Act 13 Dragon Vein (II)

There were still crowds of people in the tavern at night, and there were mercenaries coming and going everywhere. They sat at the round table made of solid wood, holding wine glasses, talking vulgar jokes loudly, and drinking rye that was not very delicious. The armor on these mercenaries would touch each other from time to time, making a "bumping" sound, so it was difficult for you to tell what these mercenaries were saying in these noises.

In a relatively remote corner, a young mage asked for a glass of red sweet wine and studied it carefully with a heavy book. The sounds around seemed a little noisy, but the young mage did not feel noisy at all. He just calmly sipped the red wine, and from time to time he turned a new page of awkward and difficult book in front of him.

This mage naturally attracted the attention of the people around. Although Vitora claims to be a magic empire, there are actually not many real mages in this huge country. Those mages understood by mortals often sit high on the highest level of the mage tower, using their wise eyes to see the most original mystery of the world... So it is very strange to be able to see a mage, but if the mage doesn't speak, the people around him will not go over and talk to him so recklessly.

Of course, Ivis didn't come here to read books. Or, reading books here is just a small thing he did. What he actually wanted to do was listen to rumors here.

In the game, rumors obtained from taverns are quite precious. You can often hear some strange rumors in taverns in a small town, and when you solve it, the rewards will even exceed your imagination.

This is no longer the town where Avis became the Dragon Vein Mage. He had already set off and came to a new place. This is a place called "Qiming Town". Like most towns in the Eisengo field in the southern part of the Kingdom, it is poor, desolate and full of all kinds of poor people and mercenaries. Of course, those criminals are indispensable. When night falls on this remote town, people wandering outside are often not so easy to deal with.

After the night came, Avis had to stay in the hotel in this town first. The first floor of the hotel was a tavern. So Avis decided to collect information here first, solve the dinner, and read some magic books that had been deposited.

The most talked about by these mercenaries should be the whereabouts of the mage who was driven from the tower. I heard that he had wiped out the third wave to capture his soldiers, and the last place he appeared was a hill not far from the town he was staying in before Avis. Avis was silent for a while - was it really him who released the vampire mage?

The tower is generally used to refer to the mage tower built by a mage. In addition to being used by a mage to study the true meaning of magic, the mage tower is also widely used to teach apprentices. The mage driven by the tower refers to the mage who defected from the mage tower. The "high tower" here does not refer to the tower mage in Alpha, another mage kingdom of fire and copper, on the other end of the distant continent. In fact, Alpha's tower mage is like Vitora's Winter Ring Mage, both an extremely powerful mage organization. Perhaps only the rune mages of the Iltons can be compared with it on the entire continent.

The second topic they talked about was the war that was about to break out at the Port of Altola. The Port of Altola is close to the Sea of ​​Storm but has always lacked iron tools. The city near Altola Port has abundant ore resources. Both places have strong military power, which is also an area that the Vitora Parliament is difficult to govern... The war may not come so quickly, but it is almost inevitable.

From time to time, they would also talk about some things about the capital. For example, which great writer published any book, and how they criticized the church. The current situation of Vitora is more like the Renaissance era in another world. The emergence of various waves of thought has made this country firmly take its own steps towards capitalist society. Of course, the prosperous area is only the most central part of Vitora, and other places in Vitora are not much better than other countries.

Especially in the south and east Eisengo, poverty can be seen with the naked eye.

Avis quietly drank a sip of sweet wine. The wine was sweet and sweet. After drinking it, he could feel a fire rising in his abdomen. He drank the wine glass and then placed the wine glass in front of him. After guiding the power of the dragon vein, it was difficult for ordinary wine to get drunk. Of course, the winemaking process of this era was not so difficult to get high-purity wine. Some wines can even make legends drunk, so what Avis ordered was actually a fruit wine with very low alcohol content.

Slowly closing the books in front of him, when Avis was about to stand up and walk away, a figure slowly came to him. Avis calmed down and looked at the person in front of him. He was wearing a black cloak with a green dagger around his waist. His figure was extremely well-proportioned, and under the black cloak was covered with brown leather armor. There were some dangerous objects hanging around the leather armor. The first moment Avis saw this man, he realized that he was a wanderer-or, or in less tactful words, he was a thief.

The thief sat down directly in front of Avis. He raised his head slightly and revealed his needless chin: "Or you should talk to me, Master Mage."

"Who are you?" Avis frowned, and he turned to look at the thief, "Why should I talk to you?"

"My name is Ge Tongluo, and everyone familiar calls me 'half a gold coin'. But who I am is not the point." The thief said, "What's important is - do you want a way to make money? Master."

Ivis knew that he had encountered a random task. Of course, this is a noun in the game. In this real world, you will never know what kind of task you will encounter. Ivis was silent for a while and then said, "Let me tell me."

"You know, we wanderers need to rely on their hands to eat - and a weapon that matches our hands. We call a good weapon the extension of our hands." Ge Tongluo stretched out his hand, slender and pale, with thick calluses on the inside of his hand. "Unfortunately, in an earlier operation, my weapon was lost. I probably knew whose hands it was, but they set up a trap to kill on the road. I am not a mage, sir. I only have some experience in demolishing ordinary traps. Those inscriptions engraved with magic will only cause me to be buried in a dark corner. So I need a mage to help... If you can help me get my dagger back, I will naturally give you a reward that will satisfy you."

After hearing this, Avis looked calmly at the wanderer who claimed to be Ge Tongluo, "I need you to sign a magic contract, and if the enemy's strength is too strong, I think I should have the right to retreat." He actually wanted to agree to this task. The task of having money and experience income at the same time is not so easy to obtain. Of course, necessary caution is still essential, and Avis does not want to capsize the ship in the gutter.

"This is nature." The wanderer stood up and continued, "We may have to leave the city, and I can sign the magic contract now... If you are ready, two o'clock in the morning will be the time for us to move." Ge Tongluo then smiled, "I wish us a happy cooperation."

“Happy cooperation.”

Avis and Ge Tongluo shook hands, and then Ge Tongluo signed a magic contract drafted by Avis. Under the gaze of the magic goddess, the content of the contract will be guaranteed in the name of God. Cthulice, the magic goddess, is an absolutely neutral god, so there is no need to worry that He will favor anyone.

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The night became darker and darker. The sky was covered with starlight, and the soft moonlight shone on the road under his feet. Avis took a deep breath and could feel a fresh smell from nature from his breath. The mist gradually erupted at night, and his vision was shortened. But this did not hinder Avis, who was half-elf. His eyes could clearly see things in the dark - and because the power of the dragon in his body was gradually developed, he could see much clearer than before.

Darkness also cannot stop Ge Tongluo's sight. After acting with him, Avis discovered that this guy has about one-eighth of the bloodline of the Drow Elves. In this world, if your alien bloodline is less than one-eighth, then you are no different from humans. If your bloodline is more than seven-eighth, then you are no different from that alien. So Ge Tongluo can barely be considered a half-elves. He has about two hundred years of life and the ability to see things in darkness. Similarly, he also has certain specialties in agility.

Avis held his breath slightly, and he could already capture the mission target in his sight. The light of the torch seemed so dazzling in the dark. His eyes turned to his side, and the wanderer nodded gently, and said in a hoarse voice: "That's right, it's them."

Avis smiled. This was his first battle after he changed his job and became a Dragon Vein Mage, but he must win beautifully!

Avis placed his hand on the staff around his waist and silently added "invisibility" to himself.

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Chapter completed!