: 197. Convicted at a nce


    “Sir, I have brought the transaction contracts for the three inds.”


    In the guest room of the Ind Exchange, Nelly sat down with a smile and spread out the three contracts on the table.


    Her attentive service andpany earned her the appropriate rewards.


    After circling the east side of the archipgo three times, Nnd Lee finally settled on the inds he wished to purchase.


    The inds that caught his eye were Snow Mountain Ind 1, No.112333 and No.112332 small inds. The total cost of these three inds was 112,000 gold coins.


    The ind’s owner, the Pang Family, had entrusted the ind’s ownership certificate to the Exchange.


    Nnd Lee first made a transaction contract with the Ind Exchange, paying 112,000 gold coins. Then, ording to their contract with the Pang Family, the Exchange would retrieve the ind’s ownership certificate from the magic-guarded library and trade it with the ownership transfer contract that the Pang Family was about to sign with Nnd Lee.


    Once the transfer contract was signed, Nnd Lee would officially own the three inds, bing their owner.


    All three ownership certificates were recognized and protected by the Ulnas Circle. As long as Nnd Lee didn’t be an enemy of the Ulnas Circle, his ownership of the inds would not be revoked by the Department of Magic.


    Afterpleting the transfer of ownership, the matter was not over.<div>


    Nnd Lee upgraded the security services of the inds at a cost of 100 gold coins per ind per month.


    He paid 300 gold coins for it.


    For the next month, he no longer needed to personally guard his inds. The Deep Sea Branch’s outposts and magic watchtowers set up near the inds would help him protect them.


    The magic watchtowers would patrol the inds every two hours, flying over them and using wide-range detection magic to ensure the natural resources on the inds were not damaged.


    With the upgraded security services, Nnd Lee no longer needed to worry about his inds and could focus on more important matters.


    Under Nelly’s farewell, Nnd Lee left the Ind Exchange and arrived at the Ind Affairs Department in the Trade District.


    This was the administrative agency of the Suman Archipgo under the Deep Sea Branch, with the wizards of the Deep Sea Branch responsible for all functions.


    Nnd Lee signed the Law Enforcement Wizard Co-defense Appointment Order with Selena.


    Folding this appointment order would serve as a pass to enter and exit the Ind Affairs Department.


    With this pass, Nnd Lee had unhindered ess to the Ind Affairs Department guarded bybat wizards.


    He came here to undertake bounty tasks.


    Ordinary enforcement wizards would need to pay a security deposit to take on bounty tasks here, and the scope of the tasks they could undertake would be limited.


    Nnd Lee did not have such restrictions. His appointment order symbolized Selena’s trust and recognition in him.


    He didn’t need to pay a security deposit to undertake tasks and could even get involved in tasks directly rted to the Deep Sea Branch.


    When Selena granted him the appointment order, she had one request: to help the Deep Sea Branch identify items rted to the Dread Sail Pirate Nation.


    After all, Selena was the Deputy Dean of the Deep Sea Branch, and Nnd Lee couldn’t possibly run to her repeatedly. So, she specifically arranged a liaison for him in the Ind Affairs Department.


    If Nnd Lee needed to undertake bounty tasks or fulfill their agreement to identify items, he could simply contact the liaison.


    The liaison was named Jen, a Five-ring Deep Sea Witch, a nonbat wizard, whose position was Bounty Task Agent.


    She had her own office room within the Ind Affairs Department and was specifically responsible for receivingw enforcement wizards with appointment orders.<div>


    When Nnd Lee entered Jen’s office, the mature witch in her thirties recognized him instantly with her sparkling eyes.


    “You must be Nnd Lee Jarvis, right? Miss Selena Williams mentioned you to me.” Jen had ck long hair and wore a deep blue magic robe simr to a hooded cloak.


    Seeing that Nnd Lee had arrived, she used the [Mage’s Hand] to bring a tea cup and invited him to sit down.


    Nnd Lee didn’t want to waste time on pleasantries, so he got straight to the point:<div>


    “Yes, that’s me. I came here to find a simple bounty task to hone my skills.”


    Jen nodded and said:


    “I figured as much. Please wait a moment, and I’ll help you search.”


    On Jen’s desk, there was a transparent ss pipeline that inclined upward from the table, about 20 centimeters in diameter.


    She raised her right hand and reached into the pipeline.


    Her right hand transformed from flesh and blood into a water stream that flowed down along the pipeline.


    Maintaining this position for about three minutes, more than a dozen bucket-shaped metal boxes appeared in the ss pipeline, brought up by the water stream.


    The metal boxes, wrapped in the water stream, left the pipeline and stood upright on the table.


    Jen’s right hand returned to normal.


    There was not a single drop of water left on the table, ss pipeline, or metal boxes.


    Nnd Lee praised with admiration:


    “Impressive Deep Sea Magic Control Power.”


    “Thank you.” Jen smiled and swept her arm across the table:<div>


    “Please take a look. These 14 bounty tasks are suitable forw enforcement wizards who are new to the Suman Archipgo. However, please do not touch the task order. The metal boxes containing the task orders have the names of the task initiators, bounties, task briefings, deadlines, and other information written on them. You can only open the metal boxes and read the detailed information in the task orders once you have decided to take on the task. We arrange it this way to prevent the personal information of the task initiators from being leaked, and we hope you can understand why we do that.”