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Zhang Mu overlooked a detail.
Both Porter and his senior told him that Cass Town was only a day's journey from Bala City, but that was only if there was transportation!
By the time night fell and the sky was just getting light, Zhang Mu had only traveled one-third of the way, and his scalp was tingling.
I thought about whether I could stop a carriage or something, but because there was a wave of monsters nearby two days ago, no one dared to come to Kas Town recently.
Helplessly, he went back to the real world, bought a small gas-powered scooter and brought it to the other world using his inventory.
This was much faster. When the sun reached its highest point in the sky, Zhang Mu saw from afar a city wall made of stones that was more than 30 meters high.
The small pedal cannot be seen by people from other worlds, and thinking it is not far away, I just walk there.
He parked the car on the spot, put the small pedal into the inventory, hung the storage bag given by Potter around his waist, and walked towards the city wall.
It looked not far away, but the thought of climbing a mountain made the horse run to death. After running and walking for an hour, I finally arrived at the towering city gate.
The city gate is wide enough to accommodate four cars driving side by side, and the bustling crowd is constantly coming in and out.
After taking a quick look, Zhang Mu walked into the city.
"Ten copper coins to enter the city." The guard on duty stretched out his hand to stop him.
Looking at the Blue Star clothing he was wearing, Zhang Mu smiled, reached into the cloth bag at his waist and took out the staff: "Is this okay?"
"I'm sorry, Master Magician." Perhaps the guards in the big city had seen the world, and even though they stopped the wrong person, they didn't panic. They apologized calmly and stepped back.
Zhang Mu, whose concept of hierarchy was very different from that of this world, did not feel offended by this.
He didn't have a wizard's identity badge, wasn't wearing a wizard's robe, and wasn't wearing Potter's badge, so it was normal for the guards to be misled.
As I passed through the city gate, the noise instantly filled my ears.
The wide stone-paved streets were filled with vendors, some pushing wooden carts, others simply spreading linen on the ground, setting out their wares and starting to sell.
The customer flow was quite large, and the crowd selecting goods was so crowded that there was no space to be seen, and the lively atmosphere was overwhelming.
Zhang Mu looked around curiously. In the car and on the linen, there were some common daily necessities, such as vegetables, low-quality pottery jars and the like.
Seeing this, he, who didn't like crowds, turned around and left.
Bala City is a city of average size and not very prosperous, but it is a city after all. After walking around for a while, Zhang Mu got lost.
Where can I get information about the maze?
Standing on the unfamiliar and deserted street, Zhang Mu scratched his head. This seemed to be a residential area. A pub, a place with well-informed information, shouldn't be opened here, right?
Just as I was getting anxious, a little boy happened to walk out from the corner not far away.
He had short brown curly hair, a delicate face, was only as tall as his waist, and was wearing an ordinary linen short-sleeved shirt and shorts.
"Hello, little friend." Zhang Mu raised his hand and greeted him. "Do you know where the tavern in Bala City is?"
"There are three taverns in Bala City. You asked..." The little boy turned his head and his eyes fell on the staff in Zhang Mu's hand. He was stunned.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He was a little nervous, and imitated the knight's salute, bowed and greeted: "Master Magician,
Is this your first time in Bala?
Then I suggest going to the Clover Bar, where all the adventurers go."
He pointed to the intersection on the right: "It's very close. Go out there, turn left and go straight. It will be there after three intersections."
"Thank you." Zhang Mu nodded with a smile and reached into the cloth bag, thinking of giving him something as a reward for his help.
"Kid! Don't get close to strange magicians!" A middle-aged man with a truffle nose shouted at the corner where the little boy appeared.
"Sorry, Master Magician, I have to go!"
He hurried over and followed the middle-aged man out into the street.
"I warned you that strange magicians are dangerous. Don't get close to them casually."
"Uncle Kia, we are in the city. He won't hurt me. Besides, the magician is a very good person."
"You know it after just a few words?"
"The magician said hello to me."
As the two chatted and walked away, their voices became fainter and Zhang Mu could no longer hear them.
The vigilance of the aliens towards each other seems to be more serious than Potter had imagined.
Zhang Mu pondered over it and walked towards the Clover Tavern the little boy mentioned.
It was indeed very close. After passing three intersections in more than ten minutes, I arrived at the door.
Compared with the nameless tavern in Cass Town, the signboard of this tavern is much more imposing.
The double doors are painted in wood color and look brand new.
Pushing the door open, Zhang Mu looked around and his expression became strange.
The hall was not small, with more than thirty round wooden tables placed in it. The tables were spaced so far apart that he felt a jeep could pass through it.
This is quite outrageous.
Normal businesses will try to reduce the distance between dining tables in the store and put more tables in order to increase the number of customers in the same time period and increase revenue in disguised form.
But this...
Even in a city where conflicts are prohibited, are they wary of each other to this extent?
With a strange look on his face, he found a booth in the corner, ordered a glass of wheat wine from the waiter who came over, and then shifted his attention to the drinkers around him.
It was just as the little boy said, there were adventurers here wearing robes, or light or heavy armor, that is, aliens who possessed extraordinary powers.
It seems that because it is daytime, the pub business is average.
Including myself, there were only five tables of drinkers, and the seats they chose were very scattered.
Just then, a group of five adventurers pushed the door open and chose a table against the wall as far away from the earlier drinkers as possible.
Zhang Mu picked up the wine glass and took a sip. It didn't taste very good. He didn't like wine either, so he put it down and didn't touch anything else, concentrating on eavesdropping on the conversation between the drinkers.
"How many gold coins do we have left?"
"Forty pills. I need to prepare enough potions to enter the maze. I may still be short."
"how come?"
“The news of the opening of the maze in Bala City has been circulating for a long time, and all the unscrupulous owners of pharmacies have taken the opportunity to raise their prices, which have already doubled.
Moreover, the number of adventure groups coming is increasing. If we delay any longer, we won’t be able to buy potions even if we have gold coins.”
"Damn these greedy merchants!" After cursing, the man asked his companion, "How long will it take for the maze to open?"
"The church's announcement will be in half a month."
"While we still have some time, let's go hunt some monsters for gold coins and try to prepare more potions before the maze opens."
His companions agreed, and several of them raised their glasses, drank the wine in one gulp, and left the pub.
Zhang Mu leaned back in his chair, his eyes thoughtful.
Indeed, as the number of adventure groups increases, the price of potions will inevitably go up, and the supply may even become scarce, with no demand for them.
I have to go back to reality and bring some herbs to cultivate, so that I can brew the magic potions and healing potions necessary for the maze.
Besides, the maze will be open in half a month, and my passport will be issued in five days, so I have enough time to go abroad and prepare some guns.
The only trouble is that, looking at the mutual vigilance in the adventure map, I'm afraid I won't be able to find out any information about the maze.
Common knowledge from Avril's classroom - the mazes that have appeared in various places on the Thor continent, in addition to their various shapes displayed to the outside world, some are towering trees, and some are underground caves.
The monsters inside and the places where treasures are hidden have certain commonalities.
Zhang Mu originally wanted to spend gold coins to buy information about the maze. The type and strength of the monsters didn’t matter, as he had the resurrection function.
You just have to know where the treasure is hidden, otherwise you might miss it.
But after sitting in the pub for a while, he gave up the idea.
If you really want to talk to those adventure groups, those with better attitudes will probably just keep silent and stay away, while those with worse attitudes will probably just curse at you and tell you to get out of here.
He was thinking about the formation, but he didn't have a good solution for now, so he decided to focus on the herbs and guns first.
If it really doesn't work, aren't there a severe shortage of magic potions and healing potions right now? Brew more potions to exchange for maze information.
He did what he said. He got up and went to the bar to pay the bill, then pushed the door and left, ready to find an empty corner to return to reality.
"So, Ms. Avril's apprentice?"
On the right side of the hall, in the middle of the stairs leading to the second floor, Frederica rested her right hand on the wooden handrail, recalling the hurried back figure she had just seen striding out of the store.
"Your Highness, are you talking about the two magicians you met in Kas Town the day before yesterday?" Wager said at the second floor stairs. "I think I saw it wrong.
They were being hunted down by the third-level peak Thunder Wolf leader, and their own magic power was exhausted, so they must have died under the wolf's claws."
Thinking about what happened the day before yesterday, the memory of being almost killed by a pack of wolves came to mind.
Wager felt a little annoyed. He shouldn't have gone to that shabby town. What did the death of so many humans have to do with the elves?
Those human adventure groups all gave up on taking the mission because the rewards were too low.
They are of the same race as the townspeople, and even they don't care about the lives of the townspeople. As elves, a foreign race, is it necessary for us to care about this matter that has nothing to do with us?
Even a large amount of medicine reserves were consumed for this purpose.
Frederica didn't argue with him, and there was always a smile on her delicate face.
Did I see it wrong? No.
Hmm... those two magicians seem to be classmates?
Compared to the humans I had met before, the smell emanating from their bodies did not carry the corruption of a soul eroded by greed.
Moreover, Ms. Avril's junior was obviously a magician, but he was unable to sense the fluctuations of his magic power.
The magic released was only at the apprentice level, but its power seemed much stronger.
An interesting human being full of mysteries.
"Your Highness, we must hurry to the pharmacy and ask if the magic potion has arrived."
Wager urged: "Although we were lucky enough to get rid of the wolves, we used up most of the potions we had stored for entering the maze."
"Yeah." Frederica woke up from her thoughts and nodded, her long emerald green hair swaying gently.