Chapter 478: Chapter 474: The One Who Leads The Era Chapter 478: Chapter 474: The One Who Leads The Era To Muria, giving is for the sake of receiving in return. If someone you didn’t even know before goes out of his way to benefit you, it’s because he’s expecting to get something adequate in return from you.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch; if there is, it’s probably poisonous. Of course, Muria didn’t worry that the middle-aged fat man in front of him would deceive him—it was impossible. Hence, his generosity is an investment, a bet on earning returns from Muria’s future successes.

To this kind of investment, Muria greatly appreciated because it demonstrated vision. Therefore, once he understood, he gladly accepted it. He had confidence that he would repay this merchant adequately in the future.

“Your Majesty, beside this batch of weapons, do you have anything else to sell?” Andrew, who directly bought all of Muria’s weapons intended for sale at the price of one hundred thousand Elemental Crystals, enquired with a smile.

“I have a batch of Metal Golems for sale.”

“Metal Golems are excellent, all of our Empire’s expeditionary legions have unlimited demand for them. This is a very scarce strategic material, Your Majesty. I promise I won’t let you suffer any loss, regardless of how many you’d want to sell.”

Hearing that Muria had Golems to sell, Andrew got more excited. This meant he had justification to give away even more money. The one hundred thousand Elemental Crystals he’d just given away was too little.

“You should take a look first. My Golems might be a bit outdated.” Muria said. As compared to cold weapons, Golems—a kind of artificial lifeform—require higher technological expertise.

After all, weapons are mainly composed and forged from Material, supplemented by Rune engraving. Regardless of how the times change and develop, there won’t be much disparity. An artifact from a hundred thousand years ago will still be an artifact a hundred thousand years later, regardless of how casting methods change.

But for Golems, it’s different. Initially, Golems were characterized by their solid defenses. But their weaknesses were also very obvious, they were slow to act with sluggish reactions incapable of flexible adaptation. With pertinent strategies and suitable terrain, even Mortals could have a chance of defeating Golems.

However, as the times advanced, the manufacturing technology of Golems improved with each generation. The initial Golems were becoming less flawed, and their AI became more and more sophisticated.

In modern times, no more absurd occurrences of a Mortal using the terrain to defeat a Golem, or of a low-level mage aiming for a Golem’s weakness to develop a trickery Magic spell to destroy a Golem would take place.

“Your Majesty, I think you might be overestimating our Empire’s Golem research and development capabilities.” Seeing the pair of neatly arranged Golems shining with a silvery white metallic color under the sunlight, Andrew’s eyes lit up.

Subsequently, as these Metal Golems under Muria’s control battled as flexibly as real-fleshed living creatures, a more surprised look appeared on Andrew’s face.

“Are these the most advanced Golems, Your Majesty? You really want to sell them?”

“The most advanced Golems?” An odd look appeared on Muria’s face because of the lie detection spell. He was aware that the current fat man was not lying—he was telling the truth. “The method of manufacturing Golems that I have was from a Legendary Mage who has already been fallen for tens of thousands of years. After such a long time, how could these Golems still be the most advanced?”

“There’s no contradiction there, Your Majesty. Legendary mages from our Empire may possess more advanced Golem manufacturing technology than what you’ve got. But these Golems are not on sale.”

“So you mean, among the Golems that you, in Uranos Empire, can sell, mine are of top-notch quality, right? But they are not the truly most advanced?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, our Uranos Empire’s royal family and our eight Marquises all possess their own exclusive Golem production technologies but the Golems they produce aren’t for sale.”

“I see.” Muria felt quite moved. He originally thought that his outdated Golems were still tantalizing commodities to the top human forces.

This made him admire the strength and uniqueness of the Legendary Mage. Whatever they left behind, even after ten thousand years, was still enough to amaze people.

In the world of Elasia, it’s the mages that guide the progress, development, and strengthening of civilization. They change the world with their knowledge. The most sophisticated knowledge and technology are held by the most powerful mages.

“So, what else does my mother have?” Disturbed by his thoughts, Muria pondered over the technology obtained from the Golden Dragon Mother. The technology for remodeling his Floating City was obtained from her. “Try to con more Golem manufacturing technology out of her, spend some time to transform it, then it will be shining Elemental Crystals.”

“Your Majesty, other than this type of Golem, do you have any other types, or higher-ranking Golems?” Andrew asked further.

“We currently only have Silver Rank and Gold Rank Golems. The Golems of the Soul Intent Level are still in the making.” Fiona, a beautiful woman with green hair standing behind Muria, stepped forward, taking over the task of introducing the details to Andrew from Muria.

“And, we can make any type of Golem. The four ‘Crusaders’ in front of us are just ordinary type, mainly for close combat. They are suitable for fighting on land and can be used for defense, a multi-functional Golem.”

Seeing the eloquent old green dragon in front of him, a smirk formed at the corner of his mouth. Having an expert in handling situations among his subordinates always lifted a person’s mood.

“What exactly do you plan to purchase our manufactured Golems for?”

“To buy the Silver Rank ‘Crusaders’ at the price of fifty Elemental Crystals, and to multiply the price of the Gold Rank ones by tenfold. Fiona, what do you think?”

“Umm,” Fiona hesitated, she was somewhat embarrassed to continue bargaining. She had participated in the manufacturing process of Golems, so she knew very clearly the actual cost of these metal chunks—it was nowhere near the quoted price.

But a Five Colored Dragon would always be a Five Colored Dragon. Greed was inherent in their Bloodline. The stunning woman only hesitated for a while before she said, “Not enough, this price is too low. Double it at least.”

“Okay.” Without any hesitation, Andrew agreed to the doubled price immediately.

“Fiona, you negotiate with Andrew. I completely authorize you for this deal.” Seeing the two in front of him, one daring to propose, and the other daring to agree, Muria shook his head, opened the Door of Choices, and directly teleported away.

He already figured out that probably due to his status and other factors, hence the human merchant Andrew was flattering him without any bottom-line. In these circumstances, he was not worried about losing out or getting cheated at all.

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