"Molfan, gather all of you, we've got a situation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Returning to the hotel, Dieter immediately summoned the other two mercenary squad leaders and began to give orders in the room: "Send someone to the local military and political chief, ask him to raise the alert level and send troops to patrol, and at the same time open the town's military anti-teleportation barrier, the cost will be borne by someone...... Sylna, I'll help the girl get a room later, and get a doctor to see her when she's settled. Baivi, go and inform the caravan that we are not leaving today, and that there is something that needs to be delayed for a few days. Pauli, you stay here, and now start to be vigilant and arrange for people to be on duty in turns, day and night. ”

"Yes. The ones who were called responded in unison, and began to act without asking what had happened, except that Morfan gave Rod a strange glance as he left, wondering what had happened to him.

Rhodes was carefully examining the wound on the back of the wolf beside the hunter, and to Reen's surprise, Nakalina allowed outsiders to touch it rarely, obediently bowing her head and humming at pain.

"Grom, if you're fine, let's take a look at Xiao Luo's back first, I saw him slashed, how can he seem to be fine. Dieter arranged the tasks one by one like a strategic general, although his expression was calm, but when he recalled the dangerous scene of witnessing Rhodes fall into the siege, his hands couldn't help but tremble secretly: "Stay here for a few days, and look at those black armor, it's called 'Wild Hunt'...... Will he appear again, and take him home when he is sure that it is safe, I will write to my wife to explain that I cannot protect this child. ”

The boy looked up from the demon wolf's wound, obviously surprised: "What...... Take me home?"

Dieter didn't look at him, and turned his head to look at the monster hunter: "Ruien, thanks to you, the most reliable honor in the industry is well deserved, your commission has been completed, you can go to rest, and I will pay for the expenses during your stay in this hotel." ”

"Thank you, but one more thing...... I just used a magic scroll, it's too valuable, if I don't get reimbursed, including the cost of healing Nakarya, I'll lose money on this trip. ”

"Use up a scroll?" Dieter thought for a moment, and there was something like this: "How much." ”

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Scrolls are magic consumables, and magic consumables are one of the most expensive of all the items that go with magic. They essentially encapsulate a specific spell in an item, which is normal but not necessarily a scroll, and can be used to release the magic within it by activating the unsealing spell or destroying the encapsulation itself.

The principle is simple, but it can be said to be terrifyingly difficult to do - the cumbersome process may be compensated by experience + multi-person cooperation, but the hardware requirements are harsh and rigid: the "seal" itself is also a spell, usually stronger than the sealed magic, the material must be able to store the magic required for the two magic spells of the seal and the seal, and it must be able to withstand the dangerous casting process of burning at least two magic spells of the seal......

Each condition is not simple, and to make magic consumables, all that is needed is to meet each of them, and all of them are indispensable. The materials used to craft even a low-level magic consumable are more expensive than crafting a staff, making it less economical to craft a magic consumable.

To add insult to injury, normal magic consumables require the user to also be magical...... Because it usually requires channeling to cast, the cost of making magic consumables that even ordinary people can use increases exponentially.

In addition, almost no one will go to the consumables of offensive spells...... With this in combat, the enemy mage can simply cast a range-of-effect disturbance spell, and these destructive things are likely to explode in their pockets.

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Ordinary people might think that monster hunters are just trying to get more benefits, but Dieter is a man who has seen the world - he knows that magic scrolls are indeed expensive, although the one used by Ryan is the cheapest kind: the magic interference scroll is not encapsulated in a complete magic, but just a concentrated stream of pure magic, which makes it much less difficult to craft and requires more materials, but the price is still measured in gold coins.

"Two golden dragons. Ryan said.

The merchant nodded, and again, without any haggling, pulled out a freshly minted mild and threw it to the hunter: "No need to look for it, now you can leave." ”

"Thank you. The man took the money and put it in his bag: "Looking forward to serving you next time." ”

He turned to leave, but Rhodes stopped him again: "Take this, buy some good food for Nakarinya, don't let the wounded be wronged." ”

"Thank you, sir. Ryan took the largest tip he had ever received in his life, and he was a little surprised by the employer's magnanimity, "I promise it will be better than I can eat before it recovers." ”

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Dieter...... Good Diet, uncle!" The monster hunter left on his front feet, and Rhodes looked remorseful: "I know it's wrong, don't drive me home, I promise never to mess around again." ”

"Do you know it's wrong?" Dietpee snorted without smiling, and then slapped the table with a heavy change of color, if the young man in front of him was really his nephew, this slap might be a slap in the face: "I told you not to touch that girl, do you let me fart? For a woman whose origin is unknown and no one knows, you almost put yourself in it! Do you know how valuable your life is!"

"Isn't it important to save people...... Even His Majesty the Emperor said that life is priceless and that everyone is equal......"

"Hey, what a life is priceless, everyone is equal, let the fuck fuck off!" Dieter was angry and didn't choose to speak, but fortunately no one would complain here: "Equality is for those who need its comfort! There are always a few words in the world, everyone puts them in their mouths, but everyone doesn't take them seriously - if you are equal to everyone else, then why do you have a layer of soft armor under your clothes that can protect against swords, you can casually take out a gold coin to buy meat for someone else's wolf, and you will have a strong top master by your side to protect you? ”

"I ......"

"The emperor wants his subjects to live and produce, so he tells them that life is priceless, and when he wants people to fight for his country and die heroically, he will change his words and say that honor and dignity are more important than life, and that it is just a trick of the master of public opinion, and he will coax young people like you. If you were truly equal to everyone else, you would be dead today. Pauli didn't know the details of what happened, but he quickly judged the general situation, and sneered:

"Yes, the dead are equal to each other, and at that time, others will only mention how many people have died in the forest here when they talk after dinner, but they don't necessarily know that there is an important person among them, and they are afraid that they will be even happier when they know: 'Haha, the son of a great nobleman, must have done a lot of bad things, damn it.'" That's how their logic is, and they might even make up a joke to promote your deeds: 'Rod Foster, the first son of the Duke of Upper Winway, was killed at the age of fifteen while hunting down his escaped slave girl. 'How glorious is it to be one of the most nobles in history?' Pauli became more and more angry, and he kept mocking: "You are out of the sea of misery, and you can't care what others think of you, we people who stay in the inn and wait for you to come back, as well as the magistrates and garrison generals in this town, are all unlucky! If your father wants to be held accountable, we will have to shed our skin if we don't die, even if you don't care about your own life, can you consider others?" We treated you well along the way and praised you as a master, didn't we offend you, did you, you just treated us like this?"

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