"They are pretty late isn't it, are there something happen to the main squad?"some young adventurer ask impatiently.
"Nonsense!!There should not be an incident to the main squad, even low B rank monster are defeated by them"
"But what if they meet something more danger than that? What do we do? Should we wait or go back to the city?"
"We will wait until they arrive. I can still detect their magic stone.I'll to contact them right away"the middle age squad leader said with full confident.
The middle age squad leader start to take a small crystal like structure and begin to feel the flow of the magic essence to start communicating with the main squad as he do that, the magic crystal shine bright but only for a moment.
In this City of Astyr, the usage of the magic stone are for location while magic crystal are for communication. The different of magic essence quantity make the council of magi in this city differentiated the usage between them.It may seem as unreasonable to other big city or country because they would use the stone or crystal both as for determine and communication because the rarity of the essence itself.
The stone are lower grade of magic essence compare to the crystal essence because of the quality and quantity of the magic essence present. But in other place the usage of communication and location detection are use in both of the magic stone and magic crystal because of the rarity. For the city of Astyr this does not include them because they have five huge mine for the magic essence itself. This make the others view them as envy but they still cannot plunder the city.
Even though the city look like lump of meat but it is like looking at the big meat of the mighty dragon. You can admire the richness of its meat but do not dare to even poke it. In 500 years ago the city of Astyr was just an average town with low grade protection. One day the calamity sweep the town as their crop are destroy by large group of insect and the water source nearby the Mount Trail of the Ether forest are slowly draining .It is a disaster for the town's inhabitant.
They had already tried sending a messenger to the nearest big city but they just ignore the town to fall on it's own. They view the average town as nothing valuable at all so they let them crumble upon themselves.
But one day the higher up of the town with the ruler of the town name Fretz decided to go exploring the northern side of their town because the place are desolated and dangerous place full of cliff, no one ever set foot there.
But the higher up decide to gamble their life and step foot inside the northern area for the town's sake. They set out travers through the deep forest for miles away and after walk through long way they stop to rest and they found small cave not far from them.
After going inside the cave for a rest, they decide to explore a bit of the cave in hole. The cave are only 4 to 5 meters high and 7 to 8 meters width but they still do not know how deep the cave was, luckily they have brought 1 light attribute 2nd tier magician for healing injury in emergency situation. Light attribute can use as healing purpose and also conjuring for light up a dark place.
They travel far deep inside the cave for about 80 to 100 meter and there the magician detected dense magic essence in the wall and floor of the cave. They tried to dig out the wall of the cave, after digging the hard wall of the cave for 7 to 8 inch they found the sparkling light emitting stone and the magician confirm it is the magic essence stone and he detect there are more if them inside the cave.
From that day onward the town has been selling the magic essence stone to the big city. After they have accumulate their wealth, they hired a sixth tier magician from faraway kingdom called Monith and pay him a huge amount of wealth to destroy pest and get the flow with vital again.
After the nearest big city that the messenger was sent to them long ago heard the news about the town, they felt the regret that will haunted them for their entire life.
From that day onward, the town turn to a big wealth and powerful city on that continent. They hired many 3rd and 4th tier magician and teach who interested to become magician. They also hired commander from the kingdom that they hired the 6th tier magician to teach about combat and defensive techniques. Astyr had form a trading relationship with the Monith kingdom and also signed a protection agreement for 100 years in exchange for the magic essence stone.