Chapter 190: Materials and Large-scale Tasks
However, it is not enough to complete the [True Self Summoning Technique] with magic research, but also to be assisted by a large number of precious magic materials, most of which can only be purchased in the City of the End, and are expensive. One of the most important magic materials, crystal dragon scales, is now almost extinct, and even if it appears, it is extremely expensive.
After the dragons were defeated by the elves in their heyday in ancient times, they evacuated to Dragon Island in unity. Although Dragon Island is called an island, it is actually a small plane. There are many large creatures in this plane, which are very suitable for the survival of dragons. Therefore, after the elves banished Dragon Island to the Void, it instead attracted most of the dragons of the other planes.
After the increase in members, the overall strength of Dragon Island did not increase much, because the contradictions between various dragons have not been eliminated, but have intensified over time. No one knows what happened after that, but it is speculated that it was probably because there was another great war within the dragon clan, which caused the entire dragon island to disappear from the magical world.
Most of the dragons have disappeared along with Dragon Island, and only a few single dragons wander among the planes. Later, due to a dragon slaying craze, all dragons in the wizarding world were basically extinct. The vast majority of dragon magic materials circulating on the market today come from archaeological excavations or some family collections, which belong to the use of one less copy, naturally scarce in quantity, and the price remains high.
The Crystal Dragon is one of the most powerful races among the dragons, and the various magical materials on its body are even rarer. The crystal dragon scales that Teacher DeWitt summoned Drydy were obtained from a ruin by his luck, and it was precisely because of this adventure that the ancestor disappeared into the turbulence of time and space, and there was no news after so many years, and it was likely that he had passed away.
Crystal dragon scales are a big problem for Ciri, and he can't expect to pick up this material in one of the ruins, so he can only earn as many city points as he can. Now the City of the End has just released a major quest --- explore the Grace Realm:
A new world has emerged, and its name is the Divine Grace Realm. The Divine Grace Realm is not a single dimensional world, it is a new and unknown world that encompasses all the many planes. The management of the City of the End needs more people to explore this plane.
New World Explorers are now recruited to all the personnel of the City of the End to enter the Divine Grace Realm to collect all relevant information, and the reward is determined by the system of all things according to the amount and importance of the information obtained, so as to ensure absolute justice.
Because the natives of the Divine Grace Realm can detect the existence of wizards in the magic world, the City of the End will issue short-term target group data plunder tasks for demon soul mages and those with strength above the level of demon soul mages, and the strength below the demon soul mage will be given a certain amount of hidden magic potions (only the breath of those with strength below the demon soul mage) will be given to carry out long-term hidden missions.
Recently, as soon as Ciri entered the City of the End, he could see this large-scale mission recruitment revelation on both sides of the end of the streamer avenue. The newly discovered Charismatic Realm is obviously hostile to the Magical Realm, and the Magical Realm is also more proactive, and not long after discovering the enemy, it is ready to organize a major operation and let some mages take the opportunity to hide in the Charismatic Realm to obtain more information.
Ciri is interested in the hidden quests. If he relied on selling magic items such as [Forbidden Stone] step by step, it would take him a long time to earn enough city points to buy crystal dragon scales. There's a shortcut in front of Ciri, and he can't be distracted.
After returning home, Ciri thought about it for a long time, and discussed it with his wife, Kayla, and Principal Bart.
Headmaster Bart was initially opposed to his risky behavior, as Ciri had already been regarded by everyone as the future of the Blossoming Academy, and Principal Bart did not want him to be harmed, so he objected to all of Ciri's risky behavior. But after some thought, he didn't say it completely, because when he thought about it, Ciri couldn't live in a safe environment for the rest of his life.
This mission is a great opportunity to exercise, and the main job is to hide and gather information instead of fighting. The hidden potions provided by the City of the End are absolutely effective, as the six dimensional forces will not joke with their reputation and so many future elites of the magical world. Since Ciri asked him for his opinion, he explained that he had already intended to accept the task, and he could not forcibly stop him.
Therefore, Principal Bart later changed his tone and began to tell Ciri over and over again that if he accepted this task, he must do what he can, honestly hide his whereabouts to ensure safety, and information collection is secondary.
Kayla, for her part, didn't raise anything against it at first, because she knew Ciri best, even better than Ciri herself. Although Ciri seems to be asking for other people's opinions, he actually has his own opinions in his heart. Now he is a very stubborn person, and it is difficult for the intentions he has generated to change due to external influences. So Kayla didn't mention anything against it at all, and directly began to tell Ciri to pay attention to safety, and told him everything she had seen or heard about about the adventure, whether it was related or not, which made Ciri smile wryly.
In the end, Ciri signed up for this mission with the Everything System in the City of Finality, and they, the mages who were responsible for collecting information hidden in the Divine Grace Realm, had to act together with those high-powered people to take advantage of the chaos to hide in the Divine Grace Realm.
After signing up, the All Things System gave Xi Rui a copy of "The First Edition of the Known Information of the Divine Grace Realm" and "Hidden Precautions and Techniques of the Divine Grace Realm". There wasn't much information in the two books, but each one was very important, and Ciri read it several times until he was sure he had it in mind.
He put down the work related to the [True Self Summoning Technique] at hand, and worked with Rodney and the three of them to improve the [Level 3 Intelligence Core Sequence] in the [Fortress]. Ciri had to complete this work before all the recruits began before the operation began, or she would have to go into battle with the [Fortress] that was still in a half-finished state like last time.
This mega-mission of the City of the End is not just released to the official citizens, including the surrounding area, and all those who are eligible to enter the City of the End can sign up. Due to the discovery of the New World and this mega mission, the City of the End is noticeably much more lively than usual.
When Ciri became an official citizen of the City of the End, the East Coast Alliance was granted a trade area, and the College of Blossom Science was assigned a storefront as his direct college. Therefore, all Demon Soul Mages in the Academy of Blossoming Flowers can participate in short-term data looting missions, and some members have indeed signed up.
Informal citizens will not be rewarded with city points, but they can exchange them for some magic materials and magic items they need according to the value of the materials they obtain. The City of the End is the center of the wizarding world, and as long as the information you get is of high enough value, the City of the End can provide anything you want.