God's Chosen Archmage

Chapter 24 A Trip to Pigtown Castle

"Grumbling..."

On the dirt road leading to Piggy Town, an old piggy cart was driving unhurriedly.Ancient roads, piggies, and an old wagon full of ore.It all seemed so peaceful.

Ed stretched his waist and straightened his legs to make himself as comfortable as possible.

He just woke up from meditation.Even he would get bored because the road was so long.

Another month has passed since the last ghost dragon incident.It was for Sir Larry Weir, the lord of Piggy Town, that he was driving this time.

Ed didn't know why the top swordsman (warrior level [-] profession) who possessed extremely rare water attribute grudges suddenly wanted to collect magic books and props, but it was a good opportunity for him to resell his previous earnings.

"Little mage, this journey is very long, right? Hehe, don't worry. We will arrive at Piggy Town ahead."

In front, Mark, who was acting as the coachman, said without looking back.

"Mr. Mayor, thank you for your kindness. How can I complain? You are really too polite."

Mark laughed and said, "You're welcome. It's not that I have been transporting ore back and forth between the two places these years. You have helped the town a lot, and I should drop by to drop you off."

The two talked like this, but the piggy cart kept moving forward.A pass quickly flashed ahead. Looking at the city gate that was still closed in broad daylight, it seemed to indicate that "this road is blocked"

"Stop! I'm in retreat today, no matter where you came from, you can go back!"

A soldier in his twenties stepped forward to stop Ed's car.

Mark looked very unfamiliar, but he had to greet him with a smile. "Seniors, we are here from Nolin Town to deliver iron ore. It's convenient."

The soldier's expression softened slightly, and he said: "No, no, the lord has an order. Recently, the town is going to entertain magicians from afar, and everything else needs to be slowed down...Huh? It doesn't seem like the middle of the month today, why is that Come to deliver the ore now?"

"Mayor Mark is here to send us off. We are disciples of Maglin, the magician of Norlin Town"

The soldier glanced at it, and said contemptuously, "Just a child? Huh, pretending to be a magician's disciple is a death penalty..."

"Huh—" A firework burst out from the soldier's side, choking back his words abruptly.

"Mr. Soldier, can you prove my identity now?"

"Mmmmmmm..."

The soldier was stupid.Not only did he nod his head like a chicken pecking rice, but his whole body seemed to be shaking non-stop.

Seeing this, an older soldier next to him immediately came over to smooth things over. "Hehe, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! Since this little mage is going to enter the town... Brothers, open the city gate and let him go!"

Ed's piggy cart slowly passed the pass, and the young soldier finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My god, he is really a magician. If I hadn't been lucky, I'm afraid I would have been burned to ashes just now. By the way, brother, thank you for your rescue just now."

"It's said that you are rigid, have you learned something this time?"

When the young soldier heard this, he felt another wave of lingering fear. "Huh! This magician is really scary. No wonder our lord wants a magician for his wife, and his daughter also wants her to be a magician."

"That's why you only know one thing and don't know the other," said the old soldier pretending to be mysterious. "Tell you, my wife is a distant relative of the head of the city lord's mansion. When the old man came to my house for dinner a while ago, he accidentally said that our lord offended the people above, and wanted to use his daughter to support the situation."

"So our lord is about to change? No wonder recently..."

"Shh..."

The old soldier hurriedly stopped him.He lowered his voice and said, "Everyone says you're irritable. I think you're right. Is this something you and I can talk about loudly? Fortunately, here are all my brothers."

The young soldier wiped his sweat again. "Hehe, thank you brother for reminding me. I'll take the shift later, and I'll treat my brothers to a drink."

"Ha, that's what you said. My women are strictly controlled, this time I want to drink to my heart's content! Haha, let me tell you a secret. It is said that in our castle in Piggy Town, there is a man who lived decades ago. Great treasure, if you get it early, you will make a fortune!"

"Huh? Didn't you mention this last time? This time, you want to perfunctory me..."

The two soldiers chatted, and their voices were not particularly low. Almost every word they said fell into the ears of Ed, who was not far away.

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Although there is only a mountain range between Piggy Town and Nolin Town, the two are by no means the same!On both sides of the tidy street, there are hawkers' cries everywhere.Some burly men shuttled among them, and the aroma of delicious food mixed with the smell of wine and people's laughter in each tavern made this small town comparable to a city look extraordinarily lively!

Compared with the southwest of the town near the Carrow Mountains, the east of the town is undoubtedly much quieter.The castle located in the most eye-catching position in the town is not only not as majestic as the two guilds of monster hunters and adventurers in the west of the town, but even filled with a sense of decadence.

Mark sent a few people here and went to the castle blacksmith to unload the ore first.Ed was also brought to the owner of the nearby territory, the lord named Larry Will, by a man who looked like a butler.

This man has a strong body, a head with blue hair that has been carefully maintained, and looks handsome, but a scar extending from the left forehead to the cheekbone adds a bit of roughness and murderous look!But the owner of this face didn't seem happy, his brows had been furrowed ever since Ed and the others came in.It wasn't until people around him reminded him several times that he remembered that there was still a guest standing in front of him.

"Are you Ma Green's disciple? Welcome, hehe, your teacher is going to the Karo Mountains to help me. Since you're here, why don't you stay with me for a few days?"

This Larry was very polite, but Ed was observing him carefully.The two soldiers at the pass were right, this guy was indeed in trouble.

"Hehe, thank you Lord Lord. But I heard that you are collecting magic books and props, maybe I have something that can help you."

Larry's blue eyes flashed brightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Ed.

"Oh? You have a magic item? Is it your teacher's thing? If it's not water attribute, then there's no need."

"Of course not. Here, I have a magic book here. I think it should meet your requirements."

"Oh? This is your own collection? Hehe, let me see..."

Larry took the volume.He just took a quick glance, and his eyes were suddenly replaced by a burst of ecstasy!A magician is a mysterious profession, and the contents of the magic book are rarely known to outsiders, but since Larry has a wife who is a magician, he naturally knows the value of Ed's magic book!
After flipping through it for a while, Larry remembered Ed.Maybe the latter brought him a big surprise, the way he looked at Ed seems to have softened a lot.

"This booklet is exactly what I want. Tell me, what do you want to exchange for it? If it's money, hehe, I can buy it with five gold coins..."

Five gold coins equals five hundred silver coins.For ordinary people, this huge sum of money is enough to allow a family to live comfortably for a year!It's a pity that for Ed, who has already entered the value of a magician, this price is simply a beggar!

"Five gold coins? Wow! But there was a magician who needed it before and offered me five tons of gold to buy this magic book... My lord, can your five gold coins be so heavy?"

Ed smiled and joked, but what he said was a bit cold!
Larry couldn't help but blush.He laughed, but revealed the matter. "Well, I'll take you to my treasure room, no matter what it is, as long as you can take it away, I don't mind how much you take away."

Following Larry, Ed was quickly taken to the deepest part of the castle.

After carefully opening the old door with a magic-blessed key on his chest, La Shu turned to Ed and said, "Ed, this is the treasure room of my castle. I will not restrict you from inside How long will you stay. But in three hours, we will have dinner."

"This is the magic book you asked for. I will come out before dinner." Ed smiled and walked into the treasure room.

This is a very large room, a huge formation of swords, halberds and tortoises, and it can also be seen that this place has a place in Nalari's mind.

Originally, Ed had the idea of ​​searching here hard.But when he really saw the things in this room clearly.He found that this idea could not be realized at all!Pig Town is indeed not the only town in the Nakaluo Mountains to hunt monsters, but it is hard for him to imagine that such a rich local lord only has some silver coins, copper coins and a small amount of gold coins in the treasury!

A sharp light kept flowing in Ed's eyes, and the thought of being deceived was burning his heart like his fire magic.In the end, he unexpectedly took a deep breath.

This matter must not be settled like this, but now, it is not the time to touch Larry.

With the torches lit around him, Ed began to wander around the treasure room.Although there is nothing good here except for some gold coins and a small amount of belongings.But what makes Ed very strange is.It seems that there are many traces of boxes placed on the ground here.

Perhaps that Larry spent all his belongings collecting magic items and books.

Ed could only judge in this way.

Just when he was about to leave this place, a dark yellow suddenly caught his eyes.

This is a copper torch holder. Although it is nothing special, compared to the gray-green color of other copper holders... the bright dark yellow of the previous torch simply tells him that this is a mechanism!
Ed pressed hard, and after a slight roar, a hole appeared in the wall behind the torch bracket.

It's done!Ed pumped his fist happily.He could tell that no one had entered this place for a long time.I hope it's as empty as this treasure room, otherwise Ed will make that stingy Larry regret what he said!

Enduring the unpleasant musty smell, Ed shook the magic lamp in his hand.This small secret room is really spacious.In a depression on the facing wall, there was a small brown rattan box placed upright.Only the six-star magic circle metal plate on it shines brightly under the light.

Ed was overjoyed, this kind of rattan-like small box is exactly the magical rattan box used by magicians to store valuables.Don't look at the hollowness on this prop, but as long as the thing is placed inside, even if it is taken out after thousands of years, the texture will not change in any way!

Not the owner, anyone who tries to open this prop will destroy the contents.The premise is that the owner of the box must still be alive, and the personal imprint placed there must still be effective.

A drop of blood and Ed's magic power were wiped on the six stars, and the next moment, the vines on the box kept twisting as if they were alive.Soon, those living rattans retracted one by one to the six-star metal plate.

Inside, there is a piece of metal with a diameter of about ten centimeters, which looks like a dark gray stone.Looking at the metal in front of him, Ed's heart skipped a beat. With a wave of magic power input by him, the metal actually released a burst of pure blue light.

This is a piece of meteorite.

Like the three magic metals of fine gold, mithril, and magic copper, they are one of the most excellent metal magic materials in the world.Although it does not have the ability to expand magic power with zero loss and stabilize magic like mithril fine gold, it is the leader in rapidly gathering natural magic power for the magic released by magicians!
This characteristic makes this meteorite known as the permanent magic crystal.It is precisely because of this characteristic that this material can be used from magic apprentices to the realm of law gods.

After looking carefully for a while, Ed discovered another thing. Although this piece of meteorite iron is heavy, it has been refined.Having said that, even if it cannot be used as a simple meteorite, the value of this thing is by no means ordinary!
He happily put away the meteorite, Ed was planning to go out, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound like he was flipping something.That Larry couldn't come in, so who could have made the sound?
(End of this chapter)