243: Find clues to the Demon Phoenix, a mission worth one million merits

Chapter 243: Searching for Clues of the Demon Phoenix, A Sky-High Mission Worth One Million Contribution Points

Thud!

Enzeer immediately knelt down, his expression fearful as he said, "Respected three-star cadre of the Wizard Association, please forgive my neglect. After all, this small place has never hosted such a distinguished guest as you..."

"What a guy who lies without drafting," Cecilia cast a voice-altering spell, bypassed Enzeer, and walked into the wine cellar, saying coldly, "Lord Dick, didn't you just come here recently?"

Hearing this, Enzeer was secretly startled. He hadn't intended to reveal Dick's whereabouts, as the Wizard cadres weren't very friendly with each other.

Now, Enzeer understood. Dick was completely the key to Amyria's rise, his precious son-in-law!

Thus, subconsciously, Enzeer covered for Dick. He never expected this black-robed woman in front of him to actually know Dick.

And judging by how she addressed him, it seemed they were in a superior-subordinate relationship?

Thinking this, Enzeer was overjoyed, marveling that Dick was indeed a talent, having connections within the Wizard Association and being able to have a three-star cadre as a subordinate!

"May I know your esteemed name..."

"Saya."

Dick directly shortened Cecilia's name, giving her a pseudonym for her convenience in the wizarding world later on.

Basically, over 95% of the Black Wizards in the Wizard Association use pseudonyms, as some advanced curses are cast based on real names!

However, what Dick feared least was curse magic. In one of his lives, he retained the talent of a Healer, named "Curse Immunity." After ascending to Emperor rank, he could be immune to all curses below Emperor rank.

Dick had been harmed by this kind of bizarre magic that disregarded spatial distance restrictions more than once; it was impossible to guard against.

Therefore, Dick specifically spent a lifetime becoming a Healer, just to obtain the extremely practical talent of "Curse Immunity."

A few minutes later, Cecilia leaned back on a sofa, calmly reading the work records Enzeer handed over.

On it was the identity information of all Black Wizards in the Royal Capital.

As expected, the Black Wizards active in Amyria were basically all low-level, not even a one-star cadre among them.

After just casually flipping through, Dick lost interest. He knew that the people in the Wizard Association looked down on the Aimiya Empire.

No, to be precise, they looked down on the entire barren Northern region.

In the past few decades that Enzeer served as a business liaison, besides Dick and Cecilia, he estimated he had only met two-star Wizard Association cadres.

"Didn't you collect a few bottles of fine wine? Bring me all of that first snow and beloved."

Hearing this, Enzeer made a bitter face but dared not disobey. Although a three-star cadre was someone not to be provoked, he still wanted to struggle a bit.

"Lord Saya, these two bottles of exquisite wine are Lord Dick's favorites. How about you... try other fine wines?"

"Heh heh," Cecilia let out a cold laugh, kicked Enzeer over, and said indifferently, "Are you questioning the authority of me, a three-star cadre?"

Hearing this, Enzeer ignored the pain in his body, apologized fearfully, and then immediately went to get the beloved and first snow.

Cecilia was extremely nervous. She had never thought that one day she would be able to order Enzeer around, or even be so rude.

One must know, Enzeer was her elder, and even Elizabeth's father!

When she was still a baby back then, Enzeer had even held her!

"Dick... maybe, maybe we should be a bit nicer, not so..."

"Please, Cecilia, you are now a distinguished three-star cadre of the Wizard Association, while Enzeer is just a business liaison."

The Wizard Association has a strict hierarchy, and the authority of cadres is supreme.

Lower-star cadres must unconditionally obey the orders of higher-star cadres; this is the rule system since the founding of the Wizard Association!

Hearing Dick's soul transmission, Cecilia sighed in her heart. She never expected that Uncle Enzeer, who was gentle and refined on weekdays, was actually a Black Wizard behind the scenes...

After a few glasses of wine, Cecilia became slightly tipsy and only then began to talk about the main business.

"I want to issue a mission, its level is A-rank!"

"A-rank?! Lord Saya, are you sure..."

Enzeer let out a gasp. Not to mention A-rank, he had never seen a mission above D-rank in his life. The Black Wizards active in Amyria were all rookies.

After a brief shock, Enzeer took out a wooden token from his inner robe pocket. Its shape was the same as a wizard token, but instead of stars, it had a crescent moon on it.

This was another type of token in the Wizard Association, called the Crescent Token. Only business liaisons could hold it, and it was specifically used to issue missions.

Business liaisons have no levels, only three types.

One crescent is responsible for a city, two crescents are responsible for a country, and three crescents are responsible for a region!

Generally speaking, business liaisons are concurrently held by cadres.

Since business liaisons can only operate in a fixed location and are not free, most cadres do not want to be one.

Logically speaking, Enzeer wasn't even a one-star cadre, so he was completely unqualified to be a business liaison.

But there was no other way. In this poor and remote place, the Aimiya Empire, there wasn't a single cadre willing to be a business liaison here.

Just at this time, Enzeer volunteered himself again.

Therefore, considering the normal operation of the Wizard Association, the person in charge of the Northern region made an exception and allowed Enzeer to become a business liaison.

Although he was just a one-crescent business liaison, Enzeer could also issue missions of any level, provided that Cecilia could afford the reward.

The reward here refers to contribution points, a special wizard currency that can be used to purchase information and supplies, and also to achieve promotion by accumulating contribution points.

"Lord Saya, issuing an A-rank mission requires a deposit of five, five thousand contribution points, you..."

"Don't worry, just issue it. This is a mission jointly issued by me and Lord Dick, so the contribution points are naturally sufficient!"

Due to its special nature, the Wizard Association does not have fixed branches all over the world like the Adventurers Guild.

After all, Black Wizards are beings that everyone wants to eliminate, and the composition of their members is complex, with many informants like Enzeer.

The cost of establishing branches is too high, and the risk is also great; they could be wiped out at any moment.

Therefore, the founder of the Wizard Association was very smart. She invented the "Flowing Market," which is like the internet in layman's terms.

By injecting soul power into the wizard token, one can access the vast network of the entire Wizard Association and obtain information from the Flowing Market.

As for the lowest-level personnel without a wizard token, they can only honestly go to the business liaison.

Cecilia gently stroked the wizard token and, under Dick's control, slowly injected soul power.

The next second, a massive amount of information appeared in her mind.

By simply closing her eyes and meditating, Cecilia felt as if she were in a super large supermarket, surrounded by a dazzling array of goods.

There was all kinds of information, all kinds of supplies, all kinds of magic techniques, magic artifact blueprints, secret realm maps... almost everything you could think of was available!

Moreover, there was a special search method here; by simply thinking of keywords, related trading items would immediately appear.

Dick first searched for trading items and missions in the Aimiya Empire, wanting to see if there were any opportunities to pick up, but he found that the vast majority were E-rank, with only a few being D-rank.

For example, collecting low-level materials, cooperating with low-level altars, exchanging low-level witchcraft, etc. Dick even saw vulgar trading information such as making friends for marriage and buying and selling noble titles.

It was evident that once this A-rank mission was issued, it would be equivalent to a royal flush for the Aimiya Empire, and even the entire Northern region!

Immediately after, Dick checked his contribution point balance and found that his three-star wizard token had over six thousand contribution points, while Cecilia's had over four thousand.

It was completely enough to pay the five thousand contribution point deposit.

"So, Lord Saya, what kind of A-rank mission do you want to issue?"

"It's very simple, just one sentence," Cecilia smiled charmingly, took a sip of fine wine, and said slowly, "Search for clues about the Demon Phoenix. As for the reward... one million contribution points!"

Hearing this, Enzeer's pupils shrank. He rubbed his ears, suspecting he had misheard.

"One, one million contribution points? Are you sure you can afford such a high reward?"

"Stop talking nonsense, just issue it. This is the deposit." After saying that, Cecilia threw over two three-star wizard tokens.

Indeed, he didn't have a million contribution points in his hands right now, but he could earn it in minutes.

He had been the Grand Master of the Wizard Association in one of his lives. The secret witchcrafts, top-tier magic arrays, and magic artifact blueprints he knew in his mind, any one of them taken out could sell for a high price.