Wizard Immortal

Chapter 101 Acquiring Property

Inside the spacious carriage, as the procession outside gradually came to a stop, Adir looked at the three people sitting in front of him.

"Alright, now that you've made up your minds, go and tell the others outside."

Sitting in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside, Adir said calmly, "The mercenaries who came with me this time, those who are willing to stay and follow me, will come into the city with us. They will serve as my guards, have a stable job and income, and can also move their families here in the future."

"As for those who are unwilling to follow, they can go back directly after receiving their commission this time."

"Yes!" Hearing Adir's words, the three of them subconsciously straightened up and nodded.

Having received the order, they quickly got out of the carriage, gathered their respective teams, and relayed Adir's words to the mercenaries.

A short while later, the matter was almost over. Of the roughly fifty mercenaries, more than half, except for a dozen who refused, expressed their willingness to stay.

Looking at the remaining thirty-odd people, Adir nodded.

He plans to live in Ancient Armor City for several years this time, and without someone under his command, many things will be inconvenient.

Of course, it wouldn't be appropriate to employ all of these people, so after arriving in Ancient Armor City, Adir would recruit a group of people locally and acquire some businesses to serve him.

After Adir had the commission distributed, the team split into two groups.

With Adir's promise and the number of people in the group reduced, the group's pace quickened again.

A few hours later, Adir and his group arrived at Ancient Armor City. After paying some entrance tax, they entered the city directly.

This place is more desolate than many cities I've visited before; the buildings are scattered and don't look very well organized.

In the surrounding corners, Adir also saw many ragged beggars and even some motionless corpses.

It seems that few people come here to trade; it's rare to see a group of dozens of people these days.

After seeing them, beggars came by from time to time, most of whom were young children and disabled people, making them look very pitiful.

"Is this place so chaotic?"

Seeing this, Adir frowned.

Beggars are inevitable, even in Adir's previous life, the profession of beggar had not completely disappeared, let alone in this chaotic world.

But it was astonishing to see so many beggars and even several frozen corpses that no one had come to clean up after just entering the city.

"My lord, this is how it is here." Seeing the expression on Adir's face, a guide quickly walked over and said to Adir, "This place borders the surrounding orcs, and there is war almost every year. Corpses and beggars are very common."

"Most of those beggars were orphans whose parents died in the war, or soldiers who were disabled after going to the battlefield."

Hearing this, Adir nodded: "Take out the remaining dried rations and meat. We'll have fresh supplies once we get to the city, so we won't need those anymore."

Upon hearing Adir's order, the guards around him nodded in response and nimbly took some dry rations from the carts containing food and other supplies, distributing them to the beggars who had come to beg.

After a while, led by the guide, Adir and the others arrived at a local hotel.

There seemed to be very few outsiders here. There were only a few guests in the huge hotel, and the remaining rooms were enough to accommodate the thirty-odd people that Adir had brought.

"I'm thinking of buying some property in the city. Do you have any suggestions?"

After settling the guards he had brought, Adir looked at his guide and Eld in a spacious room and asked them a question.

"I wonder what kind of property you wish to acquire, sir?" the guide asked, standing in front of Adir.

"A manor large enough to house hundreds of people, and some shops enough to keep things running," Adir said.

"Manors that can accommodate hundreds of people are basically the property of nobles. If you want to buy one, according to the regulations of Ancient Armor City, you must have noble status."

Standing still, after thinking for a moment, the guide quickly said, "As for shops, apart from those selling weapons and armor, other shops are easy to set up. As long as you have enough gold coins and the subsequent operation is not a problem, you can set them up at any time, sir."

"Very good." Hearing this, Adir nodded: "Take some men and inquire around the area today, then come back and report back tonight."

"Yes." The men in front of him nodded, and after seeing that Adir had no further instructions, they led their men out.

Once they disappeared from sight, Adir silently walked outside and looked at the city scenery.

"I couldn't sense any magical particles, so it seems there are very few wizards in this city."

Looking into the distance, Adir thought to himself.

On the map, the Kingdom of Gumodo is located in a desolate area with a scarcity of local wizards. Although it is better than Adir's homeland, the number of spellcasters is still very small, with knights being the majority.

"To find the other wizards in this city, we'll probably have to contact the city lord."

With his head down, Adir thought to himself.

Wizards themselves belonged to the aristocratic class, and many noble families had ancestors who were wizards, thus passing down wizarding traditions.

High-ranking nobles like the lord of a city would more or less come into contact with news about wizards and would be quite clear about the distribution of wizards in the city.

"Perfect timing. If we want to investigate those mutated beastmen, it will be much easier to rely on the power of the local forces. Besides, I will be living in this city for a few years, and I will probably have to deal with these local nobles."

With that thought in mind, Adir turned around and went back to the inn.

That night, Eld and his companions returned to the inn.

"Sir, we have already found out some information."

Standing in front of Adir, the group exchanged glances, and then Eld stepped forward to report to Adir: "The situation in Ancient Armor City is very bad. Many nobles in the city seem to be planning to leave, so many properties are being sold."

"We made some inquiries, and just recently, there's a manor that meets your requirements for sale. The owner is a local viscount who is preparing to leave, and he's offering eight thousand gold coins."

At this point, Eld hesitated for a moment before adding, "We've discussed it, and if you're not in a hurry, sir, you can wait a while. As long as no one takes over after a period of time, the price of this manor will definitely drop."

Hearing his words, Adir remained calm, showing no emotion whatsoever: "What about the shops?"

"The shops are easy to find," Eld said. "We just looked around a bit. Because of the recent war between Ancient Armor City and the orcs, business isn't good anywhere, and there are shops for sale everywhere."

"If you wish, sir, as long as you prepare enough gold coins, many people will be willing to sell to you."

He finished speaking in one breath, then silently retreated into the crowd at the back, reverting to his previous taciturn demeanor.

The next day, as the sun shone on the earth, Adir led some people into the city.

He first went to the manor, and after some bargaining between Eld and the other party, he finally bought the manor for seven thousand gold coins.

Then he went to the street and bought some shops.

This was partly to acquire some properties in the city, and partly to prepare for the resettlement of some subordinates' families, so that they could have stable jobs.

After all the things were done, a month had passed.

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Early in the morning, Adir sat in the spacious living room, holding a book in his hand and quickly flipping through it.

On the wooden table in front of him were a large number of books, all of which looked like they had been read.

"As expected, finding any knowledge about wizards in these collected books is an extremely low probability event."

After quickly flipping through the book in his hand and waiting for the chip to rapidly transmit the knowledge into his mind, Adir opened his eyes and said with some disappointment.

In the wizarding world, there are often records of ordinary people accidentally discovering books containing wizarding knowledge and eventually becoming wizarding apprentices.

Upon arriving in Ancient Armor City, in order to try his luck, Adir had some books collected at a high price, hoping to find something about wizards in them.

After more than half a month, Adir did see some records about wizards in these books, but most of them were just vague descriptions with very little concrete knowledge, so they were of no use to Adir.

"Well, although we couldn't find any advanced knowledge about wizards, it's not bad to enrich the chip's database."

Silently standing up, Adir put down the book in his hand and muttered to himself.

Although these books do not contain any knowledge about wizards, after removing the useless poems, they contain a great deal of knowledge about mortals, which is also useful to Adir.

Just then, a series of hurried but light footsteps came from outside.

Hearing the sound, Adir turned around and looked towards the door.

There, a blond old man dressed in a neat formal suit, his appearance impeccable, quickly walked in. Upon seeing Adir, he bowed his head respectfully: "My lord, the city lord has just sent an envoy."

Adir was taken aback by these words.

When he first arrived in Ancient Armor City, he had the intention of contacting the local nobles. Unexpectedly, before he could take the initiative to contact them, they came to him first.

"What did they say?" Standing still, he cleared his mind of distractions and asked the blond old man in front of him.

(End of this chapter)