Half-elf Notebook

"Unable to assimilate..."

Reike noticed this, withdrew his battle breath output, turned his head and nodded to Ina:

"There is something down there, but I can't tell what it is, or how big it is. The war breath was swallowed by it."

"Swallowing the war spirit? What I saw is completely different..."

Ina muttered to herself in astonishment.

But then she thought of a hypothesis.

Battle breath and magic power are also manifestations of energy.

The force used in the actions of ordinary people is no different from the strong winds and earthquakes in nature.

…At this point, Ina had an idea.

Could it be that there is some kind of magical device buried underneath that absorbs energy and spews out converted magic power in a specific direction? Is this a flower farm owned by a magician? !

No, who would do this in these desolate mountains and wildernesses where magical beasts are crawling everywhere... and cultivate the cheapest kind of magical vegetation at that.

Ina quickly rejected her last thought.

A magical device that even a high-level magician like me has no clue about at least shows that if such a magician really exists, his rank is probably much higher than my current level.

And such a magician.

It was hard for Ina to imagine that he would go to such lengths to bury a magical device that looked like a high-level magic item under a valley.

Just to provide magic power to a bunch of useless low-level materials...

more importantly……

Ina glanced thoughtfully at the surrounding jungle with her eyes in the magic eye state, then looked down at the rocks and soil outside the flower field.

The magic device did not extract or absorb any energy other than the war breath that the uncle infiltrated...

Everything is so normal.

The magic power overflowing in the air neither gathered underground nor changed its direction.

The same is true for the magic power that is closer and thinner beneath the soil.

Ina was filled with doubts, and unable to come up with a conclusion that would convince her, she could only tell Rick about her guesswork:

"It may be some magical device left here by an alchemist."

"Alchemy...magical device...absorb the breath of war..."

Rick rubbed his chin and muttered.

Then, the experienced professional seemed to have thought of something, and his serious expression quickly relaxed:

"I think I know what it is. It might be worthwhile for us to find out."

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Ina was confused and quickly added her guess:

"It could be a device buried underground to absorb energy and supply sufficient magic power to magic materials. I've thought about this, but..."

Rick waved his hand, signaling not to be nervous:

"I know you're worried, Ina, but he really doesn't belong to any magician or alchemist. This is the only thing I can be sure of."

"But we still need to discuss the exploration. If you don't want to know, the team can leave immediately after collecting the information."

Ina was about to say something but stopped herself, while Xilia and Mitaokel, who had completed the collection work, were already walking towards them.

More than 300 tubers the size of small potatoes were all packed into Xilia's basket, compared to the sack prepared by Mitaokal.

A basket that can provide a certain degree of protection is obviously more suitable.

Mitaukol volunteered to take his master's place and carried him on his back.

"what happened?"

He seemed to notice Ina's strange expression and asked curiously:

...I can't tell you that there is a valuable ownerless magic device buried here, and we are going to dig it out... Well...I don't know whether it is a magic device or not. After all, Rick is sure that he is not a magician or alchemist...

Ina reached out and touched the blessed weapon on the inside of the special coat, and said calmly:

"Nothing. My uncle and I found a place that we were concerned about. We wanted to take a look and ask for your and Miss Xilia's opinions before we go back."

"Me? I have no problem with that."

Mitaokel ​​was a little confused as to why Ina and Rick didn't go to check it out when they found it.

But he didn't intend to go into it further. The strength of Ina and Rick was beyond doubt.

Now that the two of them had done their best to fulfill Xilia's request, he naturally would not object to some of their decisions.

Shirley had the same idea.

The girl, who was dressed rather simply, didn't even seem to have any doubts about the question.

Her face was filled with joy and excitement over the rich harvest, without much of her usual timidity:

"Mr. Rick, Ms. Ina, what are your plans for these? I mean sales - the herbal medicine store has a relatively strong bargaining power with the buyer, and there are more buyers. I mean... maybe we can sell it at a higher price this way."

She had no intention of profiting from it, she simply wanted to help the two get a higher selling price, but she was afraid that her advice would be misunderstood.

“There are no plans yet.”

Ina and Rick exchanged glances and asked about the transaction matters that ordinary people care about:

"Ms. Xilia, can you tell us specifically about the market price and the price you have?"

Ina only knew of the Kneiler fur and herb shop.

Rick has many channels, but he doesn't care much about this gain.

Xilia thought for two seconds, and said sincerely:

"Two silver ounces for one plant, 20 groats. No, two silver ounces for 30 groats!"

"The market price is probably between 85 grøns and two grøns a stick."

It is quite good if the rhizome of a blue crystal flower can produce ten grams of powder.

The purity of the original small workshops may not be high.

It is inevitable that the selling price of magic materials is far from the purchase price.

Even if there is no need for magic apprentices, the costs of hiring pharmacists to perform the grinding, purification, and drying work, purchasing equipment for commissions, studio rent, taxes, and merchants' income are also factors that need to be taken into account.

A plant worth two silver lang and 30 gros is definitely a good price.

"Let's do as Miss Xilia wishes, but please allow me to confirm the total amount."

"There are 832 rhizomes in total, worth silver coins."

With this harvest, Xilia and Mitaokel ​​can get a total of 12 gold coins and 8 silver coins.

Xilia was very satisfied.

She was not a greedy girl and had no intention of hiding anything.

Together with the monster skins, thirty gold coins or more were enough to pay off most of the debt.

After a brief reorganization, everyone left the flower field which was now completely empty.

The next place they went to was the periphery of the "magic device" buried deep underground.