I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 1537 - 1541: Shady Friends

"Using high-tier magic as payment for accommodation?" Zhang Menglong's grand gesture left Raditz dumbfounded. What kind of accommodation requires high-tier magic as a substitute?

It's important to know, even the cheapest high-tier magic costs tens of billions of Tianyuan. The magic their family purchased at a great cost nearly spent 30 billion Tianyuan, a huge sum that amounted to nearly one-fifth of the Hertz Family's total assets!

Though he wasn't certain yet, since Zhang Menglong stated it was a top-level magic of the high-tier category, its price must be at least 50 billion Tianyuan, or even reaching a hundred billion wouldn't be impossible. Most importantly, the value of this magic might already be nearing the level of a Forbidden Curse, which is absolutely priceless and unobtainable!

"Brother Zhang, this item is too precious," Raditz quickly declined, "It doesn't cost much if you stay at our place."

"This magic is nothing; I can have as much as I want. If you don't take it, I'll leave immediately!" Zhang Menglong wasn't in the habit of freeloading off friends. Besides, this was just an ordinary high-tier magic. In Gou Dan's database, it's calculated in the billions.

Even a Forbidden Curse was dispensable for Zhang Menglong. However, considering that Raditz's family might not have someone capable of using it, he didn't give him magic at the Forbidden Curse level.

"I'll thank you on behalf of my father, then." Raditz didn't pretend to decline further. In this way, he would surely earn the family's appreciation. The most important thing now was to go home and properly accommodate Zhang Menglong. Although his insight was lacking, his father should know the power of this magic.

Soon, the spaceship stopped at the Hertz Family's place. Rather than a family, it was more like a castle. The scale of the Hertz Family was enormous. According to Raditz's introduction, counting the servants, the entire castle housed over tens of thousands of people!

A family developed over countless years having such a scale was very common. This was only the headquarters of the Hertz Family. In other cities of the Mosla Empire, there truly were many branch families of the Hertz Family.

Raditz led Zhang Menglong to the most luxurious guest room, intended for entertaining the noblest guests. Previously, some important missions from the Magicians' Association or distinguished figures in the Mosla Empire were lodged in such rooms. Ordinary guests weren't qualified to stay in these accommodations.

"Brother Zhang, you can rest here for a bit. I'll find my father to report back, and I'll come to get you at dinner time."

"Sure, go ahead!" Zhang Menglong now focused all his attention on some of the magical equipment in the room. These were far more interesting than the smart home furnishings he had previously enjoyed.

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Raditz immediately went to his father's dwelling. Although his grandfather was the current head of the Hertz Family, his father had already been named the next family leader, and most of the affairs had gradually shifted to his father.

Though Raditz wasn't his father's eldest son, with more than a hundred siblings above him, Raditz still held a quite high status in the family, naturally because his innate magic Gift was rather decent, ranking him among the top ten among his siblings, earning him much of his father's favor.

Raditz's father was meditating in the cultivation room, surrounded by several Magic Crystal spheres filled with Magic Power. Such Magic Crystal spheres, imbued with immense Magic Power, were the most commonly used items for magicians to cultivate Magic Power.

Of course, the better the quality, the better the effect of these items. The ones their family used were naturally high-quality Magic Crystals.

Raditz dared not disturb his father. He stood quietly by the side, waiting for his father to finish cultivating.

However, the middle-aged man seemed already near the end of his cultivation, and after several dozens of minutes he emerged from his meditative state, his body emanating strong Magic Power, indicative of advanced-level Magic Power possessed only by a mid-level Level Five mage.

"You're back? Did you get the thing?" Bark asked his son, Raditz.

"Got it." Raditz carefully handed the scroll to his father.

"Good job," Bark said happily as he took the Magic Scroll, "With this, our family's influence can grow significantly stronger! Recently, several families have been eyeing us warily. Once your grandfather masters this magic, he can advance one more star, further strengthening our deterrence against other families."

"Father, I also met a friend this time," Raditz said.

"A friend? Our Hertz Family doesn't just make friends with anyone!" Bark often instilled a sense of hierarchy in Raditz, after all, only those who can bring benefits to the family are worthy and meaningful to be called friends.

"He's definitely not just anyone," Hertz said, "He passed the magician's star examination, and you would never imagine what star level magician he is."

"For someone to be your friend, maybe a magician with some level. Even if slightly impressive, a dozen or twenty stars at most. How many mid-tier magics can he perform?"

"I don't know how many mid-tier magics he can perform, but his robe has as many as five hundred stars."

"Five hundred?" Even his father was shocked, "Five hundred magics, albeit low-tier, but with such quantity, he might surprise and defeat not a few magicians of the same rank. That shows some perseverance."

"Father, all five hundred stars are gold."

"What did you say!" Bark showed a disdainful expression, "Raditz, stay away from such people in the future!"

"No, father, please don't misunderstand. At first, it seemed unbelievable to me too, but his robe was personally bestowed by the staff of the Magicians' Association, and I witnessed it with my own eyes. He even declined an invitation to meet the President of the Magicians' Association!"

"The President invited him?" Bark had personally invited the President of the Magicians' Association several times, but the president barely acknowledged him. Yet this young man declined the president's invitation?

"I found him extraordinary, so I invited him to our family as a guest. Guess what, he directly gave me a Magic Scroll as payment for accommodation! He said it was high-tier magic, much better than the one we just purchased."

"Let me see that?" Bark eagerly demanded.

Raditz immediately presented the scroll, "Father, it's this one!"

Bark unrolled the scroll, and the strong flame power immediately brought a flicker of joy to his eyes. Even the scroll recording the magic had such immense power; it must definitely be high-tier magic!

"Let's go, test this magic's power!"

Bark quickly led Raditz to the magic cultivation room, a very spacious area created with space expansion technology, similar in principle to the small worlds built for experimental fields by various powers.

Bark began reciting the Spell on the Magic Scroll, and in an instant, his Magic Power was almost completely drained. He had to draw directly from the power of his contracted world.

"Why is this magic consumption so terrifying? I even have to use the power of my contracted world!" Bark's face was pale, indicating the magic arc was nearly his limit!

Finally, once the incantation was complete, the entire space instantly plunged into a sea of purgatory fire, flames reaching a radial expanse of over 3 kilometers, explosions echoing continuously wherever they passed...

Even though Bark was panting heavily, his expression was one of extreme joy, "This magic, its power is almost approaching the level of a Forbidden Curse!"