Trade

Alvin came from the southernmost province of the Grimm Empire on the Roland Continent, the Qiyan Province. Their caravan departed from Qiyan Harbor, and after bypassing the Barbaric Swamp, instead of heading to the Etia Alliance Kingdom like other caravans, they traveled north to the Frozen Sea, which is the Dwarven Kingdom in the northwest corner of the Roland Continent.

In fact, trade between the Grimm Empire and the Dwarf Kingdom has continued for thousands of years, and the dwarves here have always been the Empire's most steadfast allies.

The people of the Grimm Empire love to use the Fine Iron Ingot smelted by the dwarves to forge equipment. As a result, many merchant groups purchase large quantities of Fine Iron Ingot from the Dwarven Kingdom and transport them back to the Grimm Empire to sell in Blacksmith Workshop. The mining and forging techniques of the Dwarf Kingdom are more advanced than those of the empire.

Darwin's caravan sold a large quantity of silk fabrics in the Dwarf Kingdom and purchased Magic Machinery such as Floating Device, Magic Furnace, Ore Grinding Machine, and Ore Refining Device. It is said that most of these Magic Machinery are design blueprints left over from the Goblin Civilization, and only the dwarves have truly mastered the manufacturing technology.

Darwin's caravan originally intended to cross the Frozen Sea during the height of summer, reach Starsea City in the northernmost Sloit Province of the Grimm Empire, and then sail south from Starsea City back to Qiyan Harbor, thus completing a full circle around the Roland Continent.

However, while in the Dwarven Kingdom, it was heard that the Plane War of the Grimm Empire had spread to the southern provinces. In addition, the most surprising news was that the Sacred Legion of the Goddess of Freedom Temple had voluntarily withdrawn from the Imperial Alliance, and all the Combat Priest and priests would not participate in the Plane War. This directly put the Construct Knight Order of the Grimm Empire at a disadvantage in the Plane War.

Meanwhile, the dark forces of the Abyss Hell launched a massive invasion of various planes...

During this period, the planes of the Empire that were rich in Magic Herbs were engulfed in war.

Almost overnight, the price of magic potions in the Grimm Empire increased several times over.

Although this event was an unprecedented disaster for the army of the Grimm Empire, it was an unprecedented business opportunity for the merchants of the Grimm Empire.

In any business, as long as you can seize the opportunity first, you have a high chance of making money.

Darwin immediately decided that the fleet would cross the Endless Sea to the Elf Continent to purchase Magic Herbs and potions.

Darwin knew that elves loved beautiful things, so he dressed up and carried a large number of handicrafts, oil paintings, artistic gold and silver utensils, and of course, a large number of Magic Crystal Stone.

During this trip to Castleton City, we acquired Magic Herbs, and these handicrafts, oil paintings, and gold and silver utensils have all been exchanged for Magic Crystal Stone.

Yesterday, Darwin reached an agreement with Woods and Klayr that the transaction would be settled using Magic Crystal Stone.

Before the transaction, Darwin, being a shrewd businessman, casually promoted the goods on their ship to the three of them. Roy, curious about the Magic Airship, asked about it.

Seeing that Roy seemed quite interested in the Floating Device, Darwin said to the three of them:

"Should we go check out the Floating Device in the ship's hold? It's right there in the Bottom Cabin!"

Woods and Krell looked at Roy.

Roy nodded decisively and said, "Okay."

This Five-Masted Sailing Ship was much larger than Roy's Black Pearl, and the ship's Bottom Cabin was also very spacious. However, the air inside was not circulating, and everyone felt a bit stuffy after entering the Bottom Cabin. Several human crew members quickly opened the ship's ventilation windows, and then they felt much better.

The Bottom Cabin was filled with large items, almost all covered with tarpaulins, and large Wooden Box were stacked together, with some dry grass between Wooden Box.

At the merchant Darwin's instruction, the four crew members worked together to lift a large Wooden Box to the door, and then used a crowbar to open the Wooden Box. Inside the Wooden Box was Floating Device that looked like an airplane engine. It had a metal frame, and many parts were plated with mithril and engraved with many complex Magic Rune.

"Is this the Floating Device?" Roy looked at the brand-new Floating Device with curiosity and asked Darwin.

"The brand-new Hummingbird No. 5 can lift twenty tons of cargo at full capacity, but it burns a lot of Magic Crystal Stone when it's running," Darwin said with a hint of pride.

Roy touched the frame of the Floating Device; it felt cold to the touch and must have been forged from metal.

"How much does it cost to buy Floating Device?" Roy asked curiously.

"Two hundred Magic Crystal Stone. That's the price we bought it from the dwarves. Now we're selling it to you. We don't intend to make money off you; we're just making friends and expanding our trade routes," said Darwin, the merchant, in a very generous manner.

Roy secretly scoffed; he didn't believe that the businessman Darwin would sell him this Floating Device without making a single penny.

However, Roy then considered that buying a few Floating Device might not be a bad idea...

He pointed to a large pile of goods covered with tarpaulins and asked curiously, "What's that over there?"

"A new type of Magic Furnace, the latest model from the dwarven Magic Furnace Forging Workshop," Darwin said casually. "To get this behemoth onto the ship, we almost dismantled it back in Tanton Port ..."

The four crew members lifted the tarpaulin covering the Magic Furnace, revealing a large furnace to Roy.

If Roy hadn't encountered this kind of magical equipment in the Mithril Mine, he would have been completely unmoved by this set of black, oily iron cans. But now, seeing this nearly three-meter-tall behemoth, his jaw dropped and he couldn't close it.

This was much larger than the Magic Furnace Klayr had helped him find in Castleton City, and the entire furnace was filled with the smell of oil, clearly indicating that it was a brand new Magic Machinery.

Furthermore, Roy owns several mines on the Pagisto Plateau, and many abandoned mines require Magic Furnace to be restored to normal operation.

Seeing Roy's expression as he looked at the Magic Furnace, Darwin immediately concluded that Roy had some knowledge of this Magic Machinery, and promptly followed Roy to introduce the features of the Magic Furnace.

He then recommended two types of Magic Machinery commonly used in mines to Roy: Ore Grinding Machine and Ore Refining Device, both of which Roy showed great interest in.

Looking at the large Magic Machinery crammed into the ship's hold, Roy hesitated again, unsure whether he could transport Magic Machinery to the Pagisto Plateau due to limited transport capacity.

Roy then asked Darwin, "How many Floating Device do you have?"

"Sixteen of them were originally intended to be used to build a Magic Airship after returning to Qiyan City," the merchant Darwin said after a moment's hesitation.

"Alright, I'll take all of these Floating Device!" Roy said readily.

"I see you're quite interested in the Magic Furnace, why don't you consider it?" Darwin tried to promote it.

"They're too heavy. My mine is located in a rather remote area, so there's no way to transport these big guys up there for the time being..." Roy with some regret.

Darwin glanced at the Wooden Box containing the Floating Device and smiled.

"If you hadn't purchased Floating Device, this might have been a problem, but now that you have, transporting these large Magic Machinery is no longer an issue... So you can use Floating Device Floating Device to lift the Magic Furnace. With a few horses pulling it, even if you wanted to drag this behemoth to the top of the mountain, it wouldn't be a problem!"

When Roy heard Darwin say this, his eyes lit up slightly.

Using Floating Device to transport large Magic Machinery to the plateau is indeed a possible solution...

Roy walked up to the Magic Furnace and ran his fingers along the Magic Rune on the metal surface, showing that he was very familiar with the Magic Furnace's structure.

It was only then that Darwin realized that, in addition to buying a large quantity of Magic Herbs, he had also bought some Metal Ingots.

It goes without saying that these guys probably also control mining operations.

So Darwin went on to emphasize the role of the Ore Refining Device.

"This is an Ore Refining Device. Its main function is to remove excess impurities from low-quality ores, which can greatly improve the utilization rate of the ore..." Darwin rambled on.

"This grinder is also very good..."

"Then I'll take them all."

Roy casually agreed.

For a moment, the merchant Darwin didn't react. He stood there, stunned, then stared intently at Roy and asked cautiously:

"You mean you plan to buy all of these Magic Machinery?"

"That's right, please calculate it again, how many Magic Crystal Stone would it cost to buy all of these..." Roy said readily.

Darwin licked his lips, surprised that his slightly impulsive actions and a couple of extra sales pitches had actually resulted in the sale of all the large iron blocks at the bottom of the hold...

Unexpectedly Roy bought a magic Floating Device, Magic Furnace, Ore Grinding Machine, and Ore Refining Device in succession.

After some negotiation, the two parties finally decided to barter. In the end, Roy spent more than 50,000 Magic Crystal Stone and received 130,000 Magic Crystal Stone.

Darwin also had a group of crew members work together to pull these big machines out of the Bottom Cabin, which was no easy task and involved almost all the sailors on the seven ships.

The transaction was completed quickly.

Roy was waiting for the crew to unload the Magic Machinery he had bought onto the dock.

In fact, the ship's Bottom Cabin had very concealed sliding rails, and there were also very hidden doors on the sides of the Bottom Cabin. It took nearly a hundred young crew members working together to drag the Magic Furnace out of the hold.

As the Magic Furnace was transported to the docks, the Ore Grinding Machine and refining equipment that followed were also brought out.

The merchant Darwin stayed by Roy's side the whole time. Seeing that Roy had a human appearance, he talked about the customs and culture of the Grimm Empire and suggested that Roy should visit the Grimm Empire when he had time.

Roy was very Grimm Empire. When he heard Darwin say that everyone mainly ate a kind of wheat cake, Roy had some expectations.

He's long been tired of eating fruit and grilled fish in Castleton.

Before they knew it, the two were talking about the Goddess of Freedom Temple. Darwin told Roy that almost every city in the Grimm Empire had Goddess of Freedom Temple, and almost all the people in the empire worshipped the Goddess of Freedom.

The Grimm Empire is larger than the entire Elven Kingdom. The Grimm Empire also has Teleportation Hall, which allows you to teleport from one city to another. The only drawback is that the teleportation fee is very expensive.

In addition, Magic Airship connect every city in the Grimm Empire, and those airport towers are a scenic feature of the cities...

After seeing the transaction, all the magical equipment was moved to the port dock, but 130,000 Magic Crystal Stone still flowed into Roy's pocket. After thinking about it, Darwin continued to sell to Roy.

"These are all machines meticulously crafted by dwarven artisans. Do you need Printed Magic Loom?"

Roy shook his head.

He owns mines, but not textile factories...

A magic loom? Tsk tsk, Roy wasn't interested at all, so he asked curiously, "How long did it take you to cross the Endless Sea?"

"If it were just the Endless Sea, with favorable winds, it would actually take about eight months to cross this sea. But what stands between our two continents isn't just the Endless Sea, there are also the Twin Seas and the Seven Realms Sea ..." Darwin explained to Roy.

When it comes to this maritime trade route, Darwin speaks with great enthusiasm, and can readily recount a multitude of fascinating stories from the sea.

He seemed to have said a bit of everything, but he didn't point Roy to the sea route...

In the eyes of the merchant Darwin, those Gray Dwarf Bandit were the lowest of the low, yet they dared to operate on the West Coast of the Endless Sea.

Roy was to leave Castleton that evening aboard a Supply Ship belonging to the Silver Pegasus Legion, heading towards Pattington Island.

So Klayr was instructed to rent a warehouse near the docks and move all the goods there. There was no need to transport the Magic Machinery to Padesto City for the time being; it would be safer to keep these valuable goods in Castleton City for the time being.

Moreover, Roy is not on the Pagisto Plateau, so these Magic Machinery cannot be distributed.

Everything will have to wait until he returns from Empress Ivini Islands.

In addition, the Alchemy Workshop in Castleton City is also about to face shutdown, Woods needs to go to Padesto City to transport a batch of goods back.

Roy takes Miss Woods Tiffany aboard the supply ship. Woods will disembark at Partington Island and travel through a portal to Padstoll City.

Roy then took Miss Tiffany to West Reef Islands...

After boarding the medium-sized sailboat, Miss Tiffany wore a faint look of pride and waved to the crowd below.

Moira looked at Sabrina somewhat reluctantly. She also wanted to go to West Reef Islands, but Sabrina had stopped her.

Klayr also waved goodbye to Roy on the dock, somewhat disappointed that he hadn't been able to talk to Roy about music.

The Supply Ship loaded itself with various supplies at Castleton Harbour before setting sail and heading towards Pattington Island...