Weird Wizarding World

The fruits of the Hanxue tree are white in color and look somewhat like grapes.

But it is just a single one, not like a bunch of grapes. Surrounded by the cold air, it is quite extraordinary at first glance.

It was after seeing the fruits of the Hanxue Tree that Colin finally understood what the strange feeling was about - it was clearly a reminder from the frost talent!

This grape-shaped cold snow tree fruit should be the same as the ice flower fish bead obtained through Anandu's Dice in the far north. It is a treasure that can improve frost talent!

"Eighty-one thousand magic stones!" After the auction hammer fell, the mechanical bidding sound rang out.

Colin paused for a moment and pressed the button next to the seat.

"Eighty-five thousand magic stones!"

There was no reason for him to miss this tree fruit that could enhance his frost talent!

"Eighty-six thousand magic stones!"

Just like the previous Extreme Cold Crystal, the market value of the Cold Snow Tree Fruit is not only 80,000 magic stones. It is auctioned later than the Extreme Cold Crystal, and the market price should also be higher than the 100,000 magic stones of the Extreme Cold Crystal. Be higher.

Maybe around 110,000 magic stones?

However, such items usually have a price but no market. The transaction prices vary, and the market value is only a rough estimate.

"Ninety thousand magic stones." Colin continued to increase the price without hesitation.

Ever since the talent column appeared on the gold paper, improving talent has been a problem.

It is not like witchcraft or meditation, which can be directly improved through practice.

Each talent requires different methods to advance progress, which are usually more troublesome, and some even have no way to improve them yet.

For example, the real talent - super brain.

But frost talent is an exception. At least for now, the method to improve frost talent is very simple.

There is no need to beat around the bush and go through any other means to improve. You only need to take the same kind of frost treasure to get improved...

I wonder if this is because the frost talent is obtained by taking the essence of ice spring, so the same source of magic plants or elemental treasures can also continue to strengthen this talent?

But no matter what, you only need to spend some affordable magic stones to improve your talents. This deal cannot be more cost-effective!

The auction continued, the bidding continued, and the price continued to rise.

"Twenty thousand magic stones!" Colin raised his hand and pressed the bidding button without frowning.

This Hanxue tree fruit, he has decided to take the deal!

In another box.

A plainly dressed wizard with white eyebrows, Isidor, frowned slightly and pressed the black bidding button on the side.

"One hundred and twenty-one thousand magic stones!"

Isidore held an open small wooden box in his left hand. A strange snowflake lay in it, exuding cold air.

‘It is indeed an extremely cold crystal, worth 160,000 magic stone flowers! ’

Isido gently sniffed the Extreme Cold Crystal, his brows relaxed slightly, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

"Twenty-two thousand magic stones!"

At this time, the mechanical bidding sound sounded again.

Isido's brows met again, and he reached out and took a photo of the white bidding button next to him:

"Twenty-three thousand magic stones!"

The Extreme Cold Crystal is a good thing, and the Cold Snow Tree Fruit is also a good thing. He wants them both.

In the box not far away, Colin frowned slightly after hearing the mechanical bidding sound.

He paused and reached out to press the bidding button.

"One hundred and thirty thousand magic stones!"

However, after a while, the mechanical bidding sound continued.

"Thirteen thousand magic stones!"

Colin sighed slightly. It seemed that the other bidders did not go as he expected and were scared off by the price increase of 7,000 magic stones.

He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and tapped the bidding button again.

"One hundred and forty thousand magic stones!"

The sudden increase in the bidding price of 10,000 magic stones once again caused a brief moment of silence in the entire auction house.

Just as the auctioneer was about to knock down the auction hammer and start timing, the mechanical quotation sound suddenly sounded again.

"One hundred and forty-nine thousand magic stones!"

Isidor frowned.

He really didn't expect that in this auction, in addition to the extreme cold crystal, there would also be an equally precious frost material, the cold snow tree fruit!

It's a pity that there are not many magic stones left in the hands of the Extreme Cold Crystal just now. One hundred and forty-nine thousand magic stones is the maximum amount he can afford now.

"One hundred and fifty thousand magic stones!"

The mechanical bidding sound continued without pause.

Isidor sighed and put down his hand.

It seems that I can only miss this cold snow tree fruit.

"One hundred and fifty thousand magic stones once...one hundred and fifty thousand magic stones twice...one hundred and fifty thousand magic stones three times!"

Dang!

The golden auction gavel struck hard.

In the box, Colin breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it's only 150,000 magic stones. If it were more, I might not have enough magic stones.

In fact, he just sold the Extreme Cold Crystal, otherwise how could he come up with 150,000 magic stones now...

It was considered good luck. After all, if he missed the Hanxue Tree Fruit this time, he didn't know how long he would have to wait for the next time he encountered a treasure that could improve his frost talent.

Small auction items such as Hanxue Tree Fruit will be sent to the corresponding auctioneer by a special device when they are auctioned.

So a moment later, when the next auction item came on stage, Colin had already obtained the Hanxue tree fruit in a brown wooden box from the tray next to the box seat.

Opening the wooden box and taking out the fruit, it feels a bit cold to the touch in your hands, and the dense cold air overflows, refreshing your heart and mind. After looking at it for a while, Colin carefully put it away.

In the following time, there was no magic stone in his pocket, and he was completely a spectator. While looking forward to the end of the auction, he took the cold snow tree fruit and watched the auction items to increase his knowledge.

An hour later, Colin returned to the True Knowledge Society research room.

The commission for Walter's auction was 5%. After deducting it, the Extreme Cold Crystal brought him an income of 152,000 magic stones, but after buying the Hanxue Tree Fruit, he only had Two thousand.

‘I hope I didn’t spend 150,000 magic stones in vain. ’

Colin took a deep breath and put the Hanxue tree fruit into his mouth.

A few minutes later, Colin, who had finished absorbing the energy, called out the gold paper.

In the talent column, the progress of Behind the Frost has obviously taken a big step forward. It has improved by 26 points and has reached 95/100!

It's a pity that we are still 5 points away from breaking the limit!

Colin sighed slightly, otherwise, this frost talent would probably be the fastest breaking talent in his history!

Looking at the black characters on the gold paper, Colin even had the urge to go to the far north again to try if he could use Anandu's Dice to find some witchcraft that could promote the growth of frost talents!

But after pondering for a moment, he gave up the idea.

For the same reason, the result of Ananduo's dice is really unpredictable, and the improvement that breaking the limit of frost talent can bring to him is still unknown.

It's better to go step by step and focus on witchcraft and wizard training.

However, in terms of feel, the Hanxue Tree Fruit this time is not inferior to the transparent ice flower that was taken for the first time, but the improvement progress is only more than half of the latter.

‘Sure enough, as the progress and frequency of consumption increase, the effects of these treasures will gradually weaken. ’

Colin understood in his heart and put away the gold paper.

Several days passed in a flash.

After the big action in the city that day, it seemed that the noise must be quiet for a long time, and the days in the city suddenly became extremely peaceful.

Even the war situation has come to a strange stagnation.

"Neustadt City Daily News (March 1 edition)"

"——There has been no fighting on the front line for five consecutive days."

"It is reported that since Operation Crimson on February 17th of the Anan calendar, the gods have taken the initiative to shrink the front line, and the conflicts on the front line have been decreasing day by day. Until today, there has been no fighting on the front line for five consecutive days..."

In the study, Colin put down the daily newspaper in his hand and picked up an announcement from the Supreme Council——

"Supreme Council Announcement (March 1 Edition)"

"...The Supreme Council issued the latest instructions: The current situation on the front line is stable, and we should continue to consolidate the defense line, preserve the existing advantages, and accumulate strength..."

Colin frowned slightly, rummaged through the drawer and took out yesterday's Supreme Council announcement.

On the brown paper, it was clearly written——

"The impact of Operation Crimson is still continuing, and the gods' front continues to shrink, and a counterattack may be coming!"

Colin shook his head. He couldn't understand the council's decision.

It was obvious just yesterday that he was about to start a counterattack, but today he suddenly changed his tone... It seemed that he no longer planned to pursue the victory.

The war... seems to have temporarily fallen into a strange period of peace?

Colin put down the announcement and didn't think more about it.

The reasons behind the decision of the wizard's superiors were not something that a second-level wizard like him could know.

Looking at his pocket watch, it was already getting late. Colin put the newspaper away, stood up, and prepared to go to the True Knowledge Society to practice witchcraft as usual.

After these days of focused practice, he vaguely felt that he had made some progress in the fireball technique and summoning fire elements.

At least he can now actively control whether the overlapping effects appear when casting these two witchcrafts at the same time.

However, before Colin could even walk out the door, he received an unexpected visitor.

"Good morning, Colin." Lilian, wearing a gray and white witch robe, smiled and greeted Colin who was opening the door.

"Senior Lilian, are you back after completing your mission?"

Colin looked at the cute girl with blond hair in front of him in surprise. The tailor-made miniature witch robe made petite Lillian look like an exquisite doll.

Colin's leg that was about to step out of the door suddenly retracted, and he raised his hand to greet Lillian to walk in.

"Senior, did the mission go well?"

The two walked through the front yard and walked into the living room. Colin ordered Renee who was not far away: "Renee, go prepare some tea and snacks."

"It went smoothly." Lilian smoothed her hair, pursed her lips and smiled, "It's just that the process is a bit thrilling. If you are willing, sit down later and I can talk to you slowly."

"By the way." Lilian turned to look at Colin again and asked, "I heard from my grandfather that you also did a mandatory task of the school some time ago? Did everything go well?"

There was concern in Lillian's eyes. As an elf hybrid, she knew how wizards who did not join a faction would be treated in the school.

It is easy to see from the timing that Colin's second mandatory mission came at an unusual time.

Even though she had learned from Atbold that Colin had returned safely, she was still a little worried and couldn't help but ask more questions.

"Everything went well." Colin looked at Lilian, nodded with a smile, paused, and added, "It's just that the process was a bit tortuous."

Colin thought of Joyce again and the inexplicable gaze he felt in Kalalli City.

However, it has been half a month since he returned to Neustadt, and there has been no new action from the Hiddos family. It seems that Joyce has not left any backup plan.

This matter should be over for now.

"The twists and turns, then I'm somewhat interested in hearing about it." Lillian looked at Colin's indifferent smile and felt relieved, and said with a smile.

"...No problem." Colin paused for a moment and nodded.

Although you can't tell Lillian about Joyce, you can't tell Lillian about Shelley either.

But the original mission plan only had one snow monster, but in the end it was discovered that there were two. What we saw and heard in Gubei Village, those special igloos, and the boy who lost his wife, were all interesting enough.

At least Lillian seemed to be listening with interest, and her face became a little heavy after hearing what happened to Robin.

"In fact, there are many things in this world that are destined as early as the time of birth." Lilian said after a while.

"Indeed." Colin nodded in agreement, thought for a while and then said: "The only thing we can do is to move up. Moving up may not be able to get rid of the bad start, or it may not be able to break the shackles that we have from birth.

But in most cases, we can at least move up one point, and every time we move up, we have really moved up. The true peace of people lies precisely in this seemingly arduous upward journey. "

"You're right." Lilian smiled, paused and said, "I just went to the school yesterday to redeem the second-level Tin Saint Meditation Method. Within half a month, I should try to advance."

"I wish you good luck, senior, you will succeed in the first attempt." Colin picked up the black tea on the table and saluted Lilian.

"Well, wish me luck." Lilian pursed her lips, picked up the black tea, and took a sip.

The two put down their black tea cups, and the white porcelain cups collided with the wooden tabletop covered with tablecloth, making a dull sound.

Lilian looked out the window and suddenly sighed:

"Just after you advance to the second level, you have to start worrying about the third level knowledge... The journey of a wizard is really endless."

Colin followed her gaze and looked outside.

At some point, it started to snow outside, and the white goose feathers fell, making the world even more lonely.

Colin did not answer and remained silent, but there was expectation in his eyes.

The Wizard's Peak, one day he would see it with his own eyes.

The two of them looked away and looked at each other. Lilian smoothed her hair and began to talk about her experience on this mission.

Colin sat across from the sofa and listened quietly.

Firewood crackled in the nearby fireplace.