In the basement of Riverbank Castle, Sean and Khadgar told each other everything that happened on both sides.

When mentioning the magic core that Sean valued most, Sean asked: "Khadgar, have you purchased multiple magic cores?"

Khadgar thought for a while and replied: "The quantity is about the same as above, and the price is about 2.5 times that of last time, which is about 5,000 gold coins."

"The magic core has increased so much?" Sean felt nervous.

The conversion of these magic cores into arcane dust is only about 14,000, which does not take too long. Although Sean has a lot of gold coins, it is still very painful to spend so many gold coins to buy magic cores.

"Alas, this is already the lowest-priced magic core that Luo Dian seized the opportunity to snap up."

Khadgar sighed: "During this period, major mercenary groups entered the Elf Forest to collect a large number of magic cores, but the number of magic cores is still too small. Recently, it has increased to 3-4 gold coins per piece, and even higher.

It can reach 5 gold coins each. If you don’t need it urgently, you can earn 2,000 gold coins by selling it.”

"2,000 gold coins...forget it, I'll keep it for myself."

Although 2,000 gold coins were tempting, Sean gave up on the idea of ​​selling the magic core after thinking that his arcane dust had reached the bottom.

"Why is the magic core suddenly so expensive?" Sean asked.

Khadgar replied: "Part of it is because we are acquiring a lot, and part of it is because the River family is also acquiring a lot."

"River Family?"

Sean's brows wrinkled: "What are they doing to acquire low-level magic cores? Buy low and sell high? Or are they deliberately raising the price to make us lose more gold coins?"

"The river family has both of these considerations, but not all."

Khadgar added: "The River Family has two other considerations. The first is the magic crystal shells that made a big splash in the Battle of Thorn Ridge last time. The River Family is very afraid of them and has hoarded some magic cores to restrict us;

The second reason is that they have recently recruited a large number of magicians, about 30 in total, and these magic cores are used for daily practice.

Therefore, the price of Yohn City’s magic core has been raised very high.”

"never mind."

Sean waved his hand, "I will go to Capul Port in two days and try to purchase a large number of magic cores from the Kingdom of Anjou. Khadgar, please send over the magic cores you have purchased now."

"Okay, I'll send all the magic cores over there when I get there."

After Khadgar finished speaking, he directly activated the space rune on the ground. A light blue teleportation gate unfolded above the teleportation rune. Through the teleportation gate, the scenery of Yonn City could be vaguely seen.

Khadgar was about to go through the portal. Sean suddenly thought of something and hurriedly called Khadgar:

"Khadgar, wait a minute!"

"Sir, what else can you do?" Khadgar turned around.

"That's it..." Sean took out a pamphlet and two large bags of saltpeter from the [Dimensional Backpack] and handed them to Khadgar:

"This is a good thing for making ice cubes! You can give it to Luo Dian when you go back and make ice cubes according to the instructions in the booklet and sell them to the nobles in Yohn City."

"Okay, sir."

Khadgar put the saltpeter and the booklet into his [Dimensional Backpack], then passed through the portal and returned to Yonn City.

...

Five minutes later, the space runes on the ground lit up again, the light blue portal opened, and four large boxes fell out.

The box was sealed very well, but Sean could still tell that it was filled with magic cores.

Sean returned to the first floor and called Lao Chen and Zhu Talan, asking them to help move all four boxes back to the bedroom. Lao Chen and Zhu Talan happily agreed.

Carrying the box and heading upstairs, Zhu Taran said to Sean as he climbed the stairs: "Sir, you are going to Port Kapur in two days, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"That's it." Zhu Talan explained, "I'm going to go to Palomia to train more spies there and extend our vision to the royal capital."

"Okay!" Sean nodded: "But you want Dalia Blade Song to stay these days. The first is to protect the safety of the castle, and the second is to help Lunala understand the world. I have already promised her

Already."

Zhu Talan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, let Lao Chen and I go this time."

"Me?" Lao Chen was a little confused when his name was called.

"You don't want to? Don't you really like traveling around?" Zhu Talan looked sideways at Old Chen.

"You're right... Haha, I'll go with you!" Lao Chen said with a heroic smile.

After seeing Lao Chen agreeing, Zhu Talan smiled at Sean and said, "Sir, the problem of funds..."

"How many do you need?" Sean asked directly.

"3,000 gold coins, 3,000 gold coins is enough for us to spend a month." Zhu Talan confirmed.

"A month..." Sean's mouth twitched.

However, he also knew that a large amount of money would be invested in the initial stage of the establishment of an intelligence organization, and 3,000 gold coins was nothing.

So Sean took out the paper and pen from the [Dimensional Backpack], wrote a note and gave it to Zhu Taran:

"Lao Zhu, please give this note to Henry, and Henry will give you the money. However, from now on, the construction of the territory's intelligence network will be entirely left to you!"

"Don't worry! I will definitely do my best." Zhu Talan accepted the note happily.

...

...

Lao Chen and Zhu Talan helped Sean move all four boxes into the bedroom.

Sean lined up the boxes on the desk and prepared to start absorbing the magic core.

But before absorbing it, Sean suddenly thought of a question.

That is, the last time he absorbed the magic core, he gained a passive skill [Elemental Kirin Right Arm (Weak)], and in the actual battle with Goblin, he found that the effect of releasing spells with the staff in his right hand is indeed stronger than that in the left hand.

.

Of course, Sean hasn't had the chance to try out the magic immunity feature of [Elemental Kirin Right Arm] because Goblin and Minotaur are both physical attack professions.

Now what Sean is struggling with is, should he start strengthening his left arm now? Or should he accumulate the [Elemental Kirin Right Arm (middle)] as soon as possible?

After struggling for a while, Sean decided to just strengthen his right arm. "The road to darkness" is also a wise choice.

Sean opened one of the magic core boxes, and elemental power quickly poured out. A large number of earth magic cores were placed in the box, shining brightly.

Sean put his hand into the box.

[A large amount of absorbable energy source has been detected. Do you want to absorb it? 】

【yes】

【no】

Of course Sean chose [Yes]. After making the choice, a large number of earth magic cores shattered at his fingertips, and the elemental energy rose along his right arm to his chest.

Sean's right arm also became tougher under the wash of sufficient energy, making it easier to utilize and absorb elemental energy.

The number of arcane dust on Sean's panel is also constantly rising, "314...477...939...".

After Sean absorbed all the magic cores from the four boxes in one go, the number rose to an astonishing "14326"!

And after Sean absorbed the last magic core, his already red and swollen right arm seemed to have broken through a certain critical point and achieved a qualitative transformation!
Chapter completed!