In the evening, a cool breeze blew in through the window.
Tang Zheng, who had fallen asleep on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
Phew—
"Did I have a nightmare?"
Tang Zheng raised a hand to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead, let out a breath, and muttered softly to himself.
He had dreamed of Bone Lord standing right before him, staring coldly at him with scarlet eyes!
"Fuck!"
Tang Zheng curled his lips and cursed under his breath.
Bone Lord was a transmigrator, and so was Tang Zheng. Bone Lord was a Player, and so was Tang Zheng!
"So why the hell should I be afraid of you?" Tang Zheng took a deep breath, patted his cheeks to wake himself up, then got out of bed and looked out the window.
The sky outside had already darkened.
Tang Zheng walked to the guest room window and pushed it open. The cool wind rushed into the room, blowing away much of his irritation.
He had not expected to sleep until evening.
This small inn was a two-story European-style building. His room was on the second floor, and through the window, he could see an alley directly below and the nearby street.
Outside the window were several connected wooden railings extending outward, but they looked old and clearly were not very sturdy.
Any Thief with a little skill could easily use the walls on either side of the alley to climb up to the second floor.
Tang Zheng gave them a look, gently shook his head, and closed the window again.
An inn like this could not keep out any Thieves to begin with.
Tang Zheng washed his face to clear his head before leaving the guest room.
On the street.
There were clearly far fewer people than during the day. Only groups dressed like Adventurers, weapons in hand, strolled leisurely along the road.
Tang Zheng had previously asked the innkeeper where nearby shops selling various goods were located.
He first headed to a clothing store.
Tang Zheng had been wearing the same clothes for more than ten days, and they had long developed a sour smell. He would also need extra clothes for his upcoming trip to the Great Forest of Tob.
When he came out of the shop.
Tang Zheng carried a stuffed bundle in his hands and wore a black robe that covered his entire body.
It had cost him three silver coins in total.
The most expensive item was the black robe he was wearing, which alone cost one silver and seven copper coins. The rest of the bundle was filled with cheap, coarse linen clothes like the ones he had worn before.
The reason he had bought this better-quality black robe.
Was because he was about to visit the Magic Caster's Guild. It would not be appropriate to go there looking too shabby if he intended to buy something.
Within the Kingdom, every major city had branches of the Adventurer's Guild and the Magic Caster's Guild.
However!
Unlike the Magic Caster's Guild headquarters in the Royal Capital, branches in other cities did not have much responsibility for training Arcane System Magic Casters.
Whenever someone with talent as an Arcane System Magic Caster appeared, the Magic Caster's Guild branch in their city would send them to the headquarters in the Royal Capital for training.
The reason for this was naturally a lack of money!
The Re-Estize Kingdom's relatively traditional culture meant that the nation's upper ranks did not place much importance on the Magic Caster's Guild, making it difficult for the guild to receive financial support from above.
Therefore!
The Magic Caster's Guild branches in each city had become places dedicated to producing and selling magic items and Magic Scrolls.
The Magic Caster's Guild here was a three-story building with an utterly ordinary exterior. If Tang Zheng had not specifically asked a passerby, he probably would never have guessed that this was a branch of the Magic Caster's Guild.
It was completely different from the bustling Adventurer's Guild and was remarkably deserted.
There were not even any guards at the entrance.
But thinking about it, probably no one would dare to force their way into the Magic Caster's Guild.
Tang Zheng came before the dark-brown wooden door and was just about to raise his hand to push it open.
Ding—
A soft chime came from above the left side of the wooden door.
Tang Zheng looked up and noticed a fist-sized bell hanging above the dark-brown door.
He could vaguely see a pale red glow flickering across the bell from time to time.
A magic item?
The thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind.
Click!
The dark-brown wooden door opened on its own.
So that was it.
A trace of realization flashed through Tang Zheng's eyes. It was certainly convenient, though that bell-shaped magic item probably had more than just this simple function.
With that thought.
Tang Zheng stepped into the Magic Caster's Guild. Soft light spilled through the doorway, and the inside of the guild was exceptionally bright.
Compared to the rough and simple Adventurer's Guild, the interior of the Magic Caster's Guild was worlds apart from its plain exterior.
The entire hall used red and black as its main colors. The surrounding walls were covered in red wooden panels, while only the area near the floor had been painted black.
The hall did not look very large, probably less than a hundred square meters.
From the outside, the building should have had far more space than this. Its interior had clearly been divided into separate sections.
Six wall lamps hung on each of the left and right walls, while a cylindrical chandelier overhead emitted a soft white light that brightly illuminated the entire hall.
At this moment.
Perhaps because it was evening, there were not many people in the Magic Caster's Guild.
Only two middle-aged men in mage robes sat behind the counter. One rested his chin on his hand and dozed off, not even opening his eyes at Tang Zheng's arrival.
The other was somewhat younger.
When Tang Zheng entered the Magic Caster's Guild hall, he looked over.
"I'd like to buy some Magic Scrolls." Tang Zheng walked forward and spoke softly.
Unlike magic items, which were expensive enough to cost around a thousand gold coins at a time, Magic Scrolls were consumables, and their production methods were relatively refined, so they were not overly expensive.
But precisely because they were consumables!
Even Adventurers with a bit of money would not readily buy them.
"My name is Walla. What kind of Magic Scrolls do you need?"
The younger Magic Caster named Walla looked Tang Zheng over from head to toe, his tone somewhat lazy.
Pure black hair was fairly rare.
"Do you have a catalog? I'd like to take a look." Tang Zheng gave a slight bow and spoke somewhat awkwardly.
Bang!
As if he had expected this already.
Walla casually pulled out a thin booklet from below and placed it on the counter, then seemed to drift off again.
Faced with this attitude.
Tang Zheng did not mind. Instead, he picked up the booklet from the counter and began flipping through it with some embarrassment. He had forgotten that he could not actually read this world's writing.
The first thing that caught his eye was an introduction to Zero-Tier Magic Scrolls.
Tang Zheng's embarrassment immediately eased. There were illustrations on it, and even without being able to read the words, he could tell the scrolls' effects from the pictures.
There were even more Zero-Tier spells than he had imagined.
For example, Magic Scrolls for completely mundane spells such as Ignition, Everlasting Light, and Clean, which possessed no offensive ability at all. These Zero-Tier spells were also optional at best for Adventurers.
He had heard someone from the Rock party mention.
That some merchant caravans and nobles would keep a supply of Zero-Tier Magic Scrolls when traveling, using them to improve the quality of their journeys.
Tang Zheng searched through the booklet and soon found the Zero-Tier spell Papermaking.
However, he did not immediately speak up to purchase it and instead continued turning the booklet's pages. Next came First-Tier magic.
The number dropped sharply, but both their practicality and usefulness increased greatly!
"Repair (First-Tier): Can repair damaged objects."
"Odorless (First-Tier): Can eliminate one's own scent."
"Floating Board (First-Tier): Can create a semi-transparent floating board for carrying items."
"Magic Arrow (First-Tier): Fires three magic arrows to attack."
Tang Zheng looked at the information in the booklet. There were very few offensive Magic Scrolls, only three in total. Most of the others were for support.
Hm?
Tang Zheng flipped to the last page and found nothing else.
There were no Second-Tier Magic Scrolls?
Tang Zheng was briefly stunned. If he remembered correctly, the New World's humans possessed scroll-making techniques capable of producing Third-Tier Magic Scrolls.
The Slane Theocracy even possessed the incredibly precious technique for making Fourth-Tier Magic Scrolls!
Third-Tier Magic Scrolls should be fairly valuable resources even to the Magic Caster's Guild, but Second-Tier scrolls should not be.
So.
It was not that they did not have them, but that they were not for sale to the public?
Or perhaps ordinary buyers were not qualified to purchase them.
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