NABC Chapter 595 - 385: Hope in Despair (5k)_2
Chapter 595 - 385: Hope in Despair (5k)_2
Chapter 595: Chapter 385: Hope in Despair (5k)_2"Hmm." After pondering for a moment, Colin said, "Bring me two bottles first."
He had no plans to personally venture into the cave tonight to buy Magic Erasure Potion; it was merely for an emergency, and two bottles would suffice.
"Alright, that will be three hundred Magic Stones." The shopkeeper said, and then added, "You are a valued customer of the Chasai Commerce, so this is the cost price for you."
"Hmm." Colin promptly paid with the Magic Stones.
If his memory served him right, the Magic Erasure Potion he had purchased through a merchant introduced by his senior, Lillian, was two hundred Magic Stones a bottle.
Still, such a price could be considered steep, no wonder the Wood Family hadn’t stocked up.
Colin sighed and stepped out of the shop.
It was only just past noon outside, and Colin gauged that the time was about right. He slipped away quietly in a small alley and then made his way back to the Wood Family.
Although there hadn’t been anything out of the ordinary with the Wood Family so far, he wasn’t naive enough to fully trust Conmonds.
The Giant Mountain Breathing Method was critical to the future of the knightly path, and Colin wasn’t willing to miss even a slim chance.
He would take this opportunity to thoroughly explore the entire Wood Family!
Colin stood firm in the secret chamber where the Giant Mountain Breathing Method was stored, as his Frost Shadow silently dispersed in all directions.
Of course, he wasn’t idle either, scanning the entire secret chamber with his spiritual power.
Soon, one of the Frost Shadows reported something unusual.
Colin quickly made his way toward the southeast corner of the chamber.
After a
Almost more than half of every year was spent here, working alongside his foster parents, guarding the wheat fields.
Occasionally, during the rare leisure times, he would venture near the cave entrance that adults strictly forbade.
"We are here, Sir," Onions, engulfed in his thoughts, had not forgotten his duty to lead the way.
Colin looked ahead.
His vision shifted abruptly from the colorful sea of wheat to stark black and grey as an extremely peculiar territory appeared before him, unlike any terrain he’d seen elsewhere.
It was like... an abandoned open-pit coal mine.
Except this "coal mine" spanned an enormous area. Even from a hundred meters in the air, Colin could hardly grasp its entirety.
Furthermore, the terrain was complex with variations: hills, cliffs, basins, abysses—all were visible.
Numerous black holes of varying sizes dotted the entire grey-black area. Their shapes were irregular, oval or diamond-shaped, yet they all appeared exceptionally deep.
In front of the whole cave region, a small cluster of buildings was gathered.
Here was a town that had developed by relying on the cave, mainly providing services for wizards who came to venture into the cave.
Of course, it also served as the first warning outpost for when a magic tide from the cave approached.
If this were earlier, he and the other stationed wizards who came to the Roon Kingdom might have been assigned here.
But now, only merchants and visiting wizards remained.
"Sir, although there are a great number of entrances to the entire cave region, about eighty to ninety percent of them," Onions continued to explain, "eventually converge to five different nodes after a journey of three to eight hours at the average walking speed of a regular knight."