Chapter 93: Gains and Losses

At the same time, he also understood one thing: this was the way he had long been expecting, a way to go to the place he yearned for.

It was just that this way was a bit hard to accept, but the people here didn't seem unfamiliar with this kind of thing; it was just that the specific conditions might differ in different periods, such as the price. Luge could imagine that during the so-called formal talent test, many unwilling people would be born, like that kind of red-haired woman who had talent but it was poor; the family would pool magic stones, or bear a longer contract term, to go to the Wizard's world together as servants of the proud qualified ones.

While pondering, Luge watched that fellow standing there selling servant contracts.

In the end, no one showed obvious interest either, and that person could only sit down dejectedly.

Soon another person stood up.

"Seeking a Gem Summoner who can communicate with the Fairy King; clues will be rewarded according to their extent. Interested friends can discuss in detail later." Having said that, this person quickly sat down.

After a cold moment, a man wearing a mask who couldn't hide his old age swayed to his feet; he looked as if he had run to the gathering while drunk.

"This old man has a treasure, not for sale! Among those seated, there must be quite a few Wizards — accurately speaking, Wild Wizards; I am one too."

As the old man spoke he still swayed, feeling as if he might fall at any moment; at the same time, his words had already made a trace of discord appear in the atmosphere at the scene.

"There are geniuses among Wild Wizards too; this is a spell this old man created himself." The old man held up a book. "With five hundred magic stones as the stake, as long as you can learn it, it's a gift — the magic stones will all be returned to you, and the spell counts as a gift to you; if you can't learn it, those five hundred magic stones become mine."

The old man held high the somewhat worn gray book; at first his tone sounded a bit proud, but as one listened it sounded more like he was swindling money with a fake that couldn't be cultivated, yet in the last few sentences one could hear the old man's deep regret.

"Originally thought many people would come today, but ran into early closure again; perhaps this is this old man's fate." The old man sighed.

After the old man finished speaking, no one responded for a long time; the old man looked around but did not immediately choose to sit down, until someone was already feeling impatient.

"Old sir, may I take a look first?" Luge spoke.

"Haha, why not!"

The old man casually tossed it, as if this worn notebook was just something he picked up, not his life's work.

Luge raised his hand to catch it, held it before his eyes, and turned to the first page.

Zero-Circle Spell, Stingy Technique.

Page after page turned; what was originally a plan to skim quickly gradually slowed down.

"You two, if interested, you may speak privately later." The clear girl's voice rang out again.

"No need, I want this book."

Luge raised his hand, held up the book to signal the old man, simultaneously apologized to the people around, and began taking out magic stones.

He originally just wanted to casually glance at two pages, never expected to actually be drawn in.

The little strange bird flew over again, took away Luge's magic stones.

"Only one person? That's fine too; it was a gift for you anyway; I have wine money now."

The old man muttered, and amid the irritated gazes of the surrounding people, finally sat back in his seat.

Listening to his muttering, Luge was only curious in his heart what wine was so expensive it even required magic stones to buy; he didn't feel a trace of regret in his heart.

"Verifying news: Star Baron seriously ill, or seriously injured, possibly life-threatening... Anyone with grasp of the news, or who can associate some clues, come find me later to discuss in detail."

This person finished speaking and sat down neatly.

Luge glanced at the red-haired woman; at close range he could faintly perceive her breathing growing heavier.

This gathering mode was still the first time he had seen it; he found it quite interesting. When that fat man first released the news he gave a guarantee, and the people sitting here all believed it, and paid money, as if this place could distinguish true words from false. But this also couldn't stop someone from borrowing this place to release misleading news, like the one who just sat down, using the method of verification, freely putting out the news that the Star Baron might die — no one would know if he really did it for verification.

People able to sit here are inevitably people with certain strength and status in Starry Sky City; this news would certainly produce some influence, just like the red-haired lady beside him — from hearing that sentence, she began to grow nervous.

Next, another person sold potions, two people sought to buy materials, and another sought help with a spell knowledge puzzle.

Unfortunately none were concluded.

After that it went cold; after waiting a moment, it entered the free discussion phase.

Everyone left their seats, scattered to various parts of the hall; some even took out wine, looking like they were chatting happily.

Luge wanted to find that old sir to chat, but looking around he could no longer find the other party's figure.

"Don't worry, that person's promised words are judged as true; if you learn the spell on the book, come here again, and I will help you recover it."

The little strange bird flew to Luge's side, slowly spat out the clear girl's voice.

"Gratitude." Luge said.

Perhaps unable to bear Luge staring straight at it, the little strange bird didn't stay long; after hearing Luge's words it immediately fluttered away.

Luge rose, wanting to go look for that slightly thin figure.

See why the other party came to inquire about his news.

Unfortunately, a glance showed two people currently talking with the other party, and it didn't look pleasant; he could only wait slightly.

"What do you think of this?" He suddenly said.

The red-haired Motel obviously knew what he referred to, but still had a blank face; clearly in her view this was a big matter. She and Young Master Lorigo, and the Starry Sky Family, or say Starry Sky City, were already bound very deeply.

The two rose and strolled in the hall.

"Let's go." He said.

That old man was already confirmed not to be here; as for that other fellow, he was already disputing with someone.

"Excuse you two, the Black Market you came to can no longer be returned to; if you wish to leave, you will directly return to the intervention point outside the Black Market."

The little strange bird flew over again, finished speaking clearly, and flew away.

The two of them crossed through the door by the hall wall and directly appeared in that original alley.

The two walked back to the manor in silence all the way; Luge saw she was still looking worried, so he found a topic.

"Giving you a gift worth one hundred magic stones: Twin Moon City is about to Extinguish Sun, and within these few years — that's that fat man's news," Luge said. "He said war starts because of this."

The woman heard Luge's words; the worried look vanished, directly turning pale.

"What is Extinguish Sun?" He said.

The woman was stunned a moment, then slowly came back to her senses.

"Extinguish Sun, also called Loss of Light, is a term born specifically for Ground Cities. From the moment a Ground City is established upon discovering 'Light Stones', there naturally comes the moment of losing light and heading toward ruin. The difference is... the opening rises because of light, but the curtain has never fallen on the day light is truly lost; big cities and small cities are all like this — often when there is still a very long time before Loss of Light, even decades, the Ground City is already destroyed in advance because of people's madness."

(Chapter End)