Chapter 94

After the Bremen City staff left, Gao De put away the summons and immediately took a public carriage to the potion shop in the Siren District.

Since he had made up his mind to participate in this large-scale hunting and clearing operation, he had to make sufficient pre-battle preparations.

He needed to purchase supplies for the battle.

First was the "Blue Light Potion"; Gao De bought five sets in one go.

One set cost 3 gold coins.

It cost 15 gold coins.

In fact, if he weren't afraid that carrying too much weight would affect his mobility, he would have wanted to buy more.

The function of the "Blue Light Potion" is to provide mage apprentices with mana replenishment and accelerate mana recovery.

After drinking a bottle of "Blue Light Potion" when their mana is not full, a second-rank mage apprentice can recover most of their mana in half an hour by sitting still and practicing the guidance technique.

Third-rank apprentices can also recover most of their mana within half an hour.

The reason for the name "Blue Light Potion" is probably to make it sound more high-end; the down-to-earth term is "Basic Mana Recovery Potion."

In addition, he also bought a set of "Primary Healing Potions," also 3 gold coins per set.

This is used for applying to treat external injuries, but it has no effect on injuries caused by supernatural powers.

However, there are still many 0-circle ley line creatures that do not possess supernatural powers and are just purely physically strong.

So "Primary Healing Potions" might still come in handy.

Finally, Gao De also wanted to purchase one or two alchemy creations for self-preservation.

One is that he has the Tooth of the Hidden Mist, which counts as already possessing an offensive magic weapon.

The second is that for this battle, stability and self-preservation are paramount.

Because as long as his life is preserved, even the fiercest ley line creatures will have other mages to help solve and kill them.

Unlike traveling and adventuring alone, where if you encounter a ley line creature, it's highly likely to be either you die or I live, requiring both defense and attack.

But the points he could think of, others naturally could too.

And Gao De was not the first mage to receive the summons, so by the time he started wanting to buy alchemy creations, it was already too late.

Basically, all the good goods had already been snapped up.

What remained were either defective items, things he couldn't afford, or things he didn't really need.

After visiting several shops in a row and still coming up empty-handed, Gao De had no choice but to give up.

"Fortunately, the Origin of the Dire Bat was spent on 【Blade Protection】," Gao De secretly rejoiced.

Looking at it this way, this new ley line, if nothing else, at least the potionists and alchemists in the city can make a fortune.

"Perhaps my repair business can also be booming for a while after the war?" Gao De thought again.

After all, the most likely situation for magic items to be damaged is during battle.

After handling everything, the public carriages in the city had stopped "operating."

Gao De had to spend 25 copper to take a light two-wheeled carriage home.

After returning home, he first washed up, simply packed his luggage, hung a "Resting" sign on the door, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

For the next few days, he would be sleeping in the open, so he had to keep his spirits up.

The night passed without incident.

Before dawn, Gao De woke up half an hour earlier than usual and prepared a hearty breakfast for himself.

After finishing breakfast, he took his bag, pushed the door open, and when he arrived at Black Horn Square, it was still a quarter of an hour before the agreed seven o'clock.

But at this time, a group of people was already waiting at Black Horn Square.

Some familiar people were whispering, some were gathered together getting to know each other on the spot, and some were standing in the corners observing silently, but no one was shouting loudly; everyone maintained a proper degree of decorum.

Their behaviors were different, but what they had in common was that everyone was carrying a bulging bag.

They were all non-official mages in Bremen City.

Usually, if you wanted to find a mage, it wasn't necessarily easy, but now that the summons had been issued, Gao De realized that the number of mages in the large Bremen City was actually quite high.

Although they were basically all mage apprentices, there shouldn't be many proper mages.

At the entrance of the square, several tables were set up, each with several staff members behind them, and long queues in front of the tables.

Gao De chose the queue with the fewest people and lined up.

The whole process was very simple: take out the summons received yesterday, sign your name and mage rank, and then the staff would stamp the departure date and issue the corresponding level of remuneration. By the time all the mages who received the summons and were scheduled to assemble at Black Horn Square finished their registration, it was already 7:30.

After waiting boringly for another half hour, until the scorching sun was high in the sky and everyone started to become irritable, a female mage wearing a deep cyan spell robe finally arrived late.

"Everything is done, right?"

She asked softly, her tone devoid of any apology, instead revealing an unquestionable authority.

The female mage looked to be in her thirties, with a thin face, visible cheekbones, and eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

Although she was a woman, she made people not dare to underestimate her at all; this was the majesty belonging to a mage.

Her arrival seemed to instantly bring a breath of cool air, causing the irritable atmosphere in the square to calm down all at once.

"Everything is ready, we can depart at any time," the steward in charge of registration stepped forward and whispered.

The female mage nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping across the square.

Wherever her gaze fell, the complaints that had arisen due to waiting instantly subsided.

"Prepare to depart," she said softly, but her voice seemed to be amplified by a megaphone, spreading across the entire square.

"I know her, Mage Velsa, a second-circle mage of the Law Enforcement Team."

In the crowd, someone whispered.

Gao De's heart tightened.

A second-circle mage!

A first-circle mage was enough to make Gao De feel awe, let alone a second-circle mage.

At the same time, Gao De felt more at ease.

With a second-circle mage leading the team, as long as he was careful and didn't court death, generally nothing would happen.

Following Mage Velsa's order, the group of mages at Black Horn Square, under the direction of official personnel, formed two long lines and left in a grand manner.

Outside the city gate, city guards and a convoy were already waiting.

The team was still mainly composed of mage apprentices.

And mages at the apprentice stage have physical fitness not much different from ordinary people.

Even because their status is generally higher than that of commoners, they usually don't need to do any manual labor, so their physical fitness is often even weaker than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, if carriages and horses were not arranged and they had to rely purely on foot, the journey alone would be enough for the mage apprentices to suffer, let alone having the energy to "fight monsters." However, although vehicles were arranged, don't expect too much comfort.

The carriage frames made of sturdy wood could withstand heavy loads and the bumps of long-distance marching, but the shock absorption capability was very worrying.

The wheels were wide with wooden hubs, sufficient for driving on muddy or uneven ground.

The carriages were covered with a layer of thick canvas, and under the canvas were supplies.

And the mages sat directly on the canvas.

Eight mages were arranged in one carriage.

Compared to the mages who had carriages for transport, the city guards had to work much harder.

Most city guards could only follow the convoy on foot.

However, the city guards were only responsible for logistics, and the main combat force was the mages, so being tired was just being tired; it didn't matter.

After arranging all the mages, the convoy officially set off.

Next, it was a long, long road.

The traces of the battle left by the Dire Bat's attack on the city yesterday had not been completely cleaned up after most of the day yesterday, and one could still occasionally see the remains and broken limbs of Dire Bats on the road.

The destination of the convoy Gao De was in was Kamond City.

The main task was to sweep the ley line creatures wandering near the official road from Bremen City to Kamond City to restore traffic on the official road between the two cities.

At the very beginning, the road was still wide, and one could occasionally see farmers in the fields on both sides of the road who had gathered the courage to come out to harvest wheat.

About an hour later, the convoy officially entered the depths of the mountains and forests, and no more figures could be seen on either side of the road.

And according to the requirements, once they reached this point, the mages in the convoy had to spread out along the official road to both sides to hunt the ley line creatures wandering on both sides of the official road.

It was necessary to ensure that within at least two kilometers on both sides of the official road, not a single ley line creature remained.

Only by reaching this standard could the safety of the official road be initially guaranteed.

According to Gao De's understanding, this operation could be briefly called "land reclamation and road repair."

(End of chapter)