Chapter 50: Business District

Taking the Jiuxia kingdoms in the Far East as the starting point of the trade route, to the other side of the west to the hot Kasha region all year round, stepping on the leased camels of the green-shirted people through the vast deserts and oases, experiencing countless days and nights of bumpy journeys, getting rid of the wind and rain of nature, the night attacks of wild monsters, and the bloody raids of bandits along the way, and finally arriving at the west coast of the continent called Emerald Bay.

The story of the katana once sang from the voice of a famous poet as the narrative poem mentioned above.

Due to the difficulty of the introduction process, this arc-bladed weapon born in the Far East could be sold for no less than 500 gold coins by the wealthy or nobles as an artistic collection in the coastal areas of the Emerald Bay, even if it did not have any enchantment level.

For the Orokanshut Blade with enchantment level +2, Urs had thought that this weapon would bring a considerable fortune to his team at least in a short period of time, but he didn't expect that someone in Twilight City would be willing to take 4,000 gold coins as a fixed price to complete this auction-like intermediary transaction.

He thought he would have to wait at least a month or two.

Could it be that the wronged bosses in the past two years and three have been so tyrants?

For a moment, he wondered if there was something strange about it.

However, the 4,000 gold coins obtained through legal channels are indeed a surprise that no one can refuse.

So in the afternoon of that day, a team of four people, led by young men, went to the business district of the city as planned, and went to the building of the auction house to withdraw the money that the team was entitled to—but the amount of four thousand gold coins was too large, and the guild staff exchanged the funds for one hundred gold coins and nineteen platinum coins, and gave them them in money bags.

In response to the high sums of money for purchases, platinum coins and higher-value diamond coins were first put on the market by decree of the Oriole Empire, and are now largely in circulation along the Emerald Bay coast, including Okazawa.

The neighborhood where the auction house building in the commercial district is located is very secure, and the patrol guards who are qualified to be on duty here are not old fritters who are napping, their eyes are always like hunting eagles catching any illegal theft, the halberd in their hands and the saber at their waist are real real guys, and they definitely have well-trained skills in their hands.

A small number of them are even full-fledged warriors with basic professions such as "guards" or "mercenaries", and are hired by the management council of Twilight City, including Ted Hearst and Draco Barton, with the dragon mage Victedo behind the scenes, to enter the city with high salaries.

It is difficult for thieves and pickpockets to get oil and water in this place, and even if they succeed, they will not want to get out of the way.

After taking the money from the guild party, Urs looked at the black robed Miss Drow poet in the team, and after thinking about it, he led the team to a secret shop near the auction house.

The Arcane Shop in Twilight offers a number of magic-related services for a fee, such as enchantment enhancements for whiteboard weapons.

The two scimitars of the Raven are not enchanted, and her faction is not on the evil side.

Urs, who had just received the huge sum of 4,000 gold coins, was still suspicious of her, but considering that Miss Poet had joined his team, he should still treat her as a formal member of the team.

The Sewer Troll's additional quest rewards him with 3 mortal enchantment scrolls. They enter an arcane shop, take two mortal enchantment scrolls, find a mage craftsman in the shop, and complete +1 enhancements for the two knives of the crow after paying a total of 100 gold coins (i.e. 1 platinum coin).

【Lightly Enchanted Machete】

Item Type: Machete +1 (Magic Item)

Weapon Damage: 1d8+1 (Slash)

Requirements: 8 Strength

- The Kasha's sword-forging craft flows with razor-sharp grace in the curved arc of the blade, especially when it is enhanced by magic

The craftsmanship and magical knowledge of mages and craftsmen affect the success rate of enchantment, so the charging standard of enchantment service often varies with the reputation of the store, and because the object of enchantment is only two cutlass of tabula, the enchantment fee of 50 gold coins is not very expensive, and there is some risk of failure.

If the bad luck enchantment fails, then the mage craftsman who provides this magic service is not responsible, but he will inevitably suffer a loss of reputation in the circle of peers, and the equipment that fails to strengthen will also be damaged to varying degrees, and it is not impossible to explode on the spot.

As you can imagine, if a badly skilled mage craftsman blew up a +3 little god costume in your hand, the picture of that scene would be ...... Gee.

Of course, the durability of magic equipment is generally high, and the probability of damage or explosion is relatively low, unless it is under a spell such as dissociation.

In short, Urs, or Raven's luck, was not bad, and the two tabula rass scimitars were both strengthened at one time under everyone's expectations, and by the way, it should be repaid for her timely appearance in the battle in the sewers.

The enchantment process of the weapon took some waiting time.

After returning the two scimitars that had completed +1 enhancement to the crow and leading the team out of the door of the secret shop, the black-haired young man turned his head to look at the clock tower in the direction of the city center, and found that most of the day had passed before he knew it.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

The sun was no longer as bright as it had been after noon, and a few low dark clouds slowly gathered in the distant horizon in the sky, heralding the signs of rain to come.

Maybe it's around dusk, or just before dinner.

The Adventurer's Market in the business district happens to be close to the neighborhood where the auction house is located.

Urs originally wanted to stop by the market to update the equipment of the team, after all, the chain mail vest under Thea's white robe was quite eye-catching, but his tattered gray cloth cloak and old leather armor were really torn to the "age" of retirement.

He planned to change himself to a decent suit of armor, or buy a jacket and half-body chain mail, and save the rest of his money for a slightly larger stronghold house later.

In the days when he lived in an abandoned and empty house, the limited bedroom room forced him and the old thief to sleep on the floor of the living room and study.

But since it's about to rain, there's nothing to worry about putting off a bit.

The young man thought so, and then planned to go back to the slum hut with the wolf-eared maiden, the old thief, and Miss Drow Poet.

However, the crow's eyes glanced at the street in the direction of the bazaar under the hood of the black robe, and suddenly stopped and motioned for everyone to look over there.

Urs turned his head in the direction she had suggested, and saw that the place had gathered noisily in a crowd of onlookers.

"Have fun." Miss Poet, whose body was shrouded in a hooded black robe, sneered mutely, and then took a self-conscious step towards it.