Chapter 80: Appraisal (2)
Franner saw that the apprentice who was about thirty years old was getting more and more unbearable, while his teammates Alendor and Ryan stood there in a daze with embarrassed faces, secretly amused in his heart, he didn't expect that his two teammates were quite good at martial arts and magic, but they were simply like a blank sheepskin scroll in men's and women's affairs.
In order not to further embarrass them, and to get to the point of the day as soon as possible, Franner's face made a disdainful expression, as if what the apprentice in his thirties had just recommended was just some unruly garbage. Franna waved his hand a little arrogantly, signaling the other party to stop talking, and then he casually took out his storage pocket from his arms, and deliberately revealed the thick stack of magic scrolls that Ryan had made for him during this time.
This move obviously shocked the apprentice in his thirties, a guest who carried a large number of magic scrolls with him, if not a fairly good magician, then a very wealthy merchant or nobleman, and it was impossible for him to look at the goods he had just recommended.
Franner's tricky gesture had an effect, and he pretended not to care, and pulled out a fireball scroll from the large stack of scrolls, and casually threw it to the thirty-year-old apprentice, whose eyes were already straight, and the latter shuddered and hurriedly caught the scroll. Franner said in a very nonchalant tone, "Take it to a few masters, and if you look at it, we'll talk to you." ”
The thirty-year-old apprentice hurriedly pulled out a wooden tray from under the wooden frame, carefully placed the fireball scroll on the tray, and then glanced at his companion next to him, and hurried into a side door next to him. The small gesture of this apprentice made the other companions realize the special identity of Franna and his party, and when he went out on the front foot, two other apprentices at the age of seventeen or eighteen came to Franna's side quickly, serving cautiously. However, they only had a respectful look on their faces, but they no longer dared to recommend various items to Ryan and them.
Franner waved his hand slightly, signaling that he didn't need them to follow him, and the two apprentices immediately walked away, but the four eyes were still engrossed in watching Franna and his party, looking at their appearance, as long as Franner made a small gesture, he would immediately come over and serve him willingly.
Flanner tugged at the corners of Ryan and Allendo's clothes, dragged them into a no-man's corner, and then said to them in a voice so small that they could only be heard face to face, "You two, you are really ...... Actually, that ring is a pretty useful thing. Phew, phew, don't look at me like that, I mean not that. Well, don't think about it all the time, can you look at it from a different perspective? Think about it, a warrior can get a blessing of strength through this ring when he doesn't have a priest partner. Wouldn't it be useful for an agile thief to suddenly have tremendous power in hand-to-hand combat?"
Flanna's explanation immediately softened Ryan and Ellendo's faces, and they thought of the role of the ring in the battle just now, and nodded slightly. Seeing that his words had an effect, Franner continued to explain: "But think about it, if you were a warrior, how many gold would you spend on it? Although this ring works well, how many warriors are willing to pay a high amount of gold? I am afraid that the most important thing for every warrior is a high-quality weapon, right? If the price of this ring is too low, then the profit of the 'magic hand' is low, so why should they go to great lengths to make this magic item? But if the price is too high, it is not easy to sell. So, the maker of this ring, or some of the directors of the 'Magic Hand', thought of a certain aspect of its possible usefulness, and now this ring is no longer facing adventurous mercenaries, but the next generation of nobles with fiefs or heads of chambers of commerce, and those squishy guys are not the biggest buyers of this magic item?"
Ryan nodded. Indeed, the latter is far more expensive than the former, especially when it comes to things between men and women. Didn't the owner of the "Fire Hammer Equipment Shop" use a similar method when he was in Elfa to sell piles of tattered things for a high price? It's just that Ryan himself used to focus on learning the production of magic arrays, and didn't think too much about the sales of finished products after making them, and Ryan didn't understand these and didn't need to care about them.
Thinking of this, Ryan's face slowly returned to normal, although he didn't like this kind of sales, it was too utilitarian, but after all, he was born in a family of hunters, and since he was a child, he had seen how hunters in his hometown racked their brains to buy the prey they caught at a good price, so he could tolerate such a thing. And Elendor, as a druid who lives in the mountains and forests, doesn't know anything about things in the city, anyway, he is following Ryan now, and Ryan is in charge of these things.
Seeing that his companion no longer cared about what had just happened, Franner's heart was filled with a sense of satisfaction, which was his joy after contributing to the collective of the Ryan mercenary group, Ryan and Alendor were young after all, and they didn't have much experience in these things, and Flanner, who had been in business for decades, could be regarded as a master in terms of human sophistication and so on, so he naturally had to make more effort. But Flanner couldn't help but tease and said, "Aren't you a beautiful girlfriend, Ryan, why are you so sensitive to this kind of thing, like ......?"
Before Franner finished speaking, Ryan's face turned red again, and even Alendor, who was on the side, was full of embarrassment. If you want to talk about the shortcomings of Ryan and Allendo, the shyness of the opposite sex is probably the biggest one, otherwise when they were in Seke City, they would not have fled in panic because Suzanne had just taken off her clothes. There was a little more comfort in Flanner's heart, he had finally found another place where he was better than Ryan and Allendo. At least in the face or just talking about the opposite sex, Franner will never behave like this, of course, this kind of thing is well known, there is no need to publicize it everywhere.
Soon, the apprentice, who had left in a hurry, returned empty-handed, and he walked up to Franna's side, and said respectfully to the latter, "If it is convenient for you, Master Lille will invite a few of you to come in and talk." The appearance of this apprentice was a good opportunity for Ryan to get out of his embarrassment, and he hurriedly said, "Great, hurry up and lead the way." After receiving an affirmative answer, the apprentice, who was about thirty years old, immediately said respectfully, "Please follow me." Then he walked ahead and led the way.
Almost as if he were running away, Ryan followed the apprentice through the side door. Alendor also left after him, only Shiro stood by Franna's side with his tail wagging his tail. This is also to keep Franna safe. As the silver-maned wolf king's Xiaobai, how can he protect Franna is not a short period of time, then give Franna to use the magic scroll to gain time, if the opponent is particularly powerful, as long as Franner can hold on, Ryan and Allendo, who are nearby, will definitely rescue at the first time. This is the best arrangement for Flanna, who knows neither martial arts nor magic, for the Ryan mercenary group.
Walking out of the side door, there was a long and dim narrow corridor in front of him, which was about the gap between the two rooms, and a few dim stars in the sky twinkled and blinked, and a slight cool breeze greeted him. After crossing the road, Ryan and the others followed the apprentice who led the way into a wide courtyard with a small lake and dozens of saplings with young shoots, and a winding path loomed among the saplings.
The apprentice, who was about thirty years old, looked back and reminded, "Please follow me on this stone-paved path, and do not step into the bushes beside me, and do not touch the saplings." Ryan and the others knew that there would definitely be various traps to protect the safety here, so they all nodded solemnly and followed the apprentice through the courtyard in a proper manner.
Facing a delicate house, the apprentice gasped slightly, smiled and said, "This is it, please come with me." Then they led Ryan into the house, and up the stairs to the second floor, to a messy room.
Inside the room, a man with messy hair was sitting at a heavy wooden table, holding the magic scroll that Franna had just taken out in his hand, and was looking at it intently, perhaps too engaged, the man was unaware of Ryan and the others who walked in. The apprentice who led the way whispered to Ryan and them, "This is Master Lille, and he is best at making magic scrolls and carving magic circles. However, it is strictly forbidden to be disturbed when he is busy, so in order not to anger him, I have to ask you to wait a little. ”
Ryan nodded in understanding, after all, they were guests now, and respect for the host was as it should be. Since the master named Lille has examined his work entirely, it is better to take this time to observe the master's place of work. Ryan looked around the room, and although the apprentice in his thirties saw Ryan's actions, he didn't stop him, he just arranged for Alendor and Flanner to sit on a chair next to him, poured a glass of water for each of them, and then stood quietly aside.
It was not a very large room, and Ryan estimated that it would take him at most ten steps to walk from one corner to another. Half of the house is lined with four rows of wooden frames, which were originally white and have been faintly blackened, showing that they have been in use for many years. Each wooden shelf has five layers, each of which houses a variety of commonly used magical materials. Ryan made a simple identification, most of them were natural gems containing elemental energy, magic cores obtained after hunting demonic beasts, and so on. One of the wooden shelves is specially placed with a large amount of Mithril powder, Mithril filament, and magic ink of different colors, for these things, Ryan is too familiar with these things, because these are all necessary ingredients for drawing magic scrolls, and Ryan, hasn't he been studying this all this time.