frightfiction Chapter 328 Cooperation
Chapter 328 Cooperation
Chapter 328 Cooperation
"Long time no see, two lords."
Thorne stepped into the stone house alone, looked at the two lords of the lower city, Torvi and Carlos, who had been waiting for a long time, smiled faintly, and said hello.
After finishing speaking, he went directly to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, then crossed his legs, leaned back on the chair, sat there comfortably, looked at the two with half-smiles, and did not speak.
Seeing the casual and informal behavior of the ranger, Torvi froze the pipe he was sending to his mouth, and then turned his gaze to Carlos who was sitting opposite.
"..."
The two people who were a little confused looked at each other, and they both read the puzzled look in each other's eyes.
Apparently, they were a little... overwhelmed by the sudden change in Thorne's behavior.
In Tolvi's eyes, Thorn used to give him the impression that apart from his good skills, he was more like an ordinary social young man with a withdrawn personality, who always liked to deliberately alienate others, and who was not good at socializing.
But now, he saw his own self-confidence, restrained vigor, and a little bit of a very natural smile from the other's piercing eyes.
What happened to this kid when he went to the Underdark?
Torvi exhaled a puff of smoke to slowly cover up his puzzled expression.
At the same time, I began to sigh secretly in my heart, the fastest way for a person to grow is really to go out and take risks.
This guy went out for half a year for the first time, and when he came back, he dared to stick his sword on the table in front of everyone, and then left with a harsh word.
This time, the sharpness exposed all over the body has been restrained, making it even more unpredictable.
Do you want to let that kid Albert go around the Underdark?Maybe he changed his bad temper.
After thinking about it, Torvi shook his head and laughed, and immediately dismissed this unrealistic idea.
"Thorn, did you call us two to me for something?"
Carlos coughed dryly, cleared his throat on purpose, took a sip of tea to moisten his cup, looked at Thorn and asked.
He has been in contact with Thorn for so long, and he always takes the initiative to contact the other party, and sometimes the other party does not go.
Today, I suddenly received an invitation from this guy, asking him to contact Torvi and wait for him at his home.
Seeing Thorne's casual behavior after entering the house, Carlos, who is experienced in society, was surprised, but also smelled something unusual.
This kid looks a bit unkind.
This was the first thought that popped into Carlos' mind.
Because he just received a letter from his uncle, the red dragon Argotus, from the kobolds this morning, and he also mentioned the simple process of being blackmailed by the way.
Therefore, Carlos feels a bit intriguing about Thorne's purpose here.
"Have you two heard of the Wizard's Tower?" Thorne, who leaned back in his chair, pondered for a moment, and said, keeping his eyes on the two of them for a while.
"Wizard's Tower?" Torvi murmured to himself, and subconsciously turned his head towards the west cliff of the city, but unfortunately he was blocked by the wall, so he couldn't see anything.
As a spellcaster, he is naturally very familiar with the wizard tower.
So Torvi first glanced at Carlos on the opposite side, and said first: "Of course I have heard that there is not a complete one in Winter City."
"Then do you know what the wizard's tower is for?" Thorne straightened up, picked up a teacup from the table, poured himself a cup, and asked again.
"The role of the wizard tower is not only to cultivate a steady stream of spellcasters, it is more like a war fortress that guards and develops civilization." Carlos glared at Torvi who was about to speak, and saw that the other party shut up obediently, so he laughed replied.
He couldn't be more familiar with the wizard's tower, after all, this knowledge was clearly remembered by Zhanzheng College.
If a pioneering civilization is guarded by a wizard tower, at least half of the success has been achieved.
The wizard's tower in Winter City has grown from an inconspicuous small town by the sea to a prosperous big city today.
It even helped the city survive the most chaotic and turbulent year, and it can be said to be the most deterrent existence in the entire Corina Peninsula.
But if you want to build a fully functional wizard tower, even if you have huge financial resources, you can only stare blankly without technical support.
Leaving aside the various defensive measures inside the wizard tower and the complete golem army, a highly intelligent tower spirit can defeat 90% of the wizards in the entire continent.
A wizard tower without a tower spirit is like a human being without a soul, it is incomplete.
This kid probably wants to build a wizard tower, right?
Carlos looked at Thorne who was sitting there pretending to be serious and slowly sipping tea with a complicated expression.
"That's right, I'm planning to build a wizard tower." Noticing Carlos' gaze, Thorne smiled at him and expressed his thoughts.
"So, the materials you asked me to prepare for you were actually all preparing for the establishment of the Wizard Tower." Torvi became a little uneasy for a moment, and directly turned his body to Thorn's side, guessing.
"Yes." Thorne simply replied.
"Thorn, you have to think about what it takes to build a complete wizard tower." With Thorne's affirmation, Carlos solemnly reminded.
If they could build a complete wizard tower in Upper Falls, he would agree with it, but the problem was that he wasn't sure if it was just a whim or not.
In the whole continent, knowledge is the most precious thing in the final analysis. If you want to build a wizard tower without a complete inheritance of arcane arts, what do you rely on?mouth?It seems that this guy's mouth is not very good at speaking.
Carlos expressed a little incomprehension.
"What do you need? No matter in our real world or here, they are always the same. If you want to build a complete wizard tower, you need relevant technical talents and inherited knowledge, right?"
Thorne got up and filled up the teacups of both of them, poured himself another cup, and said seriously.
"That's right, I don't think you look like an impetuous person. Since you know all these things, what is the purpose of you mentioning the wizard's tower to us?" Torvi nodded and asked again.
In fact, he had roughly guessed Thorne's intentions, but he had to let the other party say it himself.
Carlos waved his hand, frowned, and fanned away the second-hand smoke from Torvi with his sleeve, watching Thorn quietly, waiting for his reply.
"I already have all the technical talents. What I lack, you must have guessed it." Thorne said with a slightly solemn expression:
"That's right, if I want to quickly erect a complete wizard tower in our Waterfall Town, I need huge funds, especially huge funds. As for the source of this funding..."
Thorne paused for a moment, and did not continue talking, but watched the two with interest.
"So you put the source of funds on the two of us, right?" Carlos glanced at Torvi on the opposite side, and directly stated Thorne's intentions.
"Yes, after all, with my own strength, who knows how long it will take." Thorn admitted frankly.
"I promise you!" Carlos reached out his hand to stop Torvi, who was about to speak, and responded straightforwardly: "Our lower city will fully support your construction of the wizard tower."
"..." Seeing such a cheerful Carlos, Thorne, who was originally calm, was a little confused.
The reason why he was caught in the circle was mainly because this guy agreed too readily.
Although the other party responded readily, saving him a lot of time to explain, but the other party's straightforwardness made him a little uncomfortable...
"Are you sure?" Thorne glanced at Torvi, who was hesitant to speak, and then turned his gaze to Carlos to confirm again.
"Do you have any other questions?" Carlos greeted him with a smile.
"That's not enough." Thorne looked away from the other party a little embarrassed.
"I have one condition." The three were silent for a while, and Torvi spoke again.
"Please speak." Thorne breathed a sigh of relief.
"I think you should be very clear about what difficulties the Fallstown is facing now, so if your wizard tower wants to get our financial support, you must first solve this dilemma." Torvi said, puffing out smoke Set out your own conditions.
"This is no problem." Thorn got up and agreed directly, even if the other party didn't mention it, he would take the initiative to solve it.
"Then let me make a condition." Carlos saw that Thorne agreed, and then answered. Feeling Thorne's gaze, he looked embarrassed, and then said bravely:
"You should be very clear about the unfair treaty that my uncle Argotus signed with that black dragon, aren't you familiar with that black dragon? So... see if you can find a way to let the other party cancel it."
"This..." Thorn stood there with a look of embarrassment on his face. After thinking for a while, he met the other party's expectant gaze and said, "I will try my best, but don't expect too much. , I will do my best."
"Okay." Carlos replied a little depressed.
"Actually, my goal is very clear, which is to protect our Pushang Town. I hope we can cooperate happily in the future." Thorn said to the two very seriously, and then stretched out his right hand.
"I, like you, hope to have a happy cooperation." Carlos got up and smiled at Thorne, and patted his palm.
"Happy cooperation." Torvi moved a little slower.
"Then let's talk about the future in detail when I have time. I'll take my leave first." After Thorn finished speaking, he turned and left without looking back.
"Why did you agree so readily?" Seeing Thorne disappearing outside the courtyard, Torvi finally expressed his doubts: "Do you believe that Thorne said that he has a complete technical talent in the Wizard Tower?"
"Malvisa, the goblin wizard." Carlos sipped the cup of tea and read out a person's name and title.
"That's true, how could I have forgotten this mysterious woman." Torvi showed a clear expression.
After all, this is a goblin who can invent a simplified version of the magic power device, and the other party has lived in the tower in the upper city for more than a month.
Obviously, her purpose is to help Thorne build the wizard tower.
"Then you promised too readily, you know? Thorne was surprised by your straightforwardness. You don't know how rich that kid's expression was just now."
Torvi seemed to remember something happy, and then looked at the other party angrily.
They could actually take advantage of this opportunity to fight for more benefits, but Carlos's straightforwardness made him unable to start.
"That's why I said that sometimes your vision is not as far as mine, and you still don't admit it. Just like last time, I told you that Thorne has a deep feeling for Uptown, and you still have to force him to make a decision. In the end, it broke up badly."
Carlos frowned and lifted his sleeves to fan the second-hand smoke, and analyzed to him: "Now, the situation in the entire Emerald Field is not optimistic. They transferred the main force to the direction of Twilight Town and Iron Horse Town.
Apparently, the hobgoblins of Hruk have allied themselves with the lizardfolk of the Abyssal Swamp.Our Upper Falls Town has the natural geographical advantage of the upper city, so even if the lower city falls, the hobgoblins will have to pay a heavy price to break through the upper city, and they must always be on guard against the surprise attack of Horn Town.
So after trying it once, they understood the truth, and turned their guns to Twilight Town and Iron Horse Town. After all, the hobgoblin's lizardman allies were the closest to those two towns.
The gang of tieflings in Stallman Town were directly held back by the gnolls who liked to come down to fight the autumn wind in the Great Sword Scar Mountains. If it weren't for the night lord whose spells were not effective at all times, I am afraid that this small town would It has long since fallen. "
"Then what do you mean..." Torvi seemed to understand the real intention of the other party.
"That's right, under this trend, in order to tide over the difficulties, the five towns must form an alliance and reach a treaty of mutual attack and mutual defense, otherwise they will only be slowly eroded away." Carlos said with a slightly dignified expression.
"Then what does this have to do with your willingness to agree to Thorne so readily?" Torvi returned to the original question.
Carlos smiled, drank all the tea in the cup, and motioned to the other party to fill him up, and then said slowly:
"If the five towns form an alliance and all overcome the difficulties, it means that we will start to fight for the resources of the entire Emerald Field in the future. Naturally, whoever has the biggest fist will win the most benefits."
"I understand what you mean, if we tie up with Thorne, we will undoubtedly tie up all the forces in the entire upper city.
However, the immediate crisis has not yet been resolved, and you have already begun to think about the future, don't you think it's a bit inappropriate? "Torvi finally understood Carlos' true intentions.
"You missed one." Carlos added:
"There is also the power of Horn Town, don't you see it? Thorne is very close to the goblin wizard, so naturally, Horn Town will also be added. If we share common interests with Thorne and help him build the Wizard Tower, At that time, our Pushang Town will be the most powerful party in the Emerald Field.
Even in the end, we are the party with the strongest voice when we join together to build a city. "
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