The spacious square has shops arranged around it, and it looks crowded.
Walking here, with Fred's status in the Kingdom of Gaoluo, he had several guards around him to clear the area, and he did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
"Huh?"
Passing by the road, Athir was a little surprised when he saw several stalls on the roadside.
Next to him were a few small stalls selling some odds and ends. Many of the items were still covered in dust and dirt, and looked to be quite old.
And this is indeed the case in Athir's eyes. According to the detection of the chip, the things displayed on these stalls have a long history, at least thousands of years.
"What does this lord need?"
As if sensing Athir's gaze, a tall, middle-aged, fat businessman came out and looked at the extraordinary-looking Athir with an eager expression on his face: "These things were just dug out of the ground. There are many antiques left by ancient elf nobles in them. It is definitely a very good choice for collection."
"You mean, these were all dug out from the ground?"
Listening to the other party's words, Atier raised his head, looked at the other party and asked.
"Ah, yes."
As if he had not expected Athir to ask such a question, the middle-aged fat businessman was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "These were recently dug out from a small ruins, and there are many good things in it. In addition to the precious treasures used by the ancient elf nobles, you can occasionally find things related to wizards."
"Something to do with wizards."
Hearing this, an interested expression appeared on Athir's face and he looked at the huge wooden table in front of him.
In front of me are several large black wooden tables, on which are placed many things. Many of these things have ancient traces and appear to be quite old.
Athir glanced at the things in front of him and was a little surprised that he could see quite a few things related to wizards among them.
These things include a lot of things, including some materials needed to refine potions, scrapped wizard metals, and even some incomplete magic items. Basically, they are all completely scrapped things, and have no other value except for collection.
Of course, although the things here are basically useless, through chip testing, Atier still found a few useful things.
It was a piece of black wood. The surface looked like stone and was full of cracks, but inside the black wood there was an extremely weak fluctuation that was detected by Athir.
In addition to this piece of wood, there is also a light blue ring in the distance. In the past, it should have been a magical item that solidified some kind of spell. Although it is almost completely destroyed now, there are still traces of the spell remaining inside the ring. If a detailed analysis is conducted, something should be obtained.
"Pack these things for me."
After standing there and thinking for a while, he spoke to the fat boss in front of him.
"There are five items in total, and five magic stones will be enough."
After roughly counting the things, the middle-aged fat boss packed up the things that Athir wanted with a smile on his face and handed them to Athir.
Without waiting for Athir to pay the bill, a guard in a black robe walked up to him, placed five magic stones on the wooden table, and paid the bill for Athir.
"How does it feel?"
From a distance, watching Athir's actions, Fred smiled at Athir.
"good."
Athir nodded: "Although many of the things here are related to wizards, very few of them can be used. For us, I am afraid they can only serve as a collection."
"Of course. All the truly useful things were picked up when they were first unearthed. It's impossible for them to be placed here."
Fred smiled and said, "The things displayed here are basically things of little value or only of collection value. They are specially prepared for those mortal nobles."
"so."
Listening to his explanation, Athir nodded and took out the black wooden block he had bought earlier from the box.
With a slight force in his hands, Athir pried open the black block of wood, revealing what was inside.
It was a black crystal ball, embedded in the center of the wood block, and looked like a crystallized black eyeball.
"Huh?"
Looking at the black eyeball, Fred's face showed a little surprise, and his eyes were slightly serious: "It's the eyeball of the black-eyed beast."
"This thing is the main ingredient of many potions. An eyeball on the market is worth at least 500 magic stones."
He looked at Athir and congratulated him with a smile: "Congratulations, it seems that you have good vision and luck, Athir."
"Perhaps."
After putting away the black eyeball, Athir was not interested in looking at other things. He looked directly at Fred and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
"good."
Fred nodded, then walked forward with Athir.
This market covers a large area, and like the wizard trading points that Athir had visited before, it is divided into two floors, inside and outside.
Relatively speaking, the things inside will definitely be better, and the people who are qualified to enter will be scarcer.
Walking in, Athir took a look and found that there were almost half as many people as outside.
On the entire avenue, including Athir and his group, there were only a dozen or so people still walking on it, and most of them were wizards, and there were very few ordinary people.
"Um?"
Looking forward, Athir was stunned when he saw a figure in the corner.
In that corner, a beautiful girl wearing a black long dress and with a very delicate appearance was standing there, followed by several guards. She was Princess Solana, whom Athir had met a few days ago.
Beside her, the Knight Commander Blanche from a few days ago was also there, apparently guarding her.
"how?"
On the side, watching Athir's actions, Fred smiled and said, "That Princess Solana is the daughter of this generation's king. She looks good, but unfortunately she doesn't have the qualifications of a wizard."
"Very nice kid."
Looking at the other person, Athir didn't say much.
"If you like her, I can talk to His Majesty and give her to you."
Looking at Athir, Fred said jokingly: "Although this is a princess, it is actually just like this for us. If you ask, I'm sure His Majesty will agree."
"Forget it, I have no interest in her."
Athir shook his head and refused with a smile.
"That's a pity."
Listening to Athir's recovery, Fred said with some regret.
After a while, they continued to move forward.
Although there are few wizards here, there are all kinds of things here, including shops selling potions, but the number of potions sold there is very limited.
From this point of view, in the jade world, pharmacist is also a very precious profession.
Through asking questions along the way, Athir also got some clues about the differences between the two worlds.
This world is rich in resources, and the number of magic stone mines is far greater than the places Athir has been to before, so not only is it relatively easy for wizards to obtain magic stones, even some ordinary nobles have some magic stone reserves in their homes.
According to Fred, in some places where business is extremely prosperous, magic stones can even be used as currency by mortals.
As for various materials, most of those that Athir had come into contact with in the past can be found in the Emerald World. Many rare materials that are almost extinct in the wizarding world can be found in the Emerald World.
During the conversation, Athir also discovered an important difference.
It seems that due to the different development, in the Jade World, although there are purification potions, there are no purification potions made with magic crystal as the main ingredient.
In the Emerald World, magic crystals were not precious materials monopolized by large forces, but a high-level currency traded between wizards. One hundred units of high-level magic stones could be exchanged for one unit of magic crystal.
This situation made Atier come up with some ideas, such as obtaining magic crystals from the Emerald World and then selling the refined purified potion.
A bottle of purification potion that can be used to improve the purity of mental power is extremely precious no matter where it is. If handled properly, the benefits will undoubtedly be amazing.
"It seems that we came at the right time this time." Fred's voice sounded again from the side.
He looked at Athir beside him with a smile on his face: "The auction held by the Kuma Chamber of Commerce is usually held every few months. Although the scale is not large, and most of the items auctioned are not worth too much, it is still pretty good around here."
"How about we go in and take a look?" He looked at Athir and asked with a smile.
"Of course." Athir smiled back: "That's right, I also want to see if there are any good things around here."
"Haha, I hope I won't disappoint you."
Fred replied with a smile and walked in.
They walked into a large building, and after checking their identities, several beautiful girls quickly came out and looked at Fred with a respectful smile on their faces: "Master Fred, welcome."
"Um."
Fred's reaction to the girls surrounding him was very calm: "Is your position ready?"
"certainly."
Listening to his words, a blonde girl at the side said with a smile: "Two seats have been prepared for you, sir, but the auction will not start for a while, sir, you may have to wait a while."
Hearing this, Atier couldn't help but look sideways slightly, only then did he realize that the other party had already prepared everything.
"Lord Athir, would you like to sit in a box by yourself, or join me?"
Feeling Athir's gaze, Fred turned around and looked at him, smiling and asked, "The box here is very big, it's suitable even for the two of us to be together."
"Then let's go together."
Listening to the other party's words, Athir nodded slightly and spoke directly.
After a while, led by several maids in front of them, they walked to the front and came to a spacious hall.
In the hall, in addition to the seats in the front, there are also many rooms, which seem to be specially used for people who don't want to sit in the front.
After following Fred into a room and waiting for more than an hour, Athir opened his eyes again and looked forward.
At this time, in front, a light began to light up, and an old man in a red robe walked to the front, facing the crowd below.
"There seem to be too many people."
Hearing the noise coming from afar, Athir was a little surprised.
"Mostly mortals."
Fred interrupted and said, "According to the Kuma Chamber of Commerce, the auction will only go on if there are more people. So for every auction, the Chamber of Commerce will send out invitations and invite many ordinary nobles to come."
"Don't be fooled by the large number of people below. In fact, even the person in charge of hosting is just a second-class apprentice, and there are even fewer wizards among those people below."
Looking at the many figures below, Fred said with some disdain.
"There are only a few official wizards in the entire Gao Luo Kingdom, including you and me."
Looking at Fred, Athir couldn't help but ask.
"Less than five, in fact." Fred shrugged.
Hearing this number, Athir couldn't help but twitch his mouth, but he didn't say anything else.
Up ahead, under the gazes of hundreds of people, several items were carried up.
They were several black swords that looked like a set, with faint fluctuations of magic power on them.
"As you can see..."
Under the gaze of hundreds of people in front, the old man in charge shrugged and said, "This is a set of magic items collected by ancient elf nobles. After being identified by our professionals, these swords are well protected and much sharper than ordinary weapons..."
He looked at the audience below and gave a brief explanation, then asked a few people to come up and experiment personally.
Under the hacking of a few ordinary strong men, several metal shields were instantly cut in half. This powerful and unique sharpness made many knights' eyes light up.
"Starting price: five magic stones."
At the end of the explanation, the elderly host looked at the audience below whose eyes were becoming increasingly eager, and called out the price.
With the help of the amplification magic, his voice instantly spread around, allowing everyone to hear it clearly.
"Ten magic stones!"
"Twenty magic stones."
There was silence for a while, and then bids began to ring out, making the originally quiet hall lively again.
Eventually, these enchanted swords were auctioned off for one hundred magic stones and were acquired by a strong knight.
Sitting in the room, watching this scene quietly, Athir shook his head slightly.
As an official wizard, he had a clear understanding of those enchanted swords.
The alchemical runes on those swords were very faint. They were probably the work of an alchemy apprentice back then. Although they could still be used after a long time, they were not too precious.
If they were placed in the Maison area, these alchemical swords would never be sold at this price, and at most they would be sold for a dozen magic stones.
(End of this chapter)