Chapter 1400: Mysterious Material (V.)
"My dear Prince, I have good news for you, that the treasure I told you about in my letter last time has finally been obtained!" Otto retracted his smile, approached Roland mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "It cost us a lot of money to get this treasure!" ”
Roland recalled Otto's letter last week, and remembered that the fat man had asked a difficult question in the letter:
At present, Yinkong's magic crystal industry chain has been initially built, and the only shortcoming lies in the transportation link - to be precise, the transfer of smelted magic crystals to Krasbourg.
The astral plane is a subjective gravitational plane, and ships don't even need power to travel to and from the stars. The helmsman of the ship resonates with the ship with the power of the mind, and can change the direction of gravity on the hull at will, gravity points to the destination to advance, points to the opposite direction to slow down, and points to the position where the center of gravity of the ship is located to maintain stationary, which is very convenient to operate. Based on the above-mentioned dimensional characteristics, it is very convenient to carry out logistics and transportation in the astral plane, only need to consider the volume of the goods and do not care about the weight, anyway, as long as it can be loaded, it must be moved.
However, it would be troublesome to transport from the astral plane to the main material realm! The gravity of the main material world always points to the center of the earth, and it is impossible to change according to personal thoughts, so the ships of the astral plane must be equipped with "plane teleportation device" and "anti-gravity balance system" to be able to sail normally in the main material world, which is obviously a huge cost investment, in terms of the fleet owned by the "Koras-Otto Trading Company", except for the legendary flagship "Crystal", the rest of the frigates and merchant ships cannot enter the main material world, if the "Crystal" is used as a cross-border means of transportation, Just activating the plane teleportation costs 100 pounds of magic crystals!
100 pounds of magic crystals are equivalent to 1 million imperial gold duga, equivalent to 660,000 gold talers, Roland and Otto can't afford this freight, but out of the greedy and stingy nature of the capitalists, of course, they are reluctant to bleed heavily on the freight, and dig out their minds to find a more economical way of transportation across planes.
"Otto, you mentioned in your last letter that the 'Plane Merchant Association' will hold an auction of magical artifacts, and there will be interdimensional teleportation artifacts for sale at the auction, is this a matter of eyebrows?" Roland asked.
Otto nodded solemnly, and a painful look appeared on his fat face: "It was you who wrote back and gave instructions, asking me to get the pair of 'Ring Plane Portals' at all costs, I did as you said, you have to reimburse me for the auction fee!" ”
"What, that thing is expensive?" Roland asked in surprise.
"You're dead!" Otto sighed and spat out bitterness, "I prepared 200,000 gold coins, I thought I could win it, after all, the market price of that thing is this price!" Unexpectedly, the auctioneer added drama on the spot, claiming that the pair of silver rings had a magical power that had not yet been identified, and the rhetoric was hard to speculate, and as a result, there were really idiots who were fooled into raising the price...... Well, I'm the biggest idiot. ”
"How much did it cost to get it?" Roland asked.
"Hmm...... I didn't overspend much, 250,000. Otto's gaze dodged.
"That's not too expensive, it's only 50,000 yuan over the budget." Roland breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, the denominated gold coin is not the Imperial Duga, which is commonly used locally, but the Quintal." Eugene couldn't help but laugh and expose the truth.
The corners of Roland's mouth twitched, and he looked up at Otto. The blue fat man took a step back and smiled weakly: "Almost...... Almost, it's all gold anyway. ”
250,000 gold tale, equivalent to 375,000 gold duga, which is almost double the overrun, this loser is still embarrassed to claim "almost"?
Roland waved his hand with a smile, "Forget it, don't worry about you yet, bring me that thing and see if it's worth the price." ”
"Frankly, it's not worth ......," Otto sighed humbly, "Two years ago, I auctioned a pair of 'Ring Plane Portals' of similar style, and the price was 200,000 gold duga, I never thought that this time the price would be nearly doubled." ”
"I can't blame you for this, I said that I would take it at all costs, and this price is nothing compared to the magic crystals consumed by starship interdimensional teleportation."
Roland took the silver rings with a diameter of about 5 inches and etched runes on the surface from Otto's hands, and was about to open the "Pupil of Destiny" for identification, when the expression on his face suddenly froze.
"The auction hall has already identified, this pair of bracelets has a constant 9-ring magic 'Otherworldly Gate', after activating the spell, it can be expanded into a pair of rings with a diameter of five feet, divided into different planes, put the item into one of the rings, it will automatically teleport to the place where the other ring is located, up to 10,000 pounds of goods per day, the size of the goods cannot exceed the diameter of the ring, it is enough for transporting magic crystals, our refinery is in full swing, and the magic crystals processed in a day are only two or three hundred pounds." Otto introduced Roland to the power of the "Dimensional Ring Portal", and his face was proud. Although the budget was slightly overrun, it was worth the money, considering that buying the rings would completely solve the problem of transporting magic crystals between Silversky and Krasbourg.
Roland was silent, concentrating on the strong potential fluctuations emanating from the pair of silver rings, and it took a long time before he spoke.
"Otto, you mentioned that there are still secrets that have yet to be identified for this pair of silver rings?"
"That's what the auctioneer said, maybe it's just a gimmick to raise the price." Otto smiled nonchalantly.
"It's no wonder." The strong potential aura emitted by the silver ring proves that the auctioneer is not lying, but ordinary identification spells cannot strip away this layer of potential, and it is impossible to truly identify the true face of this pair of silver rings, but fortunately, it is difficult for Roland.
It took five minutes for Roland to extract a full 19 degrees of potential from the pair of silver rings. Now that he has experience, the potential of ordinary magic items usually exceeds 10 degrees, while the potential of legendary magic items is between 11 and 20 degrees, and most of the potential above 20 degrees are artifacts. These two Silver Rings offer 19 degrees of potential, and are likely to be the ultimate legendary magic items.
System Tip: Discover the "Legendary Circular Plane Portal"!
Overview: These etched silver rings always appear in pairs, and when activated, they become a pair of large rings 50 feet in diameter, which must exist in different planes in order to function properly. Items placed in one of the rings will emerge from the other ring, and they can transport up to 1 million pounds of supplies per day, after which items placed in the ring will only be partially routed and returned. It is important to note that this ring cannot teleport objects that are larger than its encirclement, and it cannot teleport any living objects - no exceptions to special lifeforms such as undead creatures, constructed creatures, and animate artifacts.
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ps. RingGates, Planar
From: DND3R Plane Handbook
Overview: Similar to a circular portal, this item always appears in pairs - a pair of iron rings etched with silver, each around 5 feet in diameter. These rings must exist in different planes in order to work properly. Whatever is placed in one of the rings will emerge from the other, and it can transport up to 10,000 pounds of supplies per day. (Items that are reinserted after this will only be partially traversed and then returned without being able to be transported.) )
Intense spell system; Caster Level 17; Crafting strange things, the gate of the otherworld; Price: 200000gp; Each weighs 20 pounds.