Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 415: -163- The Path to Transcendent Materials

Chapter 415: -163- The Path to Transcendent Materials

"Materials of Transcendent value equivalent to the equipment and a stable path to obtain more Transcendent materials?"

Count Witre was taken aback for a moment, then gave Charlotte a meaningful look, unable to contain himself, he said,

"Count, it seems you have gained quite a lot from the Bold side!"

Charlotte smiled slightly, without denying it.

She indeed had gained a lot from Bold.

After this war, merging Tulip Count Domain and consolidating the entire Northern Land had become a certain outcome, and the captured Duchess and Bold army represented a ransom even greater than that of the Violet Duchy.

Not to mention, to curry favor with the Third Prince, many Nobles from the Bold Duchy had participated in the conflict, most of whom had become prisoners.

This was another huge ransom.

Of course, with Bold’s financial power, it was quite difficult to come up with such a large sum of money.

But they could compensate with goods.

For instance... the Magic Energy Formations and Regular Transcendent technology owned by Bold.

These were much more advanced than those of the Violet Duchy.

It was known that Bold Duchy’s related Magic Energy Technology was acquired from the former Duke from the New Moon Royal Family years ago, and overall, it was significantly better than that of Violet Duchy.

Moreover, Bold’s Magic Energy Technology could also be applied to the maintenance of the Kingdom’s Standing Army, and after acquiring it, Charlotte could immediately make use of the confiscated equipment from the Third Prince’s personal guards.

The quality of these more than a thousand sets of equipment was much better than the usual Duchy’s standing gear, all being enchanted plate armor. After getting her hands on them, Charlotte had no intention of returning them but planned to entirely claim them for her own.

She had done her homework beforehand; these guards given to the princes had essentially become the prince’s private soldiers, even the King no longer had a say over them.

Since the Third Prince was at fault in this conflict, even if Charlotte seized this equipment, as long as she handled it properly, the New Moon Royal Family would probably have to swallow their complaints.

As for the other Transcendent equipment...

The Castel Domain currently had few Extraordinary Soldiers to utilize them, they would only gather dust and incur substantial maintenance costs, and their quality was inferior to the Kingdom’s standard equipment, Charlotte hadn’t planned on keeping them from the start.

Count Witre pondered for a moment, then answered,

"Count, I will report your demands to the Duke, materials of Transcendent value equivalent to the equipment, while precious, are not impossible to trade, but this still requires the Duke’s agreement, especially since producing such a large amount of material at once is quite challenging, however..."

He paused, shaking his head as he said,

"Having a stable source of Transcendent materials is not so simple."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Charlotte slightly raised her eyebrows.

Count Witre thought for a moment and said,

"Count, every Duchy’s sources of Transcendent materials have their own systems, results of long-term operations by various families. Our Violet Duchy is rich in Demon Beast resources, but we have few other Transcendent resources. We rely on trading with other Duchies to create our stable paths."

"And besides, certain key Transcendent material sources are directly controlled by the Royal Family, with various Kingdom vassals only receiving their share regularly based on allocations, and even we in Violet are in short supply."

"If you want Demon Beast materials, we can provide them, and we can even sign a long-term cooperation agreement, but other Transcendent resources might not be feasible."

Upon hearing Count Witre’s words, Charlotte felt a moment of realization,

"So that’s how it is..."

Previously unaware of these details, she had assumed that every Duchy held stable and comprehensive sources of Transcendent materials.

It appears that everyone was just exchanging goods.

However, just bartering goods.

Count Witre continued,

"Count, if you are interested in cultivating a Regular Transcendent army and establishing your own path for Transcendent materials in the future, Violet can offer some help and introduce you to other Duchies."

"I could also be of help; I manage the Transcendent trades for Violet."

"All the Duchies of New Moon Kingdom have their own unique Transcendent resources, and everyone’s paths for Transcendent materials are also established through mutual cooperation."

"Of course, as Castel faces the Falling Star Kingdom across the sea, you could also attempt to establish cooperation with Falling Star Kingdom, only... the Falling Star Kingdom has strict controls over the export of Transcendent resources, so it might not be very effective."

"Castel itself possesses the precious Mithril mines, which could serve as a basis for trade. I think... the Lords of the Kingdom would quite welcome it."

Hearing Count Witre’s words, Charlotte nodded slightly.

Mithril from Castel was indeed popular.

During this period, envoys from various Lords visiting her mostly presented trade proposals for Mithril.

Previously, as Castel was a vassal of Bold, the trade of Mithril was also restricted, aside from minor transactions, those large transactions could only be sold to designated trade partners of the Duchy, and could only be compensated with gold tanas.

This was also one of the reasons why Castel, despite owning Mithril mines, had always lacked Transcendent resources.

Now things had changed.

Once Castel was independent, such restrictions would no longer exist, and establishing its own Transcendent trade system would naturally follow.

"I understand now, thank you for clarifying, Lord Witre."

Charlotte gave a slight nod in greeting.

Lord Witre smiled and said,

"You’re welcome, Count, this information about the Transcendent domain isn’t a secret among the direct vassals of other Kingdoms of the Duchy, your lack of awareness was only because you hadn’t entered that circle. Once independent from Bold, you would have learned eventually."

Lord Witre’s sincerity eased the atmosphere in the council chamber further.

Although it was a post-war negotiation, the discussion had turned more into a trade negotiation.

Among Nobles, there were never permanent enemies.

Having just fought a war and then sitting down to have a calm discussion was fairly common in the human world of Mireya.

After all, if Nobles were to trace their family trees, every one of them was related to the others.

Distantly or closely.

As the atmosphere seemed right, Count Witre also presented the last proposal with a smile:

"Count, about the exchange of the Third Prince and Count Linte, what do you think..."

"Sorry, I cannot agree to that."

Charlotte shook her head, decisively refusing.

Lord Witre’s smile immediately stiffened.