The manager of the comptoir pushed the door and walked into the room, the room was slightly dimly lit, and a magician in a magic robe embroidered with golden dark patterns stood in front of the test table, staring intently at the crucible in front of him, under the steady heating of the 'fire gathering technique' magic scroll, the viscous liquid in the crucible was gurgling and spitting bubbles, and the room was filled with a pungent smell.

Seeing the manager of the merchant house leading the guests in, the magician stopped what he was doing, took off the fishskin gloves in his hand and hung them on the bench, then turned around and looked at the door with a smile on his face—it was actually Magician Dale*!

Surdak didn't expect to meet the magician who had helped him twice in the trading house, remembering that the first time was at the gate of the underground trading market, when the strong man guards at the entrance of the exchange forbade him to enter the underground trading market, and the second time was in the bar where the slave auction was held, when he was still about to buy two dwarven slaves, but was secretly stopped by the magician of Dale, because those dwarven slaves were notorious gray dwarves who were not good at forging and mining at all.

When the magician saw Mrs. Christy walking in with the manager of the firm, he stepped forward and greeted him familiarly: "Mariana, why do you have time to come?" ”

Lady Christie nodded to the Magician of Dale and said straight to the point, "I have come to you this time to introduce a friend who intends to exchange some magic materials from your trading house, oh, this is the Knight of Surdak. ”

With that, Madame Christy gave up half of her body so that Magician Dala could see Surdak standing behind.

"Hello, Magician Dalla!" Surdak stepped forward and gave a solemn knightly salute to the Magician of Dale.

Magician Dale's bright eyes fell on Surdak, and he hesitated for two seconds before he smiled and walked up to him on the shoulder and said, "Surdak, I remember you, we last met in the slave bar. ”

Magician Dalla asked everyone to sit on the couch in the rest area of the lab, where the magic experiments were left to the assistant.

"Tell me what you're going to let me identify?" The Magician of Dale sat across from Surdak and asked Surdak curiously.

While Surdak took out the magic herbs in his magic waist bag and placed them on the square table with angel reliefs carved on his four legs, the manager of the merchant house sitting next to him leaned over and explained to Surdak: "Knight Surdak, you can hand over the magic herbs to the magician of Dale for identification, we will make a preliminary estimate of your magic herbs, and put the information of these magic herbs on the notice board in the hall on the second floor. Of course, they must exchange your specified goods for these magical herbs, in fact, our trading house is a barter trading platform, which can carry out multi-party complementary transactions. ”

"Let me see what these are, oh, these magic herbs are rare, but...... They can only be used to make special magic potions, and are rarely used in the recipes of common potions. Magician Dale put up a crystal spectacle on the bridge of his nose, picked up a magic grass and looked at it twice, and said, "Oh...... This is a starlight cattail that is very versatile. This plant can be configured with a potion of courage or a potion of rage, and the potion recipe for the potion of rage is widely spread among the orc tribes. This is a nightmare vine that many potions masters like to use to make hypnotic potions. These white-ringed vines, the sap of the white-ringed vines can repair the magic parchment, what do you need to exchange for these magic herbs? ”

Surdak already knew the names of these magic herbs from his magic notes, and when he saw Magician Daldala asking what magic herbs he needed, he hurriedly handed the list of herbs listed by Scholar Ferdinand to Magician Daldal, Magician Daldala took the list, read it carefully, and asked Surdak after a moment of silence: "Heather, goldenrod...... These are all in-demand goods, are these herbs only exchanged for magic herbs? ”

Surdak nodded and said, "That's right, that's it. ”

Magician Dala stared at Surdak and asked, "If someone wants to trade magic crystals, gold coins, or other magic materials, the value is several times higher, or more than ten times higher than these magic grasses, are you willing to exchange them?" ”

"I'll only change these magic herbs." Surdak replied firmly.

The magician of Dale nodded, and said to the manager of the trading house on the side: "Okay, just publish the details of these magic herbs and the needs in the notice board as Knight Surdak said, and then check all the sales catalogs of the trading house to see if there are any of these potions in the catalog, and if so, see what magic items those sellers need to exchange, and check these clearly......

"I'll do it, Master Dalla!" After the manager of the comptoir finished speaking, he walked out of the room with the detailed list provided by the magician of Dale.

Magician Dale turned to Surdak and said: "This kind of transaction buyer will not appear immediately, you need to wait patiently for a while, you can leave your address, if someone wants to exchange, we can write to you, if it is not convenient to leave an address, come to the comptoir every two weeks to inquire, go out to make carte blanche in advance, now the magic grass is very popular, although the potions you want to trade are also very rare, but at least they can be seen in the market, I think it will not be long before there will be good news." ”

"Yes, Master Magician Dalle." Surdak was slightly relieved to hear Magician Dala say this.

Madame Christy did not interject the whole time, and sat quietly in observance until the deal was completed, when she glanced at Surdak with appreciative eyes.

After these magical herbs were entrusted to the trading firm, Surdak was about to leave the Magician of Daldal, when he heard the Magician of Daldala ask, "By the way, do you still have a sulphur mine in your hand?" If so, I would like to purchase a lot. ”

Surdak readily agreed, "Yes, Magician Dal, how much are you going to want?" ”

Seeing that Surdak was so happy, the Magician of Dale lit up his eyes and replied, "Of course, the more the better, the current market price of the sulfur mines in the city of Hailanza is worth 4 silver pounds per pound, and the price has increased by nearly thirty percent compared to the official purchase price, so it should be the most cost-effective sale at this time." ”

"Is it possible that the Harran plane, which produces brimstone ore, has been overrun by the Dark Legion?" Lady Christie looked surprised and asked the magician of Dalle, "How can there be a shortage of such an ordinary resource as sulfur mines?" ”

"I haven't heard any news about this place yet, probably because it is a little cold this winter, and now some alchemy workshops in Hailanza City have started a match business, in addition to purchasing a large number of red pine wood full of oil, sulfur, red phosphorus and other alchemy materials are also indispensable, but the existing sulfur in the magic market of Hailanza City is not enough for the time being, and the trading firm has paid for three sulfur mines in a row." Magician Dalla said to the two.

"I only have unrefined sulphur ore in my hands, and if I can, I can send you a batch next week." Surdak said.

Although this heavy snow has completely blocked the mountain road, it is not so difficult for a knight like Surdak to cross the mountain road and return to Vol Village, even if it is a round trip, the Knight Academy will inevitably delay the course for a day or two, but considering that a safe sales channel can finally be established for these sulfur mines in Vol Village, Surdak will agree to come down anyway.

Surdak and Mrs. Christie walked out of the White Elephant Trading Firm, and Karl was already waiting outside the firm.

……

Boarding the magic caravan, Carl and Mrs. Christie couldn't help but hug each other and kiss in the caravan.

Surdak looked at the pair of 'dog men and women' in front of him a little speechlessly, and wanted to jump out of the carriage directly, even if it was better to walk back to the knight's academy than to sit in the carriage, but the personal maid of Madame Christie, who was sitting on the side seat of the carriage, looked out of the window without squinting, as if she had long been accustomed to the scene in the carriage.

After a while, Karl realized that Surdak was still sitting in the carriage, so he sat up straight, straightened his wrinkled dress, and asked Surdak casually, "All is going well?" ”

Mrs. Christie sat beside Karl, her white face like a ripe red apple, and she didn't know whether she was excited or shy, and her blue eyes were swirling, and she looked at Surdak boldly, her eyes full of curiosity.

"Well, just wait quietly for news now." Surdak glanced at Karl and replied.

Karl couldn't help but smile 'hehe', and casually found a topic and said: "By the way, I heard that Count Fornack's manor is going to hold an auction on the weekend, that manor has been abandoned for nearly three years, and it has become a ghost castle that no one cares about, but now it seems to have appreciated again, the reason is that the bandit group that ravaged around the city of Highlanza has been completely eliminated, and the stronghold of the Dark Arts Hermitage has also been eradicated, and many nobles in the city who have spare money in their hands want to buy the manor." ”

Mrs. Christie's gentle eyes fell on Carl, and she exhaled like a landy and asked Carl, "What?" What are your thoughts on that estate? "There's a lot of 'as long as you nod, I'll buy it for you'.

A faint smile appeared on Carl's face, and he shook his head at Mrs. Christie, and said, "I remember going to Fornak Manor before, and it was really well built, and I don't have any plans to do so for the time being. Surdak, do you have any ideas for buying any property, if you buy that manor, there is also a large area of mountains and forests around it, which is considered the property of Fornak Manor. ”

Surdak was a little surprised, he really hadn't thought about this, and he didn't know how much it would cost to buy the Fornak Manor.

Karl said to Surdak: "When you become a knight, you will have a knight's territory, but the better land around the city of Hylanza has been divided, and I have to say that the forest of Fornak Manor is a good land, even if you spend some money to buy it, it is worth the money." ”

Surdak only thought for a moment, and then said to Karl: "I don't have that much spare money in my hands, and I plan to develop the village of Wall, and in the future, my fief should be near the village of Wall." ”

Karl patted his money bag and said generously to Surdak: "If you are just short of money, I can help you think of a way, are you going to lead your knights outside the mountain pass?" ”

Surdak replied without hesitation: "Yes, that's what I thought, after all, my home is over there." ”

"Isn't that a barren place? What's the use of that worthless piece of land you want? Karl was a little powerless to complain,

Surdak touched his forehead and said, "The land that can be allocated to me shouldn't be too big, pick and choose, including Wall Village, there is still a lot of land to choose from." ”

Seeing that Surdak had no intention of buying Fornak Manor, Carl could only give up and no longer continue to persuade: "Okay, but I suggest that you should still consider Fornak Manor, it shouldn't be too expensive to take pictures now, and you are a member of the support squadron, so you don't have to worry too much about the security of Fornak Manor in the future......"

"Is the Bird tax officer alright?" Surdak asked Karl leaning back on the couch.

The warm-hearted tax collector had taken Surdak back to the village of Wall, and if he hadn't led the way, it would have been not easy for Surdak to find that remote village.

"It's just that he drank a little too much, and he usually drinks okay, but I don't know what's wrong with it lately, and I've been in a very low mood." Karl replied.

The magic caravan drove all the way to the Knight Academy, placing Surdak at the gate of the Knight Academy, and the magic caravan quickly disappeared into the twilight

Surdak returned to the dormitory of the Knight Academy, found some cold scones to fill his stomach, drank a glass of cold water, and felt a lot more refreshed, then he took out the magic notebook in his magic waist bag, and when he was in the library at noon, he turned to the last page of the magic notebook, and saw the portrait of a girl who looked like Selena, and almost fell into it.

After leaving the library, Surdak remembered that when he was chasing a gang of bandits in the Grand Canyon, he also found a portrait of Selena, which was obviously different from the last page of the magic note, and the portrait in the bandit's hand looked more similar to Selena.

The portrait of Selena in the Magic Note is much younger and has the aura of a dark goddess.

Surdak was mentally prepared, and opened the magic notebook on the side of the bed again, and slowly turned to the last page, the girl on the portrait was clearly Selena's appearance when she was young, perhaps because of charcoal, her eyes were black, just when Surdak turned his head to look at another portrait of Selena, the girlhood Selena on the magic note smiled strangely at Surdak on the parchment......

That creepy feeling made Surdak break out in a cold sweat.