179. Walk in style
Walk into a magical weapons store with an old plaque at the door, the glass on the door of the store is covered in cobweb-like cracks, and the paint on the door frame and window wood has dried out, revealing the oak inside.
Pushing open the door and walking in, there was not a single customer in the store, and the space in the weapons store was cramped, and the shelves were crowded everywhere. Even the ceiling overhead was hung with some weird chains.
The shelves are filled with a variety of old weapons, and most of them are common weapons such as swords and bows.
There were two rows of old daggers on the counter, and on the walls hung some flails, double-edged axes, and giant square-headed hammers, which were somewhat bizarre-looking weapons, all of which were old goods, and none of them were real magic weapons, at best cheap ruby sapphires were inlaid on the hilts or scabbards.
A young Epson girl stood behind the counter, her head bowed, sharpening the handle of a silver dagger with a file that had hidden stains hidden in the silver carving ornament, a second-hand weapon shop that basically buys old weapons of good quality and sells them to collectors or adventurers who can't afford to buy new magical weapons.
Seeing someone walk in, the Epsom girl with a braided head raised her head and looked at it, first showing a hint of disdain, and said to the eldest boy Mashenka: "We don't entertain guides here, you go and wait outside!" β
Mashenka didn't talk nonsense, shrugged his shoulders helplessly towards Surdak, tilted his head again, and said that he couldn't stay inside with him, just waiting at the door outside.
"What do you need, Lord Knight?"
The girl's voice was cold, and her eyes only stayed on Surdak for a second, then she lowered her head and continued to repair the dagger in her hand.
"Are you buying this here?"
Surdak untied a bundle of long packages wrapped in linen from behind him, placed it on the counter, and when he opened the package, four dark and shiny military thorns were revealed, and the blood groove of these four military thorns was still stained with some blood stains that had long dried up, and the weapon shop was instantly filled with a faint smell of blood.
The four thorns were all taken from the demons, and as for the serrated axes, they were all discarded in the wilderness and hills because they could not be carried, and Surdak only brought out these thorns, except for the seven demon heads.
The Epson girl then said: "The standard weapon of the demon army, this thing is not available to adventurers, only some collection value, after the victory of the Battle of Handanar County, it is inevitable that a large number of sawtooth axes and military thorns will pour into Epson City, even if these military thorns are purchased, there is no way to offer a high price!" β
"Forget it!" After Surdak finished speaking, he also turned around and left very simply.
"Do you need any other magic weapons......" the girl's voice came from behind.
Pushing open the weapon shop, Surdak did not answer the girl's question, and walked straight out of this magic weapon shop, the big boy Mashenka obediently waited under the rain eaves outside, and when he saw Surdak walking out, he immediately asked with a smile: "Have you bought a suitable weapon?" β
ββ¦β¦ Oh! No. Surdak said.
I wanted to explain that I wanted to sell four weapons, but the girl in the store didn't like those spurs, so I didn't sell them, but then I thought about it and just answered simply.
"It's okay, there are at least two dozen magic weapon shops like this on this street, you must be able to find them." Instead, Mashenka was relieved like Surdak.
Surdak glanced back at the dilapidated and broken glass door of the magic weapon shop behind him, and thought to himself: no wonder this weapon shop looks so depressed, this way of running will not please customers, at least the next time he comes to Epson City, he will definitely not want to visit this magic weapon shop again.
In addition to some magic weapons and armor shops on this street, there are also magic potions, magic grocery stores, jewelry stores, and magic metal materials and monster leather stores, these are all high-end stores in Epson City, although the storefront is not too big, but these shopkeepers will kick the big boy Mashenka out as soon as they see him, and Mashenka does not have any dissatisfaction, turn around and leave, and never stay in the store.
Surdak was a little puzzled, so he asked Mashenka: "Mashenka, why do those shopkeepers always want to kick you out?" β
"They thought I might be a thief and steal something from the store when they weren't looking." Mashenka said with some embarrassment.
"You're not a thief, why don't you argue with them?" Surdak felt that the older boy, Mashenka, should at least explain it to the clerk.
The big boy shook his head and said helplessly: "It's useless, no one will listen to my explanation." β
Mashenka then added: "And...... I didn't want to buy anything from them, and I didn't have to stay in the store. In fact, it's actually quite good to stand at the door and bask in the sun. β
The two of them casually visited a few more shops, and the clerks in these shops were not enthusiastic about Surdak, but they were not cold either, and Surdak gradually got used to the attitude of the clerks, and felt that the clerks in Epson City were probably this stinky virtue.
There is a large-scale grocery store at the corner of the intersection in front of you, and when you look inside from the window, you can see that the store has almost everything, from some simple magic weapons and magic materials, to some finished magic scrolls and magic rune boards, this shop occupies an entire three-story building at the northeast corner of the intersection, and it looks very spacious.
At the door of the store, there were two female clerks who looked quite good-looking, whispering, one of the female clerks seemed quite experienced, covering her mouth and snickering, while talking non-stop, and the other young and beautiful female clerk had a faint green face, and she didn't know what the two of them were talking about, and the young female clerk's cheeks were flushed.
When Surdak and Mashenka passed in front of the shop, Mashenka deliberately walked on the other side of Surdak, as if to avoid something.
The two female clerks standing at the door of the store had sharp eyes, and they were obviously stunned when they saw Mashenka, and then the female clerk who was talking about something interesting had her eyes standing and walked over quickly, no matter how Mashenka dodged, she couldn't avoid the female clerk, and she pinched her ear.
"Oops! Oops! Sister Kaka, let go, hey, tap, tap, my ears are about to fall off......"
Mashenka's screams were exaggerated, trying to break free from the girl's hands, but she was pressed under the girl's body, and she couldn't run away if she wanted to.
When I got closer, I realized that the girl was half a head taller than Mashenka, and she pressed on Mashenka unceremoniously, and her movements seemed so natural.
"Mashenka, how did you get here?" The teenage clerk asked Mashenka.
Mashenka begged in a low voice, "Sister Kaka, let go, someone asked me to be my guide today, and I will take him for a casual stroll around the magic item merchant street." β
"Well, you're working...... Why didn't you say it earlier. Only then did the young clerk notice Surdak, and when she saw that he was dressed as a knight and had an identification plate on his chest, she immediately helped Mashenka up with some embarrassment.
ββ¦β¦ Sister Kaka! Mashenka complained, but couldn't say it.
Then the four of them stood at the door of the magic shop and chatted, and at this time there was no one in front of the shop, and Mashenka officially introduced the two beautiful female clerks to Surdak and said, "This is my neighbor Miss Kakaydos, and that is my sister Zora." β
It turned out that the girl who stood at the door of the store without any movement and a somewhat shy expression was Mashenka's own sister.
The girl named Zora glanced at Mashenka with concern, and before she could speak, a figure quickly sprang out of the magic shop, stood behind Kaka and Zora, and yelled at the two female clerks with a gloomy face:
"Hey! Kaka, Zora, what the hell are you doing, chatting during working hours? Do you still need wages? β
Kaka and Zora were also taken aback, but Kaka's ability to adapt was okay, and they immediately stood beside Surdak and said cautiously to the man with a hooked nose, "Well, the store manager...... We didn't have a chat, this was a guest brought in by my brother to buy some magic items from the mall...... Forehead! Probably weapons and armor or something, so I was about to invite them into the shop, but there aren't many customers now, so maybe this knight will take a fancy to something! β
She stood beside Surdak and glanced at Surdak with some pleading looks.
At this time, the shopkeeper with a gloomy face was staring at Mashenka with a vicious gaze, and said to him, "You are that bastard brother of Zora?" You'd better stay away from my shop like you......"
When he heard that the knight in front of him was a guest in the magic grocery store, his eyes as dark as a falcon instantly squeezed out a stiff smile, and he bent his tall and thin slightly rickety body down, but he humbly raised his vulture-like face, and said respectfully to Surdak:
"Lord Knight, you may not know that we are known for being thieves here, so you must be careful with your purse."
"If you're visiting Epson City for the first time, you should check out our magic shopping street, which is one of the best features of Epson City."
"Kaka, what are you still doing in a daze, please invite the guests into the store to rest for a while, and pour a cup of black tea for this knight."
Seeing that Ka Ka and Zhuo La ran into the store in a panic to pour tea at this time, the store manager was still muttering in the back:
"The girl who came out of the slum really didn't have any eyes."
There was a disgusted expression in his eyes, and his eyes were like looking at a group of pigs in the pigsty, Surdak didn't speak, and walked into the magic grocery store, at least half of the things in the store were things that Surdak had never seen, and there was a counter full of all kinds of metal ingots and ores, etc., only the lowest magic red copper, and there were also a dazzling array of gems in front of the gem counter, and there was a large wooden box in front of the counter, and the box was actually filled with first-class magic cores, and those magic cores were piled up like a hill in the box.
There was only one counter in front of which appeared to be empty, with almost nothing on the counter, and only a few unnamed bottles of magic potions on the shelves behind the counter.
Like the other magic stores, this magic grocery store is in short supply with magic herbs and magic potions that are almost sold out.
The counter was the fullest with magic scrolls and magic rune boards, and those elementary water and fire magic scrolls were the most commonly used by travelers, and the scrolls were very cheap and the prices were almost completely transparent, and Surdak felt the need to buy two of them, but he couldn't carry them with him. It is said that the Gathering Fire magic scroll is unsafe, and it ignites a flame when it is unfolded.
The store manager eagerly introduced the goods in the grocery store and said, "What do you want to buy, Lord Knight?" For magic weapons, we have the treasured vertebrae sword, the arcane sword, the knight's heavy sword, and if you want to buy heavy armor, we have bone armor, bronze armor...... Even if you want to buy a Magical Pattern Build, we can provide a way to buy it. β
The Sword of Vertebrae belongs to the light sword category of Western rapiers.
The Mystic Sword is covered with magic runes and belongs to the magic sword.
The knight's heavy sword was not much different from Surdak's modified Roman sword, except that the hilt was inlaid with gems and the blade had some useless patterns.
Surdak held the Mystic Sword in his hand, and felt that there was a burning sensation on the Mystic Sword, and when fighting the enemy, the wound caused would be burned, but the material of this sword was very poor, so in Surdak's eyes, this sword was also useless.
Seeing that there was really nothing to buy, Surdak took out the four demon army thorns and told the shopkeeper about selling swords.
The smile on the store manager's face froze directly, like an ice sculpture, and asked Surdak with infinite disappointment:
"Well, you just want to sell the four demon spurs, and you don't plan to buy a magic sword?"
Surdak shook his head honestly, and was about to say, 'Your magic swords are of average quality, or I'll buy two magic scrolls!' β
Before the words could be spoken, the store manager directly crossed Surdak, took a cup of black tea in Zora's hand, took a sip directly, tilted his chin, squinted his eyes, stared at Surdak with the corner of his eye, showed a look of disdain, and said:
"This cup of black tea is really good, I'll just say! Look at you wearing an ordinary leather armor, how can you possibly afford a magic sword, hehe! β
Surdak was stunned on the spot, thinking that this person's face changed really quickly, and he didn't have time to say anything if he wanted to buy anything, and he couldn't figure out how this guy became the store manager.
Surdak didn't want to meet such a person, so he left the magical grocery store.
The shopkeeper saw that Surdak didn't seem to have any temper, and his arrogance rose all at once, so he said to Kaka and Zora beside him:
"It's okay for some people to be poor, but if they live too poorly for too long, they will be prone to get a disease - poor disease, this disease will also be transmitted to the people around you, you are with Zora's bastard brother, naturally you will not be a rich person, I am also a little too naΓ―ve, the demon army stabs this grade of weapons, our store does not accept them, in the future, when you see this kind of customer, just refuse it on the spot, and you don't need to look for me......"
"Don't stay in the house either, if you don't finish today's sales performance, it is impossible to send you the salary in full, when you stand at the door, give me a little cleverness, let me see the private chat, just give me the fuck off, I didn't hire you to be a vase, I can't learn to solicit business after so long, if you don't understand, you can learn, but if you're stupid, no one can help......"
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For a while, Surdak was also speechless, if this guy picks up a heavy shield on the battlefield, he can become a 'master tan' in the combat team.
Kaka and Zora felt even more wronged, and were scolded for no reason, and completely offended their younger brother's guests, and the two Epson girls were so aggrieved that they almost cried, looking at their younger brother waiting outside the store, they didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Walking in front of the pile of first-level demon cores, Surdak suddenly stopped, suddenly turned his head to Zora who was following behind him and asked:
"What is this?"
Zora didn't expect the Surdak knight to talk to him, and said reflexively: "This is the gambling spar. β
Her voice was softer than Mashenka's, but the subtle tones were exactly the same.
Surdak stopped in front of the wooden crate and grabbed two first-level magic cores in his hands, looking very interested.
Kaka, another Epson girl, came over quietly, and whispered in Surdak's ear:
"There are all first-level demonic beast magic cores in this tray, some of these magic cores will contain magic crystals, and some will contain magic crystal fragments, but not everyone has them, let me tell you...... The chance of getting out of the magic crystal is very low, sister, I have been working here for three months, and I haven't seen anyone cut out the magic core with the magic crystal, this is a lie. β
The store manager leaned over very vigilantly and asked, "What is Kaka muttering here?" β
Surdak turned his head and asked, "Store manager, does your store still have a gambling spar business?" β
The store manager raised his eyebrows, his eyes showed a hint of joy, and he asked with a smile: "Eh, this knight, do you want to buy some magic core gambling magic crystals?" β
There is no more gossip from before.
Surdak casually dialed on these magic cores, turned out some of the magic cores in the box, and said casually: "That's right, it's just that I think these are all leftovers picked by others in the tray, and that's it, it's not interesting to pick up, do you have any other first-level Demon Beast cores?" β
"How many boxes are piled up in the warehouse of this kind of magic core, how many are you going to buy, and these magic cores in the tray can't be valued? If you only buy a few, I think you'll pick and choose. The shopkeeper squinted his eyes, no matter how he looked at Surdak, he didn't look like a gambler, and he was worried about being teased, so he said.
"This ...... This one...... This one...... And this ......"
The Surdak knight narrowed his eyes, the eighteen nodes in his body exuded a faint divine power, and a trace of golden light revealed from the palm of his hand, among the pile of magic cores in front of him, there were a few that revealed a faint magical aura, Surdak picked them out carelessly, and after a while, he actually placed more than twenty first-level magic cores in front of him, but anyone with a trace of magic breath was picked out by Surdak......
And when the store manager saw Surdak pick out so many first-level magic cores in one go, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he immediately urged the male clerk in the store to move out all the boxes of first-level magic cores in the warehouse.
Kaka and Zora, who were standing behind Surdak, were also a little dumbfounded for a while, and they didn't know how to persuade him to stop......
Surdak had been picking for more than an hour, and the store manager came over more than once and asked Surdak seriously: "This knight, are you sure you want to buy all these magic cores you have selected?" β
Later, Surdak was impatient with the store manager's question, so he threw a gold coin to the store manager for every time he picked out two magic cores.
It was almost noon when Surdak stopped selecting the magic cores, and the magic cores in front of him were also filled with a whole tray, and Surdak had paid for them.
Kaka and Zora, who were standing behind Surdak, were a little stupid, who would have thought that this knight, who didn't look very well-dressed, would actually take out ten magic crystals and seven gold coins in one go, and buy 214 first-level magic cores in one go, in the eyes of the two of them, this was simply a big gamble, even if they were sold, it would not be worth so much money.
At this time, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased, and some people saw this scene and inevitably came up to watch.
Seeing that the crowd of onlookers was gathering more and more, Surdak hurriedly put the magic cores he bought into his pocket, and pulled Kaka and Zora, who had lost their ability to think, out of the magic grocery store.
In fact, Kaka and Zora didn't know why they followed the knight out, and they didn't even say hello, and left the magic grocery store directly.
No matter how the store manager shouted from behind, Kaka and Zora walked down the crowded street, and they just didn't look back......