Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 419 Two Options
Since Zhao Xuanxuan was able to revive and the loss would not exceed 35%, it's not too bad, and we shouldn't be too harsh on her.

Standing alone is not easy, especially in this special situation. Putting himself in Li Wei's shoes, even he wouldn't dare say he could escape unscathed.

So he quietly left the place and turned to the middle road, which is the Mage Tower.

The Mage Tower itself is not open to ordinary professionals, but it has a sales and trading institution. For example, if the enchantment durability of weapons and equipment is low, you have to come here to enchant and recharge it.

If your magic emblem runs out of durability or gets damaged, you'll also need to come here to repair it.

Then there are all sorts of magic scrolls, magic items, item cards, and the like, all of which must be purchased here.

This is unique in Vil.

Actually, you can buy items and item cards of three-star quality or lower in the self-operated material sales areas of each department, but it's still not as good as coming here.

This trading institution is located below the Mage Tower. It is built against the mountain and is very large in scale and has an extraordinary presence. After all, this is Duke Ver's best cash cow and profit-making place.

So there were even two squads of soldiers wearing five-star enchanted armor patrolling and guarding the area, and directly above them, a five-person spellcaster squad was coldly scanning the area.

It was very strict.

There are quite a few people here, after all, it's a necessity and unavoidable.

When Li Wei arrived at the foot of the mage tower, he immediately felt four faint forces locking onto him, which made him feel a little scared. This was obviously some kind of powerful enchanted weapon.

Wow, that's quite the grandeur of a provincial capital.

A quick glance revealed that the area was divided into sections for enchantment durability restoration, magic emblem durability restoration, magic item sales, class card upgrade and rerolling, magic scrolls, and item cards—it was all a money pit!
Of the million people in the entire province of Ver, even if a third of them are professionals, about 80% of the gold coins they earn in missions each year will be spent here.

Li Wei subconsciously touched his non-existent wallet, bracing himself for being ripped off, before entering the prop card sales area.

These sales areas are independent and separate, with a fairly large interior space. Various young men and women dressed in gray apprentice robes stand in a row, waiting for customers to come in. They provide one-on-one service with a very warm and welcoming attitude, and there is no sense of disdain.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

A bright-eyed, white-toothed magic apprentice, no older than eighteen, quickly stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"I want to buy two five-star enhancement item cards, and I'd also like to see some other interesting item cards."

"Yes, sir. Each five-star enhancement item card is worth 15,000 gold coins. Are you sure you want to purchase two?"

"So expensive!"

Li Wei was slightly surprised. He knew that a five-star enhancement item card was only equivalent to 10 units of standard magic power, while one unit of standard magic power cost 500 gold, a difference of three times.

Upon hearing this, the female magic apprentice smiled and said, "My lord is joking. The market price of one unit of magic is indeed 500 gold coins, but that is subject to purchase limits. To put it bluntly, given your status, you can only obtain a limit of no more than 50 units per year, so the price of the five-star enhancement card is reasonable."

"In addition, the five-star enhancement card is made by a third-tier spellcaster. It has built-in enhancement runes, which can enhance the equipment with a simple thought. It can also increase the enhancement probability by an additional 10%. It is very good for enhancing weapons and equipment or the fate of hunting pets."

Okay, that's how it is.

Otherwise, Li Wei wouldn't have come all the way to Ver City. Does he lack those ten units of magic power? What he lacks is a third-tier spellcaster. If Hathaway were a third-tier spellcaster, he wouldn't have come here.

"Okay, give me two, and I'll look at the others."

"Alright, sir, which category do you need to see, or which type of task do you need to do next? We currently have eight-star item cards, seven-star item cards, and six-star item cards made by fifth-tier mages. You can even customize item cards according to your needs."

"I need a prop card that can conceal my identity."

"To be more specific, sir, there are five types of item cards used to conceal one's identity. We are all students of the Royal Capital Magic Academy and can provide you with free analysis and recommendations."

"Um, I think I've offended some powerful barbarian cross-borderers, and I might be going on a cross-border mission soon. I'm worried that I'll be targeted and marked as soon as I go in. That's a possibility, isn't it?"

Li Wei immediately asked modestly, "A free explanation? I really appreciate that!"

Sure enough, the young and beautiful female magic apprentice blinked her big eyes. "My lord, your question is indeed quite tricky. May I ask if your real name is known to the barbarians, or if you have ever had close contact with barbarian spellcasters, especially third-tier spellcasters?"

"Yes, I once made eye contact with a third-tier barbarian spellcaster at a distance of less than three hundred meters. The look he gave me before he died made me very uneasy."

"Oh, sir, this matter is indeed more complicated than I imagined. You killed that barbarian spellcaster?"

The female apprentice's gaze towards Li Wei finally held a hint of awe. To be able to kill a third-tier spellcaster, and a barbarian spellcaster at that—wow, this master is truly a hidden talent. Even some of the magic apprentices nearby changed their expressions.

“You’re mistaken, I didn’t kill him,” Li Wei quickly explained.

"He wasn't killed? I don't quite understand. If that's the case—"

"He committed suicide in front of me."

"Why? This doesn't make sense!" The female apprentice was stunned, unable to even maintain her professional smile.

"I don't know either. Maybe he didn't want to humiliate himself, so he just committed suicide." Li Wei said, somewhat distressed.

The female apprentice was speechless at this moment, looking at Li Wei with complicated emotions.

"My lord, please come with me. I apologize for my previous boasting. I truly cannot solve your problem. Perhaps only the lord in the mage tower can help you. I think you might need a custom-made item card."

Gee!

Li Wei wholeheartedly agreed. It's better to believe something is true than not to believe it is not. And we can't be stingy or stingy in this regard. We must use the best and most luxurious methods to avoid this, otherwise, if we are ambushed and targeted by the barbarians, that would be the worst thing that could happen.

To use a strategy of intention to defeat an unsuspecting opponent is a situation that should be avoided from the very beginning.

Never, ever, ever play a game where you're at a disadvantage.

Following the female apprentice upwards into the mage tower, they discovered that it was truly spacious and enormous. Each floor was five or six hundred square meters, filled with various magical structures, and bustling with numerous magic apprentices, resembling a series of giant laboratories.

I guess those ordinary item cards, magic scrolls and the like are all the work of these apprentices. In fact, most of these apprentices are first-tier spellcasters.

Oh, right, Hathaway apparently worked here as a magic apprentice for three years.

Upon reaching the third level of the mage tower, the female apprentice knocked on a very classical door.

"Let him in."

The sound of an owl came from inside the room.

The female apprentice nodded cautiously to Li Wei and retreated silently.

Well, it's fallen into the hands of the Night Owl again.

Pushing open the door, they entered but didn't see Night Owl. It was just an empty room without even a window. After waiting for about ten seconds, one of the walls suddenly rippled like water. The next second, the surroundings changed. This was clearly a mage tower, but it had become Night Owl's study. And she didn't seem to be in Ver City.
She was busy at the moment. There were seven or eight blank documents on her desk, as well as something that looked like a magic scroll, and a dozen quills were writing in the air.

"Are you in trouble?"

"A little."

"Are you afraid of being singled out by Neanderthal spellcasters during cross-border missions?"

"Yes."

"Oh, that's quite tricky. There are only five types of item cards that can hide your true name, but I doubt any of them can completely conceal your existence. I do have two solutions for you to solve this problem. Would you like to hear them?"

"miss you!"

As soon as Li Wei said this, he heard a clattering sound of gold coins being deducted, and 5000 gold coins were deducted.

So this is a consulting fee?
"The first option is that Neanderthal mages are particularly vengeful. They will not only remember you, but also your companions. So it's useless for you to use the concealment item card alone. Your companions will definitely expose you. So the best way is to make your companions miss five years and not go on cross-border missions with you. Let them stay behind to guard the territory and you earn money to support them."

"Don't think I'm being harsh. Recently, the Neanderthals hired the Reincarnator Organization. These people don't care about morality or humanitarianism. They'll stop at nothing to win. In fact, just this morning, two four-star territories in the Kader Province were annihilated."

"So under the new circumstances, it is difficult to maintain the original defense. How can you guarantee that the Neanderthals will not raid your homeland when you are carrying out cross-border missions? Just tell me, how many Neanderthal cross-borderers have you killed? They may not know 100% of the situation within our Lord Alliance, but they can probably do 70 or 80%. They probably know exactly when you participate in cross-border missions."

"Therefore, let your companions guard the home front while you go carry out cross-border missions. This will allow you to conceal yourself to the greatest extent and protect the territory. In the next five years, which is actually ten years, if you still can't fight on two fronts by then, I think you're a complete waste."

"Of course, cross-border missions aren't so easy to exempt from, otherwise His Majesty the King wouldn't let you off the hook. However, if you have a six-star dimensional upgrade card, you can be exempt from one cross-border mission. You currently have four companions, so theoretically, three more six-star dimensional upgrade cards should solve the problem."

"You're about to advance to the third-tier Ranger, which is the most suitable class for solo combat and stealthy infiltration. Without the burden of companions, you'll be like a dragon soaring through the sky."

(End of this chapter)