But Dylan recently learned from the madman Crawford that something seems to have happened to the Monster Mountains recently, which has alarmed the Empire's army.

So, Dylan told Carlos what he had overheard. Carlos couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

"However, we have already taken the order and promised the employer that it will be completed within 10 days. So far, as long as we accept the order, we will definitely complete it. If we don't have that faith, then we'd rather not take this order. ”

"And every time we accept a mission, we will conduct a risk assessment on it, and this mission, we only need to enter the outer area of the Warcraft Mountains, not into the central area, I think there shouldn't be too much of a problem, so I finally agreed to take this order. ”

"And this time, our original plan was for me to go with Benjamin, but Benjamin's guy took over an assassination plan at a critical time and hasn't come back yet. So I really can't help it, so I reluctantly thought of you. ”

Speaking of this, Carlos couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Of course, you also have the right to choose to refuse to participate in this mission, after all, there are too many dangers in the Warcraft Mountains, and we ourselves can't be sure that we will protect your personal safety." Moreover, our brotherhood never forces our own people to do anything, everything is voluntary. ”

Dylan pondered for a moment and asked, "What if I refuse this time?"

Carlos spread his hands and said, "Then I will choose to abandon this mission and make it the first abandoned list of our Arcane Brotherhood." ”

Dylan knew in his heart that doing so would definitely affect the credibility of the Brotherhood, and the reputation he had accumulated over the years would probably be lost.

After much thought, Dylan finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, I accept this mission." ”

Carloston smiled mildly, and then said, "Don't worry, if this mission can be successfully completed, then in addition to the bounty you will already get, I will give you some additional Shadow Magic Stones, what do you think?"

Dylan naturally nodded in satisfaction, the Shadow Demon Stone was indeed very attractive to him, because it could help the magician quickly recover the magic power in his body. Just like today, if Dylan had the Shadow Stone, he wouldn't have been so embarrassed just now.

Thanks to the Shadow Stone, he can quickly replenish it when his mana is depleted, and if he ignores the time to chant the spell, he can cast shadow magic almost infinitely.

It's just that there are so few Shadow Magic Stones that they can't be bought on the normal market at all, so you can only try your luck on the black market, and even if there are, the price must be very expensive.

And this time, if you participate in the mission of the Arcane Brotherhood, then you can get the Shadow Magic Stone, which is indeed a great attraction for Dylan.

But Dylan was a little worried: "This time, the empire dispatched a large number of troops for what happened in Warcraft Mountain, and even recruited mercenaries from the nobles, thinking that there must have been a big change in Warcraft Mountain." Therefore, this time we must be well prepared enough to deal with unknown risks. ”

Carlos nodded: "Well, don't worry, this time, in addition to you and me, the two shadow mages, there are three other intermediate mages, one level five and two level six." I think there should be no problem dealing with the dangers in the outer areas of the Warcraft Mountains. ”

In this way, Dylan and Carlos agreed on a time and place: tomorrow afternoon, the Gopher Tavern in Black City.

Dylan meditated for a while, and the magic power in his body quickly recovered completely, feeling that the shadow elements between heaven and earth continued to fill his body, and with the flowing blood flowing warm his whole body, Dylan felt extremely happy and comfortable, and his physical strength and energy also reached the peak state in an instant.

Dylan immediately used "disappearing", taking advantage of the inattention of the guards guarding the city, and soon returned to the imperial capital.

He had just walked into Gomore's blacksmith shop, only to see Rick Spirits standing on top of an iron bench, wielding a hammer and striking a piece of black iron in front of him.

Dylan didn't remove the "vanishing" magic, as he didn't want Rick to find out sneaking out with Colin.

Just as Dylan was tiptoeing upstairs, he heard Rick say in a cold voice, "Say, where did you go crazy?"

Dylan chuckled in his heart, it stands to reason that if he used "disappear", it should be impossible for Rick to see him. So Dylan didn't rush to respond at this time, but stood still in place.

However, he soon realized how stupid his action was, for he saw a row of snow-stained footprints behind him.

"Sure enough, this snow is really not the right time. Seeing that it was impossible for him to fool around again, Dylan withdrew the "vanishing" magic and smiled awkwardly at Rick: "Hehe, teacher, you are really amazing, you have found out like this!"

Rick sneered, "Are you fool or blind to me?" and then glared at Colin who was hiding in Dylan's arms.

Colin couldn't help but retract his head.

"You have stiff wings now, and you dare to take Colin out under the guise of being a shadow mage? Do you know how dangerous this is?" Rick was visibly furious.

Colin just wanted to poke his head out to explain, but Dylan suddenly pressed back: "Hehe, it turns out that the teacher knows." ”

"I didn't know about it, but I went to your room to call you, only to find that you weren't there, and your desk was full of messy drawings. I wanted to help you sort it out, but I found that the patterns on it all seemed to be related to shadow magic, so I became suspicious. When I see you use invisibility again, I'll be even more sure of your identity!" Rick said coldly.

Dylan corrected: "Teacher, that's not stealth, that's called vanishing!"

Rick immediately shouted, "I don't call it what it's called! Do you know how dangerous it is for you to do this, Colin's identity, and your identity, any one of them is found out, it will be a great trouble!"

Rick quickly realized his gaffe, but fortunately it was snowing outside and there were no pedestrians on the street, otherwise it would have attracted the attention and suspicion of others.

Rick lowered his voice and said, "If you dare to do this again in the future, and act rashly without my consent, then I will drive you back to the City of the North Wind!"

Dylan nodded very knowingly, seeing that Rick's anger had disappeared for the most part, he immediately smiled and said hello, and prepared to go back to the attic.

"Wait!" Rick called out to Dylan, "Who else but me knows who you are as a shadow mage?"

Dylan said, "In addition to you and Stephen and Donald, there is indeed one more person. ”

"What? That is, there are three other people besides me?" Rick was really angry, and he really didn't know it, "And who is the other person?"

Dylan replied honestly: "His name is Carlos Rodriguez." ”

Rick looked at Dylan in shock, "Carlos? you mean Carlos, he's not dead?"