Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1236

For Xia Duo's offer, Charles Harlan didn't have any counter-offer, he agreed directly, and then said with a look of embarrassment:
"Lord Xiaduo, this order is very important to me. If you don't mind, I hope to sign a sacred contract."

Generally, the higher a spellcaster reaches a high position, the more he will avoid signing a sacred contract to prevent being used by those who want to.

Although being on the blacklist of the Lord of Radiance does not cause any substantial harm to the spellcasting itself, the potential impact is huge.

Similar to the bank credit investigation in Xia Duo's hometown, although it seems inconspicuous and has no sense of existence, there may be obstacles at any time.

Xia Duo has only signed three or four sacred contracts so far, but except for the marriage contract with Niya, everything else has been completed and terminated.

Xia Duo does not object to signing another one now. He comes from a credit society, and he actually agrees with the sacred contract. As long as he is careful enough and the contract leaves room, he can fully utilize the positive nature of the sacred contract.

Although Xia Duo was not a professional lawyer before crossing over, in such an environment, he thought he knew as much about the terms of the contract and some possible hidden dangers as any law envoy of the Lord of Radiance!
In a large society with a population of one billion, the complexity of its internal rules and phenomena far exceeds that of a small society with a population of one million in Netheril.

Xia Duo was well-informed, Lord Harlan didn't want to play tricks, but if he really dared to play tricks, he would let the other party know what it means to be crushed by civilization.

……

The foundry contract was all drawn up by the lord of Harlan, Xia Duo just nodded. There are indeed loopholes in the contract, but they are not aimed at him, but leave room for both parties.

This is a common practice of signing sacred contracts between spellcasters. As long as one party is willing to pay a certain price, the entire contract can be overturned, which is equivalent to liquidated damages.

As for how high this cost is, it depends on the specific situation.

Without such clauses in the sacred contract, almost no one above the high-level mage would dare to sign it. This is almost telling the other party clearly that there is a conspiracy in this contract!
The foundry contract that Xia Duo signed with Lord Haran this time has a very high liquidated damages, more than one million gold coins.

Even a grand arcanist may not be able to take out this amount of liquidated damages for a while, but the two parties agreed that various materials, such as mithril, fine gold, five-color gemstones, and arcane crystals, can be used to lower the market price. A discount of [-]% of the price.

Once the contract is breached, almost a mage tower is gone. In this case, the two parties will naturally not easily breach the contract.

……

After the contract was signed, the atmosphere in the reception room suddenly became more relaxed, and the two sides once again talked about the initial purchase and sale of Harlanside Manor.

"Lord Xia Duo, the manor can be delivered in advance, but I need to get at least one demon-slaying arrow within three days."

"Okay, no problem, but are you sure you want to order a 30 gold coin Slayer Arrow?"

"Of course!"

Lord Harlan nodded fiercely, "To tell the truth, Lord Xiaduo, Prince Pasteur can receive an order for a demon-slaying amulet first for every demon-slaying arrow!"

"I see!"

In this way, Xia Duo understood that the demon-slaying arrow was only [-] to [-], and an order for a demon-slaying amulet, although he was not sure how much, must have a profit of more than [-] to [-].

Correspondingly, the dwarves harvested a large number of demon-slaying arrows at almost no extra cost.

And these demon-slaying arrows are used on the battlefield, but killing a drow mage or drow priest who can summon demons can also greatly reduce the demand for demon-slaying amulets.

If there are enough demon-slaying arrows, then maybe there is no need to purchase a demon-slaying amulet.

Of course, [-] to [-] demon-slaying arrows cannot be used in large quantities like ordinary arrows, but this trend still worries Xia Duo.

The current Netheril is still largely in the stage of manpower combat, even if the spellcasters jointly cast spells, this essence will not change.

But magic weapons like the Devil Slayer Arrow are different. Although the cost is high, they can be manufactured and hoarded in large quantities, similar to missiles on the earth.

Most importantly, the emergence of long-range heavy weapons will change the concept of warfare and at the same time increase the cost of warfare.

This will allow the rich elves and dwarves to hurt people with their own.

Perhaps Comanthor's release of the demon-slaying arrow technology is to show deterrent power through such means. After all, they suffered heavy losses in the Drow War not long ago, and such deterrent power is exactly what they need.

But there should be techniques for defending against the demon-slaying arrows, or matching techniques (methods) with the demon-slaying arrows. After all, the demon-slaying arrows actually increase Netheril's combat capabilities.

Cormanthor has no reason to only give benefits and not dig holes.

The more Xia Duo thought about it, the more he felt that there was a hole in it, but for a while, he didn't know where the hole was, maybe he really needed to study the Demon Slaying Arrow carefully, and the magic arrow in the portable space!
It's a pity that a large part of the knowledge and experience of advanced mages that Xia Duo gained in [Projection Plane: The Birth of Comanthor] were personal achievements, and not many involved war spells and war techniques.

Moreover, he has seen strategic weapons like the "Devil-Slaying Arrow" except in [Projection Plane Maierita Sukanwisa], and he has hardly seen it in other projection planes.

Maybe it was lost, maybe it was hidden.

But at that time, Xia Duo projected that [Mayerita Sukanwisa] was just a child, and he had no access to the secrets of war.

If he could get in touch with them at will, then the knowledge about Mysuo and Mage Corps was what he wanted to know the most. After all, in that era, magic arrows were not uncommon and not high-end, and Mysuo and Mage Corps were the main force in the war.

It's just that Comanthor on the main plane suddenly took out a "demon-slaying arrow", and the number of hidden cards in it was unknown. This made Xia Duo, who thought he knew Comanthor very well, somewhat panicked.

For the time being, the Demon Slaying Arrow didn't pose much threat to him, but that might not be the case with the magic sword in his portable space. If it was in good condition, it might be able to kill a senior arcanist with one arrow.

Of course, spears and shields always ebb and flow. Xia Duo has dug up that magic arrow for quite some time, and he also has some experience in how to protect it.

But in any case, the threat of the elf kingdoms, especially Comanthor, in his heart has been raised by more than one level.

At the same time, the dwarves, who have no competition with humans in terms of living space, but can provide quite a lot of complementary advantages, the necessity of being an ally has also risen by more than one level again.

This underground war must not allow Danzo to perish!
In this regard, Xia Duo can not provide much help. Even if he needs an ally, it is not his turn to go to the ground to participate in the physical body. Doing a good job in logistics support is his greatest support, and it is also the greatest support of Netheril. !
(End of this chapter)