Act V: The Dead (I)

With his strong hands clasped around his chest, the short man glanced around Avis's body with some scrutiny, and then spoke, "Do we have to hire this bamboo pole that looks like a bean sprout?" ”

The corners of Avis's mouth twitched slightly, "Watch out for your words, mercenary. You're insulting a nobleman. ”

"Heh, I'm still a noble lord."

Avis's hand brushed lightly over the scepter beside him, and he raised an eyebrow, "Or should I teach you what posture to use against a noble mage?" "In front of this kind of person, you must not admit it, otherwise he will only think that you are weak and deceitful. It's not that Ives can't understand the mercenary's idea - the more people who participate in the adventure, the more people who share the money. And...... Aavis's gaze lingered on Elijah for a moment, then he smiled bitterly. It seems that the other party has to add a love rival to the reason why he is not pleasing to his eyes.

"I'm not here to get you to quarrel." Ilya said with a frown, and as soon as she spoke, the originally tense atmosphere immediately calmed down. Avis's hand stroked the red gem on the scepter in his hand for a moment, then raised his head, ignoring the mercenary who was looking at him with defiant eyes, and said, "When are we leaving?" ”

"Preferably within this morning." "So that we can reach the ruins of Eisengo at noon." The power of the undead is weakest at noon, as the light of the sun god Pandoshi will reach its peak at noon, and the evil forces will be completely suppressed. In the same way, the brilliance of Mora Majesty will be stronger...... Do you have anything to prepare, Mr. Avis? ”

Avis thought for a moment and said, "I really have some things to prepare, so let's meet at the gate of the town in half an hour." ”

"Yes."

Naturally, Ives would not go to the dungeon unprepared to explore like this, and according to some of the experience in the game, he also needed to prepare some other things. After thinking for a moment, Avis turned to Ilya and said, "Our enemy is sure to be the undead...... Is it? ”

"Not bad." Ilya nodded, "But you don't need to prepare the holy water and purification potions, our Mora Temple has already prepared." ”

"No, I need something else." Avis smiled, "Some props that the magician needs. ”

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As soon as he walked out of the hotel, Avis's eyes scanned the surrounding walls. Soon, he found a small line of text written in bold based on his experience in the game. His hand stroked the hidden wall for a while, and after a moment of silence, he gently muttered the words on it—

"Under the third banyan tree on Merck Street, someone has lost a piece of Pattin's Stone, please come and claim it."

Ives straightened his shirt and then asked someone where Merck Street was. He returned to the hotel, changed into a black coat, and wore a jet-black hat on his head. The pitch-black brim obscured most of Avis's face, adding to the mystery. Walking out into the street, Ives lowered his head slightly and came to Merck Street. He first bought an apple on the side of the road and observed it as he ate it. Soon he found where the third banyan tree was, and saw a low door beside the shade of the banyan tree. Avis walked over and tapped the elm door in a three-to-one fashion. After a while, the door was opened, revealing an old man who was somewhat old: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"About that Pattin's Stone." Avis smiled and said, "I lost it." ”

"Oh?" The old man shook his head, "We don't have a patinite here. ”

"Then there is it now." Avis took out a Milanese gold coin and placed it in the old man's hand. The padinite is a synonym for the Milanese gold coin. The name of the Milan Gold Coin is due to the founding hero of Vittoria, the magician Patin Milan. One of Patin Milan's most famous spells is turning stones into gold. So the padtinite is the Milan gold coin. So this code word is quite chic.

"Come in." The old man glanced at Avis, then stepped out of the way. Avis walked into the dark room, and a rotten breath poured into his nose, causing his brow to furrow slightly. He subconsciously looked to the side, and then he saw some discarded garbage scattered everywhere, no wonder there was such a smell of rotten fish in the air......

The old man walked to a cabinet and said, "So, what are you going to buy?" ”

"Is there a magic arrow that ...... +1?" Ives said.

"Magic arrow?" The old man's eyebrows twitched slightly, "That thing isn't cheap...... Lad. "Of course Avis knows that it's not cheap, and anything that has anything to do with enchantment isn't cheap. Ives estimated that all his belongings were only enough to buy 2o. But it's worth it, because Avis can get a lot more than that in that dungeon!

The old man smiled a little, then pulled out some crossbow arrows for Avis to choose from. There are +1 enchantment arrows with simple enchantments, golden arrows with heavy destruction, and ice arrows and fire arrows...... Avis ended up taking +1 Enchanted Arrows and paying 1oo gold for it.

"Happy trading." The old man smiled and put away the crossbow arrow, "The sales of this thing have been pretty good recently." ”

Kindness? Ives was stunned for a moment, this thing sells well? It doesn't make sense, there aren't many powerful monsters around here, and ordinary mercenaries don't need this kind of magical equipment on the battlefield...... Could it be that there's something hard to deal with around here? Avis's eyes looked at the old man, only to see the guy reach out and rub his index finger against his thumb.

Avis sighed, knowing that he had been tricked by the old man. But the point is, this deception is so willing that he is willing to do so. He took out a Milan gold coin from his bosom and threw it into the old man's hand.

"You've heard about it, right? There is an official mage from the capital of Vidora, Golden City, hehe, that is an official mage who walked down from the tower, a rare commodity! ”

"I already know that." Avis nodded and said.

"But you know what? That magician was driven out of the tower by studying forbidden magic......" Avis waited for the old man to continue, but saw the old man start to clean up the cupboard.

"Huh? That's it? ”

"A gold coin can only know this news." The old man said with a smile.

Ives stood in place, feeling a little speechless. But then, as if thinking of something, he touched his chin, "Since you were driven out of the tower by studying forbidden magic...... So that means he's wanted by the Tower, right? Needless to say, how valuable a wanted mage is, I see, someone has spent a lot of money to buy enchanted arrows from you, just to deal with that mage...... That's right? ”

"If everyone was as smart as you, I wouldn't be able to do this business."

Avis smiled one last time, and walked out of the gloomy underground space with twenty enchanted arrows. Back at the hotel, changing back into the clothes he used to wear, Ives made sure that his gear was all on for the last time before walking to the village gate. Here, the mercenaries had already arrived, and the four priests of the Mora Temple were nowhere to be found. The mercenary leader snorted coldly when he saw Avis, and said, "Is it the mage's patent to delay time?" ”

"You seem to have scolded Miss Elijah along, Mr. Mondo." The mercenary leader was called Mondo, which was later told by Elijah when she introduced each other. Mondo also sensed his gaffe, and couldn't help but snort coldly, turning his head and being silent. After waiting for a while, when the sun's rays began to get a little hot, Avis saw the two men walking slowly at the end of his sight.

Naturally, it was Miss Elijah, and next to her was a little girl in a white priest's robe. Upon closer inspection, the little girl seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, and there were obvious freckles on her face. Avis looked at Ilya curiously: "What about the other two holy warriors?" ”

"An urgent order was given from above, and they went on a mission. It's just the six of us. Ilya said. Ives knew that the order was mostly related to the wanted magician, but he didn't say anything more. There are two priests in a team, although it seems a little reluctant to face ghouls, but with a magician and three mercenaries whose strength is still passable, then ghouls are not invincible enemies. After all, their challenge level is only level one.

"Let's get out." Mondo's voice was rough, and he turned and walked out of the city. The priestess, on the other hand, had silently added an 'endurance technique' to herself, and her constitution was not good enough to make such a long journey—for their destination was in the middle of the jungle, so they did not plan to prepare any mounts.

Ives didn't need a spell like stamina, and although his strength stat was a little low at 12, his physique was a full 16, and the trek at such a distance wouldn't make him feel tired. After rejecting Miss Pastor's kindness, Ives and the others took their own steps towards their destination.

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