Chapter Fifteen Black Market

  After coming out of the living room, Lin Liduo was somewhat surprised.

  Ever since the Leviathan Gorilla incident, Ina had never given a good face to Cromwell again. At that time, Lin Li knew that this enthusiastic magician was in vain.

  However, he did not think at that time that Cromwell's pursuit of Ina would end in failure and bring disaster upon himself.

  Lin Li felt quite wronged, just like being inexplicably bitten by a mad dog. From head to toe, he had never had any thoughts about Ina, but still ended up being targeted by this mad dog Cronwell.

  "Dare to bite me? You must be prepared to die!" Lin Li felt more and more wronged the more he thought about it.

  Just as he was feeling wronged, a series of footsteps came from behind him.

  "Hey, Ferry, are you free?" Kevin walked over with a smile and greeted Lin Li: "If you're not busy, can you accompany me to the city to take a stroll? I plan to buy some things."

  Lin Li thought for a moment and realized that he really didn't have much to do, the library's spell had been copied almost completely, the procedures for joining the Magic Guild had also been completed, and Kevin had helped him a lot in the past few days, if he refused even this small request, it would seem quite ungrateful.

  "No problem, I was just thinking of going to Gallos City too."

  After greeting Grian, the two of them left the Emerald Tower and headed into Gallos City along a deserted street.

  The streets outside the Jade Tower were unusually deserted, with only a few pedestrians passing by occasionally, and most of them seemed to be in a hurry.

  Kevin and Lin Li were not much different in age, and he was also one of the first people he met at Emerald Tower. After a few encounters, they were quite familiar with each other. As they walked on the street, they chatted casually from time to time. As both were eighth-level magicians, their casual conversations naturally revolved around magic.

  Of course, Kevin's 8th-level magic is different from Lin Li's 8th level.

  After all, one has only been in contact with magic for a few months, while the other has spent ten or twenty years on it.

  In terms of magical knowledge, Lin Li was completely no match for Kevin, so in most conversations, Lin Li would ask some common sense questions and Kevin would be responsible for answering.

  The two of them asked and answered each other like this, and it wasn't boring on the way.

  It wasn't until they had walked for over ten minutes that the streets gradually became lively.

  Not far ahead is the Adventurer's Guild where Lin Li had been before.

  This area is probably the most prosperous place in the entire city of Galos, with a large number of shops scattered around, and countless adventurers coming and going every day, bringing huge demand and supply. Adventurers can buy all kinds of equipment from nearby shops, and also sell materials they obtained from tasks to these shops.

  Two people walked into a magic shop called Gilded Rose after looking around on the street.

  In the city of Gallos, more than half of the magic shops are called Gilded Rose, and according to Kevin, they all belong to a magical family called Mannis. This family is one of the most prominent families in the Kingdom of France, just like the Merlin family, but one is engaged in politics and the other in business.

  After the Dark Ages, the Mannis family has been running a magic business for 1,300 years, accumulating enormous wealth. The Golden Rose Magic Shop is all over every corner of the Kingdom of France, even in the most remote villages, you can find the sign of the Golden Rose.

  The gilded rose decorations were filled with an air of mystery, and as soon as Lin entered the spacious hall, he could easily feel that the magical fluctuations around him were somewhat abnormal, which was caused by the mutual repulsion and interference of a large number of magical objects.

  As soon as he walked into the hall, Lin Li was dazzled by the dazzling array of magical equipment. It was no wonder that it was the largest magic shop in the Kingdom of Fran, and those robes and wands were not bad even in Lin Li's eyes.

  Lin stood in front of the counter for a while before a uniformed female store clerk came over to greet her.

  "Respected magician sir, may I ask if you need anything?"

  "...Lin Ligang was about to speak, but suddenly froze, because until this moment, he had just thought of an important thing - he had no money! Not even a single cent!"

  From being picked up by Andrew at the small cottage to joining the Gallos Magic Guild, for more than three months, Lin Li had not spent a single penny. As a poor and white-crossing traveler, he didn't think of making money since he didn't have the opportunity to use it, until today when he walked into the Golden Rose, Lin Li suddenly realized that he didn't even have a single penny on him.

  He had also taken a fancy to a necklace and was going to ask the girl in uniform to take it down for him to have a look, but when he touched his pocket, he suddenly discovered an embarrassing fact. The smile on Lin Li's face froze instantly, and after being speechless for half a day, he smiled awkwardly: "I'll take a look first... let's talk about it later..."

  This is really too embarrassing, fortunately Kevin came over and helped him out of the awkward situation.

  "Ferré, are you free? Help me take a look at this walking stick?"

  Kevin held in his hand was an ancient staff, with a delicate and intricate magic pattern on the body of the staff. The top end was embedded with a red crystal, from which a scorching aura emanated, indicating that this should be a staff that amplifies fire-based spells.

  Apart from the slightly deviated magic pattern, this staff is quite good. Lin nodded: "A good staff, but I wonder what the price is like?"

  "The price isn't expensive, probably around three or four hundred gold coins. At this price, it's hard to find a staff like this."

  “……”

  Looking at Kevin's face with a look of having gained an advantage, Lin Li couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. Three or four hundred gold coins weren't expensive after all.

  Think of McGreni and his daughter, born and raised in the Sunset Mountains, killing a lion scorpion and getting only fifty gold coins as reward... for a staff like this, they would have to kill nearly ten lion scorpions to exchange for it...

  "This is what it's like to be a magician, requiring a lot of financial support. You'll get used to it later." Seeing the expression on Lin Li's face, Kevin probably guessed what he was thinking about too. He called over the uniformed waitress to settle the bill while quietly explaining to him: "A staff like this would sell for at least 500 gold coins in other magic shops."

  After buying the staff for 350 gold coins, Kevin bought some other things and spent around a thousand gold coins in total.

  When Kevin was settling the bill, Lin Li suddenly felt that he should also make some money.

  "By the way Kevin, you're more familiar with Gallos, do you know where adventurers usually deal with magical materials they've obtained, such as magic crystals and whatnot?"

  "Magical materials? Generally, they are handed over to magic shops like Golden Rose, who handle them on commission. However, after the transaction is completed, a portion of the fee will be deducted. If you don't want to pay this fee, you can also go to the Adventurer's Guild and find a black market behind it, where everything from herbs to magical beast crystals can be traded."

  "Want to go take a look?"

  "I was just about to go buy some materials..."

  Next to the Adventurer's Guild, there was a deep and dark alley. After the two people came out of the Golden Rose, they walked along the alley, and after walking for a few steps, they heard a loud noise coming from up ahead.

  Compared to the mysterious and gorgeous gilded rose, the black market behind the Adventurer's Guild is simply another world.

  There is no thick magical atmosphere, nor beautiful shop assistants in uniform, only a strong smell of sweat and endless quarrels.

  Two people walked into the black market, just like walking into an arena of beasts.

  Often just a few silver coins' difference in price would get a group of people arguing until their faces turned red and saliva flew everywhere.

  "Damn! Have you grown eyes on your head? This is authentic Thorn Beast fur, one hundred silver coins and you still think it's expensive? Take it back and make a leather armor, it'll last you a lifetime. What kind of world is this, where one hundred silver coins can't even buy a life..."

  "Is this crap still considered a piece of armor? Take it back and use it as a diaper for your kid, don't waste my time with this nonsense. Fifty silver coins, will you sell or not? If not, I'll buy from someone else!"

  "Fifty silver coins for a piece of thorny beast fur? You haven't woken up yet, have you? Alright, I'll just consider it a good deed. Eighty silver coins, how about that? If not, then hurry up and leave, don't block my way to making money!"

  The fierce haggling was an eye-opener for Lin Li. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, and only heard the two voices, he would have thought they had some deep-seated grudge against each other.

  "Frei... Frei!" The surroundings were in an uproar, and Kevin had to shout into Lin's ear for him to hear: "Squeeze forward a bit more!"

  "What?"

  Kevin raised his voice a bit and pointed forward with his hand: "I'm telling you! Squeeze in a bit further!"

  "Oh!"

  Two people used all their strength and finally squeezed out a narrow gap in the crowd.

  "It's here." Kevin panted heavily and stopped in front of a small hut.

  Lin Li raised his head to take a look, and outside the small house that looked like it might collapse at any moment stood a sign with several large characters written in a flying dragon and dancing phoenix style - "Galos Exchange"

  "...Lin Li almost didn't catch his breath, such a broken-down house, how can it be related to the exchange?"