The first stop under the jurisdiction of Big Stone City, adjacent to Fruit Wine City, "Stone Hammer Town", is just as its name suggests. The whole town looks like it was rammed into the mountain by a giant hammer by the gods. The town is surrounded by a circle of stone mountains more than ten meters high. The rough rocks still have wedge-shaped marks left over from the excavation.
Before the morning mist had completely dissipated, Mark had already walked out of the forest southeast of Shichui Town and stood in front of the granite gate of Shichui Town.
As one of the main magical ore producing areas under the jurisdiction of Giant Stone City, Stone Hammer Town has the largest blood crystal vein in the Lily Kingdom.
Blood crystal ore can not only be used to inlay weapons and equipment such as staffs, codexes, and armor to improve the user's magic utilization efficiency, but its powder can also be used to mix potions of different levels.
It is considered an indispensable hard currency in the circles of pharmacists and blacksmiths.
It is precisely because of the existence of such hard currency that the prosperity of Stone Hammer Town is far greater than that of Champagne Town where Mark has lived for twenty years.
When he arrived at the gate of Shichui Town, Mark waited in a long line for half an hour before following a long convoy to the guards of Shichui Town.
The armored guard extended his spear to stop Mark, who was about to follow the convoy into the city, and spoke coldly.
"Enter the city and see the panel. The entry fee for those who haven't changed their job is 50 coppers, and the entry fee for those who have changed their job is 1 silver."
This situation is actually inevitable in the Holy Dragon Continent. Generally, large main cities or more wealthy towns will have such checkpoints.
The first is to register the identity of every person entering the city, and the second is to determine the occupation of the person entering the city.
If the job change listed on the panel is a recognized evil job on the continent, such as "Murderer" or "Ghoul", then you will most likely be greeted by the guards' spears.
Mark was naturally prepared for this. He had already shown his panel when he met the hunter in the mountains.
Obviously, only he himself can see the information on the panel, and others can only see the three words "priest" as his occupation.
"Respected Clergyman, please come in! You do not need to pay the entrance fee!"
Sure enough, after Mark showed his name, occupation and rank on his personal panel, the two young guards immediately saluted him with their right fists clenched in front of their left chests and respectfully made way for him.
In the areas influenced by the Church of Holy Light, the identity of a clergyman is extremely useful.
Mark didn't even have to have the cargo on the carriages inspected by guards like those caravans did.
After passing through the dim city gate that was more than ten meters long, the scene in front of me suddenly became clear.
It turns out that the entire town of Shichui is built in a valley of a circular stone mountain. The streets of the town are paved with stone slabs, and on both sides of the streets are two rows of steaming blacksmith shops.
Amid the incessant clanging sounds, the caravan entering the city drove their carriages to the blacksmith shop they were familiar with, ready to purchase the weapons and armor orders they had placed last time.
As for shops selling more advanced magic props and magic potions, they are located in the streets further inside Stone Hammer Town.
As a "clergyman", since Mark came to a new town, he naturally had to visit the local church first.
Of course, he wasn't going to enter the church in Stone Hammer Town to discuss theology with the priest inside. Instead, he wanted to check the instructions outside the church to see if there was a wanted poster for him...
After walking through three blocks, Mark finally arrived at Holy Hammer Street where the Stone Hammer Town Church was located.
In the middle of the street stands an obelisk-style church, with a tower made of gray-white rock blocks piercing the sky. On the tower is a relief mural of a saint holding a hammer smashing a demon.
This powerful religious building is very different from the dome-shaped church in the Wine City Diocese, and it suits his current fighting style very well.
Coming to the instruction column on the side of the church, the first three items on the instruction column are still the same as in more than ten years: "Wanted Order of the Time Witch", "Wanted Order of the Son of the Abyss Church" and "Wanted Order of the Fallen Paladin".
It is said that these people are masters above level VII, and even the First Holy Knights of the Church cannot catch them. This wanted order is just a decoration.
Looking at the bottom of the instruction column, I saw that the Papal State had indeed issued a new wanted order.
"Star-Moon Church Evil Witch Wanted!"
"In the name of Holy Light, we arrest the heretic Irene Sophiel."
"Blasphemy: Performing a blasphemous ritual at the Silver Moon Altar, merging oneself with the Abyss; polluting the holy water well of St. John's Church in Champagne Town, leading to the death of the church's bishop."
"Reward: Those who capture the enemy alive and present him to the Inquisition will be awarded the [Holy Relic Emblem]. Those who kill the enemy and bring back the heart will be awarded the Holy Church Medal of Honor and five thousand gold coins."
"Danger rating: Level V"
The only person wanted is Sister Irene. Judging from the reward alone, with only 5,000 gold coins, few bounty hunters would be willing to take on such a dangerous V-level mission.
If you have that kind of strength, wouldn't it be great to go to the Warcraft Forest to hunt a few high-level Warcraft and directly exchange the magic crystals for money?
Mark, who knew the church's usual stingy nature, knew that only those who really wanted to climb up the ladder by relying on the church's power would accept the wanted posters in the notice board. Otherwise, no one would be willing to be such a sucker.
Mark felt relieved after confirming that he was not being targeted by the church. As for Sister Irene, it was not his turn to worry about her.
He patted his butt and left the Stone Hammer City Church, walking towards the street where magic potions were sold.
But Mark didn't notice that just as he left the church, a church priest frowned and looked at him, then ordered someone to follow him quietly.
Because he was not sure whether the holy water he made could be consumed by humans, Mark had to find professionals to do professional things.
He couldn't understand the effects of the potion, but some high-level pharmacists had the ability to identify potions.
It’s just that the appraisal fee may be a bit outrageous.
Of course, Mark, who has a "modern" way of thinking, would not be stumped by such a small problem. Since he decided to find a high-level pharmacist, he had already thought of a way to "get it for free".
First, he spent 1 silver to buy a suitable robe at a clothing store on the street, and temporarily left his miscellaneous luggage at the clothing store. Then, Mark took Xiao Mu and the holy water he had just made this morning and walked into the most luxurious magic potion store on the street.
Actually, the cost of living for ordinary people in the Holy Dragon Continent is not that high, but once it is related to magic, the price of anything will change drastically.
An ordinary robe only costs one silver, but as long as there is even a magic mark attached to the robe, the price will skyrocket to dozens of silver, or even more than one gold.
As soon as the magic potion shop saw a customer coming, the waiter in a well-fitting black uniform immediately came forward to greet him.
"Sir, please come in. Our Holy Grace Pharmacy is the largest magic potion chain store near Boulder City. We sell a variety of low-, medium-, and high-level potions. We are the most reliable pharmacy in Boulder City! What can I do for you?"
"Holy Grace Magic Potion! You're really arrogant!" Mark couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the introduction of the pharmacy waiter who came to greet him. Are they really not afraid of the Holy Light Church finding trouble with them by calling it such a name?
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