This sharp-mouthed, thin-cheeked young man is called Pete, a very common name. He was indeed familiar with the city, but he didn't know much about anything outside of it.

For example, the city is located in the direction of the kingdom of Stanlow, and then there are any neighbors around the kingdom of Stanlow, Pete does not know.

However, a local guide is still of some use after all, and Peppo stays in a comfortable and cheap hotel, and after knowing Beta's needs, this Pete actually brings an elderly man.

The old man was dressed in shabby, patched clothes, and his waist was straight, and his eyes sparkled more than Pete, who was bowed and bent, and he was more of a young man of high spirits.

"Master Master, this man is a famous scholar in our city, and when he was young, he used to walk around and see the world. If you have any questions, you can ask him. ”

"Scholars?" Beta sat in the hotel, looked each other up and down for a while, and found that although the old man's clothes were shabby, he did have the spirit and elegance of a scholar, so he became curious: "Knowledge is priceless, your old man can live a decent life by teaching words casually, why is he so downcast?" ”

The old man had a webbed sigh on his face, but also a little helpless.

Pete nodded and explained on the side: "Master Mage, the caliph has offended the city lord before, and the city has issued a judgment, he can't teach anyone in the city to read, and he can't go out of the city, otherwise his whole family will die because of him." ”

I see...... Knowledge is indeed priceless, but many times it is still no match for the power in the world.

Beta also understood why Pete was doing this.

This old man must have been ostracized by almost everyone in the city, consciously or unconsciously, and a scholar, without being able to make use of his knowledge and insight, is indeed inferior to ordinary people.

At least ordinary people can pick their shoulders, lift their hands, and do a little coolie to support themselves, and scholars ...... Self-esteem, of course, will not do these jobs, and can only rely on family support.

The old scholar can't provide knowledge to the people in the city, but Beta, as an outsider, can, and most importantly, Beta is a mage, even if the city knows about it, he can get a face for the tower, and he won't take away the money that Beta has rewarded.

Provided, of course, that Beta is willing to give.

A silver coin bounced into Pete's hand, and Beta said, "You can leave first, I have something to ask the old scholar." ”

The caliph was a little excited in his heart, he hadn't heard anyone call him a 'scholar' for many years, but the old city was naturally deep, and he buried this excitement in his heart, but he was very proud to owe a little.

It's his respect for his peers.

In the eyes of scholars, the caster is essentially a scholar, but they have some special powers.

"Please take a seat, in fact, to make you laugh, I got lost here." Beta took out some fruit from the space north bag and put it on the table: "I am a space mage, because of a spell casting accident caused me to be teleported to this neighborhood, this is a country I have not been to or heard of, so I want to know the country near here, the customs and customs, so that I can judge where I have been." ”

The caliph looked at the fruit on the table and believed Beta's words. After all, the kingdom of Stanlow has been freezing and snowy for many years, and due to environmental factors, fruits can only appear in June and July, but now it is October.

Besides, he had never seen the fruit on the table, and it was not a local product.

The Caliph pondered for a moment: "I can't finish talking about the customs and customs for a while, can Your Excellency first tell me which country you are from, so that I can more accurately judge what to tell you." ”

"Hollevin." Beta admired the old scholar's straightforwardness to the point, and he didn't hide it: "I don't know if you've heard of the old man." ”

The old scholar closed his old eyes, as if he was recalling his knowledge, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said with some admiration: "Your Excellency can teleport a straight-line distance of more than 5,000 kilometers, you are really young and promising, this should be a master-level strength." ”

"It's just that the magic experiment failed."

The old scholar shook his head: "Although I don't know magic, I at least know one thing, once magic fails, if you don't have enough strength, you will only end up dead." Your Excellency has been able to travel thousands of kilometers and still be unharmed, which is enough to show your strength. ”

Beta became more and more curious: "You seem to know a lot about magic?" ”

"When I was young, I also wanted to learn wood magic, but I didn't have the time, and I almost died because of the spirit backlash when I learned the most basic tricks." The wrinkles on the old caliph's face were intertwined like furrows: "Magic is not accessible to ordinary people, at least not to me. ”

For most people, being able to learn magic is in itself a kind of recognition of themselves by the world, and everyone has been young or dreamed.

"Since you've heard of Hollevin, old man, you can tell me how I should go back." Beta took out a pen and paper from the space: "And on the way, things that need to be paid attention to." ”

"The furthest I've ever been is the country of Pharaos." The caliph sighed weakly and said slowly, "So I can only tell Your Excellency how to get to the Pharos kingdom from here. ”

When Beta heard this, he smiled: "It just so happens that the farthest place I've been to before is the country of Pharaos, and it just happens to be on the line. ”

When the caliph heard this, he did not find it strange. After all, there are many people in the group of spellcasters who may not go far in their lifetime, but there are also a group of people who like to run around all day long, and the polarization is quite serious. The young man in front of him should be a more jumpy type, after all, people who learn space magic, if they don't have a heart that 'jumps' to 'jump', it is difficult to fit into the magic realm.

Hafari stayed in his room and talked to Beta for nearly three hours, until it was almost dark, and he left with a gold coin.

Knowledge is priceless, it's just an adjective, but it also shows how valuable knowledge is in this dark magical world.

Chat casually for more than two hours, and you can earn a gold coin...... Even if the caliph had been 'wide' when he was young, he felt that the price was really surprisingly high.

In addition to the surprise, it was a kind of moving to be recognized, and he almost left with tears in his eyes, clenching the gold coin in his fist.

Beta remained in the room, looking at the general topographical map and the main points of the journey written on the paper, habitually turning the pen in his hand, the ink had dried.

Kyle came out of the space and asked, "Next, let's go back and continue to find a way to get Alice out?" ”