Mercenary Wars

Chapter 266 The Bread House

Christine went to Professor Anthony's office.

The door was open, and Professor Anthony could be seen from the outside, quietly reading an old book.

Professor Anthony is one of the oldest professors at Axe Academy of Magic, perhaps second only to Dean Randolph in age.

He had no desire for a youthful appearance, so he looked like a simple old man with a face full of wrinkles, and his beard and sparse hair were all snow-white.

Professor Anthony seemed to have anticipated Christine's arrival, and when he looked up, there was no surprise on his face: "Come in, Christine."

Christine walked in, greeted them politely, and then asked, "Professor Anthony, I heard that Princess Sarah bought a piece of land in the County of Lorraine at a high price according to the results of divination. Are you aware of this?"

Professor Anthony: "Of course, it was I who performed the divination for Princess Sarah."

Christine couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.

She was about to say something.

Professor Anthony preemptively said, "But I will not reveal any more about this matter, because I have already said all that fate has allowed me to say."

As he spoke, he looked directly at Christine with a meaningful gaze.

Christine was a little at a loss.

Professor Anthony withdrew his gaze and changed the subject: "Your family wants to buy that land from Princess Sarah?"

“Yes.” Christine nodded, then asked hesitantly, “Do you think Princess Sara would sell it to us?”

Professor Anthony: "You can go and buy it."

“Me?” Christine was taken aback. “Why?”

Professor Anthony did not answer immediately.

After a moment, he sighed softly, "Go ahead, this might be a good thing for you..."

Christine wanted to press for more information.

But she knew that Professor Anthony, as the country's greatest diviner, was always very sparing with his words.

And it was clear that Professor Anthony had no intention of saying another word.

“Thank you, Professor Anthony.” Christine bowed slightly to Professor Anthony, then turned and left the office.

Professor Anthony did not respond, but after a moment scratched his head.

Then he withdrew his hand and saw that a tuft of white hair had fallen out, making his already bald head look even sparser.

"Sigh." Professor Anthony sighed.

Then, with a flick of his fingers, the white hair he held in his hand turned into specks of light and slowly dissipated, and the office door closed behind him...

There's no doubt the Shackleton family will try to buy Princess Sara's estate. As for Gaugano, that's no longer his concern.

At least for now, there's no connection.

He received five thousand gold coins from the Shackleton family, which he split 50/50 with Pierce, keeping half for himself and using the other half to buy things for Pierce.

Pierce's shopping list was quite long, and some items were difficult to buy, such as handicrafts that needed to be made in advance or prohibited items that might attract the church's attention, requiring extra time to obtain. Shipping was even more troublesome.

These supplies were intended for the construction of a church, and naturally included many large items that couldn't fit in storage rings. They had to be transported by caravan to South Asur, and then personally delivered to the water cellar ruins by Gaugano.

After a brief calculation, Gao Jiano realized that he had earned his 2,500 gold coins quite a bit.

Besides procuring supplies for Pierce, another major task for Gaugano in the following period was to learn "rainmaking" and "advanced rainmaking".

The purpose, of course, was to fulfill the divine message of the goddess of harvest as soon as possible—to solve a drought for the plants.

Achieving this goal through rainmaking is quite troublesome, requires a large number of casts, and is very time-consuming; the plants may even die of drought during the process.

Advanced Rainfall is much more convenient, but it's more difficult to learn. It's a sixth-circle spell, something that Gaucanor could never have mastered before.

Now that he has the Eye Demon's blessing, his spellcasting level has reached level ten in his demonized state, allowing him to cast sixth-circle magic. It would be worth learning from him.

So he first learned the Rainfall spell from senior Tom, who was skilled in water magic, and then went to Professor Francis to ask for advice on advanced Rainfall spells.

Professor Francis, as a chair professor of the Elementalist school and a level twelve archmage, was more than capable of guiding him, even though he was relatively less skilled in water magic.

Professor Francis was greatly surprised by Gaucano's request.

After all, the spell of rainmaking is considered an unpopular magic. Apart from the Holy Grain Institute and local government officials, few people are interested in this spell, let alone advanced rainmaking spells.

But as his "important collaborator," Gaucaneau always worked very hard to participate in his elemental balance experiments, so he had no reason to refuse.

So whenever Gao Jiano came to ask for advice, he would give him careful guidance, which greatly improved Gao Jiano's learning efficiency.

In addition, Gaucano also learned some important related information from Professor Francis.

For example, essential reference books for learning advanced rainfall techniques.

During one of his instructions, Professor Francis said, "There is a book called 'The Journal of Abundance,' which is an internal study material of the Breadth Institute of the Holy See. The library has a few copies, but you need lecturer or disciple access to borrow them. You can ask Tom to help you borrow one."

The Abundant Journal.

Gaucano silently noted down the book's title, and at the same time asked, "Does the Bread Society often use rainmaking magic to improve farmers' harvests?"

Professor Francis: "Yes, but one thing is inaccurate. They usually prioritize farmland and estate land over ordinary farmers' land. After all, you know, farmers' land is mostly infertile, and even with good weather, they can't harvest much grain. Besides, the Bread House doesn't have that many people."

Gaucano nodded.

Professor Francis then exclaimed with emotion, “Actually, in the past, the Bread House could directly pray for food during famines. When I was young, I personally witnessed a prayer for food, and billions of pounds of wheat fell from the sky in holy light. It was incredibly spectacular! A terrible famine was thus averted! The power of Mosa is truly great. Praise be to my Lord!”

Billions of pounds of wheat!

Upon hearing this number, Gaucano was secretly taken aback.

He had also heard the legend of the Bread House prayers, but he didn't entirely believe it. However, since Professor Francis claimed to have seen it with his own eyes, it must be true.

He couldn't help but ask, "Professor, when was that?"

Professor Francis seemed to have opened up as well, recalling: "Not long ago, more than a hundred years ago... I was very thin back then, there was no way I could get enough to eat. Luckily I converted to the Mosa in time, otherwise the continent of Farallo might have lost an outstanding elemental master!"

(End of this chapter)