Chapter 318 - Home of Vampires (1/2)

The black brick seemed plain at first glance.

But if one were to perceive it more carefully, they would feel the strangeness emanating from inside.

The strange waves were so feeble that they couldn’t be detected when Yelia kept the brick under his robe.

Roland stared at it for a while but failed to recognize it.

Yelia simply threw it to him and said, “Would you like to take a look?”

Roland was briefly stunned. Just now, Yelia said that it cost him a fortune. How could he have thrown such an expensive item so casually?

Noticing Roland’s surprise, Yelia smiled. “It’s just an odd magic item. It may be worth some money, but not a lot for Mages. Mr. Roland, it hasn’t been long since you took over your Magic Tower, has it?”

“Only half a year.” Roland weighed the black brick in his hand.

“Then it’s understandable.” Yelia smiled and said, “When I first took over my Tower, I found gold coins very important; but after a dozen years as chairman, it has occurred to me that gold coins are just a concept with which we buy magic materials. They’re just numbers and we’re never short of them. Though this magic item is somewhat strange, it’s nothing but a couple of gold coins.”

Roland realized that the guy was telling him that money shouldn’t be a Mage’s concern, and that the guy was only treating the item as an unimportant toy.

s.h.i.+fting his attention to the black brick, Roland found that it was made of odd materials. At first, Roland thought that it was a brick or a stone, but then he found that it was more like a piece of jade.

But after touching it for a while, Roland found that it was not jade either.

He had a few pieces of jade in reality, and he knew how jade should feel. This definitely felt different.

It was smooth but not as vulnerable as jade.

It was very elastic and tensile. Roland thought it gave him the feeling of ivory.

Elephant tusks were very expensive, but there was one at Schuck’s home that allegedly dated back a hundred years. Roland had touched it many times when he visited Schuck. It felt similar to this unknown black brick.

Was it a tooth?

But wasn’t it too huge?

Was it an elephant tusk too?

Roland narrowed his eyes.

The carriage moved on and soon left the city.

Yelia lifted the curtain and, looking at the unmoving woods outside of the window, said, “As dark creatures, vampires are most vulnerable during the day. Though they’re nested in caves or underground, they will be affected. We can totally crush them if we join forces.”

Roland threw the Black Bones back to Yelia and said, “You said that the vampires are rich… but didn’t you say that gold coins are not important?”

“Gold coins are not the only things that count as wealth.” Yelia smiled and said, “The vampires have the habit of stas.h.i.+ng magic gems and materials. More importantly, the vampires are magic materials themselves!”

Roland seemed both surprised and confused.

Yelia was delighted to see Roland’s expression. He said proudly, “Many Mages do not know that the blood of vampires is a useful catalyst that can add special effects to alchemical potions. Their teeth and bones can also increase the hardness of weapons and armor if added during forging.”

Roland was surprised. “Seriously?”

“Their bone powder is the best of all!” said Yelia in amazement. “If vampires are killed by powerful spells of the light cla.s.s, they will turn into bone powder, which is a great magic material that can significantly boost enchantment.”

Roland immediately grew interested. “It’s a material for enchantment?”