Most spell casters believe in the principle of "equivalent exchange". The "price" here certainly does not refer to the price, but the value that they agree with. In other words, as long as the spell caster is willing, he can spend one gold coin to buy just a piece of paper. of.
Conversely, it is also possible to exchange just one piece of paper for one or more gold coins.
No matter how much the price is, tangible or intangible, there is always a price, so when Cliff heard Chateau mention "free", he instinctively felt repulsive.
"Lord Xia Duo, let's negotiate a price!"
"It's really free, but you also saw that Mythra's body needs to be maintained by a suspended base. This is actually the characteristic of the David string material itself. The material can be free, but storage and transportation always require costs."
Sha Duo didn't lie when he said it was free. The spell to create David's string was actually very simple, but the focus was not on the spell itself, but on the environment in which it was cast.
"The material projection of arcane energy by the strings of the magic web", the most important of which is the arcane energy that acts as a spell medium.
If the caster is not an arcanist, then he can only choose to consume arcane crystals when casting spells. When David initially studied "The Material Projection of Elements by the Strings of the Magic Network", he consumed a large amount of reserves in the Tower of Time's elemental pool. as a projection medium.
When the arcanist casts a spell, the arcane energy as the projection medium will be consumed first, but after the David String is generated, it will be returned to the arcane fire, which is equivalent to no consumption.
This is the difference when it is made manually, and if it is made by machine, it must consume arcane crystals. If there was no Mythra in the past, this level of arcane crystal consumption would not be affordable by Shado.
But after having Mythra, the cost of arcane crystallization is not only cheaper than water, but at least it is not as high as outsiders imagined. For Shado, this part of the cost is completely negligible.
David's string material itself can be free, but if many links including production, storage, and transportation are also free, then Xia Duo will suffer a big loss. He will not do such a thing.
This situation is a bit similar to the ones on Earth that give you a mobile phone by charging a phone fee, or the ones that give you free postage when shopping online. The reason is that the gift is cheaper, and other expenses have already covered this part of the cost.
Otherwise, who would be willing to do a loss-making business?
After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Cliff suddenly realized something. Although he still had doubts about free of charge, with such an excuse, his doubts were eliminated a lot, so he asked again:
"How much are the storage and transportation costs?"
"This cost is not easy to calculate, because there is no obvious difference between a small amount of David strings and a large amount. Therefore, I have a plan. If Sir Cliff thinks it is good, you can follow this."
"What plan?"
"It's very simple. The storage of David String requires a specific environment, so we will first provide such an environment. I am going to build a mobile David String storage warehouse. You only need to purchase such a warehouse and you can go to the Tower of Time to install it at any time. There is no limit to the number of times the goods can be delivered as long as the warehouse is not damaged.”
"Then such a warehouse must be very expensive, right?" Cliff asked tentatively.
"It's not expensive, it's not expensive. It shouldn't exceed 200,000 gold coins. It's not even a small change compared to the Mythra Device."
"Then can I prepare it myself? I think the storage environment of David's string should be similar to a suspended base?" Cliff asked again.
Regarding this issue, Xia Duo thought about it and finally agreed. As he said, 200,000 gold coins is not even a fraction of Mythra itself. What he cares more about is maintaining such a long-term supply and demand relationship.
"If you don't use the Tower of Time warehouse, you need to consider the compatibility issue between the self-made mobile warehouse and the Tower of Time. If the link is improper, it may cause unnecessary trouble."
"How to solve this?"
"It's very simple. I will provide specific manufacturing manuals and you will be fine if you follow them."
Cliff thought about it and nodded, agreeing with Shado's plan. At this point, Shado breathed a sigh of relief. This part of the transaction could actually be counted as Mythra's maintenance.
The reason for taking it out separately is that the David String can not only be used on Mythra, but also because I want to use the David String Warehouse to promote the standards of the Tower of Time.
"Spell Design Standards", "Magic Buildings and Facility Engineering Design and Construction Standards", and even the concept of standards (not only the concept of standardization, but also the concept of Daxia Order, which allows others to standardize it), etc.
These may seem inconsequential, but they are manifestations of real voice and have considerable practical benefits. However, not many people in the current era have a clear enough understanding of this.
…
After discussing some follow-up transactions, the two parties confirmed that the deal was concluded, and Sha Duo left the Tower of Glory. He should not come here again in a short time. The thick Mythra production manual is enough for Cliff to study. For a long time.
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After waiting for a mithril hill to return to the southern border, Xia Duo finally had the resources to carry out the construction of the time acceleration area in the floating city, and the infrastructure construction that had been deliberately slowed down before could be used at full capacity.
When the infrastructure part, especially the floating city education area and the research area, is completed, the people from the Tower of Time and Spire No. 1 can be relocated to the floating city.
Although there are some now, most of them are construction workers. In the future, the Tower of Time will serve as his and Nia's private residence and return to the Floating City, while Spire No. 1 will temporarily stay in Savile Town.
In addition, Shado is also preparing to build several new mage towers to make up for the lack of ground defense power after the Tower of Time left.
These mage towers are similar to Spire No. 1. They can return to the floating city at any time in the future and serve as traction towers for the floating platform outside the floating city, or for other purposes.
Even after finishing the floating city, the magic technicians of the Tower of Time still have a lot of projects waiting for them, and it is foreseeable that these projects will become more and more in the future.
Correspondingly, a normal society should not only have income but no consumption. After completing the infrastructure construction and relocation of people, the next thing the floating city needs to do is to build a consumer market together with the ground territory to allow money to flow.
Xia Duo already has many plans, just waiting for that day to come.
As for now, after handing over some of the basic projects of the time acceleration area to the Magic Mechanic's Department, he found Niya who was looking up information in the library, and prepared to give Niya some offensive and defensive training at the consciousness level.
Xia Duo himself has the [Essence Amulet], but it is difficult to transform the Essence Amulet into a general-purpose one in a short period of time, and Niya is almost without protection.
Even inside the Tower of Time, there is a set of avoidance detection plans provided by Iolum, but when it comes to personal safety, there are always too many insurance measures.
Sha Duo conducted consciousness training for Niya, considering the worst case scenario. If he had received relevant training in advance, he might still have a chance to escape on his own.
If not, the chances of getting out of trouble are even smaller, and it’s almost self-evident how to choose.
(End of chapter)
