Chapter 158: Purchasing Slaves
"Buying slaves..."
Lin Ke pondered for a moment and agreed that this method was feasible.
Slaves that are purchased typically come with some cheap Divine Power contracts, to establish a master-servant contract.
At the very least, loyalty can be ensured.
Of course, Lin Ke would not give up on the resources of the Azanen side.
One must know that Azanen, as a family with a long history, although it doesn't possess top-tier power, currently the top one is Garoce, the twelfth-level patriarch.
However, with Azanen Territory's many years of development, it possesses a lot of middle-level powers.
Among them, there are direct nobles like Baron Puxin, who have poor talent and are lazy, but there are also branch family relatives with low titles but considerable talent.
A family like Azanen is very complex, aside from truly conservative nobles, Lin Ke wanted to find those ambitious but lack opportunity within Azanen.
Ambitious people are everywhere.
Opportunities are few and far between.
Of course, resources are also scarce, like the feedback needed for promotion, or new professions suitable for certain bloodlines, etc.
Lin Ke, by chance, had many resources of this nature.
Lin Ke immediately made these two decisions, but he was still concerned about Ove's condition, so he asked: "Teacher, what was the phenomenon during your promotion?"
Ove immediately described the phenomenon, which was similar to what Lin Ke had learned from others.
They all referred to Ove's phenomenon as the "electromagnetic phenomenon," originating from a phrase unthinkingly uttered by Ove during his promotion.
I am the King of Electromagnetism.
Electromagnetism...
Lin Ke pondered.
The electromagnetic induction phenomenon was discovered by Ove, which also brought about his promotion.
But the power of electricity and magnetism is certainly more than just this.
Lin Ke smoothly guided Ove from pure lightning to a combination of electricity and magnetism, which, when united, could unleash even greater power.
"Teacher, that magnetic force might be an exceedingly powerful direction and is very worthy of research." After much deliberation, Lin Ke decided to give Ove a slight nudge.
"Hmm..." Ove already had some thoughts in that area. After hearing Lin Ke's words, he was even more inclined to try, so he said, "I might only need a year or two to stabilize, electromagnetism is indeed interesting..."
Upon becoming legendary, it is necessary to integrate the knowledge that allowed one to ascend because this is the time closest to the laws after reaching a new realm.
During this process, there might be new insights and more feedback.
After that, it's about returning to the pre-promotion state, good old-fashioned hard work.
Lin Ke then chatted casually with Ove for a while, then returned to the bedroom and sorted out the professions created in these past few months and the potential to gain betrayi linguest followers who will never betray.
[Singer], should correspond to Sophie never betraying.
[Bomb Maker], should correspond to Granny Hisai.
[Worker], which hasn't appeared yet, should correspond to Watson.
[Dancer], [Presenter], [Magician], [Screenwriter], [Composer], [Actor], and some kind of instrumentalist, etc.
These professions should all be born in the Azanen Theater Troupe, except the corresponding traits and suitable candidates for employment haven't been chosen yet.
[Accountant], initially wanted Butler Billy to try, but Butler Billy turned out to have only mediocre talent, unable to properly develop even [Butler] and [Knight] skills, let alone a new profession.
Butler Billy is a Level 6 [Butler] and Level 4 [Knight].
Initially thought of giving it to John, but John also has dual professions as [Butler] and [Knight].
Originally yielded no result, but who knew Heshan came.
As a [Merchant], Heshan is most likely to change profession or add [Accountant] as a sideline.
The next profession is [Engineer] and [Architectural Designer].
[Engineer] is different from Naseng's [Architect].
These two professions, Lin Ke couldn't find candidates at all, and could only look for them later.
Unfortunately, professions like [Author] and [Painter] already exist, otherwise Lin Ke could explore those as well.
After summing them up, Lin Ke still felt dissatisfied.
Never betraying is a great talent, and such followers should be more numerous!
So, Lin Ke sat in deep thought at the table, contemplating various professions from his past life, until noon when he stopped for lunch.
It's tough to make something without the necessary ingredients!
In the afternoon, Lin Ke decided to find inspiration elsewhere, so he called Butler Billy to inquire about buying slaves and family members.
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In the bedroom.
"Master, are you looking to recruit Azanen and slaves? May I ask if they are subordinates or followers?"
Butler Billy stood politely to the side, knowing that Lin Ke certainly wasn't buying ordinary slaves.
Lin Ke pondered for a moment before saying, "Both are possible, but ideally subordinates, contractual subordinates... it's not advisable to have too many followers."
"Hmm... If it's already enlightened slaves, the price might be a bit high... Of course, we don't have to worry about these issues now." Butler Billy initially thought about Azanen's heavy debts but suddenly remembered that Lin Ke had already resolved the debt crisis, so he quickly changed his tone.
"Exactly." Lin Ke finally experienced the feeling of being a magnate: "Although not as much as Princess Rica, we still have a lot of money, hmm, Rica, Rica..."
Speaking of Rica, Lin Ke immediately fell into contemplation, while Butler Billy stood silently by his side.
After a long while, Lin Ke sighed, "Uncle Billy, where should we buy them? Parrot City?"
Butler Billy didn't look at Lin Ke but said in an even softer voice: "Master, Parrot City also has them, but the best way is to go to larger cities, where there will be more quality slaves."
Parrot City is just a small frontier town, there isn't a larger one within Azanen, almost all are such small towns.
And the only large city in the southernmost part of the Gula Kingdom is likely the City of Earth within Grizzly Bear Territory.
"Viscount Mantis and Grizzly Bear's territories..." Lin Ke couldn't help but feel a bit of frustration.
To go to the Grizzly Bear Territory, one must pass through Viscount Mantis's territory, the problem is that he doesn't have a good relationship with either of these nobles.
Moreover, these are already the nearest large cities, Azanen Territory is very large and expansive, it's already far to reach Viscount Mantis's territory, let alone travel further to Grizzly Bear Territory.
However, Lin Ke pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of something, and said to Billy: "Uncle Billy, call Knicks over."
Butler Billy agreed, then went and called Knicks.
"Knicks, I remember you came from south of the Great Swamp?"
The Knicks in front of Lin Ke stood politely like Butler Billy, with two floppy ears dangling behind his head, exuding a kind of genteel "beast" vibe.
"Yes, Mr. Lin Ke, my hometown is in that direction." As soon as Knicks mentioned his hometown, his developed tear glands began to overflow: "But it's gone now..."
Lin Ke felt helpless, luckily he was used to Knicks' tear glands, whether it was anger or sadness, Knicks would uncontrollably shed tears.
"You said your tribe traded with human nations?"