When he had first arrived in Glory, the Crimson Mage Tower’s monthly income was only thirty or fifty Gold Pucks, and even so, he had been able to sustain the operation of the entire Mage Tower, even saving a surplus each month.
One could imagine how exaggerated a fortune 150,000 was.
If he converted it into RMB according to his previous calculation, 1 Gold Puck equaled 45,000 yuan, 10 Gold Pucks were 450,000, 100 Gold Pucks were 4.5 million, 10,000 Gold Pucks were 450 million, and 100,000 Gold Pucks were 4.5 billion.
[T/N: 600 million usd.]
It was enough to utterly crush 99.999999% of Earth’s tycoons.
Of course, if he tried to liquidate all this wealth at once, it would definitely cause massive market upheaval. He could only wait for the official public release of the game to have any chance of selling hundreds of thousands of Gold Pucks in a single transaction. For now, the 100,000 beta players simply couldn’t absorb that much.
But regardless, this vast fortune belonged to him alone.
Anytime he wished, he could take it out to do anything he pleased.
At this thought, the image of his cheap teacher Spark suddenly appeared in Li De’s mind, and he couldn’t help feeling a little exasperated.
He hadn’t forgotten he still had a gold-devouring behemoth on his hands, an ancient alchemical magic array, an array capable of resisting a Transcendents invasion.
Damn it, half a year had already passed, and the Crimson Mage Tower had invested nearly 400,000 Gold Pucks, yet there was still no result to show for it, only a messy construction site.
If it weren’t for the fact that Spark really bore him no ill will, he would have suspected this cheap teacher of taking his money to buy wine.
“Vina, did Teacher Spark ever say roughly how many more Gold Pucks the magic array would cost to finish?”
Vina shook her head with a slightly awkward expression. “Lord Spark said that since the Crimson Mage Tower’s income has risen, we can increase the investment somewhat. He estimates that by next spring, the defensive array will be complete.”
Hearing this, Li De immediately became wary. Increase the investment? This unreliable teacher was seriously not to be trusted.
“How much more investment are we talking about?”
“Lord Spark said, 100,000 Gold Pucks per month.”
“One hundred thousand?!”
Li De’s eyes widened. Up till now, the Mage Tower had been putting in about forty to fifty thousand Gold Pucks a month on the magic array. One hundred thousand was literally doubling the cost!
And it was only October right now, spring wouldn’t arrive until March or April next year.
Meaning there were still half a year left. At 100,000 per month, that was 600,000 Gold Pucks.
Spark had previously told him that spending one million Gold Pucks would be enough to build a defensive array that could fend off Transcendent mages as well as an offensive array capable of casting Tier 5 spells.
But now, just completing a defensive array to withstand Tier 5 spells would cost over a million. Li De’s mouth twitched hard.
He had known Spark’s earlier figures must have been padded, but he hadn’t expected them to be this far off.
And the new numbers Spark was reporting might not even be real, he wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up costing 1.5 million in the end.
This guy was just too unreliable.
“Are you sure Teacher Spark is actually spending this money on the magic array? And not going to some tavern in town to find a few young pretty girls?”
“You brat from the Kachar family!! Say that again?!!”
Li De hadn’t even finished speaking when Spark appeared at the doorway, hair like a bird’s nest, wearing a filthy black mage robe, and reeking of booze, glaring furiously.
That red, bulbous nose made him look especially ridiculous.
Bang bang bang~
He stomped heavily into the room and sat down opposite Li De with a face full of displeasure.
“Hmph! You little bastard, gone for one or two months, and now you dare slander your teacher when you get back!
I swear by the Goddess of Magic, if Isha hadn’t pleaded on your behalf, I would have beaten you senseless to show you a Grand Mage’s might!”
After saying this, his expression suddenly froze. Spark stared at Li De in astonishment, then abruptly stood up.
His face showed utter disbelief.
“You, you, you’ve actually reached Level 14???
How is this possible!!! You were only Level 11 last time!!
Damn it, how could this be, have you been parasitized by an abyssal demon?
Holy Light!!”
Without waiting for Li De to respond, he raised his hand, and pure white light burst forth.
Li De didn’t even have time to react. His eyes squeezed shut instinctively as if someone had shone a flashlight straight into them.
“Teacher, could you stop for a moment?”
Spark’s expression was righteous and severe. “Damned abyssal demon, you’re afraid now, aren’t you? Today, I’ll let you taste the burning of Holy Light!!”
“No, Teacher, you-”
“Begging for mercy is useless! Get out of my disciple’s body right now, you cursed abyssal vermin!!”
“I-”
“Feeling your whole body burning, your soul aflame?! That’s right, this is the legendary Holy Light, the bane of abyssal demons!”
Finally, Li De said with a look of complete resignation, “Teacher… did you get drunk again?”
Spark’s face stiffened. After a dozen seconds, he reluctantly dispelled the Tier 4 spell, looking completely dejected.
Hic~
He slumped lazily back on the sofa, letting out an unseemly hiccup.
Then he glared at Li De in dissatisfaction. “This doesn’t make sense… Your teacher, I, was an unparalleled magical genius, yet I only reached Level 14 in my thirties. Breaking through to Level 15 took me an age.
How can you be Level 14 already at twenty-five??
Goddess of Magic above, this must be a lie, I refuse to believe it!”
Looking at the old man’s deeply wounded expression, Li De could only laugh helplessly. This guy was just too unpredictable.