Chapter 489: 488. Shopping
Chapter 489 488. Shopping
In front of the gate of Bena Advanced Swordsman Academy.
Suldak looked at the relief on the stone wall at the gate, which he didn't have the last time he came.
It was a group of Benar swordsmen fighting bravely on the battlefield to kill a group of evil spirits. A dozen stonemasons were tied to the top of the wall with ropes, hanging in mid-air, and sticking chisels and hammers to the stone wall, adding to the war relief. Some trimming and patterning, looks like it won't take long to finish.
"So this is the Bena Advanced Swordsman Academy!" Andrew walked along the iron railing of the courtyard wall, looked into the academy, and said to himself.
This Benar Advanced Swordsman Academy has a history of at least two hundred years, or even longer. In that era, countless powerful Benar Swordsmen emerged, which made this Advanced Swordsman Academy become a place for countless young swordsmen. The most yearning holy place in my heart.
Just after the holiday, a group of young swordsman students returned to the academy one after another. They rushed back to the academy with their bags on their backs. Everyone carried a long or short, large or small saber on their backs. The lawn has sprouted a piece of fresh green, and further inside, you can see the practice grounds of the swordsmen. Some swordsmen with wooden swords are fighting swords on the practice field, which makes the whole academy glow with new vitality.
Suldak stood at the gate of the academy. He asked the guards at the gate of the academy about Hathaway and Beatrice. The guards didn't know these two female swordsmen, but that didn't mean they couldn't find out. Just casually ask some of the swordsman students passing by the entrance of the academy, and the guards at the entrance of the academy will soon find out about Hathaway and Beatrice.
The two were graduates of the academy last year. They had successfully completed the graduation assessment of the academy before winter last year. Both Hathaway and Beatrice had already graduated from the academy.
It was only then that Suldak realized that last year's trip to the Warsaw plane was a graduation experience trip for the graduates of the Swordsman Academy. However, the luck of these graduates was not very good. His performance was not very good. In the end, he returned to the Swordsman Academy disheartened and took part in the graduation assessment again. Only then did he get the final graduation certificate from the Bena Advanced Swordsman Academy.
At this time, Suldak remembered that he hadn't got his graduation certificate from the Knight Academy yet, but this didn't seem to affect his promotion to the first-class knight.
Suldak and his party walked around the swordsman academy, but failed to find a chance to go around the academy, so they left with regret.
Walking on the streets of Bena City, Aphrodite wearing a black veil is more eye-catching than Samira hiding her face in a gray cloth hood. Even if her graceful figure is completely hidden under the black smock , is also more **** than the half-elf wearing salamander leather armor. No one took the initiative to strike up a conversation. Both Andrew and Suldak were wearing metal armor, and the full-cover armor on Andrew was a standard armor. During a frontal war, no one wants to have unnecessary conflicts with soldiers in the army in the city, because at this time, many soldiers often have some war privileges.
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On a commercial street in the city of Bena, the four of Surdak followed the crowds around the street and walked into a trading firm named 'Shire'.
In addition to selling some magic weapons and armors, this trading firm also has the words "purchase high-quality magic weapons" hanging on the plaque outside, and the trading hall on the first floor of the firm is also very lively, many knights are crowded in the hall to choose Buy some magic weapons.
Suldak was wearing the magic pattern armor, which was extremely eye-catching in the crowd.
Seeing Suldak walk into the firm, some shop assistants immediately stepped forward and asked Suldak: "What do you need from the customers? Our Shire Trading Firm mainly deals in magic weapons and armors, and most of the halls on the first floor are Excellent quality weapons and armor, and there are some exquisite high-quality weapons and armor upstairs."
Suldak glanced at the clever businessman, he hesitated before saying: "I want to sell two magic weapons!"
The clerk of the firm led Suerdak into the firm, said to the group of people: "Wait a moment." Then he turned and walked back to the noisy crowd in the hall.
In fact, it didn't take long before I saw a business manager who was obviously dressed more gorgeously came out of the crowd and asked Suldak, "Do you want to sell magic weapons?" '
Suldak nodded.
"Please come with me, all of you, before we buy your magic weapon, we need to have your magic weapon authenticated. It must be a sophisticated magic weapon, so that the trading house is willing to buy it at a price that is 20% lower than the market price. "The manager of the firm said as he led the four of them up to the second floor.
Several people came to a room on the second floor that looked a bit deserted.
The room was separated by an iron fence, and three small windows were opened on the iron fence. Inside the window was a long counter, and behind the counter sat three magicians in magic robes, and several Grimm Empire people were waiting outside the window.
The manager of the firm led Suerdak and his party in, and asked them to sit in the rest area at the door of the room and wait for a while.
At this time, I heard a magician in the iron fence hand out a broad-edged sword with a simple pattern on the outside and many red and sapphires inlaid on the scabbard from the window, and said with a blank face: "Unfortunately, you Although this broadsword is inlaid with some precious gems, it is not a magical weapon, so the firm cannot give any pricing, nor will it accept such jewel-oriented sabers."
The young nobleman waiting outside the iron fence was obviously unwilling to accept the magician's appraisal result. He held the saber carefully in his arms and said to the magician: "Is this...isn't this a magic weapon? It can still be used at night. It emits colorful magical streamers, and it's really sharp..."
The magician behind the iron fence smiled lightly, and said to the young nobleman, "Perhaps the gems inlaid on the scabbard of this saber gave you the illusion."
The young nobleman still wanted to argue, but the magician smiled and nodded at him, and said, "Alright, next one!"
Seeing what the magician said, the young nobleman could only walk away resentfully holding his sword.
"Maybe you can go to the jewelry store across the street to try it out. We only buy magic weapons above the exquisite level..." The manager of the firm walked up and said to the disappointed young nobleman.
The young noble didn't want to talk to the business manager, and walked out of the room.
An old woman with a faint leather smell walked from the waiting area to the iron fence, and found a horn-shaped dagger from the cloth bag. The dagger looked very old, and the copper handle was polished as smooth as a mirror. , Suldak saw a fragment of magic spar the size of a small fingernail from the forehead of the dagger.
The magician inside the iron fence took the dagger, glanced at it casually, touched the edge of the dagger with his hand, shook his head slightly, and said to the old woman:
"Your dagger has been worn too badly, and the edge has been polished by the whetstone to the point where there is not much left, but the magic circle on the dagger is still well preserved. This dagger is called 'Seagull', and it belongs to a A skinning knife with an excellent handle. The dagger has a water magic 'cleaning technique', which can always keep the dagger clean and tidy. This kind of dagger is the most common in the market. Many enchanters will choose to make it when they start training. Seagull dagger to improve your proficiency in enchanting weapons, so even a brand new 'Seagull' dagger is probably not worth much, and the firm does not buy magic weapons below the exquisite level, sorry!"
The old woman sighed with some embarrassment, and rewrapped the dagger.
"Okay!" After finishing speaking, he left the firm's appraisal office without saying a word.
Under the thin back, the steps were a little faltering.
Finally it was Suldak's turn. He walked over and sat on the chair, then took out the two short-handled muskets covered in copper rust from his magic pocket, placed them in front of the counter and pushed them in.
The magician in the fence picked up a handful and placed it on the flannelette in front of him. After a few glances, he took out a magnifying glass with a crystal lens from the box beside him, and scraped off the copper rust on the pattern with a steel needle. A small piece, and then he stopped.
He craned his neck, glanced at another magician beside him, and pushed the short-handled musket over.
"Look at this for me!" said the magician.
The magician companion took the short-handled musket, and also groped for the pattern on the gun. He looked more professional, rubbed off more patina with a brush, and then found the rusted insurance from the side. The wrench moved lightly twice and actually broke the safety, and pulled out the firing pin at the end of the musket, revealing the firing device supported by the firing pin. A stripper dancing on a pole, her eyes were almost glued to the firing mechanism of the butcher's musket.
"Nin, what do you think?" asked the previous magician.
The magician who removed the firing pin behind the gun nodded eagerly, and said, "It should be a technological product of that era. Magic and technology are perfectly combined, and the excitation device should be repairable..."
The previous magician exhaled slightly, then took the disassembled short-handled musket, reinstalled the firing pin at the back, and then placed it in front of Suldak. He paused for a moment, and then Cai said: "These two antiques seem to be works from the Hex era. It is really rare to be able to preserve them so well. I don't know if you want a firm to identify and make a valuation on your behalf, or if you want to sell these two magic-weave-style Then fire the pistol?"
"For sale!" Suldak said without hesitation.
Because this is the city of Bena, this kind of antique musket that is almost rusted may be sold.
He didn't want to bring these two short-handled muskets back to High Lansa, the magic business over there would not take the risk of buying such things.
The magician inside the iron fence said:
"Oh, in this case, we can refer to the several auctions in the city of Bena last summer, the auction of a few flintlock muskets brought back from the dwarf kingdom. Although the muskets also have a certain age, they are not These two muskets are as old as they are, and the bidding price at that time was about 70 gold coins. There is indeed no reference price for such muskets in the market. It is still a little bit expensive to say that the magic weapons of the Hex era, especially the short-handled muskets. worth the…”
"Of course, if you are not in a hurry to sell, you can take it to the auction house to bid. If you are lucky, you will gain more than in our firm. Even if you fail the auction, there will be no loss." The magician then added said a word.
Suldak didn't plan to stay in Bena City for a while, he said directly: "If the price reaches my psychological price, I want to sell it to a trading company."
The magician's eyes lit up, and then he said: "Okay, wait a minute, according to the procedure, we still need to conduct a second appraisal and negotiation..."
The three magicians behind the iron fence got together and took the two muskets to the table a little further inside, where they discussed in a low voice for a while.
It didn't make Suldak wait too long, and the three magicians came to a discussion result. The magician who first appraised Suldak said to Suldak: "The purchase price of each musket is One hundred gold coins, if you are willing to sell both of them to us, you can get two hundred and fifteen gold coins together...We hope that both can be bought."
I didn't expect that two muskets that had rusted into scrap copper could be so valuable.
Suldak didn't worry too much about the potential value of the two antique muskets, he readily agreed to the purchase price given by the magician, and got the money bag full of gold coins smoothly, and then the group of four left the trading house .
I touched the magic purse tied around my waist, which was filled with some books about the era of Hex, which were brought out from the library of the underground city ruins, and now I only bought two muskets, It made Suldak look like a nouveau riche, and he couldn't help thinking: How much is a book full of magic pockets worth...
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It is located in a leased warehouse next to the slave market in the southern district of Bena City.
Several slave traders were holding whips in their hands, and were beating two kobolds who were fighting. These two male kobolds were stronger than ordinary kobolds. Their necks grew long manes, one meter long. The height of about four or five makes them look like rickety old people, and the most obvious feature of the wrinkled face is the long mouth with a dog's nose on it. The top of their head is very flat, and they have two Only long ears.
The two kobolds were tearing at each other, biting each other's shoulders and necks at the same time, entangled tightly, and refused to stop at any time.
The slave trader first beat the two kobolds with a leather whip. Although the whip left bloodstains on the two kobolds, the two kobolds seemed to feel no pain.
The slave trader poured several buckets of cold water on them, but it was still useless.
In the end, they could only use a few long iron hooks to pierce the flesh and blood of the kobolds. Several slave traders used iron hooks to forcefully separate the two kobolds...
(end of this chapter)