34. The God of Investment
The top floor of the Cheongun Magic Tower, located in the northern part of the capital city of Drunta.
An old man with a gray beard that reached down to his chest was asking Karnak a question. It was Deltros, the court wizard of Justil, the master of this place.
“Are you really learning that kind of magic?”
The Dallas School’s visionary magic, the redeemer of the law.
This is a particularly useful magic in these times when the darkness of the apocalypse is rampant.
As more wizards master this magic, the battles against necromancers become easier.
As soon as I heard the news, my first priority was to find Karnak.
“Wow, I didn’t even know there was a thing called the Dallas School… … .”
I didn’t really have any doubts about the source.
It is true that 150 years ago there was a court wizard named Dallas.
It is also possible in the world of magic that he secretly left behind a magic book, and that Karnak happened to get his hands on it and became its disciple.
That’s all I was curious about.
“At that time, there were hardly any necromancers, so why on earth did they study this kind of magic?”
“I don’t know. I just got used to it because it was there.”
Karnak, in a fit of rage, taught Deltros the art of the Judicial Redeemer.
“This is the magic left behind by our ancestors.”
Deltros’ expression hardened slightly as he examined the parchment.
“This is a rather annoying type of magic.”
As a practitioner of the 9th Circle, he was able to immediately grasp the pros and cons of the technique.
To properly use this magic, you must have exceptional ability to detect fraud and be able to instinctively exploit the weaknesses in your opponent’s magic.
Or, the knowledge of necromancy itself is so high that it can overwhelm the opponent.
Of course, since a wizard cannot simultaneously master necromancy and sorcery, this meant that the caster’s senses unconditionally determined the power of the magic.
“Isn’t this a method that is largely dependent on innate talent?”
“So, it was only recently that I was able to put it to practical use.”
Even taking into account talent, the Judicial Redeemer was a useful spell in many ways, especially against necromancers.
Deltros asked again.
“Are you sure you can hand this over to me?”
“What good would it do me if I monopolized this magic? I’d just end up becoming a target for cultists.”
“I see.”
From Karnak’s perspective, there aren’t many options to choose from.
It’s a magic that has meaning only if it’s made known to the world. So it’s best to make some profit from it, but there’s no way for him to directly turn this into money.
What are you going to do? Build a magic tower yourself and teach magicians who come to you for money? You’re just a 6th circle magician?
The most profitable way is to hand it over to a powerful wizard and collect a fee.
“Okay, let me be honest. How much do you want?”
A deep smile appeared on Karnak’s lips.
* * *
Baros and Serati were waiting on the first floor of the tower. Lapiselle was watching the house, and they followed them.
As Karnak came down, Serati asked.
“What happened?”
He said that he would go out and talk, and came out of the rooftop for now.
As he walked down the street, Karnak quietly put his hand in his bosom.
“I packed quite a lot.”
What he took out again was a magic check with the seal of the Kingdom of Yustel stamped on it.
It is a highly reliable certificate that can be exchanged for cash right away at the bank.
“how much is this?”
Baros’s eyes widened as he checked the numbers on the check.
“A thousand Terrakel gold coins?”
I knew he had quite a bit to spare, judging by Karnak’s bright expression, but I didn’t know it would amount to this much.
“No, why are you giving this much money for a single magic spell?”
The currency most commonly used in the world is the Kelin coin.
The Karnak party is well off, and they carry around silver coins, but they only keep about twenty gold coins just in case.
A thousand Terrakel gold coins was equivalent to half a year’s budget for the realm of Zestrad, which had become wealthy from its copper mines.
Even if Deltros is a court magician, it is not an amount of money that can be easily handed over.
“Are all the wizards in this town fools?”
Karnak smiled meaningfully at the puzzled Baros.
“Of course I added a little more bait.”
In addition to the Judicial Redeemer, the Dallas School has another magic that specializes in dealing with necromancy. I haven’t mastered it yet, so I can’t reveal it to you now, but once I do, I’ll first seek out Deltros. So give me a big fee!
“… … I said something like this.”
The Redeemer of Justice is not a spell of great value to a single Captain of the King’s Order.
But it’s a different story when it’s in the hands of a country’s court magician.
It is a powerful political weapon in many ways when dealing with nations, especially empires.
“I was tempted to say that I would have a huge advantage over that insolent Imperial Wizard, Eleazar.”
This would have been a very attractive condition for Deltros.
For him, a magician of the 9th circle, a seeker of the 10th circle would inevitably be an object of jealousy.
Serati tilted her head.
“Wait a minute, doesn’t Eleazar know that trick anyway?”
Karnak chuckled.
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“Deltros doesn’t know that?”
Besides, Eleazar is in no position to show off that he knows.
“Anyway, Deltros can show off to his satisfaction.”
Baros, who was listening to the story, suddenly asked.
“But, is there any more magic to give?”
“There are a few more chaos spells that we are developing for public release.”
“This isn’t a case of putting a lid on it.”
Thanks to you, I got some free money. A lot of it.
Barossa whetted his appetite.
“What are you going to do with that money? Are you going to have an expensive lunch?”
Serati smiled bitterly.
“You are already eating expensive food as much as you want.”
King’s Order’s salaries are by no means small.
Karnak is a battalion commander, and Baros and Serati are also treated as adjutants.
Here, the lord-only dignity maintenance fee from the Jestrad estate is also abundant.
They are not frugal, as they always seek out the best food at the best inns, but their basic income is quite high.
There is no need to be so short of money that you would need to touch this gold coin.
“But I might need a lot of money in the future, right? That’s why I called out loud on purpose.”
The money was meant to be invested.
“If you invest in a good company and become a partner, won’t things get easier in the future?”
“A partnership with a company?”
Serati asked back, dumbfounded.
“A thousand gold coins is a lot of money, but it’s not enough to give you much influence in the business.”
The Terrakel gold coin was honestly a bit small. It was about the size of a fingernail.
When people think of gold coins, one Imperial gold coin is worth about the same as seven Terrakel gold coins.
Karnak shook his finger.
“So, we are targeting authors who are small in scale now but have high growth potential in the future.”
“No, how do I know whether it will grow in the future or not… … .”
She shut her mouth without saying anything.
‘That’s right, these humans are from the future? I can tell.’
In fact, this was Karnak’s original plan.
Making money by using information from the future.
When I returned, I suddenly found a copper mine and no longer had to worry about money, so I ignored it until now.
“By now, Owen would have just opened his store and was struggling.”
Baros also nodded.
“Indeed, Owen is here.”
“Who is that?”
Karnak smiled broadly at Serati’s question.
“The chairman of Altas Trading Company. He is still just a small merchant, but in about ten years, he will become one of the top three merchants in the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.”
* * *
Owen Altas was originally a merchant who traveled between the kingdoms of Yustil and Tarum.
Hana was so good at business that he opened his own company at the relatively young age of thirty-five.
Although they had a hard time in the beginning like any other merchant, they quickly found their footing and expanded their trade routes throughout the Seven Kingdoms.
In just 5 years, he will become the owner of a trading company that competes with Tekas Trading Company for 1st and 2nd place in the Kingdom of Yustil, and in 10 years, he will become one of the three major merchants along with Schreud of the Kingdom of Felmyre and Regal of the Kingdom of Etria.
“Actually, the first thing I targeted was Tekas Trading Company. Owen was such a big shot, it was a bit burdensome.”
However, when he returned, he found that Tekas Trading Company had already become the largest merchant company in the Kingdom of Yustil.
There’s no need to go far. The place that is currently mining the copper mines in the territory of Jestrad is the Tekas Upper Group.
“It was originally a time when the target meeting hadn’t even started yet, but I don’t know what happened four years ago.”
Anyway, unlike Tekas Trading Company, Altas Trading Company has not yet been able to move beyond the scale of a small merchant company.
Karnak had already been roughly surveyed.
“It’s still in its early stages, so if you invest now, you can make a lot of profit with a small amount of money.”
Just by taking one step forward as a business partner, your worries about money will be greatly reduced.
In addition, since the company has branches all over the kingdom due to its nature, it may be able to provide various conveniences when traveling.
“He’s a proven talent, so he’ll grow without any problems for a while.”
“That’s right. In about ten years, a great famine will hit the Southern Kingdom of Lifaul and it will be on the verge of destruction, but this time, that won’t happen.”
Serati was startled by Karnak and Baros’ words.
“Oh my, there’s going to be a famine in 10 years?”
I thought that if it would fail in 10 years, then I shouldn’t invest now.
But when I think about it, it doesn’t seem like there’s any problem.
“Well, if I knew in advance, I could prepare well.”
Karnak shook his head.
“It’s not that I’m saying I’m prepared, it’s that I’m saying there won’t be a famine.”
“yes?”
Baros smiled broadly as he looked at Serati who didn’t understand.
“That famine back then was caused by the master.”
Karnak scratched the back of his head, seeming embarrassed.
“Strictly speaking, I didn’t intend to cause a famine… … .”
Originally, it was done to increase the number of luggage more comfortably.
“I released a plague on the grain without people knowing.”
He used his necromancy to make people with the disease lose their reason and become his puppets.
This way, you can easily get your hands on tens of thousands of units.
I thought it was a great idea at the time, but when I actually put it into practice, I ran into problems.
“Do wheat and barley die before people?”
People had to eat the diseased grain for things to go their way, but it all dried up before the harvest could even begin.
Of course, I couldn’t get any of the subordinates I wanted.
It ended up causing a large-scale famine for no reason.
“Eventually, we ran out of food too.”
“So I just ran away to the empire.”
“The Seven Kingdoms Alliance became hell due to the great famine.”
“But didn’t it become quite comfortable later on?”
“That’s true. There were corpses buried all over the place, so it was good for procuring materials for the undead army.”
Karnak and Baros nod their heads as they recall memories of that time.
Serati could only laugh in vain as she watched that sight.
“Wow, eighteen colors.”
“huh?”
“No, the world is so colorful.”
The evil spirit king Karnak
