"Just take a look. The elven mage lifted his hood to reveal a face that was close to middle age: "For a gold-tier mage, the magic items here are not very attractive. The items here are mainly for civilian use, and most have nothing to do with combat. If you want to take out the goods and take a closer look, you can just ask the apprentices to pick them up for you. ”

"Sorry, wait a minute. Vivien stopped the elven mage who was about to turn around and asked, "Actually, I came here mainly to find some alchemy materials, I wonder if I can see your inventory here?"

"Alchemy materials?" The elven mage was stunned for a moment, looked at the two waitresses who were following Vivien strangely, and said with a smile: "It's the first time someone has come to me not to buy products but to buy raw materials, isn't it possible to buy raw materials anywhere." ”

Vivian glanced at the embarrassed two waitresses, shook her head and said, "I didn't make it clear to them, don't you have one here?" ”

"Yes, yes, but generally not...... Forget it, you guys come to the back, the materials are all there. The elven mage hesitated for a moment, but still agreed, and beckoned to everyone: "Come with me, the materials are not put out in the warehouse of the workshop, it is not easy to choose, why don't you tell me directly what you want, and I will help you find it." ”

"Ice grass roots, mountain silkworm flowers, purple iris, secret dry stones, falling stars. Vivien crossed her fingers and calculated, "That's basically it, by the way, there is one most important thing, mermaid tears." ”

"These things?" said the elven mage in surprise, "to deal with the magic potion, no one has been able to make a successful change in hundreds of years, right?" I've already started asking for specific materials, is there already an idea for improvement?"

"Of course, I'm a once-in-a-millennium genius, Vivien. Vivian boasted unceremoniously: "I already have a perfect idea, just these drugs." ”

"You're Vivien?" The elven mage looked Vivien up and down for a while, nodded and said, "Well, I've heard my friend mention you, and now it seems that your qualifications are really good." You wait here, I'll find you materials, but I don't have that mermaid's tears, and I've only seen three of them on land in the past few decades. If you want it, you can only ask the people of the Sea Clan. ”

"What are the mermaid's tears?" After the elven mage walked into the warehouse, Catherine poked Vivien, "Haven't heard of material." ”

"It is the crystallization of mermaid tears under special conditions, but in fact, it has no practical effect. In the theoretical formula I designed, there are several herbs that need to be mixed in pairs and stored in a dark environment for five months to have an effect. The problem is that I don't have that much time to wait five months for each batch of experiments. But with Mermaid Tears is different, it can catalyze this process, and it can be catalyzed in five months to one day, so that it is easy to carry out experiments. Vivien excitedly explained, "It's a pity that the thing only lasts for ten years, and after ten years, it will be completely ineffective." No way. It seems that only the quest can be released in the Adventurer's Guild, and the Mermaid Tears are being searched all over the world. ”

"Three hundred grams each is enough. The elven mage walked out of the warehouse with a bunch of bottles and cans suspended beside him: "Listen to these things you want, I estimate that you should still need Hai Ling Sand, so I also filled you with thirty grams." ”

"Great, I'm worried that I don't have enough sea spirit sand. Vivian smiled happily, but said in a blink of an eye: "But forget it, I can't afford it, thirty grams of sea spirit sand will cost at least 100,000 gold coins." ”

"It's okay, I'm invested. These materials add up to 150,000 gold coins, if you succeed in researching. When the time comes, you can double it back to me. The elven mage didn't seem to be interested in the hundreds of thousands of transactions at all, but was very concerned about Vivien's research ideas: "When the time comes, I will definitely read the results of your article, maybe it can inspire a few problems that have plagued me for a while." Come on, little girl, there are a few thousand-year-old stuff looking forward to your development in several fields of study. ”

"I see, you're a friend of President Antoine. Vivien said thoughtfully.

"I'm not the old guy's friend. Unexpectedly, the elven mage slapped the table very dissatisfied, and even the apprentices outside the room were taken aback: "Are those old things really worthy of the style of elves? Once a thousand years old, the idea is like being poured with magic steel, and they don't know how to find new ideas at all, and they don't want to think about whether they will be stuck by some problems for decades if their ideas are feasible? I really regret wasting more than nine hundred years of time with a group of idiots." ”

Vivien and Catherine smiled wryly at the suddenly angry elven mage, as if Vivien saw her old self and Freya, who was also old decades later. Thinking about it like this, he understood the elven mage's actions, and the wry smile on his face turned into a knowing smile.

"I've made you see the joke. The elven mage lost his temper for a while before he calmed down again: "Is there anything else you need?"

"Not for the time being, thank you for your investment. Vivien's sweet smile made the elven mage very useful: "Don't worry. I will definitely do my best to complete my research, and when the results are released, I will definitely send you the article as soon as possible. ”

"Wait a minute. Seeing that Vivien was pulling Catherine to leave, the elven mage suddenly stopped him in a loud voice: "You have come to the City of Innocence to investigate, I vaguely see from you the key words of search, exploration, confusion and crisis. ”

"You're a prophet?" asked Catherine, surprised.

"Yes, Prophet. The elven mage nodded and replied, "Mages and scholars are only part-time. I'm a prophet, do you need me to help you make a prediction?"

The Prophet is a rare profession that only exists among certain Sea Clans, Winged People, and Elves who have a lifespan of more than a thousand years. They can often pay a certain price to vaguely predict the future direction, and the accuracy is related to individual ability, so the existence of a high-ability prophet often has a considerable effect on the development of the entire race.

Catherine and Vivien looked at each other and nodded intriguingly. The two girls have a great curiosity about this profession that has only appeared in rumors, and of course they can't miss this opportunity. Take the two girls to a hidden corner of the table and sit down, lift the cloth covering the table, and see that a crystal polished mirror is placed on the table, which can clearly reflect the portrait.

The elven mage rubbed on the mirror and looked at the girls for a while before he said to the girls, "It will take a little time to prepare for an accurate prediction, so let's tell me what I see in you." If we soothsayers don't use the medium of hedrons, our predictions about individuals are often in the form of keywords, such as the search and probing I just mentioned, which are keywords. I just made a prediction to you, and I found the keywords of your target this time a little strange. ”

"Speak, please. Maintaining enough respect for the profession of prophet, Catherine's attitude became more and more respectful: "Your help may be of great help to us in this mission. ”

"Dark, wide, dry, damp, filthy, clean, dangerous. The elven mage said with some distress: "It's very strange, the keywords this time actually contradict each other, I have never encountered such a strange thing." ”

"This ...... What does this mean?" Catherine asked, confused, "I don't understand it at all." ”

"I'm sorry, but theoretically these are the key words to describe the destination of your trip, but I don't know why this contradiction is happening. This is not a prophetic failure, and the key words cannot be seen in the prophetic failure. The elven mage shook his head and said, "But it doesn't matter, the main thing is to look at the prophecy of the medium, come, it's okay, you two press your hands on the mirror." ”

Two small hands pressed on the mirror, and soon, the reflective mirror surface changed. Circles of ripples ripple from the center of the mirror to all sides, and on the smooth mirror, the reflection begins to slowly become blurred, and as the ripples spread, it finally becomes pitch black, unable to reveal a trace of light, nor can it reflect any image. The two girls remained in this position for a full ten minutes, but there was still no change in the mirror.

"Does this mean that I will die on this mission?" Vivien guessed uncertainly, "It's pitch black, representing the afterlife?"

"Maybe it's because of the lack of brightness, didn't Mr. Elf mention the word darkness just now?" Catherine retorted, "Don't worry, you won't die so easily." ”

No, it means that the prophecy has been disturbed. The elven mage looked at the two girls with a strange face and said, "In order to prevent interference, I also deliberately chose your short-term and long-term future as the prophecy target, but obviously, both times I was disturbed. ”

"Why is there a disturbance?" Vivien asked curiously, "Did anyone do it on purpose?"

"No, this interference is passive, and the stronger the target, the greater the interference when prophesying. The elven mage explained, "So every time this kind of interference appears, it means that there is a strong person behind it. Interestingly, both short-term and long-term prophecies are disturbed, indicating that your future destiny is deeply tied to him, and predicting you is equivalent to predicting each other, so interference will automatically occur. ”

"Strong?" Catherine asked, thoughtfully, "To what extent can you be considered strong?"

"Hehe, it's not early, my body will often be uncomfortable when I'm older, I'm ready to rest. The elven mage smiled meaninglessly and put Bumeng back on the table, "Remembering those keywords may help you find your target." Children, I look forward to seeing each other again next time, and I hope to see the article I want to read when the time comes. ”

"It's weird. Several people were kicked out of the shop in a daze, and Catherine looked back frequently and said suspiciously: "This mage also gives me a very strange feeling, as if it ...... It's like every time I see President Odin, I don't understand why. (To be continued.) )

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