The Witch Gathering

Returning to the Carnival, Felina intended to teach the dishonest Lizer a good lesson.

Lizer, on the other hand, had originally planned to avenge his previous humiliation, so this played right into his hands.

After all, Gele City was a rather remote border city. Apart from having slightly more non-humans, it didn't have many outstanding features.

Therefore, Lizer and Felina simply lounged around in the hotel.

Two days later, an energetic Lizer looked at Felina, who was limply paralyzed on the bed, and finally smiled triumphantly.

The Pay-to-Win ability was simply amazing. He could fight for another three days and three nights, but Felina really couldn't take it anymore.

The two rested for another half day before Felina slowly recovered her strength and complained coquettishly,

Hubby, you've made it so I can't even get out of bed!

Calling a truce and getting dressed...

Felina prepared to take Lizer to stroll through the local wizard market, and then they would leave Gele City for their next destination.

The strongest individuals in Gele City were said to be rank two, and there was more than one of them.

Some said it was Viscount Weissman, while others said it was the Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau.

There were also rumors that the Chief of Police and the Commander of the City Defense Regiment were rank two wizards as well.

Truth and falsehood were mixed together, making it hard to figure out.

Rank two wizards were already considered high-level combatants in the principality, so naturally, ordinary people couldn't easily guess or know their exact details.

However, it had been confirmed that the person maintaining this wizard market was an official wizard living in seclusion in Gele City, named Vesserin.

She excelled in plant cultivation and potion brewing, which was an open secret in the wizarding circles.

It was said that ninety percent of the plant seeds in all the plantations across Gele City came from Vesserin.

And most of the raw materials were then sold by the plantation owners to the potion company under Vesserin's name, the Redeemer Medical and Potion Research Institute.

Relying on her accomplishments in the field of potions, Vesserin had won over a large number of wizard apprentices and ordinary people who wanted to specialize in potion-making.

She established her own company and monopolized the common consumable potions in Gele City, ranging from inferior grade to the first circle.

This wasn't a petty operation like Lizer's; it was a genuine regional monopoly!

Using the abandoned manor where she had lived during her early apprenticeship in the plantation area as the venue, today's wizard market had survived for nearly a hundred years, serving as a testament to the path she had taken.

It was apparent that Wizard Vesserin's growth must also be an epic and moving legendary tale.

Perhaps behind every official wizard in the wizarding world, there was a fascinating story.

The Vesserin Wizard Market was its abbreviation. It only opened on weekends and was about the same size as Lizer's factory.

Most of the trading in this market was done at street stalls, with only a few fixed shops, mostly intended for long-term resource collection here.

A market like this was quite interesting...

The wizard apprentices running these stalls came from diverse backgrounds. Not all of them were from the academy faction like Felina.

After all, successfully meeting the attribute standards of a wizard apprentice within nine years was undoubtedly an insurmountable chasm for the vast majority of people.

However, missing the academy's entrance qualification exam did not necessarily mean they had missed out on a wizard's life.

After all, there were countless coincidences and opportunities in the world. Or perhaps they eventually met the standard after graduating from a low-level academy and became wizard apprentices.

It was just that for such wizard apprentices, the journey was far, far more difficult compared to the systematic cultivation provided by an academy.

Those who could enter a higher academy were all one-in-a-hundred geniuses.

But one must never underestimate this massive group of apprentices. The owner of this wizard market, Wizard Vesserin, was not from the academy faction herself.

She likely preserved this market to keep a spark alive for the non-academy faction, who were just like her.

This market was famous far and wide in Gele City, remaining bustling with activity for nearly a century.

Wizard apprentices from the dozens of towns in Gele City who had needs or wanted to sell things would mostly come here to trade, and over ninety percent of the transactions were barters.

Lizer and Felina earnestly browsed the various goods in the market.

Lizer was definitely most interested in witchcraft or various advanced knowledge, which was also the most lacking category in the market.

Lizer took a fancy to a set of zero-circle alchemical rune combinations that he didn't have, Sturdiness.

This was a relatively common alchemical rune combination.

Lizer originally thought it would be easy to trade for, but the other party scoffed at gold coins, which left Lizer, who was used to paying to win, completely helpless.

The seller insisted on bartering, demanding a defensive zero-circle witchcraft or other suitable rare zero-circle witchcraft.

Lizer had a few, but they were all restricted from secondary trading.

Lizer still really wanted this alchemical rune. He had always wanted to stack armor, and this rune was perfect for that.

After much persuasion, Lizer reached a tentative agreement with the other party:

If his Sturdiness rune combination wasn't sold within two months, and Lizer could gather two Spirits of Swiftness, they could make the exchange.

A normal witchcraft was only worth one Spirit of Swiftness. This showed that technical knowledge like alchemy was more valuable than witchcraft knowledge.

The former represented production, while the latter mostly represented destruction.

Lizer had a moment of realization; this was a reflection of the universal values in the wizarding world.

The vast majority of wizards felt that production was more important than destruction. This was what a normal civilization should be.

The appearance of this alchemical rune further increased the necessity and urgency for Lizer to refine the Spirit of Swiftness.

In addition, Lizer also discovered a necromancy witchcraft called Summon Skeleton.

This was the zero-circle witchcraft that allowed Felina to either summon a knight-level skeleton warrior from another world or summon a skeleton from a corpse in the material world while consuming very little mental power.

This witchcraft also had subsequent versions from the first to the ninth circle. It was a complete necromancy inheritance and basically one of the must-learn spells for wizards specializing in necromancy.

According to Felina, upon entering a higher academy, if one chose the necromancy department, this zero-circle witchcraft and another zero-circle witchcraft, Summon Zombie, were among the enrollment benefits.

However, the zombies summoned by that spell were incredibly foul-smelling and appetite-ruining, so Felina rarely used it.

Lizer planned to choose the alchemy department and was unlikely to choose necromancy.

But this zero-circle witchcraft was still quite useful. The incident at the plantation here had taught him a very good lesson.

Lizer wanted to buy this witchcraft skill book, but the seller stubbornly insisted on exchanging it only for a lightning-element zero-circle witchcraft. How could Lizer possibly have that? He had no choice but to reluctantly give up this time.

Aside from these two pieces of knowledge for sale, there was no other witchcraft knowledge available at this gathering. This showed how precious knowledge was in the wizarding world, and it further highlighted the hardships of non-academy wizards!

That Modi from last time, along with the Department of Education behind him, threatened to revoke Lizer's qualification for the advancement exam at the drop of a hat. They were simply despicable!

Lizer secretly made up his mind: if he ever had the chance in the future, he would definitely get his revenge!

The remaining items included some self-made witchcraft props that people excelled at crafting, used to sell for some gold coins or to exchange with others.

The witchcraft props here referred to items with a rating of energy level 1 or higher, which could genuinely assist wizard apprentices in certain aspects.

The vast majority of the remaining information consisted of requests to exchange or purchase various materials, as this type of transaction was by far the most common...