Chapter 514: Adventurers, Spellbooks

Seventon.

The Old City District remained quiet and was not affected by the Snow Melting Competition, but the New City District was bustling; besides Spellcasters, there were also ordinary people who had rushed over from nearby.

Of course, even these ordinary people were not the poor wretches who tilled the land; at the very least, they had to be small Merchants or the like to have the financial resources and energy to visit Seventon.

More of them were Adventurers, but even these Adventurers were not the kind who found lost items or chased chickens and dogs for the residents of various Territories, but rather Adventurers capable of venturing deep into forests to search for ruins.

Only these Adventurers had both money and leisure, and were even able to speak with Spellcasters.

It is said that such supreme treasures as the 【Nether Scroll】 were discovered by Adventurers; who wouldn't want to have such a discovery again!

In the minds of Adventurers in Netheril, only those Adventurers capable of searching for ruins count as true Adventurers; at the very least, they must dare to go to border towns to hunt monsters like Gnolls and Trolls.

When Xia Duo and Niya arrived in the New City District, what they saw was a bustling crowd coming and going, among whom those Adventurers who clearly exuded a fierce aura were particularly eye-catching.

Most of these Adventurers had Scroll Cases hanging from their waists, emitting chaotic Magic Auras, clearly indicating that they contained various Magic Scrolls.

There were also Adventurers in Savile Town, but among those Adventurers, very, very few possessed Magic Scrolls, because possessing Magic Scrolls requires the ability to use Magic Items.

Currently, in Xia Duo's Territory, besides himself and Laidun, among the ordinary people, only Aiwa, Ximeng, Meili, and Yatewude—these four people—could use Magic Scrolls.

Among them, Aiwa is a trainer, and Yatewude is a "former Druid" who lost his Holy Power.

When truly counted, only two people have learned it.

I didn't expect that there would be so many Adventurers in Seventon who could use Magic Scrolls!

With this thought, as Xia Duo slowly walked toward the Arena in the south following the flow of the crowd, he deliberately observed the Adventurers in the crowd; almost everyone carried Magic Scrolls, and there were not a few who had Magic Items on them.

This ratio is just too exaggerated!

Slightly drawing upon the Magic Net, he wove a Soundproof Barrier that moved along with them, and only then did Xia Duo say to Niya, "These Adventurers are just too rich!"

If one only looks at individual Adventurers, they are of course not as rich as Xia Duo, after all, Xia Duo is also a Spellcaster, but if one looks at the whole, these Adventurers are just too rich.

Xia Duo was currently short of money to "pay-to-win" for his spatial pocket, and looking at the Adventurers one by one, carrying Magic Auras and resembling walking Gold Coins, he couldn't help but develop the thought of wanting to rob them.

Niya noticed Xia Duo's spellcasting movement, but she didn't take it to heart; compared to those Mages who directly opened paths with Spells or even flew directly, both of their movements were considered small.

Seeing Xia Duo sigh at the wealth of the Adventurers, she also continued, "Seventon isn't usually this crowded; these Adventurers all came from outside. Well, they are Adventurers, they are all very rich; otherwise, who would buy the Magic Items produced by those Mage Towers?"

Of course, Niya just said this casually; if the consumption of Adventurers really supported the economic system of Magic Items, then the economic system of Netheril would have collapsed long ago, but it is a fact that the proportion of Adventurers' consumption is not low.

Niya's words gave Xia Duo a reminder; robbing directly was too low-level, and the way of eating was too ugly. It would be more elegant to use Magic Items to harvest them.

……

Before long, the two arrived outside the Arena. This place was even more bustling than other places, surrounded by people watching the excitement and doing business. On the way here on foot, Xia Duo did not see many Spellcasters.

It wasn't until they reached here that the number of Spellcasters increased. The Arena didn't seem to have opened yet, and Xia Duo didn't know what the organizers were doing; shouldn't the audience be allowed to enter in advance at this time?

After all, those who could come to watch the Arcane Competition were mostly Spellcasters, and even if they were ordinary people, they must possess extraordinary backgrounds or connections.

"Two honorable Mages, do you need a Spellbook?"

Just as Xia Duo was wondering when they could enter, a middle-aged man with a beard dressed as an Adventurer stopped them, seemingly wanting to promote some Spellbook.

Xia Duo looked the man up and down; he was not carrying any Magic Items, not even a single Magic Scroll, and only had a single-handed sword with a poor appearance hanging from his waist.

"Do you really have a Spellbook?" Although he didn't quite believe it in his heart, Xia Duo still slowed his pace and asked.

"My lord, I really have a Spellbook!" Seeming to feel that such words were not convincing himself, the middle-aged man with a beard moved closer and lowered his voice to add, "It is a real Spellbook!"

Xia Duo pulled Niya and stopped. The other party's deliberate approach made him a bit vigilant, but "real Spellbook" still attracted him. Unlike the books that record Spells as generally referred to, the "real Spellbook" the other party spoke of actually refers to a Magic Item made by a Mage himself to assist in Spellcasting.

Generally, only High Mages who have mastered many Spells need to create Spellbooks to assist in Spellcasting; this type of Spellbook is similar to a collection of multiple reusable Magic Scrolls.

It would contain the vast majority of Spells mastered by the creator, almost counting as the core secret of a Spellcaster.

How could this thing be obtained by an ordinary person?

But if it were true, the value of this thing would be immense; just the vast majority of Spells mastered by a High Mage would be hard to price, not to mention the Spellbook itself.

Xia Duo had long planned to create a Spellbook after advancing; if he could have a ready-made Spellbook for reference, it might be much more convenient.

Currently, because Niya needed to make up for lessons, she also hadn't created a Spellbook. The only one Xia Duo knew of who had a Spellbook was Aiboke, and he had even seen Aiboke's Spellbook with his own eyes.

Of course, he only saw the exterior; if he told Aiboke that he wanted to borrow his Spellbook to study, it is estimated that the other party would have a very high probability of turning hostile immediately.

No one can get a Spellbook from a living Mage; this is already a recognized common sense in the magical world.

……

Exchanging a glance with Niya, both saw suspicious expressions in each other's eyes. Xia Duo looked left and right; because he and Niya were both wearing Mage Robes that looked extraordinary at a glance, others would avoid them, and even if they didn't avoid them, Spellcasters would not let ordinary people get too close; this was all normal.

But for an ordinary person to dare to stop a Mage, that was not normal. Some people had already begun to cast curious gazes here.

Looking at the middle-aged man with a beard in front of him again, he also noticed the attention of the surrounding crowd. An anxious expression appeared on his face, and he wanted to move closer, but under Xia Duo's gaze, he just lifted his foot and simply didn't dare to move closer, but his voice lowered even more:

"My lord, what I said is all true; that Spellbook is definitely a real Spellbook!"