Ever since the last mandatory mission was completed, the Swamp Tower was like a blocked waterway that was suddenly opened up. The flowing water outside naturally began to affect the life inside.
Obviously, Wizard Anderson was not happy about this change. However, facing the will of the entire Scattered Tower Forest, even the rank 3 wizard from the Salubo Family did not dare to go against it. What could he do?
Therefore, when the apprentices returned one after another, the mission hall of the Swamp Tower that had been abandoned for a long time was once again opened. On the mission panel, there were countless real-time missions refreshed daily, ranging from high-level missions to hunting wild Wizard-level monsters that only Quasi-Sorcerers could participate in, to trivial missions such as gathering resources, banishing monsters, investigating strange incidents, and so on.
Even in the central continent, which was the main settlement area of human society, there were hundreds and thousands of strange incidents that left people speechless every day. Perhaps a monster had been spotted near a border town, or a village in the wilderness had suffered an inexplicable attack, or an expedition team had discovered a wild resource point …
Whenever something like this happened, the Scattered Tower Forest would include it in their internal system and issue a limited time mission to all the apprentices in the central continent. Using this method, the resources of the apprentices in the central continent were fully mobilized. Not only did they train the apprentices, but they also solved the hidden dangers at the border. In other words, they also helped the official wizards take on a large part of the protection mission.
Grimm was able to suppress his temper and stay in his house, consolidating his witchcraft foundation bit by bit. However, Mary and Kabi could not do it. During this period of time, they were like red-eyed prisoners, quietly sifting through the mission hall every day to find their favorite mission.
After all, Mary was a bloodline wizard. Relying on witchcraft knowledge alone was undoubtedly too slow. Only by continuously devouring the blood of powerful people could she quickly become stronger. Therefore, she was the most enthusiastic and diligent when it came to choosing missions. In less than a month, she had already completed two missions and earned herself 20 contribution points.
Unfortunately, the missions she chose were all around the Swamp Tower. This was already a highly developed and familiar area of human society. Even if there were monsters or monsters that occasionally broke into this place, there would not be a single quasi-wizard level monster. Therefore, she had to look further ahead.
Soon, a suitable mission appeared before her eyes.
A werecreature camp that had migrated from the depths of the forest had suddenly appeared at the Timbermaw Stronghold seven thousand miles away. Hence, the locals had issued a mission to recruit Quasi Sorcerers or high-ranked acolytes, preparing to exterminate this camp.
When Mary invited Glum to go with her, Glum refused.
As an Elemental Wizard who was going to specialize in Fire Element, Grim felt that he had to choose a more specific mission. The last time he soaked in the underground lava pool of the Dark Crypt, he had benefited a lot, so he wanted to find a volcanic environment to continue the evolution of his Physique of Flame.
He had a feeling that if he wanted to advance to a wizard steadily, the Body of Flame would be very important to him.
Fortunately, on the third day after Mary left excitedly, Kaby, who had been waiting in the quest hall, immediately ran back to find Grim. A quest suitable for him had appeared!
This was a resource collection mission that was not very dangerous, and the execution location of the mission was inside a volcano that erupted regularly. Mount Cotopaxi was located at the eastern border of the Sidney region. It was rich in high-quality fire diamonds, which were also the main source of income for the local Wizard families.
Mount Cotopaxi was a very powerful active volcano. Out of the twelve months of every year, there would be nine months where it was extremely dangerous. At this time, even the Wizards were not willing to take the risk of entering its interior. It was only during its short three-month break that Mount Kotopaxi would calm down a little, giving the nearby wizard families the opportunity to enter and collect the Underground Fire Diamonds.
Although the three-month break was the volcano's temporary activity period, the temperature inside the volcano was still shockingly high. Moreover, most of the Underground Fire Diamonds were at the edge of the lava pool or floating within the lava pool. If one wanted to collect them, of course, ordinary people would not be able to do it. Only those advanced sorcerer-apprentices with elemental resistance could do it.
Hence, during the volcano's temporary break every year, in order to increase the efficiency of the underground fire diamonds, the local Wizard families would not only send their own members to collect them, but they would also issue missions to the public. Any acolyte who entered Mount Cotopaxi only needed to hand over a certain amount of underground fire diamonds at the end of the mission, and the rest would be their mission reward.
Hence, every year before the volcano went into a temporary break, this mission would be issued immediately!
Grim rushed to the quest hall and accepted the underground fire diamond collection mission without any hesitation. Looking at the mission description, this mission was only open to 20 people, and Grim was the 19th acolyte to accept the mission. Almost at the same time he clicked on the mission, the mission disappeared from the interface.
The 20 spots were already filled!
The mission required him to report to the mission point in the Sidney region within fifteen days, so time was of the essence. Grim immediately began to make the necessary arrangements.
The first problem was how to settle Kaby the Goblin.
Kaby the Goblin was timid and not a qualified warrior. Instead, he was interested in becoming a Goblin merchant. Because of this, Grim left Kaby in the Swamp Tower and gave him all the resources that he could not use for the time being.
For example, the magic gems he brought back from the Dark Crypt, the magic equipment from the corpses of the fallen acolytes, and Grim's remaining four bottles of Concentration Potion … These things were no longer suitable for Grim's current path, so he gave them to Kaby and they became the treasures of his newly opened goblin shop.
These things were nothing in the eyes of the Quasi Sorcerers who came from large families, but in the Swamp Tower where resources were scarce, it had become a magical place that all the low-level and mid-level apprentices sought after fervently since the day the Gnome Shop opened.
Concentration Potion?!
What's that? How come I've never heard of it before? A bottle of potion can increase spiritual force by 0.5 to 0.7 points. How … How can there be such a magical potion in this world?
As for the so-called side effects of the Concentration Potion, they were nothing in the eyes of these acolytes who would do anything to increase their strength! One had to know that in the Swamp Tower, most sorcerer-apprentices would only get 2 or 3 points of mental strength through meditation every day.
After all, there were very few people like Grimm who could enter deep meditation every time, so a 0.5 increase in spirit meant three months of hard meditation for them.
In the past, they would have needed three months of hard meditation, but now they only needed one bottle of potion. How could such a magical thing not make them go crazy?
Unfortunately, the exorbitant price made them flinch, and they could only watch with envious eyes as Eagle Eye Crusoe took all four bottles of potions in one go.
The effect of the Concentration Potion on high-level acolytes was not as obvious as it was on mid-level acolytes, but for Crusar, any increase in spiritual force was very precious. He already had 18 points of spiritual force. If he could increase it a little more, he might become a Prospective Sorcerer.
Most low-level acolytes could not get their hands on high-grade items like the Concentration Potion, but the Goblin's eyes were dazzled by the array of magic resources and magic materials. Grim might only care about fire magic equipment that he could use, but the Goblin Kabi was never picky.
He used his first pot of gold to buy a large amount of local specialties from the Dark Crypt. Now that he displayed them in his shop, the acolytes in the Tower immediately went crazy.
Iron Tree Branches that increased HP regeneration by one point, Intelligence Cloak that increased spiritual force regeneration by one point, Ogre Gloves that increased strength by one point, Boots of Speed that increased agility by one point, Small Antidote, Gem of Truth that could detect invisible creatures …
Although the quality of these magic equipment was not high, they were very suitable for low-level acolytes, and the price was also within the limits of what they could afford. Thus, as soon as they were released, they immediately set off a craze in the Swamp Tower.
The Goblin Kabi's name also quickly spread!
A goblin with such a "huge" wealth was, of course, very attractive. But anyone with a bit of brains knew that behind this goblin stood a Prospective Sorcerer and a high-level acolyte. As long as their brains were still functioning, they would know that offending this Goblin was equivalent to offending the terrifying Blood Queen.
Therefore, after settling Kobi down, Grimm packed his luggage and left the Swamp Tower silently.
It would be a miracle if Grim could make it there before the end of the mission if he had to walk or ride a carriage to get there. So after Grim left the magic swamp, he quickly found a public flight point in a nearby town.
There was an airship here that they could ride on!
The so-called airship was a few grades lower than the airship belonging to the Wizard Association, but it was the most convenient form of transportation in the central region of the continent. When Grim saw the airship for the first time, the muscles on his face twitched.
Isn't … isn't this the giant hot air balloon from my previous life?
A huge, long, cigar-shaped ball floated on top of it. The balloon was obviously sewn from a special magical beast's fur. Below the balloon was a huge cabin. The bottom floor was filled with goods, and the upper floor was occupied by people. It was quite a mystical place.
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