Elven Survival Manual

Chapter 38 Markets

The market on the second floor of the magic castle is a magical place for all the monsters in the magic castle.

There are seven floors in the magic castle. Except the seventh floor, which is called the palace by the monsters, the only one with its own name is the second floor.

All monsters call it "market".

Yes, it's that simple and rude.

The second floor guarded by Yvestal can be said to be the wonder of the entire Demon Castle.

It is like a shopping mall composed of commercial streets, with storefronts and stalls everywhere.

On this floor, almost every monster is doing business.

These monsters are not all Yvestar's subordinates, they may belong to legions controlled by other demon generals, but this does not prevent them from doing business on the second floor.

All the facades here are not allowed to be purchased. If monsters want to open a shop, they can only rent it.

If you don't have the money to rent a shop, you can also go to the booth area to rent a booth.

On weekdays, apart from sending monsters for this order, Yvestal also collects rent.

A large part of this rent will be handed over to the treasury of His Majesty the Demon King, but part of it will go to Evestar.

It can be said that only relying on the rent collected, Yvestal is very rich, not to mention that he has opened several stores himself.

After the people in the caravan stepped through the gate between the first floor and the second floor, they were shocked by the lively scene here.

They had never seen so many shops and stalls, so many goods, and so many people.

Compared with the quiet and excessive first floor, the bustle and bustle of the second floor is simply unimaginable.

They never knew that there is actually a place in this world that can be so lively, and it is the most prosperous place in the country of Adadala, which is less than one-tenth of this place.

The monsters of the magic castle usually come here when they need anything, especially when His Majesty the devil has issued a ban on leaving the magic castle without permission, and the heat outside makes all the monsters unbearable, these monsters are more often on the second floor wandered around.

After all, in the entire Magic Castle, there are only shops that provide various pleasures.

There are hundreds of thousands of monsters in the magic castle, even the undead monsters will come here occasionally for entertainment, one can imagine how prosperous it will be.

After being shocked by the number of "people" here, the merchants also noticed their appearance.

Among them, some were similar to the mutant races from other countries and tribes that the merchants had seen, but there were also many differences.

Some of them even look scary.

But the merchants didn't show a trace of panic and fear. Instead, they would sigh to Yvestal after carefully looking at each other's appearance: "It turns out that the mutant race in the golden sand sea is like this. It seems that the people here The environment is really bad, and it’s not easy for everyone.”

On the Weaver Road, there is a sign that everyone knows, that is, the worse the environment, the stronger the mutant race.

Because those who are not strong enough have long been eliminated by the environment.

That's why Sam and the others sighed after seeing those powerful and scary-looking monsters.

There is no place worse than the golden sand sea environment, and this place has always been a place that other people dare not step into, so they will not know what kind of race will be here, naturally, they will not see anything I feel strange.

Hearing their exclamation, Yvestal was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face deepened: "Yeah, our environment here is really bad, and fortunately we have a very powerful wood mage, so we can slow down. Transform it slowly."

"My God, do wood mages still exist?"

Those who are qualified to walk with Yvestal are the big businessmen headed by Sam in the caravan. They are more knowledgeable than ordinary small businessmen, but after hearing what Yvestal said, they almost The individual still gasped.

Then, the voice of the inquiry was too loud, so that other merchants who followed them could hear it. Similarly, the reactions of these people were similar to those of the big merchants.

As far as the number of magicians on the continent of Weifu is concerned, it is rare enough that there may not be one magician out of a thousand people.

But it’s not that people here have too little magic talent—there are so many magic elements here, people who live in such an environment for a long time are always prone to magic talent—it’s because magicians are generally recognized as difficult to cultivate, you not only To have a talent for magic, you also need to have enough financial resources to support you in learning magic.

Just because of financial resources, ordinary people have to stop at the door, so most of the people who can become magicians are almost nobles.

Moreover, magicians are used to one-on-one teaching when they are looking for apprentices. Basically, they will not accept other apprentices before the apprentices become teachers, and it takes at least ten more to train an apprentice who can become a teacher. time of year.

But even so, the level of magicians here is not too high. The battle thousands of years ago caused the disappearance of countless powerful magicians and other professional experts, resulting in the degradation of civilization and the break of inheritance. They lost their way forward, and the desertification of the continent caused many species to disappear, and many magical formulas handed down before have become legends.

And changes in the environment not only brought about mutations in humans, but also changes in the magical talents among them.

Among the magicians that exist now, most of them are fire-type, earth-type, wind-type, and occasionally there are a few water-type, but the wood-type basically only exists in legends.

This is also impossible, the only forest in the Weifu continent is guarded by its country, and no one is allowed to live there. Without the influence of the wood element, it would be strange for people with wood talent to appear.

Even if there is, if you are not a big noble, there is no way to find a magician for identification, let alone learn magic.

That's why the businessmen were so shocked.

When they knew that there were magic items for sale here, they knew that there must be magicians here, maybe not one or two, but they never thought that there would be wood magicians.

From their reactions, Yvestal realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

After asking about the types of magic that are currently available on the Viv Continent, Yvestal was even more annoyed.

I was really careless this time. I only knew that there were magicians here, but I forgot to figure out what types there were.

This is also because he accidentally substituted the common sense of "DW". In "DW", magicians of the five elements of wind, wood, water, fire, and earth are the most common. Most players and NPC magicians belong to these five systems. There are fewer magic systems, and the magicians of these seven magic systems, such as thunder, ice, undead, and space, are really called rare existences.

Where is it like here, the wood element has been cut off, and there are no light and dark elements. Even the most basic seven elements of light, dark, wind, wood, water, fire, and earth are not available, let alone the special element.

With such uneven elements, it is a miracle that this world has not yet perished.

Although I have understood the situation, what I said is just the water that was thrown out, and I can’t take it back. Originally, the succubus said this to promote their great majesty (although they are talking about elves, but it also belongs to their majesty) No), I did not expect such a mistake.

The original plan was cancelled, and Yvestal did not disclose who the wood mage he was talking about was, only that he was in the palace and only obeyed their Majesty.

"Your majesty must be a great king to have such a rare magician serving by his side."

Everyone loves to hear compliments, especially when the merchants say them so sincerely, and the succubus feels much better.

But that's the end of the praise and pursuit. After seeing the products in those shops, all the merchants forgot the majesty and the magician who were far away from them. of goods.

Originally, these merchants came to the market just to buy a few magic props at a favorable price, so that they could make a lot of money as soon as they changed hands.

But after arriving here, they realized that their thoughts were too barren, and there were too many good things here.

The magic castle and the Weifu continent are not in the same style at all, and now that the civilization of the Weifu continent has retreated, the magic castle belonging to "DW" is obviously more advanced, which also contributed to most of the things sold here, and the merchants have never seen it. I have seen it, and even a large part of it doesn't know the purpose.

But even if they haven't seen it and don't know what it's for, they can see great value in it.

Take the most common cloth as an example. The cloth on the Vive mainland is mainly woven from cotton, linen and camel hair. Ordinary civilians wear burlap, while the rich and nobles can wear fine linen, cotton and gauze.

The colors and patterns of the fabrics can be varied, but there are only a few types, not to mention that because many plants that can be used as dyes are extinct, the colors of the fabrics are naturally less.

But it’s completely different in the Magic Castle. Not to mention anything else, some monsters in the Magic Castle like to raise insects. Monsters with this hobby will raise some silkworms. The silk spit out by these silkworms is used to make silk fabrics. Good material, just this one, no one in the Vive continent has ever seen it.

Not to mention, monsters like Lola the Spider Banshee can spin silk by themselves, and the fabric woven from their silk is a good material for making magic robes.

Of course, such good things are naturally reserved for their own people. Nowadays, most of the fabrics spun and spun by monsters are sent to the old lich to make sun-proof magic robes. Merchants can't see them in the market at all, but this It doesn't prevent them from being attracted by other fabrics that are ordinary to monsters but gorgeous to them, and wish to buy everything they can see.

Only then did they sadly realize that even if the gold coins and goods they had brought were not exchanged for wine, they were not enough to buy all the things they wanted to buy here.

It's a sad fact.