200,000 gold coins!
The total amount of the entire Tia army weapons deal that Virrit and Vlamir had negotiated was almost that much.
For a moment Drusillia felt her stomach twitch, she fully understood Rameshirai's pain, the dream was near and far. The elves who live in the forest look at wealth very lightly and rarely collect it deliberately. Even if Ramesile spent the rest of her life trying to earn money, there was no hope of getting enough for a huge sum.
For the first time in her life, she felt that she was a poor princess, her expression was a little embarrassed. The good thing was that not to embarrass the customer was also the key to sales, and the magic-eyed governor immediately sent a step.
"To be honest this bow is also not suitable for you, +4 level enchantment is mainly for the corresponding level of magic defense, and Saraph has no such need, resulting in increased power of acid and enchantment level role overlap. Moreover, for users with insufficient power, the magic aura of Eroding Ambition is too strong and may cause invisible physical damage."
Two words of explanation let the princess understand, and by the way the word "underpowered" hit Ramesilai again.
"Vlamir, I need to talk to Ramesile, give me some privacy."
"Of course, I'm nearby, at your service."
Drusilla took two steps back and evaluated Ramsilai with an objective perspective. Undeniable loyalty to the royal family, undeterred even in the face of gargoyles, high level of tactics, resisting the slave catchers for 50 years, and also his own suitor and good friend.
No matter which way you think about it, this comrade is perfect, and the princess nods and smiles in satisfaction.
Rameshlei found the princess picking out the art of scrutiny, and then a smile that made his sweat stand up. Ranger psychological thud, bad, to pull himself down.
The ranger clasped his arms in horror and said in an innocent tone, "Liya, don't make me pay for my meat because I'm shy! I'm not worth the money."
Druhilya had a black line, it seems not so perfect, this guy's brain is sometimes rather hairy.
The princess asked softly: "Rameshirai, I think you should guess what I want."
The ranger captain smiled bitterly: "I knew it when I asked for the first item, you are very bad at lying and covering up. Liya, listen to my advice, you have more important responsibilities in the green capital, the unicorn community needs coordination, the clan king needs his daughter, and I ... need you to be safe. Let the army do the dangerous things."
The young girl sighed and told him Verity's analysis of the temple's faith situation. Ramses listened to the playful smile all gone, the look of gloom down: "this thing I heard the Ranger generals vaguely talk about, just did not expect ... even so, I also oppose you involved in the risk. En ... you will not be the same as last time, blackmailing me to go by yourself if I do not agree, right?"
"Don't worry." Druhiria clearly stated. "Don't threaten your loved ones with care for yourself, that's what Torch Mage taught me, that kind of childish practice will never happen again."
Rameshirai breathed a sigh of relief.
Drusilla sat down on her haunches, enjoying the feeling of the soft pistil rubbing against her skin. "Do you still remember the glowing stone? It's actually still my mother's relic."
Rameshirai was surprised: "I remember that the queen was very early ..."
"En, apart from love, the pendant is the only reminder she left me. When the locket was handed over, my heart tore with dismay. The hurt was followed by pride that I could finally sacrifice something for a fellow human being instead of sitting around waiting for someone else to give."
"Ramesile, this operation is not about satisfying my individualism. Father faces the censure of the Elders, the Temple, and now the refugees every hour of every day. He desperately needs assistance outside of the council, and the people need new spiritual guides to fight the temple faith encroachment."
"The night of the Midsummer's Eve parade, we saw the power of the people, and the Council of Elders simply succumbed. Can you imagine this power being held by the High Priest?"
After a moment, Ramesile whispered; "All I can guarantee is that the human's poisoned blade stabbed you that is bound to step over my corpse first." Said the chagrin: "Alas, I have failed His Majesty, as the royal guard should have given himself a sword."
"Trust me, your decision means a lot." Drusilla rubbed her hands together in excitement, "Where do we start?"
The ranger stood up and regained his military nature. "The rescue plan is simple in nature, it boils down to three questions - where, how to get in, and how to get back."
The princess spread her hands: "I've been having Poirot monitor the border forts, but there were too many slave catchers in and out of the last war to determine where my compatriots were."
"It's not a big problem, most of the hostages were taken by the dogfish, and according to the confessions of the captives captured by the Ranger, he has been ensconced in the northeast of the forest at Fort Blood Drain for years, trading and resting. The problem is that the number of people is not known. Salesman!"
"Coming coming." Vlamir flew back, "Have you thought about what to buy? Ebon Ambition?"
Ramesirai's face darkened, "Don't mention that again. I want to make sure there is some information from far away, what is recommended."
"The prophecy department's strange items are expensive, we recommend considering the scroll [True Knowledge Flash]." The devil's eye body did not move, extended the tentacle, and retrieved it with a scroll. An ordinary hardwood shaft with a sedge paper face. "The scroll can be used by reciting the incantation, and will summon a chaos creature to answer your question, and the answer has 'yes' and 'no'. Those who cannot answer have no response. Third level prophecy spell scroll, obliged 250 gold coins."
Drusillia took it and opened it, and the obscure text made her frown. "Do I have to teach myself a language first?"
"Recommend this [Amulet of Knowledge of Language], pair it with the princess's [Ring of Dexterity], and you'll have all the reading and writing you need."
"What about not being detected?"
"[Invisibility potion], the most popular consumable in the multiverse, good value 50 gold coins per bottle ..."
"[Sublime Bag], a great choice for saving the volume of equipment, weight reduction from 20% to 100% in various grades ..."
"[Higher magical weapon oil] can make fifty arrows, yagis, projectiles with +2 level, maintain 3 hours ..."
The fancy magic goods were presented one by one, and the last request made it a little difficult for Vlamir.
"Teleportation? This is not good."
Drusilla was anxious: "Aren't you and Hora's teleportation spells easy, and you're far away in the blink of an eye."
"Class spells and spells are not the same, and the number of people you requested ... please wait a moment, I will go to ask the master."
A few moments later the magic eye returned and handed two compass-like objects to the princess: "The master's collection, which was originally not for sale. Activate one of them and you can teleport to the other location. It is important to note that this is a disposable item with a teleportation limit of 25 standard units, including the user. The size of the teleported person can not exceed 150% of your size, otherwise it will be counted as two people. To allow a user who does not know spells at all to teleport plural units, the level of magic in this compass is far beyond your imagination, so it counts for 10,000 gold coins."
"Ten thousand?" The two elves were speechless, and this was an overrun, bringing the combined gems to less than 20,000 gold coins. But teleportation is a necessary choice, let dozens of wounded and weak elves running back to the forest is simply murder. There was no choice but to return some of the non-essential equipment, such as the secondary pouch and so on. "
Three hours later, Vlamir waved goodbye to the two drained elves, then reported back to Lysatos.
"... above is the equipment they purchased, according to your instructions, no illusionary and enchanted items, to avoid turning the rescue into an outing. But with these alone, it's still easy to crack the low magic level human defenses."
Lysatos tapped his fingers rhythmically on the desk, thought for a while and said, "You follow, see what you can do, and just make sure Drusillia doesn't die."
"Understood."
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"Finished?" Verity cold face to listen to Drusilla explain the plan, the coldness in the eyes of the two elves scalp tingling. Rameshirai gave the princess eyes, told the woman is very strong in principle, certainly no way.
"Villette, I ..."
"Bring it, the compass and the scroll, I want to make sure you are not betting with your lives for nothing."
"You've agreed to help us?" The princess was overjoyed, and the ranger captain was surprised.
"Will you stay if I say you don't agree? I'm angry that you would rather take this math fool to the Torch Mage store and count the expenses on your fingers than tell me in advance."
Drusillia said apologetically, "I was worried that you would embezzle war money to help me, and then, success or failure, Father would not allow you to take the role of finance minister."
The businesswoman said viciously: "Rameshirai can accompany you to gamble with your life, I can't risk it for you!"
The princess bowed her head and did not dare to speak, and Rameshirai was surprised to see a different side of Villette.
Villette took the ring, the amulet, the scroll of true knowledge flash, and recited the dragon incantation in a tone that seemed like the rumbling of a giant beast.
A dull, chaotic glow appeared, and Verity asked a question in her own words, "If there are less than 10 Tia elves captured and imprisoned in the Blood Fort this war, answer 'yes', and if there are more than 23, answer 'no '."
The cluster of light did not move and disappeared after a while.
"Between 10 and 23, the number is higher, but not exceeding the transmission limit." The businesswoman walked aggressively in front of the ranger.
Ramesilee gave a wintry smile: "Velvet you are so smart, this way of asking questions is more thoughtful than I thought."
The complimented person's index finger poked hard on the ranger's chest and said through clenched teeth, "Ramesile Leoni, if a little accident happens to Leah ..."
Ramesile reached out and swore, "I'll crawl and bring her back safely."
"Humph!" The businesswoman copied the compass and went to find a suitable resting place, leaving the ranger who bared his teeth and rubbed his chest.
Drusillia was filled with the warmth of friendship, and her fighting spirit was high for a while.
At the same moment, the dogfish led his slave catching team towards the center of Tia.