Inside the Mages Guild, the price of magic scrolls never went below one gold coin.
First-tier magic scrolls cost around 1-10 gold coins.
Among first-tier magic scrolls, support types were the cheapest, while combat types were significantly more expensive.
For instance, a first-tier magic scroll like Floating Board, used for carrying loads, sold for one gold and ten silver coins.
Furthermore, the price of magic learning scrolls was higher than that of regular magic scrolls; for the same spell, a learning scroll cost 2-3 times as much as a magic scroll.
Rowan was not interested in first-tier magic scrolls, and most second-tier magic scrolls cost over ten gold coins.
Third-tier scrolls were generally priced at over one hundred gold coins, and they were not even displayed on the first floor; one had to go to the second floor to purchase them.
Feeling the gold coins in his pocket, Rowan gave up on the idea of going upstairs and inviting humiliation upon himself.
Rowan could not help but think of that Golden-haired Captain, who had used several third-tier magic scrolls for a single mission.
Tsk, what a spendthrift.
After some picking and choosing, Rowan finally selected three magic learning scrolls, all of which were second-tier.
The first was a second-tier Universal Language Learning Scroll.
That’s right, in this world, learning could be achieved through magic; as long as one had the money, one could skip the headache-inducing learning process entirely.
Among them, a first-tier learning scroll could only allow one to master about a thousand simple characters, barely enough for writing.
A second-tier learning scroll allowed one to master most characters, making daily writing no problem at all.
This type of scroll was considered relatively cheap among learning scrolls, costing Rowan twenty gold coins.
The second was a second-tier learning scroll for the universal magic spell, Second-tier Appraisal, which could identify items of the second tier and below.
The price was forty-five gold coins.
Although Rowan wanted to learn third-tier or even fourth-tier Appraisal in one go, unfortunately, he lacked the financial resources.
The third was a second-tier learning scroll for the magic-type spell, Lightning Spear, priced at thirty gold coins.
Actually, Rowan wanted to purchase support magic that increased agility or strength, but helplessly, not a single learning scroll for these spells was priced below sixty gold coins.
He simply could not afford them.
Oh well, he would just buy third-tier or higher spells later when he had the money; the bonuses from low-tier ones were negligible and not very useful.
Rowan felt a bit bitter inside.
Having spent all his gold coins, Rowan quickly left the place.
Money was never enough; one hundred gold coins were gone in just a few moments.
He had better hurry up and earn money.
Once his strength reached the Hero Rank, he could consider looking for ways to make more money.
As for now, he did not have enough strength to do anything.
Over the next week, Rowan did not take any more missions but instead practiced magic in the city.
Second-tier magic was much more difficult than first-tier; previously, he could master a first-tier spell in one night, but second-tier magic took three or four days.
One could imagine just how difficult third-tier or fourth-tier magic would be.
After basically mastering the two spells, Rowan replenished his supplies and went to the Adventurers Guild to accept a mission.
After reaching the Platinum rank, the number of missions Rowan could accept increased significantly.
Now, he no longer looked down upon low-level missions like exterminating Goblins or repelling Ogres.
The rewards were too low; he did not even bother looking at missions with rewards under ten gold coins.
Rowan discovered that compared to before, many missions related to the Katze Plains had appeared on the mission board.
The Katze Plains were located in the southwest of the kingdom, very close to E-Rantel, and it was a paradise for the Undead, with a large number of them wandering about.
It was the border area between the Kingdom, the Slane Theocracy, and the Draconic Kingdom.
In fact, all three countries had attempted to clear out this plain, but none had succeeded.
No one knew where these Undead came from; they could never be fully cleared out.
Furthermore, they would overrun the area every few years.
And now, it was the season for the Undead to overrun the area again.
There were many related missions.
Low-level missions included clearing Undead around towns; mid-level missions involved dealing with mid-tier Undead; high-level missions included investigating the cause of the Undead overrun and clearing out high-tier Undead, among others.
Of course, the high-tier Undead mentioned above were only considered high-tier by the Guild.
For example, the Death Knight, a mid-tier Undead in the game, was considered an “extra-tier” entity here.
After choosing for a long time, Rowan selected a mission.
[Investigate the Undead overrun in the Katze Plains] [Mission Difficulty: Platinum – Adamantite] [Mission Reward: 100-1000 Gold Coins] [Description: Many Undead have appeared in the Katze Plains.
Investigate the cause of their appearance.
High-tier Undead have been spotted in various places; clearing them out will grant rewards.
If the cause of the Undead overrun is investigated and reported to the Adventurers Guild, the highest level of reward will be granted directly.] Hmm, Undead—this was good.
A large quantity was even better; it meant fast leveling.
Regarding intelligence on the Undead, Rowan could obtain a copy at the front desk after accepting the mission.
It was mainly a detailed map of the Katze Plains, marked with the locations where many high-tier Undead had appeared.
Rowan felt itching to go when he saw it; these were all experience points.
However, no matter what, Rowan had decided that he would spend a long time in the Katze Plains, scouring the entire Katze Plains to raise his level as quickly as possible.
This mission was issued on a large scale, so he estimated that quite a few adventurers had already gathered in the Katze Plains.
He could not fall behind.
This operation would take a relatively long time, so Rowan first went to purchase enough supplies and then departed immediately.
…
The Katze Plains were very close to E-Rantel.
This fortress city, apart from defending against the Slane Theocracy and the Draconic Kingdom, also had to defend against the Undead in the Katze Plains.
On the outskirts of the Katze Plains, Rowan saw some Undead.
They were basically low-tier Undead like Skeletons and Wandering Corpses, whose strength was not much different from Goblins.
There were many novice adventurers training here.
Heh, they were really young.
Rowan felt as if he were seeing himself from a few weeks ago.
However, as he delved deeper into the Katze Plains, the number of Undead increased more and more, and after penetrating to a certain degree, he could no longer see any human figures.
Missions and the like were secondary; the most important thing was experience.
Rowan summoned a Scout Raven and had it scout from high in the sky.
If one were to divide the Katze Plains into zones from the inside out, the area where the novice adventurers were could be considered outside the third ring, and now he had entered the third ring.
Although he had not yet entered the central region, the Undead here had increased in both quantity and level.
For example, the hundreds of Skeletons wandering before him.
[Skeleton (Undead)] [Level: 5] [Karma: -100] [Job: Undead (Lv5)] Most were these level 5 or 6 Undead, but there were some with higher levels in the back.
For example: [Skeleton Mage (Undead)] [Level: 9] [Karma: -100] [Job: Undead (Lv5), Mage (Lv4)] Although the level was not very high, they were quite troublesome when their numbers increased—well, for ordinary people, that is.
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”