Following the path pointed out by the kobold to the end, Lance came to an empty underground space.

Breaking away from the originally silent path, the noise suddenly came.

Lance surveyed his surroundings for a moment, and saw that he was in front of a hollowed-out mountainside, and he was on a small walkway at the edge of the mountain wall.

As far as the eye can see, there are countless exits and entrances around the mountain wall, and walkways and spiral staircases circle back and forth in the belly of the mountain. Many people in cloaks or red robes hurriedly walked along the paths, looking down from Lance's angle, they surged like ants.

"Is this the hall of the Crimson Castle?" Lance was a little surprised, the people who appeared in the mission hall were usually the wizard apprentices of the Crimson Castle. He made a rough estimate, and what he saw alone was more than four hundred. Most of the ordinary servants don't have the energy to do these tasks issued by high-level wizards, because the fixed tasks issued by the stewards will consume all their energy.

Lance knew that he had to make good use of the month's unproductive time and try to earn as many magic stones as possible.

Although the fox gave corresponding advice, Lance vaguely felt that something like the curse of the viper might not be so simple. If the curse can be lifted by amputation, then why did the kobold man tell him that for so many years, no one has managed to escape?

"Now that I've joined the Crimson Castle by mistake, I can only go with the flow. "Lance is a very resilient man, and he hasn't thought about escaping, but if he can't lift the serpent's curse, then there is no point in escaping. What's more, there are always vultures like Pansas patrolling the sky above Crimson Castle, and it is not easy to escape.

The only thing he could do now was to find a way to earn enough magic stones to become a self-funded student in Crimson Castle.

......

Lance made his way down the spiral staircase as he let the fox keep track of the terrain of Crimson Castle. The castle was so huge that in Lance's memory, without the help of the main chip, he would have gotten lost.

Fifteen minutes later, he was at the bottom of the mission hall. Stone tables and chairs were neatly arranged here, and Lance observed the movements of the others before choosing a stone table in the corner to sit down.

As soon as he sat down, the chair under his ass let out a sharp cry: "You damned blood mages! don't even let me rest for a moment?!

Lance was startled, and immediately looked around, and found that no one around him heard the voice.

"Are you new here? You can only hear me when you sit on me, didn't your mentor tell you?" said the chair called Pipcisis, "Hey, boy, what's your name?"

Lance was silent for a while, and said in his heart, "My name is Lance. ”

"Oh. Reims. Lance ......" Pipysis shook restlessly, and if it hadn't been for Lance pressing him down, the overactive chair would have jumped up. "Place your nameplate in the top right corner of the table and you'll be able to see what you've done for the last week. ”

Lance took out the nameplate and, just as he wanted to follow Pippisse's words, placed it in the upper right corner. It's just that his movements suddenly stopped.

For he suddenly noticed that the one in the upper right corner was a brazier, and the brazier was burning with a pale green flame, exactly like the one he had seen in the kobold's house before. His gaze subconsciously moved to the other end, and found that there was a small slot there, as if it was just enough to insert the nameplate.

Lance quietly inserted the nameplate into the slot.

"Damn blood mage!None of them are easily deceived!Pypysis doesn't feel any sense of accomplishment!" the talking chair chattered and began to make a fuss.

Lance ignored him, and just suppressed him with all his might.

Runes suddenly appeared on the empty table, and those runes floated in midair, and a translucent curtain like a waterfall fell with a clatter.

The pale yellow curtain seems to be made of parchment paper, and it looks very soft. One task after another brushed down like flowing water and appeared in front of Lance's eyes.

On the left, there are tasks issued by the senior wizards within the Crimson Castle organization, and on the right, there are tasks issued by all neutral wizards in the wizarding mall. Of course, high rewards come with high risks.

For example, one of the quests was issued by a second-level wizard named Awood, and the task required to collect a Heart of Frost Winter, and the reward was thirty magic stones!

Lance checked the specific instructions of the quest and discovered that the Heart of Frost Winter is a strange ore that is one of the main materials for crafting the Tier 2 demonized item Ice Gargoyle. This ore usually only appears below the twelfth floor of the underground mines attached to Crimson Castle, and the probability is very rare. According to the tips above, the back mountain mines of Crimson Castle are not a safe place, as they are infested with all sorts of monsters.

"Generally, more than seven floors are relatively safe, but only ordinary ores can be collected; seven to twelve floors are dangerous areas, and there will be a large number of monsters, including ghosts, zombies and other evil creatures, and it is recommended that it is best to find a few more people to team up; as for below the twelfth floor, it is full of dangers, there will be all kinds of powerful spellcasters, and even some high-level wizards in the castle dare not set foot easily. ”

Lance's face gradually became a little ugly. He finally understood why those high-level wizards had to offer a price to buy it, instead of going to collect it themselves. It's all about letting the wizard apprentices take risks for them, and as long as one or two lucky apprentices live to find what they want, they can buy it.

Thirty magic stones, which seem to be a high price, are actually hidden behind the lives of countless wizard apprentices.

Thinking of this, Lance couldn't help but feel a chill behind him.

He checked the other quests and found that the quests issued by the wizards of the Crimson Castle were very dangerous, and many of them hung there for more than a month and no one dared to take them, proving that most of the wizard apprentices were still very rational.

Lance needs the magic stone very much, but he must think carefully and evaluate it if he takes a risk for the sake of the magic stone.

"One month, one hundred magic stones...... It's a bit of a trick. Lance took a deep breath as he set his sights on the Wizard's Emporium's Freedom Mission.

The free quests in the Wizard's Emporium are roughly the same as those released by the high-level wizards of Crimson Castle, and most of them are quests to collect materials. It's just that these materials are even rarer and rarer, and they usually need to be found in the dangerous wilderness of Ferendor.

Lance calmed down, and suddenly remembered something:

"The wizard apprentice from Rainbow Island that I killed before seems to have come for the petrified heart in my hand. He did not hesitate to run from the inner region to the outer region for the sake of these petrified hearts, could it be that someone issued a related mission?"

Thinking of this, Lance immediately wrote the words "petrified heart" in the blank space on the pale yellow curtain.

A faint light flashed, and several required tasks were impressively listed.

At the top of these quests, a title in bold font stands out, and the rest of the quest titles are plain black, but this one is bold blood-red with a faint glow of blood. Behind the title, there is also a big word "urgent".

The name of the mission publisher is Regis. According to information provided by Crimson Castle, this is a prestigious master of potions in the Wizarding Arcade.

The reward for the task is: Negotiable. Not less than fifty magic stones.

"Sure enough, it looks like I'm going to the wizard's mall. Lance made up his mind and stood up.

At this moment, a striking message suddenly flashed on the faint light curtain.

In the next second, the entire mission hall was boiling!

"It's been three years, and the Puppet City mission has been released again!?" someone exclaimed in the distance.