After leaving the Lord's Mansion, Thor took out the magic hourglass and looked at it, only to realize that it was between midnight and dawn.

Now that the whole town has fallen asleep, and most of the shops have closed, it is obviously not suitable to go to the hotel at this time. The key is that at this point in time, Thor stood in the alleyway and had nowhere to go for a while.

"I knew that it was better to accompany Chletty until the morning. Thor muttered.

Perhaps the taverns and the like were still open, but he didn't know the distribution of taverns in Newtown, and it would be troublesome to run into the town's patrols when they were on the streets at such times. Even if you don't get caught, you can't run away after some interrogation.

Forget it, just mix it up for a while, anyway, the dawn is not far away.

Eventually, Thor tightened his collar and curled up in a random corner of the alleyway, like a homeless homeless man. He wanted to try to lean against the corner and take a nap, but the plummeting temperature kept him in a half-asleep blur.

I don't know how long it has been, but the whole town has finally woken up from its slumber. Thor picked up a handful of ice and snow and wiped a few handfuls on his face, then blended into the scattered pedestrians of the street like an early riser.

He first went to the bakery where Chrissy had taken him, only to find out that Thor was not the first customer.

"I don't know where Chris's little sprouts have run away now. After asking for a sandwich bread, Thor ate it as he ate the heat of the oven to dispel the chill from his body.

After filling his stomach, he did not go straight to the market, but first went to the post station in the new town, the travel point of the business traveler.

As luck would have it, I met a caravan that was leaving at noon, led by a middle-aged uncle named Zorbert. His family was already in Grey Curtain Town, and he was preparing to seize the opportunity to make one last trip to the goods before the winter was completely completed, just in time to go home for the winter.

After drawing his sword and warming up with Zorbert, Thor easily got the qualification to follow the team, and as for the attention of several unranked people in the team, he didn't pay attention to it.

After arriving at the market in Newtown, it was clear that the weather had also affected the business on the streets, with fewer stalls and fewer customers, and Saul estimated that he might not have much to gain from his trip.

After two casual walks around and finding nothing of interest, Thor plunged headlong into the same magic shop that Loton had introduced last time.

This time, the shopkeeper was replaced by a young man in his twenties, wiping the goods with a rag. When he saw Thor enter the store, he smiled politely and motioned for Thor to pick whatever he wanted.

The goods in the store didn't seem to have changed much from the last time I saw them.

"Hello, I have been here once, last time it was a lady. After a round of looking, Thor greeted the young shopkeeper.

"Oh, hello guest, I'm Leon. The one you are talking about is my mother, and now in the winter I invite her to go home and rest, come, please sit here. ”

Leon, the owner, ushered Saul to a small round table in the corner of the shop and sat down at a small round table of guests, then poured two cups of steaming tea.

"May I ask if the guest has ordered a wand or cloak in our shop, and is he here to pick up the order?" Leon asked politely, sitting across the round table from Thor.

Thor was a little embarrassed, he mentioned that before, not to get closer or ask for any discount, but to find a word for the next inquiry. Unexpectedly, it caused a misunderstanding of the shopkeeper and was warmly welcomed.

"I'm sorry to misunderstand you, but I'm not a magician myself, I'm barely a half-adventurer. Last time, I bought a magic book and some gadgets here, and today I wanted to ask if there are any new items in your store?"

"Haha, it's okay, there are no guests in this weather, in fact, I'm a little bored here. If I think about it, if it's new, if it's different from a few months ago, oh, it's a batch of soul crystals, but there aren't many of them. ”

"Soul crystals, what are soul crystals?" Thor didn't know why.

Leon got up and walked into the counter, then brought two slightly transparent diamond-shaped crystals and spread them out on the palm of his hand.

The two diamond-shaped crystals are the same size, and they look regular in appearance and have a texture like crystals with impurities. There seemed to be a flame burning in one of them, but there was nothing in the other, and Thor couldn't tell what it was.

"It is said that this is a new gadget from the main city, this is the excess demon soul obtained by the adventurers during the adventure, and the empty one is like a container, which is used to carry the demon soul. Leon explained.

"You say this is a demon soul!?" Thor glared, and his tone couldn't help but increase a point, he really didn't expect that demon souls could be used as goods to be traded.

In fact, Thor had tried it on a whim when he first came into contact with the Demon Spirit, but he found that the Demon Soul was not a physical substance, except for being able to see, it could not be touched or felt, just like air.

Oh, no, air can be captured, you can put it in a sealed jar and you can take it away. But the demon soul can't, it will directly penetrate the wall of the jar, and it is impossible to even put it into the jar.

"Yes, this is a demon soul, but this special magic crystal container is needed to realize the process of storing and moving demon souls. And when you need to absorb the demonic soul, you just have to unscrew the top part of the crystal's rotatable part, and that's it. ”

Leon introduced as he gently rotated the crystal containing the demon soul to open it, and then a crimson demon soul was exposed to the air. Judging by the color, Thor suspects that it comes from a zombie or a wolf, or of course, an unknown monster he has never seen.

"Then may I ask, what is the price of this single one, this kind of one with a demon soul. Thor asked.

A demon soul may not seem like much, but it may mean the loss of several lives, and Thor estimates that the price should be very expensive, and he may not be able to buy it, but Leon's answer made his eyes widen again.

"A soul crystal, which is the one containing the demon soul, costs a silver wolf. As for the carrying container of the demon soul, there are two silver wolves, and if you purchase a large amount of the same kind of goods, our store can also provide a certain discount. ”

A silver wolf and a demon soul?demon soul...... So worthless? Thor felt that his perception of price had been subverted, he had thought that the price of a soul crystal might be one Golden Eagle or even higher.

However, Thor guessed the root of the problem in a short time, which should be the cognitive difference brought about by height and vision. Perhaps for people of their own level, demon souls are precious and rare, but for adventurers with extraordinary strength, they are not a big deal.

Leon, the owner, quickly confirms Saul's suspicions.

"In fact, the main customer group of this kind of goods is low-level adventurers, but there are very few people among high-level adventurers, because after reaching the high level, it is dangerous to absorb demon souls without restrictions, so some high-level people often stop before they have a premonition that they are about to advance to the level. ”

"It is said that some powerful and prestigious families on the mainland, unless the development of the family reaches a bottleneck, or when they have to rely on strong force to break the situation, their head of the family will write a suicide note and face the matter of promotion with the last care of the family. ”

"As for ordinary professionals, perhaps only those who are fanatical and truly martial-loving will move forward bravely regardless of the risk of failure. Actually, I'm also a second-order magician myself, and I've been staying at this rank for three years. Leon's tone was a little embarrassed.

Writing a suicide note to advance to the ranks? It sounded like a joke, but Thor felt a strong sense of tragedy.

"You said that high-level professionals have a hunch before they move up?" Thor captured what he was interested in.

"It's hard to describe, but to put it bluntly, it's like when you're almost full, but you can actually feel it. Moreover, the current strength of the first order, you will have a hunch before the second order is approaching. ”

"I used to study at the Ansestan Academy of Magic, and according to my mentor's perennial research, in fact, the process of advancing to the first order on this continent is for all ordinary people, after all, there is no risk, just absorbing demon souls. ”

"The real diversion between ordinary people and professionals is from the second order, although they have to face the risk of failure to advance, but at the same time, they also get an increase in physical strength, a widening of their dark vision, and they can also awaken their professional skills. ”

"Occupations, what occupations?" Thor caught another unknown.

"The so-called vocational skill classification is too complicated, the common big categories are sword skills, magic, etc., the rare ones are illusions, summoning, etc., and even the bow and arrow skills are available. ”

"Many people say that it is the ability of human beings to awaken themselves in the Dark Ages, others say that it is a gift from the gods or the echo of fate, and many schools of thought about what fateful mission have also emerged. ”

For this new knowledge, Thor's eyes are very hot.

"What if I'm a first-order swordsman who has been using a sword, but awakens a magical ability when I'm a second-order swordsman, what will happen?

"This does happen, and it happens all the time. ”

"For example, in our magic academy, it is usually not until the professional skill awakens that they determine their career direction, so there are often students who leave the academy to become a swordsman after reaching the second order, or go on another path. ”

"As for the guest you said, you used a sword, but in the end you awakened your magical abilities. That's just three options, continue to refine swordsmanship, or specialize in magic from now on, or become a magic swordsman with both abilities. ”

"Of course, all choices should be made carefully based on their own specific circumstances. ”

Eventually, Thor thanked him again and again and got up to say goodbye, after all, he had bothered others for too long, and it was time for him to leave. As for the soul crystals, Thor swept all the remaining twenty soul crystals in the store, and twenty magic containers carrying demon souls also came.

Originally, he was not going to buy a magic container, but he suddenly thought that if he succeeded in advancing to the second order, he would store all the excess demon souls and give them to Chretty for her to absorb, if only he could pull her to the next level.

There was another effect, Thor wanted to see if he could use a magic container to take Siffana to the beach, and he instinctively felt that Siffana's constitution and demon spirit seemed to be the same thing.