Taking the contract from Feng Chou, the goblin mage began to activate the summoning formation. This was a semi-fixed formation, and most of the formation was ready-made. Only a few parts needed to be added, so the goblin mage was able to complete the preparations and activate it very quickly.
As the formation took effect, a huge and ferocious figure appeared in the formation.
When Feng Chou saw the huge figure clearly, he immediately stood up solemnly and bowed his head.
These goblins had actually summoned a legendary pit fiend.
Pit fiends were a type of greater devil that was born with a challenge rating of rank 20. They only needed to evolve a little before they could step into the legendary realm. A legendary devil required a small team of human legendaries to deal with, and this team had to have a suitable combination of professions.
The pit fiend in front of them was a terrifying devil that had already crossed the threshold of the legendary realm.
Even in Baator, where powerhouses were as common as the clouds, such devils were not unknown.
Even if the one that was summoned was just a projection, it was still a quasi-Legendary-level existence.
Just from the fact that a rank 8 goblin mage could summon a pit fiend, it was clear that this group of goblins had a close relationship with the devils.
The projection of the pit fiend took the contract and looked it over, asking the goblin mage to pay 150 calamity coins.
The goblin mage placed a small wooden box filled with calamity coins at the pit fiend's feet.
The pit fiend glanced at it and nodded in satisfaction. The contract in his hand suddenly burst into flames, turning into ashes in an instant.
Having completed the contract, the pit fiend was about to leave when Feng Chou suddenly spoke up. He bowed as he spoke, "Great Sir, I wonder if you could bestow upon me your name. Perhaps I might be able to provide you with goods that you are interested in in the future."
Feng Chou's unexpected actions startled the goblin, but since Feng Chou had already spoken, he could not stop him. Otherwise, he might anger the pit fiend.
The pit fiend glanced at Feng Chou and nodded. With a wave of its hand, a ray of light shot towards Feng Chou. Feng Chou reached out with his hand and caught it, sealing it away.
The pit fiend looked deeply at Feng Chou once more before disappearing from the teleportation formation.
Feng Chou turned to look at the goblin mage and Jake, who were still in shock, "Now that the contract of confidentiality has been signed, can I take a look at the map?"
Of course, Feng Chou knew why the two goblins were so shocked. They probably thought that Feng Chou was just an ordinary high-ranked Professional. Let alone a high-ranked Professional, even an ordinary grandmaster Professional wouldn't be taken seriously by a pit fiend.
If Feng Chou really was just an ordinary high-ranked Professional, his rash actions would not have angered the pit fiend. He would have been extremely lucky if he had been casually squashed to death. There was no way he would have been able to obtain part of the pit fiend's truename.
Devils were extremely calm and utilitarian creatures. None of their actions were meaningless. They would not give part of their truename to Feng Chou just because they were in a good mood or found something pleasing to the eye. Since he had done so, it meant that Feng Chou had his reasons for doing so.
Feng Chou obviously had the value of getting the pit fiend to give him part of his truename. Not to mention that he was already a quasi-legendary, his profession as a descendant of the golden dragons was not something that ordinary Professionals could compare to.
Descendants of the golden dragons had powerful bodies and decent spellcasting abilities. They were a typical profession that trained in both magic and martial arts. Their battle prowess far exceeded that of ordinary fighters, and they were much stronger than ordinary spellcasters.
The goblin mage and the earth goblin Jake brought Feng Chou out of the basement. The goblin mage left alone, while Jake brought Feng Chou to an office on the second floor.
Here, another earth goblin gave Feng Chou a wooden chest.
Feng Chou opened the chest. There was a large map of the sea and a thick book inside.
Jake Hill told Feng Chou that this sea chart was the most detailed sea chart in the Goblin Engineer Club, and that book was the manual for the sea chart.
Even though Qiankun Pagoda had already scanned and recorded the map and manual, Feng Chou still opened up this rather large map with Jake's help. He did not take advantage of the fact that the map had not been opened yet to go back on his word and refuse to buy it.
Feng Chou had already lost his footing in the northern continent. He could not afford to offend the powerful goblins of the southern continent for just a million crowns, nor could he afford to offend the Goblin Engineers' Club, an intelligence organisation.
The map was three metres long and two metres wide. The names of the places were densely packed together, and it was indeed very detailed.
The map did not include the northern and southern continents. The main part of it was the vast sea between the two continents.
There were thousands of islands of various sizes in this sea region.
Feng Chou opened the manual and found that all the places on the map could be found in the manual. Each place had a description of the general situation of the place, either long or short.
Feng Chou could look up any island at random, and he could see the size, topography, climate, whether there was fresh water, whether there were dangerous creatures, and so on. Some of the more important islands even had detailed enlarged maps in the manual.
This map was beyond Feng Chou's expectations, and he paid for it without hesitation.
When he was paying, Feng Chou paid for all the soul crystals and kept a portion of the magical gemstones. This made Jake Chou very satisfied.
After purchasing the map, Feng Chou did not leave immediately. He also bought information on the pirates of the southern continent from Jake Chou, as well as detailed information on the three most important trading ports in the southern continent: Manta Harbor, Yuksen Harbor, and Golden Harbor.
After leaving the Blackstone Company's branch, Feng Chou went around Manta Harbor City again.
Although Manta Harbor was known as the second-largest city in the Amazon Kingdom, the scale of this city could not be compared to the major cities in the northern continent.
Putting aside the scale of the city, Manta Harbor could only be considered a medium-sized city in the northern continent based on the area it occupied and the population it had.
The busiest part of Manta Harbor was near the harbor. Not only were there branches of various goblin commercial companies and the tiefling consulate, but there were also many offices of organizations in the northern continent, such as the Tailon City Alchemy Club, the Storm Trade Union, the Meredith Shipping Association, and the East Coast City Chamber of Commerce.
After walking around, Feng Chou returned to the Battle Spear Tavern on the harbor.
According to the information he had bought from the Goblin Engineer Club, the Battle Spear Tavern seemed to be related to a princess of the Amazon Kingdom. It was one of the safer places in Manta Harbor.
After returning to the Battle Spear Tavern, Feng Chou sat in front of the bar and started chatting with the female bartender, Alcabar.
Although she knew that this handsome man was not to be trifled with, Alcabar's heart was already racing just by chatting with him.
There was a saying that went, "What you can't have is the best". Perhaps it was because she couldn't have him that Alcabar's heart burned with passion. Her heart couldn't help but race when she thought about how this handsome man in front of her was a dragon descendant who was extraordinarily powerful in that area.
Looking at this handsome man who exuded a valiant aura that the Amazon men did not possess, Alcabar swore in her heart. Even if I don't use force, I don't believe that I won't be able to coax you into bed with my charm alone.
Thinking of this, the passionate Alcabar's attitude towards Feng Chou became even more fervent. She answered all of his questions without hesitation.
Feng Chou had a very accurate grasp of Alcapo's mentality. It was actually not difficult at all. All he had to do was to think about his own mentality when facing a beautiful woman, and he could more or less guess the mentality of this Amazon woman opposite him.
After grasping the other party's mentality, Feng Chou quickly found out what he wanted to know from her mouth.
Today, apart from buying the sea map from the goblins, Feng Chou had also asked about how he could obtain information on spells in the southern continent.
The answer to this question was not optimistic.
Feng Chou would not forget the mission given to him by the Mirror of Reincarnation. He had to obtain 500 achievement points within 20 years.
Now, more than 14 years had passed, and he had only obtained a little over 200 achievement points. In the remaining five years, he had to obtain close to 300 achievement points in order to complete the mission. Otherwise …
Feng Chou could not think of any other way to complete this mission apart from handing over the information on spells.
However, the difficulty of obtaining information on spells in the southern continent was not much lower than in the northern continent.
There were a total of four forces in the southern continent that had information on spells above the master level. The first was the Tiefling Kingdom, and their information was undoubtedly the most complete. The second was, of course, the Kingdom of the High Elves. The magic of the Arcane Empire was learned from the High Elves. When the Arcane Empire fell, the High Elves and their gods, who were based on magic, took the opportunity to obtain scattered arcane information.
The third force that had information on spells above the master level was the goblins. Although it was difficult for the goblins to produce high-level mages, it was not completely impossible. In fact, the goblins not only had their own great mages, but they also had legendary mages. It was just that they were very few in number. They were classified as national treasures and could not be regarded as combat power.
When the Arcane Empire fell, it was not difficult for the God of the Goblins, who was on the winning side, to obtain information on arcane spells.
The fourth force that had information on spells above the master level surprised Feng Chou. It turned out to be the Amazon Kingdom.
The information on spells of the Amazons was said to have come from a Floating-Space Tower that was captured by the incarnation of the Goddess of Storm. It was said that the Floating-Space Tower was now parked on the top of a mountain in the southern suburbs of the Amazon Kingdom's capital, Yukson Port.
Among the four forces, although Feng Chou knew Princess Orantia, the High Elf race was famous for being proud and xenophobic. They were also wary of humans, so Feng Chou excluded them first.
The goblins were greedy and cunning. If one did not have enough power to deal with such a race, one would be swallowed whole.
Feng Chou did not know much about the Tieflings, so he could not make a judgment for the time being.
Among the four forces, the one that was most likely to allow outsiders to obtain information on spells above the master level was the Amazons.
Perhaps after witnessing the power of the Arcane Empire, after the Arcane War, the Amazons, who were originally disdainful of magic, began to cultivate their own mages.
Due to the martial culture in the country and the lack of a proper mage cultivation system, the mages cultivated by the Amazon Kingdom could not meet their needs for mages. Therefore, the Amazon Kingdom had been recruiting mages from abroad.
One of the benefits that the Amazons provided to the mages who served them was to enter the Floating-Space Tower to borrow spell information.
However, for Feng Chou, this was too far away to put out a nearby fire. If he wanted to rely on his service in the Amazon Combat Wizard Legion to earn enough merit to exchange for more than two master level spells, he would need at least ten or twenty years to do so.
Moreover, once he entered the army, he would have to bear great risks and be forced to do so. Once he was used as cannon fodder, even if he did not die, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
However, since the Amazons were willing to open the Floating-Space Tower to the public, there was no doubt that they were not so conservative about the mage tower. Therefore, there would always be other ways to obtain spell information.
Feng Chou also learned from the Goblin Engineer Club that the Battle Spear Tavern was actually the property of the seventh princess of the Amazon Kingdom. The female bartender in front of him was actually one of the seventh princess' confidants.
The seventh princess of the Amazon Kingdom was named Nala. She was only twenty-four years old and was already a female warrior of level eighteen. It was said that she was very favored by the queen and had many supporters in the kingdom's court. She was a strong competitor for the next king of the Amazon Kingdom.
It was said that the Battle Spear Tavern, in addition to collecting information for Princess Nala and acting as her eyes, also recruited strong foreigners for the powerful princess.
The Battle Spear Tavern was the property of the seventh princess. In fact, it was an open secret, so when Feng Chou asked, Alcapo admitted it very generously.
She asked, "Why, are you planning to work for Her Royal Highness the seventh princess?"
Feng Chou smiled and shook his head, "Of course not, I just want to find a seller with enough strength for my goods."
Alcapo's eyes lit up when she heard that and said, "No matter how many goods you have, the seventh princess' business can buy them all. Moreover, we have a good reputation, unlike some people who eat people up without spitting out the bones."
Feng Chou knew that she was talking about the eldest princess of the Amazon Kingdom.
If the seventh princess was a strong competitor for the throne of the Amazon Kingdom, then the eldest princess was the strongest competitor.
The 36-year-old eldest princess was in the prime of her life. She had already advanced into a legendary Amazon warrior five years ago and was also a level eighteen Storm Priestess.
If the seventh princess was the rising star of the Amazon Kingdom, then the eldest princess was already like the rising sun.
Not only did the eldest princess run a big business, but it was also said that she was the supporter behind the most notorious Bloodsail Pirates in the southern sea route.
Not to mention the notorious Bloodsail Pirates, even the business run by the eldest princess was feared by the sea merchants. It was unknown how many sea merchants of the Northern Continent had been harmed by her.
A few years ago, when the eldest princess was in charge of Manta Harbor, even the sea merchants had no choice but to change their course and turn south to start trading in the Tifline Kingdom.
As the eldest princess of the Amazon Kingdom had gone too far, a few coastal countries in the Northern Continent had even declared that the Amazons were pirates. The Amazon merchant ships were directly attacked by the navies of the Northern Continent as pirate ships, directly cutting off the Amazons' sea trade route.
This situation not only caused the trade between the Northern and Southern Continents to shrink sharply, but also caused the tax revenue of Manta Harbor to shrink sharply. The queen had no choice but to transfer the eldest princess out of Manta Harbor.