As the sky gradually lit up, the flames in the camp slowly went out.

Arrow glanced at the ashes inside, which was a complete sigh of relief, and turned to Brad who covered his hands over there.

"Let me see the back of your hand."

Brad nodded and passed the back of his hand.

I don\'t know whether this guy has too much hair on the back of his hand or shrem\'s strength is still weak after all. There is no wound on the back of his hand except for some redness and swelling.

"Hoo... Put cold water on it when you go back（ Goblin language) Buffy, can you heal? "

Buffy blushed and shook her head. But after shaking her head, she looked at Brad with worry and shame in her eyes and said: "(goblin language) don\'t tell him I\'m not very proficient in natural magic."

Arrow nodded, put on a smiling face again, looked at Brad, reached out and patted him on the arm, smiled and said, "OK! Now none of us is hurt. It\'s good. I also want to thank you for saving me just now. Come, let\'s see our results. "

Comforting Brad, arrow turned into the salt land and examined the ashes with the rising sun.

Well, as expected.

Open the ashes, you can see one after another dead, shriveled shrempy like a piece of paper.

Arrow picked up the shriveled shrempy, checked it and rolled it up. But Brad in the back seemed to be afraid to look at it. He didn\'t force himself to pick it up.

Looking at ello\'s fearless inspection of shrempy\'s appearance, Brad rubbed the back of his hand and finally came in to help look through the ashes. But he still picked up a thick and long branch and held it in his hand. It seemed that this could make him feel safer.

I searched carefully and found a total of 23 complete shrems. Arrow was very satisfied with the result, but when he planned to open an ash and leave

"Huh?"

His eyes lit up and he reached into the mound. Soon, a white crystal about the size of his thumb appeared in the palm of his hand.

"What is this? Precious stones? "

Brad came up with the shrempy on his shoulder and asked curiously.

"(goblin language) hum, this fool really doesn\'t understand anything President, what is this? "

The corner of arrow\'s mouth raised slightly and handed the crystal in the palm to the two people: "this is the crystal of Warcraft. Any demon has a certain chance to breed this crystal in the body. The more powerful the demon, the higher the probability and the greater the condensed crystal. Generally speaking, this is the crystal of magic. "

Brad just showed his stupid appearance about the magic crystal. Buffy was very excited. She even flew down from Brad\'s shoulder and fell on ello\'s palm to look at the crystal carefully: "(goblin language) really? What\'s the use? It feels so powerful! "

"Ah... Yes."

Magic crystal, this is really a good thing.

Although it is such a small piece, it should be able to sell at a good price. If you carve it and match it with a beautiful box, you should be able to sell a gold coin in the capital.

This thing is valuable, so arrow\'s face looks happy.

But he didn\'t show another layer of emotion. After a little meditation, he put the crystal into his pocket, looked carefully at the surrounding woods, and walked towards the direction where shrem came last night.

"(goblin language) president, what\'s the matter?"

"(goblin language) Shh, don\'t talk. I want to confirm something. "

After walking along the slightly corroded trees and walking out for about five kilometers, arrow knew that he was now fully into the depths of the shining forest.

He lay down beside the roots of a rotten tree, raised his head and looked furtively at a rock cave rising from the ground in front of him.

It was about half a person high. A hole about knee high was opened. It was dark. I don\'t know what it was.

Brad and buffy in the back didn\'t dare to speak. They couldn\'t bear it until arrow observed the retreat, and then they crept along with them.

Along the way, arrow finally left the shining forest with his two new members. Bathed in the sun again, he couldn\'t help stretching. After the fierce battle last night, even if she is now bathed in the hot summer sun, she doesn\'t feel so uncomfortable. On the contrary, she feels warm after cold.

"That\'s slim\'s nest."

Seeing that Brad and buffy had always been holding back and afraid to speak, ELO puffed and explained——

"I have long wondered why so many shrems attack human villages at night."

"After seeing that shrems can breed magic crystals this time, I wonder if it is not a simple accident, but that there are more powerful demons nearby, which makes shrems have to expand their territory?"

"Finally, we found that. In my experience... If that\'s right, there should be a shrem king in it. That thing should be the owner of this forest. "

As a fairy of flowers, Buffy knows exactly how troublesome shrem is. After hearing arrow\'s explanation, she quickly said: "(goblin language) king slim? Is that terrible thing so close?! Let\'s go and set fire to them! "

In this regard, arrow shook his head and said with a smile: "there is no need. Did you forget? You are now members of the guild, and everything you do must be based on the interests of the guild. Now someone has entrusted us to destroy shrem\'s nest and kill shrem king? "

Brad and buffy looked at each other. They didn\'t seem to know what arrow was trying to say.

Arrow pointed a finger on their noses, smiled maliciously and said, "the guild won\'t work without someone\'s entrustment. We killed king shrem and cleaned shrem\'s nest, but we can\'t get a few gold coins. You must know that keeping this nest can provide us with more jobs! Judging from the breeding speed of shrem, the next time they grow strong enough to attack the village, it should be the harvest season. Then we can make another profit. "

"So... We don\'t care?" Brad and buffy looked dull and didn\'t seem to understand what was going on.

But arrow doesn\'t blame them. They have just become their own members and don\'t know how to work.

But on the other hand, it is not a good way to stocking shrem and then take a task every other quarter to collect a few copper coins. It\'s OK once or twice. More times will arouse suspicion. And killing shrem can\'t make a lot of money. It\'s still effective to find a way to make the people in Pelican town aware of the harm of shrem king and give themselves a few silver coins at one time.

But it\'s time to come back. From a comprehensive consideration, it seems that the current lineup of my guild is not strong enough to take the task of destroying king shrem... Sure enough, on the one hand, I still need to continue to summon people, on the other hand, I also need to arm the soldier.

Thinking and walking, after arriving at the farm, ello knocked on the door. Mai looked very happy when she saw the shrempy in ello\'s hand and paid the remaining six copper coins. Arrow talked with Mai and his wife and children. Before leaving, he left them three shrems and walked to Pelican town with their thanks.

——On August 5, 1301, task reward: + 6 copper. Task preparation: - 3 copper and 5 iron. Balance 84 Gold 3 silver 1 copper 5 iron——

When the guild door opened, arrow yawned, stretched and stepped in.

At the moment when the sun shone into the guild again, Napa immediately floated up from the counter and came to meet arrow.

After Brad and buffy entered the guild, they were immediately shocked by the spacious and tidy guild hall. They kept looking around, amazed at what was in front of them.

After seeing Napa, he looked more restrained.

After giving a brief introduction to both sides, arrow said, "from today on, this is your home. Tired? Upstairs, except that the room by the window is mine, you can choose one of the other rooms yourself. But before you rest, you need to clean your room yourself. "

Brad nodded hurriedly, "I see! President, vice president! I\'ll try to clean it! "

With that, he put his hand around Buffy and hurried upstairs. After a while, I heard a crackling sound from above. I don\'t know whether this guy is cleaning or tearing down his house.

Arrow took a breath, went to the bar, sat down and breathed out a long breath.

"What did you accomplish? And let you accept two members. "

Napa poured out a glass of water from the water tank on one side, slipped on the bar and sent it to ello\'s hand.

Arrow took eight copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table. He smiled and said, "before taking the task, I have 84 gold, 2 silver and 7 copper. In order to prepare salt water medicine, I spent 2 copper to buy salt, 1 copper to buy bottles and 5 iron to buy food on the road. Now the task has earned 8 copper coins. To sum up, my current deposit is 84 gold coins, 3 silver coins, 1 copper coin and 5 iron coins. "

Napa fell on the cushion, her tail shook slightly, and said in a lazy tone, "it sounds very far from your goal of 1000 gold coins."

Arrow smiled and said, "it\'s good to receive a successful list when you open the door. What\'s more, I have extra gains. "

"Bonus?"

Arrow knew that the cat was not curious. I\'m afraid it was just because there was nothing to talk about.

But arrow took the magic crystal out of his pocket, put it in front of Napa and said, "how about it? Magic crystal, surprised! I didn\'t think I could find the magic crystal on my first mission! "

Napa, who was originally very lazy, saw the magic crystal at the moment, but her indifferent eyes immediately became energetic! Its body also raised a little and stared at the crystal.

As if he didn\'t see Napa\'s eyes, ello continued to "show off" and said, "isn\'t it great? Let me tell you! This magic crystal can sell at least 1 gold coin in the capital. If it is carved and matched with a beautiful box, I can sell more than 5 gold coins! Hee hee, so I\'ve made a lot of money this time! "

Hearing that Napa was going to sell the magic crystal, Napa looked a little sorry. Its eyes were still fixed on the crystal, but unexpectedly, arrow stretched out his hand and put the crystal back into his pocket.

"Ah! Ariel! "

"Huh? What\'s the matter? "

Arrow showed an expression of doubt.

Napa looked very hesitant. She adjusted her posture back and forth on the cushion several times. Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she said, "can you give me this crystal?"

"Here you are?"

Arrow believed that his face must be full of surprise. If he could, he really wanted to take out the mirror and have a good look at his expression.

Napa nodded as if she had made up her mind and said, "give me the magic crystal. Although I can\'t give you gold coins... I really need this crystal now. If you are willing to give it to me, I will repay you in other ways. How about it? "

Arrow immediately shook his head and showed a very firm attitude: "are you kidding too much? I worked hard all night to get the magic crystal. Are you going to pass in a word? It\'s not that you don\'t know I\'m badly short of money. "

Napa was also a little anxious. It raised its claws and scratched in mid air. It seemed to be thinking of a convincing reason. After a long time, it held back a sentence: "it can restore a little of my strength! Have you seen my power, too? If I restore my strength, your guild will also benefit, won\'t it? "

Ello looked at Napa and the magic crystal in her palm. After a long struggle, she finally frowned and walked back to the counter with a sad face, and put the magic crystal in front of Napa.

"All right, all right! You\'ve said that. This magic crystal must be very important to you? Take it, take it! Let me do a good deed! "

Napa immediately nodded at ello, opened her mouth quickly, put the magic crystal in her mouth, closed her eyes, lay on the cushion and meditated.

Arrow yawned again, showing a look of great regret, went upstairs, told Brad and buffy who were still cleaning the room, and went back to his room.

Close the door, take off your hat and relax your hair.

Arrow combed his hair slowly in front of the mirror. He was stuffy all night in the wet and dark forest. His hair was really stuffy.

Looking at himself in the mirror, arrow swept away his sad face just now, and a faint smile unconsciously floated on his face.

Magic crystal, of course, is a good thing.

But a good thing needs someone to bid to become a good thing.

Priceless treasure looks noble, but from another point of view, it is no different from garbage.

If you are in Chaohai City, the capital of the blue bay Empire, you can certainly sell one or two gold coins.

But in this remote Pelican Town, who will give a gold coin to buy this thing?

The existence value of goods lies in exchange. If exchange cannot be carried out, the existence value of goods will only be depreciated continuously. If it is finally damaged by accident such as loss or fire, what this magic crystal brings to itself is complete negative value.

Instead of leaving it in your own hands, you might as well exchange it for something more useful.

For example... The favor of the cat and his guilt.

These emotional investments do not seem to produce immediate economic benefits, but they may produce greater economic value in the long run.

After taking care of her hair, ELO went to bed to catch up.

It\'s just a pity that the economics faction of old tengshu college doesn\'t teach how to get rich. Now, whether these theories can really bring economic value to himself can only be seen step by step.

————

After a beautiful rest all morning, ello recovered his energy, took care of his hair again, put on his hat and went downstairs.

First, I came to the gate to have a look... There is still no entrustment request on the task board.

"Hello, Ariel."

Arrow looked back and saw Napa sitting on the cushion and looking at herself. Its appearance doesn\'t seem to have changed. Doesn\'t the magic crystal have changed?

However, arrow\'s doubt lasted only a short time and was dispelled by the cat\'s words.

"... you have no magic affinity. Depending on your physical quality, you are not expected to become a soldier."

Arrow knew that his investment had worked.

At that moment, he spread out his hands and said helplessly, "didn\'t you know that long ago?"

Napa tilted her head and looked at ello. After a while, she continued, "I saw that you prepared salt water medicine yourself yesterday. Where did you learn this alchemy? "

Arrow: the library of old tengshu school

Napa: "is the library still open to economics students like you? Let you have unconditional access to alchemy books? "

Arrow sat down in the bar chair and said with a smile, "it\'s not just alchemy books. You can read them as long as you want to. The library is open to all students. There is no forbidden area or the like. "

Napa: "no distinction? Open to all students? What if the students of the warrior Department read the books of the magic department all day? If your economics students keep reading these alchemy, magic and battle books, why is your school divided into such detailed factions? "

Arrow raised his finger, drew a circle in mid air and said, "first of all, I\'m telling the truth. The library of old tengshu college does not set any obstacles to students\' factions. Not only the library, but even if the students of the Department of economics are willing to attend the courses of the Department of magic, or the students of the Department of magic want to be a melee mage to learn tactics, there will be no obstacle at all. Just apply for an audit, and the application is only for the record, and no one will hinder it. "

"Secondly, if students in the Department of economics really have the ability to become soldiers or magicians, it\'s OK to change departments! Why do you have to stay in the Department of economics? Similarly, if you think you are more suitable for the other two departments, then transfer. Old Teng Shu won\'t say that once you enter a department, you must end it all. If you think you can, turn around. If you think you are really not suitable for the other two factions and can\'t catch up with their courses and studies, just stay in your own faction. "

"So I can read some shallow magic books. I can also make shallow alchemy like salt water medicine. But I also went to the deeper magic book and couldn\'t understand it at all. Plus I have no magic affinity, I\'ve been insulated from magic all my life. "

Napa waited silently for arrow to finish. After a moment of silence, she finally said——

"Then, would you like to learn alchemy systematically?"

Arrow still maintained the most basic smile expression. He seemed to smile happily, but a closer look seemed to be a mechanical reaction, which made Napa unable to see what was thinking in the girl\'s heart.

"I don\'t think I need to repeat it again. You should know I don\'t have magic affinity?"

With a smile on his face, arrow said in a casual manner.

Napa shook her tail slightly and adjusted her position on the cushion——

"I know that very well. Generally speaking, alchemy belongs to a branch of magic theory. It requires people with magic affinity to learn alchemy. The stronger the magic affinity, the more powerful alchemy can be used. "

This is no different from what arrow knows.

To put it bluntly, magic is a kind of talent. Some people are naturally able to communicate with various elements in nature, so as to lead their power into their own use. The ability to communicate with natural elements is called magic affinity.

Alchemy is to perceive the amount of Magic Elements in all things in the world through its own magic affinity, and combine these elements according to its own needs, so as to form the result that the magician wants to combine. This is why alchemists are basically all famous magicians.

However, ello did not intend to rush to correct the topic with the cat. After all, there might be some reason why he could say so.

"For ordinary people like you who have no magic affinity at all, alchemy should have been insulated from you. But... Helping you is helping myself. I\'ll teach you another alchemy. This alchemy does not need magic affinity at all, but only enough patience and perseverance. Of course, it may take a lot of time to try and make mistakes... "

At this point, Napa\'s voice suddenly softened. Arrow knew that the cat finally understood the problem in his words.

Arrow took a breath, got up from the bar chair, put one hand on his waist and said, "it sounds like a great alchemy. Well, if a person with magic affinity comes to learn, can he better learn your alchemy? "

The cat thought for a long time before he had to nod and agree: "if you have magic affinity, it\'s the best. Any alchemy is magic. The higher the affinity, the stronger the ability. "

"Well, how about learning later when I have time?"

Arrow looked at the cat\'s expression and watched it change from its original self-confidence to depression. He knew he was right.

Napa\'s face should also know what\'s wrong with its alchemy, but it didn\'t seem to give up. She looked up again and said, "don\'t you want to try? As long as you work hard enough, it\'s not necessarily that a person without magic can become a \'quasi magician\'! Moreover, the price of alchemy products is not cheap! "

Arrow got up from the bar chair and walked to the back kitchen. Napa also floated up and followed.

After entering the back kitchen, arrow put on her apron, prepared the vegetables and meat she had bought before, and began to deal with the ingredients for dinner.

He moves very fast and skillfully. Although Napa always knew that the girl was very agile, this was the first time she saw arrow cook. She saw a lot of ingredients and soon became a delicious meal.

"What on earth are you? Cooking is so skilled that it doesn\'t look like a rich lady who will be qualified to study in laotengshu college. "

Arrow smiled at the corners of his mouth, shook his kitchen knife and sliced the meat: "Napa, if I was born to run slower than others, now you tell me that as long as I practice hard, I can run faster than others one day. Do you really think I should practice all the time? "

Napa looked around and saw that there was no place around to let it settle. After hesitating for a moment, she simply fell on ello\'s hat and lay down: "why not? Work hard, struggle, isn\'t that right? "

"Haha, haha, No."

After picking up a pot of vegetables, ello began to thicken the soup and said with a smile, "I try to practice running, so why do I think those who already run faster than me will not practice running as hard? Since I can\'t run others, why can\'t I ride, ride, or take shortcuts to get to my destination before those who run faster than me? Or in other words, why do I have to reach this destination? Can\'t I run in the opposite direction? Who stipulates that there will always be only one destination in life, and does not allow other goals to exist? "

"It\'s like I don\'t become a magician, but I can provide hotels and food for the magicians. Even some magicians can create their own food and accommodation through magic, but what about the physiological needs of their servants? What about the houses they need to live in? Does the magic book need binding? Do pens and inks need to be made? I can reach the extreme on the other hand. "

It was the first time that Napa heard such remarks, and she didn\'t seem to know how to react for a moment.

"Similarly, like many ordinary people, I am born without magic affinity. In that case, why should I work so hard in my natural weakness, in order to do things that magicians can do easily? Well, you can achieve the same power as a magician through your own efforts. It sounds very inspirational. But I have to spend far more time than a magician studying alchemy, and I have to spend far more energy than a magician to reach this step. "

"I believe there may be such people in this world."

"But since such people can practice their weaknesses as well as other people\'s strengths, why don\'t people with such perseverance put their efforts on their strengths?"

"I try my best to practice your alchemy. Maybe one day I can become like those magicians and use a lot of cool magic. But... I just keep chasing like this. Is it possible to surpass the magic of those magicians? "

"If it\'s hard for me to surpass the normal magician at this point, why don\'t I put my time, energy and perseverance on other things?"

While talking, four dishes and one soup had been baked. Arrow took the food to the counter, put a pot of noodles again, and put it on the table outside.

"Brad, Buffy, dinner time!"

Arrow yelled upstairs, and Brad ran out of the room happily. His body and shoulders are still covered with a lot of dust, and the whole person looks dirty. Bafei flew down directly from the second floor and looked at the dish of honey with green silk fruit on the table.

"... I can\'t tell you."

Napa looked very depressed. In a bad mood, she flew up from Arrow\'s head, landed on the cushion on the bar again, lay down and wagged her tail.

Brad was scolded by arrow to wash his hands. Buffy was surprised by Napa\'s mood and asked: "(goblin language) what\'s the matter?"

"(goblin language) nothing."

Arrow put a bowl of milk next to NAPA\'s cushion and said with a smile——

"If you really want to say anything... I can only say that I am a businessman, not a simple mechanic."

After dinner, ello asked Brad and buffy to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, while Napa continued to lie on the counter without saying a word.

Ello didn\'t care. After going back to his room and planning the next arrangement, he counted his savings and turned off the light to sleep.

——On August 5, 1301, board expenses: - 1 copper and 5 iron. Balance: 84 gold and 3 silver——