Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 766: 244. Start hunting

The confidential conversation that began in Selena’s study room continued until nine o’clock in the evening.

Lape Charnel personally examined Noland Lee’s “Omniscient” and was completely convinced.

In the entire Ulnas Circle, the number of wizards who possess the “Omniscient” can be counted on one hand, and it certainly won’t exceed five.

Except for Noland Lee, who is a First Rank Wizard, the other four have become Councilor-level Professors at least, possibly an Eighth Circle wizard.

It’s estimated that given enough time and growth space, Noland Lee becoming an Eighth Circle wizard and entering the Wizard Council is almost set in stone.

Lape Charnel’s mentality was changing.

He was gradually transitioning from being a family principal who was invited to discuss anti-pirate affairs to an investor betting on and investing in Noland Lee’s future.

Noland Lee perfectly grasped Lape Charnel’s mental shift, and timely asked Selena to bring out the pre-prepared Magic Contract Book.

On this Magic Contract Book, not only was the matter of helping the Charnel family find the spy mentioned, but also the matter of Noland Lee Jarvis and Selena establishing a friendship with the Charnel family.

As long as Lape Charnel signed the Magic Contract Book, Noland Lee will hold the position of the Charnel family advisor.

Why is Noland Lee so concerned about a wizard family involved in trade?

This has to do with his experiences before crossing over.

The price of commodities, especially the price of industrial raw materials, can directly reflect the direction of certain regions or the whole world.

For example, the price of natural rubber.

Without a natural disaster causing an unexpected reduction in natural rubber, if the price of natural rubber futures suddenly rises and the transaction volume is huge, it generally signals one thing:

The production of metal minerals is about to soar.

How can the price change of natural rubber be related to copper production?

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Transporting metal minerals causes a huge wear and tear on tires. The working environment for mining vehicles is very rough, causing an amazing amount of tire consumption, leading to transportation costs accounting for 10% to 20% of the total mining costs for copper.

This was one of the market phenomena Noland Lee observed before crossing over.

Lape Charnel himself also mentioned that the family has lots of sensitive information.

Changes in the price of such raw materials, are one of the sensitive information he referred to.

Learning about raw material prices is the first reason why Noland Lee is interested in the Charnel family.

The second reason is that the Charnel family controls critical “transportation data”.

In the world Noland Lee crossed from, there was a shipping data that reflects the global trade prosperity called the “Dry Bulk Freight Index”.

The Charnel family’s transportation business covers the Ulnas Circle, Suman Archipelago, and Kashel Continent. The price, quantity, and scope of its transport contracts can directly reflect the demand for certain goods in a region.

In the world before Noland Lee crossed, there have been cases where important activity results were derived based on a small commodity.

In this alternate world where wizards are everywhere, although extraordinary powers exist, price information and transportation data are still effective and cannot be easily influenced by extraordinary powers.

Moreover, it is precisely because magical power is too attractive that things like price information and transportation data are rarely of interest to high Circle wizards.

Only wizard families started by wizard merchants like the Charnel family would be interested in price information and transportation data unrelated to magic.

To put it simply…

In this world, studying magic and the meditation method are the mainstream culture.

Commerce and trade are non-mainstream.

Man-made disasters like pirates only affect trader wizards like the Charnel family.

For wizard forces capable of opening a teleportation gate at any time, the so-called ocean shipping routes, land transportation routes and so on, are all optional.

As long as the magic pouch is big enough, the cost of opening a teleportation gate will be shared by dozens of super-large-capacity magic pouches.

Deep-rooted wizard forces can completely replace trade routes with teleportation gates.

For this reason, the Charnel family can only do business with some small and medium-sized wizard families, and they can’t get the favor of powerful wizard forces.

Honestly, after confirming Noland Lee’s ‘Omniscient’, Lape Charnel felt flattered knowing that Lee was still willing to serve as the family’s magic advisor.

“Thank you for your support of the Charnel family, Jarvis. I also didn’t expect a future Councilor-level Professor to become our magic advisor.” Lape Charnel happily said, adding a lot of respect in his tone:

“I now fully believe in your personal ability to identify spies. Once I return to the manor, I’ll immediately prepare the special investigation book and deliver it to you via a magic messenger. With it, you can enter and exit the Charnel family territory and board the Charnel family’s ships when necessary.”

Lape Charnel took a magic pen while talking, and left his name on the Magic Contract Book.

Noland Lee also signed his own name.

As a witness, Selena left her name between the two signatories.

The Magic Contract Book turned into a white light, divided into two, and shot into Noland Lee and Lape Charnel’s chests.

The Magic Contract Book officially took effect.

Noland Lee could now work with ease.

“Charnel, I will start the investigation of the spy from tomorrow.” Noland Lee said:

“At the earliest, three days, and at the latest, seven days, I’ll root out most of the Charnel family’s in-house Tide spies. For the few Tide spies that are adrift at sea aboard ships, you will need to notify the ship’s guard to capture them.”