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Black market exchanges.

The inhabitants of the dark world where the underground ruined city is located are not the main source of materials, and the traders inside are mostly agents of the major forces in Fairhaven City on the surface, and they have all kinds of materials needed by the underground residents, although on the surface, they are only very common and common materials, such as food, medicines, metals and other items, but in the underground world, these things are all necessities for survival.

Those who are not familiar with the underworld may not understand why common items that can be purchased everywhere in the surface world have become so scarce in the ground with only a layer of dirt and rock.

In fact, have you ever seen a wanted criminal shop on the high street in a blatant manner?

Yes, while the inhabitants of the Underworld are not necessarily criminals or wanted criminals, they are not usually a popular race among the surface dwellers, as their own race is, in the eyes of the surface dwellers, thieves, liars, robbers, and criminals, and therefore refuses to interact with them, let alone sell them items.

This makes the underground residents who obviously live in the city very embarrassed and fall into the embarrassing situation of not being able to obtain survival materials, which leads to the need for an agent to raise and buy materials for them, even if they are exploited from it.

Sycamore didn't know much about the situation in the underworld, after all, mages who focused on academic and arcane research would not store relevant materials in the large library of Venanne Academy, but from Zara's relay, Inducius and they had a relatively complete understanding of the situation in the underground world of Fairhaven City.

There are many gathering areas such as the abandoned square, and this is just one of them, and most of these underground markets are created by the agents of the authorized black market exchanges under the umbrella of the surface forces.

It is said that almost every organization that walks in the darkness will basically put its main body of influence in the underground world to avoid the danger of being purged by the official Adele, thus forming a dark kingdom that is outside the jurisdiction of the Adele royal family.

This dark kingdom is basically composed of [Assassin Guild], [Killer Guild], [Thieves' Guild], [Espionage Organization], [Smuggling Alliance], [Criminal Gang], [Shadow Mercenary Guild], [Grave Robber Guild], [Marauders' Guild], and [Underground Business Alliance] composed of unscrupulous merchants.

Who are the members of these forces? Criminals, robbers, and even a host of spies from other countries! Of course, the inhabitants of the Underworld are mainly those who cannot survive on the surface.

They grow, process, and produce all kinds of contraband, such as poisons, here. and military supplies, extremely destructive and harmful forbidden products, such as the [Alchemy Bomb] used by Zara before!

These things are all items that the royal family of the Principality of Adele expressly prohibits the production and trade, but in the underground world, they are produced in batches in a large number of black workshops, black factories, and dark alchemy, and then secretly flow into the hands of various organizations on the surface through the agents of the black market exchange.

After they followed Zara into the black market exchange, they found that many shops and stalls were selling bread, with blasting stones, strong acid bottles, blazing glue, weeping bottles, howling bottles, flash balls, silent powder, and all kinds of strange types and poisons with different functions were directly placed on the stalls for sale.

These things, even in the most upscale alchemy supply stores in Fairhaven City, are not unsold, and it is not that there are no alchemists who can't make them, but the Alchemist Guild and the Mage Guild are strictly controlled by the Andele official, and they are not allowed to sell relevant prohibited products to civilians, as well as adventurers and mercenaries, for fear that if there is any equipment, it will cause serious turmoil.

However, the adventurers and mercenaries who live with their lives are facing terrible monsters and beasts all day long, and naturally they don't care about any prohibitions, so this kind of contraband is still very marketable among the adventurers and mercenaries on Mercenary Street in Fairhaven City. …,

Therefore, there is a huge consumer market of adventurers and mercenaries on Mercenary Street, and naturally there is an industrial chain above and below the ground, which will inevitably be able to feed a large number of people, those who work for underground black workshops, black factories, and dark alchemy laboratories, in exchange for their own small lives in exchange for rations that can barely feed themselves.

These good things, the saliva of the sycamore almost flowed out, and I couldn't help it for a while, and I swept the goods frantically, although it was just a low-level alchemy product of [ordinary] quality, but these alchemy products, without the corresponding alchemy formula and alchemy formula, could not be configured at all.

Wutong's purpose in buying these things is not just to use them, he intends to conduct reverse research on these and products, and crack the alchemy formulas and alchemy formulas of these alchemy products, don't forget, he now has a special status: a person with the title of [Junior Researcher], and it is not a problem to independently develop new alchemy products, not to mention cracking some low-level alchemy products.

The difficulty of the mid-level and high-level alchemy products may be relatively large, but the low-level products, with his current ability, are likely to be studied backwards.

Therefore, the value of these alchemy products is not in themselves, but in creativity, as long as Wutong thoroughly studies the alchemy formulas and formulas of these products, he can follow his own ideas, as long as he conforms to the rules, he can research other similar products, this is the special ability of [junior researcher]: development!

Although in the "place of origin. "However, the price of these alchemy products is not cheap, a bottle of Tier 1 strong acid bottle will cost 10 gold coins, and a bottle of Tier 1 Blazing Glue will cost 20 gold coins, and the Thunder Stone used by Wutong is 30 gold coins, of course, the Thunder Blasting Stone sold here, whether it is power or safety, is not as high as those used by Wutong.

In terms of one-time consumables, the price of these things is a bit expensive, but for adventurers and mercenaries who are born and die, the price is still acceptable compared to their own lives, so as long as they are brought back to the surface of the black market exchange in the underground ruined city, the price of these products will immediately double or even double or triple!

Seeing Wutong buying these dangerous alchemy products on a large scale, Zara's face seemed to be very ugly, and she even urged Wutong with some anxiety, but Wutong and Lingyue Shuangxue didn't seem to be in a hurry at all and slowly searched every stall on the black market exchange, as if they were planning to buy it all out!

A steady stream of gold coins from the small money bags around his waist fell into the pockets of the stall owners, and the large gold coin transactions also alarmed the managers of the black market exchanges.

"A young mage? Oh, no! Or a young baron! That's a surprise! ”

A thin human old man, dressed in a gray robe, with two bear goblin guards and two orc bodyguards, appeared in front of Wutong, and his viper-like triangular eyes showed a surprised expression: "What the hell! A nobleman ran into an underground ruined city? Could it be that the Royal Family of Adele recently planned to arrange the venue for the garden party here? ”

"Well, then!"

The old man of the poisonous snake smiled strangely: "Your Excellency the young baron, please tell me, where did you run into the waste capital of Fair?" Or is it that Adele's Order of the Rulers has lined up outside, intending to attack our poor territory? ”

"Nope! Don't worry, I'm not interested in exposing you, I'm just passing by to investigate some things, and you'll just be treated as if we don't exist. After replacing all the gold coins he had left in his pocket with alchemy products, Wutong tied up his pocket with satisfaction and turned to face the old man with the poisonous snake.

"Investigating things?"

The old man of the poisonous snake looked at Wutong and the Lingyue Frost and Snow beside him very suspiciously, and seemed to understand, and nodded clearly: "Is it for the ghoul fever plague?" ”

He looked at Wutong and said with some surprise, "You are a new trialist?" Well, only the recent batch of trialists who have flocked to Fairhaven are so unruly! ”

The old man muttered, "I don't like unruly fellows, but I like you trialists, because you are the only foreign trialists, like those poor creatures who live in the dark, but you are good dealers, what do you want to do here, Lord Baron?" ”…,

Wutong and Lingyue Frost and Snow are so embarrassed, this old man seems to have a habit of talking to himself, they haven't said anything, he has been talking to himself for a long time.

"It's true that I didn't plan to do anything, you know, the plague has been a headache recently, and we just received the task of investigating the source of the plague, and unfortunately entered the underground ruined city, and we were surprised to find that there are a lot of good things here! That's it. ”

Wutong shrugged his shoulders, the trialist has no discipline, although he is very reluctant to admit it, but the player is like this, what camp, good and evil, what do these things have to do with the players who come to play the game, they only care about whether it is beneficial for them to improve their strength, from a certain point of view, it is really like what this viper old man said, players are all guys without discipline.

"Like this?"

The old man stared at Wutong for a while, and nodded: "Then I can only say that you are welcome, Your Excellency Baron, I have to say that among a group of hairy boy trialists, you were able to obtain the award of the Royal Family of Andele, and it is a miracle to become a baron at such a young age!" ”

Staring at Wutong with an admiring face for a long time, he rubbed the neatly trimmed white short beard on his chin, and thoughtfully: "Hmm, a new nobleman who does not exclude underground forces seems to be quite worth investing?" ”

Talking to himself, the snake-eyed old man suddenly made a noble salute to Wutong with his hand on his chest: "Formally introduce yourself, Yolana of the Cannis family. Advance. Baroness Cannes, the city manager in Fairhaven, Stark. Downey is responsible for managing the Cannes family's business in Fairhaven City and her personal finances for Yolana's sister. ”

"The Cannes?" Wutong was shocked, he didn't expect to meet someone from the [Dragon Pattern Family] on such an occasion!

Although the other party was not a nobleman himself, but just a nobleman's butler, Wutong hurriedly returned the salute with a noble salute and introduced himself: "[Inferior Baron], Wutong." Vinnarn Academy [Beginner Mage]. ”

Although there is a gap between the two sides, Sycamore is a [quasi-baron], and the other party is only the baron's butler, but Sycamore is just a new nobleman with no power, and the other party is a hereditary baron of the [Dragon Family] who has industries and businesses covering several countries, even if he is a butler, the power and status in Fairhaven City are far from what Sycamore can look up to.

But Wutong's situation is a bit special, according to his age, he is just a young man who is just enough for the rite of passage, and he has already obtained the title of [quasi-baron] by his own ability, plus his status as a mage of the Venern Academy, it is clear that with his talent in the arcane field, the honor he has obtained in the Duchy of Andelle, which focuses on cultivating mages, compared to it, the status of [beginner mage] is more valuable than that of [quasi-baron].

Because as long as you have the status of a [beginner mage], as well as the talent and ability that meets the rank, Wutong can obtain the same or even higher noble title in any country, after all, not every country and region has regarded mages as a specialty like Adele, who produced mages.

Stark. Downey noticed that Sycamore didn't bring his surname and family name when he introduced himself, and couldn't help but smile more kindly, making his serpent-like treacherous face look even more terrifying.

If there is no surname and family, it proves that the young mage nobles in front of him have not yet carried out "bloodline verification." That means he's just a "self-confessed man." Investing in him at this time is far more valuable than waiting until he becomes famous and then befriending him, and the "cost performance" is also higher.

"I have to say, Baron Sycamore, as a new nobleman, you don't seem to reject the gray career, and you seem to be more rational and adventurous than those young people whose brains are burned out by honor and New Year"

Old Stark showed an appreciative expression: "I have to congratulate you on not being brainwashed by the Adele royal family, which shows that you have a good teacher who protects you well." The old man, who looked very treacherous, said something that Sycamore didn't quite understand.

As if he wasn't going to explain, Stark turned his head to look at Zara, who didn't know why she was depressed, and nodded: "Okay, don't disturb the friends of the Cannes family, get out of here!" ”…,

Zara took a few steps back in fear, looked disappointed at the sycamore and the feather moon frost and snow, and turned around and walked out in frustration.

"Wait!" Sycamore suddenly shouted.

Stark looked at Sycamore with interest, but didn't speak, and Sycamore smiled, "I also need this shapeshifter friend to take me to a nearby underground reservoir." ”

Zara was frightened and looked at Sycamore in horror, while Stark laughed, "It seems that I'm troublesome." So, on behalf of Yolana of our Cannes family. Advance. Baroness Cannes, I invite you and your friends to our private dinner in the evening of the next [Dragon's Rest]. ”

As he spoke, he handed over a very peculiar dragon family crest, which was a badge composed of a hammer, iron felt, and a delicate blood-pupil mechanical bull head inlaid on a shield-shaped gear disk, and on the reverse side of the badge, an abstract dragon-shaped rune was engraved, which was unique to the Cannis family.

Without saying anything, Wutong unceremoniously took the family emblem handed by the other party, owning this, it is equivalent to becoming a VIP of the Cannes family, not only is he regarded as a friend of the Cannes family, but he can also enjoy 25% discounts and discounts in any store and industry under the Cannes family, and is allowed to use their family's intelligence system and transportation channels.

People have made it so clear that they have been solicited, not accepting the other party's kindness is equivalent to contempt for the other party, Wutong has not yet reached the point of not accepting good things from others, and the other party thinks that he is humiliating them, although he has a group of very awesome teachers, but there is no need to become an enemy with the other party, a wealthy family with transnational power.

Wutong turned his head to the trembling Zara and said, "Your friend is here?" ”

Zara shook her head in frustration and glanced outside the black market exchange, Sycamore nodded, and politely said to Stark, "Then take your leave first." ”

"Okay, it seems that you don't need my help, so please don't forget to visit us at the castle of the Cannes family [on Dragon's Rest]." Old Stark smiled and personally sent Wutong out of the black market exchange.

"Go and investigate the information of this new mage nobleman. Baron Yolana would be interested in this little one" Stark smiled and waved to the group as he walked away, and in the corner not far from him, a shadow suddenly distorted, but quickly regained his composure.

"What's going on?" Lingyue Frost and Snow was in a fog, and looked blankly at Zara who was walking in front of them with her head down.

"What's going on?" Sycamore played with the badge in his hand with great interest:

Secondary Creation Dragon Badge [Cannis]: [Minor Repair] +1, [Complete Repair] +1, [Repair] +2, [Craft] +5, [Specialty] +2.

Glancing at the metallic badge in Wutong's hand, this thing looks like a silver-gray metal badge, and the mechanical bull head with iron felt and hammer on its head still looks a little ugly, Lingyue Frost and Snow is very disinterested and looks away, full of doubts: "What happened just now?" What do you mean by talking to that treacherous aboriginal old man for a long time, like telling a riddle? What is the Cannes family? What dragon pattern family? And what baroness? What does that mean? And what's going on with Zara? ”

"Uh, you don't understand?" Sycamore froze for a moment, but still nodded at the back of Zara who was walking in front of them, and explained, "Didn't you just feel that something was wrong with Zara?" ”

"Yes, but I just think there's something wrong with her, but I don't know there's anything wrong there." Lingyue Frost Snow, who was holding Xiao Luo Li, had a question mark on her face.

"Well, that's going to start at the beginning, right? Wood? Or rather, Zara? Wutong laughed and said to the dejected Zara in front of him: "You have a good story that is very tear-jerking, I once believed it." ”

Walking the two of them into the entrance of the underground canal to the underground reservoir, Zara turned around and said depressedly, "You won, Your Excellency, how did you find out?" ”

Wutong looked at Zara, who was still a beautiful and cute half-elf girl: "Aren't you going to show us your true colors?" ”…,

"If you don't feel scared."

Zara turned her head and shouted into the dark underground canal, "All right! Wood, come out, don't hide. ”

In the darkness, a huge yellow spider the size of a round tabletop and covered with terrible spiky bristles fell from the ceiling of the underground canal, making a heavy landing sound, and after landing, it quickly changed into the appearance of a person, but it was exactly the same as Zara's length, and it was also the appearance of a half-elf girl.

As for Zara herself, her face and body seemed to be misty, and then she took on a terrible appearance, which at first glance looked like an alien from a science fiction movie, with a round hairless head, and a pair of large, yellow eyes with long toad-like pupils, and no ears, nose, or mouth.

The slender body is very emaciated, which makes it look like a dried corpse, but it is not as dry as a dried corpse, the skin is an eerie gray-green color, and a large number of blood vessels are directly spread all over its skin, as if it has been skinned, although it is naked, but there are no obvious sexual characteristics.

"Alright, that's who I am, Master Mage, what are you going to do with us?" Zara's voice rang out directly in the air, sounding a little buzzing, which surprised Sycamore, unable to imagine how a creature without a mouth could make a sound.

Lingyue Frost and Snow was indeed frightened, and pulled Xiao Luo Lili back a few steps, hiding behind Wutong, although Wutong was not as tall as a burly, but he was a man after all.

"Deal with you? Well, maybe I need to ask you for some deceived mental damages? ”

Sycamore crossed his arms and thought about it, and suddenly showed a smile that made the "alien" that the half-elf girl turned into and the "half-elf girl" who the big spider turned into feel ill-intentioned-

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