Chapter 72 Trading Commodities II
In addition to the purpose of simplifying the design, in the eyes of a layman like Thunderhammer who does not know magic at all, a magic pattern structure inlaid with magic crystals and laid with metal inlayed wire technology is much more advanced than a simple monster skin. Although the latter represents the true level of building plug-ins. And the structure painted directly on the body, such as the magic amplification drawn by Richard for quicksand, is the essence of the magic pattern construction. However, the structure of the quicksand body looks as simple as a tattoo, and there is rarely a strong light and shadow effect when it is excited.
However, Richard didn't want to show the essence of the magic pattern construction in the thunder hammer body, in this plane where there was no magic pattern construction at all, the increase of 20% brought people a shock, and the increase of 40% was still a shock. Rather than increasing the increase to 40% while increasing the cost and production time by nearly 6 times, it is better to add elements to the build that look more 'powerful', 'beautiful', 'sophisticated', etc., without caring if these elements have a real effect.
For Richard, who had studied art in depth, designing these was not difficult at all, and the additional time and effort was almost negligible, and it was even possible to reduce the complexity accordingly. And his elven bloodline also plays a potential role, and in Norland's history, elves are indeed a unique race when it comes to making all kinds of flashy objects.
However, in the Faro plane, the price of the power burst construct that increased these 'shining elements' from 20% to 40% can be the same, or even higher.
These additional artistic designs are certainly not meaningless, and judging from some of the loot they have seized before, it seems that the magicians of this plane are also happy to show their status with distinctive visual effects, and the magic items such as staffs, scrolls, and enchanted weapons are all gorgeous and exquisite, fully reflecting the status of high-end items. So for the Thunder Hammer, and even most people who have seen magic items, this beautifully composed structure that can clearly see the operation of the magic crystal is undoubtedly a very high-level product, which is completely in line with the transaction value of 10,000 gold coins.
By the time it was time for dinner, quicksand knocked on the door and came in, and one of Richard's power explosions was nearing its end. This one, which was not even considered a defective product in Norland, was sold for a high price equivalent to 400,000 gold coins in Norland, and it only took Richard 3 hours and less than 1,000 gold coins in raw materials. There is also 1 hour of schematic design time in the 3 hours.
However, the explosion of power in Gangde's body took Richard a week, and the cost of various materials exceeded 50,000 gold coins.
As soon as Quicksand's gaze fell on the work that Richard had just completed, he immediately whispered, "This thing...... This ......"
"It's shoddy," Richard laughed, and said, "You don't need to do that well for the Thunderhammer." It was enough to achieve the effect he requested, and anyway, he only needed 5 minutes to increase the explosion equivalent to a first-order ability. ”
Quicksand nodded, but it was hard to take his eyes off the freshly baked build. There is no other reason, but the composition is so rudimentary that it does not look like it was made by the same person as Richard's previous works.
In the eyes of quicksand, all those beautiful and useless light and shadow effects, complicated patterns are not good at all, and even a bunch of redundancy that needs to be cleaned up, the only meaningful thing is to construct the main body, concise, clear, with the least brushstrokes to achieve the maximum effect is the perfection in her eyes. It's just that the simplicity is simple, and the lines are still accurate, which shows a little bit of Richard's personal style.
Of course, Quicksand knew that Richard's approach was right, but looking at such a work that seemed to have been deliberately painted by the master as a children's graffiti, the awkwardness in his heart was always difficult to shake off.
She finally settled down and asked, "How much does it cost?"
"Less than a thousand gold coins. Richard said lightly.
"It's cheap...... How could there be such a cheap build!" Quicksand was indeed surprised, in Norland, any build often starts at 100,000 gold coins. It seems that Richard has indeed made a lot of money in this deal with Thunder Hammer.
"Where's the power amplification?"
"Active explosive type, you need to insert a magic crystal, and the increase is about 20%. Richard replied.
Quicksand understood that this was Richard wanted to control the combat effectiveness of the thunder hammer, that was a fourteenth-level strong warrior, and he could be a middle-level officer in the army in Norland. If you really want to add enough equipment to him, he will become a knight of construction. With Richard's team's current capabilities, a level fourteen standard constructed knight could have swept through their entire team.
Although I agree with Richard's approach from the bottom of my heart, in the eyes of quicksand, this composition still looks extremely dazzling.
After settling down, Quicksand opened the scroll box with the effect of magic seals he brought, revealing the three scrolls inside, and said: "This is the magic scroll I prepared for the thunder hammer, which are blessing technique, primary divine power defense, and a healing technique, all of which can be activated by ordinary warriors." The healing technique is a third-level scroll. ”
"Divine scrolls?" exclaimed Richard this time. Then he glared at Quicksand reproachfully, and said, "There is no need to give the thunder hammer to such a precious thing, aren't you afraid that he will take the scroll and turn around against us?"
"Will you take a closer look?" Quicksand smiled faintly.
Richard cautiously opened the scroll of healing and observed. He is the master of the magic array, and his perception ability has already reached the level of a master, and at a glance, he immediately found that although the material of the scroll has not shrunk, it is indeed a genuine first, second, and third-level scroll, but the divine power attached to his face is pitiful. And the structure of the magic is also different from normal, especially one of the very inconspicuous minor changes......
Without waiting for Richard to ask, Quicksand said, "These scrolls are all modified by me from the God of Courage's magic scrolls. The effects of the three divine spells are complete, but the divine power I added to the side is only used to activate the scrolls, and what really drives them will be the life force of the thunderhammer itself. The three scrolls go from level one to level three, each costing him one to three years of life. If Thunderhammer had used all three scrolls, he would have aged six years in an instant. The life of the natives of this plane is usually shorter, and I have already asked, the life of orcs is generally only fifty years old, and very few can live to sixty years old. Thunderhammer is already in his forties, and with six years less to live, his combat effectiveness will inevitably drop significantly. ”
Richard let out a sigh of relief and carefully put the scroll away, lest it accidentally trigger. He had paid a huge price to get twenty extra years of life from the Eternal Dragon Temple, and if he had lost six years just because he had activated a few scrolls, he would have really not been able to cry.
Moreover, these three incomparably sinister divine scrolls are also taken from the divine scrolls of the god of courage, and even the outer cover pattern and the divine sign of the god of courage are intact. No, quicksand certainly doesn't forget this kind of detail, but should be deliberately preserved. In the eyes of others, this means that there will be a very high price to pay when casting the magic of the God of Courage, and this price is obviously taken away by the God of Courage. As for the restriction that the god of courage's magic scroll can only be cast by clerics, people will not believe it in the face of the facts.
Thinking of this, Richard took a deep look at Quicksand and said, "Fortunately, I'm not your enemy." ”
Quicksand smiled lightly and said, "But you want to be my man, this is obviously worse!"
Richard was speechless.