Chapter 107: The Second-hand Bicycle Left by the Senior

Amy looked at Victor:

"Like you, Victor, who has the inheritance of a great wizard family, you don't have to worry too much. Even if you don't have purchasing rights in the academy, you can obtain higher-level wizarding tools from your family. But for a small noble like me, whose family inheritance is less than one generation and has no deep background, it's troublesome."

Victor nodded, indicating understanding.

His family does have its own channels, which can make up for the lack of academy permissions.

"However, fortunately, it's not without a way." Amy's eyes shone with light, "Wizards, after completing the service period stipulated in the contract, can choose whether to continue to freely participate in plane wars before reaching Tier 4. And every time a plane is conquered, or after a certain battle line comes to an end, a batch of wizards will come back for rest."

Jie Ming nodded, he was also very clear about this.

"And every Norn Academy, as the most core concentration of knowledge and power of the workshop, many wizards who are resting will choose to return to the academy, rent laboratories, rest and settle down, summarize experience, and research new wizardry."

"During this period, some relatively 'poor', or wizards in urgent need of funds, will occasionally sell equipment they no longer use." Amy revealed a cunning smile.

"Wizarding tools, as long as they are well maintained, can be used normally even after hundreds of years. At most, the wizardry models recorded inside are relatively backward."

"Understood, simply put, it's a bit like a senior in college selling the bicycle and second-hand books they don't use to a junior." Jie Ming realized in his heart when he heard this.

He had indeed never come into contact with this kind of "second-hand market". After all, he was very "rich" and pursued the most advanced and perfect rune wizarding tools, so he didn't need to consider this kind of "make the best use of everything" method at all.

But how to say it?

Although it is indeed very consistent with economics, after listening to Amy's explanation, Jie Ming felt a bit trance-like when looking at this Tier 5 wizarding tool.

In his eyes, this thing had changed from a "magic treasure refined by a great power in the Void Refinement Stage" to a "second-hand bicycle left by a senior, who knows how many hands it has passed through".

"Oh my, this is indeed outside my knowledge range. I have always bought directly from the academy warehouse, and I really didn't know that there was such an organization in the academy." Jie Ming scratched his head awkwardly.

Victor couldn't help but complain: "It's clearly you who are outside our knowledge range. You actually bought brand-new high-level wizarding tools with full payment—as expected of a rich person, you can't feel the hardship of ordinary people like us at all!"

"Exactly! People like you, even promoting to a Tier 1 Wizard is like playing, you don't understand our bitterness at all!" Amy also echoed, complaining jokingly.

Jie Ming smiled noncommittally and did not refute.

He did live too "richly", so much so that he ignored the survival ways of these bottom-level wizards.

"I met that senior during this period." Amy continued, "She also came back from the Elosia plane. Of course, the reason why we can keep in touch is also because I not only bought her wizarding tool but also often helped her contact other apprentices with needs, bringing her quite a lot of 'customers'."

"So we two are still quite familiar, it should be no problem to find her for trading."

Jie Ming smacked his lips, unable to help but feel a bit emotional.

Amy put away the communicator confidently: "Alright, I just contacted her, we can go meet her next. See if she can provide us with some useful intelligence, or introduce a few wizard teams looking for assistants."

Looking at Amy's confident smile, Jie Ming had a deeper understanding of her interpersonal communication ability.

Although Amy said it lightly, there is no doubt that the reason why she could reach a cooperation with that senior was still due to her strong interpersonal communication ability.

Jie Ming and Victor followed Amy through the simple but fully functional building complex in the camp.

Finally, they came to a semi-permanent rune construction located in a remote corner of the camp.

This place looked unremarkable on the outside, but the magic fluctuations flowing around were far richer and more stable than other places,

obviously arranged with a high-level gathering element array inside.

Amy knocked on the door, and the rune door opened silently.

The light in the room was a bit dim, and the air was filled with the unique scent of magic potions and ink.

A woman in deep blue wizard robes stood with her back to them, debugging a complex rune matrix.

She had an elegant posture, and a head of silver long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, hanging down to her waist, emitting a moon-like faint light in the dim light.

Hearing the movement, she turned around slowly.

It was an exquisite and mature face, with a hint of fatigue at the corners of her eyes, but it did not damage her charm at all.

She had a pair of deep silver-gray eyes, like the starry sky at night.

The other party was exactly the senior in Amy's mouth, Viola.

"Amy? A rare guest, I didn't expect us to meet here." The silver-haired witch's tone carried a hint of playfulness, her gaze sweeping over Jie Ming and Victor, carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"Actually bringing two little guys. Shouldn't you be struggling to survive outside? Why, you want to go back just after starting?"

"Long time no see, Senior Viola!" Amy smiled sweetly and stepped forward, "We are not that fragile. Just like I said just now, we came here this time to ask for advice, and by the way—seek some cooperation opportunities."

Viola raised her eyebrows slightly, noncommittal about Amy's statement.

She signaled them to sit down, while she sat on a comfortable chair, her slender fingers tapping the table:

"We have already communicated very clearly about this in the communication, but—"

"Cooperation? Interesting." Viola smiled, but that smile carried a hint of "pity", "You should know that trading between wizards has always advocated equivalent exchange. So—what can you provide?"

Being asked by her like this, Amy and Victor fell into silence one after another.

They were too happy before, but instead ignored this problem.

Although they have also advanced to Tier 1 official wizards, they haven't had time to accumulate wealth, and they really can't take out anything that can move this wizard senior in front of them.

"Amy, for the sake of our previous friendship, I can provide you with two pieces of suitable intelligence for free." Viola looked at Amy seriously, "But that's all. If you want me to continue to provide more intelligence, you must at least take out something that meets the same value as an exchange."

"So what can you take out that can move me?"

"Maybe I have?" ===== CHAPTER 108 =====