Leland County's profits were quite good, but taxes still had to be paid on them.
Because the plane coordinates had been purchased from a Wizard Sage, the Sage took forty percent in tax.
That meant that after taxes, Charles could take home at most around one million.
Even so, it was still an immense fortune.
A normal second-ring wizard in Isata earned only around a hundred thousand Magic Stones a year.
This battle had directly earned Charles nearly ten years' worth of what he could make in Isata.
Of course, a yearly income of a hundred thousand Magic Stones for a second-ring wizard was merely an average figure.
Combat-oriented second-ring wizards could earn more, but that meant constantly taking part in battles, with their lives hanging by the belt around their waists.
If Charles returned to Isata, his income would also surpass that of ordinary second-ring wizards.
Because Charles had skills. He was proficient in bloodline modification and could also draw scrolls.
This meant Charles was like a self-employed wizard. His income did not come from wages, but from his own two hands.
But no matter how it was calculated, conquering planes was still faster.
Leland County was merely an island nation with a population of several hundred thousand, yet the income from its main island alone was already this substantial.
There were also several outlying inhabited islands, all fiefs belonging to other minor nobles.
Charles arranged for Bruce to lead men and seize every noble on those islands.
That added another hundred thousand or so Magic Stones to the profits.
These gains came from the wealth the nobles of those islands had accumulated over many years, letting Charles feast his fill in one stroke.
But even without counting such accumulated wealth, possessing this territory and several hundred thousand humans