Chapter 17: Researching Magic Is Too Expensive
Four days after the case of the pregnant woman in the ruined factory was exposed.
Roy and Veronica quickly moved out of the Continental Hotel.
Mainland hotels are safe, but one oath gold coin (100,000 USD) a day is really expensive. Even if you have money, you can't waste it like this.
The Bronx, Little Italy.
After the pregnant woman case, this neighborhood became the target of a severe crackdown by the entire NYPD.
In this situation, the Corleone family's gang boss in New York, after learning that Hertz had disappeared, could only hand over the territory to Roy with tears in his eyes.
As a notoriously chaotic neighborhood in New York City.
The Hudson River separates the Bronx from Manhattan.
At the same time, as a full member of one of the top mafia families in the underground, Roy himself is not afraid of this "chaos".
In fact, the Mafia and Roy were originally one of the sources of "chaos".
There was no reason for Roy not to accept the territory given by his family.
Relying on his unparalleled strength, Roy randomly picked out a few of the most serious gangs in the past few days, and after completely eliminating them, he established his authority very well.
At this point, the entire Little Italy, no, it should be said that the entire Bronx, was at Roy's feet.
The entire New York mafia family began to expand wildly.
In addition to the Corleone family's own restaurants, smuggling, and casinos.
Everything else, such as the Gambino family's clubs and buildings, the Klobo family's money laundering and bootleg liquor, the Bonanno family's finance, cars, illegal workers, etc., all had to be paid as tribute to Roy.
Although the Bronx is poor and chaotic, it is the largest administrative district in New York.
This black money alone can bring Roy millions of profits every month.
In the past, Roy might have just collapsed.
Doing nothing every month and earning millions is enough for Roy to live a carefree life.
But now, Roy, who has become a noble magician, no longer looks down on the few million black gold every month, which simply lowers his status.
After establishing his own position and prestige.
Roy quickly handed over all the business to his partners, and he took Veronica to rent a villa in the most beautiful place on the Hudson River for free and permanently, and began to organize the knowledge that Merlin had passed down to him.
It's just that after sorting out the magical knowledge inherited from Merlin.
In less than two days, Roy regretted his decision.
I thought that with a free villa, countless followers, cars to pick me up and drop me off, and the company of top-level upgraded players, a stable income of several million every month would be enough for me to study magic in peace.
Unexpectedly, magical research is more expensive than scientific research.
Take the blue potion that Veronica brewed, for example.
The original function of the blue potion is to allow ordinary people to directly awaken their mental ability, to enhance the meditation effect of magic apprentices, and to allow formal magicians to slightly replenish their magic power.
For such a basic potion, apart from other ingredients, the cost of the blue magic alone is as high as five million.
That's right, the cost of just one bottle of ecstasy medicine is five million.
As a magician, Veronica, even though she was sealed before, secretly obtained a lot of blue magic power in the gangs of Hertz, Hammerhead and others.
The purchase price of blue magic power alone was as high as 30 million USD, but only six bottles of blue magic potion were made in total.
besides.
If Roy wants to cover his villa with a magic circle, he will need a lot of materials.
There are twelve nodes in a basic magic gathering circle alone, and a magic gathering pillar must be built for each node, which requires a large amount of magic gems, refined gold, mithril, etc.
In Roy's alchemy, there are recipes for these magic gems and magic metals, which can be transformed from ordinary materials.
But even so, ordinary gems, gold and silver are not cheap.
Not to mention, after the magic pillar is built, magic runes need to be laid around the entire villa.
It's too difficult. It's really too difficult without money.
The Merlin inheritance brought by Veronica gave him his first accumulation of magical knowledge.
But Veronica didn't bring herself a lot of money.
If only the time was 1,300 years ago, he could live off Veronica with peace of mind.
But now, King Arthur is dead and only his bones are left, and Britain is no longer ruled by the Pendragon family.
The British princess 1,300 years ago did not have the same British inheritance rights as today.
This is why Roy regrets not taking control of Little Italy himself.
If Roy did not divide the business among his partners but controlled it himself, he could make at least two to three million more every month. If he expanded it a little, he could make even more.
Two or three million per month is a drop in the bucket for Roy's magic career, but even a little bit counts.
Regret is regret, but can't go back on it.
Roy also has his dignity.
After much deliberation, Roy decided to go back to his old job and take orders from mainland hotels.
First of all, soul crystals are indispensable in Roy's magic career.
Secondly, Roy and Winston of the Continental Hotel have reached a deep cooperation. He was going to be a killer for a while to restore the reputation of the Continental Hotel in New York.
As for the end, Roy's 'enemies' have not been eliminated yet.
Let's forget about Martin Lee and put him last.
The drug lord Frank Lucas, the second boss of the family, and the congressman, these people were all the helpers and backers who helped Hertz to cheat him before.
Isn't there an old saying that goes like this?
If someone cheats me once, I will kill his three generations.
The fine traditions of the Mafia must not be forgotten.
After killing these people, maybe the power of his subordinates can be expanded, and even his status in the family can be improved.
This is all money.
Let's start with the new drug lord Frank Lucas.
Who made this guy rise so quickly? Relying on his backers, he snatched the market from many of his peers in New York and even the entire America. The bounty was too high, a full 48 million.
Damn, drug dealers are so rich.
After killing this drug lord, we can also seize some of his goods.
Blue magic is not cheap in the market. It would be a big loss to rely solely on purchased medicine. Just grab as much as you can.
It would be even better if we could find out the source of blue magic from Frank Lucas.
Roy had a hunch that the source of this blue magic power was definitely a treasure that would be extremely useful to him.