It was a middle-aged man.

With a goatee and small eyes, it gives a shrewd and mean feeling.

He was dressed in black, which looked a bit like a modern suit, and he was very sophisticated.

With a big smile on his face, the man held out his hand to Allen.

"Hello Magician, I'm Earl Scott. ”

"My name is Alan. ”

Alan shook his hand gently.

It feels a little rough to the touch, and even a little calloused.

Alan sat across from Earl Scott.

The seats are leather and comfortable.

Although Alan didn't understand, the environment inside the entire carriage looked very luxurious and noble, in line with the positioning of a low-key rich man.

When Mia came in, Earl Scott shook her hand again.

"Remove the hoods, I want to know what the collaborators really are. ”

Earl Scott closed the door gently, and the inside of the carriage with the curtains drawn suddenly became a little dark.

He pulled a match and lit the candle on the counter next to him.

Seeing Eren remove her hood, Mia hesitated for a moment and did so.

"Lady Mia, why are you here?"

The candlelight flickered, and Earl Scott was a little surprised to see Mia's pretty face.

"Go out and execute the order. ”

Mia said lightly.

"That's right......," said Earl Scott, bowing his head, as if in thought.

"Then you should be able to guess why I'm looking for you, right?"

Mia nodded and didn't speak.

"This gentleman looks a little raw, he's from somewhere else, why haven't I seen it before?"

Seeing that Mia didn't seem to have any desire to speak, Earl Scott turned his head and looked at Alan's face with narrow eyes.

Alan nodded.

"Where did it come from?"

There was silence in the carriage.

Seeing that Alan didn't like to talk too much, Earl Scott rubbed his nose and sighed.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, what matters is, how many stars are you?"

"Two stars. ”

Alan spoke.

I'll be sure to ask Mia what the hell is going on.

Out of the corner of her eye, she swept to Mia, who was staring blankly at the wooden table in front of her, her usual style.

Earl Scott nodded, his face not showing surprise, but also not disappointed.

"That's it. ”

He stood up and opened the door.

Mia didn't say anything and walked on.

Alan looked confused, and as he walked down, his hand was suddenly grabbed by Earl Scott.

"More contact. ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Earl Scott's mouth, and he shoved a hard object into Alan's palm.

It's a gold coin.

The doors closed.

Putting the gold coin in his arms, Alan didn't say anything to Mia.

"What the hell is he looking for us?"

As the convoy walked away, Alan walked beside Mia and asked.

"There are three counts and one duke in Boulder City, and Scott is one of those three counts. ”

"There is often a fight among them for resources and money, so they want to get all the help. ”

"Whatever they promise, I hope you don't kill innocent people. ”

Turning around, Mia's pretty face was very serious.

Eren remembered that when Mia told him about Anna, she was the same.

"I see. ”

Seeing that Eren agreed, Mia put the hood of her robe on again.

It didn't take long for Alan and the two to get close to Boulder City.

Countless houses of varying heights are scattered in front of you, and in the distance are tall boulder walls.

Quite a few people in shabby clothes walked back and forth between these houses.

Their faces were yellow and thin, their burlap clothes were full of patches, and their eyes were full of numbness to life.

The only thing that was clean around was the gravel road in the middle of the street.

"Front, have you ever been to Boulder City?"

Alan asked inwardly.

"I've only been to Boulder once, where have you been?"

"Well, the matter in Greystone is settled. ”

"It's a messy place, even if you're a two-star magician, you have to pay attention. ”

As they spoke, Alan and the others approached the slum-like place.

When the people around saw the skeleton horse under Allen and the others, they were not frightened, but avoided it as if they had seen a plague god.

"What are you going to do when you enter Boulder City?"

Not caring about these poor people, Alan asked Mia.

"Take the commission and kill the monster. ”

Mia looked at the city gate in the distance and said lightly.

"Take me one. ”

Hearing Alan's words, Mia turned her head and looked at Alan's face.

"Hmm. ”

The skeleton horse at Alan's feet shuddered suddenly.

She...... Didn't you reject me?

Alan was a little surprised.

After these few days of getting along, he thinks Mia is a good person.

Less talk, reliable, will not leave behind companions.

The most important thing is that she has seen the big world, and she feels much stronger than Front, who is housed in her right arm.

One more thing, she's really beautiful.

The two rode skeletal horses and swaggered across the street.

After passing through the slums, we came to the city gate.

At the huge city gate, several guards in steel armor were standing nearby, their eyes constantly examining the people passing by.

Every now and then, one or two of them would come out and take someone who looked sneaky aside for questioning.

As Alan and the two passed, the guards' eyes scanned back and forth over their robes, but they didn't move.

Because they ride skeleton horses that are exclusive to magicians.

This is just a sub-gate of Boulder City, but after Alan walked in, he still stopped for the bustling scene in front of him.

A few children were chasing and playing in the street, smiling faces.

Stalls selling food and toys line neatly on both sides of the street.

But people's eyes were still full of defensiveness and vigilance.

Following Mia, Eren came to a huge palace.

In the well-planned streets, the palace stands here like an outlier that shouldn't be.

When pedestrians walk, they will deliberately avoid the road near the palace, even if it is a little longer walked.

"Ya...... Fallon?"

Looking at the font carved into that palace, Alan couldn't help but read it out.

This is an organization of magicians.

Mia retrieved her skeleton horse and walked down the steps towards the palace.

Just stunned, Alan followed.

"Tiffany, you must help me!"

Before he could get closer, an old woman's voice suddenly came from the palace.

"Tina, this is Afaryn, not an animal shelter, your cat is missing, please go find the guards. ”

She was answered by another old voice.

There were two old ladies in it.

"The guards are the rice buckets that help take money and don't do things, okay, let me issue a commission. ”

"No, unless there are monsters involved, there is no need for a magician for this kind of thing!"

"Please go back!"

An old lady walked out of the palace.

She was dressed in a luxurious garment, but her complexion was very bad.

In addition to the wrinkles on the dejected face, two tear stains can be faintly seen.

She saw that Alan and the two were dressed mysteriously, and her eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of joy.

"You ...... It must be a magician, right?"

She walked over.

"Ignore her. ”

Mia said a word to Alan, ignored the old lady, and walked towards the palace.

Alan also wanted to leave, but the old lady was already in front of him.

Out of politeness, Alan asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"My cat lost ......"

Sure enough, it's such a trivial thing.

Alan didn't have time to delay, he was about to get past the old lady, but suddenly he saw a golden light.

The old lady held a gold coin in her hand.

She slipped the coin into Alan's hand and gave him an address.

"Come to me when you're free. ”

Alan looked down at the gold coin in his hand, and then at the back of the old lady leaving, a little confused.

Are all the people in the city so rich?

Putting the gold in his bosom and the one given to him by Earl Scott, Alan walked towards the palace.

Ordinary people need to struggle for a lifetime of wealth, and he got it just by looking at him.

But I'm not short of money.

The moment he walked into the palace, Alan didn't think he was a money fan.

In the middle of the palace, there is a huge stove.

The flames inside the furnace were so strong that even at the entrance of the palace, Alan could still feel the heat inside.

The flame was scarlet, thick as blood.

Beside the fire, stood a cloaked figure.

He was hunched back, and gray-white hair was exposed under the hood that covered his face.

She reached into the furnace and pulled a scroll out of it.

Next to it are rows of reel racks, but most of them are empty.

Mia was standing in front of her, not sure what she was thinking.

"Magician, I heard Mia say you're from out of town?"

Tiffany put the scroll in her hand on the scroll rack on the side, looked at Alan who walked through the palace gate, and asked in a deep voice.

Alan answered.

"And what about your identification?"

Hearing this, Alan suddenly became a little nervous.

Frante hadn't mentioned it to him.

"Frank, what's the identification?"

"You can just say you don't know what it is. ”

Alan pressed the tension in his heart, "What's that?" ”

Hearing Alan's words, Tiffany let out a dry laugh.

"Hehe, let's make a reprint. ”

She stood by the fire and made a gesture of please.

"Put your hand into the fire of Apharon, and it will recognize you. ”

Cold sweat ran down Alan's forehead.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at Mia.

Mia didn't look at him, but she held the hilt of a sword tightly in her right hand.

It was a sacrifice!

Is this a trap?

Alan was a bit of a hard time riding a tiger.

If they put their hands into the fire of Naafallon, who knows if they will recognize themselves as the Travelers, and the still alive Frant in their right arm.

But what if they can't be recognized?

Alan didn't want to live in the shadows.

He prefers to have an official identity and be able to accept the commission to hunt monsters.

Alan decided to take a gamble.

Seeing that Eren only hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the huge stove, Mia's brow, which had been tense, couldn't help but relax a little.

But her hand never left the hilt.

As long as Eren dared to make any abnormal moves, she dared to inject magic power into the hilt of her sword and kill Eren on the spot.

Alan could certainly see what Mia was going to do, and he was ready for it.

As soon as things don't go well, he immediately pulls out the broken sword that the three-headed dog dropped.

The sacrifice dropped by the three-star monster will not be worse than the hilt of the sword in Mia's hand.

Alan's footsteps stopped.

He stood in front of the fire, and a wave of heat hit him.

But he didn't feel the heat.

Instead, there is only warmth.

Alan slowly reached into the furnace with his right hand.

He only felt the warmth of his whole body, as if he had entered another world.

The scarlet flames still flickered.

Nothing unusual happened.

After a few more seconds, a sigh suddenly came from Alan's side.

"Mia, don't worry. ”

"He's not wanted. ”

Tiffany walked over to Ellen and patted him on the shoulder.

Alan suddenly withdrew from that strange state.

Wanted?

Alan was a little confused for a moment.

He turned his head, and although he couldn't see Mia's expression, he could feel that Mia's body was visibly much more relaxed than it had just been.

"Young people, many people forget who they are and where they came from after sacrificing monsters, because they are mixed with the memories of monsters, so you don't need to worry too much. ”

Alan seemed to understand why Mia and the others were doing all this.

All along, he didn't act like a magician in front of Mia, but like an ordinary person who didn't understand anything.

They thought that Eren had lost his memories because of the cost of sacrificing monsters.

He came here as if to test whether he was a wanted criminal.

While Alan was thinking, Tiffany walked up to him and shoved a piece into his hand.

"Since you're here, you'll be a magician in Boulder City from now on. ”

Listening to Tiffany's words, Alan looked down at the object.

It was a stone pendant with a boulder city carved on it, and a mysterious pattern next to it.

"It's a special offering. ”

"It doesn't need to be in an offering bag, and its vitality won't be lost. ”

"As long as you transfer the mana inside, you can communicate with people nearby who have the same sacrifice, and there is no problem with covering Boulder City. ”

Alan wore the pendant around his neck.

He vaguely remembered that Mia seemed to have one of these pendants as well.

So now, he's from Boulder?

"This is a two-star commission around. ”

Tiffany took two scrolls from the reel rack next to her and placed them on the table.

Alan sat down next to Mia and looked at the two scrolls.

"One of the locations is in the western village of Haisong. ”

"The other one is in the southern part of Boulder. ”

With Tiffany's voice, the two positions are shown separately on the reels.

"How is the star rating of the commission determined?"

Alan looked at the points of light displayed on the scroll and couldn't help but ask Frante in his heart.

If it's tracking monsters, then the monsters have all appeared in Boulder City, why does it still look harmonious and stable on the surface?

"It's judged by the concentration of mana in the target area. ”

"If the concentration of magic in a place is too high, then there is a good chance that someone in that place will not resist the temptation and fall into monsters. ”

"The strength of a monster is usually calculated by the physical fitness of the monster itself and the concentration of magic power around it. ”

"If it's a magician who gets out of control, even if it's the lowest-level one-star magician, it's bound to become a two-star or higher-level monster. ”

"But if it's just an ordinary person, then the chances of it degenerating into a high-star monster are very low. ”

While Frant was explaining, Mia had already decided.