Inside the inn room.
Imina's small lips moved as she expressionlessly tore at a white bread roll. Hearing Tang Zheng guess that she had bought the inn, her expression remained unchanged.
Drip, drip!
Rainwater from outside fell on the windowsill, making a pattering sound.
Seeing that Imina didn't speak, Tang Zheng smiled gently, picked up a spoon, and drank the vegetable soup on the table. The room fell silent again.
The atmosphere wasn't tense, but rather peaceful.
Imina stuffed the last bite of white bread into her mouth, the purple hair on her forehead slightly raised, and said with some distaste, "You've caused quite a stir on this trip, my lord."
"I heard you were attacked by many Adventurers and Mercenaries?"
Speaking of which.
Imina crossed her arms in front of her chest, her amber eyes quickly scanning Tang Zheng. Seeing that he didn't have any injuries, she raised her chin.
"Has the news reached the Royal Capital? What's the specific situation?" Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, glossing over the subtle antagonism in Imina's tone.
After all, having her stay in the Royal Capital for so long, and dealing with an organization like Eight Fingers, it was normal for her to have some displeasure and resentment.
Imina rolled her eyes at Tang Zheng, a hint of worry showing in her narrow, somewhat fierce eyes: "You didn't hide your route, and you caused such a big commotion."
"Seven Gold Rank Adventurer Teams, five Platinum Rank Adventurer Teams, and one Mithril Rank Adventurer Team."
"The famous Spreading Death Sword Group mercenary organization with seventy members, and a mysterious Assassin force."
"So many people all died at your hands. Currently, other than the 'Sword Genius' Brain, who escaped from your grasp, no one survived."
Imina leaned forward, her beautiful eyes fixed on Tang Zheng: "My lord, do you think this is a big deal? You just entered the Royal Capital, and all parties here already know."
Tang Zheng was somewhat speechless: "So many people died?"
There were indeed many attacks along the way, but they were all relatively scattered. Emerald Witch could easily solve them, so Tang Zheng didn't really pay much attention.
He only paid attention to the Spreading Death Sword Group, and that was because of Brain.
Thinking carefully.
The number of people eyeing the Empire's bounty was probably even greater, but those Tang Zheng had dealt with were not weak. The rest were just too scared to act.
"I've already found Brain's location. Do you want me to send someone to kill him?" A cold glint flashed across Imina's face as she spoke softly.
Brain was very famous, and she heard that he had a good relationship with Warrior Captain Gazef. She was worried that the escaped Brain would bring trouble to Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng looked at Imina with some surprise, astonished that she could find Brain's location.
From this, it could be seen that Imina could already mobilize the power of Eight Fingers.
Tang Zheng shook his head: "No need, he's worth more alive than dead."
"How's the situation with Eight Fingers?"
"With the strength you showed before, Phantom Demon Shakyuronto is very cooperative. The entire Security Department is completely under control."
Imina's face was confident. Her own strength was not weak, and with Tang Zheng, this hidden powerhouse, suppressing the others was not difficult: "The heads of the other departments have also been contacted. Because of the death of Fighting Demon, Eight Fingers held a collective meeting for this."
Speaking of this, Imina's tone became a little more serious: "In addition to the eight department heads, a mysterious person presided over the entire meeting."
"The specific identity of the other party is unknown. It seems that only a few department heads know. In addition, the departments are almost independent. Controlling the other departments is more troublesome than expected."
After listening to Imina's description of more detailed information about Eight Fingers, Tang Zheng's face didn't show any surprise.
He already knew something about the situation of Eight Fingers. Moreover, it was impossible for such a huge organization to not have other forces supporting it in secret.
"Controlling these departments is not urgent. As long as you hold the important Security Department in your hands, you can have some control over the entire Eight Fingers."
Tang Zheng put the spoon in his hand into the bowl, smiled softly, and then said, "Next, there are a few things you need to do."
"Speak, what a hard life." Imina pouted, but a smile appeared in her eyes.
"The first thing, in the name of your Security Department, secretly recruit Magic Casters to supplement the missing Six Arms."
"In fact, I need you to specifically look for Magic Casters who have mastered the Faith System, Mental System, and Other System jobs."
Imina was a bit bewildered, not understanding why Tang Zheng was doing this, but she still nodded.
Speaking of which.
Are there so many different systems for Magic Casters? "The second thing is to purchase several slaves with the ability of 'Wild Transformation' through the 'Slave Trade Department'. There shouldn't be many humans who can master this skill."
"Demi-humans are more likely to master it, especially those from the Demi-human Tribes destroyed by the Slane Theocracy. The Slave Department should have channels to capture some slaves from them."
Tang Zheng said, glancing at Imina.
What he actually wanted to say was that those Elf slaves captured by the Slane Theocracy from the Elf Kingdom were more likely to master this skill.
However, since Imina was a Half-Elf after all, he changed his words to Demi-humans at the last moment.
Imina's expression didn't change much, and she nodded.
"The third thing is, I need to purchase several large warehouses in the territories of each of the Six Great Nobles. Contact grain merchants in various places and transport all the unsalable moldy grain and rotten food to the warehouses."
"These things can be arranged for people to do with the help of the 'Smuggling Force'."
Imina continued to nod, but she became more and more puzzled. There was no connection between these three things at all, but looking at Tang Zheng's appearance.
Each thing was obviously a big move.
At the same time, Imina felt a little excited and happy inside.
She and Renners both stayed in the Royal Capital, but their situations were completely different. Renners obviously had various arrangements and plans from Tang Zheng.
As for her, apart from controlling a Security Department, she seemed to have been completely forgotten by Tang Zheng until now, without any action for several months.
Now.
Imina finally knew what she should do.
"Thank you, Imina." Tang Zheng said.
"These things are more troublesome than the last," Imina muttered, her slender figure already standing up, two purple curved pigtails swaying gently.
"Oh, right, this is for you."
"These things will cost a lot of money. Except for the first thing, don't use Eight Fingers' money for the remaining two things."
Tang Zheng took a Magic Belt from his waist and threw it to Imina: "There are gems inside. You can choose a few if you like."
Imina reached out and took the Magic Belt, her fair fingers pulling open the mouth of the belt, and a faint red light emerged from the Magic Belt.
"This is..."
Imina's eyes couldn't help but widen a bit.
The Magic Belt was filled with various gems, mostly red gems, and several of them were flashing with magical light.
Obviously, they were precious Magic Gems containing Mana.
Seeing Imina's surprised and unblinking look, Tang Zheng chuckled softly.
Sure enough, women always liked shiny things, just like dragons.
These gems were naturally the relics of the Ancient Red Dragon.
During his journey to the Royal Capital, Tang Zheng would return to the Lava Zone at night, spending a lot of time finally finding the Ancient Red Dragon's lair.
It was piled with a lot of treasure, the specific value of which.
Tang Zheng couldn't calculate. The cave was mainly filled with various gems, special red ores, and Gold Coins, but unfortunately, there wasn't even a single Magic Item, which disappointed him a bit.
Various gems and ores were difficult to estimate the value of, and so were the large number of Gold Coins.
Since the Ancient Red Dragon seemed to like sleeping on those Gold Coins and gems, almost all the Gold Coins were melted by the high temperature, turning into small piles of gold mountains.
"You said that," Imina said with a smile on her face, putting away the Magic Belt and taking a step forward, but suddenly she remembered something, narrowed her eyes, and turned her head: "By the way, who are the two girls who are with you? According to the news I heard, they seem to have joined your Adventurer Team?"
She and Renners had both thought about joining Tang Zheng's Adventurer Team, but they were rejected by this guy.
"Want to meet them?" Tang Zheng shrugged, then said, "I said, my Adventurer Team doesn't recruit people."
Hearing this answer.
A satisfied look flashed in Imina's eyes, and she raised an arm and waved it: "Never mind."
"Give me your hand." Tang Zheng said suddenly.
"Huh?" Imina was taken aback.
Tang Zheng directly reached out and grabbed Imina's hand.
A little soft, and a little cold.
That thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind as a faint white light appeared on his palm, leaving a Magic Mark on Imina's body before he released her hand.
"W-what are you doing?"
Imina's delicate cheeks flushed red, and she subconsciously took a step back, stuttering nervously.
"It's nothing, just a little Magic. It'll make it easier for me to find you if something happens," Tang Zheng said calmly and softly.
"Hmph."
Imina snorted softly, her figure already at the window. She picked up her raincoat again, draped it over herself, and leaped out of the window, disappearing into the rain and mist.
"Really, why go through the window?"
Tang Zheng muttered, then a thoughtful look appeared on his face as he considered what to do next.
The three things he had Imina do were all very important. Now that he had money and could manipulate the Eight Fingers's power, there was no reason not to use them! Even if someone with ulterior motives noticed, they would only investigate the Eight Fingers. Even if the internal forces of the Eight Fingers investigated, these three unrelated matters couldn't be connected at all. At most, they would suspect Imina's backer—that powerful Magic Caster who manipulated corpses and Bone Dragons.
As for him, the Genius Alchemist who could summon angels, he was of course completely unrelated.
If these three things were prioritized, the first one was the most important.
The second one was mainly for Tang Zheng to experiment with the Magic Ritual he had obtained from Duo Gan, the Forest Gnome.
The third thing was to provide food for the Goblins raised in the Tove Great Forest. After all, the more Goblins there were, the greater the impact on the Tove Great Forest.
Tang Zheng didn't want anyone to notice the situation inside the Tove Great Forest, so he could only obtain food from the outside to provide for the raised Goblins.
And the first thing was what he cared about most right now!...
Mana-based: Apothecary, Alchemist, Magic Caster, Necromancer, Warlock
Faith-based: Priestess, Priest, Forest Priest, Shrine Priest
Spirit-based: Wizard, Witch
Other: Shaman, Summoner...
This was the number of professions in each Magic system that he currently knew.
Obtaining the Mad Mage Special Class initially satisfied the prerequisite conditions for the basic professions of each system: Mana-based 15Lv, Faith-based 15Lv, Spirit-based 15Lv, Other 15Lv, for a total of 60 levels of profession level conditions.
Tang Zheng had previously speculated that if the profession level of each Magic system reached level 20, for a total of 80 profession levels, would it trigger a new High-Tier Job?
The reason for this deduction was that if there was a second related High-Tier Job, then the Unknown High-Tier Job + Mad Mage would occupy ten profession levels.
The remaining 90 levels, spread across the four Magic profession systems, would only be 22.5 levels each.
Obviously, 20 levels was the most reasonable, at least it was more reasonable in the game.
As a result, the current four Magic profession systems had been stacked and had already met the level 20 conditions, but he had not obtained a new profession.
While Tang Zheng was disappointed, a crazy idea suddenly popped into his mind. The possibilities that didn't exist in the game didn't mean they didn't exist in this other world.
If he raised all four profession systems to the level of the Tenth Tier, "64~70Lv", would he be able to obtain a new profession?
This was something that could never happen in the game!
If it weren't for the unique Genius profession in this other world, no one, whether in the game or in this other world, could raise the four Magic profession systems to the Tenth Tier Magic level!
"I have to try it once. Even if I don't get a new profession, raising the four profession systems to the Tenth Tier is still in the plan."
Tang Zheng tapped the table lightly with his finger, his eyes flashing.
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