"I've never seen anything so bizarre, and you mean that Amman died with a blue-scaled fishman prophet before he could teach you any offensive spells?"

In the tree-worshippers' huts, the aroma of oatmeal porridge fills the air. Hicks asked, sipping his porridge.

Lance smiled wryly and nodded.

The tall tree worshipper muttered a few words, and then said helplessly, "All right, newcomer." It seems that I can't do much this morning other than give you some of the main points of Ferendor. ”

Lance immediately drank the oatmeal in the bowl and looked at Hicks intently.

Hicks said honestly and unceremoniously: "Xie Lu Xie patronage, a magic stone." ”

Langston's eyes widened.

Hicks said disapprerovingly: "The wizarding world is very realistic, if you don't want to listen to the explanation, you can also save this magic stone." ”

Lance was depressed, the magic stone in his hand was not rich, and he didn't expect to lose two pieces before he went to Rainbow Island. However, he also knew that Ferendor was obviously not a peaceful place, not only infested with demons, but also many other dangerous places. If you don't listen to Hicks, you will encounter more problems in the future.

So he could only obediently hand over a magic stone.

Hicks accepted the magic stone, and his face suddenly became much better: "Young man, don't look downcast. You're coming into the forest from the east, and I bet if you were coming from other directions, the gatekeepers in the other directions would be charged much higher than me. ”

"What's more, not every Guardian of the Realm is going to welcome new wizards as much as I do. Hicks suddenly sneered and said, "To the south, there have been almost twenty years since a wild wizard came here. ”

When Lance heard this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Hicks' meaning was already obvious at the moment, and there should be some guardians around Ferendor to guard the edge of the wizarding realm and the mortal realm. But not everyone is a wizard who follows the rules.

"South, who is it?" asked Lance cautiously.

Hicks snorted, "It's just some dirty blood mage." ”

But then he added, "If you encounter a mage in red robes in Ferendor, be careful. These people are extremely dangerous!"

......

Ferendor is a land of wonders built in the middle of nowhere. There are many large and small wizarding organizations gathered here, and it is a rare gathering place for wizards on the west coast of the mainland.

Based on Hicks' introduction, Lance learned that in Ferendor, it is conservatively estimated that more than five thousand wizards live. And most of them are wizard apprentices. Generally speaking, second-level wizards can be called the pillars of a small wizard organization, and as for third-level wizards, they are all high-ranking powerful figures.

But to Lance's surprise, there was not a single fourth-level wizard in the entire Ferendor. It was only at this time that Lance suddenly understood how amazing Hicks's muttering before, saying that Teacher Amman was the man with the best chance of impacting the fourth-level wizard.

However, Hicks didn't say much about the secret, and he could only suppress his curiosity in his heart for the time being.

There are three largest wizarding organizations in the whole of Ferendor, namely the Tree Worshippers' Hut, Rainbow Island, and Crimson Castle. The person in the red robe that Hicks reminded earlier was the person from the Scarlet Castle.

Tree worshippers' huts are naturally made up of a group of tree worshippers. They believe in balance and don't kill easily. They are good at natural spells, like to be in the company of animals, and sometimes the tree worshippers may seem a little old-fashioned, but most of the time they are reasonable. Of course, this is Hicks' description, and Lance doesn't know how much of it is completely true.

In Lance's view, tree worshippers should be similar to the druid characters in the web novels he read in his previous life, a group of balance-loving people who like to live in the forest.

Unlike most tree worshippers, who are born with a race heritage, Rainbow Island is made up of ordinary human wizards. This wizarding group is the best at shaping spells and spell witchcraft, and the wizards of Rainbow Island tend to have strong individual attack capabilities, and many spells are highly lethal.

As a tree worshipper, Hicks doesn't have a soft spot for the wizards of Rainbow Island. In his mouth, these human wizards have all become a group of "narcissists who are obsessed with power", which is not worth mentioning.

But in Ferendor, the relationship between the tree worshippers and the wizards of Rainbow Island is not bad. Because they all have a common hated wizarding organization, and that's the Crimson Castle.

"That's a very evil, very evil wizarding organization!" Hicks admonished Lance solemnly, "those evil red-robed wizards desecrate the corpses of the dead, obsessed with the power of blood, and most of them are dark wizards or blood mages. At the top of the Scarlet Castle, half of the people have vampire blood, and the other half are pure-blooded humans, but these humans are not idle people, all of them are outlaws who have killed countless people. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the strength of the Crimson Castle was too strong, and if it was not handled properly, it would rashly cause a great war in the wizarding world of Ferendor, I'm afraid that the Tree Worshippers' Hut would have united with Rainbow Island to remove the Scarlet Castle from this place. Hicks shook his head and said, "Let me remind you again, the people of Crimson Castle cannot be trusted. Every red-robed wizard is extremely dangerous!"

Lance nodded solemnly. He didn't expect that there would be so many doors in the wizarding world. The whole of Ferendor is impressively three-legged. Many small wizarding organizations are struggling to survive in the cracks, struggling to survive for more resources.

The magic stone is the only currency here.

......

"Well, what I told you just now is pretty much the current situation of Ferendor. Hicks took a sip of water and said a little tiredly, "Next I must fulfill the obligation of a Ferendor wizard to teach you a special level 0 spell." ”

"Demon defense?" asked Lance.

Hicks nodded and said, "This is what all the wizards of Ferendor must do, and if we meet a wild wizard, we must teach him this spell - this is the rule laid down by the great wizard who invented this witchcraft in the first place." Even if he hadn't appeared in front of everyone for a long time, no one would dare to disobey him. ”

"Ferendor is a place where the spell factor is active, and when you enter it, you will find that the spell factor there is more than ten times more active than the mortal realm. In Ferendor, you can cultivate very quickly. ”

"These active spell factors also attract many monsters to wander from various dimensions, and the demon is the most common one. Suffice it to say, if you don't know how to defend against demons, you could die in the wild at any time. ”

"This is the [Demon Defense Technique] learning scroll. Hicks said as he pulled out a yellowish scroll and placed it in front of Lance.

Lance took the scroll and asked warily, "How much?"

Hicks blinked, "It's free." ”

Langston let out a long sigh of relief.

"But now you can't do anything for me. Hicks continued, "The Demon Defense Technique can only allow you to escape from those hateful demons, and without any offensive spells, it will be difficult for you to survive in the wild of Ferendor, let alone complete the task I have given you. ”

Lance put the scroll away, and when he heard this, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Hicks smiled slightly: "I still have some level 0 spell learning scrolls here, sell them to you at a discount, do you want to?"

Lance suddenly vomited blood in his heart: "It turns out that this guy is still fighting his own magic stone idea!"

The tall tree worshipper was obviously thick-skinned, and he said in a smug voice, "You can't survive in Ferendor without mastering a few practical offensive spells." Believe me, these spell learning scrolls are much cheaper than the Wizard Emporium!"

"Wizard Emporium?" Lance heard a new term.

Hicks said with a big grin: "In Ferendor, the three major wizard organizations have a common trading place, and each wizard can buy and sell things in it, of course, the necessary fees are inevitable. Every weekend, the Wizard Emporium hosts regular auctions, and the real goodies tend to be at auctions. ”

Lance nodded.

Hicks continued to sell, "Since you don't know any offensive spells, and you're going to Rainbow Island to learn, why don't you have a [Flame Orb] spell scroll? Mmmm, I seem to have a [Ice Path] here, a fan-shaped offensive spell, which is quite practical. I mean, freezing the enemy is very good for your own life......"

"Aha! And this, [Malfoy Acid Arrow Improved Type II], an enhanced version of the spell rune developed by the sinister guys in Crimson Castle, this thing is much more expensive than the standard rune, how about converting it to your thirty magic stones after the fight?"

......

Under the promotion of the seemingly honest tree worshippers, Lance carefully selected and bought two level 0 spell learning scrolls.

It's not that he's listening to Hicks flickering, it's that he's really lacking offensive spells at the moment. Bows and swordsmanship, although they have powerful physical attack capabilities, in the wizarding world, Lance does not dare to guarantee that they can still protect themselves as they do in the mortal world.

It's just that instead of following Hicks' advice, he chose two scrolls that surprised the tree worshippers—

Level 0 spell, [Scorching Ray], Plastic/Fire/Ray, Price: 4 Magic Stones

Level 0 spell, [Bileg Rotation Field], Defense System/Force Field/Twist Class, Price: 6 Magic Stones.

Two scrolls, one offensive and one defensive, was the final decision made by Lance at the suggestion of the fox.

After this move, there were only 8 magic stones left in his pocket, which made Lance feel that the money was like water.

"What a stingy guy. Hicks put away the other scrolls and glared at Lance dissatisfied: "As an apprentice of Amman, you must have a lot of wealth, and you are only willing to patronize such a small amount of goods as me!"

"What?" Lance asked curiously, "Is my teacher rich?"

Hicks glared at him, "Could it be that you don't know what to do?"

Lance shook his head.

Hicks whispered mysteriously, "It is said that he once ransacked the warehouse of a small wizarding organization. Anyway, if you enter Ferrendor this time, it's best not to say that you are a disciple of Amman, otherwise the wizarding organization will come to trouble you. ”

Lance's face darkened suddenly. When Mr. Amman was young, he didn't seem to be a peaceful guy.

Hicks cleaned up and said to Lance, "I've had to go west lately, and I'll be back in about a month. ”

"This month, you'll be practicing your spells in the Tree Worshippers' Hut. In a month's time, you'll have to set off to complete the task I've set for you. I'll only send you to Ferendor if you're done, understand?"

Lance nodded.

The tree worshippers grabbed a lot of things from the house that Lance couldn't see their purpose, and hurried out of the hut.