Chapter 881 - Preparations Complete (1/2)

Nie Yan looked around. Asskickers United’s best Blacksmiths, Engineers, Tinkerers, and Enchanters were gathered here in the guild headquarters. They all held sublime authority in their respective fields.

“Today I gathered you all together for a special assignment,” Nie Yan said, sweeping his eyes over the crowd.

“What do you need us to do? We’ll do our best to accomplish it!”

“I need a pen of sorts that can hold a Level 200 Variant Lord,” Nie Yan said.

These proud men immediately fell silent.

“That’s going to be incredibly difficult if not impossible, Boss. A Level 200 Variant Lord isn’t just going to willingly let itself be captured.”

“What if it’s knocked unconscious, would that help?” Nie Yan asked. In the previous timeline, someone had pulled a similar thing off. Logically speaking, with so many Sage artisans around, containing a Violet Eye Dragon wasn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility. He briefly explained the situation, also making sure to inform them of the size of the Violet Eye Dragons, what magic they specialized in, and their other characteristics.

“That should be possible. As long as we can get it into the cage, it won’t get back out.”

“It has to be a pretty damn strong cage. We need to use the highest rank metal we have, and each individual bar has to be thick and solid. There can’t be any weak points in the design either. If the Enchanters know of a suitable magic formation to reinforce it further, that’d be of great help.”

“We have plenty of manpower. In terms of resources, Krutinium should work. There is no better alloy out there right now. Plus, producing it is pretty cheap. If we make the bars as thick as an arm, they should be enough to contain the dragon.”

“Let’s have the Engineers draw up a design. It would be best if we can prevent the Violet Eye Dragon from moving at all.”

The different Sages chimed in with their ideas.

“Mix in some Anti-Magic Silversand into the alloy. That’ll give the bars some additional magic resistance.”

“Anti-Magic Silversand is pretty expensive though…”

Everyone turned to Nie Yan.

“How much do you need?” Nie Yan asked.

“If we want the desired magic resistance, about 10 lbs. per cage. If we’re skimping, we can probably get by with five or six.”

“We only have 30 lbs. in the warehouse.”

“Are there any for sale in the marketplace?” Nie Yan asked. If the guild’s stock wasn’t enough, they could only turn to the marketplace.

“There is, but it goes for 60,000 gold per lb. Anti-Magic Silversand is too rare. It’s the most important material we use for adding magic resistance properties to our creations. Normally, it can be used sparingly. There’s only about 100 lbs. circulating in the market every day,” a Blacksmith said. He was fairly knowledgeable about the market.

Nie Yan rubbed his chin for a moment before turning to Guo Huai. “Help me buy up all the Anti-Magic Silversand on the market.”

“Alright.” Guo Huai nodded. He immediately passed down the order to his subordinates stationed in the auction houses across the Viridian Empire and Satreen Empire.

The Sages glanced at each other in shock. The Blacksmith in particular was completely dumbstruck. He’d only described the rough situation, which was enough for Nie Yan to quickly decide to buy up all the Anti-Magic Silversand on the market! That was 6,000,000 gold! Yet Nie Yan was acting like he was buying cabbages at the grocery store. Even the executive guild leader didn’t bat an eyelid. It almost seemed like this was a normal day’s business for these two!

About three minutes later, all the Anti-Magic Silversand on the market had been bought up. Not even a single spec was left. Blacksmiths searched on the Super Trade Channel, but no one was selling. They could only turn to the forums and offload their frustration on the artisan boards.「Fuck! What is this bullshit!? Which goatfucker bought up all the Anti-Magic Silversand!?」

A single word from Nie Yan could influence the entire marketplace. Perhaps he was the only one with this much power.

Another five minutes later, the Anti-Magic Silversand was brought over from all across the surface world to the conference hall in Okoron. All 100 lbs. of it was dumped on the table.

“If you need anything else, let me know. As long as money can buy it, I’ll help you get it. Don’t worry about being frugal. This task is of the utmost importance. I need the cages as quickly as possible. The first one has to be finished by next week,” Nie Yan said.

“Don’t worry, Boss! Leave it to us!”

After explaining the finer details, Nie Yan left. The Blacksmiths and Tinkerers quickly went about producing the Krutinium. The Engineers started drafting up the design. As for the Enchanters, they would only come into play a little later. They went to prepare for then, researching a magic formation that would be most suitable for reinforcing the cage.