Chapter 24：Stupid Excess Speed

The Portoroa Kingdom was created because of a bet between two brothers.

The older brother was supposed to inherit the throne of an empire. However, he was defeated in a magic contest against his younger brother. According to the bet, only the winner could become the king of the empire. Therefore, the person who inherited the throne was the younger brother, while the older brother became a Grand Duke.

Originally, the story should have developed into an ending like the ones people wanted to hear, where the older brother took revenge and killed his younger brother so he could take over as the king of the empire. However, the story ended up being completely different.

Through extraordinary methods, the older brother developed the country and made it extremely powerful. Then, he seized several of the neighboring countries and combined them to officially create a kingdom. At that moment, the younger brother finally realized that he was only able to win the magic contest because his older brother had held back his strength. The older brother was worried that his spoiled younger brother would not be able to become accustomed to life outside the palace, and therefore he had given up his throne to the younger brother.

After finding out the truth, the younger brother wanted to return the throne to his older brother, but the other brother refused. After a dispute, the younger brother continued to be king of the empire, while the older brother became the king of a kingdom. After that, the two brothers signed many development treaties for their descendants together.

The empire was now one of the most powerful empires on the Miracle Continent and was also known for its magical powers. It was called the Magi Empire.

"So now you know the origin of the Portoroa Kingdom," Cecilia told Sean the story of this magic kingdom like she was presenting him with a treasure. She had a look of smugness and satisfaction on her face.

Even if a player, especially an experienced player, did not know much about the background information of various kingdoms, they had to at least know a little bit of the information. There were often many things related to a lot of hidden quests and relics in the information. Therefore, Sean knew the history of the Portoroa Kingdom. He was even more clear on the various territories of the kingdom than the members of the royal family. However, looking at Cecilia's smile, he pretended to know nothing to make her happy.

Although the Tindus Domain, which was ruled by Marquis Perot De Royce, could be regarded as a very prosperous domain in the Portoroa Kingdom, the Royce family was not ancient. It was just that after experiencing the development of several generations, they managed to gain the title of Marquis. However, even with the title of Marquis, their domain was still a lot smaller than that of a Count family, who required the family to have experienced the development of more than a dozen generations, not to mention the ancient families that had existed since the founding of the kingdom.

After all, the royal family of the Portoroa Kingdom was supported by the royal family of the Magi Empire, which was why its regime was extremely firm. All civil battles were forbidden within the kingdom. Therefore, to expand a territory, special management methods were required. Of course, the most important thing was that permission from the royal family had to be received. In the Portoroa Kingdom, imperial power was so supreme that a Duke would not dare to go against the royal family, even if their Duke status were to be revoked and their territory reclaimed. It was very different from the Serian Kingdom.

In the Serian Kingdom, the rule of the royal family had long existed in name only. At best, they could be regarded as a slightly more powerful aristocracy. The relevant affairs of all parts of the kingdom were entirely decided by the powerful rulers of the regions. Even the royal family could not get involved. If viscounts were crowned with the word "strength" in front of their title, then they would have the same status as the royal family. In the Serian Kingdom, without strength, anything they said would just be empty words.

Players naturally preferred the Serian Kingdom. As long as they were strong enough, they could even become the rulers of a region.

However, unlike most players, Sean did not have much interest in the Serian Kingdom. If it was not for the fact that the chaotic place had things he could use, he didn't want to go back there.

At the moment, Cecilia and Sean were in a small city in the Tindus Domain.

The small city was called Arthur. It had a population of around 10,000 people. It was much smaller than Anrola, which was another city in the Tindus Domain, in terms of its development, scale, population, and trade flow.

The two of them were currently wandering around the city leisurely. Cecilia would say a few words about the history and customs of Portoroa Kingdom from time to time. However, most of the time, she was appraising the magic materials that Sean liked. While they wandered around, several profiteers tried to deceive Sean with poor quality materials. However, they all failed in front of Cecilia's "Golden Fiery Eyes." At first, the profiteers tried to bully Cecilia for being an apprentice magician, thinking that she didn't have enough knowledge. However, after Cecilia said just a few simple words about the properties and qualities of the materials, the profiteers were all left disappointed.

Even though it was true that Cecilia was an apprentice magician, she was not an ordinary apprentice magician. Not even ordinary magicians were able to compete with her in terms of theoretical knowledge or knowledge related to magic. Also, with the Blood Striped Hexagon Ring she now possessed, Cecilia's wisdom and will attributes had risen to an astonishing 33 and 35 points, respectively. She was not inferior to those official magicians who were at their peak. Even her ability to memorize had increased by a lot as well.

Sean had read the huge magician's book that Cecilia cherished. It contained a lot of information regarding magicians, as well as information on a variety of materials. It included medicinal properties, their place of growth and growth cycle, and where they could be used. All of the materials were described in detail. Cecilia used to remember only half of the information. But now, after her wisdom attribute had risen, she was able to memorize another third of the information in only a few days. That had even surprised Cecilia herself.

The improvement of a person's personal attributes was more than just attributes when you analyzed their performance in the real world.

"Why not go to Anrola?" After wandering around for most of the day, they had gained nothing. Cecilia was also a little tired. "The Black Cat Business Guild has opened a branch there. If we are looking for magic materials, then wouldn't it be more convenient for us to look there instead?"

Sometimes, mindless words said by a person could be taken seriously by someone else.

No sooner had Sean spoken those words, a young person around 27 or 28 years old suddenly spoke with a cold and hostile tone, "Oh? I wonder what kind of precious materials you are talking about that even the Black Cat Business Guild might not have."

"There are many." Sean slightly smiled. It was as if he had not heard the cold and hostile tone from that youngster. "For example, the Flower of Darrow Morgan, the Seven-colored Gem Leaf, Pure White Ice Bone…"

Every time Sean mentioned a name, the youngster's face became darker. After only mentioning four to five materials, the color on the youngster's face became like the bottom of a pot. However, the Black Cat Business Guild indeed did not have the materials Sean said. Therefore, the youngster couldn't rebuke Sean. Instead, the youngster hummed coldly. "Even if the Black Cat Business Guild had these things, you wouldn't be able to afford them."

"That is correct." Sean nodded and did not continue to argue. Sean's attitude had stunned the youngster for a moment. "However, there is one thing that even an apprentice magician can afford, but the Black Cat Business Guild does not have it."

"Oh? I am curious now." The youngster's eyebrows were raised.

Sean grinned, making him look strangely bright. "What does your curiosity have to do with me?"

"You..." The youngster had not expected that Sean would say something like that, and the expression on the youngster's face became a little bit angry.

"Cecilia, let's go." Sean glanced at the youngster, and the smile remained on his face. He did not look at the youngster again. Instead, he took Cecilia out of the magic materials store and headed for the room he had rented at an inn.

Arthur City was very small and thus had a relatively small area. Walking around for almost a whole day was enough for Cecilia and Sean to have seen everything. However, it was not exactly true that they had gained nothing on this trip. In reality, like Sean had said, compared to the Serian Kingdom, it was much cheaper to buy materials in the Portoroa Kingdom, especially magic materials. Therefore, Sean had bought a few different types of magic materials when they had been wandering around earlier.

It was just that the materials were not the commonly used magic materials that Cecilia had imagined. Instead, they were magic materials that only a few people would use. Therefore, their prices were so low that they were at the same price as ordinary herbs. One silver coin could buy a bunch of materials. Cecilia could not figure out what Sean was going to use the materials for. She was especially confused because some of them did not go well together either, but since it was Sean who had bought them, that was enough to arouse Cecilia's curiosity

However, there was something else that interested Cecilia even more.

Sitting on the bed inside a room at the inn, Cecilia took off her boots and asked, "Why did you argue with that youngster today? That wasn't like you at all."

Sean was taking out all the materials he had bought, laying them out on the table. He was thinking about how he could strengthen his combat power. If he had not found out about this world's skill system when he was in the Starfall Forest, then he would have continued down his path as a warrior until the end. But now that he had found out about the system, he could not help but hesitate on whether he should continue down the path of a swordsman or not. After all, the feelings that the Mysterious Sword Skill gave him were too amazing.

Therefore, when Sean heard Cecilia's words, he replied a bit absentmindedly, "Because that person is a Moving Trigger Point."

"Moving Trigger Point?" Cecilia had a confused expression. "What is that?"

Hearing Cecilia's confused tone, Sean was startled and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.

A Moving Trigger Point was what the players used to call the ways certain quests were picked up in the game. The triggers of the quests were not obtained in the normal way. Instead, they were gained from a few NPCs. The NPCs would not stay in one place, but they would move around randomly, so they were called Moving Trigger Points. However, it was not difficult to find the NPC quests. What was difficult was figuring out how to receive these quests or how to get the quest rewards.

There were a total of four Moving Trigger Points in the Tindus Domain. The quests were unique, and once players received them, no other players would be able to receive the same quests from the NPCs until someone had failed them.

But now, no one would fight over the quests with Sean, so he had plenty of time to slowly select them.

Arthur City, which was a Moving Trigger Point, had the best quest reward among the four quests. It was also closely related to Cecilia's new profession as a magician.

Sean realized that he had said the wrong thing. When he looked at Cecilia, he saw that her eyes were filled with curiosity, so he had no choice but to answer her question. He thought for a moment, and then said three words, "Stupid Excess Speed."

"Stupid Excess Speed?" When Cecilia spoke these three words, the expression on her face became even more confused.

"That's right, he is called a Stupid Excess Speed." Sean thought for a moment. Most of the Moving Trigger Points were all pretty stupid. They would give the quests to anyone who met their conditions, and the quest rewards were usually pretty good. That was why they had attracted many people who desperately looked for them. Thus, the three words suited them well. "It means that the person is stupid and has a lot of money, so quickly go and harass him."

With a 'pfft' sound, Cecilia laughed happily. "Then how are you going to harass him?"