After leaving Niya's residence, Sha Duo did not invite Mrs. Patty immediately. He was still a little confused about the recent situation.
He has hardly paid attention to the outside world in the past few days. He urgently needs someone to understand some recent situations, and this person is naturally Edrich.
Shado found Edrich, Dean, Sammy and others in the library. The design of the apprentice competition had reached the last moment, and they were very happy for Shado's arrival.
As for Xia Duo's question, Edrich also told everything he knew, without hiding anything——
"Everything is normal in the territory now. Only the patrols in Green Pearl Forest have become much heavier, but——"
Edrich suddenly glanced in the direction of the door and lowered his voice, "In addition to Mombo, we also found two apprentices who were cursed by the elves! They are already dead!"
"died?!"
Xia Duo didn't die until Ganal's brother, otherwise Ganal wouldn't be in this state now, but it might be possible soon!
Xia Duo was a little sad. Death happened around him. Who could not be moved?
"What does the Mage Tower say?"
"What else can I say? He died in an accident. Do you know the accident?" Edrich was also a little excited. He was now an apprentice. Although he wouldn't go out and meet elves, there were still some things that could hurt his kind.
Xia Duo was silent and asked again: "Is it also a patrol mission in the Green Pearl Forest?"
"right."
Depending on the situation, the elves' curse only targets (quasi) mages. I don't know if it's because they are willing to pay the cost of casting the spell, or if they just choose such a target?
Moreover, it seemed that there was danger only in the Green Pearl Forest. Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little more confident about leaving the Mage Tower next.
"I understand. By the way, has the time for the apprentice competition been decided?"
"Not yet, I was about to ask you?"
"Ask me?" Xia Duo was somewhat pleased and said the date casually, "Just before the Arcane Competition. I will come over and take a look then."
"That's great. If you don't come, I always feel like this game is incomplete!"
Edrich's words made everyone laugh, but no one thought it was incorrect. Instead, they all looked at Xia Duo expectantly.
"Don't worry, I will come. In addition, the design of the competition needs to be improved, and the content of the competition must be as open as possible. I know you all have the confidence to win, but it is precisely because of this that it needs to be made public. We will not accept doubts.
If you still question it under such circumstances, then they are not on the same page as us, you know?"
"knew!"
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. You guys can take your time and get busy."
…
After meeting Edrich, Xia Duo has a little idea of the situation in the territory. It may be serious and urgent for the territory, but it may not be so for the individuals in the territory.
As long as you don't go to the Green Pearl Forest, there is a high probability that you won't run into elves. Of course, you won't really "bump" into them if you go. Curses come and go without a trace. Didn't Mengbo also "bump into" elves?
The meeting with Mrs. Patty went smoothly. After a few cups of Elf Hot Drink, my spirit seemed to have been baptized. Xia Duo felt that this trip was not in vain.
However, Mrs. Patty did not comment on the invitation from the Mage Tower. Sha Duo also remembered the instructions of Teacher Niya and did not need to worry about the rest of the matter.
Therefore, Xia Duo did not say goodbye until the tea was not replenished.
…
On the way back to the mage tower, halfway through, Xia Duo suddenly felt that he was very incompetent as a personal mage consultant, and the 700 gold coins he had received before were somewhat too hot to handle.
He didn't want any conflict between Mrs. Patty and Mage Tower. No matter what Mrs. Patty's background was, it was an indisputable fact that she was an ordinary person. Whenever there was a conflict, she would definitely be the one to suffer.
Then no one will pay her monthly salary in the future. Thinking like this, Chateau went back again, trying to enlighten Mrs. Patty on why her arms couldn't hold her thighs.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned a corner, he saw Mrs. Patty's carriage approaching from the direction of the villa. It seemed that he was not needed.
However, the carriage did not stop to give him a ride, and drove away. At this time, Xia Duo suddenly remembered that he had not yet started to learn the must-learn spell [Summoning a Mount].
If you learn from the Mage Tower, several days have passed. Now that it has come out, you might as well go to the East District and see if there are learning scrolls for sale in those magic product stores.
If there is, and the price is not too outrageous, Xia Duo doesn't mind paying for a few more gold coins. Compared to saving time, gold coins are really not in Xia Duo's eyes.
And it’s not just the [Summon Mount] learning scroll, other spells can also be used. Since the Mage Tower does not have the right to redeem it yet, we can only think of other ways.
Xia Duo had asked in the East District before, but it was Xia Duo or a mage apprentice. After hearing that he wanted to discuss with the mage behind the store, he immediately backed down.
After that, after he himself became an official mage, he didn't think about it again. Now when he saw Mrs. Patty's carriage and thought of [Summoning a Mount], Chateau only remembered it.
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Eagle Chamber of Commerce, Secret Equipment Store.
After expressing his intention, the store manager looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, the learning scroll is not for sale."
However, Xia Duo has long seen through everything. He believes that there are indeed things in this world that are not for sale, but learning scrolls is not one of them. It is just a matter of the price. "Contact the mage, I am sincerely buying it!"
Xia Duo deliberately emphasized "sincerity" and took out a stack of exchange vouchers from the inner pocket of the mage's robe. Of course, if the price was too outrageous, then his sincerity would naturally be limited.
With "sincerity" in mind, the steward immediately set out to find an inconspicuous decoration on the shelf behind the counter. Under Sha Duo's magical vision, that decoration was connected with many magical auras in the store, and it should be one of the nodes.
Xia Duo didn't expect that this steward was actually a mage apprentice, but when he thought about it, it seemed natural. What would a magic items store be called if no one in it knew magic?
"Sir, please wait a moment, the mage from the Chamber of Commerce will be here soon!"
"Um."
…
While Xia Duo was waiting, not far away, at the headquarters of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce, a group of guards had just completed their mission of escorting the caravan back from Conifera City, collected the bounty, and were preparing to rest.
"Captain, how many gold coins have you received? Tell me!" A tall and thin man carrying a bow and arrow hooked a strong man with him and said with a smile.
The strong man pushed away the tall and thin man's hand and said a number calmly, "50 gold coins."
"Captain, you only have 50 gold coins!" The tall and thin archer defended the captain, but his eyes seemed to be relieved.
Others also echoed and expressed their dissatisfaction for the captain.
"Okay, don't say it anymore, but you can get 50 gold coins in a week. Where can you find such a good thing? If you don't like the money, you can become an adventurer. I heard that there is a shortage of adventurers like you.
Archer, if you really have this idea, I can tell the manager."
"No, captain, I was wrong." The tall and thin man, who was called Ma Zhu by the strong man, quickly begged for mercy and skillfully changed the subject, "Captain, go drink, I'm treating you today!"
"No, I'm afraid I'll empty your money bag, and next time your arrow won't stick in my butt, you'll stick it in my head instead!"
The brawny man's joke made Ma Zhu very embarrassed, "Captain, why do you still remember what happened a few years ago! How have I ever made a mistake now!"
"You also said that you almost shot Rad in this mission. If Rad hadn't ignored you, you would have gone to stay in the temple of the Lord of Glory now. You still want to drink?" The team was speaking.
There was another soldier inside who seemed to be frightened by the hemp stalks.
"Okay, stop making trouble!" The captain stopped the team members who started to make a fuss, "Let's forget about drinking. The mage used scrolls in this mission. We will go with the mage to replenish the scrolls first, and then repair the equipment and replenish consumables.
, you can’t go drink until you finish everything.”
"Captain, is it necessary to be so serious every time? Isn't the next mission only a week away?"
"Borg!" The brawny captain became a little angry, "You have been doing this for so long and you still haven't learned to be cautious? Do you know that the next mission will be next week?"
Seeing that the captain seemed really angry, Borg quickly admitted his mistake. After being persuaded by other team members, the captain gave up and led all the team members to the magic supplies store of the Chamber of Commerce.