Chapter 1288: Barely Sufficient
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Besides, to Connoris, the value of those resources in the Endless Abyss was far smaller than that of his relationship with Lin Li. Even if Lin Li wanted the entire Endless Abyss, Connoris wouldn’t say no, let alone regarding the resources in the Abyss.
Connoris would never be blinded by interests and benefits. Even till now, he still couldn’t tell where the limit of Lin Li’s growth was. Lin Li might very well be a figure like the Immortal King or Geresco. Even a fool would be able to tell that staying by Lin Li’s side would surely bring about great benefits.
Hence, after hearing Lin Li’s words, Connoris immediately agreed with a nod, and even quickly chanted a few demonic curses and incantations. A small abyssal door was then opened in the emba.s.sy.
Since Lin Li said to do it immediately, Connoris naturally didn’t dare to delay at all. After informing Lin Li, he stepped straight into the abyssal door to receive everything that the great demon deity Mosari had left behind.
After Connoris returned to the Endless Abyss, Lin Li, too, didn’t intend to stay in the Gilded Kingdom any longer.. To a certain extent, he had already gotten some answers to the doubts in his mind, and the Gilded Kingdom’s founding celebration was considered to be over too. Hence, there was no point in staying here any longer.
However, Lin Li still had one more thing to do before he could get ready to leave, and that was to complete his purchase of the Magical Crystal Cannons from the Gilded Kingdom.
In fact, one of the most important things on Lin Li’s agenda on the trip to the Gilded Kingdom was to track down the traces of the Immortal King. Another was to purchase the Magical Crystal Cannons from the Immortal King. Although the Gilded Kingdom’s Magical Crystal Cannons didn’t require much technique to make, he at least didn’t need to waste much time on it.
The Gilded Kingdom’s founding celebration had already been held, and regardless of whether it had been drawn to a close successfully, the Gilded Kingdom definitely wasn’t interested in doing it again. Hence, the only thing left for Lin Li to do now was to purchase the Magical Crystal Cannons.
On the following day, almost all the important ministers from the Gilded Kingdom arrived at the emba.s.sy of the Tower of Dusk under King Bradlor’s lead to thank Lin Li for his help in Hopra Square. Of course, the authorities of the Gilded Kingdom weren’t just going to thank Lin Li verbally. The kindness of saving the entire kingdom during the crisis wasn’t something that could be repaid easily.
In order to thank Lin Li for his help, the Gilded Kingdom also expressed their grat.i.tude with utmost sincerity as they sent to Lin Li loads of thank-you gifts, which required more than half a day to transport to the emba.s.sy of the Tower of Dusk. Although the Gilded Kingdom had sent a large quant.i.ty of gifts, the quality of the gifts wasn’t compromised. There were valuable items such as top-grade fist-sized magical gemstones, Ocean Crystals that contained pure nomological power, magical metals produced specially in the ocean, and so on.
There were also 10 pieces of magical equipment which were said to be treasures from the royal treasure vault of the Gilded Kingdom. They consisted of four magic staffs, three sets of mage robes, a magic sword, and two magic beads. In Anril, these 10 pieces of magical equipment would definitely be considered top-grade items, even if they couldn’t compare to epic-level magical equipment like the Helios’ Scepter.
However, these items didn’t appeal much to Lin Li. Be it the seven pieces of the debris of the stars, the Helios’ Scepter, or the s.p.a.ce Robe, all the items that Lin Li carried with him were far better than what these pieces of magical equipment could compare to. Even though the items that the mages of the Tower of Dusk were equipped with did not have much fame, the power they possessed might not be worse when compared to these items.
Of course, since the Gilded Kingdom had already sent those gifts to him, Lin Li wouldn’t pretend to be aloof and turn them down. Even if he couldn’t use them, he could just give them away. Even if the mages of the Tower of Dusk didn’t need these items, he could give it away to others as favors. In short, even a stone would eventually have its value.
After an exchange of pleasantries, Lin Li mentioned the matter of the purchase of the Magical Crystal Cannons, but the Gilded Kingdom no longer made any difficulties. They all knew very well that with Lin Li’s strength, it wouldn’t matter if Lin Li had any Magical Crystal Cannons or not if he were to wage a war against the Gilded Kingdom, because he could easily destroy the Gilded Kingdom just by drawing a few mageweaths.
Since the issue of providing resources for a potential enemy no longer existed, and coupled with their desire to get into the good graces of Lin Li, a Guru of Inscription, Bradlor and others naturally chose not to make things difficult for Lin Li regarding this issue.
“President Felic, please feel free to let us know. Even if we don’t have enough in stock, we’ll definitely come up with a solution that will be up to your satisfaction, even if we have to dismantle the ones that are equipped on the battleships!” Bradlor waved his hand, and made a promise to Lin Li.
Of course, they were just exaggerating by saying that they would remove the Magical Crystal Cannons that were currently equipped on their battleships. After all, there were already thousands of Magical Crystal Cannons in the Gilded Kingdom’s inventory. In Bradlor’s opinion, Lin Li wouldn’t be able to empty their inventory of Magical Crystal Cannons in any case, because the transportation alone was already a boggling issue.
None of the several important ministers of the Gilded Kingdom felt that there was anything wrong with Bradlor’s statement. While they wouldn’t deliberately make things difficult for Lin Li, there were some who wanted to see Lin Li make a fool out of himself, such as the ministers who were initially in support of the idea of going to war with Lin Li.
They knew very well how difficult it was to transport a Magical Crystal Cannon, especially to the Breezy Plains which was thousands of kilometers away. It was definitely a tedious process that was similar to an ant moving an elephant. Lin Li was indeed a Guru of Inscription, but there had never been a Guru of Inscription who could move away a few hundreds or even thousands of Magical Crystal Cannons just with a simple mageweath.
Lin Li naturally saw all their expressions, but he couldn’t be bothered to confront them. He then said to Bradlor, “Your Majesty, I’ve been here for quite some time now, and there are still quite a few things that I have to do at the Tower of Dusk. So, since you have no objections, I think we should arrange a date and time to complete our deal as soon as possible.”
“Alright, President Felic.” Hearing Lin Li’s intention to leave, Bradlor did not say any more words to make Lin Li stay, as he knew that such words didn’t mean much to Lin Li. He then said, “Tomorrow it shall be. I will arrange for someone to accompany you to view the goods tomorrow. Do you really not need our help with transportation?”
Bradlor really wanted to build a good relationship with Lin Li, so he didn’t have the intention of watching Lin Li make a fool out of himself. Instead, he once again offered to help Lin Li with the transportation of the Magical Crystal Cannons.
However, Lin Li waved his hand, and nonchalantly said, “As I said before, we can solve the transportation issues ourselves, we won’t trouble you.”
Hearing that Lin Li still insisted on transporting the Magical Crystal Cannons by himself, Bradlor didn’t say anything else, even though he was baffled. Hence, after settling on a time with Lin Li, he left the emba.s.sy with the ministers.
Bright and early in the following morning, Prince Monterey of the Gilded Kingdom, and Elder Zumar of the Illuminati, once again came to the emba.s.sy of the Tower of Dusk to bring Lin Li over to collect the Magical Crystal Cannons as agreed upon earlier. Prince Monterey was naturally there to complete the deal with Lin Li on behalf of the Gilded Kingdom. The reason that Elder Zumar tagged along was to show how much the Illuminati valued Lin Li by helping him keep an eye on the Gilded Kingdom lest the latter created any problems for him.
Under the lead of Prince Monterey and Elder Zumar, Lin Li first arrived in a small satellite city outside the capital of the Gilded Kingdom which could be considered an industrial city that specialized in the production of Magical Crystal Cannons.
After observing the production line and manufacturing process of the Magical Crystal Cannons, Lin Li followed Monterey and Zumar to a guarded warehouse. The warehouse occupied a large area, but there were only less than 20 Magical Crystal Cannons in it. It wasn’t that the Gilded Kingdom was being overly cautious, but rather that the Magical Crystal Cannons were really just ma.s.sive—they had already taken up the s.p.a.ce of the entire warehouse even though there were less than 20.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding, Prince Monterey explained, “Don’t worry, President Felic, this is only one of the storage warehouses. There are six more of such warehouses in this city, with a total of more than 100 completed Magical Crystal Cannons.”
Deep down, Prince Monterey felt that the Tower of Dusk would face some difficulties with transporting these 100-odd Magical Crystal Cannons without the Gilded Kingdom’s help. He reckoned that this stock was the limit of Lin Li’s transportation abilities, and was even prepared to offer to help Lin Li with the transport again.
Elder Zumar knew that many of the Gilded Kingdom’s citizens were bent on watching Lin Li embarra.s.s himself. Hence, before Lin Li could show the slightest dismay of being put on the spot, Elder Zumar immediately seized the opportunity to say, “President Felic, the Illuminati has its own fleet of cargo ships too, so you don’t have to worry too much about the transportation issues.
However, Lin Li shook his head slightly, and slowly walked past between the various Magical Crystal Cannons. As Lin Li pa.s.sed by, something that seemed unbelievable even to Monterey and Zumar happened. The ma.s.sive Magical Crystal Cannons actually quietly vanished from the warehouse!
Monterey rubbed his eyes hard, but when he raised his head again, he saw that the entire warehouse had almost been emptied. The Magical Crystal Cannons had disappeared in the blink of an eye, and there was nothing in the warehouse except for some miscellaneous items that were piled up in the corner.
Elder Zumar’s jaw dropped, and he looked at Lin Li, who was standing across from him in the warehouse. His eyes were full of horror, and he was too shocked for words, if he had just seen a ghost.
Where did those Magical Crystal Cannons go? As far as Monterey and Zumar knew, the sudden disappearance of those cannons had to have something to do with s.p.a.ce magical equipment. However, the problem was that even the most famous s.p.a.ce magical equipment in the world that was said to be close to the level of a s.p.a.ce Artifact couldn’t have such a horrifyingly vast amount of s.p.a.ce!
In Monterey’s and Zumar’s memory, the best s.p.a.ce magical equipment that they had seen contained at most more than 10 cubic meters of s.p.a.ce, which was simply insufficient for holding even the base of a Magical Crystal Cannon, let alone 20 complete Magical Crystal Cannons.
At this moment, Monterey and Zumar finally understood why Lin Li repeatedly turned down their kind offers to help with the transport. The transportation of 20 Magical Crystal Cannons would require at least 10 of the largest cargo ships, and they would even have to bear certain risks in the ocean. However, if the cannons were loaded into s.p.a.ce magical equipment, there wouldn’t be a need for any cargo ships, as Lin Li could just open a rift in s.p.a.ce to bring the Magical Crystal Cannons back to the Tower of Dusk.
However, just when Monterey and Zumar were astounded by Lin Li’s s.p.a.ce magical equipment, Lin Li walked towards them, and said, “Okay, it’s done, didn’t you mention that there are a few more warehouses?”
Hearing Lin Li’s words, Monterey and Zumar were completely dumbstruck and stupefied. Have those 20 Magical Crystal Cannons not filled up the s.p.a.ce of his magical equipment yet?
However, Lin Li did not intend to bother about their mood. Since Bradlor had already told him to take the Magical Crystal Cannons as he pleased, what else did he have to worry about? Lin Li wasn’t trying to make things hard for the Gilded Kingdom, but rather it was that no number of Magical Crystal Cannons would be considered enough for the Sky Castle. If there were 10,000 Magical Crystal Cannons, it would allow the Sky Castle to truly be invincible.
Unfortunately, even the Gilded Kingdom couldn’t have 10,000 Magical Crystal Cannons, even if they removed all the Magical Crystal Cannons on the current battleships. Besides, Lin Li didn’t plan to drive them to such an extreme, as it would be too much to make the Gilded Kingdom dismantle the cannons on the battleships.
Thus, under the leadership of Monterey and Zumar, Lin Li arrived at the other warehouses that were used to store Magical Crystal Cannons. Once again, he emptied them out one after another. After Lin Li had emptied six warehouses in the city, Monterey knew that the 100 or so Magical Crystal Cannons were obviously unable to meet Lin Li’s needs. So, he had no choice but to take him to the a.r.s.enals of the various large fleets of the kingdom.
In half a day’s time, Lin Li almost took an entire tour around Four Seasons Island, and stowed away the Magical Crystal Cannons in the inventory of several major fleets in the Ring of Endless Storm. Towards the end, Zumar and Monterey were both used to it, and they completely couldn’t imagine how much s.p.a.ce there was in Lin Li’s magical equipment.
Finally, after putting together more than 2,000 Magical Crystal Cannons, Lin Li looked at Prince Monterey, who was almost on the verge of tears. He said with a hidden meaning, “Okay, I’ll buy these for now and make do. They’re barely enough.”
Thank G.o.d, it’s finally over! Monterey was really afraid that Lin Li would be displeased and start a war with them. If Lin Li were to say so, it would definitely be a huge headache for the Gilded Kingdom.
After putting the goods away, Lin Li now had to discuss the price with Monterey. Initially, the Gilded Kingdom had planned to give the Magical Crystal Cannons to Lin Li as a favor if he only wanted four or five of them, but since he had taken way more than 2,000, the Gilded Kingdom couldn’t afford to give such a hefty gift regardless of how magnanimous and generous they might be.
Even with his status and ident.i.ty, Prince Monterey didn’t dare to decide presumptuously in a matter that involved more than 2,000 Magical Crystal Cannons. Upon the group’s return to the Tower of Dusk’s emba.s.sy, he immediately bade farewell to Lin Li, and proceeded to ask for Bradlor’s and the other ministers’ opinion.