You are all my wings...

Because the magical veins inside the Crying Doll Grass are quite dense, it is an excellent lightweight magical conduction material, which is very suitable for both alchemy and magical crafting.

Furthermore, this material is only found at a high level in the Water Ruins of Auradu, on the 25th floor, making it extremely rare.

Only orcs, a race skilled in climbing cliffs, can gather it.

Fortunately, alchemists usually have their own stockpiles of commonly used materials, so this item is not in high demand either in the guild or here.

Therefore, after a long negotiation with the orc warrior, Leon finally got 3 plants for 33 gold coins, which was a small discount of 3 gold coins.

"Friend, let's exchange contact information. If you have any similar alchemy materials in the future, you can contact me directly to trade."

After exchanging contact information with the orc warrior, Leon approached the warrior who had claimed to possess the Kraken brain core.

And let me tell you, there are quite a few people competing for this thing.

Even with 70% damage and only at level two, there were still four or five people asking about the price of the warrior.

That's the allure of powerful monsters.

"Friend, I'll offer 45 gold coins!"

"No, I'll offer 48 gold coins!"

After the warrior removed his brain core for display, people hurriedly raised their prices, trying to snatch up all the rights.

In the blink of an eye, the price rose from 40 to 52 gold coins.

The brain core was sealed in a glass jar, only half the size of a fist, gleaming with a faint purple light, its surface covered with cracks, and it appeared to be about 70% damaged.

Because of the supervision of the fifth-level illusion mage, the people here generally do not deviate too much when reporting item information, which is a good point.

In any other impromptu gathering, it would likely have turned into a chaotic scene of people scheming and plotting against each other, each employing their own unique methods.

Of course, this is also because the circle of extraordinary individuals in the capital is relatively stable and information flows quickly. If an ordinary person wants to cheat someone, they must be prepared to be resisted by the masses.

Most of the people who come here are acquaintances. Even if they seem like strangers at first glance, you'll find out they're actually acquaintances of acquaintances when you ask them.

The highest bidder was a fourth-rank mage who needed a fire-attribute magic stone. He offered 60 gold coins, a 50% increase from the starting price.

Once this price was announced, the surrounding competitors fell silent.

The soldier's face lit up with joy, and he shouted in a loud voice:

"60 gold coins! Does anyone have a higher offer?"

The people around him muttered under their breath, thinking, "This guy is too arrogant!"

It seems he wants everyone to know that his brain core sold for 60 gold coins.

"I'll offer 61 gold coins."

Just then, Lyon, who had been watching from the sidelines, spoke up.

The warrior's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked the fourth-order mage:

"Would you like to raise the price, esteemed magician?"

Upon hearing this, the fourth-order mage turned to look at Leon and suddenly smiled:

"Since you're the one bidding, I'll let you have it."

The warrior felt a little regretful, but still chose to trade with Lyon, since every extra gold coin was a bonus.

Leon removed the brain core, the surrounding people dispersed, and the fourth-order mage walked over.

He removed his hood, revealing his rare light blue hair and a serious, handsome middle-aged face, and greeted us casually:

"Long time no see, Lyon, the legendary hunter of enchanting fairies. In just a few weeks, bards have already begun to sing your praises."

Yes, Leon knows him.

This is a member of the magician's group, the younger brother of the vice-captain Kairon, named Keku von Hoynpis. He is a 2B- character with B- potential and B- importance in the plot, and he also makes some small achievements in the early and mid-stages.

Lyon had met him a few times and had brief conversations with him when he was on duty with the magicians.

There's a little tidbit about Kailong and Kaiku.

It is said that Keku is the son born after Keron's mother had an affair with an orc. The most puzzling thing is that the two have completely different hair colors.

It seems that because of this gossip, Lyon has never seen the two of them appear in the same place.

"Luckily, luckily, when we captured the Enchanting Fairy, there were some tricks involved. However, the Enchanting Fairy resided in objects outside the Knights' Order, so it wasn't that easy to capture it."

That's true.

Without the full plate armor of the Knights of the Rift, the Fairy of the Breath felt safe enough; the simple method of slowly boiling a frog in water required considerable skill.

Whether it was a lucky break or not is not important.

As Keku approached Lyon, his once serious and handsome face suddenly broke into a lewd expression, and he whispered:

"What are you planning to do with that enchanting fairy? If you don't have a plan yet, how about you give her to me? I can offer six hundred gold coins!"

Is this guy really that rich?

And that sleazy face looks so much like Kairo's?

The gossip that the two aren't biological brothers, could it be true?

"Your Excellency Kaiku, I must admit, the price you've offered is indeed tempting. May I ask, once you've acquired it, what are your plans for using it?"

"Do I even need to ask? As a man, you should understand."

Kaku blinked.

It has to be said that Keku's originally serious and upright persona collapsed in Leon's eyes.

"Men know a lot of things, but I wonder which one Your Excellency is referring to?"

"You're really heartless, forcing me to say such shameful things."

"I'm sorry, depending on the intended use, I will consider whether or not to sell it to you."

"Alright, I'd like to try and see if I can use the alluring power of this Enchanting Fairy to add a little fun to my and my wife's sex life."

"That's all?"

"Or what do you want me to do?"

Kaiku looked dumbfounded. Isn't this the kind of thing you normally think of using?

Lyon said disappointedly, "Six hundred gold coins, just to add some fun? I thought you were going to do some interesting magical research."

"Sigh, you're still young, very attractive to the opposite sex, and have a bright future. You don't understand the suffering of us older folks."

Kaiku sighed:

"As I get older, I've tasted all the flowers and plants, and life has fewer and fewer pleasures. After all these years, I've earned so much money, why not use it to buy happiness, or to buy luxury items?"

Lyon was speechless.

This guy is only in his sixties, and he still has almost a hundred years left to live. Why is he already starting to let himself go?

"Look at you, do you really think I still have a chance to break the legend?"

Kaiku saw Leon's expression and immediately laughed:

"We humans are born with short lifespans. I'm not bad at all, but if I want to advance to the fifth or sixth rank, I have to start learning higher-level magic early. But do you know how long it normally takes to learn higher-level magic at the fourth rank?"

Chapter 51 Prices are negotiable

Fourth-tier class buffs are effective for casting intermediate spells, but not for advanced spells.

To advance to the sixth rank in spellcasting professions, in addition to having their achievements form a poem, they also need to be proficient in at least one king-level spell and five superior spells.

To advance to the fifth rank, you need to master at least one superior and five intermediate levels.

To advance to the fourth rank, you need at least one intermediate level and ten beginner levels.

From the fourth rank upwards, the rank difference increases exponentially, making it increasingly difficult for spellcasters to fight each other across ranks.

At the sixth rank, only pureblood dragons and pureblood elves can suppress weaker intelligent species.

At the Legendary level and above, even beings like pureblood dragons and pureblood elves can only rely on their attributes to wear down human mages, eventually defeating them after exhausting their magic power.

Before the opponent's magic is exhausted, the difference in offense and defense between the two is not particularly large. If the strategy is right, although cases of human legends defeating immortal legends in a one-on-one battle are rare, they do happen once or twice every few hundred years.

Due to the large difference in attributes, human legends can put on a spectacular show when facing long-lived legends, but they will almost always lose.

Dragons are unique in that they can use their enormous bodies to increase their attack methods, and there has not been a case of a human of the same level defeating them in over six thousand years.

In response to Kaiku's question, Leon said, "Ten years or so?"

As a seasoned player from his previous life, he naturally knew how difficult it was to learn advanced magic and how long it would take.

However, given that his character is just an ordinary baron from the countryside, he certainly wouldn't know the specific time cost.

So he deliberately gave the wrong time.

Keku shook his head: "How could it be only ten years or so! It's a lifetime! Without enough talent and effort, it's a pipe dream for a human to learn advanced magic at the end of their lifespan. Although spellcasting professions become stronger in the later stages, they are much harder to advance than warrior professions."

His words were filled with emotion.

Based on Lyon's understanding, Keku's B-potential is indeed equivalent to Tier 4.

b corresponds to the fifth order, b+ corresponds to the sixth order, a- corresponds to the seventh order, a corresponds to the eighth order, and a+ corresponds to a demigod.

This is the correspondence between the maximum potential and the limit.

Of course, there are exceptions; there are certainly characters who break through their potential limits.

However, this aspect requires a greater emphasis on the direction of effort and opportunities, making it exceptionally rare.

It's quite common for characters whose potential has been fully realized to encounter situations where they can no longer break through.

Looking back now, it's not so bad for Keku to give up promotion and focus on hunting in the safe zone to make money and enjoy life.

However, unlike Kaiku, whose path forward is completely cut off.

Leon knew how to learn advanced magic and had been preparing for it.

There are two difficulties with advanced magic.

One of the challenges is maintaining a minimum of 50 magic points.

Without at least 50 points of magic power, it's impossible to cast advanced spells.

Some of the more powerful advanced spells can normally consume hundreds of points of magic power.

Most humans at the fourth rank have a magic power cap of around 40. To advance to the next rank, they must find a way to break through the magic power cap to over 50 points in advance.

This level of magic is a small-scale natural disaster covering an area of ​​several kilometers; it cannot be activated without sufficient magical power.

The second challenge is the exceptionally complex magical imagery.

If a basic spell is a magical image of 1 complexity, then an advanced spell is a spell of 100 complexity, equivalent to meditating on dozens of basic magical images at the same time.

The human brain has its limits; even with chanting assistance, it is impossible to accurately meditate and conjure up such complex magical imagery.

If even the slightest mistake is made, the magic will fail to activate.

Knowing the difficulty, Leon intensified his meditation training on magical imagery from the very beginning of his memory awakening, ensuring that he could instantly meditate on the imagery of every basic spell, and constantly increasing the number of images he could meditate on at the same time.

At the same time, he also continued to use his knowledge from his past life to prioritize finding auxiliary tools that could improve the efficiency of meditation and increase the success rate.

Of course, this speed is still far from enough to cope with the inevitable crises of the future. Without cheat codes, learning things like magic, which require hard skills, will be particularly difficult, as Keku is a prime example.

Therefore, you need to constantly complete tasks and increase your favorability, and obtain their talents. Only by integrating the advantages and talents of the female protagonists can you be secure enough.

In particular, Iris's talent for absolute focus will greatly increase her efficiency in learning magic once she obtains it!

This will be a powerful boost to meditation efficiency!

"Lord Keku, while I understand your thoughts, I cannot agree to your use of the Enchanting Fairy in this way. Let me figure out how to counter the charm skill before considering selling it."

Lyon rejected Keku's offer.

"Okay, judging from your attitude, I can roughly guess what's going on. It's okay, I can wait. Contact me as soon as you need to sell."

As Kaiku spoke, he made a rubbing motion with his thumb and forefinger, as if rubbing a gold coin.

“I’ve been promoted to the fourth rank for nearly twenty years, and I’ve saved up quite a bit of money during that time. If you find any rare items, feel free to show them to me. As a colleague, I’m open to negotiating the price.”

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