Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes

Chapter 573 - Capítulo 573: 91 Contactor

Capítulo 573: Chapter 91 Contactor

“Very well, I’ve got it. How is the recruitment of ‘those people’ going?”

Glancing at the crystal ball on the table, Anvis nodded slightly, then turned his gaze back to Gaffman.

“As per your instructions, the Chamber of Commerce absorbs many who are suspected to have the talent every day, including both ordinary people and low-rank professionals. However, there are currently no candidates who have shown any particularly outstanding performance.

Due to the large number of people, the wages paid to them each month have reached the scale of nearly two hundred thousand gold coins, which has brought significant financial pressure to the operation of the Chamber of Commerce.”

Saying this, the middle-aged Vice President instinctively touched the tip of his goatee, his tone somewhat hesitant.

“At present, the Chamber of Commerce is somewhat overstaffed, and the value they create for the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t seem to justify the number.”

“Then, just continue to expand the scale of the Chamber of Commerce.”

Hearing Gaffman’s complaints, Anvis shook his head indifferently.

“Don’t just focus on those powerful kingdoms and the large main cities; many medium-sized cities within the Kingdom Federation also need to popularize the establishment of Black Ring Commerce branches. This would create a large number of positions, which can be filled with those people.

Besides, the kingdoms that are currently in a state of war can also arrange for branches to be established. Just absorb the locals who have the talent.”

“But… this will bring extremely high operational risks to the Chamber of Commerce. If the city is breached in the war, we would suffer heavy losses, and it could also likely cause backlash and suppression from the local forces. Please consider carefully!”

Hearing Anvis’s seemingly wild plan, Gaffman was shocked and hurriedly tried to persuade him otherwise.

“It doesn’t matter. High risk also brings enough return. This matter has been decided. You can now go and discuss the details with the other management staff.

If local forces try to obstruct us during the expansion, just notify the security department to handle it. I will grant you the highest authority, including the mobilization of the purge troops.”

Unmoved, Anvis casually settled the matter and implicitly issued a dismissal order.

For him, gold coins were just a string of numbers; for the sake of his plans, he didn’t care about potential losses.

“Very well, as you wish, Lord Rafael.”

Receiving the irrefutable order from Anvis, the middle-aged man no longer tried to dissuade him but simply bowed again and respectfully withdrew from the study.

Watching his subordinate leave, Anvis tapped the crystal ball with his spiritual power and quickly read the information recorded within.

The proceedings of the Federation Council weren’t worth mentioning; the council members went through the motions to submit proposals, express their opinions, then raise their hands to vote, and then the proposals were not passed.

Thus, a proposal was temporarily shelved, joining the many others that had been shelved over the past few hundred years, waiting for a future day of yet another non-passing.

However, the Three Major Forces preparing to hold a high-level meeting indicated that the impact of Ma’elim’s mind projection on Yar Continent was more severe than Anvis had anticipated.

Although the projection disappeared, Ma’elim’s power did not. Like land that had once been contaminated with high-concentration nuclear waste, even if the waste is removed one day, radiation still continues to linger.

The radiation of Ma’elim’s power had already caused severe impacts on the continent, even directly altering some ecosystems.

Whether it’s the appearance of Overlap Areas across different regions or the large number of citizens who have manifested dream realm traits in their bodies, all have a significant influence on the situation.

Especially within the Yiter Federation, those millions trapped in the mechanical network during the great battle between Anvis and the former Councilman.

As they were sacrificed by the Councilman and plunged into the dark dream realm of Ma’elim’s power, they were the most severely affected.

Although Anvis later resolved the issue with the former Councilman and used the Ancient Secret Scriptures to extract Ma’elim’s power anew, the populace that came into contact with Ma’elim’s power in the mechanical network could not simply act as if nothing had happened.

According to the Council’s statistics, about forty percent of the Network Connectors who were exposed to Ma’elim’s power had different degrees of mental anomalies within three months after the malfunction of the mechanical network was resolved.

Of these, eighty percent were ordinary people and low-rank professionals.

Many of them became introverted, their gazes at others resembling that of beholding strangers and ants. They stopped laboring for daily sustenance and instead engaged silently in peculiar acts and certain rituals until they fell into an endless slumber.

However, aside from those with severe mental issues, many also acquired benign mutations, such as sudden increases in dream realm talent, or some unique strengths.

Cases similar to Harvey and the actress were not isolated incidents; due to a large base, the breadth of the impact of this event exceeded everyone’s expectations.

The Council coined a code name for those affected by Ma’elim’s power: Contactor.

These individuals became the second special group on the continent to receive widespread attention after the arrival of many foreigners from distant lands.

Contactors might mutate into terrifying abilities, or seemingly meaningless ones, but their potential caught the attention of many.

Anvis had been discussing the recruitment of these individuals earlier with his deputy.

With a white-gloved index finger gently tapping on the desk, Anvis pondered for a moment and decided to further strengthen investments and investigations into this area.

Because of Grey Mist’s attempt to use the arrival of Ma’elim to break through, the Continent Destiny Net was noticeably affected.

This caused the destinies of those millions of Contactors to be directly caught in the massive tide of the Net of Destiny.

In other words, among these Contactors, a main character who represents this group is destined to emerge.

Anvis aims to establish contact with this person before other Prophets can, foretelling methods are useless, as their destiny thread has not yet awakened. In other words, the ‘main character’ has not yet truly been born, and everyone can only spread their nets wide and try their luck.

After arranging for his subordinates to handle the recruitment of Contactors and the various affairs of the Chamber of Commerce’s development, Rafael’s role had been essentially fulfilled.

By the time he had essentially settled the matters of Black Ring Commerce, the affairs of Mirror Man had also been mostly dealt with.

After arranging for his subordinates to handle the recruitment of Contactors and the various affairs of the Chamber of Commerce’s development, Rafael’s role had been essentially fulfilled.

By the time he had essentially settled the matters of Black Ring Commerce, the affairs of Mirror Man had also been mostly dealt with.