A golden object crossed a shiny parabola and fell into the arms of the bald merchant.

"Take it! it's your due!" Leylin withdrew his hand and strolled around.

"Thank you for the reward, honorable young master!" the bald head hurriedly bent down.

"Next, I need a butler, two guys who can keep accounts! If you can find it, this other gold coin will be yours!" Relin then tossed the gold coin in his hand.

"Let me think! Let me think!" Seeing that another gold coin was beckoning to him, the bald head immediately came to his senses, a little incoherent, grabbed his bald head and began to meditate: "By the way!! old Walker! Old Walker once worked as a butler for a baron, and has been clamoring to go out of the mountains again to make money recently!"

The bald merchant said.

"Good! take me to him!" Reelin nodded in satisfaction.

Two days later, in the early morning, the white mist had not completely dispersed, and a chill filled the air.

The gates of Roland City slowly opened, and a procession of carriages came out of it.

A dozen mercenaries dressed in tattered leather armor and armed with iron spears and bows and arrows slowly drove out of the city gate in a large black carriage.

In front of the carriage, Pheren rode a brown-red horse, and behind him was a mercenary about twenty years old, carrying a red banner with a black eagle embroidered on it, which was the symbol of the Roland Eagle mercenary group.

Around the carriage, Goering rode his horse and gave way to a vacant seat for the coachman, and on it sat an old man with white hair, who was meticulously arranging his clothes, although his hair was constantly flying in the wind.

This is the butler candidate that Leylin found, Old Walker, the baron he served before was bankrupt and therefore unemployed, and hit it off with the bald merchant who came to the door and joined Leylin's team.

It only takes about seven days to get from Roland City to Polar Night City, and the Roland Eagle is really worthy of Fei Lun's previous boast, is very familiar with the route, and can often find a place to stay, avoiding the pain of the team's camping.

Seven days later, the team arrived safely in the Polar Night City.

Lei Lin lifted the curtain and looked at the somewhat gloomy sky in the distance, and layers of black clouds in the air were piling up together, blocking all the sunlight, as if it was about to rain.

The surrounding bushes and grass are also covered in a dark shadow, which looks eerie.

"Faeron!" Lei Lin walked out of the carriage door, "Didn't you say that there are large areas of grass and trees near Polar Night City that have withered?

"Young Master!" Feron tugged at the reins, slowing the horse down and parallel to the carriage.

"Polar Night City is very large, and the area where strange events occur is only a very small part of the east, and we usually try to avoid it as much as possible, after all, humans always try to avoid danger......"

"Where's the woods?" said Leylin, leaning against the carriage door, seemingly admiring the distant view.

"The eastern part of the Dark Night Forest, the area closer to the core!" Fei Lun glanced at Lei Lin and lowered his voice: "The Dark Night Forest is rich in all kinds of medicinal herbs, but since the withering event occurred, the share of medicinal herb supply in Polar Night City has decreased by three percent!"

"Really?" Lei Lin smiled lightly, Polar Night City is a big city in Donglin Province, and a large part of its economy is supported by the medicinal herb business, and now like this, I am afraid that the city lord and stewards are anxious.

"Night Forest, I remember!" Although the forest in the Duchy is also more dangerous, but for ordinary people, Lei Lin has even broken into the Black Forest near the academy, so he naturally doesn't worry about the danger here.

"Did the herb pickers disappear in the Withered Territory?" asked Lei Lin suddenly.

"Herb pickers, do you mean mercenaries, thieves, and adventurers?" Feron shrugged, "The forest is full of dangers, and it's normal to die a few a day, who knows?"

As the two talked, the convoy gradually drove in front of Polar Night City.

The walls are not very high, but they are very thick, and they seem to have been built directly with a kind of black granite, which looks very solid.

The guards at the gate of the city clearly recognized Faerun, and after collecting a sum of money for the entrance to the city and the carriage and horses, they let the people into the city.

"Find a hotel to settle down first!" Lei Lin lightly ordered.

......

As night wore on, Leylin sent Anna, who was serving, to stay alone in the inn room.

When I opened the window, a cold wind poured in, and it was dark outside, with only a few bright yellow flames.

Leylin closed the door and took out a blue crystal ball from the package he was carrying.

The crystal ball was small, but it exuded a strange brilliance, and there were many golden points of light in the center of the glass, constantly swimming around, like fireflies.

"Open!" Leylin said the incantation.

As the sound of the incantation sounded, the points of light inside the crystal ball began to fluctuate, and finally formed a somewhat strange symbol.

The symbol twists and turns, until it becomes an eye, and the color turns red.

Thunderlin's expression changed to stern, and he first aimed the symbol at his face, reflecting his somewhat emaciated face into the crystal ball.

"In the year 1032 of the Shadow Calendar, the month of winter, the day of the crow's cry. Lei Lin said slowly, his voice was slow, but very clear.

"Today, I arrived at Polar Night City and am currently camping out at the Horford Inn. Leylin spun the crystal ball in a circle, shining a light on the front of the symbol, and then went to the window to take in the scenery not far away.

"At present, the Blighted Region is located in the eastern part of the Dark Night Forest, and there are no casualties reported, so I plan to go out tomorrow to inquire again, maybe there are some other gains. ”

"Above!Second Class Apprentice Leylin Farrell!"

After Lei Lin finished speaking, he wiped the crystal ball with his pale fingers, hehe, hehe! A strange sound came from the crystal ball, as if a child was laughing, and then the eye symbol flashed and scattered, and turned into countless golden points of light floating in the crystal ball.

This crystal ball is the mission credential given to Lei Lin by the Academy.

The crystal ball can record certain scenes and sounds, and what Lei Lin has to do is to record some important scenes to complete the task, and only after returning to the academy can he hand them in for verification.

Of course, the control of the crystal ball is still in Lei Lin's hands, as long as he doesn't open it himself, without the support of mana, the crystal ball will not take the initiative to record anything.

This is the reason why the Black Bone Forest Academy dares to let the apprentices go out to do tasks for a long time, but they are not afraid of being blinded.

"Judging from Faeron's description, the danger of the Blighted Region is not very great, I'm afraid it's just some creatures like dryads or suckers, and the second-class apprentice is enough to deal with it!"

Lei Lin thought lightly, "Don't be in such a hurry, I have more than two years to ......go!

"The top priority is to settle down here first, and visit a 'friend'......" The corners of Lei Lin's mouth showed a mysterious smile.

Although the location of Polar Night City is relatively remote, it is close to several wizard resource points, and there is even a nearby magic stone mine that has been mined, of course, it has been depleted, but it has also attracted many wandering wizards and small families to come here, and a small wizard market has also spawned, which is marked on Brigitte's map.

Moreover, in the short process of entering the city today, the chip detected several apprentice-level energy fluctuations, and it seems that there are some wizard apprentices living in this city.

This is normal, and some wanderers or retirees, tired of the life of a wizard, will mostly choose a remote city to live incognito.

Of course, due to lifespan, appearance, radiation, etc., they cannot live in the same place for a long time, and often have to move after a few years.

"Anna!" Leylin cried out as he thought.

"Master, what do you command!" Soon after, Anna came in in a beautiful red dress, and lifted the hem of the skirt and bowed slightly, revealing her snow-white calves.

"Get a gift ready, I'm going to visit a guest tomorrow!"

"As for what gift to use, you go to Walker, and he will sue you!" Leylin yawned and said lightly.

Sending away the somewhat disappointed Anna, Leylin casually planted an energy particle warning, blew out the candle, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Leylin went out with Anna, who was wearing a nice hat.

"Is this the gift Walker chose?" Leylin took the hat, and found that it was made of animal skin, which was smooth to pick up, and had a feather stuck in it.

"Butler Walker says that in Polar Night City, a fur hat with a Nighthawk feather represents peace and goodwill, and is the first gift for first-time visitors!" Anna had a look of crampedness and some fear on her face.

"Less...... Master, are you also going to visit an 'adult'?" Anna's voice trembled slightly.

"Yes, he's also a wizard apprentice!" Leylin's voice lowered slightly, so that only he and Anna could hear him.

As soon as the words came out, I saw that the girl's shoulders were a little trembling, and Leylin smiled, Anna was only turned into slavery after being sold to wizards, which seemed to have left a deep shadow on her.

"If you're scared, you can go back first!" Leylin stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Anna's slender waist slightly.

"No! Anna wants to be with the young master!" Anna squeezed out a smile.

Lei Lin shook his head, "You can follow if you want!"

The buildings of Arctic Night City are more Gothic-style, with spiky roofs everywhere, and the roads under your feet are paved with stone slabs, making it seem that Arctic Night City is relatively wealthy.

Leylin and Anna made their way to the eastern part of the city, where the pedestrians were noticeably better dressed than the rest of the city, and the buildings were more ornate and decorated.

"It seems that the eastern part of Polar Night City is a gathering area for the upper social people such as minor nobles and scholars!"

Leylin looked at the flowers on both sides and the open-air fountain, and couldn't help but smile and said to Anna.

Later, the two came to a small white western-style building with the words "Champs-Lil, No. 59" written on the house number.