I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

North City, the destination of the group's trip, is the front line bordering the grassland on the north side of the kingdom. There have been constant disputes between the humans from the south and the orcs from the grassland.

On the way to North City, which was only two days away, it was not impossible to encounter a small group of harassing troops coming from the grassland.

But Chen Zhou didn't expect the orcs to tame dangerous mounts like sandworms, and he didn't know which tribe they came from.

Since coming to Asta, it was the first time that he had been so close to the endless wars in this world.

Although he does not want to be involved in disputes between the two countries, he plans to remain neutral and wait until danger arises before defending himself...

But even without him, with the assistance of Tira and Xiao Hei, the balance of combat power between the caravan guards and the attacking orc sandworm knights was quickly broken.

In the end, the mercenaries hired by the caravan successfully severely damaged the enemy, but the latter, who paid a heavy price, had to use sandworms to escape.

Considering that there was no reliable leader among them, and if they fell into a trap and were buried underground, it would be difficult to escape, Tila and Xiaohei did not meddle further...

As a thrilling encounter came to an end, the originally orderly caravan became chaotic.

The ground was covered with the corpses of humans, orcs and sandworms, and even vehicles and cargo were overturned due to the attack of sandworms.

In the end, only one of the two merchants who was swallowed by the sandworm survived, which made the leader of the caravan quite critical of the guards.

And when everyone came back to their senses, they realized that the biggest problem facing the caravan at the moment was——

Their horse died.

There were no druids in the team, and it was impossible for the frightened horses to understand what it meant to be silent. In fact, these livestock were the first to be attacked after the attack.

It is still two days away from North City in the north, but if we only rely on manpower, it may be difficult to reach the destination with these goods in a short time.

Faced with such a dilemma, Chen Zhou subconsciously sighed: "It turns out that not all caravans are full of talented people."

"That's because all the caravans we encountered before were special circumstances and were low-probability events."

The reason why there is a high probability of encountering a small probability event may be that the problem lies with Chen.

"Oh, now we're in trouble."

Tiela, who still couldn't understand the brain circuits and concerns of his teammates, was almost worried to the point of bursting with worry: "I accepted the task of helping to escort the materials."

They were not joining as adventurers on this trip. The carriage they were riding in was rented by Tira with money to deliver some materials needed by the Alchemy Association and used by himself to perform alchemy in the future. Thinking of the city.

Looking at the goods scattered all over the floor due to sandworms, Tira thought about the capacity of his convenience bag (space backpack), and could only look at the two teammates beside him with helpful eyes.

"My functions do not include transportation." Xiao Hei obviously does not have such a high load.

"I want to keep my spell from ending." Chen Zhou shrugged, "You know why."

Tigers in this country are not just like rats crossing the street and everyone wants to beat them up. At the very least, they are so feared that people want to get rid of them quickly.

"Can't we use magic like phantom pony or royal convoy to summon mounts?" 』

Chen Zhou shook his head. Even if he had unlimited power, "Wild Arcana" was not used like this, not to mention that his current external identity was the heir of arcane magic.

He couldn't even imagine what the ancestors of the charming people who could awaken this kind of magic had done.

The key is.

"I'm lazy."

Shushu understood, this made sense.

"Well, it seems that I can only use money to clear the way." Tila finally understood that his two teammates were not reliable outside of business.

After saying that, she dug out two bottles of reagents of unknown composition from her backpack and poured them into a translucent glass flat bottle.

As two reagents of different colors were mixed in the flat bottle, the originally liquid components quickly changed into white smoke billowing in the bottle.

"Is this alchemy?" This was the first time Chen saw an alchemist mixing reagents with his own eyes.

It seems a bit...casual?

At least the dwarf and goblin alchemists spent a lot of time mixing the elixir of love last time.

"Alchemy can't be that simple."

Seeing that the two reagents were mixed, the originally frightened Penguin gradually recovered: "Formal alchemy is often quite complex, lengthy and requires professional equipment. The one I just used is a simple alchemy called chemical synthesis. Cheng style.”

Combining and refining is one of the greatest inventions of alchemists. Alchemy, which was originally only a "professional skill", transformed into a profession precisely because of the emergence of this pre-made reagent technique.

Before going out, prepare the required materials in advance and refine them to the last step. Just prepare them quickly to complete the reaction when needed.

Although it has various shortcomings, this greatly expands the scope of the alchemist's actions.

"But Lily heard that one of the limitations of the alchemist is that only you can drink your own potion to exert its effects. Are you going to drink it and pull the cart by yourself?" 』

"Of course not~ It's a little difficult for me to even carry Howard's convenience bag around. And as long as I study hard, I can still prepare potions with other modes of action."

Tila shook the vial filled with smoke in her hand.

What has been formed here is the alchemy known as the "Smoke Bottle Pony". As soon as she opens the bottle cork, the smoke inside will float to the outside and form a mount made of smoke.

Chen Zhou wondered if this thing could be considered a "potion"?

"Alchemists are not alchemists. Making potions is just a side job."

It sounds like the so-called alchemist is actually a boss with a combat power of t0, and the cook is actually a unique Pokémon master.

But the initial pursuit of this profession is indeed gold rather than potions.

Chen Zhou has had a certain change in his view of this profession. No wonder "Life Plan" said that the completed version of the Philosopher's Stone can be used in the creation of the world.

"Preparations are complete, let's go to the caravan leader to say goodbye!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tila jumped out of the carriage and ran towards Thomas, the leader of the caravan, who was trying to restore order with a grim expression.

When the latter saw the powerful spellcaster who played a significant role in the battle coming over, he originally thought that the other party had something to discuss, but the Penguin made a strange remark in the first sentence of the meeting.

"We are going north alone. Before we leave, I would like to recommend a potion called "Smoke Bottle Pony". Its function is to create a mount formed of smoke to replace the dead cows and horses. It costs 1 gold coins per hour. "

Chen Zhou: Isn’t this still a potion?

"Well, we mortal merchants can't afford this kind of potion..."

Thomas would have preferred to walk, but the three Astral People had saved the caravan not long ago, so in the end he bought three bottles as a thank you.

Not only that, when the three of them were leaving, the caravan leader also handed over some of the belongings and tokens of the dead orcs to them.

But after taking over the profits and the orc tokens from the cheerful Penguin, Chen Zhou showed a strange expression.

"I seem to have seen these tokens before."