Chapter 97: Gambler

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"It seems that this mission will not be completed!" Cook said bitterly. Now the three are in the A3 area, but the difference is that there is actually a supply point in the A3 area, and it is not small, it is simply A small settlement is now, there are not only pubs, hotels, but also shops. Cook and the three found a hotel to rest. Cook took out the little sparrow-like guy he caught.
"Yeah! Since the four major mercenary groups want to catch this guy, I guess they must know the details. If we take it out, the four major mercenary groups will not be afraid of troubles on the surface, but secretly we can't guard against it." Luo Li fingered the little thing that was still in a coma, and then said.
And Mickey widened her eyes, observed carefully for a while, then closed the magic book in her hand and said: "There are more than 700 kinds of beasts of fire type, and they like to be in dark places. Among them, birds There are only sixty-five kinds, but the characteristics of this little guy do not fit these sixty-five kinds at all."
"Is it another mutant monster?" Cook smacked his lips. Cook didn't know the preciousness of the mutant monster before, but he found out that the probability of the mutant monster is millions. There is a one-in-a-half chance that both Kaka and Big Mouth are mutant beasts, and although Kaka and Big Mouth are still low-level, their strength has already emerged, so Cook has this question.
"I don't know! This mouth is a bit like the mouth of a fire carving, but the hair on the body looks like a fire bird, but what is this slender tail? And the characteristics of the claws do not match? Mutant monsters must have The blueprint of a demon, it's like KaKa is from the Demon Spider and the Big Mouth is from the Dark Crow." Mickey shook his head, and then said suspiciously.
Cook shook his head and put the little things into the bag again, and then said: "Forget it, wait for Master Wushuang to identify it. What we are going to accomplish now is Lori's task. We didn't expect to do this task. difficult?"
"That is, the task is not clear, all areas here are covered." Lori also said angrily.
It turns out that the area of ​​A3 is the origin of fire magic crystals. The magma erupted here will carry a small amount of fire magic crystals, and there are more than one hundred volcanic eruptions, large and small, but there are more than one hundred eruptions. The mouths are all contracted out by the Wizards’ Guild. This is how much money the adventurer spends on the magma eruption mouths, and the magic crystals obtained will be sold to the Wizards’ Guild at a certain price, so these more than one hundred volcanic eruptions belong to others Property, of course, Lori has to spend a lot of money to buy a magic crystal, no one objected, but this is not a task, the task is very clear, it is to find the fire magic crystal personally, not to buy or use items Replacement.
"Forget it, let's ask!" Cook was also a little distressed, but it really didn't work.
Just when the three of Cooke were worried, a young man dressed as an adventurer observed the three of Cooke for a long time. The three of Cooke had the badge of Wushuang Academy on their bodies, so the discerning person saw it all at once, and the young man sorted it out. Clothes, then walked up to the three of Cooke and asked very politely: "Is the three of you here on the task of finding the fire magic crystal?"
"Who are you? How did you know?" Cook turned around and saw that it was a teenager, about eleven or twelve years old. Cook couldn't help but ask vigilantly.
"The villain is called Lake. He is a guide. The younger one knows the three magic crystal mines besides the hundreds of volcanic eruptions, and they are all very familiar with the terrain there. We only need to pay a small amount of money there. Go straight in to dig the magic crystal. If there is a villain to lead the way, the high-quality magic crystal is not guaranteed to be small, but the three masters can still find it with great confidence. The small one has seven or eight years here. I have been a guide since the age of five, and hundreds of people have successfully completed the task.
Lake quickly introduced himself.
"So what price do we need to pay?" Cook asked.
"Ten points!" Lake said nervously.
"Hmph, ten points are enough to buy a magic crystal." Lori grunted dissatisfiedly.
"The three sirs, you can buy a magic crystal with ten points, but the small ones are also sold on the road map of the mine. If the three want to mine the magic crystal in the future, wouldn’t it be an easy task, and there are also distributed in these three mines. Warcraft, the small is also very clear, and the three of you can inquire about it, ten points only the small is willing to take three to the mine, the rest of the people less than fifteen points no one at all, because of the three mines The distance is not only far, but the passages extend in all directions, and it is easy for unfamiliar people to get lost." Lake quickly defended.
"Well, let's think about it, and I will answer you here tomorrow." Cook looked at Lori and looked at herself, Cook did not refuse, but replied like this.
"Well, those three are slow." Lake heard Cook say so and left with disappointment.
The three of Cooke inquired about this settlement. Sure enough, if they wanted to find the magic crystal, they had to go to the previous mine. The three mines were said to be three, but in fact they were connected together a long time ago. The location of the mine is relatively remote, and has been basically abandoned, but even so, there are still a large number of adventurers will go there to try their luck, occasionally I heard that someone can find the magic crystal.
"Hey! What do so many people do here?" It's already night on the ground. The three Cooks saw many people in a corner of the settlement, most of them dressed as adventurers and magicians. , And dressed up as soldiers, there are businessmen, with hundreds of people surrounded.
"Boss, what are they doing?" Cook bought some magic herbs in the magic shop, which was bought in the shop.
"Hehe, they are betting on magic crystals!" The boss packaged the magic medicinal materials he purchased. With this package of herbs, the boss made a lot of money, and he did not need to run away.
"Magic Crystal! How does Magic Crystal bet?" Lori asked curiously.
"Hehe, I saw that the three are high-achieving students in the academy, wouldn't the three think that the magic crystal was born like this, right?" the boss took out a red fire magic crystal and asked.
"Isn't that the case?" Cook asked rhetorically.
"No, it has been polished and cut. The magic crystal was originally covered by hard rocks, and these rocks isolated the magic wave of the magic crystal. Take the more than one hundred volcanic eruptions here. There are a lot of magma erupted each time, but when the magma erupts, people have to stay far away. After the magma erupts and cools down, they can look for the magic crystal. Don’t underestimate the word search. The magic crystal is wrapped in magma. , It is difficult to find, but occasionally part of the magic crystals that erupt from the volcanic eruption vents are exposed outside, and because of this, the magic crystals here are easy to mine, but the mineral veins are different. The magic crystal veins are white. It is the magma stone formed after the magma river is cooled. The magic crystals inside will be wrapped by the cooled magma. Therefore, mining such magic crystals requires a lot of time and familiar experience from the miners, even if it comes from the volcanic eruption. Yes, most of them are also wrapped in magma, so some mine owners took out part of the exposed or stone that was emitted from the mine or magma, and then let everyone buy it. Later, this method became more and more popular. People like it, and finally evolved into one of the most primitive ways of trading magic spar." The boss finished the explanation in one breath.
Lori's eyes gleamed a long time ago. When the boss finished talking, she took Cook to watch. The three of them came here and found that there were quite a lot of people, and the ground was full of large and small. Hundreds of people around the strangely shaped stone were quietly, and Cook saw someone touching it with his hands, some smelling it with his nose, and some closing his eyes obviously used his mental energy to sense it.
"This gentleman, please tell me, how do you see if there are magic crystals in the stone?" Cook looked at an old man next to him who kept stroking large and small stones, and even took out an illuminated stone.
"Haha, the little guy doesn't know, what is the magic crystal, it is the crystallization of the elements, but in order to form the crystallization of the elements, two conditions are generally required, one is to have rich elements, and the other is to have huge pressure to make this The elements are constantly being squeezed together, but in the process of squeezing, the crystals formed are definitely not regular, but have various shapes. Look at the small red lines on this stone. These are strict Speaking of it is also the crystallization of fire elements, but the color of these crystals is dim, obviously there are no elements that can be used, of course, like this one, there are obvious crystal stripes, which is more obvious. We are based on these lines The direction and the size of the markings are used to judge whether there are magic crystals in it, but these crystal lines and crystal markings may not necessarily represent magic crystals, so luck is also very important." The old man explained with a smile.
"Then sir, what's the matter with this magic crystal?" Cook asked a low-level magic crystal.
"Hehe, the advanced level of the magic crystal level is different due to the pressure and the concentration of the element. The element concentration is low, the pressure is small, the magic crystal level is low, the element concentration is high, and the extrusion force is high, the level of the magic crystal is higher. The quality is determined by the amount of impurities contained in the magic crystal, and the magic crystals sold on the market are only sold after polishing and cutting. Old man, I have seen a magic crystal the size of a washbasin. Such a magic crystal is enough. It's enough to polish and cut hundreds of like you." The old man explained with a smile and looked at the low-quality low-level magic crystal in Cook's hand.
"Hundreds!" The three of Cooke's eyes widened. Such a magic crystal is worth several points. There is no way. The points can only be used inside the wizards' union. People outside don't admit it. In fact, according to gold coins and points The actual ratio of such a piece of magic crystal is only one point, but who makes the points of the Mage Guild unusable elsewhere? Then that piece of magic crystal would be worth thousands of points at least.
"Hehe, this is still low-quality, not much to say, the old man, I chose one, now I will buy it, and then polish it to have a look." The old man said to the three of Cooke holding an oval stone.
"Sir, can we go and see?" Lori asked pleadingly.
"Yes, right over there!" The old man led Cook and the three to the edge of the field, which was also full of people, but Cook was surprised to find that the boss here was actually a dwarf, but then Cook woke up again. Come here, dwarves are famous for forging and mining.
The old man handed the stone to a dwarf, and said, "Rulsey, show me the old man to polish it?"
"Old Duoke, you won't miss it again this time?" Rulsey was a bearded dwarf. While skillfully fixing old Duoke's stone on a shelf, he picked up a hammer and chisel and started One chisel, one chisel to remove rocks.
"Haha, luck, it depends on luck." Old Duoke laughed, but Cook still found the old man nervous.
As time went on, half an hour later, the stone had been removed and was only the size of a fist. Rulsey raised his head and asked, "How old is it, why don't you continue?"
"Go on, why don't you continue! Isn't it still this big?" Old Duo could see the eyes of the people around him, and said somewhat discouraged.
"Should you polish it slowly, or cut it all at once?" Rulsey asked again.
"Oh, let's cut it!" Old Duo waved helplessly, apparently giving up.
At this time, Cook opened his mouth next to him: "Sir, let's polish it. In case there is a magic crystal in it, isn't it scrapped with this knife?" Cook learned from the chats of people around that if the magic crystal is scrapped The so-called cutting waste means that the cut magic crystals cannot be polished to a standard volume at all. These magic crystals can only be crushed into magic crystal powder, so the value is greatly reduced. In fact, Cook saw this with his magic eyes The rock emits a faint red light, and it is obvious that there are fluctuations in the fire element. As for the specific quality and level of the magic crystal, Cook has no experience.
"Huh! A fist-sized stone, even if it can be polished to produce a magic crystal, it will only be scrapped. I think it is still a cut." Someone snorted.
"That's right, let's wait for the polishing, kid don't tell if you don't understand." Someone raised the stone in his hand and said reproachfully.
Before Cook spoke up, Old Duoke said loudly: "I care about you to die, I didn't pay, Russie, I should bother you to polish it!" Old Duoke was unhappy at first and heard the back People say that, the old man still has to delay some time, see what you can do?
"Okay, then!" Ruerxi had no choice. The stone had already been paid for, and the polishing fee was also paid. What the guests said he could only do.
"Huh! Unreasonable! Poor ghost!" The one who wanted to polish the stone heard Old Duo say so, and left a word.
"Wow! It's so bright, at least it's an intermediate magic crystal, and it's most likely a good or top-grade intermediate magic crystal." After Rulsey's hammer hit, a bright red light suddenly lit up. , The people around immediately gathered around.
"Wow! It's incredible." Rulsey has seen the world, and the hammer in his hand keeps beating, just like peeling an egg, but within a few minutes, an irregular magic crystal the size of an egg It appeared in front of everyone.
"Old Duo Ke, very good, it should be a high-grade intermediate magic crystal~EbookFREE.me~ We are willing to recycle it at a high price." Rulsey checked it and said.
"The high-grade intermediate magic crystal, I want it, you make a price!" At this time, a magician in a gorgeous magician robe came out and looked very happy at the magic crystal, because the magician itself is a fire Of course, although this piece of magic crystal is not big, there is no problem in cutting three standard magic crystals. However, this magician does not plan to do so, because cutting will consume some of the elements in the magic crystal. The magician uses magic Jing mainly replenishes magic power, this magician intends to remove some edges and corners, wouldn't it be better to just add such a large piece of magic power.
"Huh, high-grade intermediate magic crystals are very unusual. I want to take them too. You can make a price too!" The person who walked out afterwards was also in a magician robe, but there was a golden rune on his chest. It looks like an alchemist.
"Hehe, since both of you want it, then both of you will write down an appropriate price, and then give it to the little old man, who will sell it to the one with the highest price after seeing it." Old Doke was also excited. Under Cook’s surprised gaze, Old Dawk actually thought of such a method, which Cook did not expect. Cook thought that Dawdaw would let the two of them bid in person, and that would probably offend the two. People, because of that, it becomes a battle for face. The one who gets it will definitely have to pay more than the value of the magic crystal itself, and the party who does not get it also feels that it has lost face. The old man can estimate that the future will be difficult, because the old It seemed that he was just a magic apprentice, and the magicians and alchemists here could not be offended by him.
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