Chapter 371 370. The **** the portrait
The manager of the firm opened the door and walked into the room. The light in this room was slightly dim. A magician wearing a magic robe embroidered with golden shadow patterns was standing in front of the test bench, staring at the cauldron in front of him with great concentration. 'Under the steady heating of the magic scroll, the viscous liquid in the crucible was gurgling and bubbling, and the room was filled with a pungent smell.
Seeing the manager of the firm leading the guests in, the magician stopped working, took off the fishskin gloves from his hands and hung them on the stand, then turned around and looked at the door with a smile on his face—unexpectedly, it was Dale Magician*!
Suldak did not expect to meet the master magician who had helped him twice in the trading house. He remembered that the first time was at the entrance of the underground trading market, when the strong guards at the entrance of the exchange prohibited him from entering The underground trading market, the second time it was in the bar where the slave auction was held. At that time, he was planning to buy two dwarven slaves, but was secretly stopped by the Dale magician. The reason was that those dwarf slaves were notorious gray dwarves. Not good at forging and mining.
Magician Dale saw Mrs. Christie walking in with the manager of the firm, and greeted her familiarly: "Marianna, why are you here when you are free?"
Mrs. Christie nodded to the Dale magician, and said straight to the point: "I came to you this time to introduce a friend and plan to exchange some magic materials from your trading house. Oh, this is Knight Suldak .”
As she said that, Mrs. Christie gave up half of her body to let Magician Dale see Suldak standing behind.
"Hello, Dale magician!" Suldak stepped forward and solemnly gave a knightly salute to Dale magician.
The Dale magician's piercing eyes fell on Suldak, hesitating for two seconds, and then came up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Suldak, I remember you, the last time we were in slavery. Saw it in the bar."
Magician Dale invites everyone to sit on the sofa in the rest area of the laboratory, and the magic experiment over there is handed over to the assistant.
"Tell me what you want me to identify?" Dale magician sat opposite Suldak and asked Suldak curiously.
While Suldak took out the magic herbs in the magic pocket and placed them one by one on the square table with four legs carved with angel reliefs, the manager of the firm sitting on the side leaned forward and explained to Suldak: "Surdak knight , you can hand over the magic herbs to Dale magician for identification, we will make a preliminary valuation of your magic herbs, and post the information of these magic herbs on the bulletin board in the lobby on the second floor. Those who need magic herbs If buyers want to buy, they will definitely contact our firm. Of course, they must use the goods you specify in exchange for your magical herbs. In fact, our trading firm is a trading platform for barter, which can be multi-party Complementary transactions."
"Let me see what these are. Oh, these magic herbs are very rare, but... they can only be used to prepare special magic potions. In the formula of common potions, this kind of starlight cattail is rarely used." Dale Magic The master put a piece of crystal glasses on the bridge of his nose, took a look at a magic herb and said: "Oh... this is starlight cattail grass, which has a wide range of uses. This magic gall grass can be used to prepare courage potion or rage potion, and the potion of rage potion The recipe is widely spread in the orc tribe. This is a nightmare vine, and many potion masters like to use it to prepare hypnotic potions. These white ring vines, the sap of the white ring vine can repair the magic parchment, and these magic herbs are needed What should I change?"
Suldak already knew the names of these magic herbs from the magic notes. Seeing that the Dale magician asked what magic herbs he needed, he quickly handed the list of herbs listed by the Ferdinand scholar to the Dale magician. The master took the list, read it carefully, pondered for a moment and asked Suldak: "Heather grass, golden thorn grass...these are in short supply. Are these herbs only replaced by magic herbs?"
Suldak nodded and said, "That's right, that's it."
The Dale magician stared at Surdak and asked, "If someone wants to trade with magic crystals, gold coins, or other magic materials, the value is several times, or ten times higher than these magic grasses, would you like to exchange them?" ?”
"I only change these kinds of magic herbs." Suldak replied firmly.
The Dale magician nodded, and said to the manager of the business: "Okay, just follow what the Suldak knight said and announce the details and requirements of these magic herbs on the bulletin board, and then check all the sales in the business. Catalog, see if there are any of these potions in the catalog, if so, see what magic items those sellers need to exchange, and check them out..."
"I'll do it now, Mister Dale Magician!" After the manager of the firm finished speaking, he walked out of the room with the detailed list provided by Dale Magician.
Dale magician turned around and said to Suldak: "The buyer of this kind of transaction will not appear immediately, you need to wait patiently for a while, you can leave your address, if someone wants to exchange, we can write to you, If it is inconvenient to leave your address, you can come to the firm every two weeks to check. If you go out, you must entrust carte blanche in advance. Magic herbs are very popular now. Although the potions you want to trade are also very rare, at least in the It can still be seen in the market, and I think it won’t be long before there will be good news.”
"Okay, Master Dale Magician." Suldak was a little relieved when he heard Dale Magician say this.
Mrs. Christie didn't interject during the whole process, she sat aside and listened quietly. She didn't look at Suldak with admiring eyes until after the transaction was completed.
After these magic herbs were entrusted to the trading firm, Suldak planned to bid farewell to Dale magician. At this time, he heard Dale magician ask: "By the way, do you still have sulfur mine in your hand? If so , I would like to purchase a batch."
Suldak readily agreed: "Yes, Magician Dale, how much do you plan to ask for?"
The Dale magician saw that Surdak was so straightforward, his eyes lit up, and he replied: "Of course, the more the better, the current market price of sulfur mines in Hailansa City is worth 4 silver coins per pound. It is nearly 30% higher than the official purchase price, so it should be the most cost-effective to sell at this time."
"Is it possible that the Harlan plane that produces sulfur mines has been captured by the dark army?" Mrs. Christie asked Dale magician with a surprised expression: "Why is there such a shortage of ordinary resources such as sulfur mines?"
"I haven't heard any news from this place yet, probably because of the cold winter this year. Now some alchemy workshops in Hailansa City have started the match business. In addition to purchasing a large amount of red pine wood that is full of oil In addition, alchemy materials such as sulfur and red phosphorus are also essential things, but the existing sulfur in the magic market of Hailansa City is not enough for the time being, and the trading firm has already paid for three sulfur mines in a row." Dale Magic The teacher said to the two.
"I only have unpurified sulfur ore in my hand. If possible, I can send you a batch next week." Suldak said.
Suldak and Mrs. Christie walked out of the White Elephant Trading Firm, and Karl was already waiting outside the firm.
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Boarding the magic caravan, Karl and Mrs. Christie couldn't help hugging each other and kissing passionately in the car.
Suldak looked at the pair of "dogs and men" in front of him speechlessly, wishing to jump out of the carriage, even walking back to the Knight Academy would be better than sitting in the carriage, but Chris, who was sitting on the side seat at the entrance of the carriage, Mrs. Tie's personal maid looked out of the window without turning her eyes, as if she had long been accustomed to the scene in the carriage.
After a while, Karl realized that Suldak was still sitting in the carriage, so he sat up straight, straightened the wrinkled dress, and asked Suldak casually: "Everything is going well?"
Mrs. Christie sat next to Karl, her fair face was like a ripe red apple, she didn't know whether it was excitement or shyness, her beautiful blue eyes flickered, she looked at Suldak boldly, her eyes full of curiosity.
"Well, just wait for the news quietly now." Suldak glanced at Karl and replied.
Carl couldn't help laughing "hehe", he picked up a topic and said, "By the way, I heard that the manor of Earl Fornac will hold an auction on the weekend. The manor has been abandoned for nearly three years. It became a ghost castle that no one cares about, but now it seems to have appreciated again. The reason is that the bandit group that raged around Hailansa City was completely eliminated, and the stronghold of the Black Magic Priory was also eradicated. Many people in the city Aristocrats with spare cash want to buy that manor."
Mrs. Christie's gentle eyes fell on Karl, and she asked Karl exhaled, "What? What do you think about that manor?" It had the momentum of "as long as you nod, I will help you buy it".
A faint smile appeared on Carl's face, he shook his head at Mrs. Christie, and said, "I remember going to the Fornak Manor before. I didn’t have any idea of buying some properties, if I bought that manor, it would be considered as the property of the Fornaker Manor along with a large area of mountains and forests around it.”
Suldak was a little surprised. He really hadn't thought about it, and he was thinking about how much it would cost to buy the Fornak Manor.
Karl said to Suldak: "After you become a knight, you will have a knight's territory, but the better land around the city of Hailansa has been divided up. I have to say that the forest in the Fornak Manor is a good piece of land. Even if you spend a little money to buy the land, it is worth the money.”
Suldak just thought about it, and said to Karl: "I don't have that much spare money, and I plan to develop Wall Village well. In the future, my fief should preferably be near Wall Village. .”
Karl patted his purse, and generously said to Suldak: "If it's just that money is tight, I can help you find a way. Are you going to lead your knights outside the mountain pass?"
Suldak replied without hesitation: "Yes, that's what I think, after all, my home is over there."
"Isn't it a barren land over there? What's the use of you wanting that worthless land?" Carl was a little powerless to complain,
Suldak touched his forehead and said: "The land that can be allocated to me should not be too large. If you are picky, there are still many lands to choose from, including Wall Village."
Seeing that Suldak had no intention of buying the Fornak Manor, Karl could only give up on that and stopped persuading him: "Okay, but I suggest that you should still consider the Fornak Manor, if it is photographed now It shouldn't be too expensive, and you are a member of the support squadron, so you don't have to worry too much about the security of the Furnac Manor..."
"Is Tax Officer Bird okay?" Suldak asked Karl leaning on the sofa.
This warm-hearted tax official took Suldak back to Wall Village. If he hadn't led the way, it would definitely not be an easy task for Suldak to find that remote village.
"It's just that he drank a little too much. He usually has a good capacity for drinking. I don't know what's wrong recently, and he has been in a low mood." Karl replied.
The magic caravan drove all the way to the Knight Academy, and placed Surdak at the gate of the Knight Academy, and the magic caravan quickly disappeared into the dusk
Suldak returned to the dormitory of the Knight Academy, found some cold scones to fill his stomach, and drank a glass of cold water. Feeling refreshed, he took out the magic note in the magic pocket again, When I was in the library at noon, I turned to the last page of the magic note, saw the portrait of a girl who looked a bit like Selina, and almost fell into it.
After leaving the library, Suldak remembered that when he was chasing the gang of robbers in the Grand Canyon, he also found a portrait of Selena. That portrait was obviously different from the last page of the magic notebook. That portrait looks more similar to Selena.
The portrait of Selena on the magic note is younger, and has a charm—the aura of a dark goddess.
Suldak was prepared, and opened the book of magic notes by the bed again, and slowly turned to the last page. The girl in the portrait was clearly Selena's youthful appearance, perhaps because of the charcoal pencil. , her eyes were black. Just when Suldak turned his head to look at another portrait of Selena, the girlish Selena on the magic note was looking at Suldak strangely on the parchment. smile...
That creepy feeling made Suldak break out in a cold sweat.
(end of this chapter)