madnovel Chapter 308 Magical Dust
Chapter 308 Magical Dust
Chapter 312 Magical Dust
Compared to Titan and Star Empire, the Demon Spirit Empire has a stronger academic atmosphere.
Knights?
That's something only a brute would do.
The extraordinary individuals here don't enjoy riding horses or engaging in combat; they prefer to spend their days in the mage tower, studying war magic, alchemy recipes, magical items, and so on.
In particular, they studied how to better incorporate magical elements such as fire, frost, and lightning into the city walls and ballistae.
This leads the lords of the demon realm to allocate resources to war mages rather than to building knightly orders.
The Earl of the Vast Sea Territory is a top-tier territory in the Western Regions of the Demon Spirits. Although it cannot compare to the Wolves, it is more than enough to rival the Golden Lions.
There is a magic crossbow every fifty steps on the city wall.
Driven by war mages, it has an exaggerated range, ranging from one to three kilometers, and is extremely powerful, capable of killing high-level superhumans with a single shot.
The entire Hanhai City resembles a huddled, armored tortoise, making any knightly order scratch its head in its presence. Of course, its weaknesses are also obvious: it lacks mobility and relies heavily on defense.
Monsters are only suitable as transportation tools for them, not as mounts for tin cans.
Only some of the rarer species were domesticated by nobles as means of transportation.
Under these circumstances, the Demon Empire did not like to expand, but instead stayed in its small territory to study, fearing no one who came and not pursuing anyone who left.
Anyway, we can't catch up.
This is why the Demon Spirits and the Stars are relatively peaceful, and no war has broken out for thousands of years, which has also resulted in no great lords being stationed on the eastern border of the Stars.
Richard and Im stood in the long queue at the south gate of the city, ahead of a dozen or so merchants carrying packages, ready to pay to enter the city.
Besides carrying the corpse of a rock serpent on his shoulder, Im also had a large bundle, which he had casually killed on the way here, and which he used to disguise himself as an adventurer.
Im kept grumbling along the way. In his opinion, a lord should stay in his territory and let the guards and others do the menial work.
indeed.
What lord would personally travel the private trade route?
But there's nothing we can do; Chiffon Trading Company is still too small.
Although Zijing and Jinshi should have some connections here, large-scale smuggling involves treason, so only he can make the trip himself.
In addition, he himself wanted to experience the thrill of being an adventurer and see their way of life up close.
In the tavern, the bards mostly sang about the adventurers' exploits, and in that passionate romance, there was even a hint of heroes fighting dragons.
Looking at it today...
whispering sound!
Damn filters!
When we return to Chiffon, we must establish relevant laws to prohibit bards from making wild and irrelevant pronouncements.
After paying the city entrance tax, monster tax, and resource tax, the two entered the city.
Hanhai City is twice the size of Jinshi City, with wide but crowded streets, bustling with people.
Since they were in the business of smuggling, they would have gone directly to the local lord, but the two of them didn't even have the status of being citizens of the Demon Spirits, so they had no chance to meet Earl of the Vast Sea.
No problem, Richard has already figured out how to make contact.
— Setting up a street stall.
Of course, what they're selling isn't that rotten rock horned snake with its intestines ripped out, but rather [Immortal Dust]!
This is made from the Mysterious Syrup collected from the Mysterious Tree using the Heavy Sap Collector.
The fairy dust is purely for entertainment. When you throw it out, it fills the sky with stardust and sparkles. We used some at the opening ceremony before, and the effect was great.
The mysterious syrup is edible and also possesses a trace of magic, making it a genuine magical material and perfect for research.
Richard paid an expensive booth fee and chose a location close to the castle entrance.
Im took out more than a dozen glass bottles from his package and placed them on his stall.
The bottle was filled with colorful powders—pink, blue, gold, silver, and all sorts of colors—that sparkled in the sunlight.
There were also several jars of dark blue syrup next to it, sealed with beeswax, with labels that read "Edible mystery syrup with a faint magical power".
Richard then bought a deck chair and sat behind the stall, pulling his hood down low. He took out a bottle of wine from his bag and leisurely sipped it.
Sales will be handled by Im.
However, Im felt embarrassed to open his mouth to drink, and stood there dumbfounded for half an hour without anyone coming.
Forget it.
He bent down, picked up a bottle of golden fairy dust, uncorked it, grabbed a handful, and tossed it directly into the air.
exhibit!
In an instant, the golden powder exploded in the sunlight, turning into a sky full of dazzling, tiny stardust!
Stardust drifted down slowly, landing on the head of the old man selling herbs nearby and on the shoulders of passersby.
The old man selling herbs next door was squatting on the ground sorting through his herbs when he suddenly felt a cool sensation on his head. He reached out and touched it, only to find his hand covered in golden powder.
Just as I was about to examine it closely, I discovered that the magical gold powder was gradually disappearing.
He looked up at Im with a blank expression and asked, "Young man, what is this?"
"Magic Dust," Im said.
"What's it for?"
"It doesn't do anything special, it's just beautiful."
The old man touched his head again, and gold dust fell down like dandruff: "Could you throw it a little further away? Don't get it all over my face."
Im curled his lip: "This is a rare item, it disappears quickly after use, and you're actually complaining about it?"
After saying that, he took out a handful of gold powder and smeared it directly on the old man's head. The old man was stunned and felt that his entire head was glowing.
"Hahaha!"
Im chuckled and tossed more magic dust at the pedestrians on the street, shouting, "Come and see! This is fun and beautiful magic dust, a treasure that fell from the moon!"
The effect was indeed impressive, and soon a crowd gathered around. A middle-aged man in a long robe picked up a bottle of immortal dust and examined it.
"How much is one can?"
One gold coin.
"What?! Why don't you just rob it?!"
The middle-aged man looked incredulous. This jar only weighs one kilogram and will dissipate soon after use. It's so expensive!
Neuropathy!
The middle-aged man put down the bottle and left.
Im tossed the ball a few more times, and more and more people gathered around. After learning the price, they all advised Im to sell it for a lower price.
Instead of trying to persuade them, they ended up with an even more unacceptable price.
"I have thirty bottles here, selling for only twenty-nine gold coins. No retail!"
Im had an arrogant, "take it or leave it" attitude, and kept throwing fairy dust at the old man next door who sold herbs.
This wasteful amount of money doesn't look like something you'd find in some random corner; it's more like something you dug up randomly.
The old man next door had given up struggling and was squatting there continuing to sell his herbs.
There was no way around it. Although he was an ordinary person, he was shrewd and experienced. He could sense that this strong and powerful man was an extraordinary being and could not be trifled with!
At the price of Im, it would be a miracle if he could even sell it.
Sure enough, the whole afternoon was wasted until the sun began to set, and several bottles of fairy dust were also used up by Imho.
"Sir, it's getting dark, shall we continue?" Im turned to look at Richard.
Richard removed the brim of his hat from his face, yawned with sleepy eyes, and was about to speak when he saw an old man in a black robe coming from the direction of the mage tower.
Tsk tsk...
They've finally attracted them.