Chapter 133 Black Forest Market

Richard thought carefully about the arrangements he had made at that time. He was very cautious, but he didn't expect that he would be found out.

However, after thinking for a while, Richard concluded that the other party must have used some kind of witchcraft to find out that he killed Jenna and others.

It seems that he still underestimated the power of witchcraft in this world. After all, this is a mysterious power that cannot be explained by the science of the previous life.

I just don't know if there are other people behind this third-level wizard apprentice, such as formal wizards.

However, it is impossible for Richard to go back and investigate the third-level wizard apprentice named Joachim.

Richard immediately decided to hurry to Silver Pine Town and deal with this matter when he came back.

After all, after knowing the existence of the other party, the trend of the enemy and us has changed. It is no longer the enemy in the dark and we in the light, which will be much easier to deal with.

However, what Richard is very interested in now is a memory of the tall black-robed apprentice.

Just now, he shouted that he knew the location of a relic. Richard thought that the other party was just talking nonsense to delay time. Unexpectedly, it was true, and the old parchment scroll that recorded the specific location of the ruins was also carried by the other party.

In addition, Richard knew the location of a nearby wizard market through the memory of the black-robed man who led the group.

Along this western path, walk for about a hundred miles, enter the Black Forest, and walk for dozens of miles. There is a wizard market near a T-junction.

Of course, although this is a wizard market, in fact, most of the time, it is wizard apprentices who come in and out. Formal wizards rarely come to this kind of market dominated by apprentices.

The reason is also easy to understand. There is little overlap between what formal wizards and wizard apprentices need. Simply put, it is difficult for formal wizards to find what they need in a market dominated by wizard apprentices.

Originally, the black-robed leader was planning to sell the spoils here after killing Richard, after all, he was also worried that Richard might have a backhand.

This really made Richard's eyes light up. Before, because he was always worried that the other party's items had some kind of mark or backhand, Richard usually didn't pick up the spoils. You know, this is a huge waste.

Now, since there is a wizard market ahead, it couldn't be better. He can quickly make a move and exchange it for magic stones.

However, after a year of training, especially half a year of training in the dark region, Richard is no longer the rookie before.

For the sake of caution, Richard will not search for the bodies of the three people himself, but will possess a skeleton archer and go to the body to search.

Why not let the Soul Devouring Demon Spider possess the body and help search?

That's because the Soul Devouring Demon Spider is not a human after all, and cannot identify the specific value of the items, so this job has to be identified by Richard himself.

Sure enough, Richard's caution was justified. When the possessed skeleton archer found the tall black-robed man, he took out a tightly bound parchment scroll from his arms. It seemed to be the map in the memory fragment that recorded the location of the ancient wizard's ruins.

Richard immediately controlled the archer and pulled the rope buckle, but when he opened the scroll, he didn't expect a cloud of black smoke to rush straight to the skeleton archer's face. Only a strong corrosion sound of "sizzling" came from the skeleton armor on the surface of the skeleton archer's body.

From the face of the skeleton archer to the chest, a large area of ​​white bone armor was corroded and pitted, which shows how strong the toxicity is!

Fortunately, the skeleton archer is an undead creature, and the body surface has the protective witchcraft skeleton armor cast by Richard, so it is basically unharmed.

"Black corrosive poisonous smoke!" Richard's face immediately froze. Fortunately, he was cautious enough, otherwise, he might really capsize in the gutter.

This poisonous smoke is highly corrosive and neurotoxic. Richard himself is a pharmacist, so he is aware of the lethality of this hidden trick.

If the poisonous smoke is sprayed on the face, not only will the eyes go blind and the skin ulcerate instantly, but the effect of the neurotoxin will cause nerve paralysis. After a long time, the best treatment time will be lost, and the death is basically certain.

After the poisonous smoke dissipated, Richard looked carefully and found that there were two knots, one large and one small, on the rope that tied the sheepskin scroll. The large one was a fake knot. After pulling it, the map can still be opened, but it will trigger a thin tube, which contains poisonous smoke.

Only pulling the small knot is the correct way to open it, and it will not trigger the thin tube.

"What a cruel backhand, if it were another wizard apprentice, he might have been hit. However, this also shows that this old sheepskin scroll should be valuable, otherwise, the other party would not have chosen to tamper with this item." Richard thought to himself.

Since the old parchment scroll had been opened, Richard took a quick look at the map drawn inside the parchment scroll.

There are quite a few relics of ancient wizards, which are quite mixed. Some relics have no exploration value at all. A very few are relatively well preserved. The ancient wizard of the original owner is very powerful. In this case, they have greater exploration value.

Richard, who didn't care much at first, suddenly raised his eyebrows and his expression became serious after seeing the location shown on the map.

In the center of the parchment scroll, there is a continuous high mountain range, and the top of the mountain range is painted with white paint to show the image of snow. The shapes of several peaks are also painted very vividly, and the whole map is very realistic.

In addition, in the middle of the continuous mountains, the four big characters "Bering Mountains" are marked in the Hutt language, which is unique to ancient wizards. In the southwest of the Bering Mountains, near a peak in the core area, there is a big cross.

Next to the cross, there are a few small characters in Hutt - the place where the dead live forever.

"Hiss! Could it be that this is the ruins of Rodrigo? No, what Master Ceres explored should most likely be the ruins of Rodrigo in the Bering Mountains, although he did not directly answer the information about the ruins he explored because of his oath." Richard murmured.

"It can't be that there are two ruins of Rodrigo in the Bering Mountains?" Richard couldn't figure it out for a while.

Of course, it is also possible that this is the ruins of another ancient wizard, because there is no other text description on the entire map. This kind of map without a beginning or an end is the most troublesome.

But according to the memory of the tall black-robed man, this sheepskin scroll was obtained from the ambush of a seriously injured third-level wizard apprentice by several of them, and its authenticity is beyond doubt.

Moreover, when Richard guessed the original owner of the ancient wizard here, why did he think of Rodrigo at the first time? That is because from the four words "eternal life of the dead", it can be seen that if the ruins of this ancient wizard really exist, then his identity is most likely a wizard of the undead system.

Now, this place may also be a ruin of other undead wizards.

You know, if it is also a ruin left by an ancient wizard of the undead system, it will definitely be the biggest improvement for Richard.

And assuming that it is a ruin of a water wizard, then even if Richard can successfully explore the ruins, his gains will definitely be greatly reduced, because many witchcraft models or treasures left behind, such as witchcraft tools, are definitely the inheritance of the water system.

Even if Richard takes it, he has to exchange it, so the value is greatly reduced.

Therefore, when Richard saw the words "Dead Soul Eternal Life", he was basically sure that he would explore this place.

Of course not now, Richard controlled the skeleton archer, packed the three people's short sticks, bottles, jars, scrolls and parchment rolls into a big bag, and then set off again.

The primary goal now is to quickly rush to the wizard market in front, dispose of the spoils, and then buy a mount. If there is a flying mount, it would be even better, which will greatly reduce Richard's travel time.

Richard is already a high-level knight. Compared with ordinary horses, the speed is not much different, but with a means of transportation, it will definitely be much easier to travel.

In the evening.

A three-way intersection in the Black Forest.

According to the memory of the black-robed man before, the market should be on the left side of the first fork on the right.

But the scenery in front of him clearly shows that there is a cliff on the left side of the first fork, which makes Richard feel a little confused. Isn't it this fork?

When Richard took a few more steps forward, he was sensitive and noticed a slight witchcraft fluctuation about ten meters ahead.

Richard suddenly realized that this place was covered with invisible or illusion witchcraft formations like the Ignis School's residence.

After Richard slightly revealed his spiritual power fluctuations at the peak of the second-level wizard apprentice, a blood-eyed crow "quack quack" appeared out of thin air, circled in front of Richard for several times, and then flew in again.

Because of the memory of the black-robed man, Richard immediately understood that this meant to guide him in.

As Richard stepped in, the surrounding environment changed instantly, from a cliff to a misty valley, and the winding path under his feet extended forward to the inside of the valley.

It seemed that there were many human voices coming from the inside of the valley, but because of the fog, it was not very clear.

After walking for dozens of meters and passing through the foggy area, the whole market suddenly appeared in front of Richard. It was a long street with fixed shops on both sides, and very few temporary stalls.

Unlike the trading area of ​​the Ignis School, the number of temporary stalls far exceeded the fixed shops. Here, fixed shops were the majority.

At the entrance of the long street, there was a checkpoint. Richard initially sensed that there was a third-level wizard apprentice in charge, more than a dozen fully armed knights, and a first-level wizard apprentice in charge of miscellaneous matters, such as collecting fees.

As soon as the first-level wizard apprentice sensed Richard's peak second-level apprentice aura, he immediately said respectfully: "Sir, to enter the Black Forest Market, you need to pay two magic stones. If you need to set up a stall, you need to pay another ten magic stones. In addition, no fighting is allowed in the market, otherwise it will be an enemy of the Modimus family."

"No stall." Richard nodded, and after he handed the other party two magic stones, he was allowed to pass.

Many people in the market wore hoods, and the wide brims of the hats made it difficult for others to see their faces.

However, there were a few wizard apprentices who did not cover their faces and looked around casually, but most of them were students from various colleges. The special patterns on their chests had already exposed their origins and strength.

Since this place was very close to the Ignis School, there were very few wandering wizard apprentices who were blind and would attack students from the college.

According to the memory of the black robe, the person in charge of this market was a wizard family - the Modimus family. It was said that a family descendant with formal wizard strength taught at the Ignis School.

Richard walked quickly around the long street, and then after thinking for a moment, he quickly went in and out of various shops.

After a while, Richard's loot package shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, except for the ancient parchment scrolls, which were not sold, all other items had been quickly sold by Richard at a discount.

After purchasing some rare raw materials and food, Richard came to a shop selling mounts.

That's right, it's a shop rather than a stable, because Richard can clearly see that there are several animal pens in the backyard, which contain three kinds of animals: wildebeest, forest warg and gray-spotted black bear. They must have been domesticated. Afterwards, a creature can act as a mount.

As soon as Richard entered the shop, a first-level wizard apprentice came over and greeted him: "Sir, welcome to the Modimus Mount Shop. Are you planning to buy a mount? Do you need me to introduce it to you?"

"Okay." Richard nodded slightly. It seemed that the mount shop named after Modimus must be a store opened by the Modimus family themselves.

"This is a wildebeest." The first-level wizard apprentice introduced it very enthusiastically. After a while, he introduced the advantages and disadvantages of the three mounts incisively and vividly.

Wildebeests are good at running long distances, and are also the cheapest. They only cost fifteen to twenty magic stones. Simply put, they are the otherworldly version of "bloody horses."

In addition to their amazing endurance, forest wargs are good at jumping and moving. They can walk on steep mountain roads as if they were walking on flat ground. They also have good attack power. The price is also much more expensive, requiring fifty to eighty magic stones.

The gray-spotted black bear is a mount that focuses on defense and combat. It is not fast, but its combat effectiveness is the best among the three.

After some thought, Richard decided to buy a warg, because the fastest road back to Rosby County had several extremely steep mountain roads, which was perfect for a warg.

"Sir, have you decided to buy a forest warg? Please come with me." When the first-level wizard apprentice saw that Richard had decided to buy it so quickly, he immediately smiled and introduced it eloquently while leading the way.

"These forest wargs are mutant species carefully bred by the Modimus family"

When Richard walked into the animal pen in the middle, he saw forest wargs imprisoned by independent wooden fences. They were either lying down or standing, but they were all in high spirits. It was obvious at a glance that they were well cared for.