In the darkness of the night.

In a small town.

"Brush, brush!"

Anne Pombo was covered in air, and she flew at great speed over the tops of various buildings, fleeing in the direction of the city walls.

"Hohoo"

Anne Pombo gasped as she fled, glancing back behind her from time to time, as if some dangerous enemy was chasing her. Her expression was solemn and serious, her face was slightly pale from overconsumption, and the sweat that oozes wet the short bangs on her forehead and slide down her cheeks.

"Brush, brush!"

Anne flew over until she reached the walls of the town, which were just over four meters high. Glancing in the direction behind him, he made sure that the enemy had not caught up, and stepped on the smooth surface of the wall with one foot. As if stepping on a transparent brick, the whole person bounced up violently, like a lark crossing the unguarded city wall and falling lightly on the soft ground outside the city.

"Whew"

After landing on the ground, Anne let out a long breath, stood up straight, and prepared to leave, but before she could take a step on her feet, her body was stiff.

A cold voice sounded from behind her, as if she had been waiting for a long time, and said jokingly: "Heh, little girl, have you escaped enough? Hmph, I really think that I can't catch up with you? Actually, I just want to see how much ability you have."

Seriously, in my opinion, your abilities are still quite good, it's just a pity that you went astray. If a first-class wizard doesn't learn to steal well, doesn't he think about the consequences? I really don't know how your parents and teachers taught you, don't you have any shame?"

Anne blinked, moved her body slightly, and responded unceremoniously: "I'm afraid that you are not qualified to educate me." As far as I know, what I stole did not belong to you in the first place, but you stole it from someone else. I'm stealing, you're robbing, I think my way is a little gentle, at least I won't kill people in the process. ”

"Daring! nonsense!" the ambushers were furious, and a flame burst into the night and was about to fly towards Anne.

But before the flames could leave the palm of his hand, the body of the attacker trembled, and a silver ice pick silently pierced his heart. After that, the silver ice pick burrowed into the body along the wound as if it were alive, divided into more than a dozen strands, and quickly stabbed into the heart, brain and other vital points.

The man's eyes widened, and Anne convulsed, and she fell to the ground with a "poof", turning into a corpse.

"Click......

Anne walked over to the corpse, glanced at the man, and said, "Well, it's true that I'm talking nonsense. Actually, my ways have never been gentle, like killing people now. ”

"But then again, this is also what you asked for, you originally had the opportunity to kill me, but you thought that the strength of the first-level wizard and the high-level could crush me steadily, so you didn't rush to do it, but instead said a bunch of nonsense, and gave me a chance, didn't your companion tell you that I was in danger?"

After speaking, Anne shook her head, took out a map from her arms, looked at it a few times by the moonlight, and sighed: "Well, I didn't find any valuable clues here, but got into trouble." Well, this time I'm going to try my hand at a little further afield, or this is it. ”

"Newburgh. ”

Anne squinted and read out the name of a place on the map.

......

The night passed quickly, and the day came.

Daytime, noon.

In the mountains of the Kingdom of Sika, a mountain, a clearing on the mountainside.

A young man, a bald wizard, stood silently, staring at the large and small piles of gray-brown ore on the ground.

The young man was once the prince of the Emerald Kingdom, and now he is the mid-level steward of the Moro mines, and as for the wizard rank...... It is a third-level wizard apprentice who can't be shaken.

The bald wizard is Gro's top boss and the manager of the mine, Tamen, and the wizard level is the second level wizard beginner.

Gro and Tamen kept staring at the pile of gray-brown ore on the ground, and their expressions were not very good. Gro's brows furrowed, as if he had encountered something more desperate than he couldn't upgrade to a full-fledged wizard, while Tamen's lips were pursed, and the wrinkles on his forehead merged into the word "Chuan".

One minute, two minutes, three minutes......

The two of them stared at the ore for a full three minutes, and finally it was Tamen who spoke first, sighed and looked at Gro and asked, "Geluo, is this the ore mined from the newly opened No. 9 Cave?"

"Yes, Lord Tamen. Gro nodded in response, "It was just mined this morning, and according to the miners below, if you dig deeper, almost all of the same quality will carry a subtle corrosive energy." ”

After a pause, Gro looked at Tamen with a little worry and said, "I can see, Lord Tamen, the strength of the erosive energy of these ores mined now has decreased compared with those ores mined at the beginning, and it has been reduced to a level that can be reluctantly accepted, at least...... It will not easily cause discomfort to the miners.

It's just that...... Then again, the effects are there, and a lot of the ore we sell is for wizarding organizations, so it's hard not to let them find out. So ......"

"So, we're going to have to close the mine again and prepare to open a new one?" Tamen asked, glancing at Gro.

"This ......" Groh hesitated, hesitating to hear something, and turned his head to look to the side.

"Click......

Footsteps sounded, and the figure of a young woman appeared, it was Nancy.

Her current identity is the senior steward of the Moro Mine, and the wizard level is a first-level wizard intermediate level.

"Why are you here?" asked Gro with a slight surprise when he saw Nancy appear.

"Is Nancy in charge?" asked the bald wizard Tamen.

Nancy didn't explain much, walked up to the two of them, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she revealed the thing she was holding in the palm of her hand, which was a small piece of gray-brown ore, exactly the same as the one on the ground.

"It's ......" The bald wizard Tamen raised his eyebrows, as if he had guessed something, and his eyes slowly widened.

"This is just miners in Cave 3. Nancy paused, as if to give Tamen and Groh time to react, and then explained, "Yes, this thing has also appeared in our largest mining cave so far. The corrosive energy intensity is a lot lower, but don't think about taking our customers for fools, if we dare to sell this thing to them, they will definitely dare to turn the other cheek We have been working with them for a long time, and if you really do this, the gains outweigh the losses, and you have to find a way. ”

"What then?" asked the bald wizard Tamen in a muffled voice, "Our mine obviously has a large number of high-quality ores, many of which can be provided to wizards as low-level transcendent materials, and it has always been a jealous eye. Now, because of this inexplicable corrosive energy, the output has been greatly reduced, and because of the continuous opening of new mines, the cost is getting higher and higher, so I am afraid that I will go bankrupt. ”

"Lord Tamen, I want to try my luck at the border. Nancy said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" the bald wizard wondered, and Gro looked at Nancy curiously.

Nancy sighed and explained: "On the border between the Kingdom of Sika and the Soma Alliance, there is a city called Newburgh, and there will be an annual gathering soon, and a large number of merchants from both countries will be attracted to it.

I don't have to think about where to try my luck with the newly mined ore and sell it to our old customers, but if I am lucky enough to meet a suitable new customer, I may be able to sell it to him. ”

Gro understood, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Nancy and said, "So, are you looking for special customers who don't care too much about erosive properties?"

Nancy glanced at Gro and said, "Needless to say, you can be more direct." Yes, I'm just going to Newburgh to see if there are any wrongdoers willing to buy these impure ores. ”

"Uh......"

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