Chapter 55: The City of Magic
No matter how slow you go, as long as you don't go in the wrong direction, you will still come to the end if you keep going, so even if Ryan's heart is very repulsive to the task that Luke gave him, but he can't refuse with a reasonable reason, after all, Luke is Farah's father, and he and Farath are lovers.
Looking at the majestic and magnificent gate in front of him, even Ryan, who was not in a good mood, couldn't help but sigh, he ignored the eyes of others, went straight to the edge of the city wall, stretched out his hand and gently touched those huge rocks, each of these rocks is several times larger than Ryan, I really don't know how to carry it here in the first place.
After thousands of years of time, the rocks here have long been edged and cornered, Lane's hand touched, and soon felt the long years passing rapidly from the palm of his hand, and his ears seemed to hear the sigh of the city wall, Lane could not describe this feeling in detail, but he was able to confirm that this feeling was real, perhaps, this is the precipitation of history, right?
After Flanner paid the entrance tax, Ryan walked down the streets of Mochizuki City, a city completely different from the imperial capital of Fernando, it has a history of thousands of years, and every corner of the city may have its own story.
The streets are lined with sturdy buildings, and Ryan doesn't need to pay too much attention to feel the earth-based magic attached to them. It's not unusual if it's just one or two buildings, but when you look at the whole city, it's amazing.
"It's really a big deal, the imperial capital can't be compared with it at all in this regard. Farath, who was marching side by side with Ryan, also let out a burst of exclamations: "After all, the history of the imperial capital is too short, even if there are many advantages, it is impossible to make all the buildings in the entire city blessed with magic, which not only requires money, but also requires enough magicians." ”
"Let's go inside. Ryan saw a shop selling magical items in front of him, and took Faraz's hand and walked in quickly.
"Wow, there's so much stuff here. Faras looked at the dazzling array of magical items in front of her, and chose them with interest, and she said as she chosen, "What do you think I should buy?" Hey, this is good...... Ah, this one is so pretty, too. Hey, Ryan, you see, this is the perfect one for you......"
Ryan looked like a child with a smile on his face, and Faraz, who was excited to see his favorite toy, gave her some suggestions from time to time: "This is good, the magic array on it is very finely made, it can be regarded as a fine product." This is not very good, you can see that the fire magic array actually drew a few more strokes, which only weakened the final effect......"
Soon, Faras picked out a lot of things, she happily held these delicate little items, and glanced at Ryan with her eyes, and Ryan was very cooperative to find out his money bag, and asked the shopkeeper dressed as the merchant behind her: "Count, how much is it." ”
The shopkeeper dressed as a merchant didn't speak immediately, he stretched out his hand and touched his beard, looked Ryan up and down, and suddenly asked, "I just heard your evaluation of these goods in my shop, and a few words are to the point, it seems that young man, you are also proficient in magic arrays." ”
Ryan smiled slightly, and said modestly, "I've learned some fur." ”
"Fur?" said the shopkeeper, smirking self-deprecatingly, "I've been in this business for 20 years, and I can't even say that I know everything about these goods." Young people, sometimes being too modest can make people feel hypocritical, but then again, there are not many young people like you who can calm down and study the magic array, just think of us as making friends, I don't want your money, you choose these magic items I collected, you just need to take out the ones you made yourself to exchange, this is also the rule of my small shop. ”
"Oh?" Ryan looked at the shopkeeper in front of him in surprise, and the latter explained with a smile, "This little shop of mine can't compare with those shops that are full of money, and I have some gadgets here." However, since I haven't closed the door for 20 years, I have my own advantages, and I set a rule on the first day of opening the door, that is, for customers who are proficient in magic arrays and good at making magic items, we barter, and many magicians will come to me regularly to exchange their recent productions with others, which can be regarded as exchanging their experiences. ”
"Well, I see. Ryan nodded, he thought about his works carefully, and found that most of them were magic scrolls, and it was a bit annoying to exchange that kind of thing for a bunch of gadgets in Faraz's hands, but he really didn't do anything with the gadgets he carried.
"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, my skills are not good enough, and now it's basically just a magic scroll. Ryan said to the shopkeeper, "It's a bit ...... to exchange that kind of thing."
"It's okay, young man. The merchandise owner laughed and said, "If I had been too interested in this, I wouldn't have used this bartering method." Did you know that 20 years ago, a 9-year-old kid came to me and traded the first magic scroll he made for a magic staff. That cane has 2,000 gold coins to say the least, and the magic scroll is quite rudimentary, and the materials used are also the worst, so it can only be barely regarded as a magic item, and many friends say that I suffered a loss in that transaction, but I don't think so. ”
"Fifteen years ago, on his 24th birthday, this kid successfully passed the test of the Magic Guild and became a high-level magician, all of our teachers at the Mochizuki City School of Magic believe that this magician still has a lot of potential, if nothing else, he should be promoted to a mage before the age of 35, and in the future, even a great mage may not be impossible. ”
The shopkeeper glanced at the mage's robes on Ryan and Faraz, and said, "Do you know how much this magician's first magic item is worth now? That magic staff is worth a lot of money, but the first magic scroll made by this magician is very likely to witness the birth of a legend, so I don't need to go into details, right?"
"I see!" Ryan and Faras said in unison.
Ryan glanced at Faraz, then said to Franna, "Fani has chosen a total of twelve, you can take twelve magic scrolls out." ”
After Lane said this, he turned his head again and said to the shopkeeper: "We don't dare to say anything like the birth of a legend, just think of ourselves as the stars in the sky, and play a supporting role for those bright moons." ”
"Hehe, young people are really funny when they talk, and I wish you two a bright future in the future. ”
"Please take it. Flanner counted out 10 scrolls of magic missiles and 2 scrolls of fireballs, and handed them to the owner of the shop with both hands, and the owner of the shop respectfully took them with both hands, he looked through them cursoly, and then motioned to a young apprentice next to him to take a box and put the 12 magic scrolls into it.
"Please cooperate, can you leave your name?" The merchandising boss closed the box, took a pen and looked at Ryan, Ryan said his name, watched the shop owner write Ryan's name on the box, and briefly described the exchange between each other today with a few strokes, and then solemnly handed it over to the apprentice next to him.
When the shopkeeper had done this, he took another box from his apprentice and said to Faraz, "Please leave a piece of work as well." ”
Ryan was slightly stunned, he knew that Faras didn't know how to make magic arrays, and was about to explain, but saw Faras grinning and taking out a ruby ring from his body and handing it to the other party.
Faras glanced at Ryan with her eyes, signaled him not to talk too much, and then said to the shopkeeper: "This is a simple ring, that is, the material is so-so, and the craftsmanship is not worth mentioning, but it is just for the occasion, please don't care." ”
"It's okay, it's okay. The shopkeeper took the ruby ring, briefly identified it, and found that the magic array on it was extremely simple, but the color of the inlaid ruby was quite good, and it was really as Faraz said, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "I heard that those legendary artifacts are all made of the best materials, and this magic ring already has the first characteristics of the artifact, and the rest is to ask this beautiful lady to work hard." ”
Faras smiled dumbly, of course she understood what the other party meant, obviously pointing out that her ruby ring material was good enough and the craftsmanship was bad enough, but it was given to her by Victor, can the work of the mainland's chief magic item maker be so simple? The magic array on it is all drawn in a superimposed way, with the sunshine of the shop owner in front of her, it may not be visible, and she doesn't need to elaborate, maybe many years later, when someone opens this box and is surprised to find that what is placed in it is not an expensive toy, I don't know what kind of expression it will be.
When the shopkeeper had written Frahth's name and the exchange in the same way, Farath happily pulled Ryan away, and after seeing Ryan disappear, the shopkeeper said to the apprentice holding the two boxes beside him: "Put it in the ordinary work warehouse, it's just two junior magicians, and in a few decades they will be promoted to high-level magicians like Mayne Elber." ”