Volume 5 Chapter 165 - Why headquarters would send someone (1/2)

“So it’s president Eren’s son, no wonder you look a bit familiar.” Great Magician Ferguson nodded at Anke Eren with a smile, “I was planning on seeing president Eren after meeting chairman Xu, but I never thought that I would see his son first. How has president Eren been recently?”

Anke Eren quickly gave a bow, “Many thanks for your excellency’s care, lord father has been in a very good mood recently, his magic powers have increased, and the various guild matters have been going smoothly. It makes me, as his son, feel very assured.”

“Oh? President Eren’s magic power increased? I don’t know if he’s made a breakthrough in rank?” Great Magician Ferguson asked in an interested voice.

“I don’t know about this. Lord father has said that because he has been studying magic machines recently, he’s had some attainment in his magic research which has increased his strength. As for the specifics, he hasn’t told me anything.”

“It’s related to magic machines again?” Great Magician Ferguson looked over at Xu Yi sitting opposite to him and said in an emotional voice, “Chairman Xu, I thought that your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic machines only made lives easier, but I never thought that it could help us magicians increase our magic power. This really is surprising.”

Xu Yi gave a laugh, “Your praise is too much. President Eren increased his strength naturally because of his focus on research. What magic machines, it just gave him a bit of inspiration.”

“No, for magicians in our realm, things that can give us a bit of inspiration are indeed rare. I was very surprised before that Arch Magus Camilla hadn’t made a breakthrough in several dozen years, but then he broke through again and again in the past few years, even becoming a respected Arch Magus. Thinking of it now, it should be related to helping your company research magic machines.”

“I feel that it’s just that Arch Magus Camilla was well prepared and achieved this after several years of effort.”

Xu Yi acting this way wasn’t just to be modest, the main reason was that he still didn’t know what reason Great Magician Ferguson came for this time.

When he received the news that Marquis Southgate would be inspecting the Frestech Chamber of Commerce again, Xu Yi was happy because this meant that Marquis Southgate had made his decision, wanting to discuss business with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

This meant that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had a good opening in the Marlow Empire. It would lay the foundation for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce developing in the Marlow Empire.

Not to mention that Marquis Southgate always had a good attitude towards the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the magic machines, unlike the attitude of the Candra Empire.

Working with Marquis Southgate, the magic machines would be able to smoothly spread in the Marlow Empire.

As long as they could spread magic machines through one of the two empires, this meant that Xu Yi could take a step towards his dream of spreading magic machines across the continent.

Moreover, if the magic machines became popular in the Marlow Empire, the Candra Empire would be affected by this. It would be very likely that they would change their attitude that made it hard for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to develop in the Candra Empire.

But after Marquis Southgate sent someone, the Lampuri Kingdom’s Magicians Guild also sent someone. The Magicians Guild headquarters in the City in the Sky would be sending one of their thirteen council members, Great Magician Christopher Ferguson to meet Xu Yi.

They didn’t explain what Great Magician Ferguson wanted, but they did state that he would be here to negotiate with Xu Yi on behalf of the Magicians Guild and they didn’t reveal anything else.

This was clearly a bit strange.

Normally with an important magician like Arch Magus Camilla in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Magicians Guild shouldn’t be sending a Great Magician to see Xu Yi instead of Arch Magus Camilla. This really was a bit confusing.

What surprised people more was that this Great Magician Ferguson was coming with Marquis Southgate.

Xu Yi didn’t know the relationship between the two, so before understanding their goal, it was natural that he would be a bit more discrete.

“Speaking of this, chairman Xu, how many magicians are currently working for your Frestech Chamber of Commerce?” Great Magician Ferguson suddenly changed the topic.

Xu Yi hesitated a bit before honestly replying, “Up to now, including me, there are a total of two thousand seven hundred and thirty six magicians.”

“Two thousand seven hundred and thirty six?” Great Magician Ferguson revealed a surprised look, clearly being taken aback by this number, “Chairman Xu, I think…..other than the armies of the various countries, there isn’t another organization like your company that has this many magicians, right?”

Xu Yi slightly knitted his brows as a bit of vigilance filled his heart.

Great Magician Ferguson’s words……could they be a warning?

The organization with the most magicians on the continent other than an army?

This title wasn’t a good thing for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce because it was easy to make people wary of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

“Your praise is too much.” Xu Yi gave a laugh, “Although our company has many magicians right now, most of them are only Third or Fourth Grade Magicians, how could they compare to the armies of the continent? Then again, they are only working for our company and aren’t selling their lives in an army.”

“Is that so?” Great Magician Ferguson revealed a smile. After pausing, he continued, “Chairman Xu, actually the appraisal of our Magicians Guild headquarters of your Frestech Chamber of Commerce has always been high.”