Chapter 589: Demanding Astronomical Compensation

As for whether it could be a scammer, Marshall didn't need to worry about this at all.

After all, even the channel to establish contact was revealed by his own people under his orders. Moreover, those scammers didn't have such great ability to scam him.

Unless they weren't afraid of death.

The Pure Origin Sect was weak right now, but it didn't mean it was an existence that anyone could manipulate.

Witches were one thing, but if any small fry wanted to come and touch porcelain, they truly would be smashed to pieces.

Marshall: "What are the words?"

Marshall suppressed his temper and slowly replied.

Diana: "Since you have severed ties with the Devilman, then our Witch Race naturally won't entangle you either."

Phew—

Originally, seeing how tough the other party's first sentence was, he thought the other party would come to interrogate and condemn him.

As a result, he didn't expect them to be unexpectedly easy to talk to?

Wait!

Unexpected!?

Since when were Black Witches ever so easy to talk to?

The answer was never.

Black Witches simply weren't existences that could talk properly.

Especially on the foundation of having offended the other party, then it was even more impossible for them to show you a pleasant countenance.

Since it was like this, then the other party saying this sentence had a hidden meaning.

Since you're so direct, then I won't be polite either.

Thinking of this, Marshall had a calculation in his heart.

Marshall: "Then, what is the price?"

Yes, no one gets up early without profit; if these difficult Black Witches said they would let you go, then you had best have the capital for them to let you go.

Otherwise, it was fundamentally impossible.

Price.

Everything could be converted into a price, it just depended on whether one could afford the price offered by the other party.

Diana: "I have a list drafted by the Witch Queen here, Pope Marshall, see to it yourself."

Diana transcribed a copy of the list Lan Qingyou gave her and sent it to Marshall, and subsequently, there was no follow-up.

For her, this was enough.

Anyway, she was here to give a notification; whether the other party accepted it or not was the other party's business.

It was naturally best if they accepted, this way she could replenish the material inventory.

Diana had long seen the list; apart from some common materials on it, there were some rare materials.

This was very necessary for some witches who wanted to go further in alchemy.

There were even some materials whose names she hadn't even heard of.

But since it was a list drafted by Lan Qingyou, then it must definitely be usable.

Of course, if this Pope Marshall didn't accept it, then they also had countermeasures for him not accepting it.

She believed the other party should also be very clear about this point.

In fact, after seeing the sentence Diana left behind, Marshall didn't have any temper left.

What do you mean 'see to it yourself'?

That was completely a threat, right!

He didn't even want to imagine what the end result of not giving would be.

After all, the previous one had already been publicly executed; he didn't want to become the next one or the one after that.

However, what made Marshall slightly satisfied was the other party's form of address for him.

'Pope Marshall'.

This form of address meant the other party acknowledged him as the Pope.

'If there are any matters needing interfacing in the future, we can also discuss them' - this was probably the meaning that the Tower Witch wanted to convey to him through this Knowledge Witch.

Acknowledgement was a good thing.

At least from now on, everyone wouldn't be in a hostile relationship, which also reduced a lot of external pressure for him.

Of course, the premise was that you could afford to pay that price.

Thinking of this, Pope Marshall opened the list and started reading.

The assorted items at the front, especially some herbs needed to make potions, were nothing.

After all, although every witch was skilled in alchemy, alchemy wasn't exclusive to them.

Because there were also quite a few Alchemists within the sect, these herbs were quite easy to gather.

However, when Marshall looked further down, things changed.

From the branch of the Millennium Tree to the water drop of the Ten-Thousand-Year Stalactite, from Dense Cloud Secret Stone to Fine Adamantine Crystal, it could be said that as long as it was a rare material, it could be found on here.

And ironically, what the other party demanded was very ingenious.

Ranging from ten tons to fifty tons for each type.

This asking price was as accurate as if they had stared into his warehouse, leaving Marshall with no temper.

What a joke, what if?

What if these were truly calculated by someone the other party found?

If he went to bargain, wouldn't that directly give the other party an excuse to deal with him?

Of course, the most important thing was that after sending the list, the other party had no further messages; at a glance, this was a manifestation of not wanting to talk to him anymore.

Bastards, to actually look down on me, the Pope, so much.

But forget it.

Wait until I sit firmly on the papal throne, then I will find a way to deal with these damned heretics.

Anyway, he had already obtained initial cooperation with the Knight Order's side now; later he only needed to further deepen the cooperation.

He believed that after both sides achieved mutual trust, with the fanatics of the Pure Origin Sect plus those knights of the Knight Order, they should be able to stand on equal terms with these Black Witches.

Not to mention he still held his own trump card in his hands.

If friction truly occurred with the Black Witches, at most his vitality would just be greatly injured.

At least it wouldn't reach the degree of being exterminated.

Of course, this was just his own speculation; in reality, it was impossible for him to truly fight a mutually assured destruction with the Black Witches after his temper flared up.

However, when the resentful Marshall scrolled the list to the very end, he almost failed to catch his breath and fainted on the spot.

Because at the very end of the list, the name of a material he never expected impressively appeared—Holy Radiance Stone.

Holy Radiance Stone.

As the name implies, it was a holy and shining stone.

It was a type of ore with very rare dual light and dark attributes.

Although he didn't know exactly where this kind of ore could be used and how to use it, this kind of rare ore existed right in the Holy City.

Rather than saying that, the reason why the Holy City was named as such was precisely because of the existence of these 'holy and shining stones'.

But the problem was this kind of ore could be considered a treasure-like existence.

Even if there was such an ore vein in the Holy City, the reserves explored by the prospecting bureau were only a few thousand tons, and it was extremely difficult to mine.

Even if Collection Magic was used, each person could only 'pick' off a few dozen grams from it every day.

This was mainly because the level of Collection Magic was too low, just an E-rank magic.

Facing this kind of high-spec ore, using it basically had no effect to speak of.

Being able to collect a few dozen grams was already not bad.

But the problem was this Tower Witch opened her mouth and asked for a full fifty tons, equivalent to an amount of fifty million grams.

How could Marshall, who had previously looked at the inventory ledger, not know the quantity of this rare material.

This was equivalent to the degree of hollowing out all their existing old capital.

It could be said to be an astronomical price.

Although he didn't know what the other party would use this thing for.

But since the witches wanted it, it should be related to alchemy, right.