Chapter 65: The Black Market in the Royal Capital
"One poor and two white?"
Elven Ranger Green took out a gold coin from his money bag and shook it in front of Luo Ning: "You will lie, gold coins will not! You took out the living expenses of a family of three for a whole year, and you told me that you are poor and white? You guy is really not honest! And not to mention anything else, this space ring alone is worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins! Don't tell me that this is also given to you by a certain senior." ”
"Congratulations, you guessed it right, it's true!" Luo Ning smiled stiffly, feeling that he couldn't explain the matter of Jinshui City to them, so he had to divert the topic.
"Okay, okay, I'm here to purchase raw materials, but I don't have time to delay any longer. ”
Green laughed, "yes. Watching you fiddle with magic scrolls, I forgot you were an apprentice blacksmith. What materials are you going to buy? We know a businessman with great skills. Materials that are not available elsewhere, they can definitely get them, and the price is guaranteed to be cheaper than you think. ”
Luo Ning did not have a deep friendship with these two people. Although he felt that the two of them were sincere, he still cautiously declined: "No need." My blacksmith teacher had already arranged for me to go to the designated place to buy it. Hmph, he's really! There are so many materials listed, and it doesn't matter if I can hold it or not! Fortunately, I have the ring, otherwise it would be a big trouble!"
Green's face was grim: "Forget it when you don't have it at another time, it's really hard to say whether there is goods or not in stock these days! In this way, everyone gets acquainted, we will spend some time with you on a trip, if there is really no goods, and then go to our friends! You can rest assured, in the name of the Wolf Shadow Mercenary Group, we will never lie to you!"
Luo Ningqi said: "These days, is there any difference between them and usual?"
Green sighed: "A few days ago, Master Miro announced that he had researched a new type of magic pattern, which can not only reduce the loss of magic power to release magic, but also improve the effect of magic. After hearing this, those aristocratic lords who played magic in the royal capital flocked to him, and they all paid high prices for him to engrave the magic pattern! Many materials on the market have been taken away by Master Miro, where is our share?"
"The new magic pattern can't be so coincidental, right?" Luo Ning felt a little apprehensive in his heart. "What is a coincidence, isn't this a matter of course? Master Miro is the only blacksmith grandmaster in the kingdom who has mastered the composite magic pattern technique, but whenever he has a new work, it will naturally cause such a big commotion!"
"The only one?" Ronin smiled, and said to himself, that you don't know Raphael's foul-mouthed old man! He had seen Raphael engrave magic patterns for his equipment, so he didn't believe Green's words.
The trio soon arrived at Raphael's designated material shop. Luo Ning handed the list written by Raphael to the boss, who glanced at it and returned it to him: "Go directly to Master Miro! 10,000 gold coins for armor, 20,000 gold coins for weapons, double the accessories, and double the customization effect!"
"Huh?" Luo Ning hadn't reacted yet.
"The seven materials listed on your list, as well as the Moon Fox Fang, the Blood Crown, and the Hyacinth, aren't these ten materials the raw materials for Master Miro's new work? Didn't you come to buy these materials and ask him to help you engrave the magic pattern?
"I'm going, isn't it? I'm really afraid of what's coming! What the hell is this Master Miro? Why is the recipe of the magic pattern so similar to Raphael?"
Luo Ning was full of confusion and helplessness, so he could only put away the list with a bitter face and turned his head to look at Green. The latter immediately made a gesture of "no problem" and said with a smile: "Follow me!"
The trio went out and turned west, bypassing several mercenary unions in the lower city to a long, narrow alley that was crowded and dirty. Stalls are haphazardly pestled along the road, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of a mixture of furs, barbecued meats and inferior perfumes, making it a flea market.
What's even more strange is that he glanced and swept over, and found that most of the ordinary goods sold in this small alley were vegetables, fruits, wine, meat, spices, cloth, and other ordinary goods, and occasionally rare ones were only utensils made of gold and silver. It was hard for Ronin to imagine that there would be a merchant in this place with the kind of means that Green had called him. It's just that he relies on the protection of two puppets, and he is not afraid of what tricks the other party will play, so he follows the two deeper and deeper.
As if guessing what Luo Ning was thinking, Green turned his head and smiled, "Do you feel that the things sold here are unremarkable, like an ordinary flea market?"
Luo Ning didn't answer, just smiled.
"No wonder you think so! But the business here is all shady stuff, and you can't be too blatant. For example, this one,"
Green casually pointed to a stall selling barbecue meat: "This stall sells meat on the surface, but in fact it is in the business of peddling orc slaves. The raw meat on the table refers to young men and women who have not been touched, while the cooked meat refers to adult slaves. ”
"And the one that sells spices. In fact, he is secretly peddling strong hypnotic potions that are forbidden by the kingdom. As long as you match the boss's code, you can buy what you want. ”
"This is all right, this should be a crime, right?"
"If you're not seen, you're not breaking the law!" Green smiled, "Alright, we're here." ”
Luo Ning followed his gaze and saw a bearded man in a black burqa sitting in the middle of a weapons stand and a spice stand. The paving in front of the man was filled with shells, amber, and all sorts of small colored stones. When he saw the three of Grimm approaching, his slender eyes flashed with a hint of playfulness, and he suddenly widened a lot.
"I didn't expect that the first guest I received today was a good friend from Wolf Shadow! Huh?!This is ......" The mustache swept his gaze over Luo Ning, and he was instantly attracted by the seemingly ordinary long sword at his waist.
"Strange thing! what a strange thing!" muttered to the mustache with a thoughtful look as he twisted the end of his beard.
"Don't be weird, Sackman. Green lowered his head and picked up a red pebble, a brilliant colored feather, and a paper-tied violet from the stall: "This little brother has done me and Ruben a great favor before! Everything he wants to buy has been stolen by the noble lord, so I will bring him here to try his luck." ”
The mustachioed man took the three items from Grimm's hand and whispered, "Ore, herbs, and monster bones?"
"Let's go in and say, don't worry, we just need a glass of ale!" Green said with a smile.
"Believe you, ghost!" the mustache snorted coldly, and got up and led the three of them into the bungalow directly behind the stall.
After helping the mustache close the door, Green took the ale from Reuben's hand: "Yes, this little brother is a blacksmith apprentice from Morrowind Academy. This time I came to our civilian territory to purchase a batch of materials for making magic patterns. Unfortunately, those materials were bought by Master Miro a few days ago, so I brought him to you here. ”
"It's no wonder that Morrowind Academy has that kind of good thing pinned to his waist!Hmph, when did their noble lord care about us?" said the mustache as he tinkered with the three different corners of the room, and then pushed the portrait hanging in the middle of the inner wall to the side, only to hear a rumbling sound, and a hole in the floor of the room paved with bluestone stairs suddenly appeared.
"Come on, little brother, tell me what materials you want, I'll go down there and help you get some samples for inspection!"
Ronin handed the slip to the mustache. Unexpectedly, when Xiaohuzi saw the words on it, he instantly trembled, and said excitedly: "You are Mr. Raphael's apprentice,"