After accepting the mission, Miao Anyun and the others knew the content of the mission. What they have to do is help Partridge collect materials so that he can communicate with the Dragon Clan and build a magic circle to go to the Dragon Clan.
"Because it's very troublesome for me to get out of here, so I can only trouble you..." Partridge took a deep look at the people in front of him and made a list, "This is what I need. Material."
"Remember, you only have seven days! If you miss it, you will have to wait fifty years for the next time..."
"Yes." Miao Anyun nodded solemnly. He put the list away, and the materials listed on the list were automatically displayed in his task bar. "So, after we collect all the materials, how will we find you?"
They came in before because they were chased by those strange monsters and were in a panic. It was pure luck. Once again, he was not sure whether he and his friends would have such luck. Besides, being chased by such a large group of monsters is not a happy thing.
"Don't worry, you just need to come in directly. I will naturally show you the way when the time comes." Thinking of Miao Anyun and the others' chaotic scene before, Partridge couldn't help but laugh and joked, "He has my aura on him. , you don’t have to be afraid that those illusory beasts will attack you.”
After all the questions to be asked, Miao Anyun naturally stopped staying. After all, they didn't have much time. And he had roughly seen more than a hundred materials required for the mission, and many of them were very cherished materials, and there were even materials that they had never heard of. However, this level is far from impossible, as long as they are willing to work harder.
It seemed that Partridge's words were confirmed. When they went out, the few people were not blocked by the fog and the illusory beast. They soon walked out of the scope of Dream Lake.
"It's too slow to search together. There are 108 kinds of materials here. Let's search separately. As long as you see something on the list, try to get it. In the evening of six days later, no matter whether the collection is completed or not, we will all gather here." Miao Anyun He quickly divided the tasks, "I'll go back to Holy Light Village and tell Laurie first, and you can go directly to find the materials now."
A few people nodded and left without hesitation.
Seeing a few people leaving quickly, Miao Anyun also took the time to spread her wings and fly towards Shengguang Village. Speaking of which, in this environment that is most suitable for the Celestial Clan, he also received additional bonuses.
After a while, Miao Anyun arrived at Shengguang Village. However, the door of the weapon shop was closed, as was the pharmacy shop opposite. After all, after struggling for so long, it was already evening. Although there is no night on the territory of the Heavenly Clan, as a rule, the Heavenly Clan will basically choose to rest at this time according to their schedule.
This is the habit of the Celestial Clan. They admire the daytime, which represents the God of Light, and it is also the time when their power is strongest. The Sky Clan is not interested in the night, which conflicts with their attributes. Although it won't cause any problems, it will make the Heavenly Clan feel a little uncomfortable.
Affected by the habits of the Celestial Clan, even Miao Anyun himself felt a little sleepy at the moment and wanted to rest. However, he was not as thoroughly affected as the native Celestial Clan.
"Laurie." Miao Anyun knocked on the door hastily.
After a long time, someone came to open the door.
"Who is it?" Laurie was a little irritable due to lack of sleep. He opened the door angrily to see who was bold enough to choose this time to disturb someone's dream. Don't you know it's night now? It's break time!
"Sorry, Laurie, to disturb you at this time." Looking at the angry Laurie, Miao Anyun said apologetically. It's really unethical to disturb people's dreams.
Looking at that familiar, delicate, and charming face, Laurie seemed to blink a bit unable to react. Due to the influence of the Celestial Clan's habits, his thinking became quite slow, and it took him three seconds to react.
"It turns out to be 'Light of Eternal Silence'! Are you back from Dream Lake? Come in quickly." Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Laurie's anger immediately dissipated, and he warmly invited Miao Anyun to come in.
After welcoming Miao Anyun into the shop, Laurie closed the door again and then sat on the chair opposite Miao Anyun.
When he found that Miao Anyun was the only one there, Laurie asked with some confusion: "'Light of Eternal Silence', where are your friends?"
"They left beforehand. I came here specifically to tell you so as not to worry you." After being welcomed in by Laurie, Miao Anyun didn't say much. She stated the purpose directly and explained the situation.
Mu Anyun looked around and found that only Laurie came out to see him, but there was no sign of Delia, so he asked with some surprise: "Isn't Delia here?"
These two people have been inseparable since they broke the last window between them. Every time he saw Laurie, he could see the beautiful Celestial Clan royal sister beside him.
"No, she is at home and sleeping in the house now." Laurie shook his head and smiled. When he mentioned his beloved wife, Laurie's expression immediately became tender and affectionate.
"Is that so?" Miao Anyun just asked casually without getting too entangled. He took out the list and handed it to Laurie. "For some reasons, I have to collect these things, but I don't have a clue. Besides wanting to tell you this time, I just want to ask if there is anything you know about them."
Laurie took the list and pondered for a while before looking up and saying: "Among the 108 kinds of materials here, more than 20 are unique to the Celestial Clan. They are all very rare materials. Even most Celestial Clan should have them. It’s an unknown rarity.”
After listening to Laurie's words, Miao Anyun was not disappointed. He keenly found the loopholes in Laurie's words. "Most" Celestials, that is to say...
"But you asked the right person, I know exactly where to get these things!" Laurie smiled, his expression looking quite proud.
"Can you tell me?" Miao Anyun asked.
With his reputation of [Intimacy] with Laurie, it shouldn't be difficult to get some information.
Sure enough, Laurie smiled and nodded: "Of course, my friend!"
He didn't hold back and told the news he knew quite readily.
While pointing at the materials on the parchment, Laurie shared his news with Miao Anyun.
"You should know that [Advanced Sky Spring Water] is a potion made by Village Chief Tuttle, and it is his unique formula. Speaking of which, you haven't seen the Village Chief for a long time, right? I'll see you later. Although The village chief treasures this potion, but I believe if it were you, you should be able to get a few bottles from the village chief."
When Miao Anyun heard this familiar name, he immediately remembered Tuttle, the head of Shengguang Village in his memory. He smiled and nodded. He came in a hurry this time, and he really hadn't seen the elder yet.
"[Void Stone] Oh, I have this thing in my shop. Since you need it, I can give you a few pieces..."
"[Beacon Lily of the Valley] I remember Delia has some there. When she wakes up, I can ask her for two for you..."
"[Purple Leaf]..."
“…”
Laurie spoke very quickly and told Miao Anyun how to obtain these things. Miao Anyun listened very carefully and quickly recorded what Laurie said.
After a while, Laurie stopped. As a blacksmith, he usually likes to read these strange ancient travel books. He is very interested in those strange and precious materials, so he can tell some of the materials on the list given by Miao Anyun.
"That's probably it..." Laurie smacked his lips, and the excitement seemed not to have subsided yet.
"Laurie, I really want to thank you this time!" After carefully putting away the notes, Miao Anyun looked at the cheerful and sunny smile on the face of the Tian Clan boy, and gratitude appeared on his face. He took out his system backpack, as if he wanted to take out something to thank him.
Soon, a small sack appeared in front of Laurie. The sack was bulging, and there was a clear crashing sound when it shook gently. Miao Anyun carried the sack and handed it to Laurie.
"No, you don't have to be so polite. Why are friends being polite?" Laurie mistakenly thought that Miao Anyun was going to pay him gold coins. He did not take the things from Miao Anyun's hand and shook his head to express his rejection.
"It's not gold coins inside..." Looking at Laurie's expression, Miao Anyun knew what this friend of the Celestial Clan was thinking, and he was a little dumbfounded. Afraid that Laurie wouldn't believe it, he simply opened the bag and exposed the contents to Laurie's eyes.
The gray-brown sack contained not the gold coins that Laurie thought, but colorful rare metals, and some precious herbs were also stuffed inside. Looking at it, Laurie felt a little sad that he had wasted everything he had. Such a precious thing was thrown into a sack without mercy. This is really...
Laurie stared at the small bag with fiery eyes, and the look in his eyes was in stark contrast to the indifference with which he had just disdained worldly money. For blacksmiths, the most attractive thing to them is no longer money or fame. A piece of precious metal material is the goal they pursue. And Laurie is quite outstanding among his peers, and these rare metals are no less attractive to him than mythical beasts and artifacts...
"This is my idea, I hope you can accept it." Seeing the way Laurie's eyes were shining, Miao Anyun knew that she had correctly guessed Laurie's preferences.
These materials were all obtained from his previous tasks or notebooks, and they had been piled up in the package for a long time. These things didn't seem to be of much use to him except selling them and exchanging them for gold coins. After all, he didn't know any powerful casting masters or pharmacy masters, and he wasn't very short of money. The main mission and his always very European face have brought him a lot of benefits in recent years.
For these things, rather than selling them, he thought it would be better to give them away. At least, he thought it was quite appropriate to give it to Laurie here.
Laurie, a young man from the Sunshine Clan, saw Miao Anyun say this. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded fiercely under the temptation of the metal. As a single-celled organism, he didn't think too much about it.
"Then I'll accept it!"
[System: Congratulations to the player, NPC Laurie's favorability towards you has reached 80! I wish you a happy game~]
Miao Anyun was a little surprised when such a reminder came to her ears. She didn't expect that this unintentional move could actually remind Laurie of his favorability. Mu Anyun could see that the favorability list showed that Laurie's favorability towards him was [Forever Friend].
…
Just as Miao Anyun was looking at the favorability panel, Benson, who was far away from the dwarves, suddenly darkened his face. As if he noticed something, a translucent panel suddenly appeared in front of his sight, and a series of data seemed to be flowing past it. Then a familiar scene appeared on the panel.
It’s the image of the conversation between Miao Anyun and Laurie...
Benson's abyss-like dark eyes darkened, and a rare anger appeared on his usually expressionless face. Across the panel, Benson caressed Miao Anyun's smiling face as beautiful as a rose, the flame of jealousy burning in his heart.
As if affected by his mood, the data on the panel in front of him suddenly became chaotic, and then simply fell apart and collapsed. Fortunately, although the world is under his control, it is quite stable and will not be affected by his personal situation.
Otherwise, the data confusion he just made would probably lead to many bugs.
It seems that it has to be faster... Benson looked up at the blue sky of this world, as if through the heavy white clouds, the scene on the ninth level of the sky.
Above the ninth level of the sky, the Dragon God opened his cold eyes. It seemed to want to get up, but the four chains extending from the surrounding pillars firmly imprisoned it, making it difficult for it to move. The end of the dark gray chain was deeply embedded in the Dragon God's flesh, and the black and white runes covering it quietly shone with a faint but tenacious light.
It seemed to be trying to struggle, but the rune suddenly emitted a huge light, forcibly stopping it. Seeing that his actions were ineffective, the dragon god's beastly eyes that were shining with fierce light gradually closed, and he seemed to give up the struggle. Its series of resistance seemed to be in vain and had no effect on the most core rules. After a while, it was forced to enter a forced sleep.
However, if you look closely, you can find that one of the four thick chains has rust stains on it, as if it has been eroded by time. The runes on it are also blurry and dim, making it almost impossible to see clearly. The whole chain looked like it was about to break.
At this moment, Miao Anyun didn't know that a certain supreme mastermind was actively preparing for a "prison escape" for him... He just smiled and discussed his mission with his friends without realizing it.
"Let's go, let's go quickly. I'll take you to the auction house to find that profiteer first!" After putting away his beloved metal, Laurie stood up energetically. It seems that after having a pile of rare metals, no nature of the Celestial Clan can hinder him anymore.
"Okay." Miao Anyun nodded. The auction house was mentioned in Lowry's narration just now. In fact, according to Lowry, a considerable part of the materials can be found at the auction house.
but…
"Is it night now?" Miao Anyun looked at Laurie with some confusion and asked. After seeing him nod, he asked: "Is the auction house open at night?"
Although the auction house was open all day long in the human race, out of consideration for a certain habit of the Celestial Clan, Miao Anyun had to think about whether the Celestial Clan's auction house would be open at night. After all, at night, there weren't many Celestials running around.
"Hey, don't worry, the auction house is open all day!" Laurie smiled and patted Miao Anyun on the shoulder, looking in a good mood, "It's okay even if you go at night?"
"That's it..." Miao Anyun breathed a sigh of relief. For tasks with short deadlines, the faster the progress, the better.
The auction house in the center of the village was not very far from the weapons shop where Laurie was. It was only about ten minutes' walk for Laurie and Miao Anyun to walk there.
As Lowry said, the auction house is open all day. At this time when most of the Heavenly Clan fell into sleep, the door of the auction house was still open, and the auction house decorated with crystal clear crystals of various colors looked very gorgeous.
According to Laurie, this seems to be just a small branch, with the head office located in the center of the Celestial Clan's Holy City. What surprised Miao Anyun a little was that the person in charge of this auction house was a quite young woman.
In fact, this woman slowly walked over after Miao Anyun and Laurie stepped into the auction house.
"Oh, who do I think it is? It turns out to be you!" Sister Yu, who looked voluptuous in a pair of red high heels and a bright red dress, walked out lazily.
"Ankara." Laurel called slightly unhappy. He didn't want to talk to this guy at all. But thinking of his close friend beside him, he casually threw the piece of parchment on which he had excerpted the required materials towards him. "I want to buy these things. I remember you should have everything, right?"
"Of course! As long as you have money, you can buy everything in our auction house." The royal sister known as Ankara said provocatively, raising her hand to catch the parchment that was thrown over, with bright red nails. Unfold the parchment roll with your fingers.
While Ankara was checking the contents on the parchment, Miao Anyun looked at the royal sister. Ankara's long, ebony-black hair was tied into a high ponytail, and her skin, which had not been exposed to the sun for many years, seemed to be showing some sickly whiteness. Those bright red eyes revealed an irresistible charm and laziness, and her lips were as red as if they had drunk enough blood.
Ankara has a beautiful appearance and a variety of charms in every move. But what really caught Miao Anyun's attention was her ears with two blood-colored gemstone earrings. Those are not the winged ears that belong to the Celestial Clan, but rather the pointed ears that are somewhat similar to those of elves.
Obviously, the Ankara in front of him was not a member of the Celestial Clan. After Miao Anyun silently used the identification technique, her identity was quite clear.
Ankara, vampire, Lv95...
Although he didn't know why there were vampires in the territory of the Celestial Clan, Miao Anyun didn't ask much. After all, it was Ankara's own business. And I haven’t seen any other Celestial Clan react to this Vampire Clan? Obviously, this vampire named Ankara is officially recognized by the Sky Clan.
"What do you use these things for?" After reading the things on the parchment, Ankara raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"What are you talking about? I'm sure you won't miss the gold coins! Go get your things quickly, I'm in a hurry!" Laurie rolled his eyes, looking quite disgusted. Judging from the way he spoke, he seemed quite casual, and he obviously had a close relationship with Ankara.
"I really don't know how Delia could fall in love with this guy like you! Oh, my Delia, she is so beautiful..." After being intoxicated for a while, Ankara glared at Laurie in a depressed manner, feeling annoyed. He said, "If it weren't for Delia's sake, I wouldn't bother paying attention to you! Just wait here for me, and I'll get you something."
"Laurie, do you have a good relationship with Miss Ankara?" Seeing Ankara walking away, Miao Anyun asked Laurie.
This sentence seemed to step on Laurie's sore foot. The handsome boy from the Celestial Tribe immediately jumped to his feet: "Who has a good relationship with that vampire bat?!"
Next, Miao Anyun was quite dumbfounded as she watched this friend of the Heavenly Clan, as if someone had turned on some strange switch, and began to talk about the news.
So Miao Anyun roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter. In short, Ankara fell in love with Delia, who had a secret crush on Laurie. She kept pestering Delia to pursue her, but at that time, Laurie had not yet developed a love relationship with Delia. However, because he often appeared next to Delia, he was attacked by Ankara as an imaginary enemy.
And Laurie, who was inexplicably hit, gradually discovered that this beauty was not as friendly as she appeared on the surface. The two people later disliked each other, and later evolved into starting to fight each other whenever they saw each other.
According to the normal development of the plot, these two guys who hate each other should be arguing and turning enemies into friends, creating a branch line of rejoicing as enemies. But that's not the case here. Laurie later fell in love with Delia because of Ankara's troubles, and finally embraced the beauty with the help of Miao Anyun.
Now the relationship between the two people has become even worse. Whenever Ankara, who is a god assist, thinks of this incident, he will probably gnash his teeth and curse. Although their relationship had eased over the years because of Delia, they still couldn't change their habit of quarreling.
By the way, the innocent Delia has not yet discovered that her close friend covets her.
"But Delia didn't marry me in the end. Nothing would have happened without that guy, huh!" Laurie thought casually and ended with a rather proud smile.
At this time, Ankara returned.
"Did you say bad things about me just now?" Ankara stared at Laurie with an unkind expression. Just now when she was getting something, she sneezed inexplicably.
"You have such a rich imagination!" Laurie seemed speechless and rolled his eyes at Ankara. His expression was so frank that it didn't look like he had just complained about Ankara. "Where's the stuff?"
Miao Anyun stood aside in silence, wondering when his friend turned into a sesame bun.
"What's the hurry! Here, it's right here. Just pay me enough gold coins and you can take it away." Ankara also rolled his eyes in response, "Bring the money!"
After Miao Anyun confirmed the materials, he happily paid the same amount of money to Ankara. The money in his backpack suddenly shrank by more than half.
After getting the gold coin, Ankara nodded with satisfaction. She said to Laurie without courtesy: "It's rare for you to bring a big customer here. But I'm going to rest. If nothing happens, you can get out."
"It makes me want to stay! But why should I listen to you?" Laurie quarreled. But despite saying this, Laurie took Miao Anyun away obediently. Laurie knew that Ankara was indeed going to rest, because...calculating the time, it was probably daytime. And vampires are nocturnal animals.