Chapter 213 A Strange Person
Gaode’s white teeth looked a bit dazzling to the locals at this table.
Although they had the intention of letting Gothe hear more or less, their original intention was to persuade Gothe to retreat, and they did not want to see anyone die in vain.
According to normal circumstances, whether Gothe can listen to what they say or not, he will usually pretend not to hear.
As a result, Gaode's response was to actively "come to the door", which made their emotions suddenly become caught off guard and mixed with a little embarrassment.
"That little white guy, he's staying here. The Viper and Rat is the largest inn in Ellaheim." Finally, one of the locals answered.
The awkward atmosphere has somewhat eased.
“Thank you very much.” Gao De said with thanks.
Then, he took out a silver coin from his pocket, flicked it, and the silver coin landed accurately on the bar, spinning around for several times.
Gothe waved his hand and said to the bartender who was laughing and watching the fun: "Add a pint of dark beer to this table."
While speaking, he had pushed open the oak door and his figure disappeared into the shadows.
Leaving the tavern, Gothe came to the three-story stone building on the ground.
The first floor of the stone building is a hall.
Gaode walked straight in and came to the counter.
"Is there any room left?"
Behind the counter is a tall and plump middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. She is holding a ball of wool and knitting clothes skillfully.
In Elahem, most of the locals have this kind of figure. Probably only by saving a little more fat can they be able to withstand the cold wind in the Dandong Snow Mountains.
Hearing Gao De's question, the middle-aged woman did not raise her head, focusing on the wool thread in her hand, "There are still rooms, what kind do you want? A full bunk room, or a single room?"
"Let's get a single room." Gao De said.
The middle-aged woman was finally willing to raise her head, "Then I will arrange a single room for you on the second floor for 2 silver coins per night."
Gaode did not bargain and handed over 1 gold coin.
"Let's rent it for three nights first."
The middle-aged woman nodded, then found a copper key from the drawer, slapped it on the counter, and made a crisp sound, "This is your room key, room 202, breakfast included."
As she spoke, she retrieved 14 Gaode silver coins, placed them on the table, and pushed them in front of Gaode.
Gaode did not accept it immediately, but pushed back another silver coin.
"Did a foreigner check into our hotel yesterday?" he asked.
The middle-aged woman glanced at the 1 silver coin that Gothe pushed over, and replied expressionlessly: "No."
Gothe looked at the middle-aged woman's emotionless eyes, thought about it, and then separated two more silver coins and pushed them in front of the middle-aged woman.
"Is it available now?" he asked again.
"Yes," the middle-aged woman nodded, "I remembered that a young man from out of town did stay in our hotel yesterday and rented a room for three nights."
The middle-aged woman immediately became silent again.
Gaode quietly pushed two silver coins over.
"It's a big taboo to reveal the guest's room number. If word gets out, it will be difficult for me to do business." The middle-aged woman finally said.
Gaode didn't waste any words, but directly pushed 5 more silver coins over.
Her face full of stains suddenly showed an extremely satisfied smile, she put the 10 silver coins that Gao Deluo had pushed back into her bag, and then said:
"Room 201, he lives right across from you. I don't know, you are very likely to meet him."
He put away the four silver coins under his body, took the key to his room, and turned around neatly to go upstairs.
"Mage, why was she unwilling to say it at first, but then she was willing to say it?" Walking on the stairs, a small and mini head came out of the pocket of Gaode's clothes and asked in confusion.
Gothe knew that he would be wrong about what Flora meant. He thought about it and answered seriously: "Money is used to buy food, rent a house and live in it. If Flora wants new clothes, you can also buy them with money."
"Oh" Flora seemed to understand, "That money is a good thing." "
"Why, is there anything wrong with it?"
".It seems not."
"Then it is a good thing."
"That's what Lady Flora said."
"Mage, you are not smart." Flora said with disdain.
While talking, Gothe had already arrived at the door of Room 202, opened the door with a copper key, and walked in.
Close the door.
Gaode put down a small package he carried with him.
The package contained "Breath of the Wild".
Level 4 rune constructs cannot be worn by first-level mages.
Hand such a precious thing cannot be safely stored anywhere, so even if it is a bit cumbersome, he can only carry it with him.
Afterwards, he took out his money bag, counted it carefully, and found out his current balance of savings: 67 gold, 6 silver and 6 copper.
Sounds like good luck. Although he was sent to the dungeon of Sires Mage Tower and the Mage Prison of St. Sean City, Quincy Urser's goal was always the rune construct, so he did not collect the money bag he carried with him.
In addition, he was released after just one night in prison, so Gao De was a prisoner for a time, but he didn't lose a penny of his money.
After counting the money, Gothe was about to take all the money back into his purse. When he raised his head, he found Flora sitting on the edge of the table nearby.
Her two calves were dangling unconsciously in the air, and her "big" eyes were looking at the shining gold coins without blinking.
His eyes are bright.
That meaning is all too familiar to Gaode.
He thought for a moment and put a gold coin next to Flora.
"For Lady Flora."
“Ms. Flora has nothing to eat for you, no house to rent to you, and no new clothes to sell you.” Although Mistress Flora’s eyes were shining, she did not accept it immediately.
She firmly remembered what Gothe said before.
"Because Lady Flora did something for me before," Gothe was referring to detonating the magic circle in the rune workshop. "This is a reward for Lady Flora."
"Remuneration?"
"It is a reward for those who have given their efforts."
"Thank you, Master."
"Lord Flora, you are so polite."
Flora held the gold coin in both hands.
The small gold coin was like a giant dumbbell in her hand.
Heavy and big.
But Flora didn't dislike it at all, her eyes were shining brightly.
Soon, in Gothe's envious eyes, the gold coin disappeared into thin air in Flora's hand.
Different from what we saw in Xianxia novels in previous lives, Qi refining monks all have several storage bags at their disposal.
In this world, apart from Flora, Gothe has never seen or heard of so-called space equipment.
Although Flora's "storage space" is very small and cannot even accommodate a chair, no matter what, this is a spatial level skill.
Although Flora is small, she is really capable.
After putting the money bag away, Gaode stood up.
「Where to go?」
「去认识新朋友。」
扣扣扣。
The door of the hotel is very heavy, and the sound of knocking is dull.
In just a moment, the door of Room 201 was opened.
A tall and thin young man, or rather a teenager, appeared behind the door and looked at Gothe expressionlessly.
It was also when he saw the person in front of him that Gothe finally understood what the unfinished words of the local man in the tavern were.
The name after Xiaobai should be a face character.
This is a young man who is about sixteen or seventeen years old and extremely handsome in appearance.
It can even be said that he is the most handsome among all the various people Gothe has seen since he came to this world.
The forehead is broad, the eyebrows are dark and straight, the bridge of the nose is straight, and the facial lines are clear and strong.
The most eye-catching thing is the pair of pupils, which have a faint golden color.
"What's the matter?" The expression on the young man's face was cold, which made Gothe feel that the destination of this trip was most likely to fail.
Judging from the other party's temperament, it seems that he is not someone who likes to talk around. Gothe simply said straightforwardly, "I am the tenant across from you. Iraheim just arrived today. I heard from people in the tavern that you are planning to climb the Dandong Snow Peak."
"That's right, so am I."
"No, I'm not here to form a team with you," Gothe made a final attempt and said sincerely: "I suddenly decided to climb Dandong Snow Peak for some reasons, and I was not well prepared." , I would like to ask if you have mastered [Skating Skill] or [Ice Walking]. If so, can you sell me a copy of the spell formula? "
"In Ellaheim, the official power supervision is not strict. I can add money." Gaode expressed his greatest sincerity.
"No need." The young man said, then turned around and walked into the house, closing the door behind him.
Looking at the door that was mercilessly closed, Gothe shook his head helplessly.
A little disappointed, but not angry.
After all, private trading of spell formulas has always been expressly prohibited.
Even in Elaheim, which is extremely loosely regulated, it is difficult for ordinary people to agree to trade with a stranger unless he is really short of money.
Forget it if you don’t succeed.
Gothe returned to his room.
"Why did he disagree again? Master, didn't you give me money?" Flora asked again.
"It should be that people are not short of money." Gao De replied.
"That's great." Flora said with emotion.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Gaode was surprised.
I am new here, why would someone come to me?
While thinking about it, he opened the door in surprise.
The young man opposite was still standing at the door with a cold face.
He said: "Here you go."
The young man handed over a piece of parchment. Gothe lowered his head blankly and saw that it turned out to be a spell formula.
【Skating】.
"How much?" Gothe raised his head blankly.
"No need." The other party repeated what he just said.
Only then did Gao De realize that when the young man said no, he meant no money?
"Dandong Xuefeng, you can't do it. Even if you learn it, it's not enough." The young man nodded towards Gothe, who was still confused. His handsome and stern face seemed to soften a little at this moment.
"I will think about it carefully." Gothe said, giving the other party a lot of respect.
The young man frowned, "Do you still want to challenge?"
Is it so direct? Gaode had no choice but to tell the truth: "I have a reason to challenge Dandong Xuefeng, and I also have the ability."
A rookie who does not overestimate his abilities. The young man gave the most fair evaluation without politeness in his heart.
Having not even mastered [Skating] and [Walking on Ice], he is obviously a novice. How could he think and dare to challenge the most difficult Dandong Snow Peak?
As expected, he doesn’t understand anything.
Even he faced the snowy peaks of Dandong with absolute awe.
Although he is confident that he can do this, can the other party be the same as him?
"I know." The young man glanced at Gothe expressionlessly, replied with his usual reply, and then turned around and went back to his room.
Send away this somewhat strange young man.
It is indeed strange.
Let’s call him friendly. His cold face and stiff tone of voice that don’t approach strangers seem to be nothing close to friendly.
Let’s call him unfriendly, he is actually willing to give away a one-level spell formula for free.
This is officially sold for more than 20 gold.
Gothe picked up the spell formula that was obviously handwritten by the young man and read it.
Compared with purchasing spell formulas from the official website, the biggest drawback of privately trading spell formulas is that the authenticity of the spell formulas cannot be guaranteed.
Especially after leaving the level of magic, the construction of spell models requires the consumption of corresponding spell potions.
The spell model is fake, and at most it is a waste of time and energy.
But if the formula of the magic potion is fake, it will kill people if you are unlucky.
"One portion of first-order ice blue butterfly powder." Gothe looked at the formula of the magic potion and studied it carefully.
The "Pharmacological Research" course that I had taken as an elective at Seris College came into play at this time.
Although Gaode cannot verify the authenticity of the magic potion formula, it can at least allow him to understand whether the formula will cause harm to his body.
After carefully studying it several times and confirming that the magic potion formula was not harmful, Gaode felt relieved.
“I’ll take a walk around the city tomorrow and replenish the necessary equipment for climbing Dandong Snow Peak, and then see if I can gather the main and auxiliary materials for the [Ice Skating] magic potion.”
"The materials required for the [Skating] magic potion are all specialties from the snowy region. It should not be a problem to get the materials together in Elaheim, and you may be able to get them at an extremely cheap price."
Following the laws of the market, any "product" is generally the cheapest in the place of production.
If we can get it all together, we can spend a few more days to construct the spell model of [Skating], and then we can set off to climb over the Dandong Snow Peak and enter the northern border.
After planning his trip to the north, Gothe went to bed with peace of mind.
Having been soaking in the river for a month, although he would go on the boat to rest at night, the stiff planks of the boat still made Gao De miss the soft bed.
After a night's rest, Gothe got up early the next day. After enjoying the free breakfast provided by the hotel: fish roe bread, he went out to stock up.
Halking equipment is easy to buy.
After some bargaining, which only cost about 5 gold coins, Gaode made himself look brand new and well-armed.
Sturdy and durable goatskin hiking boots, thick and warm bearskin gloves, soft and close-fitting cashmere underwear, and cloaks made of fox fur
People rely on clothing.
With this set of equipment and his high moral appearance, at least he no longer looks like a rookie climbing a snow-capped mountain for the first time.
The equipment purchase went very smoothly, but the main and auxiliary materials needed for the [Skating] spell and potion made Gothe wander around the city for a long time.
Because there is no magic shop in Ellaheim that specifically serves mages.
Hence, he could only find materials one by one.
Especially the first-order ice blue butterfly powder. In the end, Gaode was introduced by a small shop owner and went to an extremely remote local hunter's house to buy it.
Although it took a lot of time, luckily I got all the materials together.
Furthermore, the total price of this potion material in other places is almost 40 gold. In Elaheim, Gothe only spent 23 gold to get it.
It’s almost half the price.
This made Gaode feel much happier.
(End of this chapter)