"call……"

The cold wind was raging and the snow was flying.

Just one night had passed and the earth and the forest were covered in white, as if they had put on a new dress.

Bitter cold followed.

Even more dangerous is the beast tide! Early morning.

Carl brought his men to the Capet family's "animal farm", a place where animal meat and other products were wholesaled.

"Or two thousand kilograms of beast meat and five hundred prepared beast balls?"

"yes."

Carl nodded:

"How many magic stones?"

"Eight hundred and three!" Sam wrote a note and handed it to the person behind him, and someone arranged to load the goods.

"Eight hundred and thirty magic stones." Carl sighed, "The price has gone up again."

The last time I came, I only bought 790 magic stones, and the price a few months ago was less than 400.

More than doubled! "It's not me who wants to increase the price, it's the market." Sam rubbed his hands together to offset the cold and explained:

"With the beast tide coming and this horrible weather, the prices of all food items will increase dramatically."

"I think it won't be long before the price of these things will exceed a thousand!"

One thousand? Karl's eyes moved slightly:

"Wait a moment, add another 2,000 kilograms of beast meat!"

The Leipzig Market is called a market, but in fact it is a scattered city with a population of hundreds of thousands.

And these hundreds of thousands of people rely on hunting for 70% of their food.

The current situation is that going out hunting is tantamount to seeking death, and the stockpiled food is limited. As time goes by, food becomes increasingly scarce, and the price will of course rise.

And it will skyrocket! "Smart!" Sam nodded with a smile, and said as he wrote the note: "You can handle the meat, but don't take it to the store to buy it, otherwise it will be against the rules."

The implication is, of course, that it doesn't matter if it is sold secretly.

In fact, the merchants who come to the "Zootopia" these days have increased their purchases and secretly stockpiled them.

"clear."

Karl nodded, glanced at the extra white hair on the other person's temples, and asked, "Has your family's affairs not been resolved yet?"

"..." Sam's expression changed instantly when he heard this, his eyes became gloomy and cold, full of murderous intent: "Not yet."

"But soon!"

The muscles in his cheeks twitched, and the veins in his neck bulged. "This time, Grandfather will take action personally. As long as that bastard Strider is in the Magic Forest, he won't be able to escape."

Oh! The second-ring wizard also took action?

It seems that things are almost over.

Carl nodded silently.

He was just an outsider and had no interest in the grievances between the two families. He just watched the show.

On the way back.

“Crunch…Crunch…”

The ruts turned, pressing on the thick snow, making an orderly sound.

Carl was walking in front with his hands behind his back. He suddenly stopped and looked sideways as if he had noticed something.

Zero-ring witchcraft—Multiple Water Arrows! He waved his sleeves lightly, and several three-foot-long water arrows shot out and pierced into the shadows in the corners of the wall.

“Squeak…”

There was a scream from the shadows, and then it stopped.

"go."

Carl said, "See what's going on."

"yes."

The new guard Mod responded loudly, ran quickly to the corner, and came back with a dead body that looked like a wild wolf.

"Mr. Karl."

He threw the body on the ground and reported: "Two of these beasts were gnawing on a human body."

Human corpse?

Carl frowned:

"Has the beast tide affected the market?"

"There are too many wild beasts coming out of the forest. The defense outside is insufficient, so it is normal for a few to rush in. However, they are not magical creatures. Magical creatures with witchcraft monitoring strength exceeding a certain level will be discovered in advance." Maud explained, and then spoke carefully: "The human corpse did not die from the fangs of wild beasts, but from a sharp weapon piercing his heart, and his belongings were also looted."

"Heh..." Karl understood and chuckled:

"It's really..., it's getting more and more chaotic."

What humans are best at is killing each other, and the chaos created by the beast tide may be more to the liking of some people.

Shaking his head helplessly, he continued to move forward. As long as there was no tide of beasts invading the market, there was no need to worry.

"Let's go!"

"yes."

Maude obediently returned to the team and escorted the meat to the shop.

He has no talent as a wizard and chooses the path of a knight. Even at his age, his cultivation level is only that of an ordinary knight.

Logically speaking, he was not qualified to apply for the job of drugstore security guard.

Especially now, when many people are rushing to work in the market, the top knights have to be picked and chosen.

But he has a good daughter.

Maud's daughter is Charlie's lover. The pregnant woman must of course take care of her "father-in-law".

Fortunately, although Mod's strength is not strong, he is experienced. Decades of experience have made him efficient and easy to use.

Back at the shop, Carl shook off the snow on his body.

"No one is going to claim the 100 kilograms of meat, but the rest of the items remain the same!"

Immediately,

Voices of thanks were heard from everyone in the store.

"Thank you, Mr. Karl!"

"Thanks!"

“…”

At this time, every family is short of food. Outside the market, animal meat is even better than magic stones.

The benefit of one hundred kilograms of beast meat naturally made everyone happy.

"Mr. Karl."

Baba came over with a big belly.

She is Charlie's mistress, with a perfect figure and appearance, and a pair of golden eyes.

Charlie particularly likes this pair of eyes, saying that this kind of eyes was exclusive to the bloodline of gods in ancient times.

"Something's going on."

Carl took off his cloak and hung it aside.

"Yeah." Barbara nodded. She was very clear about her status and never showed arrogance because she was pregnant with Charlie's child.

"Just now, Hodgson, the wizard apprentice from the Magnolia Magical Instrument Shop, came and said he wanted to discuss business with you."

"Hodgson?" Carl shook his head. "Next time he comes, just tell him I'm not here. As for business matters, I'm not interested in them either."

"yes."

Barbara agreed and left with her big belly.

"Business?"

Karl glanced outside and shook his head slightly:

“Forget it!”

Hodgson wanted to expand his business, and he had heard from other members of the Swamp Alliance about it.

Thanks to the beast tide, the magic weapon shop is doing booming business.

In just half a year, Hodgson earned back his original investment and even made a lot of money.

Now he plans to buy the shop next door to expand his business, which requires tens of thousands of magic stones.

Tens of thousands?

From a few thousand at the beginning to tens of thousands now, his appetite can be said to be growing.

However, according to past experience, it will take a long time for the beast tide to recede, so this deal may not be impossible to do.

Once successful.

Even though Hodgson was a big shot who owned four shops, his monthly profits could make official wizards envious.

In order to raise money, he would naturally contact the people who came with him from the Black Swamp.

This time is different from last time.

Many people were willing to lend him money, and two of them even used their identities to guarantee a large sum of magic stones for him.

"It seems that Nancy's account has not been settled yet? The market business is so good, why is the neighbor selling it?"

“Doing business is not like gambling. It is impossible to win every time.”

Muttering to himself, Carl walked towards the backyard. He was now getting closer and closer to advancement.

He is also interested in doing business .

It can be said that the reason why he has no sense of urgency about money now is because he earned enough from investing in real estate.

But he was equally clear.

No matter how much money you have, it is still external.

The most important thing now is to improve your cultivation and realm. As long as you become a formal wizard, earning magic stones won't be a small matter? …………

Bordeaux restaurants.

This is arguably the most expensive place to dine on the Leipzig market.

Despite the beast tide and the countless deaths every day, the restaurant's business was still good.

even,

Much better than before!

Because resisting the beast tide requires a lot of supplies, ordinary people will die and lose magic stones, but the shops in the market will make a lot of money.

Hodgson stood up, holding the wine jug, and filled the glass of an elderly wizard opposite him. He said with a smile, "Senior Borg, can the price be cheaper?"

"Cheap?" Borg shook his head. "If I wasn't in urgent need of money, I would never have thought of selling the store at this time."

"You know that, too."

"The worse the fighting outside, the higher our profits. The shops in the market are now like golden gooses that lay golden eggs."

Hodgson was silent.

"I'm not in a hurry."

Borg picked up his glass and spoke slowly, "Several waves of people have come to ask for the price in the past two days. If you don't want to buy, there are still many people who are willing to accept it."

"I only give priority to you because your personality reminds me of my youth."

"young people……"

"If you don't have such a big appetite, don't open your mouth so big."

Hodgson's cheeks were tense. He really wanted to take over the other party's shop, but he had no money.

"Master."

At this time, a great knight came to Hodgson's ear and whispered something.

"Not lending it?"

"snort!"

His face was gloomy, his mind quickly changed, and finally he took a deep breath and looked directly at the old man opposite him.

"Senior Borg, I want your shop!"

"Oh!" Borg raised his eyebrows: "Magic Stone..."

"Don't worry about the magic stone." Hodgson said, "I will collect it in the next two days and send it to your residence."

"Okay!" Borg said, "I'll wait for your good news."

* * * forest.

Amidst the flying snow, two figures stood in the air.

One of them looked middle-aged, with smooth golden hair flying in the wind and deep and cold eyes.

Jefferson! One of the two second-ring wizards of the Capet family.

The other person was a child of seven or eight years old. He had an innocent look on his face and looked at the surrounding environment with curiosity.

Below them was a tragic battlefield.

Countless ferocious beasts and magical creatures jumped out of the deep forest, rushed towards the crowd, and fell down in rows.

Bows and crossbows, arrows, witchcraft, and various traps hindered their advance.

"Grandpa."

The child said, "The beast tide doesn't seem that scary!"

"That's because the defense line has not been broken." Jefferson said slowly, "The reason why humans can defeat huge beasts with fangs and sharp claws is because humans can unite and use the power of the group to make themselves stronger, but wild beasts usually cannot."

"But humans' minds are too complicated. Once the defenses are breached, they are likely to fall into chaos."

"Oh!" The child nodded, not quite understanding, "So what we need to do is to ensure that the defense line is not breached by the beast tide?"

"Yes." Jefferson smiled. "You are very smart and have a talent for getting to the heart of a problem. This talent is far stronger than the talent for spiritual practice."

The so-called wizard training talent is only useful for wizard apprentices. It is of no use after they become formal wizards.

This is somewhat similar to learning talent.

Some people can easily learn the knowledge in textbooks and get into college, but after graduation they find that the diploma is just a stepping stone, and their future development is not related to strong learning talent.

Jefferson is a second-ring wizard. Compared with wizard talent, he values ​​the understanding of witchcraft more.

not to mention.

The child's wizarding talent is not bad either.

"As the controller of the Leipzig Market, our Capet family collects taxes from various places every month, so we must bear the corresponding responsibilities."

Jefferson pointed forward and said, "Stopping the beast tide is one of our responsibilities."

Second-ring witchcraft—summoning of elemental spirits!

Ripples appeared in the void, countless pieces of snow gathered in the same direction, and an ice and snow elf slowly emerged.

The elf had two pairs of wings on its back, which flapped gently and then pounced towards a certain breath below.

Immediately following.

"roar!"

A legendary creature roared towards the sky, but its body was frozen by the extreme cold and turned into an ice sculpture.

“Crack!”

“Crack…”

A crack appeared on the ice sculpture, then one after another, and finally it broke apart with a loud bang.

Legendary creatures,

Die! "Like now."

Killing a legendary creature seemed like just a simple thing for Jefferson.

"We are responsible for clearing out the existence that may break through the defense line and helping the people below to defend against the beast tide."

"Yeah." The child nodded: "With grandpa here, we can definitely hold the line!"

“Heh…” Jefferson chuckled. “Level 2 creatures are extremely rare, and Level 3 creatures don’t usually appear in our world, so theoretically, nothing will happen.”

"But, the beast tide is an abnormal state!"

He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. Those terrifying auras were wandering in the distance, and even he felt afraid.

Second order?

Level three!

Hopefully they won't be interested in the Leipzig fair, or there will be trouble.

Shaking his head, he grabbed the child, cast a flash spell, and turned into a gray halo and flew away into the distance.

When he reappeared, Jefferson waved his staff and cast second- and first-ring spells to kill legendary creatures that might destroy the defense line.

He is like a firefighter, appearing wherever there is danger or strong aura.

"Why?"

As they were about to start, the child asked, "Why don't we usually have third-level creatures here?"

"Because the place is too small." Jefferson smiled and touched the top of the child's head. "A small river cannot support a whale. The more powerful a creature is, the more resources it will need."

"It's the same for wizards, gods, and other third-level creatures. They won't come here if they don't have a special mission."

"Level 3..."

"Most of them have wisdom!"

"If they are smart, they should know that our place is safe for them." The child blinked, "There are only two or three third-level wizards in the Magic Forest."

"Haha!" Jefferson laughed and shook his head: "Safe?"

"Sometimes, being weak is the real safety, and being strong will bring danger to yourself."

“No one pays attention to the ants under their feet, but countless people want to shoot down the scorching sun hanging high in the sky and share its power.”

Although the Magic Forest is small, it is a place that cannot be ignored.

The gods of the Eastern Kingdom and the Wizards Alliance of Kalim would occasionally turn their attention here.

And their sights will only fall on the three-ring wizard, which also means danger.

"never mind!"

Jefferson put away his smile and said, "It's too early to tell you this now. Come with me today and kill some enemies of our family."

As he spoke, he took out a white stone and threw it in front of him. With a flash of light, the two of them disappeared in the sky.

Somewhere on a hillside.

The two figures reappeared.

“Ancestor!”

"Great grandfather!"

“…”

When the people on the hillside saw Jefferson, they all saluted and called out different names.

"Did you find out?"

When facing other people, Jefferson's attitude was far less gentle than when facing children. Instead, he was serious, cold, and superior.

“I found it.”

A wizard stepped forward and said:

"In addition to Strade, there is another official wizard alive in the Monroe family, Strade's uncle Edmund."

"Not only is he alive, he is also a powerful and official wizard, and he has a group of people following him."

"Edmund?" Jefferson looked thoughtful. "I remember this child. When he was young, he left his family and wandered around. He never came back."

"so……"

"He has specially built a force to deal with us over the years?"

"That's right." The wizard of the Capet family nodded:

"There are three official wizards in this organization, and Edmund has a magical weapon inherited from the Monroe family."

"It was because of this that our previous operations failed and even resulted in the death of several of our tribesmen."

"Edmund has been very smart since he was a child, and he is still smart now." Jefferson said in a low voice, "When the beast tide comes, the second-ring wizards cannot escape. This is a great opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Capet family. Of course, he doesn't want to miss it."

"So……"

"They're coming here?"

"Yes!" The family wizard nodded heavily. "According to our investigation and the results of divination, they will definitely appear nearby today."

"Then wait." Jefferson closed his eyes.

He didn't say anything, and everyone else shut up immediately. There was a sudden silence in the place, except for the child who was rolling his eyes.

“Here it comes!”

Suddenly, Jefferson opened his eyes.

"Are you here?"

The family wizard looked around:

"Where?"

"It's a very clever hiding method, using the power of the star realm to conceal your breath. If I hadn't come, you wouldn't have discovered it." Jefferson sighed, and with a light wave of the staff in his hand, the whole person turned into a stream of light and headed somewhere a few miles away.

A first-ring wizard can already fly, and a second-ring wizard can easily exceed the speed of sound.

As for the three rings...

They can use the power of the astral world to travel through space to a limited extent.

The next moment.

"boom!"

A deafening roar sounded.

The second-ring witchcraft turned into a huge wave falling from the sky, and with just a slight hit, it shattered a certain barrier.

Several panicked figures appeared inside.

"Jefferson!"

A strange voice sounded, filled with fear, disbelief, and strong unwillingness: "Why are you here?"

"Edmund, you are amazing." Jefferson held the staff and gently knocked away the incoming witchcraft with a cold expression:

"It should be said that your entire Monroe family is very remarkable, so why wouldn't I come?"

"In order to deal with you, I used a teleportation stone, which is a thing left over from ancient times."

Facing a second-ring wizard, a first-ring wizard has almost no power to resist, even if they join forces.

"ah!"

Edmund, with gray hair and looking older than Jefferson, roared to the sky, and then his figure flashed and gradually disappeared.

"Um?"

Jefferson's eyes moved slightly: "Transfer magic? Are you going to abandon the others and run away alone?"

"Oh……"

Shaking his head slightly, Jefferson stepped back and instantly appeared beside Edmund, grabbing his arm.

A blur before my eyes.

The two appeared in a strange place.

not good!

Jefferson's face changed drastically.

It's a trap! "Haha..." Edmund, who was originally panicking, now showed ecstasy and grabbed Jefferson's arm: "Let's die together!"

Please add to collection! (End of this chapter)