The owner of this magic grocery store is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, he is sitting behind the counter at the entrance of the store, holding a parchment book in his hand, and he is wearing a reading glass to look at the decoration on the page, he keeps rubbing his hand on the page, and his face shows some nostalgia, so that people can know that he is a man with a story at a glance.

Surdak stood in front of the Antelope heads for a long time, these Antelope heads looked lifelike after some treatment, and the horns on each of the Antelope heads were also very intact, these Antelope heads were made into specimens, which can usually be used to decorate the walls of the living room, there are also some magic sconces in the grocery store, and some magic carpets that can be hung on the wall and release a warm atmosphere.

Another row of shelves was full of all kinds of magic scrolls, but the shelves that originally stored magic herbs were empty, and there were nameplates of various magic herbs on the shelves, not even a single hemostatic grass, Surdak retracted his gaze and set his gaze on the heads of these demon antelopes again.

"Got a crush on these demon antelope heads?" The shopkeeper was already standing beside Surdak at this time, looking at the demon antelope head on the wall with him, and then said: "The magic core in the skull of these demon antelope has been removed, but the demon antelope horns are still well preserved, and the entire demon antelope head has been embalmed, and it is definitely a very good decoration to buy it and hang it on the wall." ”

Surdak was thinking in his heart about how many demon antelope heads he had to buy, and then he listened to the shopkeeper continue to introduce: "Of course, in terms of practicality, they are far inferior to these magic wall lamps, although the magic wall lamps are slightly more expensive, but they are all made of magic metal, and they are definitely worth the money." ”

Surdak looked at these magic wall lamps, and thought to herself that if she bought one back for old Sheila, she would be reluctant to use it, knowing that before that, the villagers of Wall Village were reluctant to use oil lamps even at night.

"You can also take a look at these magic carpets, which rely on the magic lines in the ornament to emit a faint heat, this effect can last for about the whole winter, and after you buy it, you can hang it on the cold wall opposite the fireplace, even if the fire in the fireplace is extinguished, the room will not get too cold." The shopkeeper thought that in such a cold winter, maybe Surdak would need this.

Surdak pointed to the demon antelope head on the wall and asked the shopkeeper, "How much do these demon antelope heads cost?" ”

"Seventy silver hammers...... Well, the two horns on the head of this demon antelope are still worth a little money. The owner immediately stated the price.

Surdak was noncommittal, and then stepped over the magic sconces and asked, "What about the magic carpets?" ”

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he thought that he might have met a big man, and said with a happy face: "Forty-five silver coins, if you want to continue using it next winter, you can bring this magic carpet to me before the fall, and I will be responsible for finding a magic tailor to embroider on the magic carpet again, you only need to pay half of the fee, and you can continue to keep this magic carpet warm for the winter." ”

It occurred to Surdak that perhaps old Sheila needed one of these blankets, and that when it was coldest in winter, she could sit by the fire and put one on her lap, and hang it on the wall to ward off some of the cold, if not on her body.

Surdak asked the shopkeeper again, "Do you have any magic scrolls that can keep you awake?" ”

"Of course, I have a 'spiritual concentration' magic scroll, as long as I cast such a scroll, I can make people learn with half the effort, I take the liberty of asking you, are you a magician?" The shopkeeper said to Surdak with a smile, and then he asked the latter sentence as if he had thought of something.

"No, I'm a knight." Surdak replied.

"Are you going to buy this 'Mental Focus' magic scroll for your own use?" The shopkeeper frowned and asked.

"That's right." Surdak nodded in acknowledgement.

At this time, the shopkeeper showed a look of embarrassment and said to Surdak: "This is probably not enough, this kind of magic scroll needs to be guided by a magician with a spell, if you are not a magician, you can't activate this magic scroll at all." ”

"Okay, forget it." Surdak didn't expect this kind of thing, he didn't have much contact with high-level magic scrolls before, and there were more than a dozen in his magic belt bag, but he didn't know the names and uses of those scrolls, and now it seems that most of those scrolls can't be used by themselves.

Seeing that Surdak had given up without hesitation, the shopkeeper thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to buy a magical item that will keep you awake in battle or work?" ”

Surdak nodded and replied, "Well, almost." ”

When the shopkeeper heard Surdak say this, he walked slowly to the front of the counter, and a small wooden box came out of a wooden box behind the counter that looked like it was full of magic patterns, and he reached out and pushed the wooden box in front of Surdak, and opened the lid of the box, and there was a string of necklaces lying inside, which was a necklace made of gold for a day, and at first glance it felt like it was worth a lot, and the necklace also had a gold pendant, which was in the style of a snow-capped mountain.

Surdak took the necklace in his hand, and his hand was heavy, and a cool breath came out of the necklace, which really lifted his spirits.

The shopkeeper said to Surdak: "This magic necklace is called a lucid pendant, although its price is a little more expensive, it is a magic item, the function is to keep the wearer awake at all times, many magic apprentices will buy one for themselves, this thing can help them stay awake when they are doing experiments all night, and it has a certain resistance to some hypnotism and illusion." Because it can keep you awake at all times, so when you are ready to fall asleep, you must remember to put the necklace in the jewelry box, otherwise it may be difficult for you to fall asleep, in addition, it can keep you awake at all times, but it does not mean that you can not rest after you have it, you still need to stay fully asleep, the consequence of excessive use of the wakefulness pendant is easy to go insane. ”

"How much does this necklace cost?" Surdak pondered for a moment before asking.

"Ten magic crystals."

Although he knew that this magic necklace must be worth a lot of money, but waiting for the shopkeeper to quote the price, he still made Surdak take a deep breath, it was not ordinary expensive.

His first reaction was that the necklace was too expensive, so he still shouldn't buy it, but then he thought of his appearance after being hypnotized by the dark magician of the Dark Magic Hermitage with the 'Sleeping Cloud', and hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and said to the shopkeeper: "Five demon antelope heads, two magic carpets, and a sober pendant, a total of ten magic crystals......

The owner of the grocery store was a little embarrassed, he thought about it for a long time, and finally said like cutting meat: "You buy a sober pendant, I will give you a demon antelope head, a magic wall lamp and a magic carpet, after all, the magic antelope head is an ornament, you don't need to hang too much ...... at home."

A quarter of an hour later, Surdak walked out of the magic grocery store with a smile on his face, the magic fanny pack had an extra jewelry box with a lucid pendant and two magic carpets, due to the too many gifts he had bought in the market, there was not enough space in the magic fanny pack, and the five demon antelope heads could only be put into the bag and hung on the hook next to the saddle.

Surdak rode back to the Knights' Academy.

……

On weekend mornings, Surdak and Assistant Coach Paplor took leave of absence, and left the Knights' Academy early on horseback, driving the first group out of the city and leaving the city of Highlandza.

He was dressed in the leather armor of a salamander, and in order to avoid being noticed, he covered himself with a gray hood and wrapped himself tightly, and the snow on the road outside the city had not yet been cleared, and there were only a few messy footprints and ruts on the road, which stretched into the mountains, but the farther away from the city of Highlandsa, these footprints and ruts became more and more scarce.

The snow in the city of Highlanza is not very large, but there are many places in the mountains where the snow is waist-deep, and many of the mountain roads leading to the village of Vol are ancient mountain roads, these ancient roads are in the lowest lying places, some snow hills are even more than a person high, and the whole mountain road has been blocked by heavy snow, even on horseback.

Surdak regretted a little, he didn't listen to Carl's advice before leaving, Carl asked him to wait a few more days before returning to Vol Village, he felt that he rode a horse, even if the mountain road was difficult to walk, it should not be able to stop him, but when he walked into the mountain, he found that he had estimated the situation of the mountain road too optimistically, and after walking into the mountain for half a day, the mountain road was completely covered with snow.

Surdak hesitated to go back the way he came, as Karl suggested, and wait a week to leave.

But then I thought about it, since I had already walked so far, even if it was difficult to walk, it would be a day's journey on horseback, how far could it be......

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does.

Diving headlong into the snowy mountains and forests, Surdak led his horse almost all the way.

The cold north wind swept up the snow in the mountains and forests, like a puff of green smoke, and the four legs of the Gubolai horse walked through the snow, and soon a layer of frost was wrapped around the horse's legs, and Surdak was worried that the horse's legs would be frostbitten, so he took out a blanket from his magic waist bag, cut it into four pieces with a dagger, and wrapped them around the four horses' legs, and covered the back of the Gubolai horse with a quilt.

The entire forest was white, and many low bushes were buried in the snow.

After Surdak walked for a long time, when he crossed the second mountain range, he had a very strong feeling in his heart, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him behind him, but every time he looked back, the mountain road behind him was empty, and he didn't find anyone following him several times.

Later, at a fork in the road of a mountain road, Surdak did not choose the mountain path, but led the horse directly into an oak forest.

The low trees in the woods were buried under the snow, and many small beasts that came out to find food left many muddled footprints in the forest, and Surdak also used these small footprints to walk all the way up the mountain in the oak forest.

……

The assassin who followed Surdak saw Surdak leading his horse into the oak forest, and he almost cursed that such a big snow would actually drill into the oak forest in the mountains, and the assassin regretted agreeing to this tracking mission.

The assassins habitually hid behind trees, hiding their bodies as much as possible, carefully searching the snow for the footprints of Surdak and the horse.

When he entered an oak forest, he found that his vision was full of thick oak trees, and if he wanted to continue tracking Surdak, he could only rely on the clear footprints in the snow, and he thought to himself, "That woman of Sameya is really not reliable enough to issue such a mission......

Just as he was complaining about Samiya, only the hoof prints of the Gubolai horse were left in the snow, and when Surdak's footprints disappeared inexplicably, the assassin hesitated for a moment, and his heart suddenly became half cold, and before he could think clearly, his body swooped forward.

Surdak jumped from the branch of the oak tree above his head, and slashed the craftsman's sword in his hand.

The assassin then hid behind an oak tree, and did not intend to confront Surdak head-on, seeing Surdak rushing towards him with the craftsman's sword, he hurriedly slipped away into the shadows, but unfortunately the oak forest was so white that there was no shadow to be used.

Surdak slashed with a sword, and the assassin took out a dagger to deal with it in a hurry, but it was slashed by Surdak's sword and hit the handle of the dagger in the assassin's hand on his chest, and the assassin only felt that he was hit in the chest by a heavy iron rod, and his body took several steps back, and his back hit the trunk of the tree at once, and the thick oak branches were shaken, and countless snow hanging on the trees fell one after another.

The assassin sprang out of the falling snow like an agile rabbit.

Sameya had already told him not to go head-to-head with Surdak. Surdak was not affected by the 'Shadow Bondage', which almost halved the assassin's assassination methods, and the assassin was very confident in his speed, but he didn't expect that the assassin only felt that the shadow in front of him flickered, and a silver shield was infinitely magnified in front of his eyes, and his body was too late to make changes......

Surdak threw out the dwarven chain shield in his hand, and the shield flew out with a 'whoosh'...... The assassin didn't know how to dodge, and the dwarf chain shield slammed directly into the assassin's face.

With a 'bang', the assassin was hit by the heavy dwarven chain shield, and tried to escape, but was slashed back by Surdak, who caught up later.

The craftsman's sword in Surdak's hand was like a heavy iron rod, forcing the assassin back a few steps, and the assassin was already coughing up blood.

Taking advantage of the assassin's inattention, Surdak threw the dwarven chain shield chain to smash the assassin double. Leg entanglement......

There was a scream from the oak grove.

After a few moments, Surdak led the horse out of the oak forest.