Chapter 474: Initiative

Chapter 474: Initiative

In a corner of the material store, the two mages stared at each other silently.

Ultimately, the female black mage frowned slightly and walked away first.

Just before disappearing around a corner, she suddenly turned to look at Sein once more.

Sein was still watching her.

After a few seconds, the tall female black mage left and headed to the store’s counter to check out.

The materials she purchased were mostly umbra elemental type, including two specimens of desiccated carcasses she had just picked from the shelf.

Over the years, Sein had also dabbled in umbra elemental magic and necromancy.

Although his proficiency in those areas did not rival his achievements in pyro magic, he still found some of the items offered in this store useful.

The female black mage bought quite a few items, though their overall value was relatively modest.

Sein observed that she primarily used magic beast cores and biological crystal cores to make payments instead of energy crystals and magicoins.

As for those grayish-white biological crystal cores, Sein deduced they might be from some type of undead creature.

He surmised that this was the typical payment method for black mages in Blackhaven.

As Sein approached the counter to check out, a man and a woman suddenly cut in front of him.

Moments later, Sein tossed more than ten pieces of magicoins onto the counter.

The store clerk began to search for a few intermediate and basic energy crystals for Sein, only to be stopped.

“Keep the change,” Sein said impatiently.

The elderly, bald man, glanced at Sein, then quickly added three stalks of low-grade White Bone Grass to Sein’s purchase.

The value of those was roughly equivalent to the change Sein was due.

After putting away all the items he bought into his spatial equipment, Sein exited the store and stepped back onto the bustling street. However, the tall female mage with long, black hair was nowhere to be seen.

Sein was surprised that the female mage was walking alone instead of with the other black mages.

If she had changed her mage robes to another color and removed the badge from her chest, she could have passed for a normal female mage in Port Allen—albeit one with a colder temperament.

Sein was not one to strike up conversations with strangers, but the emotion stirring in his heart, coupled with the fact that he had not seen her for the previous two months, compelled him to approach her.

He wanted to exchange crystal ball contacts with her—this was the first time he had taken such an initiative.

As the plaza grew even more crowded, navigating toward the center became increasingly challenging for Sein.

Unaware of Sein’s presence, the female black mage headed straight toward the western side of the plaza.

Determined not to lose sight of her again, Sein quickened his pace.

Port Allen, a city teeming with ranked knights and full-fledged mages, had so far avoided major chaos or battles, though minor conflicts were commonplace.

Even mages from the normal divine towers occasionally quarreled or showed hostility toward each other.

To resolve these disputes, the divine towers had provided an arena specifically for mages to settle their issues.

Amidst the bustling crowd, Sein decided against activating his magic shield, choosing instead to rely on his physical strength to navigate forward.

A knight clad in silver armor blocked his pat. His massive build and towering stature of over 2.5 meters effectively obscured Sein’s view.

Without hesitation, Sein shouldered his way past the knight, maneuvering around his side.

Thud!

A dull noise resounded as the burly silver-armored knight staggered from the impact.

“What the hell?!”

Knights were known to be impulsive and irritable, their hormonal secretion making them far more belligerent than mages.

The knight spun around viciously, expecting to confront a peer of the same rank who had shoved him.

However, when he turned, he saw only Sein, who had just sidestepped in front of him.

From Sein’s attire, he was unmistakably a mage!