Chapter 43: Making Friends

Chapter 43: Making Friends

Magic Core!

Charlotte's eyes lit up as he carefully picked up the dark red stone.

The dim light of the oil lamp reflected off the magic core, giving it a brilliant shine. It felt smooth and warm in his hand. Upon closer inspection, he noticed fine white strands, resembling spiderwebs, intertwined within the translucent magic core.

This was Charlotte's first encounter with a magic core. From its appearance alone, it was indeed beautiful, resembling a ruby.

However, the reason why magic cores were valuable was not because of their beauty but because of their special practical value.

When attached to a magic wand, a magic core provided a significant boost to spells cast by a mage of the same element. It enhanced both the casting speed and power of the spells, with the effects becoming more pronounced as the magic core's rank increased.

Embedding a magic core into a weapon not only added to its aesthetics but also bestowed enchantment effects, empowering knights in battle.

Furthermore, magic cores found widespread application in various magic formations and arrays, serving as the central energy source for most high-level formations.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

It could be said that magic cores were the most crucial energy source in the Isos Continent.

Over a thousand years, the number of magic-infused creatures in the wilderness had increased. Whenever a magical beast of a certain level was slain, there was a chance to obtain a magic core.

The exorbitant prices of magic cores lured many adventurers into the wilderness to hunt magical beasts in exchange for wealth.

The magic core from Charlotte's second-rank Eight-Legged Crimson Spider had a value of 20,000 copper coins. In contrast, the two magic cores from the fifth-rank Rampaging Giant Lizards at Harry's General Store were priced at one million copper coins.

The higher the level of the magical beast, the higher the price of its magic core.

This was not difficult to understand. Even without losing his magical source, with his original strength as an advanced mage, Charlotte wouldn't have stood a chance against the Rampaging Giant Lizards. A single touch from them would have turned him into a pancake.

Returns were proportional to risks.

However, these details were not the focus. Charlotte was neither a formation mage nor a blacksmith, so the magic core was useless to him.

But it was worth 20,000 copper coins!

Undoubtedly, it was a substantial sum.

After pondering for a while, Charlotte ignited the information with the oil lamp and threw it into the trash bin. He put the magic core into his pocket, took three bottles of Water Essence Elixir from the cabinet, and left the clinic.

It was difficult to find Diana in the Abyss. Tenants could only see her on rent collection day.

But in the territory of Baka Street, it wasn't difficult to find one of Diana's subordinates.

Charlotte quickly found a black-robed man napping on the street. The recliner was placed right at the entrance of the largest bank on Baka Street, and a long knife was beside him. The man had three fox tails embroidered on his chest, the symbol of the Harriman family guards.

Only the Harriman family members dared to relax and take a nap like this on Baka Street.

Charlotte approached and gently pushed the man.

The guard instantly opened his eyes, his hand already gripping the long knife as he looked at Charlotte.

"Don't misunderstand, this is something Miss Diana urgently needs. I would like to ask for your help in delivering it to her," Charlotte quickly spoke up, seeing the guard's cold expression and the killing intent in his eyes.

Upon hearing Diana's name, the guard's expression softened slightly. He glanced at the potion bottle in Charlotte's hand and then at Charlotte himself, asking, "Are you the doctor from that clinic?"

"Yes," Charlotte nodded and handed over the potion bottle. "These three bottles of Water Essence Elixir, I kindly ask you to deliver them to Miss Diana. The other two bottles, please ask her to wait for two more days."

The guard took the bottles, hesitated for a moment, but eventually nodded.

He guarded this Baka Street every day and naturally heard that his Miss seemed quite interested in this doctor. It was said that she even let him ride in her carriage, and many people on Baka Street had witnessed it.

Summoning up some courage, he didn't dare to mess with such matters.

With the bottles in hand, the guard entered the bank and soon rode away on a horse.

Charlotte watched him leave and then calmly walked into the pawnshop across the street from the bank.

The shop assistant at the door greeted him with a smile and quickly went to inform the shopkeeper, whispering, "Shopkeeper, he is Dr. Charlotte from the clinic up ahead. I just saw him directing the Harriman family's guard to run errands."

The shopkeeper's eyes showed a hint of surprise. It seemed that this young man had indeed aligned himself with Diana. In the Abyss, that was considered to align with a top-notch power.

"Dr. Charlotte, a rare visitor," the shopkeeper approached with a smile, adding a touch of flattery.