Cole sat back down, took the bone, and rubbed it in his hand.

He said: "This bone is not as magical as you think, although it completely repels magic, but if you scrape off the powder, it loses this effect, and only by keeping it in its current state can it have the effect of isolating magic." In this way, the value is not as great as imagined. ”

Seeing that Kayi was unmoved, Cole continued: "Of course, I want to give this to you because I want to ask you, I found a meerkat in Beishan and want to invite you to hunt it together. ”

Meerkats, also known as meerkats, mostly inhabit mountains, forests, ravines and streams, use cliffs and caves as nests, are good at digging soil, can climb trees, and feed on poisonous snakes. The body hair and tail hair are very thick and fluffy, slightly resembling a brown lily. The snout and around the eyes are short hairs brown, and the cheeks, forehead, top of the head and ears are covered with short black hairs. The color of the meerkat fur changes with the climate: sometimes gray, brown or brown, sometimes with silvery-white and dark stripes.

As a particularly prominent kind of meerkat, the meerkat acts like the wind, because it eats too many poisonous snakes, so its teeth contain highly venomous, but the meerkat has a strong resistance to toxins, especially biological toxins. Meerkats are swift and can attach wind blades to their claws, even if they are magic shields, they can't resist a few times. In particular, the meerkat will also run away, and if there is a slight disadvantage, it will escape, and it will be difficult to catch up.

As soon as he heard Cole's words, the information about the meerkat came to his mind, and although he had never seen the meerkat before, he knew how powerful the meerkat was. The meerkat, however, is a very dangerous beast for mages. It's fast and has a high attack, so it's likely that you'll be attacked before you see it, and even if it's magic, it's mostly dodged by the meerkat. Unless the strength is far superior to the other party, few mages will take the initiative to provoke the other party, and not only the mage, but also the rest of the archers, knights and the like do not dare to provoke the meerkat, it is really the other party's speed is too fast.

You can attack, you can run away, and you can't catch it if you want to.

Jia Yi said, "With us, we can't deal with the meerkat, right?" What other teammates do you have?"

"No, just a mage apprentice who often comes to me to buy materials, and although she hasn't become an official mage, she has a special magic that can collect information about her surroundings and use it to track and avoid sneak attacks. ”

"That's not any fighting power?" Kaichi leaned on the table, "Also, she won't be called Ace, will she?"

"How do you know? You know?" Cole was also curious, it seemed that Kaichi should be the first time he came to Kusca, could it be that they had not known each other before.

Jia Yi said: "I just went to their chamber of commerce to send a letter, and she introduced me here. However, I don't see at all that this pair has any qualifications to provoke the meerkat, and I can't even catch its shadow. ”

"We two full-fledged mages, can't we solve a mongoose? Mages rely on wisdom. Cole looked disdainful, as if he looked down on Jiayi for being so cowardly.

Jia Yi was unmoved: "Although I haven't seen it, countless seniors have already taught me a lesson, and in all the adventure logs, the number of mages who died in the hands of the wind mongoose can be ranked in the top ten, and even the dragon can't compare." ”

Because very few people can encounter dragons, and even fewer people will go out of their way to slay dragons, and although the number of wind mongooses is not particularly large, it can be regarded as a relatively common magical beast. In particular, the level of the meerkat is actually not high, and the people who go to trouble it are generally relatively low-level mages, and mages of this level do not have any fast-moving skills, just like Cole, if there is an accident, they can't run away.

"And I don't understand why I'm looking for a meerkat, and while the meerkat's gallbladder is a good decipherent, it's not irreplaceable. ”

"Well, there's a little patch of mongoose grass around it, and it's worth the risk. ”

"A piece?" Jia Yi keenly grasped the point, and the measure words were wrong.

"Yes," said Cole, "in a valley, about 7 or 80 yards, beside the stream, there are a lot of wind-weeds, at least dozens. ”

Windswept grass is actually not a particularly precious herb, it can be equipped with wind elemental affinity potions, which can improve the control of wind magic, but the improvement is not large, and it is only effective for gray-robed mages, although most mages are at the gray-robed level. The greatest effect of this potion is not in battle, but when practicing magic that you have not yet mastered, and using this potion can deepen the control of wind magic and increase the success rate of magic.

And if it is in actual combat, the little power of this potion cannot play a decisive role at all, but it is better than nothing. For mages, if a spell can be killed, it will die, and if it can't be killed, it will still not die if it doesn't hurt a little, but it is more important to hit.

"Then you want to settle there, that valley must belong to the lord. Kaichi asked.

Although the annadophyll is not a precious herb, it is also a magic herb, and in addition to configuring potions, it can also be equipped with magic ink, especially when the amount is large, it is not a small harvest. But the most important thing is that piece of land, which can grow so many magic herbs, and they are all wind-swept grass, which means that that piece of land is a little special, and the wild is not a botanical garden arranged by the mage himself, even in areas with a relatively high concentration of magic power, there are very few magic herbs growing in patches.

This is likely to be an area of wind elemental enrichment or a leyline node, and the concentration of mana in such locations will be abnormally high, and living in such a location will promote the growth of mages' strength, and it will be more convenient to cultivate medicinal herbs. In fact, the effect is similar to the botanical garden arranged by Im using the magic array, but this does not require additional consumption of magic gems, which is much cheaper.

And there are often other benefits to such locations, which is why Kaichi says that Cole's purpose is not to be a mongoose, but to settle in that valley.

However, in response to Jiayi's question about the ownership of the valley, Cole was full of confidence: "That valley only belongs to the lord in name, as long as I occupy it, the lord will generally not object, anyway, they don't know the value of that valley, and besides, isn't it normal for a mage to live in seclusion in the mountains." Even if you buy that piece, it won't be a hassle, and every lord expects to be able to build a good relationship with the mage. ”

Jia Yi had to admit that Cole's analysis was very correct, unless it was a large-scale war between countries in this era, most of the battles experienced between lords were relatively small, and a few hundred people were very good, and it was a small group of cavalry with a large number of infantry. In a small war like this, the role of the mage is greatly increased, adding status to one's own people, setting up obstacles for the opponent, and throwing a few fireballs when the cavalry charges to disrupt the opponent's formation.

However, Jia Yi still has a doubt: "But why did you choose me?"

This matter is not a trivial matter, you can't just catch a person on the street, and you can't do without the heart of guarding against people.

Cole said: "Before you arrived at the port, a passing merchant ship brought your news, and repelled hundreds of sailors, proving that your strength is very good, and you also bought medicine for the crew to treat their injuries, proving that your character is also good." The main thing is that I don't have many other options, there are not many mages here, except for apprentices, they don't have the strength, and you are still passing by, and you won't grab a place with me. ”

In Jiayi's mind, this last reason is the most important.

However, Jia Yi did not agree in the end, and now he doesn't know when the ship will set off, and the risk is not small, and he doesn't know whether to get involved. In the end, Jia Yi just said that he would think about it, and went back first with the medicinal herbs and potions he bought, and agreed to talk later.