Harrison guided Duke around the manor to familiarize him with the surroundings. The manor housed several buildings, each serving a different purpose.

The architecture here was also quite distinctive, appearing as gigantic trees and flowers, magnified many times over.

Duke's residence was a massive tree, comprising five floors, each with generous space.

The exterior trees were not ordinary trees but the trunks of plant-life unique to the Flower Sea Plane, which served as excellent casting materials.

Using these trunks, the Silver Hand could better arrange spatial witch arrays, crafting rooms with vast internal space and stability in spatial structure.

This manor, named Dream Manor, was just over ten kilometers from the nearest city, Glann Forest, making travel convenient.

Duke was quite satisfied with the location—serenely quiet, with no other residents around, ensuring privacy.

The only drawback was the lack of Black Sail's internal security, making it less secure than the Deserted Island.

However, it offered more freedom in exchange.

Harrison said, "Glann Forest is not far from here; it's the main gathering place for wizards nearby and a resource trading center. Our Giant Rock Commerce Association has a sizable branch there, managed by an experienced steward. I'll take you there to meet him and recognize the route now. In the future, if you need any special materials, handle chores, or require the association's assistance, you can directly approach him."

"Additionally, there will be an auction in Glann Forest in three days, where crystal cores are said to be available. You might want to prepare to participate."

Harrison had been keeping an eye out for crystal cores for Duke, and it just so happened that there was an upcoming auction in Glann Forest with potential listings.

It's said there might be crystal cores, but the information is not entirely confirmed and needs verification at the time.

This is a common tactic in auctions—details of the items for auction are often withheld or released sparingly to attract more participants.

About half an hour later, a unique city built around several unimaginably huge trees came into view—the silhouette of Glann Forest.

The city's architecture harmoniously integrated giant trees, vines, and enormous flowers, with treehouses, aerial walkways, and plazas formed from giant petals, all embodying the rhythm and harmony of life.

The Giant Rock Commerce Association's branch here was a massive wooden house, apparently carved out from a giant vine, featuring rooms with intricate hollow carvings—a rather unique architectural style.

Horn, the manager of the Giant Rock Commerce Association here, appeared to be an astutely sharp middle-aged wizard. He warmly and respectfully welcomed Duke, an important partner of the association, detailed the branch's business scope, and exchanged Wizard's Marks with Duke for future contact.

The Flower Sea Plane naturally had a Wizard Mark Tower, enabling normal use of Wizard Marks here.

For wizards of the Wizard Plane, Wizard Mark Towers were essential infrastructure—without them, many inconveniences arose.

Since the Silver Hand aimed to develop this place as a tourist-oriented plane, it naturally didn't skimp on infrastructure to attract as many wizards as possible.

Harrison took Duke for a tour around Glann Forest and dined together at a restaurant before leaving.

He had numerous tasks to attend to and not much time to stay in the Flower Sea Plane. For any matters later, Duke could consult Horn.

Upon returning to Dream Manor, Duke checked the safety measures.

Dream Manor was equipped with three witch arrays: one Level 2 array and two Level 1 arrays, all of the defensive kind.

Generally, unless a Level 3 wizard intervenes, the witch array's defenses cannot be easily breached.

The crystal Duke possessed allowed him to control these arrays, and he was quite satisfied with the arrays' effectiveness in providing basic security.

Nevertheless, one cannot let their guard down or overly rely on the witch arrays' defensive capabilities, as there are numerous ways to breach them. Forceful breaching is only the least efficient approach.

The aspect Duke was most pleased with in Dream Manor was the Magic Potion Laboratory, furnished with top-grade equipment and perfectly designed for conducting magic potion experiments.

He proceeded to conduct a thorough check of the entire Dream Manor, even employing the Eye of Darkness to detect any hidden anomalies.

Upon inspection, he found nothing suspicious, as the Giant Rock Commerce Association would likely avoid creating risks in such cooperative ventures.

After verifying everything was in order, Duke activated the Coordinates Earring and recorded the coordinates of the Flower Sea Plane.

Going forward, this would serve as Duke's transit station, arriving here before venturing to other planes and returning to this plane afterwards.

While this approach was somewhat cumbersome, it offered more concealment than being within Black Sail.

After all, it involved cross-dimensional activities, which might not be noticed for a time, but frequently doing so posed a risk of attracting attention.

After recording the coordinates of the Flower Sea Plane, Duke promptly absorbed the Power of Faith from the Light God Court, using it to fully charge the Coordinates Earring.

He needed to ensure the Coordinates Earring was always fully powered for immediate use to travel to recorded planes.

The Coordinates Earring could be a last-resort means of escape in extreme danger.

Initially planning to return after recording the planes' coordinates, the upcoming auction prompted him to stay and participate.

Presently, he had over two million Level 1 Magic Stones and twelve thousand Level 2 Magic Stones, with an additional one million Level 1 Magic Stones from the recently acquired Sun Resilience Potion, a prepayment from Giant Rock Commerce Association.

It was uncertain whether these magic stones would suffice to acquire a crystal core; typically, they should, unless it was a particularly rare crystal core.

However, should the auction attract equally needy wizards, the price might escalate.

Duke planned to secure a crystal core if possible—this was not an area to be frugal, considering the serendipitous nature of acquiring crystal cores and the aim to amass more.

Currently, he required six different attribute crystal cores, having only one Earth Attribute core, leaving him five short of his goal.

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