Lord of Hyranza

Mrs. Christie did not go directly into the underground trading market, but asked the gatekeeper, "Is Magician Dale here..."

This trading firm is located on the second floor of the underground trading market. If someone hadn't led the way, Surdak hadn't noticed that there was another staircase behind the gatekeeper. Walking into this trading firm on the second floor, a firm manager He quickly walked over to Mrs. Christie, and greeted Christie warmly: "Good afternoon, honorable Mrs. Christie, welcome to White Elephant Trading Company. Is there anything I can do for you?"

At this time, Suldak saw a row of bulletin boards on the walls on the left and right sides of the hall of the trading house, and the bulletin boards were filled with rows of information, most of which were some demand procurement information. There is also a small amount of information about strange magic items for sale.

After hearing Mrs. Christie's explanation, the manager of the firm introduced Suldak: "Knight Suldak, our firm specializes in the trading of rare magic items. You can deposit some magic materials or magic weapons you want to sell with us. In the firm, we will sell it for you. If you want to exchange magic spar, you can also trade directly with our firm. If you are not satisfied with the price given by our firm, you can also specify the price and store it in our firm You can sell it here, or you can exchange it for other magic items you need."

Suldak said directly to the manager of the firm: "I need several magic herbs, and what I can take out now is some magic herbs."

Hearing what Suldak said, the manager of the firm immediately showed a joyful expression, and said, "It is definitely the wisest choice for you to come to our trading firm. Our firm has professional magic material appraisers who can price your magic herbs. , and then according to your needs, you can estimate how much magic herbs you can get. It is indeed much easier to exchange magic herbs for magic herbs than to buy magic spar, please follow me."

The three of them did not stay in the lobby on the second floor of the trading house. The manager of the trading house directly brought Suldak and Mrs. Christie to the third floor of the trading house. The manager of the trading house stopped in front of a door and knocked carefully. There was a steady voice: "Please come in!"

Chapter 370 The Girl in the Portrait

The manager of the firm opened the door and walked into the room. The light in this room was slightly dim. A magician wearing a magic robe embroidered with golden shadow patterns was standing in front of the test bench, staring at the cauldron in front of him with great concentration. 'Under the steady heating of the magic scroll, the viscous liquid in the crucible was gurgling and bubbling, and the room was filled with a pungent smell.

Seeing the manager of the firm leading the guests in, the magician stopped working, took off the fishskin gloves and hung them on the stand, then turned around and looked at the door with a smile on his face—unexpectedly It's Dale Magician!

Suldak did not expect to meet the master magician who had helped him twice in the trading house. He remembered that the first time was at the entrance of the underground trading market, when the strong guards at the entrance of the exchange prohibited him from entering The underground trading market, the second time it was in the bar where the slave auction was held. At that time, he was planning to buy two dwarven slaves, but was secretly stopped by the Dale magician. The reason was that those dwarf slaves were notorious gray dwarves. Not good at forging and mining.

When Magician Dale saw Mrs. Christie walking in with the manager of the firm, he approached and greeted familiarly: "Marianna, why are you here when you're free?"

Mrs. Christie nodded to the Dale magician, and said straight to the point: "I came to you this time to introduce a friend and plan to exchange some magic materials from your trading house. Oh, this is Knight Suldak .”

As she said that, Mrs. Christie gave up half of her body so that Magician Dale could see Suldak standing behind.

"Hello, Dale magician!" Suldak stepped forward and solemnly saluted Dale magician.

The Dale magician's piercing eyes fell on Suldak, hesitating for two seconds, and then came up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Suldak, I remember you, the last time we were in slavery. Saw it in the bar."

Magician Dale invited everyone to sit on the sofa in the rest area of ​​the laboratory, and the magic experiment over there was handed over to the assistant.

"Tell me what you want me to identify?" Dale magician sat opposite Suldak and asked Suldak curiously.

While Suldak took out the magic herbs in the magic pocket and placed them one by one on the square table with four legs carved with angel reliefs, the manager of the firm sitting on the side leaned forward and explained to Suldak: "Surdak knight , you can hand over the magic herbs to Dale magician for identification, we will make a preliminary valuation of your magic herbs, and post the information of these magic herbs on the bulletin board in the lobby on the second floor. Those who need magic herbs If buyers want to buy, they will definitely contact our firm. Of course, they must use the goods you specify in exchange for your magical herbs. In fact, our trading firm is a trading platform for barter, which can be multi-party Complementary transactions."

"Let me see what these are. Oh, these magic herbs are very rare, but... they can only be used to prepare special magic potions. In the formula of common potions, this kind of starlight cattail is rarely used." Dale The magician put a piece of crystal glasses on the bridge of his nose, took a look at a magic herb and said, "Oh... this is starlight cattail grass, which has a wide range of uses. This magic gall grass can be used to prepare courage potion or rage potion. Potion formulas are widely circulated in the orc tribe. This is a nightmare vine, and many potion masters like to use it to prepare hypnotic potions. These white ring vines, the sap of the white ring vine can repair the magic parchment, you need these What can I exchange for magic herbs?"

Suldak already knew the names of these magic herbs from the magic notes. Seeing that the Dale magician asked what magic herbs he needed, he quickly handed the list of herbs listed by the Ferdinand scholar to the Dale magician. The master took the list, read it carefully, pondered for a moment and asked Suldak: "Heather grass, golden thorn grass... These are all in short supply. Are these herbs only replaced by magic herbs?"

Suldak nodded and said, "That's right, that's all."

The Dale magician stared at Surdak and asked, "If someone wants to trade with magic crystals, gold coins, or other magic materials, the value is several times, or ten times higher than these magic grasses, would you like to exchange them?" ?”

"I only change these kinds of magic herbs." Suldak replied firmly.

The Dale magician nodded, and said to the manager of the business: "Okay, just follow what the Suldak knight said and announce the details and requirements of these magic herbs on the bulletin board, and then check all the sales in the business. Catalogue, see if there are any of these potions in the catalogue, if so, see what magic items those sellers need to exchange, and check them out..."

"I'll do it right away, Master Dale Magician!" After the manager of the firm finished speaking, he walked out of the room with the detailed list provided by Dale Magician.

Dale magician turned around and said to Suldak: "The buyer of this kind of transaction will not appear immediately, you need to wait patiently for a while, you can leave your address, if someone wants to exchange, we can write to you, If it is inconvenient to leave your address, you can come to the firm every two weeks to check. If you go out, you must entrust carte blanche in advance. Magic herbs are very popular now. Although the potions you want to trade are also very rare, at least in the It can still be seen in the market, and I think it won’t be long before there will be good news.”

"Okay, Master Dale Magician." Suldak was a little relieved when he heard Dale Magician say this.

Mrs. Kristie didn't interrupt the whole process, she sat quietly and listened quietly, and only gave Suldak an appreciative look after the transaction was completed.

After these magic herbs were entrusted to the trading firm, Suldak planned to bid farewell to Dale magician. At this time, he heard Dale magician ask: "By the way, do you still have sulfur mine in your hand? If so , I would like to purchase a batch."

Suldak readily agreed: "Yes, Magician Dale, how much do you plan to ask for?"

The Dale magician saw that Surdak was so straightforward, his eyes lit up, and he replied: "Of course, the more the better, the current market price of sulfur mines in Hailansa City is worth 4 silver coins per pound. It is nearly [-]% higher than the official purchase price, so it should be the most cost-effective to sell at this time."

"Did the plane of Haran, which produces sulfur mines, be captured by the dark army?" Mrs. Christie asked Dale magician with a surprised expression, "Why is there such a shortage of ordinary resources like sulfur mines?"

"I haven't heard any news from this place yet, probably because of the cold winter this year. Now some alchemy workshops in Hailansa City have started the match business. In addition to purchasing a large amount of red pine wood that is full of oil In addition, alchemy materials such as sulfur and red phosphorus are also essential things, but the existing sulfur in the magic market of Hailansa City is not enough for the time being, and the trading firm has already paid for three sulfur mines in a row." Dale Magic The teacher said to the two.

"I only have unpurified sulfur ore in my hand. If possible, I can send you a batch next week." Suldak said.

Although the heavy snow has completely sealed off the mountain road, it is not too difficult for a knight like Suldak to cross the mountain road and return to Wall Village. It is inevitable to delay the course for a day or two, but considering that a safe sales channel can finally be established for the sulfur mines in Wall Village, Suldak will agree to it no matter what.

Suldak and Mrs. Christie walked out of the White Elephant Trading Firm, and Karl was already waiting outside the firm.

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Boarding the magic caravan, Karl and Mrs. Christie couldn't help hugging each other and kissing passionately in the car.

Suldak looked at the pair of "dogs and men" in front of him speechlessly, wishing to jump out of the carriage, even walking back to the Knight Academy would be better than sitting in the carriage, but Chris, who was sitting on the side seat at the entrance of the carriage, Mrs. Tie's personal maid looked out of the window without turning her eyes, as if she had long been accustomed to the scene in the carriage.

After a while, Karl realized that Suldak was still sitting in the carriage, so he sat up straight, straightened the wrinkled dress, and asked Suldak casually, "Everything is going well?"

Mrs. Christie sat next to Karl, her fair face was like a ripe red apple, she didn't know whether it was excitement or shyness, her beautiful blue eyes flickered, she looked at Suldak boldly, her eyes were full of curiosity.

"Well, just wait for the news quietly now." Suldak glanced at Karl and replied.

Carl couldn't help laughing "hehe", he picked up a topic and said, "By the way, I heard that the manor of Earl Fornac will hold an auction on the weekend. The manor has been abandoned for nearly three years. It became a ghost castle that no one cares about, but now it seems to have appreciated again. The reason is that the bandit group that raged around Hailansa City was completely eliminated, and the stronghold of the Black Magic Priory was also eradicated. Many people in the city Aristocrats with spare cash want to buy that manor."

Mrs. Christie's gentle eyes fell on Karl, and she asked Karl with a breath, "What? What do you think about that manor?" It was full of momentum of "as long as you nod, I will buy it for you".

A faint smile appeared on Carl's face, he shook his head at Mrs. Christie, and said, "I remember going to the Fornak Manor before. I didn’t have the idea of ​​buying some properties, if I bought that manor, it would be considered as the property of the Fornaker Manor along with a large area of ​​mountains and forests around it.”

Suldak was a little surprised, he really hadn't thought about it, and he was thinking about how much it would cost to buy the Fornak Manor.

Karl said to Suldak: "After you become a knight, you will have a knight's territory, but the better land around the city of Hailansa has been divided up. I have to say that the forest in the Fornak Manor is a good piece of land. Even if you spend a little money to buy the land, it is worth the money.”

Suldak just thought about it, and said to Karl: "I don't have that much spare money, and I plan to develop Wall Village well. In the future, my fief should preferably be near Wall Village. .”

Karl patted his purse, and said generously to Suldak: "If it's just that money is tight, I can help you find a way. Are you going to take your knight out of the mountain pass?"

Suldak replied without hesitation: "Yes, that's what I thought, after all, my home is over there."

"Isn't there a barren land over there? What's the use of you wanting that worthless land?" Carl was a little powerless to complain.

Suldak touched his forehead and said, "The land that can be allocated to me should not be too large. If you are picky and picky, there are still many lands to choose from, including Wall Village."

Seeing that Suldak had no intention of buying the Fornak Manor, Karl could only give up on that and stopped persuading him: "Okay, but I suggest that you should still consider the Fornak Manor, if it is photographed now It shouldn't be too expensive, and you are a member of the support squadron, so you don't have to worry too much about the security of the Furnac Manor..."

"Is Tax Officer Bird okay?" Suldak asked Karl leaning on the sofa.

This warm-hearted tax official brought Suldak back to Wall Village. If he hadn't led the way, it would definitely not be an easy task for Suldak to find that remote village.

"It's just that he drank a little too much. He usually has a good capacity for drinking. I don't know what's wrong recently. It makes me feel very depressed." Carl replied.

The magic caravan drove all the way to the Knight Academy, and after placing Suldak at the gate of the Knight Academy, the magic caravan quickly disappeared into the dusk.

Suldak returned to the dormitory of the Knight Academy, found some cold scones to fill his stomach, and drank a glass of cold water. Feeling refreshed, he took out the magic note in the magic pocket again, When I was in the library at noon, I turned to the last page of the magic note, saw the portrait of a girl who looked a bit like Selina, and almost fell into it.

After leaving the library, Suldak remembered that when he was chasing the gang of robbers in the Grand Canyon, he also found a portrait of Selena. That portrait was obviously different from the last page of the magic notebook. That portrait looks more similar to Selena.

The portrait of Selena on the magic note is younger, and has a charm - the breath of the dark goddess.

Suldak was prepared, and opened the book of magic notes by the bed again, and slowly turned to the last page. The girl in the portrait was clearly Selena's youthful appearance, perhaps because of the charcoal pencil. , her eyes were black. Just when Suldak turned his head to look at another portrait of Selena, the girlish Selena on the magic note was looking at Suldak strangely on the parchment. smile...

That creepy feeling made Surdak break out in a cold sweat.

Chapter 371 Preparations Before Departure

"Hi, sorry to bother you again!"

Suldak stared nervously at the portrait of the girl on the magic note and asked.

The parchment was a bit dull and yellowish, and the portrait of the girl did not respond at all. She folded her hands in front of her chest as if praying, and her eyes were pious.

"what's your name?"

Seeing that the girl didn't respond, Suldak asked nervously and tentatively in a low voice.

The girl's portrait was still quietly printed on the parchment, and there was still no response.

Suldak felt that he might just have hallucinations, or it might be caused by too much nervousness. He took out another portrait he found from the thief, and put the two portraits together to distinguish them carefully.

There are indeed some differences between the portrait of the girl in Cyrus Hickok's magic notebook and the portrait obtained from the robber. The portrait on the magic notebook is more vivid. If you focus your eyes for a while, you will find that the portrait of the girl seems to be As if alive, in a trance, I even feel that the portrait of the girl will smile slightly, and even blink, and the endless darkness hidden in the eyes of the portrait of the girl will disappear.

As for the portrait in the hands of the thieves, it was obviously a rubbing with ink. Although it looked like Selina at first glance, Suldak felt that it was due to his own subjective consciousness. Seeing some similarities between the outline of the face and the eyebrows, it is far less vivid than the last page of the magic note.

Suldak put the two portraits away again, but he didn't notice that the moment he closed the magic note, the portrait of the girl on the page quietly made a grimace...

Unaware of this, Suldak untied the hemostatic bandage on his leg, and the buff effect of the 'Divine Blessed Body' failed, and the blood hole on his calf began to hurt, and the flesh and blood at the hole kept wriggling, as if There was an invisible force tearing at the wound, and the wound that was close to healing became bloody again. Although there was a faint power of holy light around the wound, it could not stop the wound from deteriorating.

Suldak frowned. The power of the Holy Light had no effect on the black magic curse, but had little effect.

There are only the last two sand wolf heads left in the magic pocket. If you want to continue to obtain the buff effect of the "Blessed Body", you must continue to sacrifice these low-level sacrifices. The remaining two sand wolf heads can last at most 4 days, but recently many nodes in the body have been ignited one after another. In just a few days, nearly a hundred nodes in the chest were ignited and emitted.

Every time in sleep, these lit nodes are integrated with Suldak's sea of ​​consciousness. Those lit nodes form a three-dimensional star map in the void formed by the spiritual world. Suldak's consciousness Floating in the void, these nodes exude faint light, constantly nourishing Suldak's spiritual consciousness, and on the contrary, it makes Suldak's spiritual consciousness a lot stronger.

What made Suldak feel a little helpless was that although the power of the holy light in his body had increased, he still couldn't suppress the breath of the black curse.

Perhaps some of the lowest-level sacrifices can be bought in the magic shop, Suldak thought to himself.

The lights in the next bedroom are still not on. The two little girls, Linna and Nedra, probably haven't returned to the Knight Academy. I hope this snow won't have a big impact on their training journey.

After a simple sacrificial ceremony, the blood hole on the leg slowly shrank again...

On a snowy night, the city of Hailansa is dimly lit at night.

The howling of wild animals came from the dark pine forest outside the city.

On the top of the city, a group of armored guards stepped on the thick snow and passed between the walls. This is the winter night in Hailansa City.

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In the sword hall of the Knight Academy, Suldak can now spare some time every week to come here to practice swords.

What he was holding in his hand at the moment was a wooden sword similar to a western rapier. This kind of wooden sword was light in texture and relatively thin. The wooden sword would break with a little force.

The reason why Suldak chose such a wooden sword was to allow himself to give up his advantage in strength, so that he would improve his swordsmanship skills during the battle. Suldak was wearing a set of soft leather light armor, Wearing a protective mask on his head, he was holding his breath, staring intently at the rapier in the hand of the female swordsman in front of him, only to see that the sword suddenly disappeared from the female swordsman's hand, and suddenly appeared in the lower left corner in the next second , like a black dot in Suldak, piercing his lower abdomen.

Only the Western rapier can perform a 'thrust' from such a strange angle. He was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly handed out the wooden sword in his hand, trying to pry the stabbing sword away, but when the sword in his hand was swung out, the A bit of cold light from the stabbing had already exploded in Suldak's eyes instantly, like dozens of arrows shot at Suldak at the same time, forming a rainwaterfall in his eyes.

Suldak squatted almost reflexively, put on a defensive posture, swung his right arm out to block the sword in front of him, retracted the wooden sword in his hand, and pointed it at the female swordsman's heart.

The rapier in the opposite female swordsman's hand instantly hit Suldak's right arm, her lithe body flew into the air and, avoiding Suldak's stabbing sword, the rapier drew on Suldak's chest. A white streak came out, forcing Suldak to take half a step back. The dense sword force stabbed at Suldak one after another. Without the shield, he could only use the wooden sword in his hand to parry the opponent's wooden sword, and there was no effective offensive for a while, and he was forced to defend from the beginning to the end.

The movements of the two people in the practice room were a bit dizzying. There was already a layer of sweat on the female swordsman's forehead. Her light and agile body flicked and moved, and the sweat that spilled out fell on the oak floor. Maintaining this kind of continuous fast attack requires a lot of physical strength, and she gradually became overwhelmed.

However, although Suldak on the opposite side has been forced to defend, his body is like a black reef in the sea of ​​storms. No matter how violent and rapid the attack is, he cannot break through Suldak's defense. The female swordsman looms behind her body A swordsman wearing silver armor appeared, and then her speed increased a lot, and her body's balance ability also improved significantly. The moment she leaped high, her body twisted at an incredible angle in midair , the wooden sword in his hand stabbed out quickly, and Suldak was caught off guard, and the wooden sword in his hand was picked away by the female swordsman opposite...

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Darcy Christie barely pressed the wooden sword against Suldak's chest, with a proud smile on the corner of her mouth.

This time, Darcy Christie won the sword competition again. Her breathing seemed a little short, and the light leather armor on her body was almost soaked in sweat. On the bench, every sword fight with Suldak would exhaust the last bit of her physical strength, and after each sword fight, the next time she wanted to win, she would have to exert more physical strength than the previous one.

She was already at the end of her strength, and she didn't even want to move a finger.

The maid who was waiting at the side quickly handed over a bottle of lavender vitality potion. Darcy Christie took it in her hand, pulled out the cork from the bottle and poured down the vitality potion in one gulp. This is a way to quickly restore physical strength and relieve physical fatigue. A magic potion that stimulates the body's functions to quickly return to normal. This potion also has a hidden effect, that is, drinking it when the body is exhausted will improve the user's physical fitness.

This 'vigor potion' is not only expensive, but it is also difficult to buy in the magic market in Hailansa City, and all the sources are in the hands of the nobles.

As the leading Christie family in Hailansa City, of course they can get some share of vitality potion, but the younger generation of the Christie family is not limited to Darcy Christie, so the vitality potion in her hands can be distributed every month. There are only two bottles.

Suldak knew how expensive this thing was, and the effect of the Vitality Potion looked like a simplified version of the 'Blessed Body'.

The maid took a dry towel and wiped off the sweat from Darcy Christie's face and neck, and covered Darcy's face with a warm towel. Stretch your body, let the power of the vitality potion quickly spread to your limbs, so that you can fully use the power of the medicine to improve yourself.

"Suldak, do you want to join us in winter hunting?" Dacie Christie covered her face with a warm towel, but it didn't affect her chatting.

And this taste of winning with difficulty can make her feel a great satisfaction.

Suldak closed his eyes, sat on the floor of the practice room with his knees bent, with one leg stretched out, his back against the wall of the practice room, thinking about the sword move that Daxi had just used, thinking about how to resist it The sword that was stabbed just now.

Hearing Daxi's invitation, he asked curiously: "Where are you going? If it's just hunting wild boars and gray wolves in the forest, I'm not interested."

In the past, Suldak would flatly refuse, but for him now, hunting outside the city is also one of the ways to obtain the sacrifices required for the sacrificial ceremony. Those low-level monster heads are what he needs most urgently.

Darcy Christie said: "Go to the snowy ridge in the Pagolos Mountains, where there are often packs of sand wolves. If you're lucky, you might be able to catch snow monsters or mountain lions..."

Suldak opened his eyes, turned to look at Dacie Christie and asked, "When are you going?"

Dacie Christie was still lying on the bench, allowing the maid to relax the muscles that were almost twisted together for her, and said with a whimper: "It will be colder, and the snow will be heavier. Wait until those monsters If you can’t find anything to eat, you’ll run out of the mountains, Bird has a manor over there, we can all borrow there, it’s considered a vacation..."

"Okay, count me in then, I really want to hunt some sand wolves." Suldak touched the magic pouch on his body, there were still two sand wolf heads left in it, but it was obvious that Darcy Christie hunted some sand wolves this time. Activities are too late.

Suldak got up from the ground, picked up the wooden sword on the ground, and greeted Daci Christie: "I still have something to do, let's go first..."

Before Darcy Christie had time to ask where Suldak was going, Suldak had already walked out of the practice room, only the sound of the door being slammed shut.

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Suldak is going to return to Wall Village overnight this weekend. Before that, he needs to go around the magic grocery store to see if he can buy low-level sacrifices like sand wolf heads. Otherwise, once the "Blessed Body" gains The effect disappears, and the leg injury recurs halfway, that's the real trouble.

And he also wanted to take the opportunity to buy a batch of gifts to take back, so he wanted to take a stroll over there before the market ended.

Suldak changed his clothes and left the sword hall, and then went to the stable to pull out the Gu Bolai horse, and rode to the leather shop of the master Aibei leather maker first, and finished the magic pattern structure with the last process. Take out the substrate.The base material of these three sets of magic pattern construction looks very different from the high-grade salamander leather armor that Suldak got before. The seams of the base leather armor of these three sets of magic pattern construction are almost invisible Yes, and there is a large area of ​​blank space on the leather armor, probably for the inscription master to engrave the magic circle on these positions.