Above the mage!

Chapter 448 Development Expertise

Walking out of Haiyuan White Tower, the weather was just right.

Gao De let out a long breath.

Warrant Officer Master, this is truly a pleasant surprise.

He changed his mage level as soon as possible in order to show his mage talent to everyone.

Under the Sea Sentinel system, a sufficiently outstanding mage talent can bring him many conveniences and privileges.

More importantly, there were many things he needed to obtain from the Plantagenet dynasty, including all kinds of precious secret knowledge, which could only be obtained by holding a high position.

As an outsider and a grassroots wizard, in a traditional ancient dynasty like the Plantagenet, the only thing you can rely on to carve out a successful path is talent.

And ordinary talent is not enough, it must be a talent of historical level, an amazing qualification that can make the mages of the Plantagenet dynasty take notice.

Gao De is very self-aware. He knows clearly that he does have some talent, but is still far from the historical level.

However, his thinking was extremely clear, and he had already found a path that suited him:
He also has the support of resources from the North.

The Plantagenet dynasty had no way of knowing this.

So in their eyes, all the achievements they have made are achieved by relying on their own talents.

To sum up: Gaode's talent in the eyes of others = his actual talent + the blessing of the northern border resources.

The snowball keeps getting bigger as it rolls.

It was precisely because of the help of resources from the North that he achieved achievements beyond his actual talents.

Then, relying on such achievements, more resources can be obtained from the Plantagenet dynasty.

In this way, they promoted each other and the six-eared macaque became the real Sun Wukong.

For example, the current Warrant Officer Mage is a huge resource.

The reason why Gold flatly rejected Lieutenant Colonel Grayling's suggestion to postpone his promotion was that he had sufficient confidence in himself.

Before being promoted to the second ring, Gaode still needed to rely on the resources of the North to forge a top-notch wizard talent.

But after awakening his second-ring specialty [Ice Bloodline], even without the resources of the North, he could be considered to have a historical-level wizard talent.

——If he wanted, he could even reach the fourth ring before he was twenty years old.

Of course, this kind of mage talent can only last to the fourth ring.

But in short, this has given him confidence.

Another point is that the title of the youngest warrant officer mage in the history of the Sea Sentinel is itself a huge resource.

Because the title itself is a "story".

In his previous life, many grassroots people made their fortunes by "selling stories" and eventually became capitalists.

This sensational title will attract everyone's attention like a magnet and open doors that were originally closed for him.

Moreover, from another perspective, his promotion to warrant officer was through the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Grayling.

Not only will he cause controversy and attention because of his age and rank, but Lieutenant Colonel Grayling will also cause the same controversy and attention because of his promotion.

Lieutenant Colonel Grayling would suffer the same criticism whenever he performed poorly.

In other words, from now on, he and Lieutenant Colonel Grayling were on the same ship, and they would prosper and suffer together.

Not only will you be promoted in military rank, you will also gain a lieutenant colonel-level "ally" for free.

Blood earned!
The second-level spells seized from the Snowfield Guardians can be found in the North to make spell potions.

But the five second-level spell formulas and potion materials in Phoenix's own collection could only be collected and purchased from the Plantagenet Dynasty.

These five second-level spell recipes are: [Animal Messenger], [Tree Skin], [Blindness/Deafness], [Calm the Mind], and [Bear's Fortitude].

Now, what he had to do was to prepare the corresponding potion materials for these five second-ring spells as soon as possible.

With this thought in mind, Gao De went straight back to the Vanzhuolun District.

Although the most prosperous area in Dorne City is Kensington, as an aristocratic district, the magic material shops in Kensington are also the largest.

But precisely because of its large scale and excessive commercialization, in order to pursue profits, all the magic materials sold in the shops are basically those that can be cultivated and produced in large quantities, and are rarely sold individually.

However, the main ingredients of second-level spell potions are all second-level items.

Items of this level are rarely available in large quantities.

The Fanzhuolun District is the wizard district of Dorne City. There are many small magic material shops serving mages, and the variety of magic materials is richer.

Therefore, auxiliary materials can be purchased at large magic material stores in the Kensington area, while it is more reasonable to purchase the main materials in the Van Zollen area.

With this thought in mind, Gao De wandered around the Vanzhuolun area.

Although the Sea Sentinel dormitory is in the Van Dorn area, he usually goes back and forth between the dormitory and the Collingwood Art Gallery. Therefore, he has lived here for more than half a year and has never really visited the place properly.

After wandering for a while, Godard stopped in front of a small shop called "Old Dwarf's Crucible".

The shop's frontage is very small, like a long and narrow rectangle.

It may be difficult to imagine this way.

It is about the same size as the Zhengxin Chicken Steak Shop that was opened in the crack of the wall in the previous life.

Although the store is small, the window facing the street displays glass bottles filled with fluorescent moss.

This is exactly one of the auxiliary materials needed for the [Blindness/Deafness] spell potion.

Gao De pushed the door open and walked in.

A scent mixed with the bitter taste of herbs and the fragrance of bay leaves hits you in the face.

The owner of the shop was a one-eyed old dwarf who was currently crouching behind the counter, grinding some kind of purple powder with concentration. The sound of the metal pestle and mortar colliding was crisp and rhythmic.

"Kid, what do you want to see?" The old dwarf said without even raising his head. His voice was hoarse from dealing with magic materials for many years. "Don't expect to find mass-produced goods here. Everything I have is one-of-a-kind."

Gao De pointed to the glass bottle in the window at the door.

"I want that bottle of fluorescent moss. Besides." Goder recalled the main and auxiliary materials needed for the spell potion and read out in one breath: "I also need dark crow tail feathers, silent mushrooms, and moonlight butterfly wings."

The old dwarf shop owner finally raised his head when he heard Goder read out such a long list of magic material names in one breath as if he was reading out the names of dishes.

He looked at Gao De in surprise with his cloudy one eye, then stood up, took out three boxes from the shelf full of boxes behind him with familiarity, and handed them to Gao De.

"I only have three materials here: Moonlight Butterfly Wings, Ironthorn Bark, and Night Blind Spider Silk."

Gao De naturally did not expect to collect all the magic materials in one go. In fact, finding four kinds of magic materials in such a small store was already a pleasant surprise for him.

But he remained expressionless.

This kind of small privately-run shop is different from those large magic material stores. The goods are all priced at a fixed price. The prices of all goods here are negotiable.

If he showed too much need, he would inevitably be taken advantage of.

What followed was a fierce bargaining without bloodshed.

In the end, the young Gode won a great victory, and the seemingly cunning old dwarf shop owner was "beaten" by him.

The old dwarf shop owner was still a little confused as he watched Gode leave the shop with the materials he needed.

He was a little confused as to why he, who had been doing business all his life, seemed to be completely controlled by Gao De in bargaining.

Leaving the store, Gaode smiled. [Emotion Sense+] is really useful.

Just now, during the bargaining, he quietly cast [Perceive Emotions +] on the old dwarf shopkeeper.

His mental strength of 233 made the spell work successfully.

After the spell took effect, he was able to grasp all the emotions of the old dwarf shop owner.

So no matter how eloquently the store owner says, "It's already the lowest price."

Nothing could fool him, because in his perception, the emotion conveyed by the old dwarf shopkeeper was clearly cunning rather than hesitation and pain.

It can be called the bankrupt version of telepathy.

Therefore, Gaode can always cut the price to the real bottom price.

In the end, all four materials were purchased at low prices, which saved nearly thirty gold compared to the market price.

Immersed in the joy of his great bargaining success, Gaode continued to walk around the magic material shop where he made the purchase.

In the end, he had collected the materials for three of the five spell potions, leaving only the spell materials for [Calm the Mind] and [Bear's Fortitude] lacking.

One is missing a supplementary ingredient, the other is missing a supplementary ingredient and a main ingredient.

The total cost was 615 gold, which saved nearly gold compared to the normal market price.

In other words, just this one shopping trip paid back the money spent on learning the [Perceive Emotions] spell.

As for the missing materials, Gaode was not in a hurry.

As a sea sentinel mage, traveling all over the country on "business trips" is a common occurrence.

When you go on missions to other areas, you can visit the local magic material shops and you will definitely get the missing materials.

Thinking of this, Gao De no longer wanted to buy or search for remaining magic materials, and took a ride back to the Walmart Magic Materials Store.

He first mixed three spell potions with all the ingredients he had already bought, drank them all, then took the high-level blood food he brought back from the North and rushed to the Biboting where Tuanzi was fostered.

Clear sky.

The water plants sticking out of the water swayed in the wind, like green ribbons dancing in the water.

There are tiny pieces of duckweed floating on the lake water near the shore, as if a layer of light green gauze was covering the surface of the lake.

The dumpling floated lazily on the water, with its round belly exposed above the water, enjoying the lake breeze and sunshine.

With Gaode's long-term supply of high-level blood food, its growth rate is amazing and has far surpassed that of pigs of the same age.

This is the charm of scientific feeding.

So much so that when it returned to Biboting, its former "friends" began to envy it.

The envy of the capybaras of the same age made Tuanzi feel that life had suddenly become much happier. He couldn't help but wag his tail comfortably, splashing a few small water drops.

Suddenly, its nose twitched slightly, as if it had sensed something. It flipped over with a somersault, and its short limbs quickly paddled in the water, splashing water as it swam quickly towards the shore.

Gao De, who had just arrived at Biboting, saw this and raised a smile on his face. He took out a piece of high-level blood food with blood streaks from the leather bag on his waist and threw it into the water.

Tuanzi leaped into the air, and his huge body drew a graceful arc in the sunlight, accurately grabbing the blood food in the air.

It chewed with big mouthfuls, its sharp teeth making a "crunching" sound as it bit the blood food, and soon swallowed it into its stomach.

Then, it couldn't wait to move closer to the shore, rubbed Gode's palm with its wet nose, and made an "oh oh" sound, with its round eyes full of anticipation.

Gaode knew what Tuanzi wanted to express, so he moved forward and touched Tuanzi's round head. A slight fluctuation of magic power appeared at his fingertips, and the power of [Beast Bond +] unfolded.

Soon, he received clear thoughts from Tuanzi.

"You don't want to stay in Bi Bo Ting anymore?"

Tuanzi nodded vigorously.

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

After seeing the scenery outside and feeling the stimulation from the outside world, Tuanzi felt uncomfortable everywhere in this small Bi Bo Courtyard, as if he was locked in a cage.

In order to convince Gaode, Tuanzi conveyed another thought.

"Living in the natural water system outside can help you grow faster. A lot of activities can also increase the speed at which you digest and absorb blood food?"

Gao De raised his eyebrows and stroked Tuanzi's dorsal fin with his fingertips, feeling the eagerness it conveyed.

The image of the unchanging pond in the Bi Bo Garden emerged in his mind, and then he compared it with the complex ecological environment of the wild water system. His eyes flickered slightly, and he asked again: "How long will it take for you to grow to the second level?"

Half a year to a year. A vague concept of time comes into my consciousness.

If it is in a natural water system, it may only take half a year, but in the Bi Bo Ting, it will most likely take a year.

It is equivalent to saying that comfort makes people degenerate, while danger makes people progress.

The benefits of releasing dumplings into natural water systems are visible to the naked eye, but the disadvantage is that there are many hidden dangers in natural water systems.

After considering for about ten breaths, Gaode finally nodded in the expectation of Tuanzi.

You can't grow strong flowers in a greenhouse.

Moreover, if Tuanzi wants to break through the limitations of his own bloodline and grow into a second-level or higher pet, training is necessary.

Now that he had made the decision, Godd no longer hesitated and immediately ended the foster care. He put Tuanzi into the capybara bag and took him to the large swamp water system around Dorne.

The reeds swayed in the wind and the long cries of herons could be heard in the distance.

Gao De untied the bag, and Tuanzi jumped into the water with a "splash", and the splashing water was mixed with its excited cry.

"But don't leave too far. I need to be able to find you when the mission is underway." Gao De reminded him.

Tuanzi naturally nodded repeatedly.

Gao De didn't say any more and waved his hand.

Tuanzi immediately dived into the water excitedly, making two gurgling sounds. Ripples appeared on the surface of the lake, but soon it returned to calm. I don't know where he went to make waves.

Gao De shook his head helplessly.

This is somewhat similar to raising a child.

The dome of the circular venue is supported by cast iron beams and pillars, and magic crystal lamps are hung high, illuminating the open space in the center of the venue.

The ten circles of tiered seating were filled with people.

The central arena was covered with dark red carpet, and there were iron pillars at the four corners with curved sword-shaped decorations welded on them.

This is a fencing field, a place for competitive swordplay, but it is not a sword gym or a place for exchanges. Rather, it is somewhat similar to an underground boxing gym.

Gao De walked into the fencing venue with a warm welcome from the gatekeeper wearing a half-mask.

The reason for coming here is that after awakening the Zhenbing bloodline, Gao De's training pressure has been reduced sharply. He plans to take out some time to actively trigger the [Adaptive] expertise to improve his combat effectiveness in a targeted manner.

[Adaptation] is a specialty with unlimited growth potential.

Before this, he mostly triggered [Adaptive] passively.

The main reason was that he had too many more important things on hand and really couldn't spare the time and energy to develop [Adaptation] for the time being.

But now, he has the energy and time.

(End of this chapter)