard looked relieved when he saw this.
He doesn't care what Gothe thinks about Joa Roland. As long as Gothe doesn't dwell on this matter, the mission will be completed.
"By the way, Master Gothe, the count asked me to give this to you." Butler Howard took out another bag from his arms.
Gaud took it, opened the bag and took a look, and found that there were dozens of berries like wild blackberries inside.
"This is the fruit produced by the murderous vine. It is also the most valuable part of the murderous vine. It is the essence of the flesh and blood of living creatures that it has devoured throughout its life.
The guarding mage wanted to take it back as evidence before. Now there is no need, so these fruits will naturally be brought to you. After all, you have to deal with this murderous vine."
Because Gaode's method of killing the murderous vine is the extreme cold of [North Wind], so these dozen fruits are intact.
"Okay." Gaode took this thing without any hesitation and took it with peace of mind.
After Butler Howard left, Gothe sat down in the hall of the huge manor that already belonged to him and carefully counted the gifts sent by the major nobles in the city.
The value of most congratulatory gifts ranges from 500 to 1,000 gorse coins.
Gothe certainly understands that the reason why the nobles in Auckland are so generous is essentially because of the strength and potential he has shown.
Hence, the time for universal promotion to the second ring is really just right.
If he had not been promoted to the second level just before the title granting ceremony, but had come as a first-level mage, the gifts he could receive would have definitely been downgraded, from the current third level to the second level.
The gap is huge.
Things of the third level, whether they are magic potions, extraordinary materials or others, are nearly five times as valuable as second-level items. In addition, if he had not been promoted to a second-level mage and encountered this third-level murderous vine, it would probably not be the end he has now.
However, it should be just that he was unable to kill the third-level killer vine, but it would not cost him his life.
Because he has "Boeing" and with the help of "Boeing" he can fly.
Handicide Vine does not have the ability to attack the air. Gothe only needs to fly into the air to naturally escape from the attack range of the Killer Vine. This is one of the important reasons why the Killer Vine is regarded as the bottom layer of third-order creatures.
Unless they are in the sea, third-level creatures that do not have the ability to attack in the air can only be reduced to toys in front of mages who master [Flying].
Taking over the land deed means that Gothe is willing to give Earl Roland face and accept the explanation given by Earl Roland, but it does not mean that Gothe has revealed the matter.
After counting the gifts, Gaode smiled with satisfaction.
It is one thing to receive a lot of gifts. These gifts also have a very important meaning for Gaode: they can help him launder money legally.
Because the existence of the Northern Territory cannot be exposed, his apparent resume is just that of a talented grassroots mage. In this case, a lot of funds cannot be exposed.
Once he displays property that is far beyond his control, it is likely to cause another "backlash" from the sea sentinel, and he will definitely be unable to reasonably explain the source of the property.
It was precisely because of this consideration that he needed to let Dr. Danika serve as a "legal person" on the surface at the Harland Shipyard in Lagos City, so that he could disappear.
But it will definitely not be a problem if it continues like this. Property acquisitions and other matters can be dealt with like this for the time being.
But you can’t entrust others to help you with your daily consumption, such as the rental of training rooms, the purchase of magic potion materials, etc., right?
With this wave of gifts, everything is easy to say.
Others will only know that he received so many gifts. It is difficult to find out whether he used these gifts himself or resold them for gorse coins.
If there is a large amount of consumption in the future, this wave of gifts can be used to explain it.
"It seems that it is better to go to the City of Black Sails." After sorting out the idea of "money laundering" in his mind, Gothe suddenly found that he had another reason to go to the City of Black Sails.
The City of Black Sails is equivalent to a large black market, and it is naturally impossible for the sea sentry to reach here.
So as long as you have the experience of going to the City of Black Sails, you can launder many resources from the North.
If someone really pursues it in the future, or it reaches the stage of "political review", it will be said that it was an unexpected gain in the City of Black Sails.
Whether others believe it or not, there is a way out anyway, so it won’t be as uncomfortable as it is now, when it’s hard to take out anything.
"In addition, we can also use the identity of the Honorary Master of Auckland to move the Harland Shipyard branch to Auckland, and then move the shipping line there, slowly turning the original factory in Lagos into an empty shell." Gothe flipped through the parchment booklet that was also given by Howard's butler and introduced the rights of the Honorary Master of Auckland, and made another decision in his heart.
The local nobles in Lagos City are very unfriendly to him. If there is a chance to move the Harland Shipyard, the Honorary Master of Auckland will definitely move. Although he does not have the name of a noble, he enjoys many rights equivalent to those of a noble in Auckland.
· Among them are various privileges for doing business. The ones that AutoNavi can use include tariff reductions and exemptions, exclusive trade concessions, judicial immunity and dispute resolution, and the right of first refusal to purchase land.
As long as the Harland Shipyard is moved here, he can become the backer of the shipyard.
In addition, in the Plantagenet Dynasty, in order to obtain these privileges and patronage, there were countless examples of merchants collaborating with nobles to do business.
·Businessmen contribute their money and efforts, while nobles contribute their social status and influence, which is equivalent to using their names to "invest in shares".
In this way, Harland Shipyard can gradually be reasonably related to him.
After all, it can be hidden for a while, but not forever. In the future, Harland Shipyard will expand by relying on the direct route to the north, and sooner or later it will attract the attention of interested people.
In this case, it is obviously unrealistic to completely separate ourselves from the Harland Shipyard.
The simplest example, if Harland Shipyard encounters difficulties from others, can Gaode not take action to solve the problem?
As long as he is ready to take action, his relationship with Harland Shipyard will be exposed.
After all, if it didn't matter, how could he be so full and have nothing to do and make a mess?
Instead of waiting to be passively exposed later, it is better to proactively contact Harland Shipyard now.
Draw up a fake contract, stating in the contract that he has reached a cooperative relationship with Harland Shipyard and obtained part of the equity of Harland Shipyard... As soon as the idea started, Gaode quickly clarified his subsequent plans.
I have to say that the title of Honorary Mage of Auckland really helped him a lot.
In fact, Gothe is already preparing to use Auckland as his "main city" in Barrow County in the future.
He already has his own manor here in Auckland, as well as many aristocratic children who have been kind to him and are friendly to him, and have a position of power equivalent to that of the aristocracy. This is equivalent to his home court, which means that there is a Joaquin Roland who is a bit disgusting.
The title awarding ceremony has ended, but Gothe did not return to Dorne City immediately.
He has already achieved enough military exploits and has no worries about ranking, so he does not need to rush back to pick up the mission. He simply chooses to wait in Auckland for the recharging of the astral teleportation to be completed.
Although the progress is already over half, the remaining progress still needs twenty-one days.
For such a "long" period of time, Gaode naturally cannot be idle.
Leave aside those daily things for the time being, what he is most concerned about at the moment is the development of [Adaptive] expertise.
This is something that as long as you work hard and put in effort, there will be feedback.
After two weeks of hardship in Dorne City, I got a [Basic Healing Body] in exchange.
This kind of strong positive feedback stimulated the "Liver Emperor" and "Hamster" bloodlines hidden in Gothe's body, and he wanted to immediately "Liver" a bunch of "entries".
He straightened his thoughts a little.
For [Adaptive], there are two directions to go in now.
One is the adaptation of resistance to various elements, such as fire, thunder, etc., which can directly improve one's own combat power and solidify one's known combat expertise.
The other is to develop in various practical directions, such as the primary healing body and the legal ninja body. Although they cannot directly increase combat power, they are extremely practical and have endless uses.
The first direction actually requires the cooperation of the external extreme environment...: Of course, you can also choose to attack yourself with corresponding elemental spells to stimulate [Adaptation], but this speed is difficult to master.
Spells are no more powerful than swords. As a supernatural force, they are too powerful.
Mage is just a mortal body after all. He is a typical "glass cannon" and will break when touched.
If there is no corresponding protection spell blessing, an attack trick with different attributes from [Elemental Flesh], it is entirely possible for Gaode, a second-level mage, to be killed directly.
Hence, at least until the [Adaptive] progress is improved, Gaode will not dare to play like this.
External extreme environments are not easy to find. Although extreme environments can be created, it is obviously not an easy task.
Gaode thought about it and found that the most practical direction at the moment is to continue to improve the two sets of terms [the sensitivity to water flow is increased by 36% and the oxygen uptake is increased by 61%].
The first is simplicity. Once you drill into the sea, you can improve the progress of two sets of entries at the same time.
The second is practicality. He is a sea sentinel mage. He has to fight various water beasts in the water system for a long time to improve his water nature. In fact, it can also be regarded as an indirect improvement of his combat power.
Gaode has always been an activist. Once he has an idea, he immediately starts taking action.
It just so happened that the manor given by Earl Roland was not far from the sea. It was only ten minutes away and you could reach the seaside directly.
With a stone tied to his body, Gothe jumped into the seawater and fell deeper into the sea with the weight of the stone. This is because the deeper you go into the seawater, the more chaotic the water flow is and the thinner the oxygen is, that is, the more extreme the environment is.
The more extreme the environment, the faster the progress of Gaode's [Adaptive] expertise.
In the next half month, he continued to practice quietly and "unchangeably".
It is worth mentioning that the temperature in the depths of the sea is extremely low. Although it cannot reach the extreme cold in the north, let alone make Gaode uncomfortable, it is an extremely good environment for the awakening of the Zhenbing bloodline.
This also made "Secret of the Ice", whose progress improvement efficiency suddenly fell to the bottom after Gothe left the North and came to the Plantagenet Dynasty, began to pick up again and gradually moved forward to become a second-class apprentice.
【Induction of water flow increased by 41%...52%...63%... Oxygen uptake increased by 63%... 71%... 79%... 89%...
In the extremely regular practice and continuous progress, twenty-one days flew by quickly.
【Induction of water flow increased by 89%, oxygen uptake increased by 96%】
The two sets of entries are still some distance from 100%, but Gaode still chose to end the latent training.
Because the recharging of the star realm has been completed, he has to rush back to the north to arrange many matters for the city of black sails.
【Adaptive】There is plenty of time to improve. The Black Sail City's All Souls' Day Auction will not wait for him. If he misses it, he will have to wait for the next year.
And it’s hard to say whether Azuth Feather Whistle Tree species will be auctioned at next year’s Easter Auction.