Chapter 306: The Dead's Gold Coins
"Go to the 'Forest of Spine' in the Eternal Body and find an undead blacksmith named 'Calvin', who may agree to craft you a pair of special weapons that you want. Of course, he may disagree, depending on your luck. Anyway, my weapon was made by Calvin, and it's pretty easy to use. Mage Cyril said to Barrett.
"The Forest of Spine Thorns, Calvin. Okay, I remembered. Thank you, Venerable Cyril. Barrett said words of thanks, but his hands were still splitting the spoils, ready to take his share.
Although the dragon slaying was successful, there are not too many useful things on the (doubtful) dragon like the zombie dragon.
Its dragon scales had long since fallen off, the dragon skin was rotting and useless, and there was no such thing as dragon blood. The heart and other organs inside the body have also lost their original function, so it can't even use the dragon's most powerful weapon, dragon breath.
The only thing of value to this huge trophy was its keel. And among this dragon skeleton, the value of dragon teeth is undoubtedly the most prominent.
As for the rotten flesh of the zombie dragon, except for the ghouls who had been eating happily with relish, and the zombie giants who joined later, the others present were not interested in it in the slightest.
The hardness of the dragon's teeth is quite terrifying. That's why dragons can easily crush rocks, metals, well-made full-body armor, and even extremely hard gems (many dragons like to devour gems, but they are often reluctant to do so).
Mage Cyril promised to give Barrett two rare primeval dragon's teeth in the spoils of war, which undoubtedly pleased our kind Death Knight.
So he was standing at the mouth of the zombie dragon at this time, desperately digging for carrion with two rune weapons.
It was not easy to take away these two dragon teeth that belonged to him. The primeval dragon's teeth could not be cut by violent means, so Barrett had no choice but to dig open the dragon's gums, and then find a way to remove the pair of dragon teeth from the root of the dragon's teeth, which is the alveolar bone of the zombie dragon's jaw.
His fellow Deadrider did something similar. Rodney was holding a giant axe and slashing at a junction in the zombie dragon's neck vertebrae, as instructed by Mage Cyril, who was ready to pack the entire dragon head and take it away.
Again, this is not an easy task, and it is even harder than cutting off a zombie dragon's ankle. The "clanging" slash had been going on for some time, and without the help of the zombie dragon's own weight, Rodney's work would have lasted even longer.
So, which is more labor-saving, cutting bones or pulling out teeth? Quite simply, the people who stand by and watch the play have the least effort.
"If you're going to go to Calvin and ask him to build a weapon for you, you'll have to flatter him. Gen Cyril said, "Go and say something nice and do something for him, and if he's in a good mood, maybe he'll agree." You know, dragon's tooth weapons aren't something anyone can craft. ”
"Is it expensive to get him to build a weapon? I want to know if I can afford it. Barrett asked, but the work was not slow at all.
"No, no, Calvin crafts equipment for someone else for free. Mage Cyril suddenly held his left hand in front of the female vampire, "Ophelia, dear, help me sharpen my nails. The nail on my little finger was accidentally broken by the Nightshade during the previous fight, which made me feel very uncomfortable. ”
The female vampire glared at the mage, but she still obeyed the order and took out a small file and helped Cyril mage carefully polish it.
It's free? That's good. Although in many cases, free things often cost more to get, Barrett is very fond of these two words.
"Besides, what do the undead want money for, let alone in a nearly enclosed place like the Eternal Body. Mage Cyril looked at the figure working between the dragon's neck, "Am I right, Rodney?"
"What do the undead want money for? That's a good question. Death Knight Rodney threw down his weapon and sat down on top of the carrion, "Before I answer that, you can ask Miss Ophelia next to you." ”
"What do you think, dear?" the mage looked at the female vampire.
"I love gems, I love beautiful clothes, I love wine mixed with blood. The female vampire said casually while grinding her nails for the mage, "Mixing the blood of the elves into the golden wine of Qingting Island is the most intoxicating, but the price of the blood of the elves is high, and it is very rare, and it is not available in many cases." If I have money, I'm going to buy a farm and raise some elves to drink as I like. Also, my skin is too white, but I want more wheat-colored skin, but I can't tan myself in the sun like other women, so I need to use magic accessories that can change shape, you promised to give me one last time! I also need a lot of cosmetics to take care of my delicate skin, the ones produced in the Holy Araso Kingdom are very good, but the price is also the highest, and ......"
"Stop, stop, stop, my good Ophelia. I see, money is very important to you!" said the mage helplessly, "Then again, can't you just suck the blood of goblins like I do? Goblins, elves, names are pretty much the same, and those little ones are cute, green and green, and they scream." Oh, I remember now, Barrett, where's that little angel beside you? We're victorious, and we need someone to cheer and scream. ”
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Actually, the undead don't need much money, and people like Ophelia are only very rare.
Barrett discovers through his brief stay in the Eternal Body that there is no such thing as an 'economic system' at all, and that although there are some means of exchange, it is also quite chaotic.
Because the two metals silver and copper are not resistant to the slow onslaught of negative energy in the Dark Realm, silver and copper coins are completely unusable here.
Gold is strong in all planes, even in the Dark Realm, and is the primary currency of the Eternal Body. However, its value itself is not as high as that of the main material plane, which causes Barrett to pay a higher price if he wants to buy things in the Eternal Body.
Just like the two steel runic weapons in his hand, the price was more than double that of the blacksmiths outside, which made Barrett heartbroken when he bought the longsword and armor.
And most of the time, people actually prefer to barter transactions. And because the value of many things cannot be accurately measured, it is generally only based on the attitude of both parties to the transaction.
What's more, the number of people who can trade in the Eternal Body is extremely rare, as the vast majority of the undead have no need to buy or sell at all, and they don't have the ability to do so, as the vast majority of undead work is unpaid.
Only high-level undead like Ace Rennie have a certain amount of rewards based on magic stones and gold coins, but they don't value this either.
The gold coins of the deceased, more often than not, are just a beautiful yearning for life.
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