Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2248 Journey to Imasca 8
It's just that Xia Duo's thinking is too advanced, and the current classical civilizations on the main plane can't provide him with much useful experience.

But since there is, he doesn't want to let go of any trace if possible.

……

soon.

The magic ship crossed the mountain range, and its speed gradually slowed down. At the same time, a bit of spiritual light was separated from the purple star in the middle of the sky, and it fell faster and faster downwards. When it reached the front of the magic ship, it had turned into a hooded The middle-aged man projected a warning to the magic ship in the not-so-fluent elf language:

"You have entered the territory of the great Imascar Empire, please quickly identify yourself!"

Under Xia Duo's watchful eyes, Percher unhurriedly took out a flashing flag and hung it on the bow of the ship. The other two magic ships also performed the same operation.

After that, Percher began to explain: "This year, the weather in the Westland has been abnormal, which has reduced the grain production. His Majesty Elisel is worried that the same situation will happen in your country. He ordered me to leave early and complete the transaction as soon as possible."

The middle-aged man who projected over listened, his figure distorted for a moment, and then immediately changed into another middle-aged man with a majestic temperament and a crown of thorns on his head.

Seeing this, Percher immediately saluted, "I have seen the great Emperor Imascar, His Majesty Omanod, the master of craftsmen!"

"Exemption."

After Emperor Imascar finished speaking, the projection became clearer, almost like a live scene, "You just said that there is also an abnormal climate in the West? Have you found the reason?"

"Yes, the initial climate anomaly started from the year before last, and it is now the third year. However, the anomaly in the early stage was not deep, and it has only now begun to affect crops. As for the reason——"

Percher hesitated for a moment, but did not give a positive answer, only saying that the countries in the Northland were still investigating.

Of course, this statement cannot be false. The countries in the Northland are indeed investigating, but there are not no suspects, or it has basically been determined that it was caused by the collapse of Dragon Madness, but there is no definite evidence yet.

But it is obviously inconvenient to say this to Emperor Imascar, isn't it just to provoke enemies for the elves!
Fortunately, Oman Nord did not delve into it, but gave the latest instructions on the grain transaction, "From this time on, the future grain purchase price will be increased by [-]%. If there are special circumstances, we will discuss it later."

"Thank you His Majesty Omanod for your understanding." Percher saluted again.

When the emperor's projection disappeared, the middle-aged man from the previous projection reappeared and asked Percher, "Why do you have two humans walking together this time?"

"These two are from Netheril, a neighboring country of Cormanthor, and they came here for the purpose of trading."

"Oh? What goods do they have? What do you want from Imasca?" The middle-aged man's attitude became visibly arrogant.

Percher pretended not to see it, took out a handful of arcane energy crystals, and showed it to the projection of the middle-aged man, "This is the energy gemstone they brought, the quality is not inferior to any five-color gemstone, and it is more versatile.

"As for what they want, it mainly depends on what the master craftsmen can give, puppets or special secret materials, or even creation formulas and formulas."

"I see. Just wait until the tax officer goes to ask him about the specific situation."

After speaking, the projection disappeared again. At this time, Percher began to direct the magic ship to speed up and head towards a certain direction on the ground.

……

Soon, Xia Duo saw a fortress city appearing below. Of course, the more conspicuous one was the twin spiers in the center of the city, which are hundreds of meters high and can be called a spectacle.

The light twists between the two towering spires, which seem to lead to a mysterious space.

Percher commanded the magic ship to stop on the edge of a square under the Twin Spires. A young tax officer holding a ledger jumped onto the deck of the magic ship and said in fluent Elvish:
"Guests from the west, Jam Moriot has been ordered to go with you. You can also call me Jam. If there is no problem, we can set off now."

"Athos, do you have a question?" Percher called out Xia Duo's alias.

Of course, Xia Duo has problems, and there are many. Among them, the one he is most concerned about is-"Do we have to be followed by tax officials for all our trips in Imaska? Can we not move around freely?"

"You are free to move around. We don't impose any restrictions on your whereabouts. The only requirement is that you need to be followed by a tax officer."

Jam could see that the elves like Xiaduo and Percher were not together, and deliberately reminded, "In order to avoid accidents, it is best for all of you to act together and not separate."

This is the biggest problem. It doesn't matter if you buy a cat, but Xia Duo still wants to find clues to other planes. It would be inconvenient if all of this was done under the eyes of other tax officials!

In addition, Xia Duo is not likely to let the elves know the real purpose of his trip, especially related to the clues of the alien plane.

But right now, unless he turned against the Imaskars on the spot, he could only let Jam follow.

……

"So where do we go next?"

"Let's complete the grain transaction first. This is what King Mian specifically told me to complete as soon as possible."

The appearance of Percher's righteous words almost made Xia Duo unable to tell whether this was an excuse, or whether King Elisel really had such an order.

"Just as you said, anyway, there is nothing important on my side, no rush."

Xia Duo came here for sightseeing. Although he has additional goals, the main story will not be forgotten.

With Xia Duo's statement, Percher began to negotiate with Jam, asking where the grain was traded.

"How much food have you prepared? Meto City needs food right now. Commander Meto will be very happy if you choose to trade here." Jam immediately gave his suggestion.

"Of course it is also possible here, but we have never had a deal with Commander Meto before. I don't know what kind of deal he can provide?"

"I can't help him make the decision, but I can help you contact him. I don't make any guarantees. As for the grain premium mentioned by His Majesty Omanode, it will be unified with the tax when you leave. settlement."

"Then I will trouble the Tax Officer Jam to help us contact Commander Meto."

"Don't worry, this is my job."

Jam smiled, and then took out a small square box full of buttons from nowhere, and then clicked and pressed randomly, and a voice suppressed anger came from the box:
"&￥%#@*&!"

Of course, the Imascans themselves would not use Elvish language for communication. After listening for a long time, Xia Duo could not hear anything, but Percher had a rich expression, frowning for a while, and relaxing for a while, as if he understood it.

It took a long time before Jam touched the sweat on his forehead, and said to Percher, "We've made contact. Mr. Farman, the leader of Meto City, will be here soon. He said he will complete the deal with you personally."

(End of this chapter)