Above the mage!

Chapter 213 Strange People

Gao De's white teeth seemed a little dazzling to the locals at the table.

Although they more or less intended to let Gao De hear it, their real intention was to dissuade Gao De from the plan, as they did not want to see anyone die in vain.

Under normal circumstances, regardless of whether Gao De could hear what they said or not, he would usually pretend not to hear it.

As a result, Gaode's reaction was to "come to the door" proactively, which caught them off guard and made them feel a little embarrassed.

"That little white boy, stay here. The Snake and the Rat is the largest inn in Ellaheim." Finally, one of the locals answered.

The awkward atmosphere eased a little.

"Thank you." Gao De bowed and expressed his gratitude.

Then, he took out a silver coin from his pocket and flicked it. The coin landed accurately on the bar counter and spun several times.

Gao De waved his hand and said to the bartender who was watching the fun with a smile: "Add a pitcher of dark beer to this table."

As he spoke, he had already pushed open the oak door and disappeared into the shadows.

After leaving the tavern, Gaode came to the three-story stone building on the ground.

The first floor of the stone building is a hall.

Gao De walked straight in and came to the counter.

"Is there any room left?"

Behind the counter was a tall and plump middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties, who was holding a ball of wool and skillfully knitting clothes.

In Ellaheim, most of the locals have this kind of body shape. Perhaps only by accumulating a little more fat can they withstand the cold wind from the Dandong Snow Mountain.

Hearing Gao De's question, the middle-aged woman didn't even raise her head, and focused on the woolen thread in her hand. "There are rooms available. What kind do you want? Dormitory beds or single rooms?"

"Let's have a single room," said Godard.

The middle-aged woman finally raised her head and said, "Then I'll arrange a single room on the second floor for you. It's 2 silver coins per night."

Gao De didn't bargain and handed over a gold coin.

"Let's rent it for three nights first."

The middle-aged woman nodded, then took out a brass key from the drawer and slammed it on the counter, making a crisp sound. "Here is your room key, Room 202, breakfast included."

As she spoke, she found Gao De's 14 silver coins, placed them on the table, and pushed them in front of Gao De.

Gao De did not accept it immediately, but pushed another silver coin back.

"Was there a stranger staying in our hotel yesterday?" he asked.

The middle-aged woman glanced at the silver coin that Gao De pushed over and replied expressionlessly, "No."

Gao De looked at the middle-aged woman's emotionless eyes, thought for a moment, and then took out two silver coins and pushed them in front of the middle-aged woman.

"Is it available now?" he asked again.

"Yes," the middle-aged woman nodded, "I remember now. There was indeed a young man from out of town who checked into our hotel yesterday and rented a room for three nights."

"Can you tell me which room he lives in?" Gao De asked again.

The middle-aged woman immediately fell silent again.

Gao De pushed two silver coins over calmly.

"Disclosing the guest's room number is a big taboo. If it gets out, my business will be in trouble." The middle-aged woman finally spoke.

Gao De didn't waste any more words, but directly pushed another 5 silver coins over.

Her face full of spots immediately showed a very satisfied smile. She put the 10 silver coins that Gao De pushed back into her pocket and said:

"Room 201, he lives across from you. Even if I don't tell you, you will probably run into him."

"Thank you, boss." Gao De didn't feel that he had wasted his money and said politely.

He put away the four silver coins under him, took the key to his room, and turned around and went upstairs.

"Master, why was she unwilling to speak at first, but willing to speak later?" As he was walking on the stairs, a tiny head popped out of the pocket of Gaode's clothes and asked in confusion.

"Because money talks."

"What is money?"

"The golden, silver, and round things just now are money."

"What is money?"

God knew that he had misunderstood what Flora meant. He thought about it and answered seriously, "Money is used to buy food and rent a house. If Lady Flora wants new clothes, she can also use money to buy them."

"Oh," Flora seemed to understand, "then money is a good thing."

"You can't say that."

"Why, what's wrong with it?"

".It seems not."

“Then it’s a good thing.”

"That's what Lady Flora said."

"Mage, you are not smart." Flora said with disdain.

As he was speaking, Gao De had already arrived at the door of Room 202, opened the door with a copper key, and walked in.

Close the door.

Gao De put down a small package he was carrying.

The package contained "Breath of the Wild".

The fourth-level rune construct cannot be worn by a first-ring mage.

Gao De couldn't feel at ease storing such a precious thing anywhere, so even though it was a bit cumbersome, he had to carry it with him.

Then he took out his purse and carefully counted his current deposit balance: 67 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze.

It was a good fortune that although he was sent to the dungeon of the Ceres Mage Tower and the Mage Prison in Saint Sean City successively, since Quincy Uther's target had always been the Rune Construct, no one took away the purse he carried with him.

In addition, he was released after only one night in prison, so although Gao De was a prisoner, he did not lose a penny of his money.

After counting the money, Godard was about to put all the money back into the purse, but when he looked up, he found Flora sitting on the edge of the table next to him.

Her two legs were hanging in the air, swinging unconsciously, and her "big" eyes were staring at the gold coins shining with golden light without blinking.

His eyes were bright.

That meant that Gao De looked very familiar.

He thought for a moment and placed a gold coin next to Flora.

"For Lady Flora."

"Lady Flora has no food to give you, no house to rent to you, and no new clothes to sell to you." Although Lady Flora's eyes were shining, she did not accept it immediately.

She remembered clearly what Gao De had said before.

"Because Lady Flora did something for me before," Goder was referring to the detonation of the Rune Workshop magic circle, "this is a reward for Lady Flora."

"reward?"

"It's the reward for those who work hard."

"Thank you, Master."

"You're welcome, Lady Flora."

Flora held the gold coin in both hands.

The small gold coin looked like a huge dumbbell in her hand.

Heavy and big.

But Flora didn't show any disgust at all, her eyes were shining.

Soon, in Gode's envious eyes, the gold coin disappeared out of thin air in Flora's hand.

Different from what I saw in the fairy tale novels in my previous life, every Qi-refining cultivator had several storage bags.

In this world, except for Flora, Gode has never seen or heard of the so-called space equipment.

Although Flora's "storage space" is very small and can't even accommodate a chair, it is still a skill at the spatial level.

Although Flora is small, she is very capable.

After putting away his money bag, Gao De stood up. "Where are you going?"

“To meet new people.”

Buckle buckle.

The door of the hotel was very heavy, and the sound when knocking was dull.

In just a moment, the door of Room 201 was opened.

A tall and thin young man, or boy, appeared behind the door and looked at Gao De expressionlessly.

It was also when he saw the person in front of him that Gao De finally understood what the local man had not finished saying in the tavern earlier.

The character after Xiaobai should be "Lian".

This is a young man who is about sixteen or seventeen years old and extremely handsome.

It can even be said that he is the most handsome one among all the different kinds of people that Gaode has met since coming to this world.

The forehead is broad, the eyebrows are dark and straight, the nose is straight, and the facial lines are clear and strong.

The most eye-catching thing is the pair of pupils, which have a faint golden hue.

"What's the matter?" The young man had a cold expression on his face, which made Gao De feel that the destination of this trip was most likely to be missed.

Judging from the other person's personality, he should not be the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush, so Gao De simply said, "I am the tenant opposite you. I just arrived in Ellaheim today. I heard from the people in the tavern that you were going to climb Dandong Snow Peak."

"That's right, so am I."

"Sorry, I don't want to join a team." The young man said stiffly with no expression on his cold face.

"No, I'm not here to form a team with you," Gao De made a final attempt and said sincerely, "I suddenly decided to climb Dandong Snow Peak for some reason, and I'm not fully prepared."

"Since you are planning to climb Dandong Snow Peak alone, you must be a mage. I would like to ask if you know the [Ice Skating] or [Ice Walking] spells. If so, can you sell me a copy of the spell formula?"

"In Ellaheim, the official supervision is not strict. I can add more money." Goder gave his greatest sincerity.

"No need." said the young man, then turned around and walked into the house, closing the door behind him.

Looking at the door that was ruthlessly closed, Gao De shook his head helplessly.

I am a little disappointed, but not angry.

After all, private trading of spell formulas has always been strictly prohibited.

Even in Ellaheim, where regulations are extremely lax, it is difficult for ordinary people to agree to trade with a stranger unless they are really short of money.

If it doesn't work, forget it.

Godard returned to his room.

"Why doesn't he agree again? Master, didn't you give him money?" Flora asked again.

"It seems that they are not short of money." Gao De replied.

"That's great." Flora sighed.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Gao De was surprised.

I just arrived, why would someone come to see me?
While thinking about it, he opened the door in surprise.

The young man next door was still standing at the door with a cold face.

He said, "Here you go."

The young man handed over a piece of parchment. Gao De looked down in confusion and found that it was actually a spell formula.

【Ice skating】

"How much?" Gao De looked up blankly.

"No need." The other party repeated what he had just said.

Gao De now understood that when the young man said "no need", it turned out that he meant he didn't want any money?
"Dandong Xuefeng, you can't do it. Even if you learn it, it won't be enough." The young man nodded at Gao De who was still at a loss. His handsome and stern face seemed to soften a little at this moment.

"I'll think about it again." Gao De said, giving the other party a lot of face.

The young man frowned, "Still want to challenge?"

Is it that direct? Gao De had no choice but to speak the truth: "I have reasons to challenge Dandong Xuefeng, and I also have the ability to do so."

The rookie who doesn't know his own limitations gave the most fair evaluation in his heart without any hesitation.

He hasn't even mastered [Ice Skating] and [Ice Walking], and is obviously a novice. How could he think or dare to challenge the most difficult Dandong Snow Peak?
It turns out that you don’t understand anything.

Even he was in absolute awe when facing the Dandong Snow Peak.

Although he was confident that he could do this, could the other party do the same as him?

"I see." The young man glanced at Godd expressionlessly, gave his usual reply, and turned back to his room.

Send away this somewhat strange young man.

Very strange indeed.

You say he is friendly, but his cold face and stiff tone of voice do not seem to be friendly at all.

Call him unfriendly, but he was actually willing to give away a first-level spell formula for free.

The official price of this is over 20 gold.

Gao De picked up the spell formula that was obviously handwritten by the young man and started to read it.

Compared to purchasing spell formulas from official sources, the biggest drawback of trading spell formulas privately is that the authenticity of the spell formula cannot be ensured.

Especially after leaving the level of cantrips, the construction of spell models requires taking corresponding spell potions.

The spell model is fake, and at most it is a waste of time and energy.

But if the formula of the magic potion is fake, it can kill people if you are unlucky.

"One portion of first-grade ice blue butterfly powder." Gao De looked at the formula of the spell potion and studied it carefully.

The "Pharmacology Research" course I took at Seres College came in handy at this time.

Although Gode cannot verify the authenticity of the magic potion formula, he can at least understand whether the formula will cause harm to his body.

After carefully studying it several times and confirming that the formula of the magic potion would not cause any harm, Gao De finally felt relieved.

"I'll go around the city tomorrow and buy the necessary equipment for climbing Dandong Snow Peak. Then I'll see if I can gather the main and auxiliary materials for the [Ice Skating] spell potion."

"The materials needed for the [Ice Skating] spell potion are all specialties of the Snow Region. It shouldn't be a problem to gather all the materials in Ellaheim, and you may even be able to get them at a very low price."

Following market rules, any "product" is generally the cheapest at its place of production.

If we can gather all the necessary materials and spend a few days to construct the spell model of [Ice Skating], we can then set out to cross the Dandong Snow Peak and enter the northern border.

After planning his trip to the North in this way, Gao De went to bed with peace of mind.

After soaking in the river for about a month, although Gao De would go on the boat to rest at night, the stiff boat board still made him miss the soft bed very much.

After a night's rest, Gaode got up early the next day. After enjoying the free breakfast provided by the hotel: fish roe bread, he went out to buy supplies.

Mountaineering equipment is easily available.

After some bargaining, Gaode spent only about 5 gold coins to get himself a brand new look and fully armed.

Sturdy and durable goat leather hiking boots, thick and warm bear skin gloves, soft and close-fitting cashmere underwear, and fox fur capes
People rely on clothes.

With this set of equipment on, Gaode no longer looks like a rookie climbing a snowy mountain for the first time.

The purchase of equipment went very smoothly, but the main and auxiliary materials needed for the [Ice Skating] spell potion took Gao De a long time to wander around the city.

Because there is no potion shop that specifically serves wizards in Ellaheim.

Therefore, he could only look for the materials one by one.

Especially the first-level ice blue butterfly powder, Gaode finally bought it at a very remote local hunter's home under the introduction of a small shop owner.

Although it took a lot of time, fortunately I managed to gather all the materials.

Moreover, the total price of the potion materials in other places would be about 40 gold, but in Ellaheim, Godd only spent 23 gold to get it.

Almost half the price.

This made Gaode feel much happier.

(End of this chapter)