Broad World

In the next few days, apart from checking the construction progress of the hotel on time every day, Henry spent the rest of the time in the Copper Crown Hotel in the slums, studying the magic of the Melson series in the book. It has to be said that Lei Tinan, the owner of this inn, has a very superb management method, although it is not very legal. He not only provides ordinary accommodation and liquor services for guests, but also operates underground brothels and duel shows.

Henry went to watch it a few times. Although the martial arts skills of the slaves are really not flattering, at least the scene looks bloody and violent. Quite a few aristocratic men and women secretly came here to watch the duel performance in order to seek excitement. It can be said that the business of this hotel is so good that almost no seats are occupied 24 hours a day.

Several times he had planned to kill Retinan and take the Copper Crown Inn for himself, but he dismissed the idea when he realized that the bartender, Panard, was a member of the Harpers. This matter still needs to be dealt with by Aberdare and Jasila, otherwise it will be very troublesome if they are accidentally targeted by the Harper Alliance.

Time passed day by day like this, and a month later the new hotel was finally built. As the only stone building in the city gate area, it is very eye-catching. Henry spent a lot of gold coins to buy these expensive stones. In order to make the new hotel more durable, he even secretly cast a few pieces of mud into stone at the interface to completely link the stones together.

Looking at the five-story white building, Foreman Steko sighed with emotion. "This may be the most beautiful house I have ever built in my life. The roof garden restaurant you designed is really elegant and unique. I think the nobles and businessmen in the city will definitely rush to hold banquets here."

"Of course. I thought about it when I designed it. It should be operated as a high-end banquet place. After all, the city gate area is next to a river leading to the sea. Not only is the scenery here beautiful, but there are not too many low shacks and beggars." Henry said his plan with a smile. Originally, he just wanted to kill the Lich and leave, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be nice to have a safe base in Askatla.

Gavila was wearing a brand new dark blue lady's dress, and followed closely with a pen and paper in hand. After more than half a month of study, she has been promoted to be the manager of this hotel. Although he is still a little immature, he is serious and responsible. After all, Henry doesn't have anyone at hand right now, so he has to let this enthusiastic and energetic girl take the lead.

"Boss, if we want to open the business as soon as possible, we need to hire at least six chefs, fifteen maids and waiters each, two experienced bartenders, and five to ten handymen. Fortunately, many people are unemployed these days, so it's not too difficult to recruit people." The girl reported the results in a serious manner. It can be seen that she cherishes this hard-won good job very much.

Henry waved his hand, stopping Gavila's long speech. He just wants a safe base, and he doesn't plan to manage these things at all. "It's up to you to figure it out, just report the specific number of gold coins you need. I don't have much time and energy to spend here, maybe I will go on a long journey after a while."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that her boss was still a mage. She bowed and said, "Understood. Don't worry, I will try my best to manage this hotel well. Also, please give it a famous name."

"Well...it's called the Garden Hotel." Henry glanced at the blooming flowers around him and casually named it. Next he took out a bag of gold coins and handed it to Gevira. "These are one thousand gold coins. I think it should be enough as a start-up capital. In the future, you can decide on your own business. Don't bother me if there is no big deal."

Go back to the room specially prepared for yourself. Henry first enjoyed Sandy's enthusiastic service, then lay on the bed and touched her smooth skin, and began to think about what else he could do before the plot. First of all, you must not go to the cemetery area. Bodi is actively cultivating descendants of vampires there. If you go there, you will definitely be attacked. If you get Joan Irenicas' attention in advance, it will be too much for the loss.

As for a series of tasks such as the dimensional sphere, the skinning case at the bridge, and the Uma Hill incident, it may be because the time has not yet come. There are only three things that can be done now, one of which is to kill the red dragon Faircrag on the Hill of Windspear, and the other is to kill the mercenary squad in the mansion guarding the temple area. The last one is to go to the bridge to find the hidden magic talisman club, kill all the undead creatures inside, and get the coveted magician's staff by the way.

The first two are obviously more maneuverable. With the current strength of him and the sorceress, as long as they are careful, there should be no big problem. Although the last one will be very rewarding, the combination of Lich + Vampire + Beholder + Assassin is too difficult to deal with. Before you are absolutely sure, forget it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Henry finally decided to go to the Hill of Windspear to kill the red dragon Faircrag first. After all, this task rewards the most experience points, and there are many benefits of slaying dragons. Especially for Shandier, the fresh dragon's blood helps to stimulate the potential in the bloodline, and it would be great if he could train him to become a legendary warlock.

"Master, what are you thinking?" Sandy asked softly, lying in Henry's arms. During this time, the relationship between the two heated up rapidly. Now she has gradually developed a dependence, no matter what, she must first seek the consent of the master.

Henry is very satisfied with this change. He clearly knows that this is a very serious mental illness, and as time goes by, dependence will gradually turn into spiritual belief. At that time, even if the treaty signed by the sorceress has gained divinity and becomes invalid, she will still continue to serve herself.

Thinking of this, he lightly kissed Shandier's forehead and replied with a smile: "Hehe, I was wondering if I should go to trouble an old red dragon."

"An old red dragon? There can't be too powerful creatures around this city, otherwise the Masked Mage Guild would have kicked them out long ago." Sandyr sat up curiously. I saw the quilt slipping down, exposing the perfect curve of the body.

Henry raised his arm and pointed out the window. "Askatla is not a city in the general sense. There are countless secrets hidden in the unknown corners here. I can tell you clearly that there are not only powerful and dangerous creatures, but also quite a variety of them."

Looking back at the scenes in the game, you know that this city is definitely not ordinary. Not only were there huge numbers of mind flayers, beholders, liches, dead vampires, and even a demilich at the end. Fortunately, there was a masked mage covering his head, otherwise these monsters would be able to destroy half of the city if they ran out at random.

It has to be said that the council of six who ruled Amn was quite far-sighted. They handed over all magic issues to the Masked Mage Guild, while the gang management was left to the Shadow Thieves, and finally they handled administrative and diplomatic matters by themselves. This not only greatly reduced the number of officials, but also handed over two major troubles to the most professional people.

You must know that whether it is a powerful spellcaster or a troublesome thieves' union, it is a problem that plagues all city managers. The former possesses incredible destructive power, while the latter hides in every corner and is impossible to eradicate. But Amn handled these two problems very well. Over the years, it was rare to hear of people casting spells indiscriminately or large-scale gang fights.

But all this is coming to an end. Vampires will begin to battle Shadow Thieves for dominance of the Dark World, and Joan Irenicus will wreak havoc on the Masked Mages Guild. This may be an opportunity. Henry is considering whether to trick Apodel into joining Batti's camp and uproot the power of the Shadow Thieves Guild in the city. Although doing so will take certain risks, it is nothing compared to the benefits you can get.

After all, Amn is no better than Baldur's Gate. The unique geographical location here has created an extremely developed business environment. According to Robert's estimation, the Thieves Union can receive more than 600,000 gold coins every year from smuggling, theft, gang control and other channels. Of course, most of the money was spent on training subordinates, buying weapons and equipment, magic potions, making thieves tools, etc., and there was not much left.

"My God! If these are true, then Askatla is simply a city built on a volcano." Sandyr's exclamation brought Henry back from thinking to reality.

Hearing this description, he smiled and nodded. "A very vivid metaphor. Think about the lich we got rid of. There are still a few undead creatures like it in this city. As long as I kill these guys, I can form a team composed of scroll golems."

"By the way, didn't you just say that you were going to trouble an old dragon? Where is this guy hiding?" Shandier asked energetically. Apparently her evil nature flared up again, and she couldn't wait to kill the dragon and seize the treasure.

Looking at the sorceress' greedy eyes, Henry directly took out a map from the dimension bag, and pointed to the northernmost tip of the Snowflake Mountains in the east of Amn. "It's here. This old dragon is trying to snatch the legal ownership of this land from the lord of "Windspear Hill"."

Sandy frowned after glancing at the map. "This place is too remote. I'm afraid it will take at least two weeks to get there from here. Are you sure the real news is accurate? If not, we will have to make a trip in vain."

"Don't worry, when did my information go wrong. Now take the time to rest for one night and set off early tomorrow morning. Also, don't forget to bring Spellcaster No. 2 with you before you leave." After speaking, Henry threw the map aside and crawled into bed with the naked sorceress in his arms. As the skin rubbed against each other, the passion between the two was ignited again. They tossed and tossed for more than forty minutes, and finally fell asleep exhausted. (to be continued..)