Two Realms: The Dark Wizard Evolves Madly in the Wasteland

Having made his plans, Raven donned a black robe and left the dormitory area.

He walked through a deep underground tunnel.

This was the first time he had gone out in several months. In the underground tunnel, the dark moss illuminated his way forward.

Various strange plants grow on both sides of the passageway.

Not only can it provide basic lighting, but the scent it emits can also have a calming effect.

When Raven was under too much pressure and couldn't sleep, he would often come here at night to take a big drag, and then go back to sleep.

After walking three kilometers through this underground passage, you will reach the apprentice market.

At the Apprentice Market, you can find anything you want during your apprenticeship, provided you have enough magic stones.

Passing through the underground tunnel, Raven could still see the little sprites chirping in the dense forest, but most of these sprites had insect bodies and human faces, and looked extremely ferocious.

"Fresh earthworm heart... an earthworm heart hunted just this morning!"

"Top-grade magic powder can give you the feeling of being a nobleman..."

Most of the stall owners in the market are just low-level apprentices, with only a couple of intermediate apprentices occasionally, and there are even snake-woman characters from the underground world.

"Hey! Black-robed apprentice, wanna have a go? Just ten magic stones..."

The snake woman winked at Raven.

Raven wasn't particularly interested in the snake woman. The original owner of this body had tried it before, and the woman was icy cold, almost draining him dry.

It must be admitted that the female creatures in the underground wizarding world are indeed much more beautiful than the women in the wasteland world. Ellie is indeed quite good-looking, but due to the influence of the wasteland environment, her pores are far less fair and delicate than those of the snake woman in front of her.

Raven politely declined the snake woman's sales pitch, mainly because he was poor; otherwise, he would have been obliged to help the snake woman, who was so poor she couldn't even see her own feet.

His purpose in coming here today is very clear—to purchase the materials needed to make the Bull armor.

However, he soon learned what it meant to be "struggling even with a penny."

Although the apprentice market claims to have everything, when it comes to actually buying materials...

Raven then realized that the pitiful amount of magic stones in his pocket wouldn't even make a splash here.

"Sir, how much is this piece of bull hide?"

Raven pointed to a piece of black leather that smelled faintly of fish and asked.

"Twenty magic stones, not a single one less! I spent a tremendous amount of effort to skin this off a fully grown bull!"

A mid-level apprentice dressed in a black robe made an outrageous demand.

Raven took a deep breath, forcing himself to swallow the pain, and used the Deep Blue Reptile to scan the leather. After confirming there were no hidden damages, he gritted his teeth and bought it.

"Damn it, it's another magic stone more expensive! Why don't you just rob us?"

Next came the essence of the bull and the mithril powder used to construct the magic circuit.

And the low-level bull crystal core used as the core power source...

"The mercury pen used for outlining has two magic stones growing out of it... Damn it, why is the boss only an intermediate apprentice?!"

The price of each material felt like cutting flesh from Raven's body; the cost of this construct was something ordinary people couldn't afford.

Raven spent over three hours wandering the market in order to gather the materials for two sets of Bull Armor.

Most importantly, many of the material sellers are intermediate apprentices, and Raven has no right to bargain with them. He can take your life with a wave of his hand, which is really unpleasant. Forget about bargaining, just seeing the other party standing there makes any thought of bargaining vanish instantly.

He only had 106 magic stones in total. According to Raven's original estimate, the three basic bull armor sets would cost at most 100 magic stones, but now he had spent a total of 105 magic stones.

When he finally stuffed the three heavy materials into the Void Magic Stone, he felt completely exhausted.

"...Luckily, I'm usually quite frugal! My success rate is 53%...As long as I succeed in one case, I'll recoup my costs, and the rest is profit."

Raven let out a long breath, looking at the bustling crowd in the market, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

He finally understood why his mentor, Colton, had called construct science a "bottomless pit for burning magic stones."

Just buying three basic Tier 1 Bull Construct materials nearly emptied his savings and left him with a loan of 300 magic stones. If he didn't succeed, he would really have to become a filler for other wizards.

If materials are scrapped due to operational errors during this process, the losses will be incalculable.

Raven touched the empty pockets in his arms, but his eyes became incredibly determined.

Without further hesitation, he turned and walked towards the dormitory.

The dark moss still emitted a faint glow, and the scent of those soothing plants once again filled his nostrils, but Raven was wide awake.

For the next two weeks, Raven spent most of his time hiding in the basement he built in the wasteland, except for the occasional visit to Colton's lab, or immersing himself in the library collecting information.

The food was either left at the door by the head maid Ellie, or they ate nutritional supplements to satisfy their hunger.

On a few occasions, Raven would ignore Ellie's unsatisfied little eyes, knowing better than to dwell on what mattered.

As for the transportation of grain, he chose a steady approach, entrusting the Red Rose Mercenary Group to deliver 500 catties of grain to Night City every month. He also refused all business dealings within Happiness City.

As for Balu, Raven avoided going wherever he could, no matter what they said, he wouldn't go, choosing to be a coward.

Over time, Baloo and his companions lost interest in Raven and turned their attention to the newcomers who had just been captured and had little understanding of the wizarding world.

Once I can successfully craft the basic Wild Bull construct, I will be able to step into the realm of a beginner construct master. At that time, I will no longer have to bow down for these few magic stones.

"call!"

"I've finally mastered elementary constructology!"

Raven bit into a tube of what looked like toothpaste and gulped it down.

Although Colton provided him with a lot of relevant knowledge, there were still many things Raven couldn't understand. If he were to specifically ask those construct masters, each question would cost one magic stone, and Raven only had one magic stone on him. He wouldn't waste a magic stone asking such memorization-based academic questions.

He has a Deep Blue web crawler. He finds relevant books in the library, records them using Deep Blue, and reads them several times if he doesn't understand them.

Once I had a clear idea of ​​what it was, I used other items in the wasteland laboratory to experiment and simulate the general steps several times.

Only after he had thoroughly mastered the skills did he choose to take action.