After Xu Yue and Ivo discussed, the two decided to target the elven tribe of the Tarela Forest, far away from the Nightsong Forest, for their first major trade.

With the natural and arrogant character of the elves, even a little goblin like Evo, who seemed to know that he had no background, offered goods worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins to trade with them, and their arrogance did not allow them to do anything that would lose their identity as an elf. For example, to seize the source of the pure container to be confessed by Ivo, or to pay for the goods.

So doing business with these elves can be considered the safest, as long as you don't do anything in the cargo, then the elves will definitely not embarrass you.

Another reason why Xu Yue and Ivo made elves their first trade partner was that the elves were rich in archers and magicians. And for magicians, a pure container capable of preserving magical materials is an essential thing. Although the elves have some unique natural magic that can prolong the preservation time of magic materials due to their close proximity to nature, it is more complicated and consumes more energy than storing them in pure containers. Few mages are willing to focus on this, preferring to calculate a few more spell models or a few things they haven't learned yet.

Of course, trading with Genie is not without its drawbacks. The Tarela Forest, where the elves lived, was so far away from Komodo that even Ivo's journey day and night would take nearly forty days, and the time it took to trade would take him almost three months to make a round trip.

In order to be able to transport the goods safely, Xu Yue had to empty the storage ring that Oward had left for him and lend it to Ivo. Although the space inside this storage ring is not large, barely less than two cubic meters, but it is enough to place the glass bottles as goods.

Xu Yue has already done what he can do, and the final result can only be left to fate. The worst outcome is nothing more than the loss of the transaction, but the cost of a pure container as a cargo is almost none, so the most he can do is to start again in another place.

Putting the matter of trading behind for the time being, Xu Yue devoted all her experience to learning languages and magic for the rest of her life. After nearly three months of study, he was able to speak and read Carthusian fluently, and he was able to quickly grasp even some obscure Carthusian words and phrases, so he had to borrow a few books from the Ugaritic scholars every day to copy them.

Although fast reading allows him to memorize a lot of content in a short time, it does not help him to understand the content of the book, and he can only learn little by little on his own. He likes to use transcription to deepen his understanding of what is written in books.

With the help of a somewhat dim oil lamp, Xu Yue dipped his quill pen in ink and wrote the last words on a piece of paper. Looking at the oil lamp that could only let him see the brightness of the desktop, he reluctantly picked up a small stick and picked the wick, and the bean-sized lamp suddenly brightened a lot.

To be honest, he was surprised that most people in a world like Talumia, which was full of magical powers, were lit by oil lamps, but it was not incomprehensible given the high price of magic crystal lamps.

Because he didn't want to attract too much attention, Xu Yue didn't buy a crystal lamp to light his studies at night. In fact, he can't afford it now. It had cost him too much money to sign the magic contract before, and now the gold he had left on him was only enough for three months of his daily life.

As for the way to make money by selling pure containers from adventurer gold coins or other people, he didn't plan to use it again at all, the previous few transactions were enough to attract attention, and if he did it again, the possibility of being targeted would be very high.

This is the end of the second month since Ivo left, and Ivo will return from the Tarela Forest in about a month. If he is a qiē shun lì, then he will have plenty of funds to do something.

He hadn't spent all of his time learning the language in those two months, and his progress in magic was even more exciting. After learning the zero-level method of 'fast reading', he successively learned the six spells of 'Greasy Technique', 'Ignition Technique', 'Light Technique', 'Poison Detection', 'Mage's Hand' and 'Sleepiness'.

As zero-level spells, these six spells have no attack power at all, but they have decent support abilities. It is considered a few spells that must be mastered by an apprentice magician.

In fact, several of the magic here need to reach the mental power of intermediate magic apprentices to be able to learn, but Xu Yuexian, because of his somewhat high ** magic affinity, can allow himself to cast the same magician on others, and consume less mental power to achieve the same spell casting effect as others.

After a few realizations, he estimated that if a mid-level junior magic apprentice used a light spell to consume five units of mental power, then he only needed to consume about three or even two units of spiritual power to achieve the same effect. This allowed him to learn many spells that required the mental power of an intermediate magic apprentice to learn while he was only a junior magic apprentice.

And after nearly three months of meditation, he felt that his spiritual strength had made great progress, and he was only a thin line away from the intermediate magic apprentice mentioned in the magic book.

Sitting up from the old chair, Xu Yue pushed open the wooden window in front of the table, and suddenly a cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew in from the open window, and the light of the oil lamp on the table was violently shaken by the wind.

Trembling slightly, Xu Yue protected the wick of the oil lamp with his left hand, leaned over to the side of the window and looked out, only to see the dark street and the dim light of the neighbor's house through the cracks in the window.

Because the cold winter is about to pass, Komodo is gradually becoming more lively. The reduction in snow cover makes it easier for mercenaries to find some hardy plants, and some special magical plants can only be collected during the end of the winter season. Therefore, the number of mercenaries and adventurers who took tasks in the city and came here to collect magic plants gradually increased.

However, there have been several recent incidents of mercenaries and adventurers being attacked by demonic beasts in the Nightsong Forest and suffering heavy losses, and there are even two mercenary teams of four people who have been wiped out, and only their weapons and some fragments of clothes have been found, not even the bones. But the bloodstains in that place showed that there was little chance that the few people would survive.

Although mercenaries and adventurers are engaged in the trade of licking blood with knives, it is not uncommon for such a situation of continuous huge casualties in a period of time to be carried out on the outskirts of the Nightsong Forest. The mercenaries who come to do tasks this season are basically here to collect some magical plants unique to the winter of the Night Song Forest, and the target is not on the monsters. Therefore, they are all small teams composed of some first- and second-level professionals, and these teams are generally operating on the periphery, and the danger is relatively small. Even in the lively summer, you can't give birth to a few dead people a month, and injuries are commonplace.

Because of the recent attacks, the atmosphere in the town has become a little tense. Some of the wounded mercenaries had to return to the city for treatment, and the town's treatment conditions were still very limited. Some of the other mercenaries and adventurers have also temporarily retired from the Nightsong Forest, intending to wait and see before deciding whether or not to abandon the mission and return to the city.

They will not give up the mission unless they are forced to do so, after all, the penalty for failing the mission is still very unbearable for these mercenaries and adventurers who habitually spend all their income every time.

In view of the recent abnormal activity of demonic beasts in the Nightsong Forest, the town's security team has also stepped up patrols. They even arranged for a few teams to work at night, much to the dismay of the young men on the patrol who had to keep watch around the town on such a cold night.

However, no one complained, the members of the security team were all from the town, and their relatives and friends were all in the town. The patrol is also equivalent to protecting their families, so apart from a few bitter complaints, no one in the patrol team is lazy.

After seeing the lights of the patrol in the distance walking in the other direction of the street, Xu Yue closed the window of the room again and took the oil lamp to the cabinet next to the bed. He has finished his language studies for the day and it is time to start his daily meditation. Because meditation also requires the consumption of people's mental energy, the more time to meditate every day is not as good as possible. According to the spell books, he meditated for only about two hours at night every day.

Habitually sitting on the bed in a posture with his heart facing the sky, Xu Yue closed his eyes and began to adjust his spirit according to the meditation technique, so that his spirit could feel the existence of the elements to the greatest extent. He was accustomed to the sea of elements that appeared in the spirit world every time he meditated. He only needs to carefully search for the special magical elements that belong to the meditation technique in this ocean, which is not difficult for him.

However, after he entered meditation today, the situation was a little different from usual, when the spirit felt the magic elements around him, those special magic elements that were usually only passively captured by his spiritual power became very active after coming into contact with his spiritual power. It took little effort for him to capture these elements and integrate them into his body with ease.

Feeling this, Xu Yue's heart suddenly became excited, which was very similar to the omen of breaking through the intermediate magic apprentice recorded in the magic book. He hurriedly increased the output of his spiritual power, mobilizing more spiritual power to feel the special elements captured by the meditation technique around him.

He felt that as his spiritual power strengthened, the ocean of condensed elemental light points around him seemed to begin to fluctuate, and one after another the magical elements required for meditation began to converge towards his body, and the degree became faster and faster.

Now if you look at it from the side, a faint layer of white light appears on the surface of Xu Yue's body, and this layer of light continues to merge into his body like a stream of water.

The process didn't last long, but after four or five minutes, the light had completely integrated into his body.

Xu Yue opened his eyes and stretched his body, and there was a slight sound from the joints of his body. He felt that his spiritual power had risen rapidly in the few minutes just now, almost up about sixty percent from before. At the same time, his body seemed to become full of vitality all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but want to stand up and run a few laps.

Knowing that he had reached the level of an intermediate magic apprentice, Xu Yue couldn't help but wave his hand with some excitement in his heart. According to the records of the magic book, the promotion from beginner to intermediate is the first small level that magic apprentices have to pass, but this small level is very simple, and almost all magic apprentices can reach the level of intermediate magic apprentices as long as they are not too lazy. It's just that the genius with the best talent only needs about a month, and the cultivation with poor talent can be reached in ** months, and it took him three months, which is not as good as those geniuses, but it is better than those with medium talent, which is also in line with his qualifications.

Xu Yue silently estimated in his heart that with his previous spiritual power, he would probably be able to release ten to fifteen zero-level magic. And now it can release about twenty to twenty-five zero-level magic. The specific amount depends on the mental power consumed by the magic released, after all, even if it is the same level zero magic, the consumption is not the same.

With a snap of his fingers, a two-inch-long flame suddenly emerged from his fingertips, and this flame slowly burned on his fingertips like a candle, and he could feel the heat released by the flame when he got closer.

This is a zero-level spell 'Ignition', which has no attack power, and is mostly used to ignite a fire while camping, and if it is used to attack, it will be difficult to burn even a single bug.

With a slight pinch of his fingers, the flame disappeared from between Xu Yue's fingers, and then with the palm of his hand, a fist-sized ball of light with bright brilliance appeared in front of him.

'Illumination' is generally a spell used to enter certain underground ruins or caves. As an adventurer and mercenary, it is impossible to carry torches all the time, and many humid environments will prevent torches from being lit, so it is very convenient to have a companion who can light magic at this time. Capable of illuminating a larger area than torches and lasting up to two hours, Illumination is almost the best choice for exploring dark environments.

After rehearsing the several zero levels he would know one by one, Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction. Although these spells do not have direct attack power, it does not mean that they cannot be combined with indirect attacks. For example, when greasy and ignition are combined, it is a classic combination of burning spells.

While the ground becomes greasy and slipping, the greasy oil contained in it will burn violently when it comes into contact with the flame. If combined with Ignition, it can be used to damage enemies with its burning effect, but the burning power of this natural flame is not very strong, and unless the greasy spell is applied to the enemy, this kind of flame that can only burn in a fixed position will not cause much damage to the enemy.

On the other hand, if the Light Technique is used at one time at the expense of continuity, it can increase the brightness by several times, and if it is used in front of the enemy's eyes, it can have the blindness effect of the first-level spell 'Flash Technique'. However, because its brightness is much weaker than that of the flash technique, the blinding effect is limited, and at most it can dazzle the enemy. It's not like the effect of flashing completely blinding people for tens of seconds.

It is common knowledge in the wizarding world that zero-level spells lack direct and effective means of attack, so when ordinary magic apprentices join the mercenary and adventurer teams, they are in a support position, and the auxiliary ability of zero-level spells is still very good.

Many times, when a magical apprentice is a mercenary or adventurer, he carries not a staff with him, but a sword. After all, even if a mage is physically weak, it is only compared to some melee combat classes, such as warriors. But compared to ordinary people, the body of a magician who has been strengthened by meditation is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Instead of bringing a staff that doesn't increase the strength of spells much, it's better to use a sword to defend yourself. As for the staff with multiple spells in Xu Yue's hand, the price was definitely beyond the reach of ordinary magic apprentices.

Feeling that he had made a lot of progress in casting spells and controlling his mental power, Xu Yue's mood was much happier. He was ready to take advantage of the momentum of today's breakthrough to learn the few zero-level spells he wanted to learn in his plan.

But a faint wolf howl outside the window caught his attention.

Although Komodo Town is on the edge of the Nightsong Forest, the surrounding area of the town has been cleaned up by mercenaries and adventurers who have come here for many years, so there are basically no beasts or monsters coming nearby, so it is rare to hear the howls of beasts or monsters in the town. Even if there were, I heard one or two voices from afar, and then quickly left.

This time, however, the howl of the wolf was a little different, with an almost non-stop howl that came and went, and became more and more distinct as time passed, proving that the howling beast was approaching the town at a rapid pace.

Xu Yue frowned, and after getting off the bed, he picked up the coat hanging on the wall and put it on his body. After a moment's thought, he took out a long strip of cloth wrapped around from under the bed, the staff Oward had left for him.

Because the storage ring was lent to Evo, he had to keep his things in the house room, and when he went out, he would put his things in the safe on the side of the Earth Villa through the guò gate.

Without untying the cloth wrapped around the staff, he directly held the staff in his hand, and then took out eight magic rings from under the mattress and put them on his hands in turn. These rings range from the Wind Blade and Fireball rings that Oward left him, as well as the Level 0 Spell Rings that he purchased himself. While the zero-level spell ring may be of limited use, it's better to have than not to have it without.

Finally, he thought about it for a moment, turned off the safety of the pistol he had seized from the Earth robbers, stuck it in his waist, and then took out a few bottles of magic potions and put them in his pocket, opened the door and walked out.

Although it seems that the cold winter season is about to end, the blizzard still blows in the Nightsong Forest from time to time. The surrounding streets and houses were covered with snow that could reach the end of the legs, making the road a little difficult to walk.

There were already a lot of people around who had come out of the house, and they could see that they were all men from various families. Some of them were armed with swords, some with longbows, and they were all dressed in thick clothes, and their expressions were somewhat solemn towards the center of the town. There was a small square there, and the townspeople would gather in that place to discuss something important.

Xu Yue didn't know much about the situation in front of him, and no one had ever said anything about the town being attacked by wild beasts during the time he had been in Komodo Town. It was clear that the people in the town were not unprepared for the situation in front of him, so he was ready to follow the crowd to take a look. The mercenaries who had recently entered the Night Song Forest were frequently attacked by demonic beasts, and he also had some guesses in his heart.

As you walk towards the town's square, the more crowds gather. Xu Yue's eyes lit up when he saw a guy in front of him who looked to be only one meter tall, but his strong and powerful body was carrying a heavy hammer. He hurried a few steps to the man and whispered, "Hey, Hammer, do you know what's going on?" I've been in Komodo for a short time, but no one has ever told me that there are still wild beasts attacking here. ”

The short man with the hammer was none other than the town's only blacksmith owner, the dwarven McCarney Copperhammer. At this time, this dwarf who likes to drink and brag in the Night Song Tavern is wearing an iron armor, and the helmet on his head looks like a knight's helmet, and he said helplessly after seeing Xu Yue next to him.

"Honestly, I'm confused right now. It's not like Komodo hasn't been attacked by wild beasts before, but I'm afraid it won't be born once in ten years, and it's basically born in the season of fire. Most of the monsters and beasts in the Nightsong Forest are dormant during the winter season, and for the first time in history, a large number of beasts will attack Komodo Town this season. ”

After hearing his words, Xu Yue could only shrug her shoulders helplessly, and walked towards the town square after him. The size of the town is not large, and you can already see the small square after a few minutes. At this time, there were about 100 people gathered in the small square, and the mayor of the town, Thorin DiCarlo, was directing the men who had gathered with a few people.

"The town has already sent someone to investigate! The details will be reported in a moment. Now they were divided into three teams according to the instructions of Sheriff Pol, the first and second teams went to guard the entrances and exits on both sides of the town, and the third team patrolled the wall to prevent wild beasts from breaking the wall. Commander D'Carlo said loudly.

Bol is a strong man in his forties who is more than two meters tall. He is the sheriff of the town and is responsible for maintaining the law and order of the town. It is said that he is a fourth-level sword and shield warrior, and his strength is already considered the top in a town like Komodo. You must know that most of the mercenaries who come here are some first- and second-level combat professions, and third-level ones are rare.

His face was a scar that stretched from the corner of his eyebrows to his chin when he was a young adventurous man, and it made people look a little vicious. But those who know him well know that as long as you don't break the rules of Komodo, he's still a good talker.

There is an unwritten rule for the professions of the Big 6 that those who stay or reside anywhere are obliged to help defend their localities in the event of a non-war attack in those places.

In other words, if any professional stays in a certain place, and that place is attacked for reasons other than war, the professional must help defend that place. This regulation was created to prevent animal tides, bandits, etc. from attacking villages and towns. Hardly any professional will violate this rule, unless he wants to be ridiculed by other professionals for the rest of his life. What's more, if you don't help defend, then this professional will be expelled from the place as soon as possible, which is no different from looking for death in most cases.

Xu Yue was assigned to the second team, which guarded the entrance to the town's leading path to the Nightsong Forest. That's the direction the beast is coming from, and it's more dangerous than the other direction. But Xu Yue didn't feel scared, because he had been besieged by the wind wolves before, so he was very experienced in dealing with wild beasts. Of course, this experience was based on the premise that he had magical equipment.

The sound of the wolf's howl has become clearer and clearer, and judging by the sound, I am afraid that it is about to approach. At this time, I saw a figure running from the small town to the Yesong Forest in a hurry, and before he got close, the figure shouted out of breath: "Hurry up...... Quick, report to Mayor Thorin, wolves, wolves! There were more than 400 of them. ”

"It's Moss, they're the ones who were sent out to investigate! Damn! Looks like he's the only one who came back, and the others probably didn't make it. A hunter with a bow and arrow shouted nearby.

The men here hurried out and helped Moss in.

The news brought by Moss made the team guarding the gate of the town a little panicked, they only had thirty people here, and they would definitely not be able to withstand the wolf pack of four hundred wolves for long.

Xu Yue walked over and hugged Moss, who was covered in blood, and asked with a somewhat solemn expression: "Moss, do you see what kind of wolf it is, is it an ordinary beast or a demonic beast?"

Moss took a few weak breaths and said, "I didn't see it too clearly, but it's certainly not a wolf." As soon as we entered the forest, we were surrounded by a large pack of wolves. A few other people desperately delayed to get me to break through and report the news. There were three types of wind wolves, iron-toothed wolves, and spider wolves alone, and as I ran away, I turned my head to look, and even saw two storm demon wolves behind the wolves!"

His words made Xu Yue's heart sink quickly, only demonic beasts can command different wolves to gather together to attack. And Moss said that there are two more storm demon wolves, this kind of demonic beast is an advanced level of the wind wolf, and it is already a second-level demonic beast. And a wolf pack can only have one commander, obviously these two monsters can't be the ones who command these wolves, then there must be a more advanced monster than the storm demon wolf to command behind.

"Quickly send someone to inform Pol, there are demonic beasts above level 3 in command. We need support, quick!" Xu Yue pulled over to a person next to him and whispered to him. When the man heard this, he stumbled towards the town square with a frightened face.

"Everyone quickly throw something that can burn fifteen yards in front of you, quickly! It would be better if you could find oil!" Xu Yue hurriedly shouted to the person next to him.

The others didn't care that Xu Yue was not the commander of their team at this time, they knew what he was going to do as soon as they heard Xu Yue's shout, and this method was the only way to delay time.

The surrounding people quickly rushed into the nearby houses, and only after ten seconds, each person ran out with a large or small container. As soon as they arrived at the door, they quickly threw the jar in their hands not far from the gate, and then returned to rummage through other residents' homes.

The canisters that were thrown out were filled with oil, and after Xu Yue asked one of them for a can, he used the 'ignition technique' to ignite the oil in the jar and threw it on the ground in front of him. Suddenly, the oil flowing on the ground was quickly ignited, and the flames that rose for a while formed a wall of fire to block the entrance of the town.

Seeing that it was already a little too late, Xu Yuexun performed four or five greasy techniques to fill the gaps in the wall of fire, and after the greasy technique was ignited, he quickly filled the gaps in these walls of fire. As soon as he finished doing this, he saw green lights appear from the forest in front of him, and then a dense crowd of wolves came out of the forest.

Suddenly, Xu Yue saw a wolf staring at him with hateful eyes in the wolf pack, and that familiar gaze suddenly made him recognize the other party.

Wind Wolf King! This guy who was almost wiped out by Xu Yue actually appeared with this group of wolves.

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