My Magic Age

This auction was held in such an atmosphere: the nobles in the audience gathered together to chat among themselves, and the host on the auction stage stood next to the auction items, and then described the characteristics of the auction items in detail, and then reported the lowest bid price that the owner could accept. Interested nobles would come forward and ask some questions, and those who were not interested could chat casually.

In short, this kind of auction did not have the tense atmosphere of a large auction, and the items that could be auctioned were also varied.

My eyes were always on the more than two-meter-high black iron armor on the second-floor terrace. Just as the rumors said, this Nakma armor only had the upper body. Each piece of armor forged with magic black iron had fine forging dense patterns on it. Those patterns were like countless parallel wavy lines stacked together. The black armor exuded a dark luster, which gave people a very heavy feeling.

The upper body of the Nakma people is no different from that of humans, but the lower body is like a big lizard. They have a thick tail and four legs, and are covered with hard black scales, so they only need to put on the upper body to go to the battlefield, so these Nakma people's black iron armor is only for the upper body.

I estimated the approximate size of this armor and found that this half-body armor seems to be very suitable for those barbarian slaves. The only flaw is that it would be more perfect if there were a battle skirt and shin guards made of armor plates. I want to run to the second floor to take a closer look.

I couldn't understand why such well-made black iron armor was put here for sale, so I turned to ask Alia: "Why would they put these spoils from the Kenda plane at a private auction? Shouldn't they take advantage of the news of victory to publicize it and then sell it at a good price at a large auction?"

Alia smiled and whispered: "Don't underestimate this kind of private auction. Many noble lords' private transactions are met through these private auctions. This kind of small-scale private auction is very common in the noble circle of the imperial capital."

She then said to me: "Many spoils of war will choose such private auctions for trading. There are too many factors involved, and some aspects may not be visible. If they are sold here, no one will care about these."

She raised her head , following my gaze to the armor on the second-floor terrace, the armor looked like a half-length statue of a god, she smacked her lips and said, "I didn't expect the Nakma people's black iron armor to be so big. I was thinking about whether to take advantage of this great victory in the Kenda plane to persuade you to buy some black iron armor, but I didn't expect the appearance of this black iron armor to be so different from what I imagined."

Alia whispered to me, "I was shocked when I heard that you wanted to buy two or three hundred sets at once this morning. This kind of armor is not suitable for orc warriors. Let's see if there are other high-grade leathers. Take a picture of it, and I will help you find the top leather shop in the imperial capital."

"Alia, how much do you think it would cost to take a picture of such a set of magic black iron upper body armor?" I stared at the black iron armor and asked Alia.

Alia stared at me with big eyes and said, "You are not really interested in that black iron armor, are you?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come here? Wouldn't it be more comfortable to stay at home?" I smiled at Alia, and she gave me a sullen look and ignored me.

After only three seconds of silence, Alia came to me again and said to me: "Although the Nakma people's forging technology is unique, this black iron armor is too large and is not suitable for the Empire's soldiers. Once it is modified, it will face the problem of recasting. In that case, it is better to buy black iron ingots directly or customize it directly at the blacksmith shop."

I reached out and gently shook her hand, and then said: "Let's take a look at the starting price first. In fact, I want to bid for these black iron armors, not for the orc warriors, but for other purposes."

Since I want to prepare magic pattern structures for orc warriors, the leather must be thicker. The physique and strength of orc warriors are much stronger than those of human warriors. Many human warriors like to wear light leather armor. For orc warriors, only hard leather armor can be considered leather armor, so I plan to find an opportunity to buy some heavy leather.

I said to Alia, "I have some plans. To make primary magic pattern structures for those orc warriors, I must find some high-quality leather, at least the leather of level 3 magic beasts."

I suddenly felt a little swollen when I said this. To be honest, when Xia Tian returned to the imperial capital from the Yello plane, the orc warriors had just replaced thirty sets of hard leather armor of swamp giant crocodiles, but this hard leather armor did not have the outermost layer of leather, so these leather armors could not be used to make magic pattern structures. I didn't think I would have to replace their armor so soon.

In fact, in the future, whether it is to resist the Nibru spider warriors in the Trum area of ​​the Yello plane, or to explore the ancient altar in the wild swamp jungle, these more than 100 orc warriors will be the biggest trump card in my hand.

"I hope the treasures in Jonathan's hands won't disappoint us too much." Alia sighed, and then continued to say to me: "The most anticipated part of this kind of private small auction is its uncertainty. You can never guess what auction items will appear on the booth in the next second. Although most of the auction items have been registered when you enter the door, there are always some noble lords who will suddenly have a whim and take out some unconventional high-end auction items."

When Alia and I got together to chat, five auction items had been sold out on the auction table. Although the noble lords in the audience were very interested and hoped to buy the items they liked, those auction items were all some unpopular high-end goods, such as a can of dried dragon dung and a petrified lizard eyeball, and so on.

"What a mess, only adventurers would want this kind of thing, it's a waste of our time to auction it here." Someone shouted in the audience, and several items failed to be sold. The noble lords in the audience began to look a little impatient.

The host on the auction stand immediately stood up and tried to calm everyone down. He shouted loudly: "Please be quiet, everyone. Although the following item doesn't look that precious, it has become a hot commodity for the inscriptionists in the imperial capital in recent times. If any of the guests are inscriptionists, you may want to pay attention to it. If you have inscriptionist friends, you can also come closer to take a look. Maybe you won't spend much money, but you can get a word of "thank you" from your inscriptionist friends."

Sure enough, the host's words made many discordant voices in the auction hall disappear, and the auction hall became quiet instantly.

Alia was also attracted by the words of the middle-aged host. She stared at the booth and turned to me and said, "I don't know what it is, but I want to buy it and give it to you, so that you can say thank you to me!"

Two waiters carried a magic box to the auction table along the stairs. All the items in the magic box are generally to prevent the loss of magic power, and of course, they are also put into the magic box to keep the food fresh. Seeing the magic box, the nobles and lords in the audience became quieter. When the host asked the two servants to open the lid of the magic box, a faint breath of magic power dissipated, and the auction host took out a piece of fishman leather from the box and said to the people in the audience, "A box of complete and flawless fishman skin can be made into fish skin hoods, which is one of the most popular leathers in the imperial capital."

"Wow!"

Some people exclaimed, and some sighed.

However, the atmosphere at the auction was driven, and many people in the auction venue turned their attention to the booth.

When Alia saw the fishman skin, she burst into laughter and then joked to me, "It's this thing! Do you want me to buy this box of fishman leather? Now a fish skin hood is priced at 2,000 magic crystals on the market. Aren't you tempted at all?"

In short, the storm about the 'Life Magic Pattern' has not subsided yet, and I don't want to make trouble. In short, this matter is stuck here, and someone needs to break this silence, but that person should not be me. I don't want to push myself to the forefront, and I don't want to become the biggest beneficiary of the 'Life Magic Pattern' at the moment. Some people will be jealous. In short, let this matter calm down as soon as possible, which is what I hope to see most.

Seeing the indifference in my eyes, Alia just teased me and said nothing more.

Finally, someone opened the bid, and there were people competing for it.

The host standing on the booth held the auction hammer in one hand, secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and let out a long breath. The rhythm of the auction venue was finally under his control bit by bit. This was how it should feel.

The Marquis Jonathan was still in the corner, chatting with some nobles. I think he would occasionally pay attention to Alia, but he never found a good opportunity to come over and say hello to Alia.

In the end, the fifty murloc skins in the magic box were bought by a young noble at a high price of fifty-five magic crystals. Although these murloc skins were intact, the price of one murloc skin for one magic crystal was at least seven times higher than a month ago.

Just half a month ago, a cooked fishman skin was only priced at one gold coin. When many adventure groups found a fishman village, they would basically slaughter the village. The fishman skins harvested at one time ranged from hundreds to thousands, which was a very profitable business. However, before that, fishman skins were not so popular in the imperial capital. Only water magicians liked to inscribe the magic of "Flexible Thoughts" on them. The effect of this magic was: the casting speed of primary magic was increased.

But now almost all magicians in the Green Empire learn the magic of "Time Stagnation", which has led to the fact that primary magic can almost reach the level of instant casting, and the fish skin hood with increased casting speed of primary magic has become useless.

Maybe during the auction of fishman skins, someone accidentally noticed me and found that I was the young magician who was beaten in the magic newspaper, the inscriptionist who mastered the "Life Magic Pattern" of fishman skins, so there were always people looking at me intermittently, making it impossible for Alia and I to say a few words in private.

I said to Alia helplessly, "It seems that if I want to participate in this kind of private auction next time, I have to prepare a wizard's hood."

Alia smiled and said to me: "It seems that next time I ask you out, I have to think seriously whether I can withstand the anger of His Highness Qi Ge."

The auction continued, and several popular items appeared on the booth one after another, and they were all sold at high prices. Among them was a pair of sea snake leather gloves with the magic skill of "skillful hands". The magic pattern structure of this pair of gloves was sold at a high price by a tailor who had been sitting quietly in the corner. I actually liked this pair of gloves, but when the price of this pair of gloves was raised to fifteen magic crystals, I resolutely gave up.

This kind of incomplete single item magic pattern structure, the price of fifteen magic crystals has reached the top.

But then, I spent another fifty-three magic crystals to buy a fist-sized piece of refined gold, which was quite cheap. Now there is a strange circle in the magic market. Because the major mines on the plane have closed down one after another, the price of mithril ore has been rising. Even so, it is still hard to buy. Although the price of refined gold, which is higher than mithril, has also been rising steadily, the market demand is not that great. Not only can it be bought, but occasionally you can see lords selling their stocks.

Then, ten pieces of magic pattern spider silk cloth prepared by Alia appeared on the stage. The atmosphere in the auction venue reached a small climax. Many nobles were competing for it, and the atmosphere became a little tense. However, this kind of private auction invites people from the imperial capital noble circle, so everyone will not get red-faced because of competing for a piece of magic pattern cloth.

On the contrary, many nobles noticed Alia at the auction, and people kept coming to say hello, so Alia and I missed several items that were auctioned next, so Alia had to euphemistically express that she came to participate in this private auction and also wanted to bid for a few items, which made those people who were euphemistically greeting gradually disperse.

The reason why spider silk magic pattern cloth is so popular in the imperial capital is not because this kind of cloth has good magic conductivity, nor is it that the magic robes cut out have natural magic resistance, but because its fabric is wet and smooth, and it is more close-fitting when cut into evening dresses, which can show the beautiful curves of women's bodies. Alia saw this market and pushed the magic pattern spider silk cloth to those ladies in the aristocratic circle. Unexpectedly, it was so popular all of a sudden.

The next few items were also hot items in the imperial capital market. At this time, I realized that the host on the auction table slowly walked up to the second floor. He stood on the terrace on the second floor, holding the exquisitely crafted magic black iron armor with one hand, and introduced it to everyone: "Everyone, I don't need to say it, everyone knows that this is a complete set of Nakma people's magic black iron armor. It comes from the Kenda plane. Our imperial army won a decisive victory on the Kenda plane this time, sealing the great rift in the abyss there, and also seized a large number of such magic armors. This magic armor is one of them..."