"If the plan goes smoothly, Mary, I will reward you with this heart that belonged to Tubert. As for the rest of you, continue earning merit, and Famur's heart may belong to one of you."
A stick alone could certainly make the Blood Servants fearful, but it would not necessarily make them work their hardest.
But with the addition of a carrot, these vampires would surely give everything they had for the chance to obtain the delicious hearts of pure-blooded vampires.
Judging by Bloody Mary and the four Blood Servants' expressions and eyes, the tactic had worked.
After dismissing the Blood Servants, Liszt sat atop the mount that had originally belonged to Dipola and focused his mind, summoning the smoke mission.
He had received the notification that the mission was complete while bathing: "Mission complete. Reward: an unknown number of Little Elves."
Negotiations over Dipola's ransom had yet to begin, so the mission reward remained uncertain.
But Liszt was in no hurry. He even intended to deliberately delay the ransom exchange, lulling the Raging Wave Marquis into complacency while carrying out the plan to attack Three Dragon City and the Trapped Dragon Mountains, ultimately buying time to transport the iron ore—there was simply too much of it. Even if he brought in a great number of ships, it would still be difficult to haul away so much iron ore.
Shipbuilding technology in this world was underdeveloped—reportedly, Zheng He's treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty could reach a displacement of 2,500 tons. Even a sailing ship one-tenth that size could carry 250 tons.
Yet a two-masted merchant vessel here could transport only a little over a hundred tons. A million tons of iron ore would require over ten thousand voyages—there were roughly a hundred merchant ships in the Tulip Family, around