Although the Spider Boggart maintained enough respect for Lear, profit came first, and when faced with Blando's exorbitant demands, she argued with him without politeness.

Lear was at ease with Blando; after all, it was an exclusive deal, and the profit wouldn't be too bad.

This turned out to be a good start.

Just as he was about to begin trade, a partner came knocking on the door.

Delivery in November, which means late October, and they still need to forge a batch of armor to open up the Lorand City market for the White Crow Commerce Association.

If the earnings by that time are good, they might as well consider expanding the scale of the Blacksmith Shop.

After an intense debate, both sides finally reached an agreement.

The Spider Boggart's expression didn't change much, whereas Blando was quite spirited as he stepped forward to report.

"My lord, the Night Shadow Clan has a high-grade ore vein that can produce 3 Star level iron ore."

"Its quality is extremely top-notch, and can directly smelt into refined iron; at least 400 kilograms can be produced from one ton."

"We take this as the price anchor: every 5 tons of 3 Star iron ore can be exchanged for 1 set of armor."

Ordinary iron ore, after repeated forging and refining, can only yield refined iron after most of the dross is purged.

This is the main material for casting Rock Heavy Armor.

The quality of iron ore that Weilu City currently occupies is quite average, yielding only 100 kilograms of refined iron after smelting each ton, and the process is also very troublesome.

It requires more than ten or twenty times of repetitive forging and smelting.

If high-tier ores can be obtained, it would undoubtedly save a lot of processes and greatly improve production efficiency.

Moreover, the refined iron directly smelted is of higher quality as well.

Exchanging 5 tons for a set of armor is definitely no small amount.

When calculated, it can actually extract two tons, a full 2000 kilograms of refined iron.

Forging a full set of Rock Heavy Armor only requires 400 kilograms of refined iron.

And that's including the material to cover the mount, from the size of the Spider Boggart, half of the Rock Heavy Armor wouldn't even be used.

Furthermore, the technique and materials for forging 2 Star armor are obviously lower.

Thus, the profit margin becomes apparent.

However, the Night Shadow Clan doesn't lose out either; in the Wilderness, where would they find trading partners?

Just as Lear thought this would be the end, Blando continued.

"Additionally, for every 300 sets of armor we provide to the Night Shadow Clan, they need to supply us with 10 kilograms of refined gold or mithril."

"And each set of armor also comes with an extra ton of smelted ordinary steel."

Lear couldn't help but take another look at Blando, this guy... can't he just say everything in one breath?

Not to mention, refined gold in Lorand City is priced sky-high.

It's almost unavailable on the market.

Indeed military dealing profits are damn enormous—this back-and-forth equals dozens of times in profit.

Very good.

"My lord, these are just preliminary conditions agreed upon; do we have any other needs?"

Lear thought for a moment and called over the Spider Boggart from nearby.

"Where is your territory located?"

"My lord, about 400 kilometers from the Swamp... we occupy a spatial rift leading to other planes, so we're often plagued by enemies from within."

"Spatial rift? That's unusual... my territory lacks population; can you capture slaves?"

"I need obedient, manageable races, like Mud Swamp People, Deltha, and Half-Elves."

"The more hands we have, the faster we can forge armor."

"My lord, that can be arranged; the sub-plane is densely populated, we can catch them at any time... if you need, we can provide a batch of a thousand slaves for you immediately."

"A thousand? Good, good, good... if convenient, I'll have someone send you back and then bring the slaves here."

"Of course, Priest Lord instructed me to be honest with your transactions... since we already know your territory, naturally we should invite you to visit our Night Shadow Clan."

The whole Wilderness is a Dark Forest, and building enough trust is not easy.

The Spider Boggart never told a lie from start to finish, and Lear could sense her sincerity.

This made him quite curious about this force.

Suddenly appearing, bringing such great sincerity, and not a single lie in between, definitely seemed unbelievable.

The fact that they could achieve such a level clearly depended on the Priest Lord they always mentioned.

That being's means must be extraordinary, a formidable character.

This also aroused some curiosity.

"How many people are in your Night Shadow Clan?"

"We have twenty thousand warriors and tens of thousands of common residents!"

"Then why don't you produce your own weapons?"

"My lord, we have tried forging... but we seriously lack talent, and the clan is uninterested; the weapons we've produced are pitiful, not even worth wielding barehanded."

"We've suffered many losses already."

The Spider Boggart expressed some regret; in terms of combat power, they consider themselves second to none, but forging weapons is another matter.

Countless efforts have been spent, but they still haven't established their own industry.

And the enemy's threat looms, leaving them no choice.

Lear could somewhat empathize.

He, too, had suffered from a lack of weapons before, making previous battles extremely difficult.

It wasn't until he had the Rock Armor that things improved a bit.

After communicating for a while longer, he took the Spider Boggart to the Blacksmith Shop.

He had her wait on the side and then called Blando over.

Presented the Spider Boggart's gift... over ten kilograms of refined gold.

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