Lord of Arcane

Chapter 978 Tomb Talisman Transparent Frame
Thinking in this way, the two approached a stall, which was owned by a middle-aged man with a face full of weather.

He was wearing a set of old leather armor, with a faint magical aura coming out. Apart from a short-handled dagger pinned to his waist, he didn't have any other weapons.

Seeing the two mages lingering not far away for a long time, before finally choosing their own booth, the stall owner immediately greeted them enthusiastically:
"You two mages, these goods of mine have just been sent from the Kangqi Plain in the southwest. There are pioneers opening up new lands there. They are absolutely fresh! First-hand!"

Conch Plains?

Hearing this familiar place name, Xia Duo couldn't help showing a playful smile. In the demiplane, he had more or less exchanges with other pioneers, either in developing matters or in the field of magic.

But he has never heard anyone mention the discovery of relics in his own or other people's territory. If those pioneers hadn't deliberately concealed it, then the relics here-

He glanced at the pile of miscellaneous goods on the gray cloth booth. Judging from the appearance alone, there were all kinds of elf-style exquisite amulets, rough and primitive stone statues, rusted metal objects, and even spell books. exist.

When Xia Duo was still thinking about how many of these things could be genuine, Niya had already picked and picked at the booth, and chose an elf talisman.

"What's the price of this talisman?"

"My lord, these goods of mine are fresh and first-hand. Each item costs 1000 gold coins, and there is no counter-offer!" The middle-aged stall owner rubbed his hands and said respectfully.

However, Xia Duo noticed that this guy seemed to be respectful, but in fact he was confident, and he didn't know who took advantage of it.

If he knew that he was facing two arcanists, one of whom was a student of the princess, he didn't know what kind of expression he would have.

Of course, without knowing the background of the other party, Xia Duo didn't want to rashly challenge the unspoken rules of the streets in the old city, but——

Xia Duo stopped Niya from paying, and said to the stall owner: "If I'm not mistaken, this talisman should be a youth talisman that was once popular in Yeerlan Kingdom hundreds of years ago. How could it appear in the ruins of Kangqi Plain? Woolen cloth?"

"This, this—" The expression on the face of the middle-aged stall owner suddenly froze, "Maybe this was accidentally lost by an elf adventurer in that ruins! Yes, that's it!"

"I didn't say that this is a talisman for living elves! Although the name of this talisman is [Youth], it is mostly used as a funeral object!"

In fact, when he saw the style of this talisman, Xia Duo knew that there was probably nothing in the stall, at least not from a ruin on the Kangqi Plain as the stall owner said.

After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Niya said "Yeah", threw the amulet out, and then looked at the stall owner angrily, the meaning couldn't be more obvious——

You guys turned out to be a grave robber!
In Netheril, although the belief in the Lord of Death is not widespread, it is at least officially recognized and regarded as one of the mainstreams. One of the teachings of the Lord of Death is "Let the dead return to death".

This not only refers to keeping death from interfering with the world, but also does not want the living to disturb the dead, which is specifically manifested in the respect for the dead and the cemetery of the dead.

At the end of each year, there will be a moon festival dedicated to priests of the dead and blessings to the cemetery. On this day, all parts of Netheril will hold related celebrations and ceremonies under the auspices of death priests.

Therefore, in Netheril, tomb robbers can definitely be regarded as a rather wretched and shady profession.

Seriously, even being hunted down by some fanatical death priests.

As for the robbing of elf tombs, in a sense, it may be more serious than the robbing of human tombs.

Even if the relationship between Yeerlan and Netheril is not as close as it was at the beginning, it can still be called a serious diplomatic incident.

In fact, after Xia Duo pointed out that the talisman was a funerary object of the Yeerlan elves, the stall owner didn't even want the stall. He just picked up a few trinkets that seemed to be made of mithril in a panic, and left in a hurry.

From the looks of it, maybe only a few of them are authentic, and maybe even just genuine mithril material.

Xia Duo shook his head, and put away all the things on the booth. After all, even if it was a fake, it might not be impossible to find something useful.

Knowledge is intangible, and if it can be reflected by genuine products, it will also be reflected by fake products. Xia Duo is also very happy to pick up a bunch of things for nothing. worry.

Maybe today can really pick up a lot of leaks!
Pulling Niya, who was still a little stupefied, Xia Duo came to a stall adjacent to the one just now, and said lightly to the stall owner who was overjoyed and overjoyed:

"Let me introduce you!"

"Oh, yes, yes!"

The stall owner who came back to his senses stepped on the corner of the gray cloth booth, then shrank back while rubbing against it, and then said embarrassingly:

"My lords, the ones on my side are all from different relics, and I guarantee they are authentic, but I can't guarantee whether they suit your wishes. Each piece costs 1000 gold coins, and there is no counter-offer!"

Xia Duo didn't think it was disobedient, but found it quite interesting. He felt a little out of the world after staying in the mage's tower for too long.

This kind of market atmosphere is indeed what the Daxia collar lacks today, even the Savile collar is not as good.

"Niya, which one did you choose?" Xia Duo asked.

"Not yet." Niya hesitated.

In fact, she had just picked out a burial object, and now she was a little uncertain, so she couldn't help asking Xia Duo for help, "Please help me look at those two!"

As she spoke, Niya pointed to something that looked like a transparent mirror frame at the corner of the gray cloth, and a small wooden carving full of various runes.

Xia Duo took a look and found that Nya's choice was half the same as what he had guessed, except for the thing that looked like a transparent mirror frame, the rune wood carving was also the most valuable thing in this booth he thought.

Of course, since it is a rune, it means encryption. Only after deciphering can we know what it means, and it is still a probability.

But compared to other things, this rune wood carving has at least a certain probability. Although other things may indeed be authentic, they are basically worthless to arcanists.

As for the thing that looks like a transparent frame——

Xia Duo couldn't help frowning. Netheril has glass and crystal, but this is the first time he has seen it made in this way.

Maybe it was the first time Niya saw it, so she wanted to buy it.

As soon as Xia Duo stretched out his hand to lift the thing that looked like a transparent mirror frame from the ground, and took it to his hand, he realized that it was not crystal or glass, but similar to metal.

It's just a frame the size of a palm, but it has a weight similar to iron.

Xia Duo repeatedly checked that this thing is not a magic item, that is to say, the weight of this thing is its own, not given by magic.

At this moment, even Xia Duo has a feeling of picking up leaks. Although this thing does not know what it can do, it is enough for collection as a material that he has never seen before.

But only 1000 gold coins.

It was unavoidable, so Xia Duo immediately put away this thing, together with the rune wood carving, and then took out two 1000 gold coin exchange vouchers from the Arcane Federation and handed them to the stall owner, saying:
"If you are not sure, you can also exchange it for gold coins!"

"OK, sure!"

The stall owner smiled slyly, but he checked it several times before he got it in his bag. After that, he looked at Xia Duo expectantly, hoping to sell a few more pieces.

"No hurry, tell me about the origin of this thing first." Xia Duo took out the transparent frame again and hinted.

Regardless of whether this transparent material is useful in the end, it is better to know than not to know.

(End of this chapter)