Chapter 477 - 475: You Are the Most Promising One

Before coming to the Blue Dragon Empire, Hilia had detailed strategies prepared.

Especially for the special capital, Dragon Island.

Legend has it that Dragon Island is the habitat of the Dragon Race, but what actually attracted the Blue Dragon Empire to establish its capital here is an active volcano on the island.

This volcano is very active and might erupt every ten or twenty years.

When it erupts, it causes a large number of fire elements to become active, thus producing various high-grade fire elemental materials, such as fire elemental crystal nuclei.

Although the yield is low, the quality is very high. Apart from high-grade materials, the volcano also yields many low-grade fire elements.

Of course, a single resource point would not be enough for the Blue Dragon Empire to establish its capital. Hilia didn’t understand it before, but now she has some vague guesses.

This is likely the location of the dragon’s treasure.

The Dragon Language Magic of the Blue Dragon Magic Academy was probably acquired from studying the dragon’s treasure on Dragon Island.

The first stop being Dragon Island seemed to be because of Shaline, but Hilia felt that Rose surely had more in mind.

Now that she thinks about it, maybe she could try her luck in getting the Star of Ice, saving a lot of material costs?

"I need to figure out the timing of the volcanic eruption and the time when the high-grade materials form, reasonably allocate my time, and while waiting, maybe I can look for Shaline."

Hilia pondered.

She sat down again, ordered a special Blue Dragon Empire juice, and perked up her ears to listen to the conversations of the surrounding mercenaries.

With Bathing Fire Essence and Star of Ice as keywords to listen for, in the noisy mercenary tavern, Hilia’s powerful Spiritual Power allowed her to capture information quickly.

After a while, she learned quite a lot.

The preliminary estimate for the volcanic eruption is in 10 days, and various high-grade materials will form one or two days after the volcano is active, around Dragon Island.

Generally, each eruption leads to the birth of a high-grade material, and the type of material born also depends on the level of elemental activity during the eruption.

Both the Blue Dragon Empire’s official and civilian researchers have studied the activity thoroughly over time and can determine the material that will form at the start of the activity.

This time, it’s a special high-grade material — Bathing Fire Essence.

This is the only type of Spiritual Object that can accompany the formation of another high-grade material during condensation, equivalent to a buy-one-get-one-free, which is very appealing. Many informed mercenaries are eagerly preparing to try their luck.

If it condenses inside the volcano, then it’s just unfortunate.

"So, it’s only after the volcanic activity that it’s born..."

Hilia thought for a moment and decided to stay here for half a month.

"In the next 15 days, I’ll commission someone to look for those special materials from the Beastmen and Elf Race, and in the meantime, check on Shaline’s situation..."

Planning her itinerary in her mind, Hilia looked at Rose sitting opposite her and asked, "Lord Rose, what do you think of this plan?"

Rose chuckled softly, "It’s decent enough. If it were me, Bathing Fire Essence and Star of Ice would be my main objectives."

Hilia pouted, "If the Star of Ice is grabbed by some cultists, I still have confidence in encountering it. But otherwise, I better give up."

Hilia had a pessimistic view of her treasure-hunting talent.

Causing trouble is okay, but treasure hunting, forget it.

Unless it’s treasure hunting in ancient ruins, under Rose’s guidance, Hilia didn’t trust her luck in finding treasures.

Rose smiled slightly, "Just do what you think is right. Don’t slack off on your training during this time either."

Hilia nodded, "I won’t!"

After listening for a while longer, without hearing anything intriguing, Hilia paid the bill and left.

She glanced at the map and went to the area around the volcano, planning to find a place to stay nearby.

However...

"What’s that, there’s only one room left, and it costs 40 Silver Coins per night?" Hilia widened her eyes, unable to believe her ears.

Ordinary inns charge only 1-2 Silver Coins a night, and the most expensive she stayed in was 5 Silver Coins a night.

Yet this inn dared to ask for 40 Silver Coins.

Hilia immediately left and found another inn.

"You’re charging 50 Silver Coins? Even more outrageous."

"30 Silver Coins? Slightly cheaper... my foot!"

Although Hilia had plenty of money, these were meant for buying materials. She didn’t want to waste Gold Coins on lodging.

Especially since these inns seemed to hike up prices during the volcanic eruption period on purpose.

This way, she wouldn’t let them have their way.

Seeing the sky darken, Hilia chose to compromise and found an inn farther from the volcano.

The price was finally a bit lesser.

"But 10 Silver Coins a night is still expensive."

There were places for 5 Silver Coins, but the environment was terrible. Hilia needed a large space during this time to do things like crafting Scrolls.

Gritting her teeth, she settled for 10 Silver Coins.

"15 days would be 150 Silver Coins, just over 1 Gold Coin..."

As Hilia continued to calculate, Rose, a bit speechless, said, "Why worry about such a small amount? Your Gold Coins will only increase."

"Save more for greater use!" Hilia retorted.

Rose shrugged, "As you wish."

Though Hilia meticulously budgeted her living expenses, she was not hesitant at all when it came to purchasing materials, so Rose didn’t mind her fussing over it.

Watching her continue her calculations, Rose shook his head.

Using Ethel to sense the location of the divine format shard Shaline obtained, Rose’s figure flickered, disappearing into the air.

The next moment, he arrived at the other side of Dragon Island Volcano, inside a small manor.

In the courtyard of the manor, Hilia’s classmate, the girl named Shaline, was listening with her head down as an old lady who appeared ordinary spoke.

"Shaline, this is a very good opportunity. Your Magic Power can calm the boiling fire elements. With the Dragon Island Volcano, we might be able to fulfill the chairman’s wishes."

Rose scanned the surroundings and found that the old lady, who looked like a regular elder, was a sixth-echelon Mage, with her total Magic Power reaching the human limit.

Unfortunately, she had entered the Divine Realm multiple times for elevation trials but regrettably did not find a way to break through the limits, stopping at the sixth echelon.

Or rather, most senior mages with enough talent had reached the human limit.

What’s missing is a way to surpass the limit.

"Sealing the method for mages to surpass the limit is a good way to delay breaking the seal,"

Rose thought.

At the same time, Shaline looked up at the kind old lady, unable to hold back her question, "Grandma Pera, can we really succeed?"

Pera sighed, "I don’t know, but you have to try to find out. You are the most gifted of this generation, with the highest divine contract and have received the inheritance from the Gods, the most promising."

Shaline nodded solemnly, "I understand."