Because there were twenty more people, Claire's return was not as smooth as when there was only one person there. He had to hire a group of carriages to carry the luggage of these mages, as well as some strange little pets and Magic Tool materials.
There is no need to hire mercenaries to escort him all the way back. With Claire's current strength, basically as many bandits as there are, so many bandits have to be accounted for here.
What? Your strength exceeds Archmage. Then you still act like a ghost robber, and someone comes to give you money while you are lying down.
Because we were traveling by land, the return to Nafu City was much slower. At this speed, it would take at least three or four days to return to Nafu City. However, Claire was not in a hurry. Instead, he was enjoying the feeling of slowing down. He lay on top of the Warcraft transporting goods and looked at the blue sky.
The surrounding mages looked at Claire with awe in their eyes. After they saw Claire's performance at the recruitment site, they went to various news channels that night to learn about Claire's identity. Only then did they know what kind of powerful person they were on the list.
But what they don't understand is why Lord Claire doesn't stay in the royal capital, but wants to take them back to his territory.
After gaining power, those local nobles tried their best to squeeze into the royal capital, even if they broke their necks. The infrastructure and other aspects of the capital are the most developed and resource-rich places in the country. This is like a rich man who is not staying in BJ and Shanghai, but wants to return to his hometown in the third and fourth tiers.
These mages really couldn't figure it out, but they didn't dare to ask if they didn't understand. They could only move forward in silence and with certain expectations.
After entering the southern part of the kingdom, everything around them became desolate and backward, giving the mages a feeling of going to the countryside from the city.
However, this feeling changed after entering Griffin County. The endless flow of vendors here gave them a sense of prosperity. The closer they got to Nafu City, the clearer this feeling became., and the number of tourists and vendors traveling to and from Nafu City has also increased. You can also see adventurers carrying the corpses of monsters walking into Nafu City. Their mental state is completely different from those in other cities where they stayed.
People here feel that their lives are more real and happier.
When they saw the city gate, Claire also jumped up from the back of the monster and landed lightly on the ground.
The Nafu City people at the city gate also said hello one after another after seeing Claire.
"Lord Viscount!"
"Lord Viscount, you are back."
Seeing those people waving and smiling at Claire, the mages were a little stunned. When had they ever seen such a scene before?
Claire smiled and nodded at the people. Those Nafu City residents were also very sensible and did not stop Claire. Instead, they stopped and gave way to a passage for Claire's fleet to go in first.
After being stunned for a moment, the mages quickly followed the convoy in. The first thing they saw after entering was the statue of the mermaid. However, mages' perspective is always a little different from ordinary people. Most of their first thoughts when they saw it were, Oh my god, how did this thing come out? Then they began to think about the principle and see if they could reproduce such a dynamic statue.
"Isaac!"
Claire first took those mages outside Academy of Sciences in the North District, and then shouted out.
"Come out, someone is here for you."
After a while, Isaac flew out from inside and landed in front of Claire.
The mages behind Claire were a little stunned, especially when they saw Walker, they were a little shocked.
"Walker?"
"Senior Isaac? Why are you here?" Walker also looked shocked. Isaac had repeated grades in school for several years because of his previous graduation project. Walker often received help from Isaac when learning inscriptions and enchantments.
"I graduated and came here." Isaac replied.
"Since you already know each other, there's no need for too much introduction." Claire smiled.
"What's going on?" Isaac asked.
"Royal Capital Magic Academy Graduation season, then I recruited some graduates, and some of them are to work for you."
Isaac Looking at the twenty mages behind Claire, everyone was dumbfounded. Aren't you a viscount? How could you fool so many graduates?
Then Claire pointed at the mages he specially selected for Isaac, and shouted, "You are all research mages. From now on, work under Isaac."
Isaac is overjoyed, these are the ones we can really start with! He couldn't stand those Magic Apprentices and low-level mage old men before. Sometimes they couldn't understand some of the things he said. Now that these High Mages are here, he can make new progress in his experiments!
The mages pointed out by Claire also carried their own luggage and walked behind Claire from the team.
Isaac rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "What, with so many mages suddenly joining us, do we need to raise research funds again?"
"When I was alone, I was alone, so it didn't matter if I had less money, but now there are so many people, and I can't make good things without money."
As he spoke, Isaac leaned towards Claire and whispered, "I'm telling you, I've been researching a new material recently. It will definitely be of great use if it is developed."
The mages who came behind Isaac also rubbed their hands excitedly. What these research mages are looking forward to most is research funds. The more money, the better.
They have just joined, and now they can only hope that Isaac can help them get more money.
Ignoring the other person's last sentence, Claire responded, "Okay, how much do you plan to ask for?"
What Isaac has researched is indeed effective. The Magic Bullet that was developed before helped Claire kill a Archmage, and the large-scale attack Magic Cannon are very useful, but the only drawback is that it costs money. But now that Claire is rich, this is not a shortcoming.
Isaac showed a rare embarrassed smile, "Isn't it always about 100,000 per month before? With so many people coming, how about doubling it?"
The mages all looked at Isaac in surprise, one hundred thousand a month? What kind of life do you live like? Asking a Archmage to sell his life once only costs about 100,000 yuan. You pay 100,000 yuan a month?
Victor The rest of the group were also dumbfounded. Talented graduates like them only asked those noble families for 50,000 a year. Isaac One person was charged 100,000 a month? That's not even a million dollars a year!
Isaac looked at Isaac who was looking forward to it and smiled, and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll give you 250,000 a month, but you have to come up with something, don't let my money go to waste."
Claire Throwing money into it is not just for nothing. It requires actual progress and new things to be created to obtain higher returns. As long as something comes out, you will definitely have to spend money in the early stage, and it will cost a lot, so Claire is not very distressed.
"That's for sure!" Isaac said confidently.
He already has a genius idea, and when it is developed, it will definitely shock Claire.