According to the game calendar of the new world, today is 1018DR, February 7th (four weeks in January)
It’s the weekend of the fifth week of the game’s launch.
According to the speculations of a large number of game masters, tomorrow is the day that Fastan asks him to get 1,000 mana pearls.
All forces will gather outside the Dragon Madness Mystery Lock to completely destroy this extremely evil world-class Mystery Lock.
After a day and night of marching under the sea, Ai Lan has successfully reached the outskirts of the Desert Islands.
If he continued to ride on the mangrove, he would still need to waste most of the day to reach Huangyi Town.
But if you travel alone, you can save most of this time.
And the closer we get to Deserted Town, the easier it is for people to spot traces of the Yalkiman mangroves.
Where he is now, the number of marine life nearby has increased visibly to the naked eye.
Although most of them are level 0 creatures, they can basically be ignored.
However, occasionally there will be level 1-3 marine creatures swimming nearby, such as large crabs, various sea fish, saltwater crocodiles, turtles, jellyfish, dolphins, etc...
If you search this area carefully, you will definitely gain a lot.
There are such rich biological groups in the Desolate Sea. It is hard to imagine how rich the legendary Gem Sea can be.
If Ai Lan hadn't had a heavy responsibility, he would have wiped this place to the ground three feet before he would give up.
Unfortunately, the mission is quite urgent, and the seabed resources in this area can only be scanned later.
"Afra, Old One-Eye, you go into the Fairy Garden."
"Mars, prepare for a rapid march, aiming for the deserted island."
Ai Lan left Gray Crow, Renn and Kaka behind to look after the family.
The goal of this mission is very clear, so reconnaissance is not really needed. On the contrary, Aphra's ability is more suitable for dealing with various emergencies.
Before leaving, Ai Lan specially granted permission to Gray Crow to the mage tower, allowing him to station in the mage tower.
As for Old One-Eye, he is considered half a native of the Desert Islands, and no one can be without him on this trip.
Because they had to march in a hurry, Ailan asked Aphra and Old One-Eye to enter the Fairy Garden.
In addition, he also brought all the tree people he could bring with him, including the ancient tree priest who was just awakened today.
In addition, he threw the two teams of elf archers, all dragon flies, and various useful miscellaneous soldiers into the elf garden.
Although Ai Lan himself felt that these soldiers should not be needed this time.
What he is most worried about now is that Fastan needs too many mana pearls and the time is too tight.
It takes half a day to get a thousand mana pearls, but Ai Lan is really not sure.
Mana Pearls are a very interesting special item.
Mana Pearl [Special Prop]: Placed in the backpack, it will automatically replenish you with 10 points of mana, and can be stacked.
The effect of this prop is very simple. If you lose 10 mana points, the mana pearls in your backpack will be automatically consumed to replenish you with 10 mana points.
A single mana pearl can actually be regarded as a bullet.
It has the ability to cause damage and threats, but it is limited to this.
But if a thousand mana pearls were placed in the hands of a high-level arcanist, it would be a completely different concept.
Once these things are in large quantities, they are strategic materials and will not be sold by large chambers of commerce.
Ai Lan can only go to street stalls to collect the money slowly, or try her luck at places like Haishi and Black Market.
According to Fastan's information, there should be a lot of goods piled up in the sea market.
But Ai Lan still needs a lot of luck to complete this task.
If you eat such a large amount at once, it will definitely attract the attention of local traders.
A transaction involving hundreds of thousands of gold coins is not a small amount anywhere.
What to do specifically will have to wait until Ai Lan goes to the site to investigate before making a decision.
If he could find out at the scene that a certain merchant had a large batch of mana pearls stored in his warehouse.
Then there is no need to buy it at all, just grab it and be done with it.
He was already planning on targeting Huangyi Town. He was just a businessman, so he just robbed him. It was no big deal.
After arranging all soldiers and elites.
Ai Lan put on a mangrove bubble and let Mars take him forward quickly in the sea.
Mars is faster in the sea than any knight on land.
In addition to the speed bonus given to him by Ai Lan, the Seahorse Knight's speed in the sea is extremely astonishing.
I saw Mars holding bubbles in one hand and a spear in the other, swimming quickly towards the land like a sharp arrow.
Ai Lan sat in the resin bubble, watching the shadows on the mini-map dissipate in pieces.
Soon, a shadow of land appeared ahead.
If you enter Huangyi Town according to the normal route, you need to drive a boat to the town's port.
But this is a pirate port. If you think about it, you know what the consequences will be if a normal person drives in.
Of course it is impossible for Ai Lan to enter Huangyi Town from the port. The route he is taking now is recommended by Old One Eye.
Go around a bend and land on the beach on the other side of the island.
Then spend a few hours, not entering Huangyi Town, but directly entering Haishi from the outside.
After a quick march, we will probably arrive before evening.
In other words, Ai Lan only has one night to get a thousand mana pearls.
"What a difficult task."
"Legion Commander, we are here!"
Not long after swimming, Mars dragged Ai Lan out of the bottom of the sea.
Before getting out of the water, Ai Lan used the disguise orb to change her appearance, clothing and identity information.
From now on, his name is Lan Ye, and he is a human male.
Mars' position was quite accurate. As soon as he got out of the water, there was a large beach in front of him.
Ai Lan called out Old One-Eye directly, "Mars, you go to the Fairy Garden to rest first."
"Afra, give me two acceleration spells."
The reason for calling Old One-Eye out was naturally to let him lead the way.
Ai Lan was not familiar with this place, and there was no one to guide him. He would not be able to find Haishi before dark.
Even before setting off, they had made a plan. The two acceleration spells that Aphra threw were borrowed from Gray Crow's air magic book.
As for which route to take next, Old One Eye has already made plans in his mind.
"Legion Commander, go this way."
Old One-Eye had been a pirate on the Desert Islands for a long time, and having this half-native here really saved Ai Lan a lot of energy.
As you can tell from the name, the Desert Islands are a combination of a large group of islands.
The name of the main island is Desert Island. In addition, there are thirteen smaller islands scattered around the main island.
In addition, there are many inconspicuous islands and a large number of reefs that cannot be called islands.
The combined area of the entire Desert Islands is about one-third the size of Chiba Forest.
In such a large area, there is only a small second-level town called Huangyi Town.
When he learned this information, Ai Lan immediately understood that the strength of the wasteland pirates was not enough to completely rule this archipelago.
This is indeed the case. The large number of indigenous creatures living on the islands are not just desert pirates.
In addition to the biological tribes within the territory of Desert Town, there are many conflicts between the creatures living on other islands and the Desert pirates.
It's not that the wasteland pirates don't want to destroy these guys. Those who can be destroyed have already been destroyed by them.
The remaining tribes are all very powerful tribes.
The most famous among them are the three harpy sisters on Banshee Island.
After understanding the general situation of the Desert Islands, Ai Lan became very interested in these biological tribes scattered everywhere.
If he had time, he would definitely go around all the nearby islands.
This will be of great help to his next plan to attack Huangyi Town.
Of course, the most important thing now is to quickly go to the sea market and get a thousand mana pearls.
After adding the Qi acceleration magic, Ai Lan's already very fast movement speed became much faster.
Wearing walking boots on your feet makes running feel great.
Of course, it would be even better if the Treant Fortress could be released.
But in order to conceal his identity, he still chose to run wildly in the field with Old One-Eye.
Concealing his identity was a must. He, a wood elf, wandered into pirate territory and attracted too much attention.
There are only a few common races in the Desert Islands.
Snake people, fish people, humans, shark people.
In addition, marine races are also quite common in the Deserted Islands, but elves almost never appear in such places.
After all, the Desert Islands are a well-known pirate den, and anyone who has nothing to do will come here.
After running wildly in the wild, Ai Lan couldn't even take time to enjoy the scenery on the island.
Before it got dark, they finally saw a tall mage tower standing in the distance.
“It will be there soon!”
"hope everything is fine."
It took him half a day just to travel. After entering Haishi, Ai Lan definitely didn't have much time to bargain.
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Deserted sea city.
This sea market opened by the desert pirates is quite famous in the nearby waters.
This is one of the few channels for pirates to sell stolen goods.
Pirates can always get some very rare treasures. In the Pirate Council, some stolen goods will occasionally be circulated here for sale.
Many brave businessmen like to come here to purchase goods at low prices, and then take them to the interior to sell at high prices.
If it weren't for the recent tense atmosphere and the natural disasters caused by the giant dragons, the desert sea market would have been very lively during this season.
“What a big market.”
The pirates deliberately built this trading market outside the city, which shows how large the market covers.
But when Ai Lan entered this market, the streets here were visibly deserted.
"There aren't even many tourists. It seems I came at the right time."
Such a large market must have fixed shops, scattered stalls, traveling vendors and other types of merchants.
The first thing Ai Lan wanted to see were the scattered street stalls.
He planned to put the shops at the end. If there was really no goods, he would have no choice but to look at these shops.
As for traveling vendors, according to Old One Eye, nine out of ten of these people are scammers, and they especially like to deceive tourists.
Ai Lan really didn't have the energy to argue with them anymore, so she just ignored these vendors.
Unlike the secret streets of the Thieves Guild, the sea markets opened by pirates are still very orderly.
If you sell fake goods, you will lose ten cents. If you don't pay, you will lose your life.
If the deceiver is exposed on the spot, he will be fined ten times, and if he has no money, he will lose his life.
Selling goods without permission will result in a fine of one thousand, and if you have no money, you will go to jail.
There are many similar rules, which shows that the pirates take this sea market very seriously.
If a market wants to grow, reputation is very important.
With such strict rules, it is natural that street stalls cannot be placed casually.
West Street in Haishi is a street of street stalls, and the whole street here is filled with street stalls.
Foreign tourists can also set up stalls here, but they need to pay a handling fee of 100 gold coins.
Ai Lan hadn't gone shopping for a long time. It was a rare occasion for her to go shopping, and she felt extremely happy.
If Fastan's mission hadn't been too urgent, he would have visited all the stalls.
It's very enjoyable to slowly browse various products in a place like this.
If you have good eyesight, you might be able to pick out a few leaks.
"Boss, how much does this pearl cost?"
At the first stall, I saw a mana pearl.
This thing is actually not rare. Various marine creatures have a chance to explode, and pearls will occasionally be produced when collecting pearls.
Undersea adventures, undersea dungeons, ocean-based elites, etc. will also drop mana pearls.
But I can't help but that this thing is used automatically. If you don't pay attention to it when you put it in your backpack, it will be consumed automatically.
This kind of props comes quickly and is used quickly. It is difficult to save much without deliberately accumulating them.
"500 gold coins."
The boss's quotation is a normal price. Generally speaking, after bargaining a few times, the price can be brought down to the average price.
But after Ai Lan looked at the other goods on this stall, he shook his head and walked towards other stalls.
After looking at dozens of stalls along the way, he found dozens of mana pearls in his backpack.
These were all priced slightly lower, so there was no need to counter-offer, and he won them instantly.
After strolling along this way, Ai Lan had a rough understanding of the mana pearls sold in the sea market.
The lowest price is 300-500 gold coins, and the highest price is 600-1000 gold coins.
There are many unscrupulous vendors, but there are also quite a few selling them.
This is actually not a problem, except that the total number of mana pearls in this entire street is probably less than 300.
The gap is too big.
"Trouble."
Even after scanning the goods here, the gap is still more than half short.
Old One-Eye has already gone to the shop and asked. The shop will not sell mana pearls, but they can be purchased for 200 gold coins each.
"Fucking businessman!"
If you really push him, you just start grabbing him.
