Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 107 Anonymous Consignment
Not long after Fair Holden returned to Daes, he saw the member code name of "Eye of Illusion" on the Magic Network forum.

"Hehe! I knew this guy wasn't here to help me for nothing."

The fact that "Mithril Unicorn" gave the anti-forbidden magic circle device to him to take to Barkley instead of giving it to Fair, who was also a member of the forum, was enough to show that he had already been one of the candidates for the new member.

Fair didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Mr. Turing's approval of his application for membership meant that he recognized his performance in this revenge operation.

However, he logged into the forum today not to establish a relationship with the new member "Eye of Illusion" and reminisce about the past.

This is because a new functional section has appeared on the forum - anonymous consignment.

Holden was a little confused. The forum itself was an anonymous form of communication. As long as members did not meet privately in real life, there was no need to add this additional anonymous transaction section.

But when he actually entered the new forum interface that had just been opened to permissions, he found that his idea was completely wrong.

"Elements! How dare they even put these things up for sale?"

"Isn't this a research direction that the Federation explicitly prohibits? Can such research results be traded?"

Fair, with messy dark red curly hair, kept flipping through the anonymous consignment section with a look of surprise. The various transaction information that was refreshed rapidly was so fast that he could hardly close his mouth.

Life refinement, curse magic, sacrifice magic, demon summoning magic...

Dark magic stones, ghost puppets, deformed monsters... He even saw someone consigning live demon captives.

I didn't expect that these high-level spellcasters in the forum who seemed to be decent people on weekdays would actually be so extravagant in private!
Fair couldn't help but think of when he first joined the forum, he was in a mysterious, furtive and embarrassing state in order to trade with the "Man in the Mirror" for a death weapon made from the head of a demon priest.

He found that as long as he entered the anonymous consignment forum, the code names of all forum members turned into blurry mercury spots. He could only see the flashing activity but could not see the code names clearly.

Moreover, the more popular the spells and items in the section, the higher they are placed in the trading category. The text of the trading information is also thoughtfully changed to eye-catching red bold font, which makes people unable to help but click in to check it out.

The deal of consigning live demon captives is currently hanging high at the top.

Fair couldn't help but stretch out his finger and point at the crystal screen of the "Magic Brain" to enter the detailed transaction content.

After all, the demons are a highly intelligent race like humans. If they can be used to conduct magical experiments, the feedback effect will definitely be far greater than those of low-intelligence inferior demons or rock goblins.

Normally, if you want to get an experimental carrier of this quality, it is not easy to obtain it unless you go to the battlefield where the demons are active in the Evil Moon Mountains.

After all, the demons' inherent racial talent - the explosion of flesh and blood - makes it very difficult to capture them alive.

The detailed trading interface was completely different from what Fair had imagined. It was not presented in pure text like the information exchange section.

It actually inserted a video content similar to that presented by the magic stone, and it was played repeatedly on the crystal screen.

It was a weak demon who was chained tightly to a metal lab table, unable to struggle.

"It's obvious that he was injected with a large amount of anesthetic, or subjected to a weakening spell..." The experienced Fair immediately made his comment.

He suddenly thought of a problem. The previous forum's teleportation array had never been able to carry living creatures that were too large and heavy. However, this demon obviously exceeded the array's carrying requirements. How did the forum solve this teleportation problem?

"Could it be that the forum's magic network teleportation array has been upgraded again?"

He vaguely had an idea that even he found a little incredible... If this continues, will all forum members be able to use the magic network teleportation array to achieve instant teleportation across the entire continent without distinction?
Doesn't that mean that as long as there is an event that is unanimously agreed upon by the forum members and needs to be completed together in reality, the forum can instantly teleport a group of top high-level spellcasters in the spellcasting world to the designated location at any time and anywhere?

If this technology, which was ahead of its time, had been acquired by the Federation and the Wizarding Union, how could the brutal war with the demons, which had lasted for a century, have happened? They could have easily advanced into their lair deep in the northern borders.

"I wonder if those members with federation backgrounds in the forum, and the teachers... will notice this problem like I do." Fair couldn't help but stroke his messy hair and sighed secretly.

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Harvey, who had just launched a new forum business, was closely following the progress of the anonymous consignment business.

This forum section itself was a functional upgrade carried out when the information exchange section was being built. The main purpose was to facilitate some subsequent prohibited transactions that were inconvenient to put on the table.

At the same time, he also wanted to test whether the upper limit of the instantaneous teleportation array's transmission capacity for living creatures could be increased after the Magic Network Forum added another planetary-level energy-gathering array.

Not long ago, he and Reiner conducted experiments using some larger wild beasts and captured evil orcs. There were no transmission problems. However, these large creatures generally experienced adverse reactions such as fainting and vomiting after being teleported across dimensions, which was acceptable.

"I didn't expect that after entering the stage of anonymous transactions, these forum members would actually be able to produce so many contraband items..."

As the forum administrator, Harvey naturally knows the real transaction information of every forum member.

Especially Mr. "Man in the Mirror" from the Alchemy Exploration Society, who simply let himself go after entering the anonymous section.

First, he spent a large amount of money to purchase several types of banned research materials related to flesh and blood refining experiments, and then he took out several interim results of soul decomposition experiments that obviously could not be made public.

"Aren't you guys in the Alchemy Exploration Society usually engaged in the research and manufacture of magical weapons? How come you act like Frankenstein's freaks in private?" Harvey was trying so hard to hold back his laughter that the corners of his mouth twitched.

A one-way communication symbol flashed on the crystal screen of the "Magic Brain" instrument, diverting Harvey's attention.

"Is it that Mr. Inner Demon? Why is he looking for me suddenly?" Harvey was a little confused. Ever since his abrupt speech in the exchange meeting, which caused an uproar and speculation among the members, this seemingly polite Mr. Devil seemed a little ashamed of himself and had not appeared in the forum for a long time. He didn't expect that he would suddenly come to him again today.

【Kel'Thuzad: Long time no see, Mr. Mind Hunter. 】

[Mind Hunter: Hello, Mr. Locator, please forgive me for contacting you again...]

This inner demon seemed reluctant to call Harvey by his forum code name, preferring the name "Locator" that it gave Harvey when they first met on the magic network.

Mindhunter: I've noticed an interesting anonymous trading activity on the forum, but I'm not sure how to participate.

This news gave Harvey a thought. A demon in another dimension also wanted to participate in an anonymous transaction? Would this ancient race, which could only infiltrate projections in the real world, be interested in the spellcaster's trading items?

[Mind Hunter: Although I cannot perceive your thoughts in real time due to the space and planes between us, I guess you are wondering why a demon would be interested in mortal items?]

Harvey rolled his eyes speechlessly. It turns out this guy's racial talent can be released across dimensions. The saying that demons are good at figuring out and seeing through human nature is really true.

[Kel'Thuzad: I am indeed very curious, but if you are not comfortable telling me, I don't mind. The forum follows the principle of equal exchange. You need to earn points first before you can use them to purchase the items you need...]

The other party's code name flashed slowly, as if he was trying to understand the series of forum transaction rules that Harvey had described. It took a long time before he sent another reply.

Mind Hunter: I understand. What I wish to consign anonymously is a high-level demonic sacrifice summoning ritual. The target of this summoning ritual is me...

(End of this chapter)