Although Xu Lai has long known that the temple is not a welfare institution like modern society, and the clergy of the temple are not "good people" in the traditional sense.
They are indeed good people, but they are only good people who are good to a limited number of people.
Xu Lai doesn't know how to evaluate this limited person, because judging from the current situation, he should be one of them.
But it has to be said that Xu Lai’s good impression of the temple has lost a lot because of this loan shark incident.
However, judging from this incident, it also corroborates Ryan's previous statement of equivalent exchange.
Everything in this world, any decision, requires a corresponding price.
If Xu Lai had some thoughts about losing pathfinding skills and knight's gloves before, now he has completely put these thoughts behind him.
Thinking of this, he was able to calmly take out the pair of knight gloves from his backpack and put them on.
He deserves it and doesn't owe it to anyone.
“Boss, tell me, should we recruit some heroes? Come to our place!”
Xu Lai stopped for a moment, hesitated and said: "Yes, yes, but I will not pay off their debts or give them houses and land.
I have already occupied all the buildings in the wild. If someone tries to visit without permission, I won’t be polite to them.”
Xu’s family knows their own affairs, and modern people who have received modern education are really not that easy to tame, especially. Most heroes also possess greater power than ordinary people.
So Xu Lai had to strictly restrict their access to wild buildings, and even he suddenly understood Count Aini.
These people, if you don’t let them go, Xu Lai will definitely be able to do it now.
But when he goes to the wild land, it will not be easy to operate the remote control. There will definitely be many heroes appearing in his Qingfeng Castle in the form of adventurers, mercenaries, or business groups or caravans.
At that time, no one told them these rules, no one restrained them.
Once they act recklessly, the good situation that Xu Lai worked hard and created after many life and death may be easily ruined.
If nothing else, there was such a landmine planted in front of his house.
If any guy has a psychotic attack and wants to challenge the manticore at his doorstep, it won't be a big deal if he dies, but it will trigger a chain reaction and Qingfeng Castle will suffer heavy losses.
Those were hundreds of 6th and 7th level high-level units. Even if Qingfeng Castle had a city wall, Xu Lai didn't dare to say that he could provoke them with little loss.
This is just a situation. As a modern person, Xu Lai knows the mentality of this group of people very well.
Either you have high ambitions and low hands, and you are arrogant, or you are ambitious and unwilling to be inferior to others.
"Don't get too many people first, find a few you think are reliable. It's best to find someone to watch them at any time after arriving at Qingfeng Castle."
Wei Yihong smiled bitterly: "I We want to recruit them just to make them work for us. If we still need to find someone to look after them, wouldn’t it be a waste of effort and money?”
When Xu Lai thought about it, it was the same.
The main reason is that these modern people have no restraints. Xu Lai really can't believe them.
“Forget it, let’s talk about it after I come back.”
Now that I think about it, Earl Ani’s approach is really amazing. He squeezes out all their assets every month, and they will They don't have the financial strength to support what they do.
Xu Lai is now thinking about whether he should get a mortgage on his own Qingfeng Castle, so that these heroes can have a restraint on the money they owe.
But the house in troubled times is not worth much, not to mention that his Qingfeng Castle has nothing to offer, so why should people spend a lot of money to settle in his small city?
Wei Yihong’s question is actually just a test.
Now that he has got the answer he wants, Xu Lai is not interested in modern people who are also fellow villagers.
In fact, if he were the boss, he would rather use hard-working, simple and unsophisticated aborigines.
But if he is not the boss, but just an employee, having more people with whom he has common topics will undoubtedly be a more comfortable working environment.
Of course, after seeing the miserable state of the heroes of Kaonaston Castle, Wei Yihong had no idea of leaving Qingfeng Castle.
Xu Lai didn't like to talk, and Wei Yihong didn't find a topic, so the others fell silent immediately.
Fortunately, it is not too far from the warehouse Wei Yihong rented. It only takes ten minutes to walk.
Aiboka has already prepared the things Xu Lai needs. Several people collected 5 marching tents in total. However, in addition to 4 pairs of standard version, there is also a deluxe version. of.
The deluxe version of the tent has two compartments, inside and outside. Although it is not as good as the large tent of the Holy Light Knight, the comfort and privacy protection are obviously better than those of ordinary tents.
The large tent can accommodate 10 people, and the standard tent can accommodate 6. Including Xu Lai's original 10 tents, a total of 94 people can be accommodated.
Although it still did not meet all Xu Lai's requirements, this quantity is almost enough.
Outside the tent is the magic scroll Xu Lai needs.
This thing is even more rare. When Xu Lai made a list for Wei Yihong, he also asked him to pick something practical to buy. In the end, he only bought two in total.
[Fire Wall]: Releases a fire wall 100 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 5 meters high at the designated location. Creatures that pass through the fire wall will suffer damage from the burning flames.
It takes 30 points of fire damage every second, consumes 30 points of mana, and lasts for 1 hour.
[Fire Control Magic]: Can be released on the designated target. After the release, when the unit suffers fire damage, the damage will be reduced by 30%.
It consumes 5 mana points and lasts 3 hours.
When he took out these two scrolls, Wei Yihong also showed a painful expression on his face. He smiled bitterly and said:
“Fire magic is more popular in this world. The scrolls that can be found are basically of the fire type, but unfortunately most of them are not for sale.”
"Not selling? What does not selling mean?" Wei Yihong continued to explain: "There are only three places that sell magic scrolls in the entire Kaunaston Castle, and they all cooperate with the mages from the magic guild.< br>
I heard from these bosses that all their scrolls have been wrapped up by the nobles
Only these two scrolls, I can say anything. Zhang paid more than 100 gold coins to buy it."
Since Wei Yihong only purchased two scrolls, Xu Lai had no choice but to visit the magic guild in person. Speaking of which, he was too early. Just wanted to go.
The supplies handed over next were not expensive things, such as 120 empty quivers, a hundred kilograms of various seasonings, torches, and magic lamps.
Xu Lai thought the night vision goggles he had seized from the horse thieves were very useful, so he asked Wei Yihong to get a few more and equip them with Tahan and the others.
The so-called night vision device is not the modern night vision device, it is just an ordinary prop inlaid with magic lenses.
But when it comes to magic, nothing is cheap, not to mention the need for rare props like lenses.
Wei Yihong wholesaled 5 of them at once, and the boss was willing to sell them to them at a "cheap price" of 600 gold coins each.
Three of them were taken away by Xu Lai, and the remaining two were left in the caravan for their use.
The last thing to hand over is the water tank for water storage. The requirements for this thing are not high, as long as it has sufficient sealing.
Anyway, it is placed in the supply truck and is not in this world at all, so there is no need to worry about the breeding of bacteria, but the quantity requirement is a bit high.
A barbaric place, you can tell from the name that it is not a good place.
On the map provided to Xu Lai by the church, Xu Lai only found three oases, each of which was hundreds of kilometers apart, and tribes with strongholds lived here.
Moreover, this map is a bit old. I don’t know how many years ago it was, and I don’t know how far it is from the current version.
So, entering the wilderness, Xu Lai was not too worried about running out of food, but was mainly worried about the lack of water.
After handing over these supplies, Xu Lai took another 10,000 gold coins from the caravan and collected a deposit of 30,000 gold coins for himself.
The main reason is that the caravan's goods have not been sold out, and they still need to purchase some supplies to return to Qingfeng Castle, and they also need to leave some money for Su Ya to develop.
The most important thing is that helping Xu Lai purchase these supplies is actually relatively expensive.
Taking the money, Xu Lai went to the magic guild without stopping.
The Magic Guild is not a building that ordinary people are eligible to enter. Those who can enter must meet three conditions.
The first is a noble, the second is a mage, and the third is a person who has made sufficient contributions to the magic guild and is approved, which is equivalent to gaining reputation and favor first.
Of course, even if Xu Lai is not a noble, he still meets the conditions for entering the magic guild, because his reputation exceeds 1,000 points and there is no need to brush up anymore.
The magic guild was deserted than Xu Lai expected. The hall was quite big, but there were not many people there.
A graceful reception girl came over to receive Xu Lai with her little buttocks swaying.
Xu Lai didn't talk nonsense, he was in a hurry.
"Hello, I need to learn spells and buy spell scrolls."
The young lady has probably never seen such a direct person before. She blinked and said:
< br>"Okay, our Level 2 Magic Guild provides spell transcriptions for Level 2 and below, but each spell transcription requires a fee."
There is no free lunch in the world, you have to pay for it, and Xu Lai can completely accept it.
“Before you copy the spell, I also need to remind you that the spell will only be effective if it is copied in the magic book.
If you don’t have a magic book, our magic guild also provides it, 3000 One gold coin, do you need it?”
Xu Lai’s face darkened. Fortunately, he had picked up a magic book before, and now he saved 3,000 gold.
“No need, I have the magic book.”
The young lady had a regretful expression on her face. In fact, the most profitable business of their magic guild was selling magic books. There were few people making magic scrolls, and the limited output had already been taken care of by local lords and partners.
As for copying spells, in fact, their second-level magic guild does not allow many spells to be copied.
"Then take a look at the spell catalog first."
[Level 1 Spell]:
1. Magic Arrow (general spell, affected by four series of magic effects) into), lethal spell, copy price: 500 gold.
2. See through the earth (adventure spells, earth spells), display the location of nearby resources, copy price: 1000 gold.
3. Water-bending magic (auxiliary spell, water spell), reducing water magic damage received, copy price: 1000 gold.
4. Exorcism (dispersion spell, water spell), to expel the magical influence of the designated target, copy price: 1500 gold.
5. Evil curse possession (auxiliary spell, fire spell), causing the maximum damage to the specified target to be the same as the minimum damage. Copy price: 1000 gold.
6. Attack acceleration (auxiliary spell, air spell), which increases the movement speed and attack speed of the designated target by 3 points. Copy price: 3000 gold.
7. See through the atmosphere (adventure spells, air spells), display the location of nearby treasures, copy price: 1,000 gold.
[Level 2 Spell]:
1. Disguise (Adventure Spell, Air Spell), disguise your soldiers, copy price: 2000 gold.
2. Blindness (auxiliary spell, fire spell), blinding the designated target, copy price: 5000 gold.
3. Thunderbolt Ice (damage spell, water spell), summons a piece of ice to attack the target, copy price: 3500 gold.
4. Quicksand Trap (battlefield spell, earth spell), summons a quicksand trap that is only visible to you, copy price: 2000 gold. (End of this chapter)