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Chapter 390 - 256: The Bearer of the Fragment at Close Quarters_3

Chapter 390: Chapter 256: The Bearer of the Fragment at Close Quarters_3

At eight o’clock in the evening, Mu You logged in promptly, as usual, and beat up some kids in the Duel Field for two hours.

Today marked his 24th consecutive win, since he hadn’t touched any of the formidable opponents above level 11. His current winning streak had reached a whopping 76. Whoever could beat him first would instantly be rewarded with more than seventy, or even more, badges.

Which was, in fact, also a kind of asset. Especially given that Mu You had a pocket watch which could roll his opponents, perhaps he could find someone to cooperate with him, play some mock matches, and convert these badges into life span, taking them back into his own pocket...

Of course, that would have to be executed later. His current winning streak wasn’t worth setting up any mock matches for.

Back to the main point, after several days of dueling, Mu You had amassed a total of 261 badges.

After the dueling period came to an end, he didn’t rush off to anywhere else. Instead, he clicked on ’School General Store’.

[You’ve arrived at the School General Store.]

[The School General Store is a place dedicated for the Magic Academy students to go shopping. Here, you can basically find everything a student needs for their daily life or studying. The prices of some goods are slightly lower than the market price. The range of goods is changed every week, so if you have enough badges, remember to visit frequently.]

[An old witch wearing presbyopic glasses is in charge of selling goods. She is currently busy stitching a piece of handmade knitwear and has no time to attend to you. She gestures you to look around yourself.]

[You look at the shop window. Goods for sale here include: Fresh White Grass (25 badges per plant), Advanced Life Element Knowledge Book Pages (25 badges per page, 86 left), Black Dragon Claw Powder (160 badges per gram, 11 grams left), Beautiful Potion Recipe (200 badges) ...]

There were many items for sale in the General Store. There was a full three pages listing his goods-- magic wands, brooms, knowledge book pages, precious materials, demon crystals, magic stones, potion recipes, and so on... anything that could be used in school life was basically all here.

However, much of it did not interest Mu You.

After scanning all the items once, he was truly interested in only two things: book pages and equipment decoration.

Book pages didn’t need to be elaborated upon - they were essential for upgrading magic.

Especially after the public test, these pages have become even more popular than spell scrolls. In the future, as long as he came across any book pages he didn’t have, he could buy one to keep as a spare.

At this time, there were only three types of pages on the shelf: advanced life, wind, and water element pages. There were decent amounts of all three types, but there wasn’t a single low to mid level page. He wasn’t sure if the shop only sold high-level pages.

Mu You bought one page from each of the three types, and then turned his attention to the ’Equipment Decoration’.

The so-called ’equipment decoration’ is actually similar to the ’weapon decoration’ he encountered earlier. It is a type of ’skin’ that can change the appearance of equipment.

These items were quite expensive. As Mu You scanned through them, even the cheapest skin cost a whopping 100 badges!

After hesitating for a moment, Mu You made the purchase. Eventually, he would need to buy this. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to use the Refresh Badge he had.

[You bought ’Equipment decoration (Lush Greenery)’, Red Rose badge -100.]

After some shopping, he was left with only 86 badges.

Mu You had no time to regret the expenditure. After buying the items, he left the General Store and immediately applied them.

[You used the equipment decoration (Lush Greenery) on the ’Refresh badge’.]

[The appearance of the Refresh Badge has been changed.]

After the transformation was completed, Mu You glanced at the badge.

The once golden, exquisite badge had now turned into an inconspicuous green leaf-shaped badge. The glow it emitted had become a refined green.

"Nice!"

Mu You nodded in satisfaction and put the badge back on in the game. Unlike the richer wizards who bought skins to make their equipment look better or more dazzling, he was different. His goal was to hide his gear, so the more inconspicuous the appearance was, the better.

After selling the items, just as Mu You was preparing to move his character back to rest, a surprising message popped up on the screen.

[You suddenly notice that the direction of the guidance from the map shard in your possession has changed.]

"Oh?"

Mu You raised an eyebrow. The arrow on the map changed, did this mean that another shard carrier had come near him?

Of course, the range of ’near’ was still quite large. At his current location, there was at least a few thousand kilometers separating him from Foggy Mountain. Any shard that intruded within a few thousand kilometers of him would change the direction of the arrow on the map.

However, the changes in text that followed confirmed that his adversary was not far away.

[You took out the shard to check and found that the guiding arrow on the map was changing its angle at a pace visible to the naked eye.]

"It’s still changing?"

Mu You’s eyebrows furrowed. If the person were a considerable distance away from him, even if they were moving at high speed, the effect reflected on the map arrow would be indiscernible.

The changes happening now indicated... could the other party be nearby?

At this time, similar prompts also appeared in the game.

[You look closely in the direction of the arrow, and find out that it is pointing towards the teleportation array in the east of the city.]

[You speculate that it might be a shard carrier who just entered the Imperial Capital through the teleportation array.]

[This could be an opportunity to seize a map shard, but you might also become the one who gets robbed. Risks and rewards are all decided in the blink of an eye, so consider the consequences before taking actions.]

[Do you want to track the other party?]

"Track!"

Mu You directly chose to track.

As someone was waltzing right up to his doorstep, he should at least go and check out the situation first. After all, he had many ways to escape, and he could always run away if he couldn’t win the fight.

[You followed the direction indicated by the shard and moved towards it, leaving the Red Rose Academy.]

[You found that the direction of the arrow stopped changing and instead started to swing slightly within a small range... the other party may have also detected your existence and is approaching you...]

[You stopped on the roadside, staring at the changing arrow on the shard, and released the Shadow War Eagle, which flew off towards the front from high above...]

It seemed the other party had also reacted and started to track him in return. Mu You simply stopped and allowed the War Eagle to scout ahead since an encounter might happen at any time.

[You let the War Eagle follow the direction of the arrow to patrol, and quickly detected a suspicious figure lurking in the shadow of a street ahead...]

"Keep tracking!"

[Just as you were about to let the War Eagle get a little closer, the figure, seemingly aware of being watched, suddenly used a spell to teleport away from its original location.]

[The guiding arrow on the map shard also returned to its original direction at this time.]

[You commanded the War Eagle to dive down. Unfortunately, it didn’t find any trace of the other party in the vicinity. However, at the location where the other party had just disappeared, you found a piece of paper. It’s just a regular piece of paper without any magic fluctuations.]

[You directed the War Eagle to fly back and bring the piece of paper.]

After the paper was brought back, Mu You clicked the text, took out the paper, and opened it to take a look.

It was written in Star Spirit Language.

"Friend, I know you are also a holder of a Dawn Shard, there’s no need for hostility. I only want to discuss cooperation with you.

If you are interested in cooperating, we can meet at the old Wizard Association site in the ruins in the south of the city, at midnight later. For the sake of safety, let’s not bring our shards when we meet."