Chapter 629: Taobao
When Duanmu Huai walked out of the healing house, his whole expression was desperate.
After that, it took Duanmu Huai a full hour to explain to the owner and staff of the Healing House that he was not a giant, nor was he a human with giant blood, but a normal ordinary person......... The boss understood this, but was sorry to tell him......... His demands could not be met for the time being.
This disappointed Duanmu Huai.
After spending so much money, it turned out to be a trip for nothing.
When Duanmu returned to the place where they had previously met, Casim and Roxia were waiting for him with Ogis.
"Ah, you're back, Mr. Duanmu."
"Well, are you having fun?"
"Luckily, we're not too familiar with Waterdeep, just walking around here, uh......... Mr. Duanmu, what have you been doing? ”
"Oh, I went take a shower."
Duanmu Huai raised his head, looked at the sky at forty-five degrees, and sighed silently.
"Take a bath? Speaking of which, it's true that I've been in the wild these days......... I want to take a shower too. ”
"Why don't you try it too?"
Looking at Kassim, Duanmu Huai's expression suddenly moved, revealing a strange smile.
"Although the place is a little expensive, the service is quite considerate, and there is also a massage service, which is enough to sweep away the fatigue of your journey."
"Really?"
Hearing this, Kassim's eyes widened excitedly, and then he looked at the girl beside him.
"Roxia, let's try it later!"
"Okay! Qasim! ”
Well, sure enough, when you're in a bad mood, you're in a much better mood.
After coming back, Ogis familiarly climbed back onto Duanmu Huai's shoulder and sat down———Well, apparently this is already her fixed position.
"Where are we going next?"
"What's next......... Let's go Taobao. ”
“……… Taobao? ”
As a big city, Waterdeep City is still very popular with players, although the level of civilization here is low, but there are indeed a lot of good things in the magic item shops in big cities. Although the combat effectiveness of this world is relatively low, as mentioned before, there are a lot of magic items used to support, and there are many good things among them.........
For example, the Warrior Road in the Castle District, where the weapon shop and armor shop have a lot of goodies, and even Neverwinter can't compare to it. After all, Waterdeep has survived several near-razed crises, and because of this, there are naturally many treasures for sale here.
In particular, some armor and weapons, their strength belongs to the big guys, which are not very rare, but they are too expensive for ordinary people to afford. It was just right for Qasim and Roxia, after all, they had just received a large bounty from Lord Nashir, and in Duanmuhuai's opinion, spending the money here to improve their chances of survival was the right way.
Sure enough, when Qasim and Roxia came to the weapon shop and saw those expensive and powerful weapons and equipment, they couldn't walk anymore. After throwing the two people with straight eyes onto the warrior road, Duanmu Huai turned around and went to the nearby Gem Street, where he came to a shop called "Balthall's Rare Curiosities".
As the name suggests, the shop sells rare and exotic treasures. In the game's terms, the main items sold are rings, necklaces and other accessories, or some magic items. For example, a snuffbox that can automatically play music......... Well, to put it bluntly, it's a good place to buy souvenirs.
After all, Duanmu Huai also plans to bring some gifts back to others.
"Jingle Bell ........."
Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand to push open the door, and soon, the doorbell rang crisply, and then Duanmu Huai and Ao Ji Si walked into the store, only to see that behind the counter, a thin middle-aged man was standing there listlessly, hearing the doorbell, he raised his head and looked at Duanmu Huai, stunned for a moment, and then smiled.
"Ah, hello, distinguished guest, welcome to the rare curiosities, what would you like to buy?"
"I'm going to buy some gifts for others, as well as things for myself that are easy to use and beautiful for everyday life."
Duanmu Huai walked to the counter, glanced at the magic items and trinkets placed around him, and then spoke, as he reached out and placed a handful of gold coins on the table.
"Money is not an issue."
"Oh, of course."
Seeing the gold coins in front of him, the shopkeeper immediately knew that a big customer was coming, and he immediately smiled more and more brightly.
"Feel free to do whatever you want, just talk to me."
"Hmm......... Then I'll take a look at .........."
For the things sold here, Duanmu Huai is naturally very familiar, so it is very quick to buy. He first bought Mary a shadow cloak, which is a cloak with invisibility, as long as you put on the cloak and recite the trigger spell, it can be activated, so that the wearer can become invisible for a certain period of time——— well, for Mary, this is still very useful.
As for Ann and Gurea, Duanmu Huai bought them two rings with "high magic dissolution", and it seems that mages rarely have this kind of active magic removal skill in Manalia's world, so Duanmu Huai plans to buy them two rings to go back, so that the two of them can have more self-protection ability.
Of course, in addition, Duanmu Huai also bought some gifts for other people, most of them were rings or necklaces, and most of the spells in them were used to assist. After all, Duanmu Huai just wanted to give them a little fun, and didn't plan to let them rely too much on these magic items, knowing that these magic items were also magical......... Well, some nasty two-headed monster might be able to do something in it.
Duanmu Huai is not afraid of spending money anyway, and the shopkeeper is rare to meet such a generous guest, so he is naturally smiling. And after wrapping all the gifts requested by Duanmu Huai, I saw that the store manager hesitated, came to Duanmu Huai's side, glanced at Ao Ji Si, who was curiously looking at the jewelry not far away, and then lowered his voice and said to Duanmu Huai.
"This guest, to be honest, I hit it off with you at first sight, and I fell in love with each other."
"Oh?"
"So......... I've got something special here, would you like to take a look? ”
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's eyes are also shining, in the game, if the player is charismatic, he can persuade the shopkeeper to take the initiative to provide some "not for sale", but with his current charm value, Duanmu Huai has not thought about it, but now it seems that as long as the money spent is enough, it seems that the same effect can be achieved?
"Where, of course?"
"In the back, please follow me."
"Hmm......... Stay here, Ogis, and I'll be back shortly. ”
Duanmu Huai said a word to Ogis, who only nodded slightly, and then Duanmu Huai and the boss went to the room inside. Then Duanmu Huai saw the boss quickly come to a bookshelf, and then pressed the secret switch next to it, and then the bookshelf slowly slid open, and then a metal safe appeared inside. Then the boss carefully took out a key from his waist and inserted it.........
What is so precious? Can't you sell me an artifact?
Seeing this, Duanmu Huai was also curious, after all, ordinary things must not be put so secretive and tight. It must be something very valuable to be able to make the boss so careful, but ......... Artifacts shouldn't be possible, no matter how powerful this is, it's just an ordinary treasure store, players want to find artifacts or sub-artifacts, and it's generally faster to slay dragons and grab treasures by themselves.
Just as Duanmu Huai was thinking, he saw the boss open the safe, then stretched out his hand and carefully took out a wrapped big book from it. The book looked as big as an Oxford dictionary, wrapped in black magic cloth with chains wrapped around it.
Belch......... You're not going to give me a book of necromancy, but if you do, I'll turn around and leave.
Of course, the boss didn't know the slander in Duanmuhuai's heart at this moment, he carefully put the book on the table, then opened the chain, and then slowly, carefully removed the black cloth wrapped around the big book——— and then, what appeared in front of Duanmuhuai was......... A large book with a pink cover that shimmers with a faint glow and a strange pattern on it.
And just seeing this book made Duanmu Huai's heart jump.
"Boss, this is a legendary fan ........."
"That's right, you really know the goods, this is the Pink Book!"
"Gollum ..............."
Duanmu Huai didn't speak, but from his straight eyes and swallowed saliva, you can see the charm of this book.
A long time ago, a man named Abdullah. The man of Al-Hassard wrote a "Book of Necronomicon", in which he explained in detail the old seals, outer gods and other gods, and even recorded a lot of spells——— this is the ultimate witch book of the Cthulhu Mythos system——— well, the string.
Actually, it's not bad, the so-called Pink Book, its content is similar to the "Necronomicon", it records some kind of extraterrestrial creatures, as well as all kinds of spells and magic spells———— as long as it is used for pleasure.
That's right, that's why this book is called The Pink Book, and like the Necronomicon, it's a banned book——— of course, the two are in a completely different sense.
Flipping through the Necronomicon book, you can only reap the indescribable signs of despair and collapse.
And flipping through the "Pink Book", you will experience joy and happiness like never before.
Well...............
Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked at the thin body of the shopkeeper in front of him again, as if he had taken drugs.
…………… He seemed to understand.
"You're going to sell me this book?"
"Yes, distinguished guest, as you can see, I have ......... Unable to do it, and you ......... You are young and strong, and since you know the Pink Book, it means that you are also a member of my generation, and the responsibility of spreading joy and happiness to the world is entrusted to you. ”
Listening to the shopkeeper's tearful explanation, and looking at the appearance of his thin hand pressing his waist, Duanmu Huai suddenly stood in awe. He looked at the great book in front of him, which contained love and dreams, and was silent for a moment, then looked at the shopkeeper and made a decision.
"I bought it!"