Section 5: Purchasing a wand

On the second floor of the Spiral Corridor, the Haddas Wand Shop, the Haddas family has been known for their well-made wands for generations, and is the most famous wand maker in the Antipas Empire.

Hakdass ...... Master Huck? Zhang Hao silently recited back and forth in his heart a few times, and always felt an inexplicable sense of joy, and as soon as he was distracted, Ace had already stopped.

Zhang Hao looked up, but it was a scene that didn't fit at all with his imagination, an old small shop that looked a little tattered, without any decoration on the exterior wall, and only a plaque on the door frame that looked like it might be blown off by the wind at any time: Hakdas, a line of small characters below, eight hundred years of carefully crafted magic wands, the only one.

Through the small door, you can see the few old windows in the store, and the wands of different thicknesses and lengths are displayed on the pieces of gold velvet cloth, and the tops are inlaid with various colorful crystal stones. Although through the crystal window where the spell had been cast, Zhang Hao could still clearly sense the regular fluctuations of magic emitted by those wands.

"Hello, little Ace, it's been almost ten years, and I've finally met the heir of Agrea again, old man. The ping-pong banging in the back room of the shop stopped, and then an old man with gray hair and a long beard came out from under the curtain of the inner door.

Ace hurriedly pulled his beloved wife and Zhang Hao, and the three of them performed a standard aristocratic etiquette together: "Hello, honorable Lord Honas." ”

Jonas Hakdas's eyes swirled around the three of them, and without a trace, he glanced at the clean and shiny wands that they had wiped, and said with some nostalgia: "Sycamore perched on phoenix trees, one stem and two branches." This pair of wands, made from a single perched phoenix wood trunk, has long been hailed as the best partner for couples mages. But my father's most proud work now seems to have found the most suitable owner. ”

Ace and Jesse glanced at each other, there was a wordless emotion circulating, and they tightened the hand of their beloved wife in their palms, and responded very happily: "That's natural, the vision of the Hakdath family is well known, and there has never been a mistake in eight hundred years, only this one, and there is no alias." ”

Honas smiled when he heard this, and replied proudly: "This is a must, Hakdas has been produced for eight hundred years, with integrity and honor, and Tong Su has no exception." Turning his head to look at Zhang Hao, who was looking around curiously beside the two: "This handsome little boy must be the child of the two, I don't know what the name is?"

"Casper, Caspar Agrea!" Zhang Hao replied before Ace, "Of course, you can also call me Zhang, Zhang! ”

"Okay......" It was the first time for Jonas to see a noble heir who didn't put his family in front of his name, but the customer was God, as long as he didn't go too far, what the customer said was right, hesitated for a moment, and guided Zhang Hao to the center of the store: "Then please come here, Zhang, first of all, please tell me, you are usually used to casting spells with that hand?"

Most spells have a specific casting action, so mages generally have a nimble wand, unless they are masters of silent hair and wandless spell casting skills, but these are rare and rare existences.

"Which hand...... Zhang Hao stretched out his hands, shook them in front of his eyes, thought for a while, and said a little indifferently: "Uh...... Whichever hand is fine.

"Yes. Jonas muttered, "Two-handed spellcasters, aren't they very common......"

"So. Honas returned to the small dark room behind him, rummaged for a while, and walked out with a slightly thick and short wand in his hand, and the whole staff looked like there were still a few green tendons with vitality and a dark red magic crystal inlaid on the top, and said proudly: "Dragon tendon wood, fire crystal, a very good one." ”

Zhang Hao took it curiously, waved it casually, and the magic wand drew a mysterious trajectory in the void, and the magic crystal at the top lit up slightly, and the three of them suddenly felt that the temperature around them had risen a lot in an instant, and there was a slight burning feeling, as if they were in the relentless moxibustion of the sun in the extremely hot solstice.

"Do you have a fire spell enhancement, but it's not for ......me," Zhang Hao muttered in a low voice, frowning, and handed the wand back to Honas.

The wand has to go through many trials to find the most suitable one, let alone once or twice, even if it takes half a day, it is normal for Honas to be accustomed to it, and as soon as he changed his hand, he changed his hand and handed it to Zhang Hao: "Try this one again, perched ink wood, dark stone, a very balanced one." ”

Zhang Hao still resonated his wand with the true yuan force, okay, compared with the previous wand, the release of magic power has been increased to a certain extent, so it is not surprising that the mages here will be very patient to find a wand that matches their own.

However, this kind of old-fashioned method of matching one by one is really a waste of time and energy!

Putting down the wand in his hand, Zhang Hao let go of the suppression of his own True Yuan Force, and used the powerful spiritual power cultivated in his two lives to skillfully let the True Yuan Force resonate collectively with the wand in the store. In a short period of time, in just a few breaths, all the wands in the entire store, including the back room, began to flutter slightly, even the wands of Esjesse and Jonas.

The process of configuring a wand for oneself is very sacred to a mage, and there has always been a saying in the mage world that the wand has a spirit to select a mage. But this is a boring lie in Zhang Hao's opinion, Zhang Hao can understand the alchemist's love for his work, and can also understand the mage's dependence on a good magic wand, but these wands are just ordinary magic items, and they are not a birth artifact, and it is impossible to have their own consciousness.

The wand that the mage needs the most, to put it bluntly, is the one with the highest resonance with his own mana fluctuations.

The wands fluttered for only a few breaths, often short, as if it were just an illusion on the part of the three Aces.

"Please give me a fourth wand in the third row of windows, thank you. Zhang Hao withdrew his true yuan power, performed a standard aristocratic salute, and softly proposed his choice.

Hornas was stunned, his long gray beard and hair standing on end, something like this had never happened in the decades since his father had taken over the shop. The old man hesitated a little, but still took out the designated wand according to Zhang Hao's request, it was a very, very thin, so thin that people couldn't help but suspect that it would break if it was broken, but it was actually strong and solid, and handed it over: "Purple shirt wood, the tail feathers of the thunder dragon, and the amethyst stone, very powerful power, I hope it has found a suitable owner." ”

Zhang Hao took the wand and danced as usual, and the magic stone at the top gently flashed a purple light, and a purple lightning flashed in mid-air. Compared with the previous one, it's very good, the increase in strength has increased a lot, and the accuracy has also improved a lot, and it's the one that best suits yourself in the whole store, and that's it.

"Father, this is the one you choose, please pay for it. Zhang Hao was still satisfied with this wand, and stuffed the wand into the dark grid in his clothes with his backhand, and looked at his father with a smile.

Ace came to his senses at this time, looked at his giggling baby son weirdly, and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, Master Jonas, how much." ”

"Three hundred gold coins. Jonas couldn't help but look at Zhang Hao a few more times, and hesitated: "Thank you for your patronage, this is a good wand, use it well, kid." ”

After paying the gold coins and chatting a few words, Ace and Jesse left the store with Zhang Hao.

Standing on the street and feeling the lively atmosphere around him, Zhang Hao truly realized that the Spiral Corridor, as the first mage market of the Antipas Empire, was indeed worthy of its reputation.

On both sides of the street, in addition to the neatly arranged all kinds of strange shops, there are still a few simple stalls that are spread out with a cloak, and although the items sold are not wiped and cleaned, they are far less neat and clean than those displayed in the shops, and the varieties are complete. But as the so-called existence is reasonable, the things on the stalls can always surprise others, as long as you have enough vision, even the forbidden drugs and black magic items listed as prohibited items can be found in these inconspicuous stalls.

"Let's go. Ace touched the top of Zhang Hao's head, watched the flow of people around him, took a deep breath of air, and looked intoxicated, as if this prosperous atmosphere was emanating from the air, and he took a deep breath into his body, pointing to a shop not far away and said: "Jesse, do you remember that fire spoon barbecue, we haven't been here for a long time." ”

"Of course I do. Jesse gave him a disgusted look and smiled with remembrance: "When my wand broke, you immediately broke your own, tricked me into coming with me, and bought the sycamore staff you had booked a long time ago." Then he took me to the hot spoon barbecue to eat a couple meal, and he was deliberately seen, so that the whole school thought that I was with you, and no one continued to chase me, and finally had to cheapen you guy. ”