Mysteries: Arcana Wars

Emlyn looked up at the clock. There were still three minutes before the agreed time. Mr. Aiden Norman F. Pierce came to the director's office of the Earth Hospital carrying a computer bag.

"Emlyn White...Dean?"

Looking at Emlyn's young face, Aiden was a little stunned at first. He subconsciously thought it would be an old man.

"Agent. You can just call me Emlyn."

Aiden looked at the lush tomato seedlings in the room and sat down with some doubt.

This look around made Emlyn feel a little depressed.

His good teacher, Dean Sinedu, was so ruthless that he moved out of the office overnight, even leaving behind his favorite green radish. At the same time, Dean Sinedu was very enthusiastic about Professor Andrea who came to support him, and together they decorated Emlin's new office with green tomato seedlings.

This time Aiden came to the hospital to discuss business with Dadi Hospital on behalf of Speed ​​Feather.

After experiencing two cult terrorist attacks within a month, Emlyn fully realized the passivity of the Earth Hospital. On the one hand, as a former religious institution that was castrated and turned into a hospital, the Earth Hospital was not allowed to have an upright team of Beyonders; on the other hand, the Harvest Church alone involved too many forces, including the Loen royal family, Feynaport, the Earth Church, the three local Orthodox Churches, and even the ordinary people in the region who relied heavily on the medical resources of the Earth Hospital. If any two of them confronted each other, it would be a disaster that would be difficult to stop.

Emlyn felt that his own ability to resist risks was low, and he had the terrifying characteristics of Backlund's powder keg. Backlund's vampires had just established a connection with the hospital, and both sides still needed more time to trust each other, so if they encountered difficulties in a short period of time, they could not be counted on to help.

As for the Steam Church and the Night Church? This can only be a last resort. Allowing them to enter the hospital to fight the enemy is also opening up their own secrets to be slaughtered.

Church of the Storm? Uh... can't count on them...

It is better to rely on oneself than on others. Emlyn decided to at least enhance the "military power" of the Church of the Earth through mundane means.

"Mr. Pierce, as we discussed in the last communication, we would like to order a modern indoor distribution system from your company for the automated distribution of daily medicines and other medical facilities. The contract mainly includes a mature and secure information system and a complete set of indoor logistics facilities, such as drones, pipeline transportation, etc. The specific equipment ratio is subject to your company's design plan."

Emlyn paused.

“Of course, we hope to have more drones.”

Obviously, as a "hospital", it cannot blatantly purchase arms, but it can try another angle and use something ambiguous.

Such as drones.

Both the Storm Church Parish and the Holy Wind Cathedral were too far away from the Earth Hospital. Far water could not quench a nearby fire, but it gave Emlyn a lot of inspiration.

In order to protect the tall buildings in the city, the extraordinary skills of wind, thunder, water, etc. that the Storm Church excels in cannot achieve the most ideal effect in the city. The dense houses and crowds require the spiritual control of the Punishers to be more refined.

Thus, since the beginning of the electrical age, drones specially made by the Church of the Storm have become standard equipment for the Punishers.

This type of drone actually does not have many batteries or operating procedures, and is more like a pure mechanical creation. Starting from the Sequence Six Wind Blessers, the Punishers can control drones by manipulating air currents, enhancing their mobility and combat effectiveness in urban environments.

Drones that don't have an operating system don't even have to worry about being hacked because they don't have a computer at all.

Therefore, Emlyn planned to learn how to make a set of such drones for the Earth Hospital Church, but he would load a simple information chip inside. In normal times, they were transport drones used to deliver medicines as a cover, but in times of emergency, they could transport other things and become a reliable combat force.

As for control, Emlyn could use a large group of small animals to operate the drones, with one in each drone. Although Emlyn was no longer able to maintain the strength of a Sequence 2, the number of animals he could control was still considerable, and there was no problem covering the entire hospital.

When choosing a partner, Emlyn chose Speed ​​Feather first. This is a small software company, but the technology is very good. Most importantly, this is where Klein worked before. Since Mr. Fool arranged Klein here, it means that this company must be safe. There is no need to worry about his system being installed with a backend or leaving any mark on the mysticism. It is clean and has no handle.

I'm talking about you, Church of Steam.

Emlyn suddenly felt that his style didn't match the other two people's. Klein and Leonard were like some kind of action game, but when it came to him, it suddenly became a business simulation.

"...Uh...Mr. White, first of all, I want to make it clear that we, Speed ​​Feather, are only a software company. We can customize the information system for the Earth Hospital, but we cannot produce any hardware facilities..." Aiden was accustomed to such unreasonable requests. "If the hospital wants us to handle the hardware issues, we will find other hardware companies to cooperate with. I wonder if Mr. White can accept this?"

“Which company are you going to cooperate with?”

"Sunflower Intelligent Technology Company? Or Tesla Group? I have several other partners that are more suitable. I'd like to take a look at them for you, sir." Aiden said, "We rarely cooperate with large groups, but I can guarantee that the technology of these small and medium-sized companies is not bad and has a very high cost-performance ratio."

Looking at the building outside that was still being repaired, Aiden could tell that Dadi Hospital must be short of funds recently.

In the past, Aiden would have recommended the Abraham Group, but the tractor incident this time made him determined not to have any financial entanglements with such a high-ranking company.

Not making money is a small matter, but if everyone loses their lives, that’s the end of it.

"Tesla Group is not a small company anymore..."

"But compared to giants like Gustav and Ishdar, they are still a little lacking." Aiden said frankly, "The Tesla Group was at its peak during the electrical age. According to historical laws, it is a miracle that they can still stand in Backlund's business field."

"After all, just like what Emperor Roselle said, even a camel that died of starvation is still bigger than a horse." Emlyn sighed, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Pierce to contact Tesla Group for the hardware matters."

"Willing to serve you."

The conversation went smoothly. Emlyn cleverly covered up some defense requirements with medical logistics requirements, but Aiden didn't hear it and gave some good ideas according to Emlyn's logic.

"Well, I'll send you the proposed contract soon after I get back."

After finishing the negotiation, Aiden started to pack his things.

"Excuse me, Mr. Pierce." Emlyn said, "In fact, I thought you would recommend Abraham Group to me for hardware equipment, but it seems that you don't have a good impression of big companies."

"Abraham? Forget it. For a small business like ours, an order from a big company can sometimes be a huge sum of money, or an unexpected disaster."

Perhaps because the cooperation negotiation was very pleasant, Aiden started to talk.

“Many small companies, after receiving orders from large groups, immediately refuse all orders and serve the large groups wholeheartedly. Although this may seem like a good way to make money, in fact the lifeblood of the small companies is entirely in the hands of the large groups. At least if the large groups stop placing orders, the small companies will immediately lose income.

“Moreover, large groups have more trouble with orders and more turmoil within the group. Such troubles can easily be passed on to small companies through orders, but small companies simply cannot withstand such turmoil.

"There are many, many troubles..."

Aiden is a business-minded person. Although Abraham's affairs make him very unhappy, for the sake of the contract and power, Aiden will not reveal a word about the transaction.

"I never knew that such an excellent software engineer like you could be found in this small company..."

"Are you saying that because I have good skills, I shouldn't stay in this small company and should go to a large group to display my talents?"

Aiden smiled.

"No, I don't like the oppressive atmosphere of big groups... And don't tell me which group has aristocratic blood, which group's ancestors were legendary figures in the last era, and which group is the rising star of this era... For me, no matter how much they have contributed to this society, how famous they are, how noble they are, or in other words, no matter whether they are old or young, no matter whether they are rigorous or relaxed, no matter whether they are radical or conservative..."

Aiden slammed the papers on the table.

"What does this have to do with me?"

"No matter how famous they are, it's still their name, no matter how rich they are, it's still their money. The technology I developed is the group's technology, the information I obtained is the group's information, and from the moment I signed the employment contract, any fame and profit they earned because of me was only a drop in the bucket on the contract, and the contract stipulated that I had to work fifteen hours a day.

"The glory and wealth are all theirs, and I only have a pitiful salary and an increasingly bald head. I am a timid person, and what I have received is not enough for me to muster up the courage to resist those terrible risks in the big group.

"Tesla Group also offered me an olive branch before, but even though I had a little affection for them, I still rejected it and founded Speed ​​Feather with a few friends."

Having said that, he smiled and touched his Mediterranean sea.

“In fact, before joining Tesla Group, I also worked in a large group, but I quit not long after.

"Although I was really worried at the time, wondering if I would be retaliated against, if I would starve to death, if I would be targeted by the group and end up sleeping on the street, how many years could my small company survive, if I accidentally came into contact with some unspeakable secret of a big group and ended up dead on the street one night...

"But, steam is on top. The moment I resigned and stepped out of the group building, I truly felt it—

"free."