Qingshan Town!
As the closest place to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, and not the location of the official defensive city, this was the most common route for adventurers to enter and exit the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts.
Due to the high number of people and the fact that some magical beast materials had a time limit, they had to be processed immediately after hunting.
As a result, a small town gradually formed on this road.
The small town was long and narrow, and it was mainly made up of shops on both sides of the road.
Some of these shops specialized in dealing with Magical Beast meat, while others dealt with Magical Beast fur.
As for the most valuable magic nuclei on a magic beast, bounty hunters would sell them to those shops that truly possessed great wealth and power.
Things like medicinal herbs and magic materials were also handled in this way.
Lorne did not even look at the bars and red zones. In the end, he stopped in front of a magnificent building.
"The Roste Trading Company actually has a branch here.”
Lorne pondered for a moment and stepped in.
The headquarters of the Rost Trading Company was in the imperial capital, Backlund. They often held various auctions.
As a member of the noble circle, Lorne had also attended it with his father, Count Lehmann.
Most of the items auctioned there were precious and rare.
Lorne remembered that other than the various art auctions, there was a separate auction hall dedicated to auctioning all kinds of magic materials and even magic beast cores.
In the past, Lorne still thought that a trading company would not have so many magic cores.
Now, it seemed that the other party had his own way of receiving goods.
For example, this branch in Qingshan Town.
Perhaps in this place, a Grade 3 magic nucleus of the lowest grade could be bought for only ten to twenty thousand gold coins.
However, if they were sold in the outside world, they would be able to earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan!
Lorne briefly looked at the goods on the counter. They were mainly weapons and pills, and the rare ones were magic scrolls.
There was a separate glass container for those magic scrolls, and the price marked on it was astounding. It was easily over a hundred thousand.
Lorne's eyelids twitched. He did not expect magic scrolls to be so popular.
Speaking of which, he had once signed in to the Wall of Fame and obtained a scroll creation encyclopedia.
Compared to the magic scrolls made by regular mages, the method of making magic scrolls could save at least two-thirds of the mana during the injection stage, and the effect was even better!
When a guest entered, there would naturally be someone to greet him.
No one had disturbed Lorne previously because there were too many customers in the Rost Trading Company's shop.
After a while, a young girl walked up to Lorne.
"Respectable"
Just as the girl was about to say Lord Mage, she saw the huge sword on Lorne's back and hesitated for a moment.
However, the old man behind her patted her shoulder and smiled as he approached her.
"Esteemed Lord Magician, what do you wish to purchase? Magic nuclei, wands, magic scrolls, and even mana recovery potions were all available in the shop.”
Lorne looked at him."I'm carrying a greatsword on my back. How are you so sure that I'm a mage?"”
The old man laughed loudly." Wearing the standard robes of the Ernst Institute, I still have some eyesight.”
Lorne glanced at the white robe that he had not changed out of in time and could not help but smile.
"Alright, I don't want any magic materials. Do you have a map of the mountain or a manual?”
The old man's eyes lit up and he immediately said,
"Let me introduce myself first. I'm the manager of this shop, Lauren Rost.”
" Master, are you preparing to enter the mountain?" Lauren asked eagerly after the introduction.”
"Yes."
"I don't know if he's alone or if he's in a team.”Lauren paid attention to Lorne's expression and added,"To be honest, we have a few adventure teams that are responsible for entering the mountains to hunt magical beasts. However, one of the teams had an injured mage and was short of one. If you are a lone wolf, why don't you join our adventuring team?”
"If you are willing, I will give you a map of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts for free. I guarantee that it is the best and most precise map in the vicinity!”
"Not only that, other than your own share, you can also get an additional share of the harvest. During the hunting process, you will need the corresponding potions and scrolls. We can also provide them!”
Any mage would have agreed to such a generous offer.
However, Lorne only shook his head.
"There's no need. If you have a map, I'll leave after I buy it.”
Hearing Lorne's words, Lauren's face could not help but be filled with disappointment.
However, he still had to do business.
He asked the girl to go to the back of the shop and soon took out a rolled up map.
"This is a map that a few of our adventuring squads have specially recorded after roaming the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts for decades.”
"Using the skin of the Water-type Magical Beast Bubble Fish as a map carrier, it has not been damaged for many years. The information on it is extremely detailed, and I believe it will be of help to you.”
He reached out and took the map. It was soft and smooth.
The Bubble Fish was a fifth-grade magic beast, and it was extremely docile.
However, if an enemy tried to harm it, it would spit out a large number of magic bubbles, trapping the enemy inside and suffocating them to death.
Without a special capturing method, it would be very difficult to catch enough Bubble Fish to make such a map.
This map, be it its intangible value or the map itself, was extremely precious!
"How much?"
"200,000 gold coins."
"So cheap?" Lorne raised his eyebrows.
Lauren Rost rubbed his hands." It's always been the same price, but there's an additional request.”
It was a request, not a request.
Lorne was interested.”
Lauren pointed at the icon of the trading firm, a pair of black and white wings spread out.
"The Earls 'Sharp-Beak Eagle, a magical beast of the seventh rank. Its wings are the crest of our Lawrence family.”
"If Milord is training in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and encounters an adventurer team with this symbol, please be friendly.”
"If they are in danger, please lend them a helping hand within the limits of your abilities. I will reward them handsomely.”
"Sir, if supplies are scarce, you can also exchange them with the adventurer team if they have extra supplies.”
"Of course, if you want to deal with your prey on the spot, you can also sell it to them. As for the exact amount, I will personally settle it with you when we return to the town.”
After saying that, Lauren looked at Lorne expectantly.
Lorne pursed his lips and smiled. Interesting!
No wonder this trading company had stood firm for so many years without collapsing. It was truly meticulous in every aspect.
Even if one used their butt to think, one would know that in a place like the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, other than magical beasts, the ones they needed to guard against the most were humans.
Killing each other and snatching the spoils of war was a very normal thing.
In order to protect their own team, the Rost Trading Company would sell the map at a low price with this request, which would have a good effect.
No matter what, the person who bought this map from Lauren at a low price would more or less give the Rost Trading Company some face.
Lorne stuffed the map into his backpack and nodded at Lauren.
"I accept your request!"
"My lord, do you need magic scrolls? I can sell them to you at a discount.”
"No need."
After saying that, Lorne turned around and left.
After he left, Lauren Rost slowly returned to the backyard.
As soon as he stepped into the backyard, a girl's voice rang out.
"Grandpa Lauren, is there a need to be so polite to a nondescript mage?”
Looking at the beautiful girl in red, Lao Lun smiled bitterly." Miss, how can you say that about that young man?"”
The young lady whom he called Eldest Miss curled her lips.
"A mage carrying a greatsword on his back, isn't this nondescript?”
The old man shook his head." You can't put it that way. As students of the Ernst Institute, those who dare to enter the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts alone are mostly experts who are nearing graduation. He was at least a grade-6 mage.”
The beautiful girl was stunned for a moment. Only now did she remember that the conditions to graduate from the Ernst Institute had been widely spread throughout the continent.
"Grandpa Lauren, is this why you're so polite to him?”
"More or less, and there's one more thing. Most of the magic scrolls in our shop are mid-grade, and there are also some precious high-grade scrolls that can quickly release level-7 or level-8 spells.”
Lauren said as if he knew everything. Then, he changed the topic.
"But that youth looked at those scrolls with disdain, as if he didn't care at all.”
"For this to happen, either he has better scrolls, or he doesn't need these scrolls at all!”
"Miss, do you know what this means?”
"This means that the overall strength he can display is at least at the level of a magus of the seventh or eighth rank.”
After hearing this analysis, Kristen Rost could not help but gape in shock.
He wanted to refute, but Lauren Rost was an old man sent by the family to Qingshan Town for a long time. He was definitely the most experienced.
Since he said it, it must be.
No wonder Lauren wanted the young man with the greatsword to join her team.
Kristen looked into the distance curiously. She knew that it was impossible for him to join her team.
"Grandpa Lauren, I want to go into the mountains to train, but I'm still lacking a suitable Magician. What should I do?”
Lauren perked up." It's okay. I'll help you find another one! He had arrived at Qingshan Town a few days ago when he heard that the most outstanding genius of the Gorse Magic Academy had graduated. If I come to invite him, he should be willing to join.”
......
A handsome and tall figure walked quietly through the forest.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks!
"According to the map, this should be the outermost region of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. I didn't think that a high-level magical beast would appear here.”
Lorne stopped and narrowed his eyes.
In front of him, a single-horned demonic ox was lazily lying on the ground and eating grass.
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