Commander Adolphus selected two outstanding young swordsmen from among the candidates to join Surdak's upcoming patrol team. These two constructed swordsmen
They should also be under the care of Commander Adolphus. The so-called elimination assessment is just an excuse to make everyone feel more balanced.
Although they are young second-level swordsmen, these two constructed swordsmen are almost thirty years old.
Before Suldak began to patrol the team, he had to follow Old Heyman to the Chaos Fortress to replenish the fortress supplies. Another reason why he followed him to the Chaos Fortress this time was to buy some black magic powder to replenish the supplies that Old Heyman had to hand over.
Among the supplies, he casually retrieved his set of Isenhard's magic pattern structure.
As for the one hundred and twenty-seven high-level sacrifices, they have been put into the Demon Sealing Box.
This time we returned to the Fortress of Chaos in a four-wheeled truck. Old Heyman personally drove the carriage all the way north along the mountain road. Along the way, we could also see traces of the battle with the demons, including some cuts and axes.
The traces are particularly obvious, and even some black moss has grown on the purple blood that has seeped into many places.
The mountains along the way are very desolate, and there is almost no forest as far as the eye can see. Only some shrubs with sparse leaves grow on the mountain cols and some sheltered rock slopes.
Suldak and Andrew followed Old Heyman to Chaos Fortress. Ogre thought the journey was too hard, so he stayed at Blue Bridge Fortress with Samira.
Samira wanted to stay in the logistics team's room and stand at the counter, so she didn't come with her.
Returning to the fortress built on the cliff, Suldak sat on the carriage and looked at the Vajra Gate rising into the sky at the top of the cliff from a distance. He was still very shocked. It was a
It is a magnificent building that can be called a miracle, and its huge entrance hall is like a skyscraper.
Just on this cliff, many wooden and stone structures were built around the King Kong Gate. These buildings formed a small city, which was known as the Fortress of Chaos.
The city wall here is very high, and it looks like it is being connected continuously.
There is only one gate in the middle of the city wall that is too narrow. This gate can only allow two carriages to pass through at most.
The armament facilities on the city wall are very rich. Catapults and crossbows can be seen almost every ten meters away. On several raised turrets at the top of the city, there are also weapons with light red magic all over their bodies.
These cannons are made of magic black iron and have magic patterns carved on the surface. These patterns are all made of thorium.
This is probably the first time that Surdak has seen the rune cannon. At first, Surdak thought that the turret on the wall of the Chaos Fortress was a magic cannon, but old Heyman said that it was just a castrated version of the magic cannon——
Rune Cannon.
The four-wheeled carriage drove into the Chaos Fortress, and only this time did Surdak notice that some elves, dwarves, and orcs could still be seen in the fortress.
The last time he escaped from death and rushed to this fortress in embarrassment, he didn't even notice much of this.
Old Heyman parked the four-wheeled carriage in front of a building and ordered Suldak to retrieve the magic pattern structures that were sent to the magic workshop last time. Those magic pattern structures were sent by Old Heyman for repair last time.
, and he took a box of magic cores and others to the munitions department of the fortress headquarters.
Suldak and Andrew jumped off the carriage and walked into the lively-looking magic workshop with a sign given to him by Old Heyman.
This magic workshop is semi-official. It is not only responsible for repairing magic pattern structures for the construct warriors in the 27 fortresses of the Green Empire, but also selling some magic pattern structures to the outside world.
Walking into the lobby of the workshop, you saw three magicians standing in front of the reception desk. In front of each magician were some construct knights.
Surdak randomly selected a magician and waited behind the team.
I saw some magic pattern structures placed casually on the wooden shelves in the lobby on the first floor. It was obvious that they were all one-turn magic pattern structures.
Unexpectedly, a set of magic pattern equipment that was hard to find in the Green Empire magic market was just casually placed in the store on the battlefield.
The three magicians handled matters very efficiently. It didn't take long for Surdak to take his turn. When Surdak walked in, he realized that this male magician actually had long pointed ears, but his face was closer.
The human is actually a half-elf similar to Samira.
It is said that humans with elven blood are more likely to awaken the magic pool in their bodies and have a higher chance of becoming magicians.
But in fact, elves and humans rarely intermarry, and those few intermarriages are mostly due to political reasons. More half-elves are of low origin, and are usually born from elven slaves secretly raised by nobles.
The half-elf magician smiled kindly at Surdak and asked, "Does this guest need anything?"
Suldak directly took out the sign given by Old Heyman and said: "I am from Blue Bridge Fortress, come here to pick up the magic pattern structures sent last time."
The magician glanced at the sign, immediately turned around and pulled out an account book from the cabinet at the back, and turned to the page of the detailed list belonging to the Blue Bridge Fortress. He first checked the number of magic pattern structures with Surdak.
Then he called a magic assistant and took Surdak to the magic pattern structure storage area.
After passing through the inner hall of the workshop, Surdak saw many magicians' test benches placed directly in the inner hall.
The magicians in the magic workshop were very busy. Surdak could even see the magicians sitting and working hard among the piles of products to be repaired.
It is said that if you work hard like this for several years, you can not only learn the exquisite magic pattern construction and repair skills, but also save a large sum of magic crystals.
Of course, the magicians who work here generally have no one to fund magic research, so they come here to make a fortune. Even if they leave the big battlefield in the future, they can survive anywhere in the Green Empire with this craft.
good.
As the magic assistant walked into a warehouse with countless magic-sealing boxes, the magic assistant took out the magic-sealing boxes according to their numbers. Almost every box would be carefully checked to ensure that the magic pattern structure inside was
The installation is correct and they all belong to the repair parts of Blue Bridge Fortress.
Surdak smiled and asked the magic assistant: "Looking at how carefully you took it, have you missed it before?"
The magic assistant seemed very dull, with his head lowered and his eyes focused on the magic pattern structures, and he just said lightly: "No."
After finishing speaking, the magician reached out to close the lid of the magic sealing box, and said to Suldak: "All the magic pattern structures are here. Please check them carefully. Once you bring these magic sealing boxes with you,
If you leave the workshop and find it later and say the quantity is insufficient, we will not be responsible for it!"
Surdak quickly and carefully checked them before putting these magic-sealing boxes into his magic pocket.
Seeing how easily Surdak put away a dozen boxes, the magic assistant just looked at him one more time.
Then the magic assistant sent Surdak out of the magic workshop. When he walked to the front hall, Surdak pointed at the different sets of magic pattern structures on the wooden shelves and asked the magic assistant
Asked: "How much does a set of these magic patterns in your workshop cost?"
"Seventy unidentified black magic crystals."
This magical assistant seems to be very stingy with his words and doesn't even want to say one more word.
Surdak heard from Old Heyman that unidentified black magic crystals are basically used for transactions here. Now that he thinks about it, this is the fundamental reason that limits the flow of magic pattern structures here.
These unidentified black magic crystals represent achievements in the Green Empire, allowing young nobles to be promoted to noble titles, which is naturally more precious than magic pattern structures.
Although the magic pattern structure is relatively difficult to buy in the Green Empire, you can always find some ways to buy it.
Therefore, the nobles will naturally not waste those precious unidentified black magic crystals on magic pattern construction...
Leaving the magic workshop, Suldak took Andrew to a magic materials store according to the address introduced by Old Heyman. This magic materials store was in a very compact alley with many shops.
There are as many as five or six magic material stores alone.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw three cauldrons with green bubbles. In addition to herbs, there were also many organs from certain parts of the monster's body on the shelves, and bottles and jars also contained some juice that made people feel disgusting.
Behind the crucible sat an unkempt old magician. Surdak saw that his old face was covered with wrinkles and age spots, and he was actually blind in one eye. His hands were trembling no matter what he held.
He raised his head and looked at Suldak, his eyes full of vigilance towards strangers.
"Young knight, what brings you here?" the old magician said.
Suldak looked around and then said: "I want to buy some black magic powder from you..."
The old magician then raised his head and asked seriously: "How many do you want?"
The other eye is not empty, but there is a cat's eye gem in the eye socket. After the eyelids are slightly opened, a strange light comes from the cat's eye gem.
Surdak lowered his head and took out a teacup from his pocket, placed it directly in front of the old magician, and said:
"You need to fill this cup, a total of one hundred and twenty-seven cups."
The old magician took the teacup in his hand and weighed it casually, then said:
"Thirteen unidentified magic crystals."
Surdak paused and asked the old magician:
"What if it's a gold coin transaction?"
Without even looking at Surdak, the old magician pushed the tea cup in his hand to him, his eyes fell on the three crucibles again, and he said coldly:
"I don't do other currency transactions here..."
Surdak was not only a little stunned, he didn't expect the old magician to say such a thing. He was about to turn around and walk out. Maybe he went to the wrong door. When he turned around, Surdak was still unwilling to give up.
The magician said:
"I was introduced here by Old Heyman of Blue Bridge Fortress..."
The coldness in the old magician's eyes suddenly turned into a look of anger, and he lowered his voice and shouted:
"This old guy knows how to cause trouble for me!"
Then he added:
"Bring out two hundred gold coins and I can prepare them for you... You need black magic powder."
"make a deal!"
Surdak said cheerfully.
After saying that, he took off a money bag from his waist, counted two hundred gold coins from it, and stacked them neatly on the counter.
The old magician glanced at Surdak in surprise, and without saying anything more, he scooped out a lot of tea for him from a tattered pocket on the back shelf using the tea cup that Surdak had taken.
A full one hundred and twenty-seven cups of black magic powder are missing.
The old magician put the black magic powder into a clay pot, and the old magician tied the mouth of the pot tightly with a piece of leather and a rope.
He handed the pottery pot to Surdak, then sat back next to the crucible, not looking at Surdak again.
Surdak walked out of the magic materials store holding the clay pot, and the old magician's voice came to Surdak's ears from inside:
"If you need any magic materials in the future, you can come to me to buy them!"
Suldak stopped and agreed:
"knew!"
…
Suldak and Andrew came to the agreed place together and waited for old Heyman to come and join them.
Just at the Chaos Fortress, a group of elf warriors riding unicorns left the fortress gate. They seemed a little anxious. These strong white unicorns rushed out of the city gate almost wiping passers-by.
Andrew stretched his neck, stared at the silver-white horses with envy, and said to Suldak with a smile:
"Boss, when will you buy us some of those war horses to ride on..."
Suldak put one hand on Andrew's shoulder and said to him: "Let's change a batch of green scale horses later... I haven't heard of any construct knights in the Green Empire whose mounts are one-horned.
Beastly."
The two squatted in the square closest to the city gate of Chaos Fortress and chatted.
When Surdak met Gurlitm in the Chaos Fortress, the ogre was standing on the stone platform in front of him.
Surdak also looked at the retreating figures of those white unicorns with great envy. When they ran on the mountain, they seemed to have a faint colorful rainbow behind them, which was very gorgeous...
"It is estimated that even among the Silver Moon elves, it is impossible for all elf warriors to have such a mount..." Surdak said to Andrew.
A construct knight next to him was also looking at the unicorns going away. When he heard Suldak say this, he quickly agreed: "That is inevitable. Those who can ride unicorns must be the royal family of Silver Moon elves.
,Which fortress are you from?"
"Blue Bridge Fortress..." Andrew said casually.
The construct knight laughed and said, "I just heard that your side encountered a demon army. How is the situation?"
Suldak bumped into Andrew secretly to stop the big mouth from talking around, and said casually: "It's not bad!"
When the construct knight saw that Surdak was not interested in talking to him, he didn't say much, smiled slightly, and turned around to leave.