Mages, Adventurers, and Women

"Not for sale."

Li Wei replied on behalf of Julia.

Yulia's big eyes blinked as she stared at Levi.

It was as if they had discovered a great secret about Livy.

She glared at Levi with a mocking look, her back to John, and said:

"Yes, I won't sell it. I also have a habit of collecting abandoned magic stone tablets and maps."

John did not notice anything amiss.

He offered an exorbitant price of six gold coins for the three gems, far exceeding the market price.

"The gems were originally only worth 3 gold coins. The extra gold coins were for the residual scent of the dark space on them."

"Li Wei, next time you have this kind of good stuff, remember to call me!"

John watched Levi and Julia leave.

John thought to himself that he was rich.

He offered the highest price in Rolling Stones.

But these three gems can fetch a staggering 100 gold coins if sold in the White Tower region!

……

"Li Wei".

Back in Rolling Stones, Yulia hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Li Wei closed the book in his hand and patiently said:

"If you want to go on a date with me, I suggest starting with the third one, because the first two will cost extra, but I can give you the third one for free."

"If you want to find out why the magic stone tablet I deconstructed didn't leave behind the tablet body, then you'd better be prepared to fight me to the death."

Julia was quite taken aback by Levi's words.

His chest heaved as he arrogantly declared, "I'm your captain, can't I know the reason?"

“I only tell the truth in bed.” Levi gestured with his chin towards a cluster of stone houses ahead, inviting, “I live there. Would you like to come home with me?”

"go to hell!"

Yulia cursed and left.

But before she left, she tossed Li Wei a gold coin as a thank you.

John did indeed offer the highest price in Rolling Stone.

Julia asked three merchants.

The highest price is 3 gold and 50 silver coins.

Li Wei lives in the Stone House area of ​​Rolling Stone District.

Hundreds of stone houses without courtyards are located at the border of Rolling Stones and Goldfields.

Most of the people living here are like Li Wei.

Struggling to survive on the bare minimum in Rolling Stone.

The monthly rent is 2 gold coins.

Li Wei has five days left to pay the money.

He only had 1 gold, 39 silver, and 48 copper coins left.

One of the gold coins was given to me by Julia just now.

back home.

The stone house has three floors.

The first and second floors were filled with books that Li Wei had read.

Most of these books were purchased from the Dharma Masters Association.

The total cost exceeded 10 gold coins.

These books cover all genres.

But the only value it has after being read is that it can be used as toilet paper.

For three whole months, Li Wei even read books in bed.

There was not a moment's slackening.

[Knowledge] increases after reading a non-fixed number of books.

The probability of "exploration" increases with each time you finish reading a book and reflect on it.

The progress of these two values ​​is second only to [Elements] and [Rationality].

night.

The second floor of the Adventurers' Guild.

Samantha cursed, "Shit Levi, this is really our last time!"

Li Wei didn't rush to leave this time.

He sat on the edge of the bed and instructed, "Help my team pick a suitable mission; I'm short of money."

Samantha said fiercely, "Are you ordering me around? Is this how you ask me for a favor?"

Li Wei sighed.

He took off his clothes.

……

Samantha obediently said:

"Li Wei, with you joining Yulia's team, we can take on some safe and lucrative missions—such as gathering potions and finding specific monsters. I see that your team leader, Yulia, is very interested in these missions."

Li Wei sneered:

"Heh, picking potions seems safe and lucrative, but every potion is guarded by powerful monsters, and you might even encounter a monster horde. In the last two months, at least three or four adventurer teams have died in the 'Bissali' potion-picking mission. That old man just gives your Adventurers' Guild some gold coins and then disappears without a trace. Nobody cares who died."

"Finding a specific monster is the same principle. Who knows if the monster is in the middle or outer circle of the Monster Hills? I can't even handle the middle circle of the Navia Mountains. Samantha, do you really want me to die?"

Samantha, after being exposed, viciously said:

"I just want you to die! Every time I see you fooling around with that slut, I desperately wish you would just die!"

Li Wei stroked Samantha's soft, long hair and comforted her:

"Stop messing around, I really need the money. I promise you, after I get back from the mission, I'll cut all ties with Elda."

Samantha only knew of Elda's existence; she was unaware that Levi had recently developed relationships with "Fina" and "Willow."

"Really?" Samantha asked suspiciously. "That bitch Elda is the vice-captain of the Blood Rose. If you dump her, do you think she'll let you off the hook?"

Li Wei said confidently, "I have a way."

Alda's desire for control is growing stronger.

Even without Samantha, Levi planned to cut ties with her completely.

This kind of woman is likely to go to extremes next.

They are prone to doing incomprehensible things.

He still has a bright future ahead of him.

You cannot be tied down by Elda.

Of course, the clean break was also after attending the gathering of magic-based professionals with Elda.

Upon hearing this, Samantha happily got out of bed and pulled a mission request from a small box in the wardrobe.

[Goblin-level Quest: Collect 20 Goblin Fangs and 1 Goblin Priest's Heart.]

[Reward: 5 gold coins, 2 goblin points.]

[Limited Time Offer: Within 5 days of accepting the quest.]

[Quest Requirements: This quest can be accepted by a Goblin-level adventurer party.]

Li Wei looked at Samantha, waiting for her next move. Samantha then pulled a rolled-up map from her chest.

“This is a goblin camp that was just discovered on the outer edge of the Navia Mountains. Their priest is injured and probably won’t last until next month,” Samantha said, unfolding the map.

Each goblin has a unique fang, which is a good ingredient for medicine and alchemy.

The goblin priest is the brain of the goblin tribe.

Dealing with a goblin tribe led by a goblin priest in full strength is one of two different levels of difficulty compared to dealing with a goblin tribe led by a severely injured goblin priest.

With this map, the difficulty of the mission is reduced by 50%.

The Adventurers' Guild is well aware of the difference.

So they withheld the tasks and left them to "their own people".

Levi instructed Samantha to inform Julia, Bones, and Duron, in the name of the Adventurers' Guild, that they would depart in one day.

He returned home.

He devoted himself to studying the art of fireball.

I strive to be a mage who is no longer helpless in the mission the day after tomorrow.

Fireball is the first combat spell of the fire element.

Livy studied and examined the books left by his predecessors.

They believe that Fireball is not just a simple first combat spell.

While arranging the "arcane language" of the Summon Fireball spell, he speculated that the Fireball spell was likely the foundational spell for all fire elemental combat spells.

It is just as important as "0 and 1" in computer languages.

[Exploration +0.01%]

[Exploration +0.01%]

……

[Exploration +1%]

Li Wei's discovery caused the [Exploration] sector to surge by 1%.

This further solidified their understanding of the importance of Fireball to fire-based spells.

[Exploration Lv0: 54.24%] ↑2.50%

With the previous [Exploration +1%] from deconstructing the magic stone tablet, plus the reflections after reading books these past few days, the [Exploration] value has skyrocketed.

[Element Lv1: 1.04%] ↑1.03%

[Element] Staying true to one thing from beginning to end is self-cultivation.

Based on the current progress, Li Wei estimates that it will take more than six months to reach 100% completion.

"The speed has indeed slowed down."

Li Wei said disappointedly.

If the other monks heard his disappointment...

One can't help but scold him for "getting the benefits and then acting innocent".

It took 13 months for the mages in the White Tower region to reach level 1, while it only took Li Wei about half a year to go from level 1 to level 2, and he still thought it was too slow.

Before departure.

Li Wei mastered the Fireball spell completely, using it with ease.

The [Chain Fireball Technique] is currently being worked on.

He did not insist.

Because the progress of [Elements] is currently too low.