Chapter 13 Micro Ann
The driver jerked the reins, and the carriage came to a screeching halt.
"What's wrong?" the mage noticed that Tarrant's face was a little strange, and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"
"Wait a minute", Tarrant jumped out of the car and ran to the halfling, "Newspaper!"
"Okay sir," the newsboy pulled out a newspaper, "a copper coin." ”
Tarrant touched into the Spirit Pattern Bag and habitually pinched the gold coin, his movements stopped, "What is the current gold-to-copper ratio?"
"One gold coin for 315 copper coins, my lord. ”
Do you need to spend 315 times the price, Tarrant put down the gold coin and held out a large ball of copper coins, "Tip." ”
"Thank you, sir!" exclaimed the halfling.
Tarantt nodded back to the carriage and opened the newspaper, the first page headlined: Dream Diamond Sells Oldest Gem in Siant. What kind of news is this, it doesn't make sense for this spam to occupy the front page, and Tarrant flips through the first page to find the topic he cares about, the docklands.
The news on the second page is that the price of zirconium crystals continues to rise, and the seekers estimate that the assets of the Lynn family can rise by 10-15% in the last month, which is quite a huge number, and may ...... Tarrant couldn't guess how many, a down-and-out paladin couldn't even imagine the assets of the Zirconia Crystal family, and that guy must be happy now.
"Wow!" Catrina suddenly shouted, and Tarrant put down the newspaper in surprise only to be grabbed by her, "Give it to me!"
"I haven't finished reading it yet. ”
"I just want the first edition!"
"The first edition? What is the first edition?" Tarrant pulled out the first edition.
"Shining Star! Someone actually bought the Shining Star!!" she exclaimed inexplicably, her hands trembling slightly with excitement, "the most expensive diamond gem in my dream! someone actually bought !!"
She was excited about something, a broken stone, and Tarrant continued to look at the title of the third edition: New Heights of Serenso, the fortified area of the Aurora Tower.
"It's the jewel that all girls dream of! It's charming on every side, it shines like light from every angle, and it lights up a whole room with just one spark!"
Underneath the third edition is the auction of oil paintings at the National Exhibition Hall.
"Who will own this gem! She must be the happiest person! All the girls in Serenzo will be jealous of her!"
In the fourth edition, Tarrant finally found the word Docklands, in a small area in the lower right corner: Docklands Murder. There was a homicide in the docklands late last night, the location was in the second block, south of the Golden Tavern, the deceased was stabbed twice, fatally wounded in the chest, and no identification was found from the deceased, no wallet.
"Two hundred thousand gold coins!look," the mage shook the newspaper, "that gem sold for two hundred thousand gold coins! it was worth that price! the best gem, it symbolized splendor and glory!!"
Tarrant let out a sigh of relief, it wasn't the murder he thought, he was overly nervous, that incident happened in the house, and if someone wanted to find out, he had to notify the searcher, it couldn't be so fast, his heartbeat had unconsciously accelerated just now, which made him a little uncomfortable at the moment.
He had thought about reporting Gillian and Haysyuf, but he had no evidence, and if Tarrant had gone to the sheriff, it would have been ...... Suspicious, now Tarrant just wants to leave without anyone noticing him and Kira Veton.
"See?" the mage pointed to a hand-drawn drawing in the lower left corner of the newspaper with his left hand and tapped Tarrant's arm with his right hand, "See!
A stone, Taranta nodded, "Oh", his gaze moved to the title just now, Aurora Tower, the Empire plans to build a new watchtower on the basis of the original watchtower in the fortified area, named Aurora Tower, it will be taller than the tallest tower of the Academy, and will become one of the important defensive buildings of Siant.
Oddly enough, it was a time of peace, and it seemed unnecessary to build a tallest tower with great fanfare, and if it was to be defended, wouldn't it be better to build it on the river side of a commercial or ghetto, and the land outside Siante was guarded, and the watchtowers were pointless and pure show-off.
"It's a pity I'll never see that gem again, alas," said Katrina, who would buy it, and it would be very risky to wear it. ”
Tarrant couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Great Master, didn't you say that this stone is the target of all girls, why is it risking again?"
"Two hundred thousand gold coins, a noble woman, don't you think it's terrible? ”
Contradictory people, both hoping and afraid of getting, Tarrant put away the newspaper, "The person who will spend 200,000 gold coins to buy stones will not care about spending a few hundred more gold coins to hire a group of guards, you don't have to worry about her safety." ”
The carriage slowed down, "My lord, faith has arrived. ”
Reading the newspaper they were already in front of the faith store, and Tarrant got out of the car and took Katrina's arm, "This is where the Dragon Wing Flap was bought." ”
"I've heard that stuff here is expensive. ”
"Indeed," Tarrant pulled out a large handful of copper coins and placed them on the coachman's seat, "most of them are expensive," he saw the middle-aged man wiping a piece of armor in the hallway, "Good morning!" Tarrant beckoned to him.
"Oh, knight, long time no see", the believer put down the rag and greeted the door, "good morning, ma'am. ”
Katrina bowed and said, "Good morning." ”
"What can I do for you today?" the Believer pointed to the freshly wiped armor on the table, "A newly received item, the quality is okay, if you don't have a Stone Guardian, you can consider it." ”
"It's a pity I have a stone defender," Tarrant smiled and raised his halberd, "Come and see this." ”
"Hahaha, do you test me? I like challenges", the believer took the halberd, "It's very heavy", he gently stroked the halberd, "the texture is smooth, fine patterns, this pattern...... Doesn't seem to be common, waves?" he tapped on the table, "give me some time, you know, a warrior has a limited brain capacity. ”
"No problem," Tarrant gestured for Catrina to go inside.
The mage followed up with the inner hall, "A lot of scrolls. ”
"It's said this is the best arsenal," Tarrant saw that the elf was reading an ancient book on the chaise longue, a little thinner than the last one, and he tapped down the bookcase, "Hello." ”
"Hello", the elf replied softly as he put down the book, smiling at the two guests, "This is the mage friend you mentioned?"
"Yes, the scroll saved our lives," Tarrant thanked, "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for that spell." ”
"Hey, man", the believer walked into the inner hall, "this thing has no magical energy?"
"That's right," Tarrant nodded with a strange smile.
The Believer placed the halberd on the table beside the elf, "As far as iron weapons are concerned, it is already at the highest level, if you mean to sell, I can consider it...... Two gold coins. ”
Tarrant waved his hand, expressing some frustration at the results.
The elf placed the ancient book on the table and slowly got up, "Let me see." ”