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The next day, getting up in the morning, I immediately went to the hunters guild, in order to find out what tasks they had. The tasks are standard, I didn’t count on others, therefore, taking tasks for the tails and fangs of wolves, I went towards the magical academy. It was a hefty castle with thick walls, over which shimmered the veil of a magical shield, and, judging by the buzz, not such a frail shield. When I went in there, I met a sweet looking girl of about eighteen who was sitting at the counter. Seeing me, she cooed:

“Good afternoon, what do you wish, Honorable Mirage?”

“Good afternoon, I would like to know the prices for learning magic, as well as the bindings of things.

- With this, everything is simple. Binding is five hundred gold, learning the first spell is free - the second is ten gold, and each subsequent one is ten gold more expensive. Would you like to study something?

- Yes, a spell from the school of ice that freezes the enemy.

“Go through the arch of the ice-coloured portal and ask the master, they will show you.

I approached the arch of the portal, it looked as if it had been carved out of ice, sparks ran along its edges, and an image of falling snowflakes was created in the veil of the portal. Stepping into the portal, I felt disoriented for a moment and found myself on the back side of the portal in a small room: there I was met by another girl, who showed me the way to the master. The master turned out to be a short, thin old man, who, having learned my wish, laid his hands on me, and the first slot was occupied in the skill icon:

"You have learned the Rank 1 Chain of Frost spell. Cast time is 2 seconds, stun duration is 3 seconds. Cost 50 mana, cooldown 1 minute.

And right there in the characteristics, in addition to health and energy, a blue scale appeared:

"Mana - 215/215"

After thanking the master, I went to the assassin's guild. Only there it was possible to acquire the hidden spell. The assassins guild was similar to the hunters' building, namely a two-story building with rather narrow corridors and windows that looked like loopholes. Approaching a huge orc, apparently a local bouncer, he asked:

- Tell me, dear: how can I find a mentor?

But the orc only spat contemptuously to the side.

“Apparently you can’t hear me?” Tell me how to get to the mentor?

Again, the orc did not react to my words, I was about to ask a question for the third time, as the orc abruptly moved towards me in order to roar in my face. He began to approach in advance, only he ended up on the fifth point with a broken nose: my straight line arrived, thanks to Sergey and the reaction. Thinking already that now tryndets, and have to fight, he was surprised by the behavior of the orc. He got up, wiped his nose and said:

- You're not bad. Grym told me that politeness is not always weakness - he did not listen. And your level, although small, but, apparently, was engaged, and not only received levels. What kind of teacher are you?

- The master is hidden.

- Come on, I'll see you.

Together we went to the second floor, where a hobbit was sitting in one of the rooms and sketching something on a piece of paper. When he saw us, he raised an eyebrow in surprise:

“Ryk, since when do you welcome people so much that you decide to see them yourself?”

- Roar respects strong warriors, this is a strong warrior! He was looking for the master hidden.

- Attacked the visitor again? At least someone nailed you.

“I beg your pardon, dear,” I joined in their conversation, “I would like to learn the skill of invisibility ...

“Now I understand why Roar attacked you: orcs and goblins associate politeness with weakness. I can teach you, the first skill is free.

- Roar asks the master to teach him a better skill, Roar will pay.

Apparently, from mental stress, the orc woke up the gift of tongue-tied. But I did not expect such a gift from him, but it was worth just giving something in the nose. Go, or something, to beat all the oncoming orcs with shnobels, you see, and I’ll get to the epic skills. But here, as they say, jokes are jokes, and the master studied me for a minute from under his eyebrows and said:

“Well, Roar, let it be your way. Come on, fighter.

He put his hand on my shoulder, and a moment later the system alerted me to the new skill.

“The unique skill “Disappearing in the shadows” rank 1 has been studied. The hero becomes invisible, dissolving into the shadows, lasting 5 minutes. Rollback 15 minutes. Cost to activate 25 mana. Maintenance - 20 mana per minute.

My jaw dropped naturally. After all, this is a real feature! A regular invis spell at level one lasts only a minute, and a ten-minute cooldown also consumes fifty mana.

- Thank you, master. I'll go: things do not wait.

Leaving the guild, I moved to the forest, which was not far from the city. It's time to collect wolf tails and what else falls out of them. There were no special problems with the tails, the wolves were only the tenth level, and in terms of stats they were decently inferior to me. And even despite the fact that they met in packs of four to six, he easily dealt with the method invented and worked out here: he jumped towards them and stuck daggers in the eye sockets of two, then a jump with a roll to the side and repeating the maneuver, repeat until the extermination of the pack . So, destroying the population of gray orderlies of the forest, I moved far enough and, who would doubt it, ran into problems. The wolves rose to the fifteenth level, and I already had to strain a little, since it was not always possible to kill with one blow, sometimes the wolves had time to jump away. But still killed... Until I flew out to a clearing where four wolves were resting, I began to work according to a well-established scheme, but twelve more individuals crawled out of the bushes, a total of sixteen. No matter how you turn it, they'll screw it up. Therefore, slipping past the first wolves and breaking their spines, he ran across the entire clearing and climbed a tree in a jump. Of all the opponents, there are fourteen left, but it's still dofiga. He examined the clearing: a small one, probably twenty meters in diameter, surrounded by decent trees of this kind, but, fortunately, the branches are low enough, so a plan of action appeared instantly. I twist into a spring and, at a low start, jump off a branch, driving daggers into the barrel of the wolves, and, without stopping, jump onto the branches of a tree opposite. Minus two, twelve in total, after catching my breath and waiting for the wolves to calm down, I jump and cut out two more. I did it this way in half an hour. Tired, be healthy. Therefore, having cloven the wolf carcasses, he went back. There were no incidents along the way, and he dealt with all the wolves he met according to the old scheme. Given my new two levels and a 1 in agility, this just got a little easier.

Having entered the city, I went to the guild to hand over the task, as a result of the hunt, I had accumulated one hundred and twenty-seven tails, the same number of pieces of meat, two hundred and thirty-one fangs and eight gall bladders. I went to the reception and turned to the storekeeper:

— Good afternoon, in the morning I took a task for twenty wolf tails and forty fangs, I would like to pass it.

- You decided to laugh at me? Completed the order in four hours? At your level, it's impossible.

- And if I prove that I not only fulfilled, but also exceeded?

“Then for every tail that goes over twenty, I pay extra for gold, but if I cheated, then you don’t have to come here: you won’t get tasks.

I had nothing to be afraid of, so I was ready to agree with a light soul, but thought for a second.

- How about your teeth?

- Likewise, but for a couple. Anything over forty will get a gold piece,” he broke into a self-satisfied smile.

— Agreement?

- Agreement!

I dumped all my wealth on the table and had the pleasure of watching the receiver's jaw jump on the floor, beating with a shot - "I'm broke." I, wishing to surprise him with my greatest knowledge in mathematics, continued:

- So: one hundred and twenty-seven tails minus twenty, this is one hundred and seven gold; two hundred and thirty-one fangs minus forty, that's one hundred and ninety-one; divide by two and get ninety-five gold and fifty silver, add up and get a total of two hundred and two gold and fifty silver. All right?

“T-t-right,” he stuttered, in contrast to the jaw of the poor fellow’s eyes, with the help of a nervous tic, he climbed somewhere upstairs.

“Then give me my salary,” I smiled happily.

"But I don't have that kind of money," he groaned.

It was possible, of course, to squeeze him, but did it make sense? I still have to cooperate with him, and hatred is unlikely to contribute to this. Therefore, I made a favorable decision.

- Let's do this: you will give me what you have possible. And for the remaining amount, pay with information and items at cost. How do you like this option?

- I agree! he jumped at my offer.

"Your reputation with Bohr has been upgraded to friendliness, now he is ready to intercede for you in court if necessary or lend."

And here is the system encouraged for the right actions.

“Here's a hundred gold for my duty, and two gold for the assignment. What information would you like to receive?

"Completed the task: "Wolf Tails". Reward: 2 gold, 1500 experience.

Waving off the system, he asked:

- All possible information on animals, fish, birds with habitats, prices for their offal and weak points. Further, all information on evil spirits is similar to the animal world. All about plants. And a map of all the lands.

- I can give a map of only human states and one elven city. I’ll do the rest in the best possible way,” and, switching to a confidential whisper, he said: “Recently they changed the literature in guilds and academies, there is nothing new there, only some prices have changed, but I will correct them. Therefore, receive completely information that is closed from the public, but I beg you not to shine with my participation in your enlightenment.

- Deal.

"Then I'll hand over the map." And the books will be brought to your room within an hour. And are we even?!

- Absolutely! I am very grateful to you, I hope for further fruitful cooperation. If an interesting task suddenly appears, I hope you will give me a hint out of old friendship? I have a bottle of cognac.

The servant's face broke into a sincere smile:

- Necessarily.

Having entered the tavern, I, while waiting for literature, ordered dinner and slowly began to devour it. Before I could do justice to the cook's cooking, a man came in and handed me a decent-sized bag containing the books.

The literature was very entertaining: what was worth only mentioning the weak points of the undead and animals, so besides them there were also weak points of sentient races! Well, who would have thought that a dwarf could be killed with a dagger, either by stabbing in the eye, which he is unlikely to allow, or from behind under the cuirass, turning the blade along the spine to the right, since the heart of the gnomes was to the right and higher than that of people, almost at the shoulder. And there are six volumes of this information! Therefore, sensibly judging, I began to study everything in order, starting with animals and people. So I sat until the night, until my eyes began to stick together, and the lines were spinning with a spindle. I had to go to bed, but these gatherings gave me a nine to intelligence, along the way I received the achievement intellectual (+10 frozen intelligence points) and eight wisdom. Apparently, not only the quantity,