Meeting the Baron
Soon morning came,james got out of bed feeling tired but wasnt surprised seeing as the bed he slept on wasnt the most comfortable. He put the tiredness at the back of his time and checked the system clock which read 8:30am, it would soon be time to meet the others outside. He walked over to the mirror and finally checked his appearance for the first time since he arrived in this world, seeing himself in the mirror james realised he was wearing rags for clothes, surprisingly no one gave him any disgusting looks when he got to the town which made sense since 80% of the towns population had been wearing clothes that looked like they were made out of sacks.
After checking his appearance in the mirror james decided to summon better clothes that would be more appropriate for todays meeting.
James: system summon the best clothes this world has to offer in my size plz.
Soon after, he was dressed. He checked the time and saw it was 8:58am. Upon arriving downstairs he was greeted by the ever cheerful sight of elma sweeping the floors, elma gave him an enthusiatic greeting to which he replied with a nod of acknowledgement. He got outside and saw the others waiting for him, which didnt surprise him. After giving each other greetings they set out for the barons estate which according to locals was an hours walk from the inn.
On his way to the barons home james finally had time to take in the aesthetics of the surrounding buildings in the town, he realised that this town was divided into sections. Going of looks these sectors were the slums which were closer to the city walls, the middle class district and the business district before finally the nobles district. The town has a population of about 2.5million which was a decent number by his standards.
Finally arriving at the gates of the nobles district he noticed 10 guards at the gate all with level one , upon approach he and his entourage were told to stop. He was then approached by a guard wearing a different uniform whom he assumed to be the captain.
Guard captain: state your business
James: we are here to meet the baron
Guard captain: who are you? and what is your purpose for entering the noble district, not just anyone can go in.
James was starting to get irritated at this point and replied slightly angry
James: Just let us pass we are mages
At the mention of them being mages the guard captains faced paled, he hurriedly apologized and let them pass as mages weren't an existence he could mess with. With that whole debacle over they made their way to the barons estate,this time upon approach james decided it was best to fly directly to the door to avoid questions from more guards.
After arriving at the door he knocked , after a couple of seconds the door was opened by an old man who looked 60 years of age, surprisingly this old man was a level 2 mage.
old man: Who are you and how may i help you
The man asked in a very confused manner, they probably weren't expecting anyone today.
James: we are mages and we wish to see the baron, we have an offer for him.
Upon hearing they were mages the old man introduced himself as a the barons butler and told them to come in. They were ushered into a fairly nice study with a fire place and asked to wait a couple of minutes while he informs the baron.
The oldman known as Craven arrived in front of the barons room and informed the baron that there were guest waiting to see him not forgetting to tell him the part about them being mages and also telling the baron how he couldn't sense their mage level which would mean they are atleast mage masters. Upon hearing all this the baron proceeded with haste to his study as he did not wish to offend high level mages, in the tulia dynasty only the royal family had mage masters, so if several people with a minimum cultivation of level 4 showed up at his home he really could not afford to offend them or else he wouldn't know how he died.
The baron finally got to the study, Upon seeing James and his surbordinates he nervously introduced himself as Edwin.James also introduced himself and the others.
Baron Edwin: Sir James why have you come to see me
James : we are here with an offer for you , i would like to buy your noble title and this town from you.
Edwin was shocked , why would high level mages want his measely title of baron and a trash town like black iron. However he did not care , he saw this as an opportunity to pawn this trash town off whilst making a good amount of money. With a smile he replied
Baron Edwin: If you wish to buy my noble title i can sell it to you at a fair price of 8000 gold and i can sell the town at 400 thousand gold coins.
James knew he was being overcharged, he could see the greed in his eyes but he did not care, afterall what was 10 million gold coins to him much less 400 thousand gold coins , they were all nothing but change to him. So he smiled back at the Baron Edwin and said.
James: I'll give you 600 thousand gold coins if we can complete all the paperwork today.
Edwin was shocked but he did not care at all at the mention of 600 thousand coins he was blinded by greed. He himself only had 200 thousand gold coins at most not counting assets.
Baron Edwin: Deal!!!, im glad we could come to a really quick agreement Mr. James please give me a couple of minutes while i prepare the documents for the transfer ceremony.
After getting a nod from James Edwin quickly hurried out of the room to get the documents, now it was just james and his companions in the room, they had been quiet since getting here, he decided he would ask frederick and alice for ideas for the town after the transfer, he assumed that as celestial mages they must have some ideas but that would all wait till tomorrow, for now they would just wait for the baron.