With the dominoes in his hand, Richard can contact the Hippogryph at any time and is not worried that the Hippogryph will never come back.

After a brief thought, Richard put away the school's standard wizard robe, put on a black wizard robe without any markings, and walked directly towards the city gate.

The strange thing was that no matter whether it was the ordinary civilians coming and going, the coachmen, the noble sons in gorgeous clothes, or even the fully armed guards at the city gate, they all acted as if they didn't see Richard at all.

Richard calmly walked into the most prosperous city in the Kingdom of Heron - the imperial capital of Pentos.

Without using any witchcraft, Richard asked several passers-by in a friendly manner and found out the way to Marquis Knight's mansion.

However Richard hesitated for a moment and took out an ordinary map from his arms, which showed the entire territory of the Kingdom of Heron, especially the wizard market.

Naturally, there is also a wizard market in the imperial capital of Pentos.

It is also the most prosperous wizard market in the entire kingdom, and it is managed by the Bennings family, the royal family of the Kingdom of Heron.

Although Richard thought that with his own strength at the advanced level, there should be very few opponents in the entire imperial capital who could match him, let alone a hereditary marquis family.

But he still planned to go to the wizard market first to learn more about the Knight family before making a decision.

Generally, information and clues related to supernatural powers are sold in the wizard market.

"Since I'm already here, there's no need to rush. For many things, it's safest to plan things out before taking action." Richard thought.

After all, this was Richard's first time in the imperial capital of Pentos, so for him, Pentos was still a relatively unfamiliar place.

Following the instructions on the map, Richard turned left and right, and soon arrived at a busy street in the east of the city, and began to look for a tavern called Sword and Rose.

Soon, Richard saw a store billboard with a thick sword and several lifelike rose patterns painted on it.

This is exactly the place I'm looking for.

Before entering, Richard drank another bottle of fluctuation suppression potion to hide his true mental fluctuations. After all, as a high-level wizard, he would be too shocking wherever he went.

Even though they didn't drink the fluctuation suppression potion, a group of ordinary people and apprentices couldn't tell how powerful Richard was.

But as the most prosperous wizard market in the entire Kingdom of Heron, it is impossible that there are no official wizards in it, so it is better to keep a low profile.

After drinking the potion, to outsiders, Richard looked like a first-level wizard.

As soon as Richard, wearing a hood, walked into the pub, he felt the warm atmosphere inside.

The tavern was filled with all kinds of people, almost all of them were chatting and boasting, making it as noisy as a vegetable market. Judging from the attire of most of the people, they were mercenaries wearing leather armor and carrying swords or axes.

Richard took a casual look and noticed that several people with the strength of wizard apprentices were also drinking quietly at the bar.

In an instant, Richard knew he was in the right place.

And according to Richard's guess, this tavern should be just one of the entrances to the market.

The entrance is set in a busy tavern, which is a clever design. The large number of people passing through the tavern just covers up the wizard market located underground.

Richard walked slowly towards the entrance of the basement and saw an iron door at the entrance.

There is a square window on the iron gate, and the indifferent face of a middle-aged man can be seen through this window.

When the middle-aged man saw Richard approaching, he asked coldly, "Who is it?"

Richard could clearly sense that the man behind the door was only a mid-level knight. He would be responsible for dealing with any drunkards who accidentally entered here.

But beside him, in an invisible position behind the door, there were two third-level wizard apprentices guarding him.

This is the real guard.

Richard didn't say anything, he just released a trace of the aura of a formal wizard.

Immediately, someone behind the door said, "Lawrence, open the door and let the adult outside in."

Lawrence was stunned for a moment, and his indifferent face immediately became enthusiastic. He quickly opened the iron gate, and his expression changed instantly and he was a little restrained for a moment.

Lawrence understood that, obviously, only a strong person at the level of a formal wizard could be called an adult by the adults next to him.

Richard nodded slightly and walked in slowly. When he got closer, a man in a gray robe and hood handed Richard an item similar to an invitation respectfully with both hands.

"Sir, the rules of the Pentos Wizard Market are the same as those of other markets. It is forbidden to perform combat magic within the market. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a provocation to the Bennings family. If this is your first time here, please accept this market notice."

Richard nodded and opened it. Apart from the first part which stated the regulations, such as fighting was strictly prohibited in the market, the rest of the book described the names, locations and main commodities of different shops, so as to facilitate transactions for wizards or wizard apprentices who were new to the market.

And as mentioned above, ordinary wizard apprentices, even those at the third level, have to pay an entrance fee of one magic stone before they can enter the market.

But it’s different for official wizards, they don’t need to pay any fees at all.

This can be considered a disguised form of respect for the strong.

Following the direction pointed by the gray-robed man at the door, Richard walked down a circular stone staircase for a while. After going about ten meters underground, he arrived at the end of the passage.

Looking at the circular arch at the end, Richard could hear a lot of noise coming from it.

Stepping through the archway, Richard finally arrived inside the market.

The market was located in a huge artificially dug underground cave. It was obvious that it was artificially dug and not formed naturally.

That's because the top is made up of multiple small arches.

Each small round arch was painted with exquisite murals, and Richard could feel that there were multiple earth-based magic arrays solidified on them.

At the same time, the prosperity of the entire market and the number of shops were much greater than the Black Forest Market that Richard had visited before. Not only were there many shops, but there were also many people.

Richard took a quick look at these people wearing robes of various colors.

Most of them have the strength of second or third level wizard apprentices, and a few have the strength of formal wizards at the initial stage of the first level.

A significant difference from the Black Forest Market was that here, Richard took a few casual glances and saw several official wizards in white robes.

"Tsk tsk, it really is worthy of being the most prosperous wizard market in the Kingdom of Heron."

Richard now understands the meaning of the colors of wizard robes better than before.

Gray robes are generally the attire of wizard apprentices, and this is true for both black wizards and white wizards.

Black robes are generally the clothing color of wizards who mainly study negative energy particle system, such as shadows, undead and other factions. On the contrary, wizards who mainly study positive energy particle system mainly wear white robes.

But this is not absolute. What Richard saw now were several official wizards wearing light blue wizard robes.

There are also some who wear even weirder clothes.

Richard saw with his own eyes a wizard wearing a bird-beak hood walking into a pharmacy. The clothes on his body were also woven from various gorgeous feathers.

Richard did not intend to wander around, but took out the invitation, opened it again and took a look at it, then confirmed the location of the fortune-telling shop.

High-end intelligence transactions between wizards usually take place in fortune-telling shops.

Of course, if it is general information, you can get a rough idea by hanging out in the taverns in the market for a while.

But Richard didn't want to waste too much time on these news that were difficult to distinguish between true and false. He was not short of money, so he might as well go all the way and spend some magic stones to get accurate information.

If the fortune-telling shop is strong enough, there will usually be a wizard who specializes in prophecy, which is equivalent to having the attribute of being well-informed.

When Richard walked into the fortune-telling shop covered by black curtains, a female wizard apprentice immediately came forward and said respectfully, "Sir, are you here for fortune-telling?"

Richard nodded.

"Sir, please wait a moment. A guest is having divination done by Lord Ilingo. It should be over soon. Please sit here for a while." The girl stretched out her hand to guide the way forward.

"Okay, you only have one fortune teller?"

The girl smiled softly and said, "Sir, we have several apprentice-level fortune tellers, but we only have one official wizard-level fortune teller, Lord Ilingo. This shop is also Lord Ilingo's property."

"You are of an extremely noble status, so it is impossible for you to ask an apprentice-level fortune teller to serve you."

It seems that the girl had already noticed the hint of official wizard fluctuations that Richard accidentally revealed.

Richard nodded.

Yes, there are few wizards who specialize in prophecy, so it is great for a divination shop to have a fortune teller at the level of a formal wizard.

I guess this is due to the imperial capital.

In a lounge, Richard was leisurely drinking honey water.

After waiting for a few minutes, the girl came in again and said with a smile:

"My lord, Master Ilingo is waiting for you in the divination room."

"Um."

Richard followed the girl to the door of the divination room.

"Sir, please come in."

Walking into the divination room, Richard found that the whole room was very dim, and the only light came from a candle on the table in front of him.

In the dim light of the candle, the slender silhouette of a veiled female wizard was outlined beside the table.

The witch sat beside the table, her pair of rippling eyes illuminated by the candlelight seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.

"Sir, please take a seat." The voice had a hint of magnetism.

"I want to buy some information about a wizard in the imperial capital." Richard said straight to the point.

"Sure, but the price for official wizard news is not cheap."

Richard nodded slightly and said, "I want to know about Stephanie Knight from the Knight Marquis family, her current situation."

"Brief information will cost fifty magic stones, and detailed information will cost three hundred magic stones." The female wizard looked at Richard meaningfully.

Richard smiled when he heard this. There were actually a brief version and a detailed version.

Interesting, you may want to take a look at the contents of the abridged version first.

"A simplified version." Richard handed the other party fifty magic stones and said.

After the witch took it, she immediately used a feather pen to write on a piece of parchment. After a few seconds, she handed it to Richard.

There is only one sentence on it.

"Stephana Knight suddenly returned to the Knight family half a month ago. She is suspected to have entered the official wizard level. She should still be in the Knight Marquis's mansion and has not gone out."

Richard was dumbfounded. Fifty magic stones were exchanged for this?

Isn't it too easy to earn magic stones? !

As if she was a little embarrassed by Richard's blank gaze, the witch explained: "If you want more detailed information, you have to pay more. However, since the customer has purchased the brief version of the information, if you purchase the detailed version again, you only need to pay the difference."

Richard nodded. This was quite honest. Otherwise, he would have thought he had come to a shady shop.

So he handed the witch another two hundred and fifty magic stones.

The witch smiled with satisfaction. After putting away the magic stone, she began to write quickly on the parchment again.

The parchment seemed to have been specially treated. After writing, the notes would automatically disappear after a short while and could be used repeatedly.

This time, the witch wrote a lot more, almost filling up half a page.

"Stephana Knight is suspected to be imprisoned. Because of the extremely high concentration of Spider Woman blood in her body, the Knight Family Elders Council suggested that she contribute some of her blood essence to the family, thereby improving the strength of several other members of the family who are at the level of third-level wizard apprentices."

"After Stephanie agreed, she was suddenly imprisoned."

"The truth seems to be that the mainstay of the Knight family, the first-level mid-level wizard Hiat Knight, is about to reach the end of his life."

"And asking Stephana to contribute some of her blood essence to the tribe is also an excuse. It seems that Hiat Knight wants to extract all of Stephana's blood from her descendants to prolong her lifespan."

"The ceremony is currently undergoing final preparations."

The message on the paper made Richard frown and he instantly became furious!

Obviously, Stephanie was tricked by her elder who lived several generations ago.

Otherwise, with Stephanie's natural witchcraft, she would definitely not be imprisoned.

"Is the news true?"

"The news has been confirmed by someone inside the Knight family." The witch said seriously.

"I want to buy another piece of information. The overall strength of the Knight family is related to its combat power."

"The simplified version is one hundred magic stones, and the detailed version is five hundred magic stones." The witch said quickly.

Richard immediately placed five intermediate magic stones on the table.

The witch's eyes lit up. After taking the intermediate magic stone, she immediately began to write on the parchment scroll again.

When she handed the parchment scroll to Richard, Richard looked at it carefully.

"Hiater Knight, a first-level wizard, whose innate magic is Spider Storm."

"The wizard-level combat forces that have been recruited are: Edgar Briggs, a beginner wizard of the first level, with no innate magic, good at earth spikes, and a wandering wizard."

“.”

After reading it, Richard calmed down. They were just a bunch of chickens and dogs.

Moreover, since Stephanna's life was not in danger, it was a good opportunity for him to find out about the other person.

"Let me ask another person." Richard said slowly.

"I want detailed information on Daenerys Bennings."

(End of this chapter)