Rosacea looked at Richard and said, "Sure enough, I guessed right. Someone who has followers at the level of a third-level wizard apprentice is likely to be a formal wizard, although he is a little young."

"Young warrior, my name is Disor Odinga, and I am a wizard from the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood in Tug City. These two should be your followers. If it's convenient, let's sit down and have a chat."

Toggar City? Gray Dwarf Brotherhood?

These two words made Richard swallow back the words of rejection that were about to come out of his mouth.

Tug City is an important frontier city of the Gray Dwarves. Grey Fern Town is also under the jurisdiction of Tug City. Its prosperity is certainly several levels higher than that of Grey Fern Town.

As for the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, although Richard had never heard of it, judging from the other party's tone, it should be a wizard organization. Since he had this opportunity, he might as well listen to what the other party wanted to say. At the very least, he could learn about the situation of some wizard organizations in nearby areas through the other party.

The above thought came to his mind almost instantly, so Richard nodded and agreed. He turned back and sat at the table of the man with rosacea. The twin sisters were very considerate and vacated their seats, and the two of them squeezed to both sides of the man with rosacea.

With two young girls in his arms, he was smiling with joy.

Stephanie was a little disgusted with this old man who was always stealing glances at her. She whispered in Richard's ear in the Heron Kingdom dialect: "Master, he is obviously an old pervert. Why don't you reject his invitation?"

"Haha, then you are wrong. The other party is a genuine official wizard. His strength should be stronger than mine."

"What?" This really scared Stephanie. She didn't expect that the ugly old man in front of her was actually a formal wizard.

"(Akkadian) Young strong man, are you and your beautiful follower talking about me?" The old man said with a smile. Although wizards are generally knowledgeable, the other party, as a gray dwarf wizard, obviously could not understand the dialect of the Kingdom of Heron in the human kingdom on the surface.

"(Akkadian) My followers praise you for your extraordinary magnanimity. By the way, Lord Desol, my name is Richard, Richard Knight." Richard also said with a smile.

Seeing Richard lying with his eyes open and even involving his own family, Stephanie couldn't help but roll her eyes at her master.

Stephanie's flirtatious glance made the man with red nose quite excited. He rubbed his hands and stammered, "Um. Your follower should be a female night elf, right? Would it be convenient for you to transfer it to me?"

Richard was stunned by these words! At first, he was worried about whether Stephanie's identity as Dark Night would be exposed in the Gray Dwarf controlled area and whether it would bring serious consequences. But looking at her expression, it seemed that it should not be a big deal.

Otherwise, the other party would not have had this look and expression, and would not have asked him about the transfer.

The key point is that after all this time it turns out that the other person is attracted to Stephanie, and does not really want to make friends with him. This really makes Richard feel a little bit amused.

Stephanie looked at Rosacea with a rather unfriendly expression, and in her heart she had already cursed, "With your appearance, you are not a real wizard."

Richard's face straightened, and he said, "Sir Desol, when you first meet a wizard, you ask for his followers. Is this your way of entertaining guests?"

"No, no, Sir Richard, I'm not asking for anything, I'm exchanging something. I can pay you a price that will absolutely satisfy you. I have it here."

Richard waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, Stephanie is my close friend."

Richard emphasized the word "friends", and Stephanie, who was standing beside him, felt warm at heart instantly. She looked at Richard with a tender gaze.

"Okay then!"

After a chat, Richard finally found out the reason. It turned out that although the gray dwarves were in a hostile state with the night elves, due to the beautiful appearance and tall figure of night elf women, they became the hottest commodity in the gray dwarf area.

Not to mention the ordinary gray dwarf nobles, even among the gray dwarf wizards, there is a trend of competition to own one or more beautiful night elf women.

Stephania was the most outstanding night elf woman that Rosacea had ever seen, in terms of figure, temperament, and so on. So he coveted her very much and planned to exchange her for him to save face in front of his friends.

However, since his transfer request was rejected, Disol was obviously not in a good mood to chat, and after a while, the two sides went their separate ways.

Although they didn't talk for long, Richard roughly understood a few points. First, there was no formal wizarding organization in Grey Fern Town. If one wanted to join a formal wizarding organization, one had to at least go to Tug City.

Secondly, Stephanna's identity as a female night elf is very sought after in the gray dwarf area, so she has to be careful, as there will probably be a lot of people coveting her.

Richard, his master and his servant came to the front desk. After a while, Fingart said with a sad face, "Master, I'm really sorry, there are only two rooms left here."

Stephanie smiled lightly and immediately said, "It's okay. The master and I can share a room, and you can have your own room."

Richard touched his nose and did not express any objection.

For him, meditation is rest.

When he reached the second floor, Richard saw Lord Disol and the twin gray dwarf girls. The three of them turned into a room at the end of the corridor.

After a while, Richard discovered that his room was only separated from that of Mr. Disol by one room, and the distance was quite close.

After Richard entered the room, he took off the concealing cloak he was wearing, but still carefully set up a concealing magic formation. At the same time, he cast an early warning formation at the door of the room.

"Master, do you want me to help you wash?" Stephanna took off her outer robe, revealing her curvy and seductive figure, and said with a sweet smile.

Stephanie liked her master more and more. Not only was he powerful but he was also promoted very quickly. In addition, he was meticulous and always had plans in mind. Finally, he was very protective of his own people.

The original impression of Richard as a timid country nobleman from a remote and poor village had long since disappeared without a trace in Stephanie's mind.

Richard felt overwhelmed by Stephanie's willingness to offer herself to him.

It’s not that Richard had no feelings for Stephanie, but Richard felt that the three of them had just escaped from danger and it was not time for them to indulge in pleasure yet.

Secondly, Richard always had a strange feeling towards Stephanie. After all, the spider woman's body from Shadra was really too much for Richard to accept! And Shadra's style left a deep impression on Richard and was a little difficult to accept.

If there is a chance in the future, I should change Stephanie's body. Thinking of this, Richard shook his head slightly and said, "Thank you, but no, Stephanie, I'll meditate for a while, you can sleep on the bed."

"Master." This made Stephanie quite disappointed, but after a while, she was attracted by the vision of Richard practicing meditation.

Richard took a mat and sat cross-legged in the middle of the room to meditate.

Not having rested for more than two days was of course nothing for Richard, who had already been promoted to a formal wizard. Even if he continued without rest for another three days and three nights, Richard would not feel particularly tired.

The main thing is that he needs to set aside a fixed time every day to practice meditation.

Although you may not see a significant improvement after one or two times, and even after reaching the formal wizard level, there may not be any obvious changes for ten days or half a month, but this is a process that accumulates over time.

Richard was surrounded by dense dark element particles visible to the naked eye. The dark element particles first transformed into skeleton warriors, then into vengeful spirits, and finally into hatred.

Stephanie, who was watching Richard practicing meditation, looked at the spiritual pressure emanating from her master in shock. At the same time, the changing mental power mobilized the dark elements around her body as if in resonance.

It was the first time that Stephanie saw such a miraculous meditation practice.

For Richard, Rodrigo's current variant meditation method is enough for Richard to practice and improve his mental power at the first-level wizard level.

However, Richard could already clearly feel the huge difference in the improvement between the formal wizard level and that during his wizard apprenticeship.

Over the past few days, although Richard had arranged a fixed time period every day to practice Rodrigo's variant meditation method, the progress bar for the 13% degree of mental atomization did not move at all.

If this happened during the wizard apprenticeship period, after a few days of hard training, he would have improved by at least 1% or even 2%.

No wonder the strength of those formal wizards increases by ten years. Just like Mentor Ceres, he has been at the formal wizard level for at least several decades and is still quite far from becoming a second-level wizard.

Although he had an inspiration panel, and when he was promoted to a formal wizard, his control over the mutation meditation method was also simultaneously raised to the limit. This starting point had already surpassed the vast majority of newly promoted first-level wizards and reached the level of an old formal wizard.

But according to Richard's estimation, even if he practiced meditation every day, it would be great if he could improve by one percent in a month.

According to this rough estimate, it would take at least 87 months, or more than eight years, to reach the peak of a first-level wizard.

But there is a common sense problem here, that is, the efficiency of meditation in improving mental strength becomes lower and lower as time goes by.

Therefore, it is very likely that even after eight years of hard training, without any other external help, Richard estimated that it would be great if the degree of mental atomization could be increased to 80%.

Since mental strength cannot be improved quickly, we have to think of other means and methods.

This is why Richard is quite interested in some new skills. There is a saying in his previous life that if you don’t have enough strength, you can make up for it with equipment.

If I can make a breakthrough in rune forging, the next step will be to improve and upgrade the witchcraft props and even the magic weapons, thereby further enhancing my combat effectiveness.

Similarly, there are other aspects, such as various novel witchcraft, rare alchemical formulas, special potions, witch arrays with certain special effects, etc., you can learn them with the help of the inspiration panel.

A stone from another mountain can be used to polish a jade.

Maybe he can find a way to quickly improve his mental power in other areas, or at least enhance his actual combat ability.

After all, he would remain at the first-level wizard stage for quite a long time.

The gap between a top first-level wizard and a novice wizard who forcibly advances by using limit-breaking potions is even greater than the gap between a third-level wizard apprentice and a first-level wizard apprentice.

This shows the huge gap in strength levels between first-level wizards.

Basically, the novice wizards who used the limit-breaking potion to forcibly advance were at the bottom of the first-level wizards. They didn't even have the innate witchcraft, so it would be difficult for them to kill an apprentice at the limit.

At this level, the first-level witchcraft models can be divided into several types according to their different potentials. For example, those with defensive witchcraft talents are generally one level higher than those with offensive witchcraft talents. For example, the patriarchs of medium-sized wizard families generally belong to this level.

Further up are the first-level wizards who have mastered advanced meditation methods and are promoted naturally. These are also the elite wizards from various academies, such as Richard's mentor Ceres, and Gildarts of the Ring of Noth, all of whom belong to this level.

After finishing his meditation, Richard took out the Nightmare Mirror. This was the first time he took out this mirror since Stephanie triggered it last time.

After accidentally triggering it last time, Richard finally discovered some secrets of this mirror. Now when he checked it again, he gained a lot.

There are actually patterns on the surface of the Nightmare Mirror, but they will only be triggered and revealed when the Spider Woman's bloodline holds it.

Richard's plan was to destroy the bloodline detection magic array. In that case, he would be able to use this powerful Nightmare Mirror himself.

At this moment, he let Stephana hold the mirror while he carefully studied the witch array pattern - two hours ago.

In a dense forest dozens of miles away from Gray Fern Town.

A team of spider knights were resting around a blazing bonfire.

"Hey! There's movement on the tracking compass!" Grace said in surprise.

The hair from the mistress rotated several times in the middle of the compass and then pointed to the west, which seemed to be the direction of Gray Fern Town.

"I found it too!" said Felicity excitedly as she used her nose technique again beside the campfire.

"My bloodline tracking technique has also discovered it!" Irene's eyes lit up and she also said.

The three of them looked at each other and pointed their fingers at the Grey Fern Town in the distance.

"It seems that our judgment was correct. The enemy's initial goal was to reach the area controlled by the Gray Dwarves. This has never changed."

"This time, it's probably because they entered Grey Fern Town and thought we couldn't do anything to them. Now we've finally caught them!" Grace analyzed seriously.

Grace's clenched fists showed her inner unrest.

It’s been almost three days!

I have been fooled many times! I finally found it! It was not easy!

"Sister Grace, are we going to charge right now?" Felicity had already started wiping her long sword.

"Of course not. After all, this is the territory of the Gray Dwarves. Let's sneak into Gray Fern Town first and determine their exact location."

"If we confirm that it is Shadra and the other two, we will take action immediately after nightfall." Grace thought for a moment and quickly formulated an action plan.

"This time, I'm going to let them know the consequences of angering me." Feliti said gritting her teeth.

Grace stretched out her hand and drew a strange symbol in the air. With a flash of white light, the symbol disappeared instantly.

"Sister Grace, was that a communication mark?" Feliti asked curiously.

Obviously, among the three spider women, Felicity is the youngest and the weakest. Compared with the human wizards on the surface, she is about the initial stage of a first-level wizard, while Grace has reached the advanced stage of a first-level wizard.

Therefore, Grace was aware of some of the secret arrangements of the night elves in the gray dwarf area, but Felicity had not yet come into contact with them.

"Yes, after all, this is the territory of the gray dwarves, so it is better for us to make thorough preparations." Grace explained.

After a while, a figure in a black robe appeared not far away. He was wearing a hood and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Stop! Who are you?" Several Demon Spider Knights immediately stood up vigilantly.

"Let him come over!" Grace's voice came from afar.

After the man in black robe slowly approached, he took off the hood on his head, revealing the face of a middle-aged gray dwarf with a full beard.

"Gray dwarves!" Feliti exclaimed, and the spider knights immediately became nervous again.

But in the next second, the face of the gray dwarf actually began to change slowly, and ripples appeared on his face like water waves. After a while, it turned into the face of a handsome male night elf.

"Huh! It's actually mimicry? Are you a spy of the Hand of Darkness?" Irene said in surprise.

"Your Highness, your wisdom is truly amazing." The spy bowed slightly to Irene and praised.

As old enemies for thousands of years, the night elves had long begun to infiltrate the gray dwarves. The Shadow Hand was a secret spy organization that focused on collecting information in the gray dwarf area and causing sabotage at specific times.

"Good evening, Your Highnesses." The spy bowed slightly to the three Spider Ladies, and after that he immediately fixed his gaze on Grace, because Grace had the most powerful aura among the three princesses.

"It should be the communication mark cast by His Highness. I wonder if there is anything I can do for you."

"In an hour, we will launch an attack on a location in Greyfern Town. We need you to briefly attract the attention of the gray dwarf garrison." Grace said calmly. It seemed that this was not her first time dealing with the Hand of Darkness.

"Your Highness, can you tell me approximately how long it will take?" After thinking about it, the spy did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked cautiously about the specific time.

"Half an hour. No, if everything goes well, it should be done within ten minutes." Grace said confidently.

Shadra's strength is about the same as Irene's, and with the addition of a Murloc Prophet and an Undead Wizard Apprentice who are as powerful as the Demon Spider Knight, his side has almost overwhelming strength.

Even if there are any unexpected situations, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve to deal with them.

"That's totally fine, Your Highness. It's settled then. In an hour, I will send people to create chaos in Grey Fern Town."

"Your Highness Grace, is there anything else I can do for you?" the spy asked respectfully.

Grace thought for a moment and said, "No more."

"Then I'll take my leave first!" After a bow, the other party put on his hood again and slowly disappeared into the shadows.

"Sister Grace, is this the spy of the Hand of Darkness? It looks like his strength is not that great. There is not much difference between him and the Spider Knight!" said Felicity.

Grace and her group of more than ten people were obviously not stupid enough to enter through the heavily guarded main gate of Grey Fern Town. Instead, they directly climbed over the wall, which was almost undefended to them, and entered the town.

"This way!" Feliti activated the art of nose piercing, and flapped her nostrils gently, quickly pointing the direction.

Inside the town, due to the large flow of people, more than ten people were wearing black cloaks. As long as they didn't encounter a large group of guards, there would be no big problem.

"arrive!"

After more than ten people stood still, Grace looked at the inn in front of her with a sign that said "Delicious Spores" and said angrily, "Now, I finally found you."

"Do you want to confirm it again, after all?" Irene said cautiously.

Irene was embarrassed to say the second half of the sentence. After all, the three of them were almost fooled like pig beasts this time. If the attack failed again, they would face encirclement and suppression by the gray dwarf forces.

If you succeed, of course it doesn't matter, just take the stuff and retreat immediately.

"Fritty, you are good at investigation. Go and confirm it. Come back immediately once confirmed." Grace reminded.

"Okay, wait for me, I'll go check it out." Just as Feliti finished her words, she disappeared from the spot the next second. Only an undetectable shadow appeared on the ground and moved quickly towards the hotel.

This is the night elf's innate sorcery - Shadowmeld. The whole person turns into a shadow, but cannot launch a surprise attack. If an attack is launched, the shadow state will be immediately released. However, it can generally be used to detect the enemy's situation. It is considered a very practical innate sorcery.

She sneaked in silently through the crack of the hotel door. Since the hotel only had two floors, after avoiding several hotel waiters, she stopped at the door of a room on the second floor according to the guidance of the spiritual nose technique.

Through the gap, Felidi looked at the huge fish head sleeping soundly, and an expression of relief appeared on her face. I finally caught you. This should be the fishman prophet named Fingart.

He is a traitor, but now is not the time to take his life.

The key is to find Shadra, the traitor who stole the Nightmare Mirror and the Black Dragon Blood! Ignoring Grace's advice, Felicity began to look for Shadra.

Obviously, since the murloc is in this room, Shadra is most likely in the next room.

At this time, Richard, who was carefully observing the Nightmare Mirror in the next room, keenly noticed that a dark elemental energy in the corridor lingered at the door of Fingart's room for a while and then went straight in.

This made Richard quickly give up fiddling with the mirror and look at the door with a thoughtful expression.

More than ten seconds later, the dark element energy quickly came out of Fingart's room again. This time, it stayed at the door of Richard's room, as if it was observing inside.

(End of this chapter)