Dear Broom Knight.

What happens after Chapter 948?
"The Lord of Azure Maple Territory is very willing to purchase these top-tier resources at the price that Archmage Alslan offered as a bounty," Toronto replied with a smile.

"Huh?" Patrick was somewhat surprised. "How come I haven't heard of this?"

“He’s not in such a hurry, so he certainly won’t openly compete with his teacher for resources,” Toronto responded mildly. “Besides, his reputation for being rich is too prominent, which could easily incite some unnecessary conflicts.”

Therefore, he only asked those of us who were relatively familiar with him to act as intermediaries.

Patrick thought for a moment, then nodded decisively: "I don't think you would lie to me."

Then he took out the piece of refined gold without hesitation: "Let's trade directly!"

Thank you for your kindness, Toronto.

Patrick knew that more than one person had seen him enter the secret realm of the earth.

Moreover, people have ventured out of the secret realm before, and they will definitely mention these resources.

Although his dimensional ring is of a relatively high level and has a good concealment effect, it cannot guarantee that no one can see what is inside.

As a major mining company, the Edwards family possessed two or three powerful artifacts capable of seeing through storage equipment of this level.

Patrick knew that the Edwards family couldn't keep such a large piece of fine gold now.

If he dared to take him out, the Edwards family would be overflowing with people looking to make a quick buck.

Even his family members could be in danger.

But if you use other resources and money, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

Moreover, the Lord of Azure Maple Territory offered Edwards an extremely favorable deal: the bounty on Archmage Altharan.

That wasn't a large sum of gold coins, even though it was called money.

But the bounty actually meant choosing something worth that many gold coins from Al-Saran's reserves.

This tests not only their knowledge and experience, but also the vision and judgment of the selectors.

Compared to Archmage Alsara, who possesses abundant royal resources, Mage Lori, with her more diverse and unusual items and the ability to use the specialties of Maple Ridge as scraps, is a better fit for the Edwards family at this stage.

Furthermore, this deal also has very good added value.

"It's just a mutually beneficial arrangement."

"So, what do you want?" Toronto asked with a smile. "You should know what the Lord of Green Maple Territory has to offer in trade."

For the past two years, Patrick has been in charge of the caravans in the North.

"Anything? Even things that can only be traded between allies?" Patrick asked, as if seeking confirmation.

“Of course,” Toronto explained. “Green Maple Territory is actually just a priority for allies. But there are many good things that are in very limited quantities, so the allies have almost emptied them out.”

Moreover, most of his so-called allies lacked purchasing power and ultimately ended up serving His Majesty Travis.

Patrick nodded: "That's what we think too."

However, Mage Lowry seemed to dislike trouble, so he didn't care that His Majesty Travis made money by reselling.

That's true.

"Hehe~" Toronto chuckled twice. "Sounds like you want a priority in the transaction too, is that right?"

“Yes!” Patrick’s eyes lit up. “I think His Majesty Travis will no longer focus so much attention on the market for ordinary people.”

If Mage Lowry still dislikes trouble, the Edwards family would be happy to take on the task.

Of course, it would be even better if we could obtain a license to hire and trade with the Gale Wolf caravan.

"I'll pass on the message for you," Toronto replied after a moment's thought. "I don't think there will be any problems."

It was just opening up one spot; he didn't really care about that anyway.

"That's right, after you go out, you'll have to go to Qingfeng to pick him up yourself."

Perfect, from now on, Celie can be in charge of liaising with Patrick.

Both sides are young people with quick minds, so they're sure to spark a lot of interesting ideas.

Once this trade route is stable, Celie should be familiar with her future work.

Toronto felt he had thought things through, so his response was also swift and efficient.

At that moment, Patrick also felt relieved.

Although Toronto is the heir to a rival business, and they've had dealings several times in the past, plus the double guarantee of the royal family... he certainly wouldn't feel at ease if the other party took on too much responsibility and made all the decisions themselves.

After all, he was clearly not from Qingfeng Territory.

However, Toronto told him to go to Green Maple Territory to resolve these matters himself, which proves that the matter is almost certainly true.

As for whether Toronto was just trying to scam him out of the adamantium... then Patrick should just give him the adamantium obediently!

This is a high-level mage who can suppress his defensive artifacts with a single hand.

The result of hard bones is that they can actually be crushed. His life is more important than adamantite.

Besides, he really didn't value the Edwards family's refined gold, which they could only sell as raw materials... The notebook in his hand, which recorded the formation conditions of various minerals, was the future of the Edwards family.

His Majesty Travis has abdicated.

It's impossible for the White Dragon to approach the Northern Royal Family again to cooperate on developing any mineral resources.

Those big guys are extremely proud by nature, and their willingness to cooperate with His Majesty Travis is only because of Lady Luscania's position.

Without Ms. Luscania as an intermediary, those transactions would immediately come to an end.

Of the wilderness surrounding the northern region, only about 30-40% has been developed.

There are still many towering mountains, steep cliffs, and deep valleys waiting for humans to explore!

With this notebook, the Edwards family will surely find their direction.

Of course, the most important thing now is to increase the family's power... Fortunately, they have never given up on training the family knights.

The fine gold, which is merely icing on the cake, will inevitably become part of their strength in the end... Finding a trading partner immediately is a godsend.

Even he envied the standard equipment of the Azure Maple Knights!

Patrick readily handed the adamantium to Toronto: "Then I'll leave it to you, Toronto."

The Toronto Archmage tilted his head and pulled a gleaming gold key from his pocket: "Here you go~ use this as proof of the transaction."

“This is… the key to the National Bank?” Patrick exclaimed in surprise. “Yours?”

“Of course not.” Toronto looked at him with surprise. “It belongs to the Lord of Qingfeng Territory.”

"He's the one who wants this refined gold, why would I bring out my noble allowance receipt?"

"How did this thing end up in your hands?!" Patrick felt his pupils dilate in shock.

"He asked me to come to the capital to help him acquire some resources, so I definitely have to pay him first!" Toronto replied with an air of righteousness. "Otherwise, how could I afford to buy them?"

"We definitely can't use the Heinz family's assets for this kind of thing!"

That's true, but...

Patrick suddenly realized that the reason why the mage Lowry didn't care about the key was because he didn't have much money in the national bank.

Of course, compared to ordinary nobles, there are definitely more of them.

After all, some transactions with the royal family... weren't exclusive to His Majesty Travis... and the money for the settlement was directly transferred to the National Bank account of Mage Lori.

But truly valuable treasures, especially those priceless gems, will definitely only be kept in Qingfeng Territory.

This key only represents identity and money.

But, that's the situation, but it shouldn't be in Toronto's hands.

Who would hand over the key to their own vault to an outsider?

Although Patrick had long known about Lori Montes's reputation for madness, he was still somewhat overwhelmed by the extent to which she had gone mad.

But at this moment, he also put aside another doubt.

For example, is Toronto, right now, the original royal mage, or just a front man for the Lord of Green Maple?

Although producing this would raise more suspicion, Toronto still seems like a normal person, right?

Patrick took the key from his hand, which had stopped shining, and asked somewhat bewilderedly, "So what are you going to do next?"

"Are you planning to wait another year or two before going to Qingfeng to claim your money?" Toronto asked in surprise. "Or should I just withdraw the money for you now?"

“No, no, no! Then forget it.” Patrick refused repeatedly.

He was well aware of the vast difference between money and material goods.

Some things have one price when you use them as a discount, but a different price when you actually buy them.

Especially those scraps that the original owner didn't really care about.

He even planned to use this to arm himself into a formal knightly order!
"Oh~ shall we go out first?" Toronto weighed the refined gold in his hand a couple of times, just about to toss it around for fun, but quickly put it back under Patrick's surprised gaze and muttered 'You're really strong'.

He almost forgot that the reason Patrick took it so easily was because the guy was a knight and had a constant blessing of power on him.

If he can lift it, you could say he's given himself a temporary power buff, but if he takes it out and throws it, that's a bit scary.

Before Patrick could say anything more, Toronto grabbed him by the shoulder and sent him flying out of the maze.

“The mark is fine.” Brown characters slowly appeared on the crystal tablet. “But it seems that the cultivation resources I’m giving to the Earth Believers are running out.”

"What are you thinking?" The black text jumped out, "He's still a Stormhead! His talent isn't Earth!"

(End of this chapter)