Chapter Twenty-Eight: Reward (II)
This time Frede took out a metal iron plate from the bag.
"This is proof of your official identity. From now on, you will be an elite citizen recognized by the Empire. Fude placed the sign in Debo's palm and continued to explain.
Di Bo carefully looked at this brand, a bit like Di Bo's adoptive father when he came to the competition, the identity plate was engraved with Di Bo's basic information, but the difference is that now this iron plate is glowing with a slight blue light, and it is specially condensed and forged through magic, vividly portraying Di Bo's appearance on the back of the entire brand.
However, when he put down the iron card, a miraculous scene happened - the information about his appearance on the iron card disappeared from it.
"This is a similar verification spell used in the envelope of this mandate, which magically identifies the unique physical traits of your body, which should have been handed in by the applicant as early as the time you signed up. However, the one on the envelope is a one-off, and this more advanced one can be used for a long time. If it fails, it can be replaced. The empire also relies on this to control the basic information of each powerful person, identify the authenticity of each person, and prevent the infiltration and disguise of demons. Fude elaborated on everything about the identity tag, and Dipo nodded as if he didn't understand.
There was only one last thing left in the sack, and Verde simply poured them out. With a bang, the contents rolled down on the table like dozens of stones. Most of them are colorful crystals that shine gorgeously.
"The first prize is really a lot...... Actually give so much. Fude sighed and sorted out the stones, and after a while he finished counting them and said to himself, "It's worth 30,000 gold coins...... Dibo, you've become a rich man. ”
"So much?" Sitting across from him, Dipo was a little surprised.
I know these stones, the diamonds. An item extracted from the rare ore of the Great Road. Because the ore itself is rare, it is extremely difficult to refine, and the proportion of finished products is scarce, so even if the stone is only the size of a coin, its value can be estimated, and it can be used directly as currency.
In their hometown, people usually trade with the lowest value copper coins, and silver coins can be said to be a kind of coin that can hardly be used, let alone the more valuable gold coins, Knier coins, and diamonds.
I had only seen this currency once from my father, who had only introduced the stone and casually said that it was very valuable, but did not tell him exactly how much. Now listening to Fude's explanation, Dipo thinks that just one is enough to buy his entire hometown, right?
"I don't think you have the experience to deal with such a huge amount of money, do you? Here's a suggestion......" Fude put the diamonds back into his pocket one by one, and pointed to the identity plate of Dibo on the table: "Use your identity to save all this money, so that you can withdraw it with your own identity when you go to the empire or the city of the Imperial League in the future." ”
Indeed, as Forde said, Depo was surprised and did not know how to deal with such a large sum of money, and when he heard Fude's suggestion, he had already made up his mind that he would go to the bank later.
When Verde pocketed the diamonds on the table, Debod noticed that a different stone had been left on the table.
"What is this?" The stone in front of him was a perfectly oval gray color that would normally be a mere boulder on an unremarkable river beach, but Depo must have seen it twice.
The first time was when he was dying and had the feeling to break free from Donat's deadly "storm cry", and the audience on the field pointed at the stone he had pulled out.
The second was the stone shown to the Lord Regent when he declared himself victorious in organizing Donat. Although the stone in front of me is dull, the appearance is indeed the same.
Hearing Dibo's question, Fude casually squinted at the stone, then put Dipo's identity plate into the cloth bag, and finally tied it tightly and returned it to Dibo before answering: "Forensic stone, the most worthless thing in your pile." However, if it were placed fifty years ago, it would be immeasurable, and there were not many in the entire continent. But ever since the magicians and craftsmen of the empire developed a method of artificial manufacturing, the rarity has plummeted. From a luxury that can only be owned by the strongest, it has become a daily necessity for every adventurer and warrior......"
As he spoke, Fude picked up the stone and played with it and continued to introduce: "The main purpose of this stone is to identify and screen someone's strength. It can be oneself or someone else. ”
After saying this, in an instant, the originally dull stone emitted a faint green light, looking at this light, Fude's expression began to become solemn, and he seemed to be accumulating something while gently pinching the forensic stone, and the center of the stone began to conjure up a light blue point of light, which began to spread outward, and ate the green light little by little to an extremely faint degree.
"Whew...... Still won't work. Just as the blue had taken up a third of the stone, Fred let out a sigh of relief, and the whole stone had turned back to a dull gray. At this moment, Fude gasped slightly, and sweat drops appeared on his forehead, as if he was a little tired.
"See? That's it...... Inject your own strength to know how strong you are, different colors represent different strengths...... White, red, orange, yellow, purple, blue, green, cyan, brown, gray. I've been stuck in green for a long time, and I don't know when I'll break through. Between the words, Fude's expression was slightly lost, and he looked at the forensic stone in his hand and muttered to himself.
"Huh? So how do you look at the strength of others? What is the color of the stone? Fude's ability to display the stone intensified Debo's curiosity, and the second half of his words puzzled Dibo. (End of Chapter 28)