A Major Deal

"You're short of a lord, so why are you coming to us? With the Alliance's name on your name, you can't just pick anyone. Besides, the Alliance is so big, aren't you afraid someone will make a fool of you?"

Fran astutely pointed out the inconsistency in Ophelia's words and squinted, waiting for an explanation.

"Don't worry, I have a reason for coming to you," Ophelia said with a smile.

"I came to this Trial specifically to contact the elusive Lord of Radiance, who is difficult to find, in order to solve another problem."

Ophelia paused, raised an eyebrow, and then continued:

"The realm we are looking for is the realm occupied by another Deity."

Fran's face stiffened, and she remained silent.

"We have experienced the power of Deity before, and we know that without another Deity, it would be very difficult for us to seize ownership of this realm."

"Therefore, we need another Deity to help us solve this problem. Otherwise, even if we defeat the guardian forces that the Deity has placed in that realm, we will not be able to gain ownership of the realm, and it will all be a waste of effort."

"This is our purpose. What Deity could be more suitable than the Lord of Radiance, who now seems like an enemy of all the gods?"

"Furthermore, even if we wanted another lord of the Spirit Realm to help us, they might not dare to defy the gods."

Fran did not answer, but pondered for a while.

Strictly speaking, this matter truly requires the Lord of Radiance; it's unlikely that anyone else would dare to directly unite with the Alliance to conquer the realm of a Deity.

It's important to know that the gods hold immense prestige in the Spirit Realm, and no normal person would dare to provoke them.

Furthermore, this time they were attacking alongside the infamous the Alliance mages. Fran could imagine that if anyone actually became the lord of that realm after the Alliance occupied it, they would almost certainly be considered an enemy of the Spirit Realm.

But what can you do when the Lord of Radiance already has a bad reputation?

Fran curled her lip. According to her calculations, if there weren't some secrets she didn't know, she dared to say that the Lord of Radiance would absolutely dare to pull off such a job.

After all, judging from the fact that they dared to plunder the Emerald Market, they were not some kind of Deity with any sense of awe.

The only question now is, how much are the Alliance mages willing to pay for this?

She looked at Ophelia and then said directly:

"So what will we get? You're not saying it's just that area that will be targeted by others, are you?"

If the other party says that the area is their reward, she'll just roll her eyes and walk away.

Even she knew that if she really cooperated with the mages of the Alliance to take over that realm, then that realm could absolutely not be developed.

According to Fran's understanding, although the Lord of Radiance had been expanding the Radiance Domain during her absence, constantly dragging Block from other places here.

However, she also knew that this was due to the special nature of the Radiance Domain. It seemed that the Lord of Radiance had established some rules when creating this realm, preventing others from entering it.

This is how the Lord of Radiance was able to evade the Emerald Market without being disturbed by the angry Deity and Spirit Realm lords.

However, this territory, which was conquered together with the Alliance, is different. It's obvious that this Block cannot develop and will always be subject to attacks and retaliation.

The only use Fran could think of was to let the Lord of Radiance randomly select some good Block from it and then hide them in the Radiance Domain.

However, she also knew that there weren't many Block within a realm that could interest the Lord of Radiance.

As far as she knew, the Block chosen by the Lord of Radiance were all ones she had searched through several realms. It was obvious that there weren't many Block in this one realm that the Lord of Radiance could drag back.

Ophelia smiled after hearing Fran's words.

"Of course, there won't be just this as an add-on. We will withdraw from that realm after obtaining what we want, and return it to you for you to dispose of as you see fit."

Ophelia paused for a moment before speaking:

"Next comes the reward offered by our the Alliance."

"First, we are willing to offer a price of one Gold Coin for every 100 grams of Spirit Crystal in exchange for the 100 tons of Spirit Crystal you possess."

"Secondly, the Alliance can include the Sect of the Lord of Radiance among its allies, allowing them to enjoy our exchange terms and preferential prices for supplies."

"Finally, we can offer war support programs, in exchange for paying a certain amount of compensation to have several Battle Mage Corps designated by the Alliance participate in the war."

"So, how about it? Are we satisfied with our sincerity?"

Just as Ophelia confidently asked Fran, she received no answer from Fran for a long time.

Fran was stunned and didn't come to her senses for a long time.

She now understood that the Astrology School was probably determined to obtain that realm, and that it was perhaps one of the most strategically significant things for the entire Sect; otherwise, they would never have offered such generous terms.

First, there's that one million Gold Coin. Although they were supposed to exchange them for the Spirit Crystal they robbed from the Emerald Market, the exchange rate was multiplied several times over.

But in this respect, it's absolutely a huge boon for them.

First of all, Gold Coin are far more valuable than Spirit Crystal. Given such a large one-time transaction volume, Fran dares to say that no one else could offer such a price.

Furthermore, what they have in abundance right now is Spirit Crystal. Even if the Lord of Radiance used them to upgrade his realm, he wouldn't need that many, and he hasn't spent much so far.

It's like they used their idle resources to exchange for better ones—it's incredibly profitable.

Then there's the Alliance's ally certification. As an the Alliance mage... there are still many mages who don't know about this, but Fran does.

The Alliance allies can exchange Gold Coin or other resources for valuable resources from a unique the Alliance list.

It contains powerful equipment from the Alliance, large combat weapons, rare magical materials, and even equipment commission projects.

Even many Third Order Mage in the Alliance don't have as many items to exchange as their the Alliance allies, so this can be considered a very valuable reward.

Finally, there's the Alliance's war support, Fran knows was set up to retrieve the supplies sent out from above.

After all, if so many things are given away at once, there should be some way to get them back.

The Alliance's war support is this resource recovery project. The other side calculated that their current armed forces were not strong enough, so they specifically allowed them to hire the Alliance's Battle Mage Corps.

This is a good thing for the Lord of Radiance and even Fran. With the Alliance's war support, they can do many things that they couldn't do before.

Fran clicked her tongue, not immediately agreeing to what seemed to be highly advantageous to them.

Firstly, the fact that the other party was willing to offer such a price must mean they had accurately assessed how difficult this matter would be, and there might be some difficulties that Fran was unaware of.

Secondly, Fran still doesn't know what the Lord of Radiance thinks about this matter.

She didn't know if the Lord of Radiance was truly willing to accept the cooperation regardless of the consequences, or if he would refuse it due to some other consideration.

Regardless, she had to discuss it with the Lord of Radiance first.

"I can't make that decision myself. I'll discuss it with my lord after the Trial is over."

Ophelia seemed to have anticipated this answer, and she said with a smile:

"It's alright. I know you need to speak with the Deity behind you to get an answer, and it's impossible for you to agree now."

"We can discuss this at another time. My only purpose in coming to this Trial was to get in touch with you."

Fran raised an eyebrow, gleaning a great deal of information from the other person's words.

Now she was certain that the other party was a mage from the Alliance, but if he was the Alliance mage, something didn't make sense.

That is, how did the other party know that she, or rather the Proxy of the Lord of Radiance, would appear in this Trial?

If the other party was Proxy of a certain Deity, Fran could understand. After all, those Deity had been paying close attention to the Trial of the Sun, and it was normal for them to keep a close eye on the realm after learning that the Trial of the Sun had started.

Then, during the observation of the realm, it was quite normal to see the traces left by the Lord of Radiance's Proxy; she deliberately left these traces to demonstrate that she was Proxy of a certain god.

However, it was highly unusual that the other party, as the Alliance mage, knew she would appear in this Trial. Fran did not believe that the Astrology School's Prophecy Spell could predict her appearance in the Trial of the Sun.

So, it's questionable how the other side knew that Fran would appear in the Trial of the Sun.

Fran didn't ask directly, but instead turned to look at the three figures looking around.

If a god's Proxy told Ophelia, then she might know. But if that Proxy already told Ophelia, why didn't that Proxy and the god behind him directly help the Alliance?

That's right, it's because the Proxy and the Deity behind him couldn't afford the consequences of openly standing with the Alliance mages.

Fran stroked her chin, knowing there were definitely things she didn't know, but she'd leave it at that for now and discuss it with the Lord of Radiance later.

Fran and Ophelia agreed on how to contact each other, and then the two returned to the group.

"Why are you taking so long? What did you talk about?"

"We discussed some collaboration matters," Ophelia explained.

Before Heather could think of what to say next to attack Fran, Ophelia spoke first:

"By the way, my mission is complete now, so I'll be going now. Bye-bye."

Ophelia waved her hand, and before Heather could react, Ophelia produced a cyan compass. Then, Ophelia became ethereal and vanished from the spot.

Heather watched as Ophelia vanished, then touched her eyes, trying to make sure she wasn't mistaken, but the truth was she wasn't.